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ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jun-2016David Willey was the man with the opening breakthrough•AFPBut Kusal Mendis was quickly into his stride•Getty ImagesChris Woakes couldn’t cling onto a sharp return chance•AFPKusal Perera was frustrated during his innings of 9 from 25 balls•AFPDinesh Chandimal anchored Sri Lanka’s mid-innings recovery…•AFP… adding 80 for the fourth wicket with Angelo Mathews•AFPChandimal top-scored with 62•AFPIt was his second half-century of the series•AFPWoakes, however, finally removed Chandimal …•AFP… before Liam Plunkett removed the dangerous Seekkuge Prasanna•Getty Images… thanks to a steepling catch at deep midwicket from Jonny Bairstow•Getty ImagesChris Jordan had Mathews caught behind for 56•Getty Images… while Dasun Shanaka ran himself out off the bowling of Adil Rashid•Getty ImagesIn reply, Suranga Lakmal bagged Alex Hales for a golden duck•Getty Images… but rain drove the teams from the field after four overs of England’s innings•Getty Images

The distance the BCCI instructs its players to keep from the media – both Indian and international – is a disservice to the men contesting the World Cup

Sharda Ugra in Melbourne18-Mar-2015About 48 hours before Bangladesh were due to face defending champions India in a World Cup quarter-final at the MCG, Shakib Al Hasan spoke to the media. He faced an odd question about percentages. Apparently in Bangladesh, calculations are that they have a 10-33% chance of beating India. Shakib, considerate expression in place, replied patiently: “Actually it doesn’t help calculating percentages. It all depends on how one plays on the field. Depends on the start and momentum.”It was routine cricket-speak, but the excitement in Bangladeshi ranks was palpable and Shakib left the room trying to spread his “keep calm” message, surrounded by a group of reporters from both countries seeking more.A while later, the Indian team wandered into the MCG’s great bowl for optional practice. It was to be mostly a fielding, stretching and fitness session with everyone in attendance. As the players skipped and did their drills, on one side there was the familiar sight of India’s media manager Dr RN Baba negotiating terms with journalists. Or rather, he was listening to them ask for a little more: more questions at pre and post-match press conferences for the knockouts than was previously allowed during Baba’s semaphore routine. The conversation got nowhere.A few days ago, a Bangladesh journalist approached a prominent and relatively accessible member of India’s numerous support staff and wanted a chat. When he was told it could only be done after the quarter-final, the journalist made a polite protest and was told by the person, “We don’t talk, we do.” Most Clint Eastwood of him. In the World Cup, India’s “doing” has done all the talking, and an impressive speech it has been.And that’s the point: there is no better time to attempt melting the ice with the press. Success makes the media pliant, convinced their readers and viewers are happy to share the team’s success. The power to say no, however, rests in the hand of those who control the narrative, in this case the India team’s management.The steps they have taken so far – the barest minimum media work – are a disservice to the narrative of the Indian team at this World Cup. Mohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami turned up for pre-match media briefings in Hamilton and Auckland. They spoke in Hindi and were engaging and articulate. Mohit talked about his surprise bouncer and then admitted with a laugh that it had been hit for many a six and four too. Shami spoke with sincerity about the World Cup, how it had to be played as though it was your last, and about staying on even keel on good days and bad.And it is not just the Indian media who want to know more. There are others from corners of the globe wondering what makes Indian cricket tick. They want to take the colourful and inspiring stories about India’s players – their quirks and their trials – back to their readers.Like trying to fathom how the quiet, subdued Ajinkya Rahane seems to grow about 12 inches taller and broader the moment he come to the crease, and what about his humour cracks his team-mates up.Or about how cricket got Umesh Yadav’s father out of a Western Coalfields mine in Nagpur and brother from a Goa shipyard.Or how, following the death of his mother, Ravindra Jadeja was sent to cricket practice every day and brought up by his elder sister, a nurse who still travels to work on a two-wheeler.Or that in pursuit of his cricket, Shami was sent 1600 km east from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh to Kolkata, and went from staying in his coach’s home to becoming the leading wicket-taker for India at the biggest tournament in the world.Or how on earth Stuart Binny pulled off a Fred Astaire at Lord’s, clicking his heels mid-air after taking a catch?Or whom does the incendiary Virat Kohli go to for counsel?Never mind us guttersnipes, wouldn’t cricket fans anywhere not want to know? In the players’ own words? Presenting the Indian team as the ‘rockstars’ of cricket – which is how they have been billed for a few years now – in many ways shortchanges their lives and their struggles to get where they are. The Indian team may be the generators of the largest pool of revenue in cricket, but to make that the only prism through which the rest of the world sees them reflects limited thinking.As media manager for a regime that dislikes the media, Baba is a messenger carrying out a directive from above. He is merely the first line of defence for a policy that will not cost Indian cricket any money, only goodwill. His NTNMA (no-training-no-media-activity) emails have acquired cult status at this World Cup.In an interview with ESPNcricinfo a few years ago, former India captain Anil Kumble had said the BCCI, “certainly need[s] better PR. I think the general perception [of the BCCI] is not good and that needs to change. A lot of good things have happened: the pension scheme, one-time payment, 200 cricketers have benefited … You can’t dismiss all that has happened by saying everything that comes out of BCCI is bad and evil.” It’s not confirmed whether their own advertising struggles to get that message across, or whether it doesn’t want to, preferring to play the tough guy. But could relations between the BCCI and the press improve? As they stand today, as the Kiwis say, “not even.” It is as emphatic a negative as you can get.They most certainly need to, if only to shout out and take to the far corners of the world the rich stories behind India’s cricketers, who have lit up the World Cup with tremendous skill and magic.

