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India conceded 321 in the first ODI against West Indies in Kochi and eventually lost by 124 runs, but their captain MS Dhoni said he was “quite happy” with the bowling, especially in the death overs. After going for 52 in the batting Powerplay, India’s bowlers gave away 66 between overs 41 and 49, before Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy scored 15 off the final over.”Most our bowlers apart from Bhuvaneshwar gave runs,” Dhoni said after the game. “Considering that we restricted them to a total of 321 on this wicket, I must say our bowlers did a decent job. I was quite happy with the death bowling and they bowled quite consistently maintaining their lengths and we were able to put fielders in right areas. Overall, I am quite happy with the bowling.”Although Bhuvneshwar Kumar was wicketless, he conceded only 38 in ten overs. Ravindra Jadeja had the next best economy rate – 5.80 – but the other four bowlers went at more than 6.50 runs per over. Dhoni had decided to bowl first because of the dew factor in Kochi but his ploy did not pay off in the afternoon heat.”I think we had to do something because we have seen the impact of dew here. There was no surety, but dew plays a factor more often than not so the team is forced to bowl first,” Dhoni said. “It was very hot and the fast bowlers were having a tough time and they would love to bowl few more overs. It was quite hard also to keep them rotating. I could not really rotate them well.”They [West Indies] batted really well. If you see, we could not get too many wickets with the new ball. They were hitting the big shots but still we were not able to put pressure on them by not letting them get those easy singles.”Samuels was the key player for West Indies. He lifted a squad depleted by injury and dealing with contract issues with his sixth ODI hundred, and had a partnership of 165 with Denesh Ramdin – a West Indies record for the fourth wicket against India.”I got some runs in the warm-up match against India A – including a half-century so I came here today determined to make my mark,” Samuels said. “I lost my coach [Roy McLean] a little while back, so I dedicate this innings to him.”Ramdin is in good nick for the last year and he’s been batting well so we were able to feed off each other at the wicket. The communication and running between us went well. It is good when you can get runs and wickets and the team goes on to win the match. I will value this performance – when you do well and the team loses it doesn’t mean that much to me. But to perform and take the team to a win against India in India is something special.”Samuels and the other West Indies batsmen were able to overcome the threat posed by India’s spinners in Kochi. Collectively, they went for 144 runs in 22 overs and took only two wickets. Samuels was severe on Amit Mishra, whom he took for 40 runs off 28 balls.”They have good spinners and I wanted to make sure I played well against the spinners,” Samuels said. “Mishra is a very good legspinner with a googly like an offbreak so you had to be watchful. We tried to get the ones and twos against him and then attack the bad ball. It worked well.”Samuels also credited Viv Richards, who is with the West Indies A team in Sri Lanka at present, for his match-winning performance. “I had a long talk with the Master [Richards] and he just shared all his knowledge and I just soaked it up. I like to talk to the legends of West Indies cricket and gain knowledge. We have with us on tour, the great man Clive Lloyd, and also Sir Curtly Ambrose and Sir Richie Richardson as part of the team management. I like to listen to them as well. I will continue to talk to them and try to better my game.”West Indies go to Delhi for the second ODI on October 11 with a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

On a day that Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept India in the Test with 4 for 46 in 23 testing overs, he acknowledged Praveen Kumar’s contribution to his success

