Dhoni not pleased with middle-order shot selection

MS Dhoni is not pleased that India’s middle order let Sri Lanka back in with ill-advised strokes, but he doesn’t want to be too harsh on Rohit Sharma

Sidharth Monga in Perth08-Feb-2012MS Dhoni is not pleased that India’s middle order – he is a part of it – let Sri Lanka back in with ill-advised strokes, but he doesn’t want to be too harsh on Rohit Sharma, who has scored 0, 21 and 10 in three innings without looking convincing. There were many calls for Virat Kohli to be dropped early in the Test series, and VVS laxman towards the end, to give Rohit a chance. Dhoni, however, doesn’t want Rohit to play under the constant pressure of keeping his place in the side, which is why India are rotating the top three batsmen and not the middle order.”We are looking to give Rohit as many games as possible and we can afford to do that in the first leg of the tournament. Hopefully we can rotate the openers, or you may see the openers again,” Dhoni said. “It’s not an easy thing to do. You get a chance, and you are always expected to perform in those couple of chances, but it’s very important to give a long run to a batsman like him.”We all talk about the talent he [Rohit] has got. He goes back to domestic cricket, he still scores a lot. He plays IPL, the best of bowlers, and scores runs. So we all know he has got the talent to easily prove himself at top level. We need to back him, and we believe in the kind of talent he has. Hopefully in the next few games he will get going, and that will be a big boost because he is somebody who can field really well both at the boundary and inside the circle. And also if needed he can bowl a bit of offspin.”Dhoni didn’t like the shot selection in Perth, though. “I’m happy with the win,” Dhoni said. “I agree that there were a few shots that we shouldn’t have played but mistakes do happen in the game, but it’s good that we ended up on the winning side. We could have lost this game also. Hopefully we won’t repeat the mistakes in the coming games. Intensity wasn’t over the top in fielding but still up to the mark. Middle overs went well, but batting department can improve a bit.”One of the players yet to get a chance – a proper run – is Irfan Pathan. You would have thought Australian pitches would have been ideal for a seaming allrounder, but Ravindra Jadeja has kept Irfan out. “The last time he played, I wasn’t part of the side, I was rested,” Dhoni said when asked if he saw Irfan as an allrounder. “I don’t’ think he got much opportunity to bat. He has come back and we would like to give him a few games. Ideally he is someone who suits the job very well. He can bat and bowl well also. Ideally he is the one, but he needs to do the batting part and bowling part also.”

Revealed: 41% of QPR fans believe McClaren will last the season

Queens Park Rangers have battled back from a troubled start to the season, easing the pressure upon the head of Steve McClaren.

The former England boss had seen the West London side lose their opening four games of the Championship campaign, a run that including a 7-1 drubbing at the hands of West Brom, but QPR have since bounced back.

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Victories over Wigan and Bolton, either side of a goalless draw with Birmingham City, see QPR enter Wednesday evening’s clash with Millwall on the back of a three-match unbeaten run – and the improvements of McClaren’s side are shown in the results of our poll after we asked fans to predict the length of McClaren’s stint at Loftus Road.

41% of supporters believe that McClaren will see out the entirety of the 2018-19 season, compared to 34% of fans who expect their boss to depart before Christmas. A further 20% believe he has just a few weeks left in the role, while 5% are expecting a change imminently.

It is likely the results of the poll would have been extremely different if we had conducted it during QPR’s sequence of defeats but McClaren has clearly earned himself some breathing room.

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Scarpa volta ao Brasil por problema pessoal e desfalca Verdão na Liberta

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Gustavo Scarpa tornou-se desfalque do Palmeiras na Libertadores. O meia-atacante foi informado da morte de sua avó na manhã desta segunda-feira e foi liberado da partida de terça, contra o San Lorenzo (ARG), no Nuevo Gasometro. Ele já deixou a delegação em Buenos Aires (ARG) rumo ao Brasil, como publicou o Globo Esporte.

Além do camisa 14, Luiz Felipe Scolari não terá Ricardo Goulart para o jogo – o meia-atacante ficou no Brasil para realizar atividades físicas, de olho na sequência de jogos no mês. Lucas Lima, Moisés e Felipe Pires são candidatos às duas posições.

O Verdão tem 100% na Libertadores – são seis pontos em dois jogos, o que lhe dá a liderança do grupo – o San Lorenzo é o segundo, com quatro. A partida está marcada para esta terça-feira, às 19h15, em Buenos Aires.