This was the series where Sri Lanka finally shook off the Muralitharan-era and, with a young captain showing signs of potential, took a stride into the future

Andrew Fidel Fernando at the Presmadasa19-Mar-2013At the end of Sri Lanka’s debut Test, “The baby,” David Frith wrote, “had been delivered without complications.” Sri Lanka have now won 66 Tests since that day, but on this tour, they are being reborn.A flood of new personnel are either in, or on the cusp of the team, a pair of young batsmen have taken up the leadership, and the Murali-era, during which Sri Lanka reaped so much of their success, is a distant memory. Like in 1982, the new Sri Lanka have survived their first assignment without complications, but only just.Since he assumed the captaincy, things have not worked out for Angelo Mathews as well as he would have hoped. A major contract dispute first threatened to derail the series a week before it began, and saw the players vilified by some. Then his side failed to secure an expected victory at their favourite venue in the first Test, when instruction from the team to prepare a good batting track produced, in Mathews own words, “absolutely a road”. And at the Premadasa, Sri Lanka were made to fight hard for most of the first three days, before Bangladesh’s efforts subsided dramatically on the fourth.Mathews seems the kind of cricketer whose game is well insulated from outside pressure, but after the match was won, he admitted he had felt the heat after Galle. It may have been the seasoned hands, in Rangana Herath and Kumar Sangakkara, who did the most to deliver this win, but he and his young side have survived their baptism, and that, at least, will be a source of some relief.”We were under pressure before the match,” Mathews said. “We had to win this game and we knew that we could do it. The talent the guys have and also the professionalism the team shows is unbelievable. We have the potential. We just had to put our act together and try and do it on the field. We wanted to win the series 2-0. We couldn’t do that but I thought we played some really good cricket in this Test and won.”As a captain, Mathews also emerged from the Tests with his reputation largely unscathed, though there were puzzling moves on his part. Suranga Lakmal was given the new ball in the first innings, when Shaminda Eranga would have been the more obvious threat to the batsmen. Then when Lakmal had bowled his first two overs for just one run, Mathews took him out of the attack and brought himself on. Lakmal rarely bowled as well as that for the remainder of the Test. Mathews trend of replacing bowlers who were getting into their work, worsened from vexing to frustrating by the end of the Test.