Sidharth Monga at Lord's18-Jul-2014They could be twins. They amble up off a small run, keep the seam upright, use the wrist, swing the ball each way, were born in Meerut, play for Uttar Pradesh, love bowling in England, and are handy batsmen lower down the order. Except Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the calmer, more subdued, version of Praveen Kumar. On a day that Bhuvneshwar kept India in the Test with 4 for 46 in 23 testing overs, he acknowledged Praveen’s contribution to his success.The last time India came to England, Praveen was India’s most effective bowler on a horror tour. It was only natural that before embarking on this journey, Bhuvneshwar gave Praveen a call, who is sidelined now for what seems forever.”Praveen Kumar is my idol and I have watched him a lot,” Bhuvneshwar said. “I had a talk with him before I came here. He is like a big brother for me, and we play together for the same team. He still helps me with my bowling.”Praveen would only have reinforced Bhuvneshwar’s basics: bowl at the stumps, bowl full, let the pitch and the atmosphere in England take full effect. With assistance from the other two quicks and despite a wicketkeeping slip letting Gary Ballance score a hundred, India put together a quite excellent day in the field: bowling with discipline, moving the ball, not letting England get away.When asked if this was the best bowling day with spinners not involved in it that he had been part of, Bhuvneshwar responded in affirmative.”The wicket became a bit easier for batsmen after the first session,” Bhuvneshwar said. “We bowled in the right areas and kept them quiet. We did well to keep Ballance quiet, even his hundred was not an easy one. We didn’t give any easy runs.”The jury might still be out on which of the Kumars is a better bowler, but Bhuvneshwar has already shown better batting technique and temperament than Praveen. With two fifties in the first Test and 36 important runs here, Bhuvneshwar is leading not only India’s bowling but batting averages too.”I have been enjoying batting in England,” Bhuvneshwar said. “The partnership with Ajinkya was really satisfying. The ball was moving around, and we were in a bad situation, had lost seven wickets. So, from that point of view, it was a good effort and I think a better effort than in the first Test.”

كشف كمال درويش رئيس اللجنة العلمية الاستشارية العليا بوزارة الشباب والرياضة، موقفه من الترشح لرئاسة نادي الزمالك، موضحًا أنه لم يتدخل في تعيين عماد البناني كمدير تنفيذي للقلعة البيضاء.

وزارة الشباب والرياضة أعلنت في وقت سابق عن تولي لجنة ثلاثية لإدارة نادي الزمالك، برئاسة الدكتور عماد البناني المدير التنفيذي وأحمد فواد الوطن المدير المالي وأيمن شعراوي مدير النشاط الرياضي.

وقال درويش في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “الشمس”: “لم أتدخل فى تعيين عماد البنانى مديرًا تنفيذيًا لنادى الزمالك، ووجود البناني فى اللجنة الثلاثية مفيد للغاية خاصة لأنه لديه خبرات كبيرة وكان رئيس جهاز الرياضة في وقت سابق بدرجة وزير”.

وتابع: “البناني قيمة إدارية كبيرة ويستطيع قيادة المرحلة الحالية في الزمالك، هو ليس له أي انتماءات أو ميول ولكن ولائه الوحيد لعمله وإنجاز مهمته المكلف بها في الوقت الحالي”.

وأكمل: “الوقفة الاحتجاجية التي نظمها بعض أعضاء الجمعية العمومية ضد عماد البناني لا تُعبر عن رأي الأغلبية، والنادي يحتاج إلى الاستقرار في الوقت الحالي، حتى يعود إلى المسار الصحيح”.

طالع أيضًا.. ميدو يدافع عن عماد البناني: “طالما مرتضى وأونكل ممدوح ضده يبقى مية مية”

وعن موقفه من الترشح لانتخابات الزمالك، قال: “لن أترشح، القائمة التوافقية سر عودة النادي إلى الطريق الصحيح في الفترة المقبلة”.

واختتم: “أطالب الجميع بالهدوء، حتى يعود النادي لمساره الصحيح، لأن هذه الأمور جميعها أثرت بالسلب على نتائج فريق الكرة”.

Lions came close to clinching an unlikely win against Cape Cobras but fell short by 47 runs in their chase of 238 on the third day at the Newlands

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Feb-2014
ScorecardFile photo: Lonwabo Tsotsobe’s seven wickets went in vain for Lions•AFP

