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A wrap of the second day of the eighth round of Ranji Trophy matches in Group C

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Dec-2012
ScorecardJaummu and Kashmir’s medium pacer Ram Dayal bowled an incredible spell at the start of the second day picking up Himachal Pradesh’s top-six batsmen and giving away just 14 runs. But Himachal recovered to take a narrow lead and then removed three J&K batsmen to go ahead by the end of the day.Dayal struck with the third ball of the morning, removing Aakash Chopra and from there on, continued to torment the Himachal top-order. Bowling an extended spell, he had reduced Himachal to 58 for 6 at one point. It was Dayal’s third five-for this season and it almost gave a chance to J&K to take a first-innings lead after scoring 175.But a 65-run seventh-wicket stand between Aatish Bhalaik and Karanveer Singh revived Himachal and helped them take a narrow 11-run lead and Himachal’s opening bowlers – Vikramjeet Malik and Rishi Dhawan – struck thrice in the nine overs of J&K innings to help Himachal take control.
ScorecardCenturies by VA Jagadeesh and Robert Fernandez helped Kerala to a big first-innings lead against Jharkhand in Mallappuram. The two batsmen, who were unbeaten yesterday, took the lead past 100 as Kerala looked set to post a big total. But left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem struck twice in two overs to disrupt the progress. After the 230-run second-wicket partnership, Kerala lost their last nine wickets for 95 as Nadeem took four and Samar Qadri picked up three.Still, Kerala had a 205-run lead and they made the most of the day by picking up Jharkhand’s openers before the end of play and will start tomorrow with an innings win in sight.
ScorecardA strong opening partnership between Pallavkumar Das and Sibsankar Roy led Assam’s response which has put them in a strong position to take first-innings lead. Pallavkumar was out one short of his half-century but Roy stayed unbeaten on 72 when stumps were called, with Assam 83 runs behind Andhra Pradesh’s 249.The highlight of the day was veteran Amol Muzumdar’s fourth hundred of the season – his 29th in first-class cricket. Mumzumdar, on 82 overnight, completed his century in time before he ran out of partners. Arup Das was the most successful bowler for Assam with four wickets.
ScorecardAfter losing the first day to rain, Tripura were pulled out of deep trouble, losing their top three wickets for only six runs, by their middle-order batsmen to recover to 170 for 5 at stumps. Saurabh Bandekar and Hanumant Gadekar took two wickets each as Abhijit Dey stitched two crucial partnerships with Abbas Ali (44) and skipper Ajay Ratra (37).

أعرب ديفيد مويس، المدير الفني لفريق وست هام، عن غضبه الشديد لعدم احتساب ركلة جزاء لصالحهم أمام ليفربول في مباراة الأمس ببطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وتلاقى الفريقان على ملعب “لندن الأولمبي” في الجولة الثالثة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث فاز ليفربول بهدفين مقابل هدف.

وطالب وست هام بركلة جزاء في الدقائق الأخيرة من الشوط الثاني لوجود لمسة يد على لاعب ليفربول، تياجو ألكانتارا. هل حرم الحكم وست هام من ركلة جزاء أمام ليفربول

وقال ديفيد مويس في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “لا أصدق ذلك، أهم شيء أن الحكم لم يتحقق من ذلك، لقد كان أمرًا غير محترم تمامًا من حكم تقنية الفيديو”.

وأكد: “شخص ما في تقنية الفيديو لم يكن لديه ما يكفي من المعرفة الكروية ليعرف أن الأمر يستحق نظرة، بالنسبة لي لم يظهر حكم الفيديو المساعد أي احترام لنا وكان الأمر يستحق استدعاء للحكم في الملعب”.

وأضاف: “لقد اندفع اللاعب نحو الكرة، وهذا يعني أنه خرج عن سيطرته والحكم لم يحتسب شيئًا، ولكن ماذا يمكنك أن تفعل؟ لقد استحقنا الحصول على شيء من المباراة”.

وتسائل: “هل اعتقد أن تياجو تعمد ضرب الكرة، لا، لكن هل اعترض طريق الكرة؟ نعم فعل ذلك، خرجت ذراعيه وارتطمت الكرة بذراعه، قد يحتاج مسؤولو تقنية الفيديو إلى الاعتذار لنا، نحن نحتاج إلى نقاط للبقاء في الدوري الإنجليزي”.

