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Preview of the second one-day international between India and England in Kochi

The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran14-Jan-2013Match factsJanuary 15, 2013
Start time 1200 local (0630 GMT)India need their fast bowlers to bowl yorkers more consistently•BCCI

Big PictureIf the pitches and outfields for the rest of the series are going to be like what was served in Rajkot then the bowlers, especially India’s, better take cover. In 12 balls, England leapfrogged from 287 to 325, and as a result of those two overs at the death, they had made just enough to secure a match-winning total. Though India did well to run them close, falling short by nine runs, the positives were overshadowed by overs 49 and 50 in England’s innings, that hemorrhaged 38 runs.That India’s most experienced bowler, Ishant Sharma, was partly responsible for those runs says a lot. Ironically, his death bowling had been effective in the previous ODI, when India snatched a low-scoring game against Pakistan in Delhi. Take a look at his figures in Rajkot, and it’s easy to miss his two maidens among the ten overs that leaked 86. Ishant wasn’t solely at fault, for all of India’s bowlers haven’t been as consistent as they should be.Death bowling has been a problem for India since Zaheer Khan’s slump in form. In good batting conditions, yorkers are the bowler’s best weapon but India’s attack hasn’t been able to deliver them consistently. Not that England set the best example either. Steven Finn and Jade Dernbach went in excess of six an over in their ten overs, while Tim Bresnan leaked 8.37 in his eight overs, though he picked up two wickets. The captain Alastair Cook defended the trio, saying the conditions left little margin for error. Spin came to England’s rescue in the form of James Tredwell, who not only took four wickets but went for less than five an over. India’s relatively more experienced spin attack wasn’t as effective, picking up just one wicket. Not the first time, after the Tests, an England spinner upstaged India’s spinners.The Rajkot ODI was a change from the trend of low scores in the Pakistan ODIs. While it benefited the likes of Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh, who got some runs and confidence, the fast bowlers were battered. More sporting conditions would allow for a better assessment of the side as a whole.Form guide(Most recent first)
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In the spotlightTwenty-one, 38, 9, 27, 0, 6, 7, 15 – a breakup of Virat Kohli’s scores across T20s and ODIs since his century in the Nagpur Test against England. Apart from the first four scores, made in the T20s, the remaining four are worrying, considering that he bats in the top order and has more time to build an innings. Kohli was found out by the moving ball against Pakistan and in Rajkot he edged a straight one to the keeper. His place in the lineup may not be in doubt, but India are missing a big contribution from him.Ian Bell has been shifted around the batting order in his one-day career but of late he has found a second wind as an opener. Bell filled in at the top after Kevin Pietersen was dropped last year and in 12 innings he averages 57.63 with a century and five fifties. If there was one positive to emerge from the Pietersen drama, this is it. Bell has given the Indian bowlers a few headaches, with scores of 91 and 108 in the warm-up games and 85 in Rajkot.Team newsCook confirmed that England will keep with their top seven, giving Joe Root another chance. Root didn’t get to bat in Rajkot, but bowled nine overs of spin for 51. The only change could be in the pace attack.England (possible) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 6 Joe Root, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 James Tredwell, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven FinnIndia could also make a change to their seam line-up. MS Dhoni said after the first ODI that they would like to test Shami Ahmed’s death bowling skills at some stage. India opted for Ashok Dinda in Rajkot as he was more experienced.India (possible) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda/Shami Ahmed.Stats and trivia England have played only one ODI in Kochi, losing by four wickets to India in 2006. Pietersen is the only survivor from that game. India have won four of their six matches in Kochi. Virat Kohli is 86 shy of 4000 ODI runs.Quotes”The way we have learned to tackle the spinners is incredible. It’s a big credit for us.”
“Whenever the batsmen don’t do well, bowlers cover up for them and vice-versa. I don’t believe in blaming one area of the game. I think the bowlers are putting in all the hard work, and the way they won the match for us against Pakistan (in Delhi) was commendable.”

شن حازم إمام نجم الزمالك السابق انتقادات قاسية ضد الفريق الأبيض عقب الخسارة بهدفين لهدف أمام الإسماعيلي.

الإسماعيلي فاز على الزمالك، بثنائية مقابل هدف، على ملعب الإسماعيلية، في الجولة 27 من بطولة الدوري المصري.. طالع

وقال حازم في تصريحات تلفزيونية لقناة “أون تايم سبورتس”: “الزمالك مستمر في حالته السيئة، توظيف اللاعبين غريب، أولًا وضع حسام عبد المجيد مدافع وسط، وحاتم سكر ظهير أيسر، ونداي ظهير أيمن، ولم يُدافع جيدًا، وكانت هناك مساحات كبيرة في الدفاع”.

