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Glenn McGrath has expressed his disappointment at not being given a chance by the Delhi Daredevils to prove his fitness during this season’s IPL

Cricinfo staff22-May-2009Glenn McGrath has expressed his disappointment at not being given a chance by the Delhi Daredevils to prove his fitness during this season’s IPL. He is contracted with Delhi next year as well, but McGrath hinted that he may not return for the 2010 season.The 39-year-old McGrath, who retired after the 2007 World Cup, played almost every game for Delhi in the inaugural IPL and was among the stand-out bowlers in that tournament. However, with Victoria fast bowler Dirk Nannes being outstanding this season, and the Indian pace contingent of Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan and Aavishkar Salvi performing consistently, McGrath has been on the sidelines this year.”It has been hard to be a part of the bench, and I was hoping for a game during the league stage,” he wrote in his column in the . “I have asked a couple of people about why I was not being played, and I get the sense that they were worried about my fitness. I feel fitter than I did last year, but I guess I will not get a chance to prove that now.”McGrath, who was signed by Delhi for US$350,000, went on to suggest that he may not be back for the next season. “I am contracted for another year with Delhi, but that is a long way away. Right now, I would not bet on myself returning.”However, at a press conference on Friday before the semi-final between Delhi and Deccan Chargers, McGrath clarified that he had not ruled out returning next year. “I have read somewhere myself,” he said. “But I don’t remember saying anything like that.”

Peter English01-May-2009Australia’s selectors have another week to finalise fitting 34 players into 25 contract spots for the next 12 months. The 2008-09 deals expired on Friday and Andrew Hilditch’s panel is not expected to meet until the team’s limited-overs series concludes in the United Arab Emirates with a Twenty20 on Thursday.While the playing schedule is one reason for the delay – last year’s list was released on April 9 – another issue is the ongoing memorandum of understanding talks between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association, which include player payments and responsibilities. The negotiations will determine the amount of money available to the squad.”Once the player payment pool is decided the individual worth of the players will be determined,” a Cricket Australia spokesman said. The 25 contract holders receive confidential rankings and over the past year the top earners, including the captain Ricky Ponting, collected more than $1 million before match payments. At the bottom rung the retainer was $180,000.Throughout the summer an unprecedented 11 players were upgraded to national deals after appearing in the various sides, which suffered regular injury problems while undergoing a major regeneration. Those representatives, including Jason Krejza, Peter Siddle and David Warner, joined at the base rate and earned $15,000 for each full month they were on Cricket Australia’s books. In 15 Tests since last May, 25 players were used, including 11 debutants, while the same number of new faces appeared in the one-day team and another eight were welcomed in the Twenty20 outfit.Over the next week the selectors have to slash the current collection and ensure only 25 men check into the pre-season camp on the Sunshine Coast on May 24. Hilditch’s situation could have been even worse without the retirements of Matthew Hayden and Stuart MacGill, who were in last year’s initial intake. Players in danger of missing out following injury-interrupted campaigns include Phil Jaques and Ashley Noffke while Brad Hodge and Beau Casson have been overlooked throughout the summer.The delay in announcing the squad is not an immediate worry for Australia, but it has bigger implications on the domestic scene. “The issue is more relevant to state players as they have the ability to negotiate their contracts,” Paul Marsh, the ACA’s chief executive, said. “Until states know the size of the pool they have from which to pay players, they can’t realistically offer any contracts.”Marsh said the payment issue was the largest piece of the MOU negotiations. “Once this is agreed the rest should move reasonably quickly,” he said. “I can’t predict how much longer it will take.”While agreement on the player payment pool is a critical part of the process, it has not held up the announcement of CA contracts. The CA selectors can select the 25 players independent of determining contract values. Values are not subject to player negotiation, rather a formula based on the ranking of each player and the total amount for distribution to players.”Australia’s initial 2008-09 list Doug Bollinger (NSW), Nathan Bracken (NSW), Beau Casson (NSW), Stuart Clark (NSW), Michael Clarke (NSW), Brad Haddin (NSW), Matthew Hayden (Qld), Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas), Brad Hodge (Vic), James Hopes (Qld), David Hussey (Vic), Michael Hussey (WA), Phil Jaques (NSW), Mitchell Johnson (Qld), Simon Katich (NSW), Brett Lee (NSW), Stuart MacGill (NSW), Shaun Marsh (WA), Ashley Noffke (Qld), Ricky Ponting (Tas), Andrew Symonds (Qld), Shaun Tait (SA), Adam Voges (WA), Shane Watson (Qld), Cameron White (Vic).Additional contract holders Jason Krejza (Tas), Peter Siddle (Vic), Nathan Hauritz (NSW), David Warner (NSW), Andrew McDonald (Vic), Phillip Hughes (NSW), Bryce McGain (Vic), Marcus North (WA), Callum Ferguson (SA), Brett Geeves (Tas), Ben Laughlin (Qld).

