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Four wickets in nine balls for Jack Brooks were to no avail for Yorkshire asthey lost their opening Friends Life t20 match with Derbyshire by two wicketswith three balls to spare.

28-Jun-2013
ScorecardChesney Hughes set up Derbyshire’s chase but it nearly went badly wrong•Getty ImagesFour wickets in nine balls for Jack Brooks were to no avail for Yorkshire asthey lost their opening Friends Life t20 match with Derbyshire by two wicketswith three balls to spare.Having been restricted to 119 for 8 after losing the toss at Headingley,Yorkshire seemed to have pulled the game their way as Derbyshire slumped to 70for 7 inside 13 overs after being 56 for 1. But Jon Clare, partnered by Tim Groenewald, slammed an unbeaten 35 from 29 balls in a ninth-wicket stand of 28 to see the visitors home in front of 3,700.Chesney Hughes and Wes Durston gave Derbyshire just the start they needed withan opening stand of 40 in seven overs, Hughes blasting Brooks for two fours anda six off the second over of the innings. But Richard Pyrah, who began with a maiden, then had Durston well caught byAzeem Rafiq at gully and Shivnarine Chanderpaul held by wicketkeeper JonnyBairstow attempting to cut.Yet it was the return of Brooks that did the real damage by grabbing twowickets in each of two consecutive overs to return career-best figures in thecompetition of 4 for 21.Hughes chopped into his stumps and Wayne Madsen edged a catch to Bairstowbefore Dan Redfern slashed and was brilliantly caught above his head at gully byRafiq and Tom Poynton holed out to Dan Hodgson on the midwicket boundary. It got even better for Yorkshire as Rafiq’s first ball was driven by AlbieMorkel low to Adam Lyth at long-on and the offspinner later trapped DavidWainwright lbw.But Clare had already thumped Rafiq over long-off for six and two foursin the 18th over from Liam Plunkett added further impetus to the Derbyshirefightback, which was nearing completion when 12 came off the penultimate over.Apart from Gary Ballance, who scored 44 from 45 balls with three fours and asix, Yorkshire’s innings never really got into gear and the highest partnershipthey could muster was only 28 for the sixth wicket between Ballance and Pyrah.Hodgson had threatened to break loose by smacking Groenewald for two fours anda six off four deliveries but he was run out for 17 when Bairstow, in what willbe his only Twenty20 appearance for his county this season, played his secondball to point and sent back his partner who could not beat Redfern’s directhit.

ESPNcricinfo understands that the RCB quick is expected to return to India after a period of rehab on a shoulder niggle back in Australia

Andrew McGlashan23-May-2025Josh Hazlewood is firming to make a return to the IPL 2025 for the playoffs with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after coming through a period of rehab on a shoulder niggle back in Australia.Hazlewood, who missed RCB’s last match before the IPL was suspended, returned home during the hiatus and has since been training in Brisbane as part of Australia’s preparations ahead of the World Test Championship final.ESPNcricinfo understands that he has emerged from those sessions well and is expected to return to India although it has yet to be confirmed. Hazlewood has had an outstanding tournament with 18 wickets at 17.27 from ten matches.Related

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RCB are assured of progressing and have two matches remaining in the league phase – against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on May 27 – which will determine their route through the playoffs.The IPL was Hazlewood’s return to action after an injury-hit home summer where he did not feature again after suffering a calf strain in the third Test against India, which followed a side problem that kept him out of the second Test in Adelaide. He subsequently missed the tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy.He is expected to return to the side for the WTC final against South Africa, edging Scott Boland out of the XI, having narrowly missed out on the 2023 decider against India amid recovery from Achilles and side injuries.The Australia players and staff who have remained at home will leave for the UK on May 29 with those at the rescheduled IPL joining as their tournaments conclude. Only Hazlewood and Josh Inglis (Punjab Kings) will be involved in the playoffs from those in the Test squad. The IPL final takes place on June 3, leaving just under a week to prepare for South Africa should either remain at the tournament until the end.Captain Pat Cummins and Travis Head will finish their season with Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 25. Mitchell Starc opted not to return to the tournament with Delhi Capitals.Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Beau Webster and travelling reserve Brendan Doggett are currently playing county cricket.

أعرب مارسيل كولر المدير الفني لفريق الكرة الأول بالنادي الأهلي عن سعادته بنتيجة وأداء المارد الأحمر أمام الترجي التونسي، في ذهاب نصف نهائي بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وكان الأهلي قد نجح في تحقيق فوز كبير على مضيفه الترجي بثلاثية نظيفة، قبل أن يخوض معركة الإياب مساء الجمعة المقبل.