Lions came close to clinching an unlikely win against Cape Cobras but fell short by 47 runs in their chase of 238 on the third day at the Newlands. The chase was led by a hundred from Temba Bavuma, but there was little support for him as he made 112 out of Lions’ 190. The 47-run win took Cobras top of the table.Cobras didn’t start too well, after being asked to bat, sliding to 17 for 3. But fifties from Justing Ontong and Yaseen Vallie rescued them with a stand of 139. Imran Tahir dismissed both batsmen, trapping Ontong lbw for 88 and having Vallie caught for 70. Dane Vilas resisted with 34 but Tahir’s four wickets meant Cobras were restricted to 255.Lions lost their top order even more cheaply, for 13 runs. After Quinton de Kock and Dominic Hendricks were sent back by Dane Paterson, Neil Mckenzie and Temba Bavuma stalled the fall of wickets for 14 overs. But once Justin Kemp broke the stand of 43, four wickets from Dane Piedt dismissed Lions for 119. Five wickets from Lonwabo Tsotsobe led the Lions fightback in the second innings as Tahir chipped in with three more and Cobras managed only 101, setting Lions a target of 238.Lions lost early wickets again but Stephen Cook replied with a 42 until Paterson got rid of him, leaving the score at 97 for 4. His third wicket reduced them to 107 for 5 and two more from Shaheen Khan made it 120 for 7. Bavuma stitched two partnerships to give Lions some hope – of 31 with Tsotsobe and of 24 with Pumelela Matshikwe for the last wicket – but Paterson dismissed Bavuma after the latter’s seventh first-class hundred for the 47-run win.

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between New Zealand and West Indies in Wellington

The Preview by Andrew McGlashan in Wellington10-Dec-2013Match FactsDecember 11-15, 2013, Wellington
Start time 10.30am (2130GMT previous day)Kane Williamson will replace Aaron Redmond at No. 3 after recovering from a thumb injury•AFPThe Big PictureDunedin ended as one of those Tests that would take some explaining if one day we find life on another planet: five days of sweat and toil, then it rains and everyone troops off with a draw. Yet it was also a terrific example of what makes Test cricket so brilliant. There were two double centuries, some artful swing bowling, some skillful spin, some terrific catches and some drops, plus just a little bit of controversy.After two-and-a-half days of being comprehensively outplayed there was a fear that, like in India, West Indies would not provide much of an opposition. Now they have shaken off the jetlag, chipped off the rust and – apart from the odd cold – started to get used to New Zealand weather. While New Zealand skulked out of Dunedin frustrated and bemoaning their luck, West Indies had a spring in their step not only because the rain saved them but also because they helped save themselves.Now, though, they need to play as they did for the second half of that Test all over again – and from the start. Consistency is what coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy are striving for, to make performances of Darren Bravo’s ilk more the norm than the surprise.They remain second-favourites in this series, largely due to the problems in their pace-bowling attack. The quicks are likely to get a pitch to help them in Wellington, but it remains to be seen whether Tino Best, Shannon Gabriel and maybe Sheldon Cottrell have the patience and skill to exploit them. Sammy, seemingly recovering well from his injury, could be the man best suited.In the corresponding Test against England in March, following another long spell in the field in Dunedin, New Zealand were slow starters (it is the last time England reached 400 in a Test). There may be a little bit of neither the batsmen or the bowlers really wanting first use of the pitch, one lot because it could move all over the place and the second because of their workload. Some spicy pitches, though, are just what Test cricket needs.Form guide
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West Indies DLLWWWatch out forTrent Boult bowled some superbly skillful spells in Dunedin – he also bowled a lot of overs. Both in Dunedin and early in the year Auckland his efforts with the ball have deserved more than a draw. He wants a chance to rekindle the team song. “The boys are always eager to sing that and a handful of guys haven’t actually sung that song yet.” Boult has shown the ability to swing the ball when others struggle; in helpful conditions he could be lethal.Darren Sammy came into the first Test under significant pressure after a poor series in India and he responded impressively with bat and ball. Before his injury he was the most consistent West Indies seamer and his 80 in the second innings was a vital part of saving the Test. On flat pitches he is not a third-seamer in Test cricket, but if the Wellington surface offers some help for those who find a consistent line and length he may just be the man.Team newsKane Williamson scored 140 in a Hawke Cup match over the weekend and came through the bowling and fielding aspects of the outing. He will replace Aaron Redmond at No. 3. Elsewhere it is likely to be as-you-were with Brendon McCullum favouring a balanced attack.New Zealand (probable) 1 Hamish Rutherford, 2 Peter Fulton, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Brendon McCullum (capt), 6 Corey Anderson, 7 BJ Watling (wk), 8 Ish Sodhi, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent BoultWest Indies’ pace-bowling options are limited. Shannon Gabriel was poor in Dunedin but Sammy suggested that they will show faith in him. Apart from Kieran Powell all the batsmen made at least one contribution in the first Test although Denesh Ramdin needs to produce more at No. 7.West Indies (probable) 1 Kieran Powell, 2 Kirk Edwards, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Narsingh Deonarine, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Shane Shillingford, 10 Tino Best, 11 Shannon GabrielPitch and conditionsIt’s green. How green it remains on Wednesday morning will be the key factor. Often there is the promise of more than actually eventuates. Either way, the captain winning the toss is almost certain to bowl. The forecast, as often for Wellington, is mixed with the first day set to be perfect but the risk of some rain later in the match. All the more reason for a lively pitch.Stats and trivia Craig McMillan, the former New Zealand batsman, was drafted into the current set-up as a batting coach for the two warm-up days to this Test as Bob Carter was away at a wedding. New Zealand have not won a Test at the Basin Reserve in their last seven attempts since thrashing Bangladesh in 2008. In 2006 they beat West Indies by 10 wickets. New Zealand have two more chances to avoid 2013 being only the third time they have not won a Test in a calendar year having played at least 10 matches.Quotes”We’ve seen some very good spinners come to New Zealand in recent history and it’s not necessarily a place where they really prosper. I wouldn’t be too upset if they played two spinners. I would be very surprised if they did.”
“I think they were playing their best cricket and yet still they didn’t get the victory they deserved. We are keen to put pressure on them.”