Brydon Coverdale presents the plays of the day from day two in Durban

Brydon Coverdale in Durban07-Mar-2009
Michael Hussey ducks into a bouncer © AFP
Over rates over-rated
The start of South Africa’s innings was so eventful that in the first22 minutes only 15 balls were bowled. First there was a ridiculouslylong five-minute delay as Steve Bucknor proved that his “slow death”reputation has been transferred to the third umpire’s chair. Hashim Amlawas lbw to Mitchell Johnson and asked for a referral. Although he wasplumb, Bucknor seemed obsessed with detecting if there had been aninside edge and used far too many replays to determine what Hot Spotshowed in one go – there was no bat involved. Then there was anotherlong delay as Graeme Smith was assessed by the physio before he retiredhurt. Ricky Ponting will have a right to complain if there is anyquery over Australia’s slow over rate.Deal or no deal?
Phillip Hughes struck an agreement with his fellow opener Simon Katichbefore the first Test that Hughes would face the first ball of eachinnings if Katich took the short-leg duties. It seems the younger manisn’t keen on getting in harm’s way. But something must have happenedto void the deal. As Mitchell Johnson fired in unplayablebouncers, Hughes was in close under the helmet while Katich kickedback and relaxed at mid-off. Even when Hughes was at leg gully – some15 metres from the bat – he kept his helmet on.Double header
Michael Hussey was a gun squash player as a teenager, as well as beinga star cricketer. If his effort at Kingsmead is anything to go by hemight also have been a handy soccer striker. Hussey ducked into avicious Dale Steyn bouncer and it flew off the top of his helmet andbehind point at such speed that the batsmen were able to run twoleg-byes. It was the kind of header that would have done Ronaldoproud. It also kicked off a fiery Steyn spell that featured some wordsexchanged between him and Hussey.Mamba strikes
The so-called green mamba pitch at Kingsmead has a mysticalreputation. The idea is that because the ground is so close to thesea, at high tide the ball begins to move around so much that itstrikes fear into the batsmen. High tide on the second day was at1.45pm. As that time approached there was such a spate of wickets thatit was hard not to think about the legend. But alas, the exact momentcame and went without a perfectly-timed strike. However, both teamscombined to take 10 for 85 plus two retired-hurts in the first twosessions. The mamba had awoken.

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O pedido do presidente Modesto Roma Júnior foi atendido. Levir Culpi assumiu o comando do Santos e “chacoalhou a roseira”, como queria o presidente. Mas em campo, a mudança do Peixe não foi só de atitude. No comportamento tático, é possível ver algumas mudanças em relação ao que pedia Dorival Júnior.

O ex-treinador cobrava maior posse de bola, tanto que que até nos aquecimentos seus trabalhos envolviam troca de passes rápidos em campo reduzido. Levir parece ser apreciados dos contra-ataques e até mesmo dos lançamentos, que às vezes viram chutões quando errados. Com o antigo técnico, o “chutão” era proibido, mesmo para o goleiro Vanderlei, que desenvolveu saída com os pés.

Para apostar nos contra-ataques, Levir Culpi seguiu os conselhos de Elano e colocou o velocista Copete pelo lado esquerdo do setor ofensivo, para acompanhar Bruno Henrique pela direita. Dorival apostava em Vitor Bueno, meia improvisado pelas pontas.

O que Levir conseguiu aumentar em três jogos (duas vitórias e um empate), foram as finalizações certas: 16 no total, média de 5,33 por partida. Enquanto o time comandado por Dorival no Brasileirão finalizou na direção certa 13 vezes em quatro rodadas, média de 3,25.

E o time que gosta de contra-atacar mais do que de trocar passes também rouba mais bolas. Desde a sétima rodada o Peixe fez 11 interceptações, sendo que da primeira até a quarta foram dez.

-Aproveitamos os contra-ataques, mas quando tem que trabalhar a bola, trabalhamos. Essa arma do contra-ataque é outra forma de jogo que tentamos aproveitar nas partidas – analisou o volante Renato.

No quesito lançamentos, característica mais presente nos últimos três jogos, o Santos de Levir alcançou a média de 14 por jogo com uma partida a menos se comparado à equipe de Dorival.