وواصل: “أشعر بخيبة أمل لأننا تلقينا أهدافًا سهلة، لكن الأداء كان يستحق شيئًا، وأمام فريق ليفربول الذي يتحسن، استحقينا ركلة جزاء”.

وأردف: “لقد لعب ليفربول كرة قدم جيدة في بعض الأحيان، كما فعلنا ذلك أيضًا، كان هناك هدفان جيدان حقًا من مسافة بعيدة، ولكن من وجهة نظرنا كان هدفهم الثاني ضعيفًا”.

واختتم: “لقد كنا جيدين جدًا في الدفاع عن الضربات الركنية هذا الموسم لكنني لم أحب ذلك على الإطلاق، على الرغم من أننا خسرنا، إلا أن الأمر لا يبدو وكأنه هزيمة”.

Robin Brown, the former Zimbabwe coach, has been temporarily put in charge of Kenya ahead of this month’s ICC Intercontinental Cup and two one-dayers in Namibia.The coaching post has been vacant since Mike Hesson, currently in charge of the New Zealand team, quit in May. That month Brown, who played seven ODIs for Zimbabwe in the 80s, was appointed Kenya’s head of cricket development.The matches against Namibia were supposed to be played in Nairobi but were shifted to Windhoek due to security concerns. Brown said there needed to be more team unity for Kenya’s results to improve.”We have a very professional team of players,” Brown said. “They just need to put their past problems behind them and we can start seeing the results. We can get back to the top if we can all get together.”The more cricket we play, the more we will improve. Unfortunately we have not been able to realise this because we have not hosted any visiting teams, as most of the players have been engaged in the East African Cricket League tournament.”Kenya are near the bottom of the table in both the Intercontinental Cup and the ICC World Cricket League Championship. The four-day ICC Intercontinental match will take place at Windhoek’s United Cricket Club from September 29 to October 2, followed by the two limited-overs on October 4 and 6.

A number of Indian companies have successfully bid for teams in the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), highlighting the lure of the franchise model in cricket’s largest market despite the BCCI’s reluctance to allow Indian players to participate, according to reports.Among the winners are the Wadhawan Group, a business conglomerate with interests in real estate, retail and education, India Cricket Dundee, an Indian fan organisation along the lines of the Barmy Army, and Varun Beverages Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the agent for Pepsi in Sri Lanka.The Wadhawan Group bought Wayamba for $5.02 million, the highest price for any of the franchises. Wayamba represented Sri Lanka in the first two Champions League T20 tournaments in 2009 and 2010 and has Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, as it’s icon player. The group has been involved with cricket in the past, most notably as sponsors of the New Zealand national team, the Victoria Bushrangers and VicSpirit teams through Dheeraj East Coast, a joint venture between Dheeraj Realty, the group’s real estate company, and East Coast LLC, an Australian company.

The SLPL franchise owners

Wayamba – Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited, $5.02 million
Kandurata – Number One Sports Consulting Private Limited, $4.98 million
Ruhuna – Pearl Overseas Limited, $4.6 million
Uva Success Sports Private Limited, $4.6 million
Basnahira -Indian Cricket Dundee Limited, $4.33 million
Uthura – Rudra Sports Private Limited, $3.4 million
Nagenahira – Varun Beverages Lanka Private Limited, $3.22 million

Mumbai-based India Cricket Dundee (ICD) bid $4.33 million to buy the Basnahira franchise. Formed in 2010, ICD’s stated aim is to create a “widespread fan base that will be able to support the Indian cricket team all year round, whether at home or on tours away”, according to their website.Varun Beverages, based in the West Province of Sri Lanka, won the rights to the Nagenahira franchise for $ 3.22 million, the lowest price for a franchise. The company is a subsidiary of RJ Corp, which includes InBev India International Private Limited, which distributes beers such as Stella Artois and Budweiser in India. The group also runs the Delhi Public School in Gurgaon.Kandurata was the second most expensive team at $4.98 million and was picked up by Number One Sports Consulting Private Limited. The Uva and Ruhuna franchises were bought by Success Sports and Pearl Overseas respectively for $4.6 million each, while Rudra Sports Private Limited picked up Uthura for $3.4 million. The news was reported in the Sri Lankan .A player draft will be held on July 5 and 6 to determine the composition of the teams. Each team can have a maximum of 18 players, including six foreign players. The SLPL starts on August 10, with the final to be held on August 31. There will be 24 games in total, split between Colombo and Pallekele.