وتابع: “شبانة فقط هو الذي كان مسؤولًا عن تلك المساحات، ولولا أن الإسماعيلي كان قلقًا لاستغل هذه المساحات وسجل أهدافًا كثيرة”.

اقرأ أيضا..تعرف على أفضل لاعب في مباراة الزمالك والإسماعيلي في الدوري

وأكمل: “الوحيد الذي حاول من الزمالك كان مصطفى شلبي، هناك مشكلة وهي أن الفريق يلعب منذ فترة طويلة بشكل معين والآن يتغير أسلوب الفريق، كان يجب أن يغير المدرب سريعًا من مركز زيزو عندما ظهر بشكل غير جيد”.

وواصل: “الزمالك لم يكن جيدًا ولم يُسدد كرة على المرمى، ومع ذلك أجرى تغييرين فقط، آخر ركلة ركنية في المباراة، حسام عبد المجيد كان آخر لاعب في الملعب مع أنه يلعب برأسه جيدًا”.

وأضاف: “مدحت عبد الهادي عندما قاد الفريق فاز بالمباريات لأنه كان يلعب بالتشكيل العادي، لكن المدير الفني الحالي مُصمم على تغيير المراكز ويُجرب أمورًا كثيرة، دون أن يعلم إمكانات وعقلية اللاعبين”.

واختتم: “أوسوريو لا بد أن يعود لـ مدحت عبد الهادي ويستطلع رأيه، الثقة لن تأتي في المدرب من الخسارة، خاصة أن الزمالك خسر ولم يؤد بشكل جيد، أتمنى أن يتعلم من هذه المباراة ولا يؤلف في المواجهات القادمة”.

قاد أنطوان جريزمان، فريقه أتلتيكو مدريد، لفوز عريض على قادش، بخمسة أهداف مقابل هدف وحيد، مساء الأربعاء، ضمن لقاءات الجولة 33 من الدوري الإسباني.

وبدأ أتلتيكو مدريد المباراة بقوة، وسجل الهدف الأول عن طريق أنطوان جريزمان، بعد تمريرة حاسمة من يانيك كاراسكو، في الدقيقة الثانية.

وعاد جريزمان وأضاف الهدف الثاني له وللروخي بلانكوس، في الدقيقة 27، بعد تمريرة حاسمة من الفرنسي الآخر توماس ليمار.

اقرأ أيضًا.. لامبارد يثير الشكوك حول مستقبل جواو فيليكس مع تشيلسي

وفي الشوط الثاني، عزز ألفارو موراتا، تقدم أصحاب الأرض بهدف ثالث في الدقيقة 49 بعد تمريرة حاسمة من ماريو هيرموسو، قبل أن يسجل كاراسكو الهدف الرابع من ركلة جزاء في الدقيقة 57.

وفي الدقيقة 72، قلص أنتوني لوزانو الفارق للضيوف، وبعدها بدقيقة واحدة فقط، استطاع أتلتيكو مدريد تسجيل الهدف الخامس عن طريق الأرجنتيني نيهيل مولينا بتمريرة حاسمة من الأرجنتيني الآخر رودريجو دي باول.

بتلك النتيجة، انتزع أتلتيكو مدريد وصافة الدوري الإسباني من ريال مدريد برصيد 69 نقطة، بينما تجمد رصيد قادش عند النقطة 35 في المركز الخامس عشر.

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A última rodada da Série B bate à porta e, enquanto alguns choram pelo rebaixamento, outros mantêm a esperança do acesso à elite do futebol nacional. Avaí e Ponte Preta se encaixam no segundo caso, mas ainda precisam lidar com uma grande tensão sobre os ombros. Isso porque elas se enfrentam às 17h deste sábado, na Ressacada, mas ainda vão depender do resultado da partida entre CSA e Juventude para saberem o seu destino.

Terceiro colocado, com 60 pontos, o Avaí é seguido justamente pela Macaca, que tem 59, mesmo saldo do alagoano e ameaçador CSA. Com o futuro incerto, o técnico Geninho optou por fechar o último treino do Leão e não revelou a formação da equipe que vai encarar a Ponte. Entretanto, sabe-se que o time local não poderá contar com Maurício Kozlinski, que cumpre suspensão. Com isso, Aranha, que retorna de lesão, e Rubinho, com somente uma partida disputada no ano, são as opções para a vaga.