وقال كولر في تصريحات مصورة عبر الحساب الرسمي للنادي الأهلي: “لعبنا في البداية بشكل جيد ثم تراجعنا وتركنا اللعب للخصم، وأصبح الأداء رد فعل”.

وائل جمعة: الأنانية حرمت الأهلي من نتيجة تاريخية أمام الترجي.. وملاحظة وحيدة على الأداء

وأضاف: “بين شوطي اللقاء تحدثت مع اللاعبين عن استحواذ الكرة وغيرنا بعض الأمور، وعادوا في الشوط الثاني ونفذوا التعليمات وقدموا مباراة كبيرة، لعبنا بشكل أفضل النصف الثاني وسيطرنا بشكل شبه كامل”.

واستكمل: “سعدنا بحصد لقب السوبر وأغلقنا الصفحة بعد ذلك، واللاعبون حفظوا طريقتي، أنا معهم منذ 8 أشهر، نحن نفرح يومين بعد البطولة ونُفكر في أهدافنا التالية”.

واستطرد: “الأمور لم تحسم بعد، الكرة بها كل شيء، وارد حدوث ريمونتادا في مباراة الإياب، وارد أن يسجلوا هدفًا في البداية وبعد ذلك يسجلون هدفًا آخرً ونجد أنفسنا أمام مأزق، أتحدث مع اللاعبين على ضرورة التركيز وعدم الاعتماد على نتيجة الذهاب أو الاستهتار”.

موعد مباراة الأهلي والترجي في إياب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا

واستأنف: “أتمنى حضور الجماهير في مباراة الإياب وأن تمتلئ المدرجات ويصنعون أجواءً خيالية جعلوني اعتاد عليها”.

واختتم: “يجب أن نخرج كل طاقتنا في المباراة القادمة لكي نفوز ونتأهل، لا يجب أن أفكر في الدوري أو أي بطولة أخرى قبل المواجهة القادمة”. تصريحات كولر بعد مباراة الأهلي والترجي

USA Cricket Association president Gladstone Dainty has denied claims that certain leagues were excluded from April’s elections because they did not agree with the way the board was being run.Only 15 of the 37 leagues in America were deemed by an independent review in 2011 to meet the necessary criteria to allow them to vote in elections, although all leagues remain eligible to receive other benefits. Despite this, a number of them have thrown in their lot with the breakaway but unofficial American Cricket federation.”I would like to state it’s not true the board targeted certain regions,” Dainty told ESPNcricinfo. “The constitution is quite clear about the compliance procedures and the rules are there in the constitution and in the laws of the United States. A number of leagues were not compliant because they did not pay something as simple as dues for the number of clubs who are playing.”This position was endorsed by USACA treasurer John Thickett. “No league was sanctioned in any way and USACA has provided a large amount of material to non-compliant leagues to help them to become compliant and offered the services of its staff to also assist them. By example, some leagues did not have a written constitution, did not hold elections, and there was widespread membership dues evasion. Very few leagues had youth or women’s programs in place – a key development objective.”All USACA members are welcome to attend the AGM. On voting matters, all members in good standing are eligible to vote.”Dainty also stressed that the real issue was one of development. “The ICC spends $600k to $700k a year on USACA – $300k in cash and then on top of that the ICC pays for tournaments and other events. In terms of dues paid from inside the USA we get about $100k, so the noise you hear about these contributors to US cricket – and some of them are even challenging the authority of the ICC – is really not good for the development of the sport.””To break down the economics a little more, USACA membership is $100 per team per year,” Thickett explained. “When USACA sends any one of the national teams to an ICC tournament the costs can easily run to $5000 per player. Individuals who don’t want USACA to be a member of the ICC don’t understand the economics of ICC membership.””Some clubs and leagues are talking about being in existence for over 100 years but what do we have to show for it?” Dainty continued. “In terms of the noise you are hearing this hasn’t affected a single player. USACA doesn’t stop a single league or person from doing anything. It’s about growing the sport and not creating environments for individuals.Dainty also dismissed claims USACA was effectively bankrupt. “From a conservative accounting standpoint, there are lots of debts. We get advances against the rights for the professional league, but we should have been getting revenue from them of about $500k per quarter; we’ve been getting about half of that. We will get that when the league is in place and the investors are confident that money will come in.”He agreed that the balance sheet would show a poor position – for now. “In booking that revenue the independent auditors are saying: ‘You are owed a massive amount of money by an entity which does not have that money right now … we won’t recognise that revenue right now but we are convinced you will get it’.”But he said that in the event of the league not being ready to launch – and he insisted it would be – then there was no cause for concern. “We can live with any delay as we are not spending all the money we are getting allocated.”

