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Em duelo válido pela8ª rodada do Campeonato Paulista, Portuguesa e Corinthians se enfrentam em Brasília, neste domingo (12), às 16h.O confronto, que originalmente foi marcado para o estádio do Canindé, em São Paulo, teve o seu local modificado para a Arena Mané Garrincha a pedido do time mandante, que vendeu o evento para o portal Metrópoles, que é sediado em Brasília.

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+ Erro de Balbuena custa caro em noite desastrosa da defesa do Corinthians

O veículo pagou R$ 1 milhão ao clube rubro-verde para que o jogo acontecesse na capital federal, conforme informação publicada em primeira mão pelo LANCE!, no dia 18 de janeiro.

+ Veja as movimentações do mercado da bola no LANCE!

A Lusa, lanterna do Grupo D com quatro pontos, é o primeiro time dentro da zona do rebaixamento. A equipe de Gilson Kleina vem de quatro derrotas consecutivas e quer os três pontos para respirar no Paulistão.

Já o Timão teve a sua sequência de vitórias interrompida pelo São Bernardo, que venceu a equipe de Fernando Lázaro por 2 a 0 na última quinta-feira (9). O técnico corintiano terá os retornos de Renato Augusto e Yuri Alberto, mas Fagner e Maycon não viajaram com o elenco alvinegro para Brasília.

+ Veja tabela e simule os jogos do Campeonato Paulista

PORTUGUESA X CORINTHIANS
CAMPEONATO PAULISTA – 8ª RODADA
Local: Arena Mané Garrincha, em Brasília (DF)
Data e hora: 12 de fevereiro de 2023, às 16h
Árbitro: Douglas Marques das Flores (SP)
Assistentes: Daniel Luis Marques (SP) e Robson Ferreira Oliveira (SP)
Árbitro de vídeo: José Cláudio Rocha Filho (SP)
Onde assistir: Paulistão Play, Premiere, Record e no tempo real do LANCE!

PORTUGUESA (Técnico: Gilson Kleina)
Thomazella; Pará, Vitor Ramos, Bruno e Thallyson; Madison, Lucas Nathan, Tauã e Daniel Costa; Lucas Paraizo e João Victor.

DESFALQUES:-

PENDURADOS:-

CORINTHIANS (Técnico: Fernando Lázaro)
Cássio; Rafael Ramos, Bruno Méndez, Gil (Balbuena) e Fábio Santos; Fausto Vera (Roni), Du Queiroz, Renato Augusto (Giuliano) e Adson; Róger Guedes e Yuri Alberto (Romero).

DESFALQUES:Fagner (suspenso); Maycon (transição); Cantillo (trabalho individual no gramado); Gustavo Mosquito (rompimento ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho direito) e Ruan Oliveira rompimento (ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo)

PENDURADOS:Roni

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رد بيتسو موسيماني، المدير الفني السابق للنادي الأهلي، على تصريحات منسوبة إليه خلال الساعات الماضية، والتي هاجم فيها القلعة الحمراء وإدارتها.

وكانت شبكة “سنترال نيوز” الجنوب إفريقية قد نسبت لموسيماني قوله إن “كرة القدم عبارة عن ثلاثة أمور: الفوز والتعادل والخسارة”، مؤكداً أنه “غير مستعد لتدريب نادٍ يعتقد أنه سيفوز دائمًا”، كشروط للعودة إلى تدريب الأهلي.

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لكن موسيماني أكد عبر تصريحات خاصة لـ بطولات أن ما نُشر غير صحيح، قائلاً: “أكاذيب”، لينفي بذلك تماماً مهاجمته للنادي الأهلي الذي سبق أن قاده لتحقيق بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا مرتين من قبل.

وبذلك موسيماني أكد على أنه يكن كل تقدير واحترام للنادي الأهلي وجماهيره، مؤكداً أن فترته داخل القلعة الحمراء ستظل جزءاً مميزاً في مسيرته التدريبية بعد النجاحات التي تحققت محليًا وقاريًا.

ورحل موسيماني عن الأهلي في يونيو 2022 بسبب سوء النتائج في الدوري المصري وقتها، ثم انتقل لتدريب أهلي جدة السعودي وبعد ذلك الوحدة الإماراتي والاستقلال الإيراني.

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O Palmeiras desistiu de contratar o jovem Andrey Santos, junto ao Chelsea, depois de o clube inglês mudar várias vezes os termos do contrato de empréstimo. A atitude do Verdão foi correta ao não aceitar uma contratação em que não levaria vantagem. No entanto, é preciso ponderar também como tem sido a postura alviverde no mercado e como é estranha a demora em reforçar o elenco.