Na lateral-esquerda, Iury deve entrar na vaga de Igor Fernandes, fora por conta de um machucado. No ataque, Rodrigão e Daniel Amorim disputam uma vaga. Desta forma, a provável escalação do Leão da Ilha tem Aranha (Rubinho); Guga, Betão, Marquinhos Silva e Iury; Judson, Matheus Barbosa, Pedro Castro e Renato; Getúlio e Daniel Amorim (Rodrigão).

A situação da Ponte Preta é um pouco mais complicada. Na quarta colocação, com os mesmos pontos que o concorrente CSA, a equipe vai buscar intensamente a vitória. Caso não alcance o resultado esperado, vai ter que torcer pela vitória do Juventude, algo arriscado, já que a equipe alagoana está condenada ao rebaixamento. Para a partida, há a expectativa de que a Macaca entre em campo com pelo menos duas novidades: Nathan, que pode assumir a vaga do suspenso João Vitor, e Tiago Real, com chances de retornar no lugar do atacante Victor Rangel.

A principal dúvida no time é Hyuri, que está em fase final de tratamento de uma entorse no tornozelo e passará por nova avaliação médica em Florianópolis para saber se terá condições de jogo. Por enquanto, a provável escalação da Ponte Preta tem Ivan, Ruan, Renan Fonseca, Reginaldo e Danilo Barcelos; Nathan, Lucas Mineiro, Tiago Real e Matheus Vargas; André Luis e Júnior Santos.

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ATENÇÃO!

ACABARAM OS INGRESSOS PARA TODOS OS SETORES!#VemPraRessacada pic.twitter.com/mPBZjatnEH

— Avaí Futebol Clube (@AvaiFC) 23 de novembro de 2018

A partida que vai definir o acesso para a Série A e garante grandes emoções também vai ter casa cheia. No início da tarde desta sexta-feira, o Avaí comunicou através das redes sociais que toda a carga de 17,8 mil ingressos disponibilizados aos torcedores dos dois times está esgotada. Destes, 16 mil foram adquiridos pelos amantes do Leão, enquanto a torcida campineira levou os 1,8 mil bilhetes restantes.

The debutant Sohag Gazi didn’t lose his nerve even after an early Chris Gayle onslaught but couldn’t prevent West Indies reaching a strong position

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur13-Nov-2012

Sohag Gazi is the first offspinner in Test history to bowl the first over of a Test match on debut, and the first debutant spinner to do so in 103 years.The surprise move didn’t ruffle Chris Gayle, though, who lashed the first ball of the match for a six, on his way to 18 runs in the opening over. Gazi removed Gayle soon after but despite his best efforts, West Indies scored more than four an over on the first day and are poised for a big total. This, after the hosts gave up the momentum they had gained at the end of the first session, picking up three wickets.Bangladesh had to wait out a full session for their next wicket, as both Kieran Powell and Shivnarine Chanderpaul helped themselves to centuries. As the day progressed even the more experienced Bangladesh bowlers looked short of ideas, and later liveliness.This was Bangladesh’s first Test of the year, and none of the front-line bowlers, barring Shahadat Hossain, have played enough first-class cricket recently to be physically prepared for staying on the field for a long time. With the wicket easing up, more hard work lies ahead for them. Shahadat and Rubel Hossain were costly as they have been throughout their careers while Shakib Al Hasan was simply steady, mainly because the allrounder finds it tricky to switch between long stints as a Twenty20 bowler to bowling long spells in Test cricket.”The wicket flattened out after the lunch session, but there was turn in the first hour,” Gazi said after the first day. “We will try to bowl them out as quickly as we can. We don’t have any sort of targets because the wicket is flat. We will try to keep them to as low a total as possible.”But it was the first session which showed Bangladesh in a positive light. Mushfiqur Rahim had decided quite early, in fact the day before, that it would be Gazi who would open the bowling regardless of who takes first strike for West Indies. So despite the inevitable attack, Gazi was only encouraged by his captain and to his credit, the debutant kept giving the ball flight. “He told me that Gayle wasn’t comfortable with my bowling, that’s why he gave me the charge. He said keep doing what you’re doing.”I was prepared to bowl the first over, whether Gayle took the strike or not,” Gazi said. “It was my bad luck that I got hit for two sixes in the first over. I was going to bowl my second over, and I just wanted to bowl dot balls. I didn’t really think of who was on strike.”The first-ball six was a jolt for Gazi, but he wasn’t frazzled. “Anyone can hit a six, I wasn’t expecting that exact shot. The ball I got him out turned slightly, because there was turn on the pitch in the first session. He tried to lift me over mid-on but mistimed it.”After he had picked up Gayle’s wicket, Gazi added that of Darren Bravo before Shahadat Hossain accounted for Marlon Samuels. But they hit a wall in the form of the Powell-Chanderpaul partnership during the middle session and lost their way in the final two hours.With West Indies sitting on a strong position after the first day, questions will be asked about the need for three off-spinning allrounders – Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam and Nasir Hossain. The trio bowled 16 wicketless overs and Gazi’s introduction to international cricket could spell the end of Bangladesh’s defensive ploy of employing eight batsmen and playing three similar allrounders. It is now clear that all three would have to make major contributions with the bat in the next four days to be automatic picks in the near future.