Mathews’ field placings were largely impressive, occasionally even inspired

But his field placings were largely impressive, occasionally even inspired. Mid-on and mid-off stayed inside the circle through most of Herath’s overs, and in each innings an advancing batsman had his outside edge beaten, and caught out of his crease. Having observed Sri Lanka’s most gifted tactician, Mahela Jayawardene, at work over the last year, Mathews also seems to have a good grip on the art of in-out fields while the spinners are in operation. The bowlers had their fair-share of input too, and were more vocal about what they wanted than they might have been if Jayawardene was still leading, but there was enough of Mathews’ authority on the final product, while he was careful not to overreach before he proved himself an astute strategist to his teammates.Sri Lanka do not have any Test cricket until October, when they play Zimbabwe away, but Mathews was aware of the major challenges the Test side faced in the long-term. Save for Herath, Sri Lanka’s attack veers from mediocre to toothless, and the three frontline pace bowlers and Mathews took only six wickets between them in the match, with Tillakaratne Dilshan required to bowl 25 overs in the second innings. The catching woes that plagued the side in Australia have not been corrected either.”As a bowling unit we didn’t perform well, and we have room for improvement,” Mathews said. “The catching is very important in all three formats as well, and we need to show improvement there.”As a team we can improve because after the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan, it has been Rangana Herath who has figured largely in all our victories with many wickets. He cannot perform alone but can be successful because of the pressure created at the other end.”When the next Tests eventually roll around, Mathews may not have the support of the seniors who carried the team through this series. Dilshan is almost certain not to tour, and Sangakkara and Jayawardene may opt out, or be rested, as they have been on previous tours of Zimbabwe. The first series may be safe, but given the paucity of his attack, and the inexperience in his batting order, Mathews and Sri Lanka have a challenging road ahead, if they are to fulfil their ambitions of becoming one of the top three Test sides.

On three of their last four tours, they have lost the first Tests, all rain-affected games. The weather in Melbourne doesn’t promise anything different

Sidharth Monga at the MCG25-Dec-2011The MCG, along with Eden Gardens the biggest cricketing theatre in the world, is not a place for those who get confused easily. The ground is a maze of similar-looking receptions, escalators, elevators, glass doors that open on their own and have a mind of their own, parking lots and stands. To go to the nets you have to go two floors underground, walk a lot to your right (or even longer left if you are really confused), and then climb back up. Groundsmen who have been working here for years still lose their way. If you leave trail marks here, the ground is so regulated they will have been removed by the time you start looking for your way back 10 minutes later.However, it’s inside the stadium, on the turf, that you need clearest of heads. Harsha Bhogle, commentator and writer, talks of the experience of walking next to the pitch and looking up at the Great Southern Stand. You feel like an ant, he says, when you imagine the ground full. A full house is expected: according to estimates, as many as 80,000 are likely to turn up on Boxing Day. Eighty-thousand voices instructing you; 80,000 pairs of eyes judging every move of yours. For the Indian players, despite the Indian population here, this is the closest thing to being at the receiving end of the Eden Gardens phenomenon, where many a side has frozen in front of similarly huge crowds.This is also the first Test of the series, and if they were given a choice India would happily start every series with the second Test. On three of their last four tours, they have lost the first Tests. The exception was in the West Indies. And the three losses came in rain-affected matches. There are spells of rain around here, interspersed with brilliant sunshine. Boxing Day is likely to receive rain too, although not enough to overly disrupt play.These slow starts put pressure on the resilience that has been the hallmark of this team. On two of those three occasions, India have managed to come back. It reached a point where people started taking first-Test losses as par for the course. On the third occasion, though, England kept coming at them hour after hour, and rearranged all the good figures painstakingly garnered over the last three years. India had an overseas record of 4-2 under MS Dhoni before England. Now it doesn’t make for flattering reading. Slow starts are an affliction every Indian player acknowledges.Dhoni says the best way is to prepare as well as you can, clear your mind, and trust your instincts when you walk out. “We have to make sure we start off well, but again no pressure,” Dhoni said before the Test. “We will again try to keep it as simple as possible because we all know we have taken care of the preparation, which is the most important thing. And once you turn up on the field you want to play according to what your instinct says.”It seems they have got the preparation part right this time. Five days of organised cricket, and various others of nets. During their lead-up, Zaheer Khan has turned up looking lean and fit, Ishant Sharma has come back from an injury scare, and the batsmen have all got decent time in the middle and in the nets. In fact, Dhoni says if this doesn’t prepare them, it is unlikely a month will.On Christmas Day, when the rest of Melbourne seemed to be in a happy blissful slumber, across the serene Yarra Park, down two floors and then back up, the Indians looked to put finishing touches on before the big day. Sachin Tendulkar went to the indoor nets and batted for hours with the bowling machine even as people talked about the 100th hundred. Rahul Dravid, having arrived even as Australia finished their light session in the indoor nets, batted for longer than usual in the nets, both against throwdowns and the bowlers.Today was also the day when the bowlers got to face bouncers. Zaheer, who usually doesn’t come to the nets on the eve of the match, showed up, but only to bat. He asked Trevor Penney, the fielding coach, to throw down bouncers at him. Dravid instructed Penney to bowl three bouncers and then the full one. Ishant got some too. Quick, short, at the throat. Dhoni often mentions the runs the tail has fetched over the last two years.Outside, the MCG remained silent, except for the hollering from those of the players who played a game of football before starting the cricket training. They wouldn’t have visualised a packed house while playing football. It is impossible not to look up and get awed or inspired by the coliseum. Two hours later, three in case of Dravid, they walked out one by one, thanking the net bowlers – Pakistan-born Worcestershire player Imran Arif who spends English winters playing club cricket in Victoria among them – thanking the coaches, content they had studied all they could before the exam.The rain arrived as soon as they finished. All went away for their Christmas lunches. The MCG became eerily quiet. Thunderstorms followed for the rest of the evening. Melbourne had welcomed India with glorious days with sunsets as late as 9pm. But the clouds opened up, reminiscent of eves of their first Tests in Sri Lanka and South Africa. Rain and India’s first Tests are not good bedfellows; if they are to get rid of the first-Test ghost, they’ll have to do it the hard way.