Aos poucos, o novo comandante santista busca dar sua cara ao time, mas admite ainda não conhecer o elenco a fundo. Seu principal guia nas duas semanas de trabalho foi o auxiliar Elano, que estava no clube desde 2015 como jogador e passou a ser auxiliar nesta temporada.

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أكد حمزة الجمل المدير الفني لفريق الإسماعيلي أن الفوز على إنبي سيفرق مع الدراويش في بطولة الدوري المصري.

وفاز الإسماعيلي على إنبي بركلات الترجيح 5-4 في مباراة تحديد المركز الثالث التي أقيمت مساء أمس الخميس في كأس رابطة الأندية المصرية.

وقال الجمل في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “أون تايم سبورتس”: “سعيد بتحقيقنا المركز الثالث، كان هدفنا أن نتأهل للنهائي ونحقق اللقب، كان أمالنا أن نكون متواجدين في النهائي”.

طالع أيضًا.. رئيس الإسماعيلي يصر: إيهاب جلال طلب 10 ملايين.. وعليكم تحديد من الأكثر صراحة

وتابع: “مكسب جيد ورائع على إنبي، ولكن الأفضل هو أن حققنا شيء معنوي، وهذا سيفرق معنا لكي نجمع نقاط في مباريات الدوري”.

واختتم: “أعد جماهير الإسماعيلي لو هناك أخطاء أعتذر لهم، وأعدهم سنبذل أقصى جهد لنا، ينقصنا التوفيق من الله والفترة المقبلة نحتاج إلى دعم الجماهير، الظروف تحتاج إلى تكاتف الجميع”.

An update has emerged on the fitness of Liverpool centre-forward Roberto Firmino, following his latest injury issue.

What’s the latest?

According to The Times journalist Paul Joyce, Roberto Firmino is set to be assessed after suffering a hamstring injury this week.

Joyce has said that the initial diagnosis is promising, with the Brazil international not expecting to be out for a significant period of time as the injury is thought to be ‘not serious.’

Delight

Liverpool fans will surely be delighted by this update on Firmino’s hamstring injury as it suggests that he will not miss too many games, if any at all. He featured in all of the club’s first three Premier League games and now has two weeks to get himself ready for the next outing, with the Reds facing Leeds in early September.

Diogo Jota has had a strong start to the campaign, scoring two goals in two starts and coming off the bench in the third game. He has averaged a WhoScored rating of 7.15 after scoring goals against Norwich and Burnley to kickstart the 2021/22 season.

This shows that Firmino could have some serious competition for his place in the starting XI. The attacker scored nine goals in 33 Premier League starts last season, which was matched by Jota in just 12 starts for the Reds following his move from Wolves.

The competition between the two is healthy, though, and adds a healthy dynamic on and off the pitch for Jurgen Klopp’s squad. Firmino and Jota both know if they do not perform then a top-quality player is there to take their place in the XI and this keeps them both on their toes and putting in maximum effort in training and in matches this season.

Therefore, Firmino’s injury not being serious will leave fans delighted as it keeps that competition going as a busy period of fixtures approaches.

Hopefully, the 29-year-old will be able to return to training before the end of the international break and Klopp will have a fully fit squad to pick from when they face Leeds. It will be interesting to see if he goes with the Brazilian if he is fit, or gives Jota the chance to build on his two goals.

In other Liverpool news; The Reds are expecting deadline offers for 24-year-old…

يستعد منتخب السعودية للمشاركة في نهائيات بطولة كأس العالم 2022، بعد أن حسم التأهل للمرة السادسة في تاريخه.

ومن المقرر أن تنطلق البطولة الأكبر على مستوى العالم في قطر، خلال الفترة من 21 نوفمبر وحتى الثامن عشر من ديسمبر.

ووقع منتخب السعودية في مجموعة قوية بكأس العالم رفقة الأرجنتين وبولندا والمكسيك.

طالع أيضا.. فيديو | لأول مرة في تاريخه.. منتخب السعودية يهزم أوزبكستان ويتوج بلقب كأس آسيا تحت 23 عامًا

وخاض منتخب السعودية مباراتين وديتين أمام كولومبيا وفنزويلا، وخسرهما بنفس النتيجة بهدفٍ دون رد.