New Zealand were reminded of what was going to be the tougher of their two tasks on this brief tour of India. Not so much bowling against the Indian batting on the country’s slow, low turners, but batting on them

The Report by Sharda Ugra24-Aug-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsPragyan Ojha dismissed Brendon McCullum in his first over•AFP

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Cheteshwar Pujara’s 159 is the fifth-highest score by an Indian No.3 batsman against New Zealand. It is also the 16th time an Indian has passed 150 against New Zealand.

The aggregate for India for the No.3 and No.5 positions (217) is the second-highest in a single innings since the start of 2005. The highest in the period is 295 against West Indies in Kolkata in 2011.

Pujara’s 159 is the third 150-plus score by an Indian batsman against New Zealand since 2010. Of the previous ten 150-plus knocks by Indian batsmen, nine have come in home Tests with Sachin Tendulkar scoring the only away one.

MS Dhoni’s 73 is his 20th fifty-plus score as captain. Only Sunil Gavaskar (25) has most fifty-plus scores in matches as captain of India.

The 127-run stand between Dhoni and Pujara is the third-highest sixth-wicket stand for India against New Zealand. Dhoni has featured in three of the top five partnerships.

The aggregate of 55 runs for the first four wickets is New Zealand’s second-lowest in Tests since the start of 2011. In the same period, they have failed to aggregate more than 100 runs for the first four wickets in nine of 22 innings.

India have lost only three times at home after scoring more than 400 in their first innings. The last two such occasions came in Tests in Bangalore against Australia and Pakistan.

New Zealand were reminded of what was going to be the tougher of their two tasks on this brief tour of India. Not so much bowling against the Indian batting on the country’s slow, low turners, but batting on them, against the pressure of a sizeable total and the hypnosis wrought by spin. In reply to India’s first – innings total of 438, New Zealand ended the second day of the Hyderabad Test at 106 for 5.At the crease at stumps were James Franklin on 30 and keeper Kruger van Wyk, who is yet to score. Franklin was one half of the only decent partnership for New Zealand . He came at 55 for 4 and with Kane Williamson put up 44 for the fifth wicket, the two being the most confident against spin. They sent out a message to their floundering team-mates on the basics that work against playing spin in India – the use of the crease, the precision of movement either forward or back and the willingness to score rather than defend.When Williamson fell with three overs to go before stumps, incorrectly cutting Pragyan Ojha into Virender Sehwag’s hands at slip, it sent out another message. That New Zealand would need to play the best they have over the last month in order to take this game to the fifth day.The Indian spinners hit their stride quickly and turned the Hyderabad pitch into a turning trampoline for the opposition. After eight overs of pace, MS Dhoni turned to spin in the eighth over bringing on left-arm spinner Ojha in place of Umesh Yadav. The rewards were instant. Brendon McCullum had taken 20 runs in 21 balls off Zaheer Khan, including all his three spanking boundaries. Ojha, off the third ball, floated one away from McCullum, had him reaching for the ball and hitting it straight to Virat Kohli at cover. Ojha two for 35 at the end of the day included the wicket of Kane Williamson, 15 minutes before stumps, exposing, far too early, New Zealand’s lower order.Two overs later, R Ashwin got a wicket off his first ball and went on to prise out the middle of the New Zealand batting, getting Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor and Daniel Flynn. He ended the day with three for 30, tightening the noose, particularly against Guptill and Taylor, who were trapped in a defensive muddle. Guptill had lunged forward to defend a ball floating up on his middle stump, and inside-edged it to leg slip Kohli. Six runs later, a struggling Taylor was gone. He tried to turn Ashwin over to the leg side, the low edge flying to give a diving Kohli his second catch at leg slip. Flynn had used the sweep well against Ojha but was out leg before playing across to Ashwin, who came round the wicket. The delivery held its line and hit him low.Until his departure shortly before the close of play, if any batsman had looked capable of handling the spinners provided he had company at the other end, it was Williamson. Two years ago, Williamson had announced his arrival in international cricket with a century on debut against India in Ahmedabad. In Hyderabad, for the better part of his innings, he did not allow either the spinners or the men around bat to impose. With stumps approaching and three men around the bat on the off side, Williamson tried to cut the persistent Ojha. The ball was neither short enough nor wide, and the catch went straight to Sehwag at first slip.The batting blues came down heavy over New Zealand, ironically, after a session in which they had produced their best cricket of the Test. If prising the overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Dhoni had not been possible before lunch, they cleaned up the remaining five Indian wickets for 67 by tea. It was because they did what teams must do in order to seize control of proceedings – attack.Dhoni and Pujara had waited for the bowling to flag, the first intended boundary coming after 15 overs of play. The last five overs before lunch had them peeled off 23 runs. Pujara went past 150 and Dhoni his half century, each offering a chance before lunch.After the break, Taylor gave his bowlers attacking fields and pulled the men off the straight boundary. Three men around the bat and a couple on the inner ring meant that the hard-working Jeetan Patel could offer enough temptations for the batsmen to rush into their big run-scoring shots.Pujara was the first to do so as he left his crease and tried to tonk Patel over the on-side fence but failed and was caught by Franklin. Pujara left the field annoyed, scoring 159 on his return to the Indian team after 20 months. Dhoni then smacked a flighted one from Patel to Bracewell at mid-off and Patel was to end the innings with four for 100. Once Dhoni was gone, a 37 off 54 balls from Ashwin helped the Indians inch towards 438.The start of the match was delayed by 25 minutes due to a threat of rain. While there are predictions of showers over the next two days, India’s spinners have threatened to ensure an early conclusion.