The cricket’s been prosaic rather than nail-biting, and some of the leading actors appear to have forgotten where the stage is

Cricinfo staff19-Oct-2008

Eight days into the series, and the script has already been blown off course. The cricket’s been prosaic rather than nail-biting, and some of the leading actors appear to have forgotten where the stage is. If you’d told Australia Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh would have figures of 5 for 399 after three innings, there would have been a smile as wide as the Nullarbor Plain on Ricky Ponting’s face. If you’d told the Indians Brett Lee would take only three wickets at a cost of 66, there would have been few complaints.Matthew Hayden, the run machine of 2001 and the scorer of three centuries in Australia last year, has 13 runs and two blobs to his name so far, while VVS Laxman, scourge of Australian attacks this decade, has just 54. Michael Clarke, he of the dazzling footwork and 400 runs from 2004, has struggled to 40 runs in three knocks and his inability to pick Amit Mishra’s wonderful googly from round the wicket late on the second day told you quite a bit about the anxiety that seems to have gripped his game.Mishra will hog the limelight on Sunday evening after showcasing almost all the qualities you need to be a fine practitioner of cricket’s most demanding art, but Australia’s debutant, Peter Siddle, too impressed with tidy spells on a surface that was a world apart from what he usually finds at the MCG. Mitchell Johnson, seen as Australia’s third pace option behind Lee and the now-crocked Stuart Clark, has easily been the most impressive of the visiting bowlers, and there have been encouraging signs too from Cameron White, expected to be a barely legspinning lamb to Indian slaughter.Perhaps both teams have focused so much attention and energy on the marquee names that the guard has slipped when faced with the allegedly lesser lights. Australia have tried restrictive fields for Virender Sehwag, and then been surprised by the fact that Gautam Gambhir has picked off runs with almost as much fluency. India’s bowlers have kept Hayden and Clarke quiet, but met stiffer-than-expected resistance from the likes of Lee.For India, the emergence of a bowling attack that can pretty much take the surface out of the equation is a hugely encouraging sign. Both Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan have been potent with new ball and old, and their ability to get the reverse-swing going much earlier than the Australians could yet prove to be a pivotal difference in this series. Australia have Troy Cooley, acknowledged as the architect of England’s reverse-swing triumph in 2005, but thus far there has only been isolated evidence of a plan being in place. Used to the Kookaburra ball in Australia, the Australian quicks, Johnson apart, have been comprehensively outbowled with the SG by India’s duo.