> Veja classificação e simulador do Paulistão-2023 clicando aqui

Vale destacar que tudo corria bem nas conversas para trazer o volante, que é uma das melhores promessas brasileiras da atualidade e havia acabado de “barbarizar” no Sul-Americano sub-20 com a Seleção Brasileira. Era o substituto ideal de Danilo, viria de graça e jogaria praticamente uma temporada inteira. Foi nessa condição que o jogador viajou ao Brasil para assinar com o Alviverde.

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Mas chegando aqui, os termos acordados com o Chelsea começaram a mudar radicalmente. O empréstimo não seria mais de graça, não seria mais até dezembro (e sim até julho) e havia a obrigação de liberar Andrey para o Mundial sub-20. O Palmeiras até deu o OK para algumas exigências, mas na medida em que elas iam aumentando, o negócio ficava menos vantajoso. Até que, corretamente, o Verdão colocou um ponto final nas conversas e agiu com a grandeza que tem.

>Palmeiras desiste da contratação de Andrey Santos, do Chelsea

Há quem critique a desistência palmeirense, por ser uma peça necessária e por se tratar de um nome certeiro, que muito dificilmente daria errado. Mas de que adiantaria ficar com o jogador por menos de quatro meses, pagando salários e uma compensação pelo empréstimo? Seria apenas uma barriga de aluguel dando vantagem somente para o Chelsea, que sairia rindo à toa do acordo.

Isso, porém, não tira os problemas que fizeram o Palmeiras chegar até aqui com mais uma tentativa que não deu certo. É verdade que, segundo apurou o LANCE!, o caso que mais se aprofundou foi o de Andrey Santos, uma vez que as outras ficaram em estágios mais preliminares e não avançaram dali. A questão é que estamos no fim de fevereiro e nenhum reforço foi contratado até aqui.

>Próximos jogos do Palmeiras: confira datas, horários e onde assistir

Danilo, por exemplo, deixou o clube há mais de um mês e sua saída não foi reposta. Lembrando que se trata de um jogador extraclasse, que era titular absoluto e peça fundamental no esquema de Abel Ferreira. Em qualquer clube, estruturado ou não, um reforço já teria sido contratado. Ou melhor, para um gigante do nível do Verdão, isso já teria sido mapeado e negociado desde o ano passado.

A impressão que se passa é de que o Palmeiras não se preparou para a saída de Danilo e hoje não tem armas para ir ao mercado para contratar um jogador do mesmo nível e que esteja pronto. Há fatores como a condição financeira, que não é das melhores, há também a questão da supervalorização de atletas quando o interessado é o Alviverde, há a exigência de não poder “errar o tiro” como aconteceu com os reforços do ano passado, e há o sarrafo alto que o clube colocou.

Nós, como jornalistas, não podemos julgar a qualidade daqueles que são responsáveis pelas contratações no Verdão. Não estamos lá dentro, não sabemos as reais condições e não fazemos parte da discussão do planejamento. Não dá para saber quem está certo ou quem está errado. Mas fato é que isso tudo provoca estranhamento tanto na torcida, que tem cobrado eficiência no mercado, quanto na mídia. Como um clube dessa magnitude tem tanta dificuldade para contratar?

> Veja as principais transferências no Mercado da Bola do LANCE!

Agora os dirigentes alviverdes precisarão voltar ao mercado para achar outro nome que se encaixe nas exigências da comissão técnica, nas condições do mercado e na realidade financeira do clube. Enquanto isso, a aposta é pesada na qualidade de Abel Ferreira, que “achou” um meio-campo com Zé Rafael e Gabriel Menino. A alternativa tem dado certo, pelo menos por enquanto, mas leigo ou não no assunto, tem ficado claro que a necessidade de reforçar o elenco é bastante considerável.

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Reforço anunciado pelo Corinthians na noite da última terça-feira (21), o atacante Chyrstian Barletta treinou com os demais jogadores do elenco corintiano na atividade que aconteceu na manhã desta quarta-feira (22).

Terceiro reforço do Timão no ano, o meia-atacante será apresentado nesta quinta-feira (23), quando o treinamento será aberto para a imprensa no CT Joaquim Grava.

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– Para mim é muito bom estar aqui, sempre assisti, já sei o nome de todo mundo antes mesmo de vir para cá, então para mim é fácil, o grupo também é bom e eu to muito feliz. Eles são muito gente boa, sempre procurando deixar você por dentro das coisas, conversando, explicando. Não tem o que reclamar – disse o jogador, que é torcedor corintiano assunido, à Corinthians TV.