Uma possível escalação tem: Weverton; Mayke, Luan, Gustavo Gómez e Diogo Barbosa; Felipe Melo e Bruno Henrique; Dudu, Lucas Lima (Moisés) e Felipe Pires; Deyverson.

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جواو فيليكس يعلن موقفه من الانتقال إلى برشلونة

أوضح جواو فيليكس، لاعب فريق أتلتيكو مدريد، موقفه من اللعب لصالح نادي برشلونة، حيث انتشرت التكهنات بشأن مستقبله في الفترة الأخيرة.

كان فيليكس قد قضى النصف الثاني من الموسم الماضي على سبيل الإعارة مع تشيلسي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. فيديو | لابورتا يثير التكهنات حول تعاقد برشلونة مع برناردو سيلفا

وعاد البرتغالي من جديد إلى صفوف أتلتيكو مدريد، ولكنه ارتبط بإمكانية الرحيل، بينما ظهرت تقارير صحفية تفيد رغبته في الانتقال إلى برشلونة.

ونشر الصحفي الشهير فابريزيو رومانو بيانًا على لسان فيليكس، حيث أكد من خلاله أنه يود الانتقال إلى النادي الكتالوني.

وقال فيليكس في بيانه المنشور: “أود أن ألعب لصالح برشلونة، برشلونة كان دائمًا خياري الأول وأحب الانضمام إليه”.

وأضاف: “لقد كان هذا الأمر حلمي دائمًا منذ أن كنت طفلاً، إذا حدث ذلك، فسيكون حلمًا تحقق بالنسبة لي”.

Artilheiro do Pernambucano, Hernane projeta decisão com o Salgueiro: 'Impor nosso ritmo'

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O atacante Hernane, artilheiro do Campeonato Pernambucano com sete gols, projetou a decisão do Sport na próxima quarta-feira (3) pelo torneio estadual onde o Salgueiro será o adversário do confronto que vale vaga na grande decisão da competição.

Na primeira fase, o Leão aplicou um sonoro 4 a 0 que, na visão do Brocador, não reflete bem as dificuldades que a equipe encontrou dentro de campo. Até mesmo por isso, ele acredita que agora será diferente e a atenção terá de ser ainda maior.

– O Salgueiro é uma equipe difícil de enfrentar. Na primeira fase foi muito complicado e o placar não resume o que foi o duelo. É um time ousado e disposto a sair jogando e ficar com a bola. Temos de ter bastante atenção, sem errar, pois é um jogo único. Só nós podemos mudar o estilo da partida. Estamos dentro de casa, com o apoio da nossa torcida, mas temos que colocar nosso ritmo e facilitar as coisas pra buscarmos a classificação – declarou.

O atacante cravou que o Sport vai brigar pelo título da competição até mesmo pelo fato de que, entrando na Série B do Brasileirão como campeã estadual, o nível de confiança do plantel dirigido por Guto Ferreira aumenta:

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– Em caso de título, fortaleceremos nossa equipe e nos dará mais confiança pra começar a Série B. E pra coroarmos esse primeiro semestre tem que ser com esse título, então virou obrigação a taça do Pernambucano. Estamos focado pra levantar esse caneco.

Depois de terminar a temporada de 2018 em baixa, o camisa 9 do Sport começou este ano assumindo a artilharia do Pernambucano além do papel de batedor oficial de pênaltis da equipe, principalmente depois da chegada do novo treinador.

– Sabemos que quando os gols começam a sair, a confiança do atleta aumenta, o desempenho melhora, a concentração é melhor, então são fatores que evoluem a partir do momento que ps gols saem. Isso não vale só pra centro-avante, mas pra qualquer jogador – disse, complementando:

– Venho trabalhando forte pra buscar essa artilharia. Sabia que não era fácil, mas os jogadores que chegaram sempre me falaram que estariam dispostos a me ajudar a ser artilheiro da competição. Eles sabem da dificuldade que foi ano passado. Meus companheiros me tranquilizaram e disseram que estaria bem servido. Com a chegada do Guto, um treinador que eu já conhecia de outros dois trabalhos, as coisas estão acontecendo, os gols estão saindo e fico feliz por esse momento.

Movendo paixões! Entre palmas e vaias, Vasco vence Avaí na Copa BR

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Mesmo com algumas doses de drama e até vaias no fim, o Vasco honrou seu apelido de “time da virada”. No dia em que fez reverências ao seu icônico cartola Eurico Miranda, o Cruz-Maltino largou bem na terceira fase da Copa do Brasil ao derrotar o Avaí por 3 a 2 em São Januário nesta quinta-feira. Danilo Barcelos, Rossi e Thiago Galhardo marcaram para a equipe da Colina, enquanto Pedro Castro e André Moritz fizeram os gols do time catarinense.