ScorecardRyan ten Doeschate made his first Championship ton of the season•Getty Images

As with all festival cricket all over the country, the future of cricket at Castle Park is not guaranteed. The number of outgrounds abandoned by Essex bears testimony to that. So the loss of the third day’s play in Colchester was a cruel blow in such a dry summer.In terms of the match position, it proved insurmountable, for there was next to no likelihood of a positive result. Still, the crowds at a largely sun-drenched Castle Park have been encouraging, as indeed was the fine turnout of the county’s old boys.And of course, there was the signing of Monty Panesar, which startled Northamptonshire’s players as much as anybody in these parts. They had arrived in Colchester the day before the game still hoping that Panesar might play for them.There is no question that he is a draw – not necessarily on account of being an England spin bowler but simply because he is Monty. The children pick him out as he is instantly recognisable and the older supporters break into grins when his name is read out over the PA system. After all, did not the Rolling Stones urinate in public? One of their number now has a knighthood.Panesar will not play for Essex in a YB40 match against Derbyshire that will conclude the festival week; his contract is for first-class cricket only. He will shift from a hotel room in Colchester to Chelmsford for the remainder of the season. Next week he will be appearing at Bristol. A few more wickets for this, his third county, and a decision over his whereabouts next year will be that much easier to make.Essex, their sixth-wicket pair at the crease, resumed on the final day needing 382 to avoid following on. Quite how they had slipped to 103 for 5 on Wednesday remained baffling; they have had a tendency this season for baffling collapses.The pitch did not take much, if any spin, and Ryan ten Doeschate and James Foster, resuming following the rain on Thursday, were untroubled in adding 180 in 45 overs and effectively securing a draw. Their enterprise made them an ideal combination at such a time.Ten Doeschate reached his first century of the season and Foster, who had so relished keeping wicket to Panesar, contributed 95.There were also useful contributions from Graham Napier (45) and David Masters, who made an unbeaten 37.Ten Doeschate’s century came off 144 balls with nine fours and a six driven over long-on, off James Middlebrook. He emphasised once again what an unsung allrounder he is, outside aficionados of IPL. Foster, who by preference would bat at No. 6, not seven, batted assiduously in reaching a half-century off 77 balls with eight fours.He watches the ball on to the bat and concentrates as impressively as he does when keeping wicket. Bring up his name in conversation with the old stars and they will tell you to a man how unlucky he was not to have played more Test cricket.Middlebrook did remove both batsmen, ten Doeschate immediately after reaching his century and Foster when five runs short of three figures, but Napier and Masters were not easily dislodged.There was a cameo appearance by Panesar, elevated to No. 10 ahead of Reece Topley, and ninth out with three runs still needed. Panesar made 7 before he became Middlebrook’s third victim.At this point, with nine wickets down, three runs were still required to save the follow on. One hefty pull from Masters, off Azharullah, saw to that, although had Essex followed on, even Northants’ most optimistic supporter would not have anticipated that they could force victory in the final session.By the time Topley was leg-before to the same bowler, having not scored but at least having remained at the wicket while the follow-on figure was negotiated, the match was undoubtedly dead. Northamptonshire batted after tea, but only for the purpose of boosting their individual averages.