+ Confira a tabela do Paulistão e simule os dois jogos finais

No trabalho que contou com a presença do novo atleta, o técnico Fernando Lázaro comandou as seguintes atividades: marcação pressão e posse de bola em campo reduzido e tática de enfrentamento. Na segunda, o elenco foi dividido em duas equipes que tiveram a orientação do treinador sobre o posicionamento enquanto o trabalho aconteceria. No fim, alguns jogadores ainda fizeram atividades complementares de finalizações.

+ Acompanhe as movimentações do mercado da bola no vaivém do L!

O treinamento contou com cinco atletas de categorias inferiores: o goleiro Cadu, os meias Biro, João Victor e Thomas, e o atacante Pedrinho. Nos casos de Biro e Pedrinho, eles podem ser promovidos definitivamente ao elenco principal ainda nesta temporada.

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Nesta quinta-feira (23), o Internacional promove a ‘Noite Gigante’, no Beira-Rio, em comemoração aos 114 anos de história do clube que, coincidentemente, ocorre bem próximo também ao 54º aniversário de seu estádio. A festa ocorre nove e 11 dias antes dos aniversários do Colorado e de sua casa, respectivamente. A celebração, que promete homenagear personagens marcantes na história do time, contará com a presença dos torcedores.

O comparecimento do público é mais uma das ações pensadas pela diretoria para aproximar o clube dos torcedores. O Vice-presidente de Patrimônio e Administração do Internacional, Victor Grunberg, detalha a estratégia do Colorado, explica a medida que prioriza reforçar a identidade conhecida como sendo de ‘Clube do Povo’.

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>No dia da festa de aniversário, torcedor relembra histórias marcantes

– O Internacional é o clube do povo e, desde 2021, a gente vem com alguns princípios de aproximar a torcida do time. Pela pandemia, ficamos alguns anos sem fazer a comemoração de aniversário da instituição. Era feita em um jantar solene, um evento muito legal, mas que não conseguíamos reunir nossa torcida. E é pensando nisso que estamos, com ajuda da Estrela.bet, viabilizando o show. Faremos esta celebração para comemorar grandes feitos do Internacional e do Estádio Beira Rio – explicou.

No encerramento, a festa terá um show do cantor Alexandre Pires, com a turnê ‘Baile do Nego Véio 2’, pensado para o torcedor colorado.

– Junto com a celebração, ainda trazemos esta atração com ingressos muito populares, a partir de R $20 para os sócios. Os preços são entre R$ 20 e R $35, impraticáveis hoje no mercado de shows. Mas é um presente que o Internacional quer dar para o seu sócio, valorizando-o ainda mais”, afirmou Grunberg.

No que diz respeito à valorização tanto dos ídolos do passado quanto do presente, o evento ainda terá no palco as presenças de personagens importantes da história do clube. Ao homenagear grandes figuras do Inter, a ação repete o conceito de um podcast produzido pelo clube, no final do ano passado, com um conteúdo especial gravado no Museu do Internacional para celebrar os 30 anos da conquista da Copa do Brasil de 1992. A ocasião contou com parabenizações aos campeões e também marcou a inauguração de um novo totem do espaço.

Para Grunberg, esta relação que o Colorado mantém com os personagens passados também é de grande importância:

– É nesse sentido que vamos aproximar a história junto do torcedor, envolvendo-o, de modo que faça parte do dia a dia do clube. Sempre com a nossa história junto e relembrando-a, ensinando inclusive para os mais novos, para as novas gerações que não viveram esses momentos.

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Luís Castro ainda não encontrou um time titular em 2023. O treinador vem realizando diversas reformulações neste começo de temporada e não conseguiu achar uma escalação ideal que desse padrão de jogo e entrosamento ao Botafogo.

No ano passado era fácil prever os titulares. O Botafogo tinha uma base e conseguiu protagonizar boas atuações na reta final do Brasileirão. Hoje, não se sabe ao certo qual nome ganhará uma oportunidade ou será sacado do time.

+ATUAÇÕES: Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Pires e Di Plácido vão mal em empate do Botafogo na Sul-Americana

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+Torcedores do Botafogo cobram time na chegada ao Rio de Janeiro

DEFESA MANTIDA

O sistema defensivo alvinegro foi raramente alterado pelo técnico em 2023. O time vem jogando com Lucas Perri, Di Plácido, Adryelson, Víctor Cuesta e Marçal. Do meio-campo para frente, no entanto, diversas modificações têm ocorrido de um jogo para outro.