Daniel Brettig at Lord's05-Jun-2012
ScorecardCorey Collymore took the first wicket to fall but injured his knee while bowling later in the day•Middlesex CCCIf the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend had coaxed out the most curmudgeonly of English summer weather, then Middlesex and Somerset were grateful for a momentary break in the overhead “festivities” at Lord’s. Friendlier skies allowed for 48.5 overs on day one, the visitors scrapping to 130 for 4 by the time rain turned up in mid-afternoon to prevent any further play.The covers had not been down for long when the RAF fly-past skirted the ground, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight able to salute Elizabeth II because the weather was kind enough for a plane’s take-off as well as a bowler’s run-up. The sight of the venerable Lancaster bomber made for majestic viewing, somewhat more so than the battling of Somerset’s top six against a seaming and occasionally swinging ball in the hands of Corey Collymore, Tim Murtagh, Toby Roland-Jones and Gareth Berg.Collymore was typically austere in the rations he afforded the batsmen, but he did not see out the day, complaining of what the captain Chris Rogers termed “knee pain that he hadn’t felt before” after bowling the first ball of his 12th over. Collymore’s fitness will be monitored closely, for Middlesex have only four specialist bowlers among their XI, and none with the West Indian’s breadth of experience. Berg was summoned to complete the over, and was rewarded for his readiness by claiming Somerset’s acting captain James Hildreth, pushing at a ball that bent subtly away and edging behind.Jos Buttler had only one ball to survive before the showers set in around 3pm, more or less on the forecast cue. They began so gently that Rogers was visibly irritated at having to go off and he debated the point with the umpires as they marched for the pavilion. This is a pivotal fixture for both sides, Middlesex having the chance to vault above Somerset into third, while victory for the visitors would keep their promoted opponents at bay and close the gap on Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire at the top.Hildreth and the wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter had fared best of the batsmen, mounting an 80-run stand either side of lunch after the new ball had accounted for the top three with only 45 runs collected. Alex Barrow’s stay was particularly brief, squared up by Collymore and edging behind for a third-ball duck.After reaching 1,000 first-class runs at the start of June, Nick Compton has faltered a touch. Having made 7 against Notts in the CB40 fixture at Trent Bridge on Monday, here he shouldered arms and gave Murtagh free passage to bowl him for a single, leaving Somerset 1 for 2 in the third over. Arul Suppiah at least managed to stave off the worst excesses of the early movement, but his stern occupation was ended by the first-change bowler Roland-Jones. Unsure whether to play or leave, Suppiah was ultimately too late on one that seamed back and clipped off stump.That brought Kieswetter to the wicket with Hildreth, and together they repaired some of the damage, helped by the ball ageing a little and Roland-Jones offering greater latitude for scoring than Murtagh or Collymore had done. Kieswetter was 20 when he survived a beseeching lbw appeal by Berg, but otherwise played some handsome strokes through the offside. He also took advantage of the short boundary in front of the Tavern and Mound Stands, the match strip on the south-eastern side of the square compelling Rogers to place two men on the fence at times even as the ball continued to seam.Hildreth’s was a composed, steady innings in challenging circumstances but Collymore’s exit took his mind from the task sufficiently to let Berg claim his outside edge. Rogers’ annoyance at exiting the field soon after will be compounded by the weather outlook for the next three days, which promises about as much rain as was dumped upon the Thames Jubilee pageant.

حقق فريق أتلتيكو مدريد، فوزًا ساحقًا على خصمه إشبيلية، مساء اليوم السبت، في إطار منافسات بطولة الدوري الإسباني.