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A sequência invicta de seis jogos do Botafogo no mês de fevereiro foi quebrada, no último sábado, com a derrota por 1 a 0 para o Volta Redonda, no estádio Raulino de Oliveira. As atuações ruins no Campeonato Carioca não são novidade. A situação, no entanto, contrasta com o desempenho da equipe comandada por Zé Ricardo nas partidas de mata-mata. Nos jogos eliminatórios, o time tem mostrado mais agressividade e um espírito vencedor, já elogiado pelo treinador.

–Tivemos problemas no início, foi uma decepção grande. Fizemos uma cobrança muito grande em cima dos atletas e em cima do nosso trabalho. Mas na convicção que estávamos trabalhando certo. Começou o mata-mata e os jogadores entenderam a responsabilidade de jogar essas competições – disse Zé Ricardo, no programa “Seleção SporTV”, após a vitória por 3 a 0 sobre o Cuiabá na Copa do Brasil.

O Alvinegro soma apenas cinco pontos na competição e está a nove do Fluminense, que ocupa a quarta colocação na classificação geral. Faltando quarto rodadas para o fim do segundo turno, o clube viu as chances de título na Taça Rio diminuírem.

Os números confirmam a diferença entre as três competições disputadas pelo Alvinegro. De acordo com o site “Footstats”, o índice de acertos nas finalizações é superior nos jogos mata-mata. Em dois jogos pela Sul-Americana, o time finalizou 11 vezes, cinco delas em direção ao gol, com um índice de acertos de 45.5%. Na Copa do Brasil, o desempenho é ainda superior. Em duas partidas, o time chutou ao gol em 21 oportunidades, dez delas certeiras, média de 47.6%.

No Carioca, por outro lado, as estatísticas são desanimadoras. Em sete encontros, o Botafogo finalizou 90 vezes, acertando o gol em apenas 33 delas. O índice de acertos é de36,7%. Na competição, o Bota também tem o pior desempenho entre os quatro grandes. Os rivais, além de finalizarem mais, mostraram uma pontaria mais apurada. O Flamengo é o primeiro do grupo com 44.5% de acertos, à frente do Fluminense, com 41%, e do Vasco, com39.5%.

Contra o Volta Redonda, o Botafogo produziu muito pouco ofensivamente e quase não assustou o rival. Sem um centroavante fixo, Pimpão, Erik e Luiz Fernando alternaram de posição na frente, sem levar perigo. Ciente disso, a diretoria do clube se esforça para contratar mais uma alternativa para o comando de ataque . Diego Souza e Wellington Tanque estão na mira.

Aos torcedores, resta esperar a partida no dia 11, contra o Madureira, pela Taça Rio, para tirar a dúvida do que esperar do time no resto do ano.