وأعلن الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم عن خوض المنتخب الأول مباراتين أخريتين استعدادًا للمشاركة في المحفل العالمي، أمام الإكوادور وأمريكا. موعد مباراتي السعودية القادمتين استعدادًا لكأس العالم

السعودية والإكوادور

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السعودية وأمريكا

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🟢⚪️ مباراتنا الرابعة في رحلة الإعداد لـ #كأس_العالم ، ستكون أمام بطل كأس الكونكاكاف الذهبية منتخب أمريكا 🇺🇸

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Sunderland have been dealt a further blow in their bid to bring Jordan Jones back to the Stadium of Light this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by Football League World, who claim that Ipswich Town have moved ahead of Sunderland in the race for the Glasgow Rangers winger, with Wigan Athletic also thought to be keen on a move for the 26-year-old.

An earlier report had already claimed that the Black Cats could struggle to get a deal over the line for their former loanee, as Steven Gerrard is hoping to move Jones on permanently this summer, with Lee Johnson’s side looking unlikely to be able to afford Gers’ asking price for the forward.

Big miss

With Jones being one of Sunderland’s stand out performers during his loan spell at the club last season, missing out on the winger’s signing this summer would be a devastating blow for Johnson.

Indeed, over his 20 League One appearances for the Mackems last term – with only 12 of these coming as starts – the £540k-rated man bagged three goals, provided four assists and created two big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 1.6 shots and making 1.9 key passes per game.

These metrics saw the player Steven Gerrard dubbed a “real threat” earn a highly impressive average SofaScore match rating of 7.08, ranking him as Johnson’s fifth-best player in the third tier of English football.

As such, should Kyril Louis-Dreyfus be unable to secure the signing of the 26-year-old once again this summer, it would be a huge opportunity missed for the Black Cats, with the owner having to turn his attention regarding attacking additions in the summer transfer market elsewhere.

Furthermore, should Jones go on to sign for one of Sunderland’s likely promotion rivals in Ipswich or Wigan, the possibility of the winger’s goals having a direct impact on the Mackems’ promotion chances would seem very real indeed.

In other news: Alan Nixon drops two-word Sunderland transfer update that will have fans buzzing

Scorecard

Jack Simmons, the former Lancashire chairman, once joked that all the county needed to do to win the Championship was to move away from Old Trafford to a drier part of the country. So the irony wouldn’t have been lost if rain had prevented their eight-wicket victory at Hove, but after a frustrating three-hour delay they raced home during the final session, with Andrew Flintoff hitting his first first-class half-century since May last year.And just in case anyone’s interest in the final innings was drifting, Flintoff’s promotion to No. 4 meant there was some added spice to the run-chase. That was especially true when he appeared to get away with an outside edge off Corey Collymore on 2. It might just have been the change of fortune Flintoff needed in his search for batting form, although this performance shouldn’t be enough to sway the selectors into any late change of heart regarding the first Test against South Africa.There were still plenty of edges, and another was dropped at third slip by Carl Hopkinson, along with uncertain prodding and poking, but slowly he located the middle with some strong drives. As the innings progressed the stroke-range expanded and two straight hits for six were trademark Flintoff. His unbeaten 62 was more than double his previous five innings in the Championship, and his highest first-class score since the 89 he made at Sydney in January 2007.The way he and Paul Horton eased Lancashire past their target of 107, and to second place in the table, was deceptively easy after Sussex created some early alarms as the ball swung under heavy skies. Lou Vincent was caught behind prodding outside off stump shortly before the lengthy rain break, then on resumption after an early tea Mal Loye completed a poor match when he was trapped lbw for the second time by Jason Lewry.But if Sussex were to have any hope of defending a meagre total everything needed to go their way, and they were also missing Mushtaq Ahmed after his knee problems flared up. They didn’t help themselves either with their dropped catches and Hopkinson missed a second, this time off Horton, whose cover-driving showed why he is averaging over 60 this season.Stuart Law’s 158 was the decisive innings of the match, but it was Lancashire’s pace bowlers who did the hard yards to set up this victory on a slow pitch. Flintoff wasn’t needed on the final morning as Glen Chapple and Sajid Mahmood ran through the lower order in 50 minutes.Sussex’s main hope of a setting a substantial target was Murray Goodwin and tension would have grown in the Lancashire camp when he was dropped by Luke Sutton off Chapple on 80. However, those concerns were eased with the very next ball when he glanced down the leg side where Sutton made amends with a fine, two-handed, dive to his left and Chapple had a worthy five-wicket haul.Ollie Rayner slashed to gully off Mahmood and the other bowlers didn’t seem up for a long fight. Mushtaq backed away against Chapple and, after a couple of meaty thumps, Lewry exposed his stumps against Mahmood. Flintoff’s wicketless performance has filled up the column inches, but Mahmood has been the stand-out quick on display. The selectors’ interest in this match was largely about one man, but Mahmood will have done his chances of a second shot at international cricket no harm.