Com o resultado, o Vasco joga pelo empate na partida de volta, na Ressacada. Já o Avaí precisa de triunfos por dois ou mais gols para se classificar diretamente. Vitórias do time catarinense por um de diferença levam a decisão da vaga para os pênaltis.

Apagão aéreo
Dominando as ações, o Vasco recorria a jogadas de bola aérea para tentar o rumo da vitória. Porém, à exceção de sobra de escanteio na qual Danilo Barcelos finalizou para fora, Maxi López era pouco acionado. Para completar, o Cruz-Maltino provou do seu próprio veneno. Perigoso nos contra-ataques (em especial pela esquerda), o Avaí deu o ar de sua graça. Após lançamento, Fernando Miguel saiu mal no gol e Getúlio cabeceou na trave. Pedro Castro aproveitou que a zaga estava cambaleante e teve calma para estufar a rede.

“Ei, Vasco, vamos jogar…”
Enquanto o Vasco ouvia os primeiros protestos em São Januário, o Avaí passeava em meio à defesa vascaína. João Paulo arriscou duas vezes e obrigou Fernando Miguel a encaixar.

Impondo respeito
Aos poucos, a equipe de Alberto Valentim foi se encontrando em campo. Após receber passe de Maxi López, Yago Pikachu finalizou no ângulo e a bola carimbou o travessão. Lucas Mineiro obrigou Glédson a se desdobrar para defender. Mas Danilo Barcelos, por linhas tortas, marcou: o camisa 14 cobrou falta, a bola desviou em Matheus Barbosa e enganou Glédson.

Do banco para a fuzarca!
O time do técnico Alberto Valentim voltou do intervalo lançando-se à frente, com uma formação mais ofensiva: Bruno César e Rossi entraram nos lugares de Raul e Marrony, respectivamente. Impetuoso, o Cruz-Maltino rondou a área e não demorou a encontrar a virada. Danilo Barcelos alçou para a área e Rossi foi mais uma vez decisivo, ao cabecear e comemorar imitando um búfalo (seu apelido).

Na pressão até o gol
Embalada pela virada, a equipe da Colina manteve sua intensidade ofensiva. Após falta alçada por Bruno César, Lucas Mineiro cabeceou e a bola parou em Glédson. Em seguida, Pikachu finalizou e a bola explodiu na zaga. O terceiro gol não demoraria a chegar: Bruno César bateu escanteio, Thiago Galhardo desviou no primeiro pau e viu sua chance parar na trave. Mas a bola voltou no camisa 8, que teve calma para definir.

Todo sentimento
​Mas o jogo que parecia controlado ganhou contornos dramáticos. Aos poucos, o Vasco foi afrouxando sua marcação e deu margem para o Avaí arriscar em chances de longa distância. Até diminuir o placar com André Moritz, que saiu do banco. O volante tabelou com João Paulo e estufou a rede. O relaxamento rendeu gritos de “burro” para Alberto Valentim, que lançara Andrey no lugar de Thiago Galhardo. Ao final, São Januário foi dividido entre aplausos da torcida ao time e ofensas ao treinador vascaíno. Um panorama semelhante do que era Eurico Miranda, cartola que moveu paixões de cruz-maltinos.

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Gols: Pedro Castro, 10/1º T (0-1), Danilo Barcelos, 34/1º T (1-1), Rossi, 11/2º T (2-1), Thiago Galhardo, 26/2ºT (3-1) e André Moritz, 39/2ºT (3-2)

VASCO: Fernando Miguel; Raúl Cáceres, Werley, Leandro Castan e Danilo Barcellos; Raul (Bruno César, intervalo), Lucas Mineiro, Thiago Galhardo (Andrey, 39/2ºT), Marrony (Rossi, intervalo) e Yago Pikachu; Maxi López. Técnico: Alberto Valentim

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تشكيل مصر أمام غينيا في نصف نهائي أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا.. ثنائي هجومي

أعلن الجهاز الفني لمنتخب مصر الأولمبي بقيادة البرازيلي روجيرو ميكالي، تشكيل الفراعنة لمواجهة غينيا، في المباراة التي تجمع بينهما اليوم الثلاثاء ببطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا.