واستضاف ملعب “واندا ميتروبوليتانو” مباراة الفريقين في إطار منافسات الجولة الرابعة والعشرين من الليجا، حيث فاز أتلتيكو مدريد بنتيجة 6-1.

كان ممفيس ديباي قد سجل هدف أتلتيكو مدريد الأول في الدقيقة 23 من عمر الشوط الأول، قبل أن يسجل الهدف الثاني له ولفريقه في الدقيقة 26.

وقلص يوسف النصيري الفارق لصالح إشبيلية بتسجيله هدفًا في الدقيقة 39 من عمر الشوط نفسه.

ولكن أتلتيكو مدريد استفاق بشكل أفضل في الشوط الثاني، حيث سجل 4 أهداف، عن طريق كل من أنطوان جريزمان، يانيك كاراسكو وألفارو موراتا في الدقائق 53، 69 و76، قبل أن يحرز موراتا من جديد هدفًا في الدقيقة 92.

وشهدت المباراة حصول لاعب إشبيلية، باب جايي، على بطاقة حمراء في الدقيقة 80.

بتلك النتيجة، ارتفع رصيد أتلتيكو مدريد إلى 45 نقطة في المركز الثالث، بينما تجمد رصيد إشبيلية عند 25 نقطة في المركز السادس عشر.

Jimmy Adams’ task is to raise the temperature among Kent supporters. Kent have slumped from title-contenders at the turn of the century to second-bottom of the pile last season: the third-worst finish in their history.

Alex Winter30-Mar-2012When Jimmy Adams arrived in Britain, the country was gripped by a cold snap that brought snow to the garden of England. With the mercury having jumped 15 degrees, Adams declared t-shirt weather for his first day as Kent’s new head coach.His task is to raise the temperature among Kent supporters. Kent have slumped from title-contenders at the turn of the century to second-bottom of the pile last season: the third-worst finish in their history.Charged with reviving one of the most famous counties, Adams is unconcerned about what has gone before. “There is lot of history here,” he said. “But I’m sure every county would gladly roll out the history books. A lot of fantastic players have come through this club; I wouldn’t use that to burn the players.”Adams plays up to all the stereotypical impressions of a laid-back West Indian as he slumps against a wall inside Kent’s indoor school, but it belies a determination to get things done. “I’ve got to get stuck in, nose to the ground,” he said. “There’s a lot of work to be done – in a good sense – we’ll try to construct something here that will hopefully bring us results.”The environment and culture around the squad is something that Adams seems keen on, getting the values and discipline right to be able to get a young squad working for each other. This focus endeared him to Kent chief executive, Jamie Clifford, during a three-month recruitment process to replace Paul Farbrace, who has since moved on to Yorkshire’s coaching staff.”Jimmy is quite big on culture. He’s got a very clear idea about how he wants the cricket part of the club to run which is what we wanted: a clear sense of direction,” Clifford said. “He is coming into this role fresh, he’s never had a county role, so we’ve got the chance to freshen it up. Jimmy stood out from what was a very strong shortlist; there were some guys on there with quite strong coaching pedigree and big names in the world of cricket.”Having survived a thorough recruitment process involving psychometric testing and independent interviewers, Adams has the chance to make his name in coaching with his first major role. He had been technical director for Jamaica, a role Adams describes as “a bit of everything” with all the cricket programmes running through his desk. He thinks that all-encompassing experience will lend itself well to county cricket.”At this stage in my life I’ve mixed it pretty much with every age group over a period of time,” Adams said. “There a lot of talent here but I’m just happy that we have lads that seem to want to get better individually and would like to be a part of a successful team. Once that attitude is there, it makes my job a lot easier, instead of trying to push people you’re trying to hold them back.”Kent’s squad has undergone significant change with Joe Denly departing for Middlesex and Martin van Jaarsveld retiring. Mark Davies, Ben Harmison, Charlie Shreck and Mike Powell have all arrived. But the man who Adams says everything revolves around has been at Kent for 24 years: captain Rob Key. His experience and leadership will give Adams the chance to focus on developing Kent’s crop of youngsters – including England Under-19 captain Adam Ball and batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond – than immediate results.”There are a lot of intangibles when you talk about the game of cricket,” Adams said. “The opposition might just outplay you totally but in that three or four days you might have made progress along the way, depending on the players that you have.”Kent begin their new season at Headingley against Yorkshire, who were relegated from Division One of the championship last season and who are strong favourites to bounce back immediately. Faced with such a stern opening assignment, Adams’ reduced emphasis on winning from the start might yet prove advantageous.