Mishra too worked wonders on a pitch that was still almost without blemish at the end of the third day. Being vertically challenged, he has little option but to flight the ball, and he showed real character to stick to his strengths despite the odd loose delivery disappearing to the boundary. He spoke later of the selector who has also been a big influence on his career, but unlike Narendra Hirwani, who took 16 on debut against the West Indies in Chennai, Mishra wasn’t bowling on a minefield.Watson admitted that it was a beautiful batting pitch and that Australia had a lot of catching up to do with both bat and ball. The way he batted for his 78 – and remember that he probably wouldn’t even be playing if not for Andrew Symonds going fishing – was a lesson for his team-mates, borrowing heavily from the Damien Martyn school of back-foot batsmanship that was so successful back in 2004.Over the next two days, Australia need the big names to justify the pre-series hype, else they’ll face the unedifying prospect of journeying to Fortress Feroz Shah Kotla – seven Indian wins on the trot – with their grip on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as loose as a drunken handshake. Lee may have blown a kiss at Ishant today as the friendly banter in the middle intensified, but what his team really needs from him is a spell that blows the Indian top order away. And a little reverse would go a long way.

17.6 Naveen-ul-Haq to Azam Khan, OUT
Gottim! Good length, slanting in at middle, Azam wafts and it’s not through the line, Babar Azam at mid-off takes a brilliant catch under pressure. It’s really a fabulous catch and Peshawar are right back in the contest. Azam Khan will be gutted with himself to not get the job done. He was suckered with the hard length delivery and lost his shape while trying to smash him downtown.Azam Khan c Babar Azam b Naveen-ul-Haq 75 (30b 6×4 6×6) SR: 25018.1 Arif Yaqoob to Munro, OUT
Crowd roars as Peshawar pick another! Another set batter departs in quick succession! Yaqoob bowls a beauty, slow, mystifying and a tempting legbreak that never really arrived at him; Munro tries to insolently smash him over long-on and gets beaten by the beautiful guile, spin and he makes a complete mess of it while prancing down the track. Haseebullah with sharp glovework removes the bails in a flash and Munro has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. It’s proving to be another nail-biter!Colin Munro st †Haseebullah Khan b Arif Yaqoob 71 (53b 7×4 1×6) SR: 133.9618.2 Arif Yaqoob to Faheem, 1 run
Nicely bowled, not afraid to toss it up and give it flight, gets a decent amount of turn towards middle and leg, clipped off the pads to backward square18.3 Arif Yaqoob to Haider Ali, OUT
TAKEN AT DEEP MIDWICKET! Zalmi are on fire. Tosses up a delicious legbreak turning away from off, tries to whip it over the leg side and just didn’t quite get it far enough. A major twist in the plot! Islamabad United collapsing like a house of cards. This is not sensible batting by any means, everybody has tried to swing frantically from the first ballHaider Ali c Mohammad Haris b Arif Yaqoob 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 018.4 Arif Yaqoob to Imad Wasim, 1 leg bye
Floats a legbreak that has more twists than a mystery novel, Imad inverses his stance and tries to connect and wears it on his pads18.5 Arif Yaqoob to Faheem, OUT
This is madness from Islamabad! Trying an unconventional reverse sweep and playing a poor shot to point. Luke Wood took some steps to his left and pouches it comfortably. Yaqoob running all over the place in jubilation! More was expected from Faheem who has ample international cricket experience but it’s poor shot selection and not judicious from Islamabad’s stalwart. Meanwhile, Arif Yaqoob gets a fifer! Look at him go, elation conspicuous on his faceFaheem Ashraf c sub (DR Mousley) b Arif Yaqoob 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 5018.6 Arif Yaqoob to Hunain Shah, OUT
What is going on out there! Hunain gets down on one knee and takes an almighty swing. The ball hangs in the air for a while but goes straight to Rovman Powell who catches it brilliantly in his big bucket hands. Suddenly there is pandemonium! Yaqoob continues to produce magic in a match-turning spellHunain Shah c Powell b Arif Yaqoob 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0ESPNcricinfo Ltd

MatériaMais Notícias

Em meio aos preparativos para o duelo da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil, no qual visita o ABC, em Natal, o Grêmio divulgou oficialmente o seu novo uniforme principal para a temporada 2023. Como principal inspiração, a fornecedora inglesa de material esportivo Umbro utilizou o fato do clube completar 120 anos de existência no segundo semestre.