+Autor de um dos gols do Botafogo, Eduardo lamenta empate sofrido: ‘Estávamos com um homem a mais’

MEIO-CAMPO

No começo do ano, Tchê Tchê, Patrick de Paula e Gabriel Pires eram os meias do Glorioso. Depois, Marlon Freitas, Danilo Barbosa e Lucas Fernandes ganharam espaço. O setor de criação rodou muito e atuou pouco tempo junto neste começo de temporada.

+Luís Castro pondera empate do Botafogo: ‘Deveríamos ter ganho, mas não hipotecamos o nosso futuro’

ATAQUE

Gustavo Sauer, Víctor Sá e Tiquinho Soares eram os atacantes do Botafogo no início nesta temporada. Em seguida, Carlos Alberto, Lucas Piazon e Luis Henrique receberam oportunidades. Atualmente, é difícil prever os titulares do ataque alvinegro.

+ANÁLISE: Botafogo não consegue se impor, comete falhas e desperdiça chance preciosa na Sul-Americana

EM BUSCA DA EVOLUÇÃO

Esta indefinição na escalação vem sendo uma das principais marcas do time de Luís Castro em 2023. O treinador ainda não conseguiu dar uma cara para equipe alvinegra e precisa encontrar um time ideal para dar padrão de jogo e entrosamento ao elenco.

O Botafogo terá um mês de abril difícil pela frente e, se não apresentar atuações convincentes, corre risco de ser desclassificado das disputas da Copa do Brasil e Sul-Americana nas próximas semanas.

Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne among those who will play in the UK while David Warner eyes form in the IPL

Alex Malcolm and Andrew McGlashan28-Mar-2023 • Updated on 04-Apr-2023

IPL 2023Jason Behrendorff (Mumbai Indians)
The 31-year-old left-armer returns to Mumbai having played his only five IPL games there in 2019 but he spent the last couple of seasons as a squad member at both Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is coming off his best-ever BBL taking 21 wickets in 14 games at an outstanding economy rate of 6.69 in Perth Scorchers’ title. Jhye Richardson’s absence from the IPL for Mumbai due to a hamstring injury and Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness queries, as well as Jofra Archer’s workloads, could present opportunities for Behrendorff.Tim David (Mumbai Indians)
The globetrotting gun-for-hire was underused by Mumbai last year after they paid big money for him prior to even being selected for Australia. The retirement of Kieron Pollard means David becomes a key cog in Mumbai’s middle order and a lot will be expected of him with the other overseas batters in Green, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs all being relatively inexperienced.Nathan Ellis (Punjab Kings and Hampshire)
He returns for his third season at Punjab. He’s only played five IPL games in his first two seasons. He only played two matches in 2022 with Punjab having a strong group of first-choice overseas players. He has established himself as an international quality T20 bowler having bowled superbly in his limited opportunities for Australia. Ellis will also return to Hampshire for the T20 Blast where he was a key part of their title last year.Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians)
Mumbai splurged $AUD3.15 million on the emerging superstar after he tore India apart in the brief T20I tour last year. His Test century in Ahmedabad will only add to Mumbai’s excitement but Green is still very raw in T20. It is unlikely he will play every game for Mumbai and it may be a development year for him given the squad’s overseas depth. Australia’s selectors will be concerned however about his physical and mental fatigue ahead of the World Test Championship final and the Ashes, given he will have spent four straight months in India and does not travel home or play any red-ball cricket prior to heading to England.Can Josh Hazlewood prove his Test fitness?•Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Hazlewood’s class is not in question but his fitness is. He was sent home from the Test tour of India due to Achilles tendonitis that has plagued him for two months. That came after he damaged his side in the first Test of the summer in early December 2022 and missed three Test matches. He has barely played any Test cricket over the last 18 months due to injury but he has hardly missed any T20s and has been outstanding in the last two IPLs. Australia’s selectors will keep a close eye on him with the World Test Championship final starting just a week after the IPL final. His lack of red-ball preparation will be a major issue.Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)
Marsh will be itching for the IPL to get going so he can continue the rich vein of batting form that he is in on the back of being Player of the Series in the 2-1 ODI victory over India. He is likely to bat at No. 3 although Rilee Rossouw’s presence in the squad makes Capitals’ overseas configuration a little more complicated. Marsh hasn’t bowled since returning from ankle surgery and that would only add to his value at Capitals. He has stated that he would also love to be considered for the Ashes as a back-up for Green but he would need to be bowling in order for that to happen.Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore and Birmingham)
Maxwell’s fitness remains a concern as he continues to recover from his broken leg. He pushed to play the ODI series against India but was clearly underdone. He is a key figure in RCB’s team with both bat and ball but he hasn’t bowled much during his recovery due to soreness. It will be interesting to see how many games he is able to play for RCB. He has also signed to play the T20 Blast for Birmingham Bears.Daniel Sams (Lucknow Super Giants and Essex)
Sams joins his fourth IPL team in four years having played three games for Delhi Capitals in 2020, two games for RCB in 2021, and 11 games for Mumbai Indians in 2022. He looks set to be a depth player for LSG. He had a good finish to the season with the ball last year for Mumbai but hasn’t shown his full batting capabilities in the IPL. Sams will also return to Essex for the T20 Blast. Matt Short (Punjab Kings)
The BBL Player of the Tournament has earned a late call as Jonny Bairstow’s replacement. It is a great opportunity for Short to further press his claims to be in Australia’s plans for the next T20 World Cup. He was superb for Adelaide Strikers, making 458 runs with a strike-rate 144.47 including a thrilling 59-ball century in a huge chase against Hobart Hurricanes and claimed 11 wickets with his offspin. With Aaron Finch having retired he could be an option to open for Australia.Big chance: Matt Short’s BBL form has been rewarded•Getty Images

Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants)
His IPL stock remains high despite some injury issues over the last 12 months. He only played eight games in the recent BBL due to ongoing side problems that have plagued him for years and he hasn’t bowled a lot, although he did bowl well in the ODI series against India. Bowling in back-to-back games remains a challenge for him.Matthew Wade (Gujurat Titans)
Wade returns to the IPL after winning a title with Gujarat last season although he did spend a period of the season out of the team. He has become a global T20 player in the last 12 months, forgoing Sheffield Shield cricket for Tasmania after the BBL season ended to play in the South Africa T20 league for Joburg Super Kings and in the Pakistan Super League for Karachi Kings. He will likely play a flexible for Titans having kept and batted in every spot in the top seven in the last 12 months and played as a batter only in the PSL.David Warner (Delhi Capitals)
Warner will be eager to make a statement in the IPL as he has done in the past after an unusual last few months. He is coming off a fractured elbow having missed the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar series and he only made his return to playing in the final ODI of the recent three-match series where he batted at No. 4. He has been named Delhi captain in Rishabh Pant’s absence and will relish the responsibility having captained Sunrisers Hyderabad to an IPL title previously, and having been denied the chance to captain in the BBL. But he won’t get to play any red-ball cricket in the lead-up to the World Test Championship final and the Ashes which will no doubt be a cause for concern for Australia’s selectors.Adam Zampa (Rajasthan Royals)
The abundance of spinners in the IPL has meant that Zampa’s opportunities have been limited despite being one of the world’s best at T20I level for Australia. He joins his third IPL team having played for Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016 and 2017 and RCB in 2020. He is unlikely to play many games for Rajasthan with R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal set to be first-choice spinners.Marcus Harris will be looking for more runs with Gloucestershire•Getty Images

County Championship and T20 BlastSean Abbott (Surrey)
Abbott is one of those players who could end up very unfortunate not to have a stab at Test cricket, although this county stint puts him in the right place should injuries hit during the Ashes. He had previously joined Surrey in 2021 before his season was cut short by a hamstring injury.Cameron Bancroft (Somerset)
Far and away the leading run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield with almost three hundred more than the next best. Bancroft has made a very strong claim for a place in the Ashes squad having briefly returned to the Test fold after his ban in the 2019 series. Has signed for a short four-match stint with Somerset although the selectors have probably already made their minds up either way.Peter Handscomb (Leicestershire)
Handscomb has a considerable amount at stake as he looks to secure a spot in the Ashes squad. Had an encouraging return to Test cricket in India where he impressed on the tough surfaces. However, his record in England across various county spell is modest with an average of 30.14 and just one hundred from 30 matches. His ability to be a back-up wicketkeeper adds value.Marcus Harris (Gloucestershire)
Like Handscomb, Harris is pushing for a back-up spot in the Test squad and will still have ambitions of being David Warner’s long-term replacement when the vacancy arrives. Was picked apart by England’s quicks during the 2019 Ashes and has failed to build on glimpses of promise at Test level although was unlucky to lose his spot during the 2021-22 series.Matt Kuhnemann (Durham)
The rapid rise of left-arm spinner Kuhnemann continues. A few months ago he was not first-choice for Queensland then he earned an Australia Test call-up and claimed a five-wicket in Indore. Now Durham have secured him in place of Todd Murphy who became unavailable for the first part of the season as CA watch his workload. Quite how conducive home conditions in April and May will be for Kuhnemann remains to be seen.Marnus Labuschagne (Glamorgan)
Labuschagne has a long association with Glamorgan and his 2019 stint became a key part of his narrative after being parachuted into that summer’s Ashes as Steven Smith’s concussion substitute at Lord’s. He made three Test centuries in four innings during 2022 (including a double against West Indies) and continues to be a run machine.Michael Neser is ideal for English conditions•Getty Images