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A semana na Gávea agitada por conta do episódio envolvendo o goleiro Diego Alves, que se recusou a viajar com o elenco ao após saber que seria reserva de César na partida contra o Paraná, em Curitiba. A repercussão foi negativa e a diretoria se reunirá já nesta segunda-feira para estudar as possíveis punições ao camisa 1 pelo ato de indisciplina. O departamento jurídico será ouvido pela cúpula de futebol.

A decisão será comunicada na reapresentação do elenco na terça-feira, no Ninho do Urubu – o Rubro-Negro retorna de Curitiba nesta segunda e, após a vitória por 4 a 0 no Durival Britto, os jogadores ganham o resto do dia de folga. Por parte de Diego Alves, espera-se uma retratação com o grupo de atletas.

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Questionado sobre a decisão do atleta após o jogo, Dorival Júnior afirmou que o assunto será resolvido internamente. O treinador destacou a importância de manter o bom ambiente de trabalho encontrado desde sua chegada à Gávea, com o foco voltado apenas para o campo e a disputa do título do Brasileirão.

Esta também é a preocupação da diretoria, que espera terminar o ano em alta. Até o momento, direção e comissão técnica tiveram êxito na “blindagem/’ do elenco do clima eleitoral – o pleito presidencial acontecerá em 8 de dezembro.

Um dos mais experientes do grupo, Diego Alves, de 33 anos, é uma das vozes mais ativas do Flamengo no campo e no vestiário. Contratado em julho de 2017, o goleiro tem vínculo com o clube da Gávea até o dezembro de 2020.

Richard Holdsworth, the Irish board’s performance director, said Ireland had attempted to secure fast bowler Boyd Rankin’s services, but could not match up against the “lure” of Test cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Aug-2012