Alguns dos modelos que foram utilizados para fardar a indumentária em modo demonstrativo são figuras bastante conhecidas do público gremista, já que se tratam de atletas da equipe feminina e também masculina.Dentre as Gurias, foram escolhidas a zagueiro Paty Maldaner e a atacante Caty. Por sua vez, na equipe dirigida por Renato Portaluppi, representaram o plantel Reinaldo, Vina e Luis Suárez

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“120 anos de glória tens Imortal Tricolor. Os feitos da tua história conta o Rio Grande com amor”. A icônica frase escrita por Lupicínio Rodrigues, autor do aclamado hino oficial do Grêmio, e adaptada em relação à idade do clube é destacada em uma etiqueta especial situada na parte interna da gola, assim como os anos 1903 e 2023 e os escudos do Tricolor à época da sua fundação junto ao atual.

O primeiro símbolo que representou os jogadores e torcedores do Grêmio também é destacado na barra inferior da camisa, em uma etiqueta branca e azul celeste que inclui os anos 1903 e 2023, além do 120, número que identifica a idade que o clube completará no próximo dia 15 de setembro.

As etiquetas comemorativas também fazem parte da segunda camisa oficial do clube, que é predominantemente branca e conta com faixas azuis e havana nas laterais, uma referência ao primeiro uniforme da história do Tricolor.

Segundo previsão revelada pela própria Umbro, a ideia é que o novo primeiro uniforme esteja disponível para venda na Grêmio Mania e no e-commerce oficial da fornecedora a partir da próxima quinta-feira (13). Com relação ao uniforme de número 2, a ideia é fazer um lançamento oficial separado e que deve ocorrer até o fim da semana.

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O Botafogo chegou a passar por momentos de tensão, mas saiu de campo com a vitória por 2 a 1 sobre o Volta Redonda nesta quinta-feira (19), no Raulino de Oliveira, pela segunda rodada do Campeonato Carioca. O Alvinegro, que pela primeira vez contava com os comandados de Luís Castro, contou com gols de Marçal e Cuesta para garantir os três pontos. Lelê diminuiu para o Voltaço.

O Glorioso foi a três pontos na competição, enquanto a equipe da Cidade do Aço ficou com um ponto. O Volta Redonda volta a campo no domingo (22), quando encara o Audax, às 16h. O Botafogo, por sua vez, só regressa na próxima quinta-feira (26), quando encara o Madureira no Nilton Santos, às 19h30.

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ALVINEGRO ABRE O PLACAR

Em uma partida bastante disputada, coube ao Botafogo ser certeiro para sair na frente. Patrick de Paula fez lançamento milimétrico e encontrou Gustavo Sauer. O camisa 10 escorou, e Marçal surgiu livre para estufar a rede aos nove minutos.

VOLTAÇO SE ESMERA POR REAÇÃO

Mesmo em desvantagem, o Volta Redonda não abdicou do ataque. Com Luciano Naninho ditando as ações, a equipe levava calafrios à defesa alvinegra. O camisa 10 encontrou Berguinho nas costas de Marçal, mas o atacante deixou a bola escapar e ficar nas mãos de Lucas Perri.

Naninho também lançou Lelê, que arrancou até a área e finalizou. O goleiro alvinegro caiu para espalmar. No lance seguinte, Lelê obrigou Patrick de Paula a se esticar para evitar.