Chris Lynn (Northamptonshire – T20 Blast)
Lynn had a superb T20 campaign for Northamptonshire last year with 516 runs at a strike-rate of 159.25. After plenty of behind-the-scenes dealings he negotiated a deal to play the majority of the BBL being taking up an ILT20 contract.Nathan McAndrew (Sussex)
A developing allrounder, McAndrew had a very good season for South Australia where he claimed 28 wickets at 30.46 and scored 289 runs at 48.16. In 2022 he played for Warwickshire, taking 20 wickets at 37.85 and scoring 278 runs at 34.75, including two fifties.Ben McDermott (Hampshire – T20 Blast)
Has drifted down the pecking order for Australia’s white-ball sides after a strong ODI series in Pakistan last year when a number of first-choice players are missing. A poor BBL with Hobart Hurricanes where he averaged just 16.33 has left him with a lot of catching up to do to be in the frame for next year’s T20 World Cup.Lance Morris (Northamptonshire)
Once of the quickest bowlers in Australia, Morris has a good chance of being part of the Ashes squad having been around the Australia team over the last six months including throughout the India tour without yet earning a Test debut.Michael Neser (Glamorgan)
Will be very much in the frame for the WTC final and Ashes squads given a skillset that is ideal for English conditions. However, it could be that the selectors feel he’s better off playing regular cricket and calling him up if required. He is coming off the back of a career-best Shield season for Queensland where he claimed 40 wickets at 16.67 although did pick up an injury late in the campaign.Kane Richardson (Kent – T20 Blast)
Remains a very effective T20 bowler but it feels as though he is slipping down the Australia hierarchy and faces a challenge to be in the plans for the 2024 T20 World Cup.Peter Siddle (Somerset)
Still going at 38, Siddle returns to Somerset for another season. Last year, he claimed 27 first-class wickets at an average 23.92. Had a solid Shield campaign for Tasmania with 24 wickets at 25.58. Is returning to Victoria next summer.Steven Smith’s short deal raised some eyebrows•Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Steven Smith (Sussex)
Smith flies in for a three-match stint during May in what has proved the most controversial of the pre-Ashes signings, but it is a fantastic opportunity for Sussex’s young batters to learn off the best. Spare a thought for the Sussex net bowlers and those giving throwdowns. He will come up against Labuschagne when Sussex face Glamorgan on May 18.Will Sutherland (Essex – withdrawn)
Was unlikely to be in Ashes contention barring a huge spate of injuries, but Sutherland is one of the emerging players in the Australian game. Has enjoyed an excellent all-round season for Victoria and took on their Sheffield Shield captaincy, guiding them to the final. However, his hopes of a season with Essex have been ended by a stress fracture of his back revealed after the Shield final.Chris Tremain (Northamptonshire)
The chance of a baggy green has likely passed Tremain by, but he remains a very consistent domestic performer. He has signed a short three-match stint with NorthantsAJ Tye (Northamptonshire – T20 Blast)
His international days are likely behind him but Tye remains a fine T20 bowler who has put on, or rediscovered, some pace. Had an outstanding season for Perth Scorchers where he took 26 wickets.Sam Whiteman (Northamptonshire)
A solid left hander, Whiteman could be an outside chance of pushing for higher honours if he can put together a strong county season then back it up at home. In this year’s Shield, he responded to an early-season pair with a career-best 193 against South Australia but wasn’t quite able to build on that.