Richard Holdsworth, Cricket Ireland’s performance director, said Ireland had attempted to secure fast bowler Boyd Rankin’s services but could not match up against the “lure” of Test cricket. Reacting to Rankin’s retirement as an Ireland player, Holdsworth said only “an accelerated pathway” towards the benefits afforded to Test countries would help Ireland “halt the exodus” to England, for whom it would otherwise be a “breeding ground”.On Wednesday, Rankin announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of the year as he bids to step up to the Test level via English county cricket. Rankin would be the third leading Irish player to leave Ireland for England, following Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan.”Cricket Ireland offered Boyd a significantly improved contract to remain an Irish international cricketer but unfortunately we were unable to compete with the lure of Test Cricket and the financial rewards of being a potential England cricketer,” Holdsworth said. “This further loss only strengthens our aim of becoming a Full Member of ICC and ultimately a Test-playing country.”This will be the third Irish player we have lost to the England cause in just six years, notwithstanding Ed Joyce’s return. It is our strong view that we must be given the opportunity very soon to finance a full-time international programme and centrally contract all our players in order to halt this exodus.”Ireland, whose performance has stood out among the non-Test playing countries, cannot just be a “breeding ground” for England, Holdsworth said. “We were very grateful for ICC’s recent boost to our funding to permit us to implement a domestic first class structure in 2013 and play more international fixtures against the Full Members.”However it is becoming increasingly obvious that only an accelerated pathway towards the financial benefits and opportunities afforded to the Full Members will allow us to keep hold of our home-grown developed players. The ICC has an excellent ambition to ensure that there are more competitive nations on the world stage; however, this will not be realised if its next best non-Test nation is merely a breeding ground for the England team.”Ireland coach Phil Simmons said Rankin’s decision to leave was a “damaging blow”, but he was confident of other Ireland players stepping successfully into Rankin’s role. He also credited Rankin for being a driving force behind the team’s recent successes.”Boyd has been a superb strike bowler for us, particularly in World Cups and qualifying tournaments. The new ball partnership he forged with Trent Johnston has been one of the main reasons for our success since 2007,” Simmons said. “His extra pace and the lift he generates with his height made him a very dangerous proposition.”It’s obviously a very damaging blow for Ireland, but we’ve lost players before and bounced back and I’m sure this time will be no exception. His absence will create opportunities for others and I’m certain they will grasp them.”Rankin has taken 110 wickets for Ireland since debuting as a teenager in 2003, with a total of 60 wickets in ODIs and Twenty20 internationals. At the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, he was Ireland’s leading wicket-taker, his scalps including those of Younis Khan, Michael Vaughan, Ed Joyce, Stephen Fleming, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers.Rankin will now pursue cricket with English county Warwickshire, with whom he has signed a new three-year deal.

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O líder do Campeonato Brasileiro e semifinalista da Libertadores, enfim, vai descansar. Foi com essa sensação que o elenco do Palmeiras deixou o Morumbi, após vencer o São Paulo por 2 a 0, nesse sábado. Os jogadores estão liberados para reapresentação apenas na tarde de terça-feira e celebram a primeira folga em três meses.

– É importante. Ficamos três meses sem nenhuma folga de um dia sequer. Estávamos precisando. Chegou em um momento no qual estamos bem no campeonato. Agora, é descansar e recuperar os jogadores para manter esse ritmo – comentou Moisés.

O próximo compromisso do Palmeiras é no domingo, quando recebe o Grêmio, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, no Pacaembu (o Allianz Parque estará à disposição de um festival de música no mesmo dia). Isso significa que o clube terá a sua primeira semana livre para treinar desde a Copa do Mundo.

De lá para cá, ocorreram 24 partidas em 79 dias, gerando uma média de um jogo a cada 3,2 dias. Para se ter ideia, Luiz Felipe Scolari assumiu a equipe em 3 de agosto, há mais de dois meses, e sempre teve um compromisso no meio da semana que o impedia de ter mais tempo para trabalhar a equipe. Mas o técnico alternou times entre as três competições que disputou nesse período para lidar com o desgaste físico.

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O saldo da maratona, contudo, é positivo: foram 15 vitórias, seis empates e somente três derrotas (todas por 1 a 0: para o Cruzeiro, pela Copa do Brasil, para o paraguaio Cerro Porteño, pela Libertadores, e para o Fluminense – que culminou na demissão do técnico Roger Machado). Resultados que levaram o time à liderança do Brasileiro, às semifinais da Libertadores e também a ser semifinalista da Copa do Brasil, na qual foi eliminado pelo Cruzeiro.

Por não estar na final da Copa do Brasil, que será disputada por Corinthians e Cruzeiro nesta e na próxima quartas-feiras, o Palmeiras terá outra semana livre para treinar entre o jogo contra o Grêmio, no domingo, e o duelo contra o Ceará, no dia 21, também pelo Brasileiro.

Depois, porém, recomeça outra maratona: cinco jogos (três pelo Brasileiro e as duas semifinais da Libertadores, contra o argentino Boca Juniors) em 14 dias, com um intervalo médio inferior a três dias entre eles. E a sequência aumentará se o Verdão consiga seu objetivo de ir à final do torneio continental. Por isso, esses dois dias de folga representam um raro descanso ao elenco.

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