منتخب مصر يلاقي غينيا، في إطار منافسات دور نصف نهائي أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا المقامة في المغرب.

المنتخب الأولمبي تأهل إلى الدور قبل النهائي بعدما تصدر المجموعة الثانية في بطولة أمم إفريقيا برصيد 7 نقاط.

واستهل منتخب مصر البطولة بتعادل سلبي مع النيجر ثم حقق الفوز على مالي والجابون في الجولتين الثانية والثالثة.

طالع | وزير الرياضة يطمئن على استعدادات منتخب مصر الأولمبي قبل مواجهة غينيا تشكيل مصر أمام غينيا:

حراسة المرمي: حمزة علاء.

خط الدفاع: حسام عبد المجيد ومحمد طارق وأحمد عيد وحاتم سكر.

خط الوسط: محمد شحاتة وأحمد نبيل كوكا وأحمد عاطف قطة ومحمود صابر.

خط الهجوم: إبراهيم عادل وأسامة فيصل.

Evans binds brittle Warwickshire

Jon Culley at Edgbaston15-Jul-2013
ScorecardLaurie Evans held Warwickshire’s middle order together•PA Photos

A first Championship win since April and a couple of Friends Life t20 successes and Warwickshire’s dismal season suddenly appeared to be looking up. Then came another in a succession of injuries that have blighted their defence of the title they claimed so emphatically in 2012. Chris Wright is the latest victim in this run of poor luck after a scan revealed that a stress fracture lay behind the back troubled that flared up at Uxbridge last week.Conditioned in the modern way to accentuate the positives, Warwickshire are not inclined to make injuries an excuse. It was the Ashley Giles way and his successor, Dougie Brown, is of a similar mind. Yet there has not been a match, it seems, without two or three of last year’s side missing, sometimes more. Inevitably, there are consequences in faltering form.Only two of the team selected for this match have played in every Championship round; some, such as Keith Barker and Ian Westwood, have missed half or near enough. In addition to Wright, captain Jim Troughton is also absent with back trouble. Oliver Hannon-Dalby, signed in part as cover for injuries, is himself sidelined, also with a stress fracture. At least Laurie Evans has recovered from the broken hand inflicted by a ball from England’s Steven Finn in May.As if to prove it, Evans, the 25-year-old former Surrey batsman, has set himself up to achieve the target he had set himself for when Finn interrupted his progress, namely to complete his first Championship century. He was 15 runs away at the close of the opening day.It was hard work at times, the result of a sluggish pitch and an appetite for work among the Nottinghamshire bowlers in spite of the building heat. You would expect it of Harry Gurney and Ajmal Shahzad, lithe young men both; less so, perhaps, of the more heavily burdened Luke Fletcher and the creaky Andre Adams. Yet all of them bowled a testing line and length and, for the most part, kept it up.But Evans maintained his concentration well and picked his moments for some nicely executed shots on both sides of the wicket, picking up a dozen boundaries. “It was attritional cricket and they bowled well and I played probably the worst I have played at the beginning of an innings all year but it was a matter of hanging tough and getting through it and I played a lot more fluently later,” he said. “I like to be attacking and I’ve got out in the past by trying to dominate at the wrong times and going at balls I shouldn’t be so I was pleased to come through the difficult periods.”Evans anchored at least a partial recovery by Warwickshire, who lost Varun Chopra to a gloved catch to second slip early and then saw William Porterfield leave a ball from Adams that clipped his off stump. Westwood rode his luck somewhat, surviving dropped catches on 32 and 50 before clipping a ball from Samit Patel straight to mid-on for 67.Tim Ambrose, who took it upon himself to up the pace of scoring after lunch, raced to 39 off 43 balls before brushing a leg-side delivery from Adams to be caught behind, but when Patel’s left-arm spin bowled Chris Woakes and Rikki Clarke fell to a stunning catch by James Taylor at midwicket Warwickshire felt danger welling up again at 213 for 6.Adams, who is 38 on Wednesday, finished the day on 3 for 49 from 24 overs, again underlining his durability. Adams is a strong man yet fragile in the sense that he needs to care for himself assiduously lest something goes badly wrong and ends his career. His skills with the ball, though, seem never to diminish.He willingly passes them on, too, frequently accompanying a younger bowling team-mate back to his mark, offering a word of encouragement or advice. He seems to have taken Shahzad under his wing in particular as Nottinghamshire try to mould the former Yorkshire quick into a bowler with more than simply pace and menace to his game.The improvement is coming, too. Adams apart, no one troubled the batsmen more and it was he who was left fuming when Westwood had his moments of luck as Patel and then Alex Hales failed to do their duty in the slips. Nought for 49 did not do him justice.