“He has put his name up in lights” – Malan also lauds seamer Graham Hume, who grabbed four wickets in the first ODI

Mohammad Isam19-Mar-2023

Ireland coach Heinrich Malan wants his side to continue playing with the aggressive mentality that they have shown over the past few months. This, despite their 183-run loss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Sylhet, where they slipped to 76 for 5 – and eventually 155 all out – despite being 60 without loss in the 12th over in pursuit of 339.”The captain said that we are focusing on the way we play,” Malan said. “Of course, it is about results. We understand international cricket is about winning and losing, but it is the way we go about our business. I think if you look at the last 12 months, the way we have tried to play has got us into opportunities to beat some of the bigger sides. We beat England in the [T20] World Cup.”We look at this series as one of those opportunities as well: to come here in different conditions against a team that just beat the world champions, and show what we [have] got in the bank.”Ireland have achieved mixed results across both limited-overs formats since 2022, having won an away ODI series against West Indies and a home T20I series against Afghanistan, and drawn an ODI series in Zimbabwe and T20I series against South Africa in England along the way. They also came close to beating New Zealand and India several times during their home season last year – margins of defeat included four runs, one wicket, three wickets and one run.Malan said Ireland will still keep fighting their own way, even with Bangladesh having been quite dominant at home since 2015. He even found the funny side of how the Sylhet weather became slightly Irish overnight; there has been non-stop rain in the region, with the temperature also falling. But Malan also acknowledged that this would work to the Bangladesh pace attack’s advantage.”It is a lot more our sort of conditions, isn’t it? Hopefully, it keeps raining and hopefully it [the ball] keeps moving around,” he said. “Look, let’s not look beyond the fact that Bangladesh has three quality seamers too. They highlighted last night that they have become a very good all-round side.Graham Hume took a career-best 4 for 60, including the wickets of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim•AFP/Getty Images

“It is not just about playing spin anymore. They have an accomplished seam attack. If it is a little overcast and rainy, it will be a little more comfortable for us. We have to play on what’s in front of you; we are looking forward to the challenge in Bangladesh.”Malan said his team was working on identifying areas they did well in in the first ODI and rectifying areas they didn’t.”It is not the result that we are obviously after. I think it was a nice little opportunity for us to get a feel for the conditions,” he said. “They were better than what we anticipated. It was a nice surface. It wasn’t as effected as we thought it would be. It is something that we identified and something we will rectify tomorrow.”We are trying to find ways to get wickets in the middle overs of white-ball matches. We picked up some wickets in the powerplay, [but] they built a nice partnership through the middle and allowed them to get a foundation to have a successful death period. We are taking that into account. Looking at tomorrow, we have to come up with one or two creative ways to get some quality players in the opposition under pressure.”Malan praised how right-arm seamer Graham Hume bowled, taking a career-best 4 for 60 in what was only his fifth ODI. Although slightly expensive, Hume dismissed the dangerous-looking Shakib Al Hasan and Towhid Hridoy, as well as Mushfiqur Rahim.”We know what we will get from Hume. He is a very consistent performer,” Malan said. “He has been around for a long time. It has been a great addition to our bowling stocks. He has got a lot of opportunities over the last year with a few injuries. It is exciting that we are building a pace-bowling stock. He has put his name up in lights now through his performance. Hopefully he can keep doing that for us.”Malan also said that they could use the left-arm spin of George Dockrell, who although he didn’t bowl a single over in the first game, is someone who keeps working on his bowling despite changing track as an international cricketer.”Over the last couple of years, he [has] transformed himself into a quality batter after coming into the side as a bowler,” Malan said. “He is always an option as a bowler. He trains diligently and does everything in the nets. I guess it comes down to the match-ups. We were trying to create some match-ups with the lefties yesterday, hence you saw couple of overs from [Harry] Tector as well.”

England captain recalls being asked if she did “the ironing for the men” in her team as a youngster

Valkerie Baynes30-Jun-2023

Heather Knight says she is not surprised by the findings of a damning report into inequality in cricket, recounting her own experience of sexism in the sport.Responding to the report and recommendations of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) released this week, Knight, the England Women’s captain, said that while much progress had been made, there was still a “long way to go”. She also recalled how she had been asked if she did “the ironing for the men” when she played men’s cricket as a youngster.”It’s been really sad to hear about anyone that’s not felt welcome in our game – nobody should be made to feel unwelcome in our sport,” Knight said on the eve of England’s first T20I against Australia in the Women’s Ashes at Edgbaston, where more than 19,000 tickets have been sold.”This is a really important step for cricket, and cricket – having done this report – can really lead the way in terms of being more equitable, more diverse and more inclusive,” Knight said. “It’s really important for me to say as a woman in cricket it’s not at all surprising, the recommendations that have come out of the report – but it’s really important to say cricket has come a hell of a long way since I was a kid.”I started out playing men’s club cricket and being asked ‘do you do the ironing for the men when you finish playing?’. Tomorrow I’ll lead my side out in front of a near full-house with 85,000 tickets sold for the whole series.”Cricket has come very far but it’s also got a long way to go. As a group of England women cricketers we feel really strongly about this. We want to be a key part of that in pushing the game forward.”Related

