Australia ask Hick to teach batting patience

Graeme Hick, one of the greatest batting enigmas in England’s history, has been called up to sort out the mindsets of young Australia batsmen increasingly wedded to Twenty20 cricket.

David Hopps21-Apr-2013

England’s last sight of Graeme Hick: a standing ovation at Worcester to mark the end of his first-class career•PA Photos

Graeme Hick, one of the greatest batting enigmas in England’s history, has been called up to sort out the mindsets of young Australia batsmen increasingly wedded to Twenty20 cricket.Hick will not have time to influence the Ashes series – Australia, despite being in a state of turmoil, plan to announce their squad on Wednesday, even though the opening Test at Trent Bridge will still be 12 weeks away.But Australia’s decision to call up Hick to teach their batsmen how to play long innings reflects their uncertainty about how to deal with the influence of a T20 format that promises quick rewards and instant fame.Nobody loved batting more than Hick. He only scored six Test hundreds for England in 65 Tests – none against Australia in 10 attempts and was pilloried by the English media during an international career that was viewed as largely unfulfilled.But he made 136 hundreds in 25 years at first-class level when his batting often seemed inexorable. It was those qualities which has persuaded Troy Cooley, the head coach at Australia’s centre of excellence and Stuart Law, the high performance coach, to summon him to Brisbane from his home nearby on the Gold Coast.”In the first-class system here there was only one person who had scored two hundreds in Sheffield Shield cricket by mid-January, not including the guys that played in the Test matches,” Hick told the . “That’s unheard of, and when I spoke to Stuey Law and Troy Cooley (that was something they identified. Having put together some biggish scores in my time, they thought I could pass on some of my methods.”Hick will work with some of the younger players in Australia’s set-up from mid-May onwards. “It’s a unique system in that players can go from Grade cricket to Test cricket very quickly,” he said. “The way the Australia team is at the moment I would think that a lot of these younger guys will feel they have a real chance of making it into the side in the next 18 months or so.”Hick’s 405 for Worcestershire against Somerset in 1988 remains one of the most remarkable batting feats in England’s first-class history – only exceeded twice in the country – but he has not been used in any capacity since his retirement. Australia are out to prove that his knowledge is worth tapping.

أبو مسلم يشيد بموقف كولر مع لاعب الأهلي.. ويتوقع نتيجة نهائي إفريقيا أمام الوداد

تحدث أحمد أبو مسلم لاعب الأهلي السابق، عن مباراة إياب نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا بين المارد الأحمر والوداد المغربي، ويشيد بموقف السويسري مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للقلعة الحمراء، مع لاعب الفريق.

الأهلي كان قد قاز على الوداد في مباراة الذهاب التي أقيمت على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي، بهدفين مُقابل هدف، ومن المقرر أن يستضيف مركب محمد الخامس مواجهة الإياب، يوم الأحد المُقبل.

وقال أبو مسلم في تصريحات عبر برنامج “بوكس تو بوكس”، على قناة “etc”: “لاعبو الأهلي يشعرون بأهمية وقيمة موقعة الوداد، وجلسة كولر مع علي معلول كانت رائعة، من أجل نسيان لقاء الذهاب والتركيز في مواجهة الإياب”.

طالع أيضًا | عماد النحاس يتحدث عن سيناريوهات مباراة الأهلي والوداد.. ويؤكد: متفائل لحصد اللقب

وتابع: “علي معلول لاعب لديه (نخوة) ويشعر بالمسئولية، وعندما يخطئ ينتفض لإصلاح الأخطاء، ومعاونة الفريق على المكسب”.

وأضاف: “ملامح الكابتن محمود الخطيب رئيس النادي الأهلي كانت واضحة، وهي رسالة للاعبين بمدى تحملهم المسئولية، كما أن وجود حسام غالي رئيسا للبعثة أمر إيجابي”.

وواصل: “أتوقع أن الأهلي سيفوز على الوداد بهدف نظيف، ولدي ثقة كبيرة في قدرات اللاعبين على تحقيق المكسب في المغرب، وخط دفاع المارد الأحمر حاليا مميز للغاية مع عودة محمد الشناوي”.

واختتم: “تألق مصطفى شوبير كان أمرًا جيدًا للأهلي، وهو مكسب كبير للفريق، خصوصًا في ظل الضغوط الكبيرة التي كانت في لقاء الذهاب ورغم ذلك ظهر في حالة أكثر من رائعة على مدار اللقاء”.