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The IPL final takes place in Kolkata on Sunday, but all the news surrounding the tournament is about events off the field

The Preview by George Binoy25-May-2013Match factsSunday, May 26
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)Big PictureThe IPL final takes place in Kolkata on Sunday, but all the news surrounding the tournament is about events off the field. As Indian cricket and its fans grapple with the dismaying allegations of the past week, the old Apartheid-era slogan – No normal sport in an abnormal society – comes to mind. However, despite the formal charges of corruption against top Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan, the 2013 season will reach its scheduled end, when Chennai Super Kings play their fifth IPL final in six seasons, against Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens. An assertion of the game being bigger than the individuals that comprise it, no matter how abnormal the environs.Super Kings have had an outstanding season, finishing top of the league with 11 wins out of 16 games, and blazed through the first qualifier to seal their finals berth. They are the only team to have won more games than they lost away from home this season; they have the tournament’s highest run-scorer and joint top wicket-taker. Their fielders have set standards not matched by most competitors. They have been the IPL’s most formidable franchise since its inception, and have the opportunity to enhance that reputation by winning a third title. To do that, however, not only do MS Dhoni’s men have to deal with, and overcome the turmoil caused by Meiyappan’s arrest, but they also have to deal with a tough opponent.Mumbai Indians. Their habit of buying the flavours of the season, and of tinkering constantly with their line-up, produced largely disappointing results in IPLs past. This season began the same way, but they took tough decisions – dropping Ricky Ponting and appointing Rohit Sharma as captain – and hit upon a balanced and successful combination earlier than usual. They delighted their home crowds by winning all eight matches at the Wankhede Stadium, but the final is at a neutral venue, and they lost five league games away from home. They are the best franchise to never win the IPL, but that accolade is a slight to the millions that have gone into making the team.Form guide(completed matches, most recent first)
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Watch out forThe Eden Gardens crowd. They are famously passionate. They’ve disrupted international matches because they were displeased, they’ve booed the Indian team because they felt Sourav Ganguly was ill-treated, and they’ve created the most electric atmospheres in famous Indian victories. How will they react to the allegations and charges of corruption in the IPL? Will they just not turn up? Will they arrive in tens of thousands and make their disappointment heard? Or will they remain indifferent and cheer as though nothing has happened?A clash of tactics. The Super Kings bat extremely deep, deeper than is really necessary in Twenty20cricket. Yet they prefer to bat watchfully for the first ten overs, before going mental in the next ten. The strategy may seem ridiculously conservative, but it rarely fails them. Their bowling attack is far from being the best in the league, but there is no obvious weak link, and they use the advantage of a usually daunting target to defend to tremendous effect. Mumbai Indians play to a different plan. Their batting order is short – it ends at No. 6. Only four of those are tested match-winners, compared to Super Kings’ seven, and Mumbai have relied on those four to get the job done. Their bowling attack, however, is power packed and should Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh have good days, they could neutralise CSK’s guns.Team newsUnless Sachin Tendulkar has recovered from his arm injury, Mumbai have little reason to change the combination that beat Royals in the qualifier. Mumbai coach John Wright said Tendulkar was unlikely to play. Pragyan Ojha, however, could also be in doubt after the left-arm spinner hurt his shoulder while diving during the first innings on Friday and had to leave the field.Mumbai Indians: 1 Aditya Tare, 2 Dwayne Smith, 3 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 4 Rohit Sharma (capt), 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Ambati Rayudu, 7 Harbhajan Singh, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Rishi Dhawan, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Pragyan Ojha/Munaf Patel.Barring any last-minute fitness problems, the Super Kings should also field the same team that beat Mumbai in the first qualifier in Delhi.Chennai Super Kings: 1 M Vijay, 2 Michael Hussey, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 5 S Badrinath, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Chris Morris, 10 R Ashwin, 11 Mohit Sharma.Pitch and conditionsContrary to the pitches used during the league stage at Eden Gardens, the surface for the qualifier between Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals was excellent for batting. And the outfield, despite it being damp from rain, was quick. The weather forecast for Kolkata on Sunday is predominantly cloudy with a chance of showers. It is unlikely that the weather will force a washout, though, and even if it does, there is a reserve day for the final on the following day.Stats and trivia The head-to-head record between the two teams this season is 2-1 in Mumbai’s favour. They won in Chennai and at the Wankhede, but lost the first qualifier in Delhi. Mumbai have an outstanding record at Eden Gardens, winning five out of the six games they’ve played there. Super Kings’ record isn’t shabby either, with four wins in five games. The Super Kings’ top order has a superb record in IPL finals: Suresh Raina averages 60 and strikes at 168, M Vijay averages 54 and strikes at 158, and Michael Hussey’s stats are 58.50 and 133.Mumbai have not had any stand-out batsmen against the Super Kings. Rohit Sharma has the best record – 248 runs at an average of 35 in eight innings. Lasith Malinga, however, has 19 wickets at an average of 18 and economy of 7.04 against the Super Kings.Quotes”The players and support staff are distressed by the allegations and news reports considering the CSK franchise, the IPL and Indian cricket. The players and the support staff have no knowledge of either the betting or the separate spot-fixing allegations. As difficult as it is, all our focus is on appearing in the final tomorrow.”
.”At this stage Sachin is probably a doubt for tomorrow. We will take a call tomorrow. He is still a big part of our team whether he plays or not. Aditya has done a great job. Sachin is a big part of Mumbai Indians. We play for people like Sachin. We are a family. It’s probably unlikely. We will take a final call tomorrow.”
fronted up instead of Rohit Sharma.