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The ICEC report found that racism, sexism, elitism and class-based discrimination have existed and still exist within the game.Knight, who was among 4000 people to give evidence to the commission for its 317-page report titled “Holding Up a Mirror to Cricket”, is only aged 32, so her experience is by no means ‘historical’ and she said such behaviour was still going on. But she said she was encouraged by changing attitudes and would encourage young girls to take up the sport.”There still are instances where this goes on but I think it has changed a lot,” Knight said. “I went to watch a friend, a female in an [otherwise] male team recently, and she got quite a hostile reaction because she was female from one player in the other team. But I think the reaction of the people on the field was really important and I don’t think that probably would have happened previously.”Everyone can be an ally of anyone in the sport and make people feel welcome. So if you’re younger and want to get into cricket, I’d say, do it, there’s no better time. I wish I was a youngster getting into cricket now. There’s no better time to be a female playing cricket so yeah, come and join in and hopefully you feel welcome.”Among the report’s 44 recommendations was a call for equal pay between women and men at domestic level by 2029 and international level by 2030. The report also said ICEC was “alarmed” by the “truly appalling” fact that England Women have never played a Test at Lord’s, saying: “The ‘home of cricket’ is still a home principally for men.”The third ODI against India at Lord’s last year was the first time England Women had played a match at Lord’s since they won the 2017 World Cup final there, although they are due to play their third T20I against Australia at the venue on July 8. And Richard Thompson, the ECB chair, has said England Women will host a Lord’s Test in 2026, acknowledging that it should have happened sooner.”I’d love to play a Test match at Lord’s and it’s very nice to see Richard Thompson say the other day that there’ll be a Test match there in the next few years, that’s brilliant,” Knight said. “We’ve actually got a game at Lord’s later in the week, I’m really excited to play that, it’s a place that’s very special. We’ve obviously won a World Cup there as well which makes it even more special for the girls that were involved in that.”I’m also involved with the MCC Foundation, which is a charity that do a hell of a lot of work with state school children in this country and a hell of a lot of work overseas as well. So, yeah, it would be nice to play a Test match there in the future and that sounds like it’s going to happen.”As ticket sales for this Women’s Ashes series hit record levels, Knight paid tribute to the pioneering work of players like Rachael Heyhoe Flint, who in 1976 became the first woman cricketer to set foot – in a playing capacity – on the main ground at Lord’s when she captained England in an ODI against Australia. She was also central to the campaign to allow women to become members of MCC in 1998, becoming one of the first female members of the club the following year. A gate named after her was unveiled at Lord’s last year.”The crowds seem pretty good actually for The Oval and Lord’s which is great to see and just thinking about people that weren’t allowed in at certain places in cricket previously and how they fought to get a seat at the table and have their voices heard, I think is really important,” Knight said.”Rachael Heyhoe Flint at Lord’s [is] probably the most obvious in terms of that so those sort of pioneers we’re very thankful for and hopefully that change can really accelerate and move on.”

USA’s top three all fired fifties to take the team to 230, and Canada could only muster 199 in reply

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Apr-2024

USA’s top three batters – Steven Taylor, Andries Gous and the captain Monank Patel – all raised half-centuries, as the team made 230, paving the way for a comfortable 31-run win in Prairie View.USA, after being inserted, began strongly, as the openers Taylor and Monank added 104 in 8.3 overs. Taylor initially played the more aggressive foil, striking seven fours and three sixes during his 25-ball 54, before getting dismissed by Parveen Kumar. USA, however, did not slow down, as Gous and Monank both produced fifties for a second consecutive game. Monank blasted 10 fours and two sixes for his 68 off 35 balls, while Gous’ 35-ball 57 featured three fours and four sixes. The carnage did not stop there though, as Aaron Jones provided a late flourish, smashing four sixes during a 20-ball 34 to take the total past 200. Canada used seven different bowlers, and five of them went at 11 and above an over.Canada, in reply, lost their opener Srimantha Wijeyeratne for a first-ball duck, but Aaron Johnson and Pargat Singh led a recovery with a 95-run partnership. At 112 for 1 inside 11 overs, Canada had a glimmer of hope, but both Johnson (74) and Pargat (27) were dismissed in quick succession, giving USA the firm advantage. A few other batters made quick starts – including Harsh Thaker with an unbeaten 34 – but USA were never really threatened, as Canada eventually folded for 199.Seven different USA bowlers were among the wickets, with Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley van Schalkwyk and Harmeet Singh scalping two apiece.