Os botafoguenses, por sua vez, tiveram bons momentos nos avanços de Victor Sá e Sauer em algumas tentativas de Tiquinho Soares. Porém, o time da casa continuava a pressionar. Berguinho deixou um adversário para trás, chutou de longe e viu a bola passar rente à trave de Perri.

JOGO MUITO MOVIMENTADO

A equipe de Rogério Corrêa voltou do intervalo com ímpeto e apostando em jogadas de Luciano Naninho, Lelê e Berguinho. No entanto, mais uma vez o Alvinegro foi encontrando brechas. Victor Sá engatou contra-ataque e esticou a Marçal, obrigando Sandro Silva a salvar.

Só que o Botafogo seguia iluminado. A cobrança de escanteio de Daniel Borges foi escorada por Cuesta e parou no fundo da rede aos dez minutos da etapa final.

LELÊ INCENDEIA O JOGO

O Glorioso, porém, não teve tempo de relaxar. Impetuoso, Lelê aproveitou um vacilo na defesa alvinegra, abriu caminho e tocou na saída de Lucas Perri. Cuesta ainda se esticou, mas não evitou o gol do Volta Redonda.

ALVINEGRO SOBREVIVE À PRESSÃO DO VOLTAÇO

O técnico Luís Castro ainda fez alterações, mas não diminuiu o ímpeto do Volta Redonda. Em uma escorregada de Philipe Sampaio, Lelê avançou com liberdade, deixou Lucas Perri no chão e chutou. O atacante corria para comemorar o gol quando Cuesta se atirou na bola e salvou.

Na reta final, o time da casa encontrou novos espaços. Pedrinho encontrou Ricardo Sena, que obrigou Lucas Perri a sair aos pés do atleta. Na sobra, Bruno Barra encheu o pé e Perri novamente defendeu. Luciano Naninho e Pedrinho ainda tentaram, mas o Alvinegro, entre sustos, acabou garantindo sua vitória.

FICHA TÉCNICA

VOLTA REDONDA 1 x 2 BOTAFOGO
Data e horário: 19 de janeiro de 2023, às 19h30 (de Brasília)
Local: Raulino de Oliveira, em Volta Redonda (RJ)
Árbitro: Maurício Machado Coelho Júnior
Assistentes: Carlos Henrique Alves de Lima Filho e Michael Correia

Cartões amarelos: Dudu (VRE), Marlon Freitas, Marçal, Patrick de Paula e Danilo Barbosa (BOT)

Gols: Marçal, 9/1T (0-1), Cuesta, 10/2T (0-2) e Lelê, 11/2T (1-2)

VOLTA REDONDA (Técnico: Rogério Corrêa)

Jefferson; Wellington Silva (Iury, 29/2T), Alix, Sandro Silva (Daniel Felipe, 8/2T) e Gilson; Bruno Barra, Dudu e Luciano Naninho; Luizinho (Guilherme Cachoeira, 22/2T), Lelê e Berguinho (Pedrinho, 22/2T).

BOTAFOGO (Técnico: Luís Castro)

Lucas Perri; Daniel Borges (Rafael, 36/2T), Philipe Sampaio, Víctor Cuesta e Marçal; Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê (Danilo Barbosa, 29/2T) e Patrick de Paula; Gustavo Sauer (Luis Henrique, 17/2T), Tiquinho Soares (Carlos Alberto, 28/2T) e Victor Sá (Lucas Piazon, 17/2T).