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O Santos inscreveu apenas 15 jogadores na lista principal do Campeonato Paulista, sem o paraguaio Derlis González, que pode deixar o clube ainda nesta janela de transferências. O goleiro Vladimir também não apareceu na chamada Lista A do estadual. É outro que pode sair. A surpresa ficou pela inclusão do colombiano Jonathan Copete, tratado até então como possível moeda de troca para outras negociações.

A possível saída de Derlis foi trazida primeiro pela Gazeta Esportiva.Além de Vladimir e Derlis, os atacantes Eduardo Sasha e Rodrigão, o lateral Daniel Guedes, o meio-campista Rafael Longuine e os zagueiros Fabián Noguera e Cleber Reis também não foram inscritos na Lista A e tampouco na B. Todos estes podem ser negociados pelo Santos nas próximas semanas.O clube ainda não se manifestou de maneira oficial sobre a ausência dos atletas.

A Lista A pode ser completada com até 26 nomes até o dia 1º de março. Depois, apenas quatro atletas poderão ser trocados, caso o Santos avance às quartas de final da competição. Por isso, o paraguaio de 24 anos tem até lá para resolver sua situação. O jogador está emprestado até julho de 2020 pelo Dínamo de Kiev, da Ucrânia.

Os reforços Yeferson Soteldo, da Venezuela, e Felipe Aguilar, da Colômbia, ainda não podem ser inscritos. O zagueiro colombiano, inclusive, ainda não foi anunciado pelo Peixe. Já Rodrygo está com a Seleção Brasileira para a disputa do Sul-Americano sub-20 e, por isso, fica na lista B por enquanto.A estreia do Peixe é neste sábado, às 17h, na Vila Belmiro, contra a Ferroviária.

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Confira os 15 jogadores da Lista A do Santos até o momento:

Goleiros: João Paulo e Vanderlei
Laterais: Orinho e Victor Ferraz
Zagueiros: Gustavo Henrique, Lucas Veríssimo e Luiz Felipe
Meias: Alison, Carlos Sánchez, Jean Mota, Yuri e Diego Pituca
Atacantes: Bruno Henrique, Copete e Felippe Cardoso

Confira os jogadores da Lista B:
Alexandre Tam, Arthur Gomes, Cadu, Gabriel Calabres, Gabriel Pirani, Guilherme Nunes, Gustavo Cipriano, Kaio Jorge, Kaique Rocha, Lucas Lourenço, Lucas Sena, Matheus Guedes, Rodrygo, Sandro, Sandry, Tailson, Victor Yan, Wagner Leonardo e Yuri Alberto.

Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars off the final ball to secure a place in the Big Bash final and the Champions League

The Report by Alex Malcolm16-Jan-2013
ScorecardMichael Hussey celebrates after hitting the winning runs•Getty Images

You need more than the Duckworth/Lewis method to work out how the Perth Scorchers won this extraordinary semi-final against Melbourne Stars, and qualified for the Champions League again. Rain reduced the contest from a 20-over affair to an 18-over match at the end of the Stars’ magnificent batting display. Then more rain initially reduced it to a 17-over chase, before a 13-over pursuit of 139 was finally begun.You could talk about the ten runs needed from James Faulkner’s final over, and Jackson Bird’s drop of Michael Hussey from the first ball of the over. But the match, the BBL final, and the Champions League berth all hinged on what appeared to be the last ball of the match.Adam Voges took strike, needing three runs to win, and two to force a one-over eliminator. Faulkner, who was controversially made the stand-in captain for the Stars with both Shane Warne and Cameron White on sanctions for slow over-rates earlier in the tournament, stood at the top of his mark with his actual captain, Warne, and the former acting captain, White, trying to set a field to keep the scoring to two or less.The trio parted ways, all pointing every which way. Faulkner delivered a brilliant wide yorker that Voges missed and despite Hussey running through for a bye the Stars thought they had won the match, until they saw standing umpire Mick Martell’s right arm outstretched to signal a no-ball.The Stars’ three captains had failed to notice they only had three men inside the circle. To rub salt into the wound Faulkner also over-stepped the frontline. Either way the Stars looked at it, the ball needed to be re-bowled and the Scorchers needed just one to win.Hussey, of course, struck the winning runs over mid-on, and the Scorchers booked a home final for Saturday night at the WACA.The Scorchers can thank Shaun Marsh for getting them there. Chasing 139 to win, Marsh produced another astonishing hand. His innings of 68 from 40 balls was the difference in the end. The Scorchers were 1 for 38 after five overs, having lost Herschelle Gibbs to a hamstring strain and Nathan Coulter-Nile to a superb running catch from Brad Hodge.Marsh then targeted debutant Alex Keath, who was called upon for his first over by one of his captains. The left-hander assaulted the youngster, taking 27 from the over. Both a full toss and a half volley landed in the long-on bleachers. Then two elegant cover drives found the cover rope in different ways, one on the bounce, the next along the carpet. The fifth ball went for six again, the sixth Marsh took a single to retain the strike in a commanding display of batting.Off the first ball of the seventh over, Marsh slashed Bird to third man to bring up his fifth half-century of the tournament, and the third in a row. He and Voges continued to find the rope with ease before Marsh holed out with 38 runs still needed.But it only brought Hussey to the crease to hook his second ball for six. His 18 not out from 12 balls was vintage Hussey, but credit must really go to Voges who finished with an unbeaten 36 from 21 deliveries to help the Scorchers to the most remarkable of victories. Given the wet conditions and the shortened match, Warne did not bowl for the first time in the BBL.It was a result that never seemed likely after the Stars’ phenomenal batting display. Simon Katich asked the Stars to bat with one eye on the looming rain clouds. Cameron White was promoted to open and nearly doubled his tournament run tally in 53 balls of brutal hitting. White had managed just 90 runs in seven innings this tournament. His 88 here looked a match-winning effort. After a cautious start the Stars were 1 for 69 through the first ten overs. But then White and Hodge cut loose. They hit 10 sixes between them, each as large as the next. No bowler was spared with the exception of Coulter-Nile who conceded only a run a ball while his colleagues were clubbed to all corners of a packed WACA ground.A rain delay brought about White’s downfall as he picked out long-off first ball after the resumption. It did not stop Hodge though. His unbeaten 70 from 43 deliveries helped the Stars to an imposing total of 2 for 183, which would have certainly been in excess of 200 had they been allowed to bat the 20 overs.Hodge received a life on 40 when the makeshift wicketkeeper Hussey missed a stumping chance. But the gamble of gloving Hussey would pay dividends in the end for the Scorchers. Perth will host the BBL final for the second successive year, and despite the disgrace and disappointment of the 2012 Champions League, they will be there again in 2013.