S Aravind, the Karnataka medium-pacer, has been sidelined for four weeks due to a knee injury

Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium15-Dec-2011

S Aravind, the Karnataka medium-pacer, has been sidelined for four weeks due to a knee injury. There was some good news for Karnataka, though, as Manish Pandey was recovering earlier than expected from his hernia operation, and could be part of the squad for the knock-out phase of the Ranji Trophy that starts on January 2.Aravind has a sore right knee, and hasn’t been able to bowl since the first evening of Karnataka’s ongoing Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Aravind had had surgery three years ago on his right knee, but that played only a minor role in his current problem. Aravind, who was called up to the Indian one-day squad earlier this year, hasn’t been at his best this season, taking nine wickets at 49.44.His injury leaves Karnataka without all three of their fast bowlers who have been instrumental in the team becoming a major force in the Ranji Trophy over the past three seasons – Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun are part of the Indian Test squad in Australia. The earliest Aravind is expected to return to action is for the semi-finals, if Karnataka qualify.Pandey, who hit a double century against Mumbai in November, was originally expected to be ruled out of the entire season. He has started working out in the gym and is progressing well enough to have a chance to play the quarter-finals.The other cause for cheer for Karnataka on the injury front is that the fast bowler SL Akshay, who made his debut this season, is recovering well from a hamstring problem kept him out of the Punjab match. He is “75% fit” according to the team physio, and a decision on his availability for the final league match against Uttar Pradesh will be taken after a fitness test over the weekend.

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Chris Martin, the New Zealand fast bowler, has become the first recipient of the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, an honour given to the country’s best player of the year

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Nov-2011New Zealand Cricket Awards winners

Chris Martin – Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, player of the year

Brendon McCullum – Test Player of the Year (527 runs at 58.55)

Ross Taylor – ODI Player of the Year, (798 runs at 39.90)

Tim Southee – Twenty20 Player of the Year, (eight wickets at 12.12)

Sara McGlashan – Women’s Player of the Year

Sophie Devine – Women’s domestic Player of the year (Four fifties, 24 wickets)

Rob Nicol – Domestic Player of the year (top scorer in Twenty20 and one-day competitions)

Peter Ingram – Redpath Cup, best first-class batting (965 runs at 50.47)

Chris Martin – Winsor Cup, best first-class bowling (60 wickets at 25.60)

Neil Wagner – Fans’ Choice for outstanding individual performance (Taking five wickets in an over)

Simon Hickey – Young player of the year

Ces Renwick – Bert Sutcliffe Medal, for outstanding services to cricket

Nick Craig – Sir Jack Newman Award, outstanding junior cricket administrator

Chris Martin, the New Zealand fast bowler, has become the first recipient of the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, an honour given to the country’s best player of the year. There was another gong for him at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in Auckland, winning the Winsor Cup for first-class bowling.Martin, 36, was also a finalist for the Test player of the year and a nominee for Fans’ Choice award for his devastating spell in Ahmedabad when he had India pinned at 15 for 5. He took 60 first-class wickets in the 2010-11 season, including 18 in Tests and 31 for Auckland.”Chris works very hard and has strongly led the BLACKCAPS and Aces bowling attack for this past season and the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal is well deserved,” NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan said.”There were a number of individuals who put their hand up for the supreme award but no one can deny that in the past 12 months Chris has been a stand-out performer in international and domestic First-Class cricket.”The other major winners in the revamped NZC awards were: Brendon McCullum as Test Player of the year, in a season where he took the gamble of becoming a specialist batsman in Tests, and moved up the order; new captain Ross Taylor as ODI Player of the year, in a season where he was the highest run-getter for New Zealand with 798; Tim Southee as outstanding player in Twenty20s, in a year where he took a five-for including a hat-trick against Pakistan which won him the ICC award for Best Twenty20 performance; Sara McGlashan as women’s Player of the Year.