Rain forces tame draw in Sylhet

Rain robbed much of the action in the drawn second four-day game in Sylhet. There were four half-centuries and two four-wicket hauls from either side, and only two completed innings

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Apr-2013
ScorecardRain robbed much of the action in the drawn second four-day game in Sylhet. There were four half-centuries and two four-wicket hauls from either side, and only two completed innings.Only 5.2 overs were possible on the first day after Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis decided to bat. The visitors resumed on the second day, but only to be bowled out for 185. Legspinner Jubair Hossain took four wickets while Mendis top-scored with 54 off 83 balls with nine fours.After the third day which was completely washed out, Bangladesh responded well on the final day, with Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehedy Hasan and Mosaddek Hossain scoring fifties.For the visitors, offspinner Ramesh Mendis took four wickets before the hosts declared at 271 for 7. Sri Lanka batted out 26 overs in the final session, without losing a wicket, as the match ended in a tame draw.

Bruno Méndez fará exames no Corinthians na próxima semana

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O Corinthians aguarda o zagueiro uruguaio Bruno Méndez na próxima semana. O defensor de 19 anos fará exames médicos antes de assinar contrato com o Timão até o fim de 2023.

– Deve ser terça ou quarta-feira. Passa por exames, e se estiver tudo ok, ele será jogador do Corinthians – disse o diretor de futebol do Corinthians, Duílio Monteiro Alves.

Méndez será comprado do Montevideo Wanderes (URU). Ele estava disputando o Sul-Americano Sub-20 até o início desta semana pela seleção uruguaia.

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Ele será o 11º reforço do Corinthians para 2019. Antes dele, o Timão contratou o zagueiro Manoel, o lateral-direito Michel Macedo, os volantes Richard e Júnior Urso, os meias Ramiro e Sornoza e os atacantes Vagner Love, Boselli, Gustavo Silva e André Luis.

O elenco do Corinthians já conta com os zagueiros Henrique e Manoel, que vêm sendo titulares, além de Marllon, Léo Santos e Pedro Henrique.

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'Aggressive' Tendulkar keeps on sharing and enjoying

He has looked to be aggressive whenever he has got in, Sachin Tendulkar has said

ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2013

Sachin Tendulkar: “When you’re striking the ball well, you should be aggressive and make the most of it”•BCCI

As Mumbai Indians dealt Kolkata Knight Riders’ chances of defending their IPL title an almost fatal blow on Tuesday, beating them by a whopping 65 runs, Sachin Tendulkar served up his most impactful showing of the season till now. Even as his opening partner Dwayne Smith struggled to score at a run-a-ball, Tendulkar knocked off 48 off 28 at a strike rate of 171.42 to help set his team on their way to 170.Till the Knight Riders game, Tendulkar had been striking it at a rather sedate rate (after the game, his season’s strike rate stands at 125.13). However, he has looked to be aggressive whenever he has got in, Tendulkar said. “If you look at the whole season, whenever I’ve batted, I’ve not been able to spend much time in the middle. But whenever I’ve batted, I think it has been pretty aggressively,” he said after the match. “Every day you can’t go out and find the middle of the bat. This [Wankhede pitch] is the kind of surface where there’s a bit of help too upfront for the seamers, and so when you’re striking the ball well, you should be aggressive and make the most of it.”Today was one of those days when I was striking the ball well and I thought that if I’m striking the ball well, I should be the one who is more aggressive.”He has been enjoying his time in the IPL, Tendulkar said, and “sharing” with his Mumbai Indians team-mates. “I’m enjoying, I’m in love with this game. The passion for the game is very much there, so whatever time I get on the field I make the most of it.”It’s all about give and take [with team-mates]. It’s not about just being one-way traffic, where I just keep saying things and I don’t absorb anything from them. I’ve learnt a lot from many guys in the team and it’s about discussing cricket. The more you discuss the better you get, the more you know. It’s all about sharing.”Dinesh Karthik, meanwhile, continued his prime form for Mumbai Indians, stringing together 34 not out off 18 in the victory. He and the team have been benefitting a lot from Ricky Ponting’s presence, Karthik said. “The other day I had a doubt and I walked up to Ricky. All he said was that if you see the ball and think you can hit it, you hit it,” Karthik told the IPL site. “That, I thought was a very positive input and the one I really liked.”He is the biggest thing to have happened to Mumbai Indians. He has this aura about him and he brings in a lot of positive energy into the team. Some of the things that he says in team meetings and some of the points he brings to the fore are really hair-raising. He is the key reason for us to be so positive and motivated.”

الأهلي السعودي يقترب من التعاقد مع مالديني

أكدت تقارير قطرية اقتراب الإيطالي باولو مالديني المدير الرياضي السابق لميلان من نادي أهلي جدة السعودي.

قناة “الكأس” القطرية أكدت أن أسطورة النادي الإيطالي باولو مالديني على رادار إدارة الأهلي السعودي، من أجل شغل منصب المدير الرياضي في الموسم المقبل.

طالع أيضًا.. رسميًا | موسيماني يعلن الرحيل عن أهلي جدة.. ويوجه رسالة للجماهير

وكان مالديني قد رحل عن منصبه كمدير رياضي لنادي ميلان في يونيو الجاري، ليضعه أهلي جدة ضمن حساباته.