ScorecardEdgbaston’s rain-blighted season continued with Warwickshire’s Friends Life t20 match against Somerset washed out after only 7.1 overs were bowled.Somerset reached 59 for 1 in the two brief passages of play that were possible between the showers before the finaL downpour arrived at 8.45pm.The abandonment completed a bleak month for Warwickshire, who also had last week’s 25,000 sell-out against Worcestershire washed out without a ball being bowled while three days of the England v West Indies Test two weeks ago were also lost to rain.Warwickshire have only two home games remaining in the competition, both in the last two rounds of group matches, as Edgbaston has to be prepared for England’s one-day international against Australia on July 4.The abandonment left Warwickshire with just one win from their first five group matches and struggling to qualify for the quarter-finals.The only wicket to fall was Peter Trego who top-edged a pull off Chris Wright and was well taken by wicketkeeper Richard Johnson running back towards the sightscreen.Nick Compton cut Keith Barker for four and Craig Meschede got off the mark by hooking the same bowler for six but drizzle turned into heavy rain and the players left the field soon after with Somerset on 41 for 1 from 5.2 overs.Play resumed 70 minutes later and the match was reduced to a 15 overs contest but only 11 more balls were bowled,

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsPaul Stirling brutalised the Namibia bowling•Getty Images

Ireland muscled their way past Namibia to take the last remaining place in the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka later this year, showing the disciplined all-round game that has made them the leading Associate side for the past five years.Namibia had caused a surprise on day one of the tournament by defeating Ireland by four runs, but despite finishing the group stage unbeaten, they fly home to Windhoek with nothing to show. “It was a great experience for us, especially for the younger guys,” Sarel Burger, the Namibia captain, said, straining to find positives as his team were outclassed in their two final-phase games. Their top order was blown away by Afghanistan, and again today by Trent Johnston. Raymond van Schoor had been leading scorer in the group stage with 323 runs, but failed miserably in the big games, making 1 and 0.Burger’s decision to bat first was perplexing, as Ireland have built on Johnston and Rankin’s blitzkrieg in the opening overs. And so it was today, with the extra pace and movement confounding the Namibian batters. van Schoor played across the line and was out lbw to Johnston. In Johnston’s next over, Louis van der Westhuizen hit a six over extra cover before getting his feet all wrong in trying a pull and lobbing the ball to Andrew White. Johnston ended with a maiden over, his sixth in Twenty20s.The runless over is rarer than a fifty in this format, but Max Sorensen bowled two maidens in a stunning spell of 4-2-8-2. In his brief career – which started only last month – he has now bowled four maidens. The South-Africa born fast bowler, who plays with The Hills in Dublin, has come good in the knockout phase, showing great character as the clamour to replace him with Middlesex’s Tim Murtagh became insistent. “I’m just glad today was my day,” he said. “Today my rhythm was at its best, but it’s great to do it in an important game.”Namibia had no answer to William Porterfield’s stranglehold and their response was typified by the usually fluent Gerrie Snyman. He took nine balls to get off the mark and took 39 deliveries to score just 17. Ireland bowled as a unit and it was only the final over when Kevin O’Brien went for 12 that they slipped. Such are the riches at Porterfield’s disposal that his ace left-arm spinner George Dockrell was not required to bowl for the first time in his 68 caps.Namibia had only hit three sixes and five fours in their entire innings, but Ireland struck scored five fours within two overs. Porterfield and Paul Stirling went at ten runs an over until the captain clipped a ball to midwicket off Louis Klazinga, but his departure didn’t faze Stirling who continued to brutalise the bowling.His fifty came up in 26 balls, with eight fours and a six, and the innings had just crept one delivery into the 11th over when he reverse-swept Ian Oppermann for four to bring up victory.The Irish team danced and sang as they celebrated qualifying for their third consecutive ICC World Twenty20, but you have to feel for the Namibians who have been the least deserving victims of the Full Members’ vindictive decision to cut Associate participation from six teams to two.Ireland went back to their hotel to rest for two hours before they return to play their second game of the day – and 11th in 12 days – against Afghanistan in the tournament final. At stake is a smart trophy, but also a dilemma.The winners face Australia and West Indies in Sri Lanka, the losers take on England and India. It’s arguable which is the most desirable fate, and has echoes of the 2005 ICC Trophy final when Scotland beat Ireland knowing that in the 2007 World Cup the winners would face Australia, South Africa and Netherlands. Defeat meant a group with Pakistan, Zimbabwe and West Indies. Ireland qualified for the Super Eights with a win and a tie, while the Scots were hammered in all three games. Their respective paths have diverged ever since.Edited by Abhishek Purohit