Joe Clarke and Will Young broke a Nottinghamshire record stretching back 121 years with an unbroken third-wicket stand of 370 to transform the Vitality County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton.The pair batted for all but ten minutes of the third day, coming together with their side 48 for two in their second innings, trailing by 213, and guiding them to 418 for two at the close, a lead of 157.Clarke hit an undefeated 209, while Young contributed 156 not out. Their combined efforts bettered those of the uncle and nephew partnership of Billy and John Gunn, who put together a third-wicket stand of 367 against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge back in 1903.By stumps, the pair had been together for two minutes short of six hours without either giving a chance. It was memorable display of concentration and application, which spelled total frustration for the Somerset bowlers.Notts began the day looking to save the game from a seemingly daunting position. There was no indication of batting dominance to come when Haseeb Hameed was bowled through the gate by Craig Overton for 20 with only ten runs added to leave them 48 for two.Clarke walked out to join Young with hundreds against Worcestershire and Essex already to his name this season. From a watchful start, the pair grew in stature to such an extent that a very occasional play-and-miss was all that offered encouragement to the bowlers.Mostly, the ball met the centre of the bat as Clarke and Young mixed watchful defence with sound shot selection, choosing the right deliveries to attack.By lunch, their stand was worth 92, Clarke having reached an 88-ball half-century and Young unbeaten on 41. But at 140 for two, Notts were still 121 adrift and there was plenty more hard work ahead.The afternoon session proved totally sterile for Somerset as their bowlers found scant assistance for seam or spin from the flattest of third-day pitches. Young went to fifty off 135 balls and Clarke brought up his ton off 136 deliveries, with 12 fours and a six, before celebrating with a glorious straight-driven boundary off Overton.When the partnership went past 180 it beat the previous highest third-wicket stand for Notts against Somerset, compiled by Mike Harris and Sir Garfield Sobers at Trent Bridge in 1974.Not content with that, Clarke and Young had increased it to 233 by tea, which was taken at 281 for two, with their side now 20 ahead. Somerset’s last hope was the second new ball, due two overs after the interval.It was taken at 291 for two, but made no difference as the Notts pair continued to grind the bowlers into the dust in bright sunshine. Young went to his century with a superb square-driven four off Migael Pretorius, his 11th boundary in a then 234-ball knock.Soon the partnership was worth 300. A six by Young off the disappointing Shoaib Bashir piled on the misery for Somerset before Clarke scampered a single off Lewis Goldsworthy to bring up his double hundred off 284 balls, with 25 fours and a six.It continued to be a no-contest between bat and ball as the Notts lead increased with every over. Somerset skipper Lewis Gregory shuffled his attack, giving overs to Goldsworthy, Matt Renshaw and Tom Lammonby as well as his normal bowlers without any hint of success.The record was broken in the final over when Young pulled a two off Pretorius. A few moments later the Notts pair walked off to warm applause from the Somerset team and the crowd, Clarke having faced 303 balls and Young 304. They had been together since the third over of the day.

Eliz-mari Marx gets a maiden call-up for the ODI squad

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Dec-2023Fast bowler Ayabonga Khaka and allrounder Nadine de Klerk, who had missed the T20I series against Bangladesh with injuries, have recovered to participate in the upcoming ODI series against them.Marizanne Kapp, who had been rested for the T20I series, is also back for the ODIs. Kapp was recently in action for Sydney Thunder in the WBBL, where her team Sydney Thunder made it to the Eliminator. Chloe Tryon, though, remains unavailable for selection as she continues to work her way back from a groin injury.Eliz-mari Marx, 20, earned her maiden ODI call-up, having recently made her T20I debut against Bangladesh earlier this month. Meike De Ridder is the other uncapped player in the ODI side.Related

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“Special mention goes to the promising Eliz-mari Marx, earning her maiden call-up – a testament to her talent and potential,” Clinton du Preez, South Africa women’s convenor of selectors, said in a statement. “We believe this squad is well-equipped to deliver an outstanding performance on the field.””I am very happy that we can continue to bring youngsters in to add to the experience we have,” Hilton Moreeng, South Africa women’s head coach said. “We know what is at stake, with both teams having successful ODI series recently, so for us, it’s to make sure, particularly on home soil and after the way we started the T20Is, we can improve on that.The three-match ODI series, which will run from December 16 to December 23, will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 qualification campaign for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India.”It’s a different ball game now; it’s the ODIs and there’s a lot at stake regarding qualification for the World Cup, so with the experience that we brought in now, we as a team feel very confident going into the series,” Moreeng said.”We know what the six points will mean for us because post this tour, we will be finishing the year on a high, especially after the way the year started. We just want to ensure we stay focused, stick to our disciplines and execute on the day.”South Africa squad for ODIs against BangladeshLaura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Mieke De Ridder, Lara Goodall, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Sune Luus, Eliz-mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Delmi Tucker