وتأهل نادي أهلي جدة إلى دوري روشن السعودي في الموسم المقبل، بعد نجاحه في تحقيق لقب دوري يلو.

موعد والقناة الناقلة ومعلق مباراة هولندا وإيطاليا اليوم في دوري الأمم الأوروبية

يلتقي منتخب إيطاليا، عصر اليوم الأحد، مع خصمه هولندا، في إطار منافسات بطولة دوري الأمم الأوروبية.

ويستضيف ملعب “دي غرولش فيست” مباراة الفريقين، لتحديد صاحب المركز الثالث في البطولة، خلال نسختها الثالثة.

كانت إيطاليا قد خسرت أمام إسبانيا، في نصف نهائي دوري الأمم الأوروبية، بهدفين لهدف.

في حين أن هولندا خسرت أمام كرواتيا، في الدور نفسه من البطولة، بنتيجة 4-2. موعد مباراة هولندا وإيطاليا في دوري الأمم الأوروبية

من المقرر أن تنطلق مباراة هولندا وإيطاليا في تمام الساعة الرابعة عصرًا بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة هولندا وإيطاليا في دوري الأمم الأوروبية

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Dividindo o plantel, Chapecoense se prepara para sequência como visitante

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Passado a decepção por não ter seguido em frente na Copa Sul-Americana, a Chapecoense voltou aos trabalhos pensando na sequência da temporada onde terá dois jogos na sequência como visitante.

No próximo domingo (24), o time catarinense visita o Marcílio Dias no Gigantão das Avenidas em duelo marcado para às 17 h. E, na quarta-feira (27) seguinte, o Verdão do Oeste vai até a Ressacada, em Florianópolis, para jogar com o Avaí. Ambos os confrontos são válidos pelo estadual onde a Chape ocupa a vice-liderança com 18 pontos, mesmo número do líder Figueirense, porém em desvantagem no saldo de gols.

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Para isso, o técnico Claudinei Oliveira pensou tanto no aspecto físico como de correção de possíveis erros detectados. Enquanto os jogadores que atuaram no empate em 1 a 1 contra o Unión La Calera-CHI fizeram uma atividade leve de regeneração, a parte do plantel que não entrou em campo ficaram no CT da Água Amarela fazendo exercícios mais específicos.

Dos jogadores que estavam no departamento médico do Verdão do Oeste, apenas o atacante Victor Andrade foi liberado para retomar os trabalhos com o restante do grupo. Os meio campistas Luiz Otávio, Aylon e Augusto estão quase recuperados, mas ainda inspiram cuidados.

Copeland looks to sign off in style

Australia international Trent Copeland tore through Worcestershire’s batting to put Northamptonshire on the brink of victory after two days

06-Jun-2013
ScorecardTrent Copeland put his team on track for another victory•Getty Images

Australia international Trent Copeland tore through Worcestershire’s batting to put Northamptonshire on the brink of victory after two days.Northamptonshire were bowled out for 314 during the afternoon, giving the Division Two leaders a first innings lead of 118, with Steven Crook hammering 85 off as many balls including three huge sixes. Copeland, who is playing his last match before returning home, then took three wickets for 26 as Worcestershire subsided to 97 for 6 at the close, still 21 runs behind.The hosts began the day on 100 for 4, 96 runs behind their opponents, with Rob Keogh resuming on 26 and Andrew Hall beginning his innings. But Hall was only able to make 10 before Gareth Andrew took a good low catch at third slip to give Alan Richardson his fourth wicket in the seventh over of the day.Keogh was to move on to 44 but was denied a maiden half-century in first-class cricket when he edged Andrew to Moeen Ali at first slip to leave the hosts on 134 for 6.Crook was then given a massive let-off on 6 when he launched Andrew into the air only for Aneesh Kapil to drop a straightforward catch at deep square leg. He was to make Kapil pay for that blunder by blasting a half-century off just 52 balls as he and James Middlebrook added 96 between them for the seventh wicket.The partnership was eventually broken when Middlebrook was sharply caught and bowled by Ali to depart for 39 in the third over after lunch. Crook finally perished when his middle stump was taken out by Chris Russell before Copeland smashed the same bowler to Jack Shantry at mid-on after clattering 31.Russell then ended the hosts’ innings by trapping wicketkeeper David Murphy lbw for 4, leaving David Willey unbeaten on 15 at the other end.Worcestershire lost their captain Daryl Mitchell for just 8 in the penultimate over before tea when he left Crook’s delivery only to see his off stump sent spinning. Matthew Pardoe was then dismissed for 24 when he nudged Willey to Murphy before Copeland pinned Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera lbw for 4.Copeland then repeated the trick on Alexei Kervezee and Kapil was caught leg before by Willey before wicketkeeper Michael Johnson became yet another lbw victim to Copeland. Ali and Andrew then survived the final 10 overs and will resume tomorrow on 29 and 16 respectively with their side surely doomed.

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