سبورت توضح أسباب ابتعاد أمرابط عن الانتقال إلى برشلونة

كشفت تقارير صحفية إسبانية، عن سبب تراجع أسهم برشلونة في التعاقد مع الدولي المغربي سفيان أمرابط لاعب وسط الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي فيورنتينا.

سفيان أمرابط كان على أعتاب الانتقال إلى برشلونة في ميركاتو الشتاء الماضي، ولكن لم تُحسم الصفقة بسبب تمسك فيورنتينا باللاعب الدولي المغرب.

طالع أيضًا | ميلان ينافس برشلونة على ضم أمرابط.. ورئيس فيورنتينا يحدد سعره. 

صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية، كشفت أن رفض ميسي العودة إلى برشلونة والانتقال إلى إنتر ميامي، جعل الأمور صعبة في انضمام سفيان أمرابط إلى برشلونة، حيث كان يرغب النجم المغربي في مزاملة ليو.

وأشارت التقارير إلى أن بعد تعاقد برشلونة مع إلكاي جوندوجان بشكل رسمي من مانشستر سيتي، تقلصت فرص التوقيع مع أمرابط، الذي سيجد صعوبة في اللعب أساسيًا بوسط ملعب البلوجرانا.

وشددت التقارير على أن مشاكل اللعب المالي النظيف وموازنة الرواتب، أحد أسباب استبعاد اللاعب المغربي من حسابات البلوجرانا.

Mustard, Rushworth put Durham top

Durham gave Geoff Cook nothing to worry about as they took over from visitors Hampshire at the top of Group B in the YorkshireBank 40 League with a six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street.

22-Jun-2013
ScorecardPhil Mustard made 92 in the chase•Getty Images

Durham gave Geoff Cook nothing to worry about as they took over from visitors Hampshire at the top of Group B in the YorkshireBank 40 League with a six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street. With coach Cook still in a critical condition following his heart attack on Thursday, his team romped to their fourth successive win in the competition with 2.4 overs to spare.Despite conceding 93 off the last 10 overs, Durham restricted the holders to224 for 9 and lost acting captain Mark Stoneman in the first over of theirreply.A brief shower with the score on 55 for 1 in the 13th over reduced the targetto 218 in 38 overs and, by the time Phil Mustard and Scott Borthwick had put on164 for the second wicket, victory was a formality.Mustard was dropped on 11 at slip by Sean Ervine off Pakistani left-arm pacemanSohail Tanvir and Borthwick survived a return chance to James Vince on 12. Mustard went on to make 92 off 90 balls and Borthwick registered his maidenone-day fifty into 80 off 82 deliveries before holing out with 17 needed.Borthwick hit sixes off both left-arm spinners, Danny Briggs and Liam Dawson,who had combined figures of 0 for 85 in 11 overs.Tanvir took all four wickets to fall, producing excellent deliveries to cleanbowl Stoneman and Ben Stokes. But only three were needed when he nipped one backoff the pitch to breach Stokes’ defence and Paul Collingwood saw Durham homewith an unbeaten 32.Hampshire were not helped by Dimitri Mascarenhas being unable to bowl followinga back spasm, while Michael Carberry went for an X-ray after damaging a thumb.For Durham, Chris Rushworth bowled with great control to take 5 for 42 afterHampshire were put in and the target looked like being much lower until Dawsonthrashed 69 off 46 balls.The openers put on 23 before Vince drove to mid-off and Carberry was caught atleg gully, deliberately placed for the miscued pull. Jimmy Adams and Neil McKenzie carefully added 34 in 11 overs before the SouthAfrican tried to flip a straight ball from Collingwood to fine leg and was lbwfor 18.There was a second wicket for Collingwood when Adams holed out to Stokes atdeep midwicket after making 32 off 50 balls. That brought in Dawson at 112 for 4 in the 27th over and four overs later hebegan the late onslaught by sweeping a six as Collingwood’s final over cost 12and left him with 2 for 44.The last four overs yielded 46 with Dawson driving two successive balls fromStokes for six. The first took him to 50 off 37 balls. Stokes’ first four overs were tight but he finished with 1 for 56 on what wasnot a good day for either him or Briggs ahead of teaming up with the EnglandTwenty20 squad this week.

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