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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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The participation of Pakistan players in next year’s IPL will come up for discussion during the next IPL governing council meeting on October 14, Rajiv Shukla, the league’s chairman, has said

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Oct-2011

The participation of Pakistan players in next year’s IPL will come up for discussion during the next IPL governing council meeting on October 14, Rajiv Shukla, the league’s chairman, has said. Pakistan players have not taken part in the IPL following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, and even though 11 of them featured in the auction list for the third edition of the tournament in 2010, none were picked up by the franchises. Some of the franchises put it down to the uncertainty over their availability following a breakdown in diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan.”This decision has to be taken by the Governing Council. It is not that Pakistan as a country has been banned in IPL,” Shukla told . “Their (Pakistani) referees’ services have been utilised. Some franchises have taken Pakistani former players as coaches also and supporting staff as well. So it is not that Pakistan as a whole has been banned or something. There is no question of banning anyone.”The final call, however, rested with the franchises, Shukla said. “About Pakistani players, it is purely up to the franchises to decide whether they want to take Pakistani players or not. And we have to keep certain considerations in mind before deciding about it.”With regards to the resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan, Shukla said matters of security and scheduling needed to be resolved before going ahead. He was also not too keen on the idea of playing at a neutral venue. “We have worked together. The question is about the circumstances and certain issues … in terms of security. Those issues are to be sorted out. Then only, we can think of it.”At the same time, there is no slot available. If there is slot available, then all these things can be discussed. Everybody wants cricket ties to be revived, to be resumed but slot has to be there to resume the ties.”Secondly the atmosphere should be congenial because I am of the view that we should play on each others’ soil instead of playing at a third venue. There is no point on playing at a third venue.”The termination of the Kochi franchise and the number of teams for the next IPL will also be discussed at the meeting.

Former Australia greats, allrounder Alan Davidson and the late fast bowler Frederick Spofforth, have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Joining them in 2011’s Hall of Fame class are the retired West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose and former Australia women’s captain Belinda Clark.Davidson took 186 wickets and scored 1328 runs in 44 Tests between 1953 and 1963. He was especially effective in the last five years of his career, taking 170 wickets at 19.25 in 32 Tests, only four of which were lost. He was the first man to take ten wickets and make more than 100 runs in the same game, a feat he accomplished in the famous tied Test in Brisbane against West Indies, despite a broken finger on his bowling hand. His retirement was a big loss to Australia, who won only one Test series in the first four years after his exit.”Since being selected for the first time for my country, this is an amazing recognition and I am proud of it,” Davidson said. “My dream since I was nine-years-old was to play for Australia. It was most extraordinary feeling. This is an acknowledgment of my career, so this is equally as great.”I think the great thing was that I got to play the best in the world over my career. I was fortunate to tour England three times, India and Pakistan twice, West Indies and South Africa as well. I toured all nations of the world at the time, took on the best in the world. My performances were also an acknowledgment of the players that I played against.”Davidson, Ambrose, and Clark will be inducted during the ICC annual awards in London, while Spofforth will be inducted later next year in a ceremony involving his family. Known by the nickname “The Demon”, Spofforth is widely regarded as Australia’s first true fast bowler. He claimed 94 wickets in 18 Tests at an average of less than 20 apiece, and was the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick. He claimed ten wickets in a match on four occasions, and his analysis of 14 for 90 against England at The Oval in 1882 is still the second-best performance by an Australian bowler in Test history.

حقق منتخب عمان فوزًا قاتلًا على نظيره البحرين، في المباراة التي جمعتهما اليوم الإثنين، في منافسات بطولة خليجي 25.

وتقام بطولة خليجي 25 في مدينة البصرة بالعراق من الفترة 6 من شهر يناير وحتى الخميس 19 من الشهر ذاته.

وتواجه منتخب عمان مع البحرين في مواجهة دور نصف النهائي لخليجي 25 على ملعب الميناء الأوليمبي.

وسجل هدف فوز عمان، جميل اليحمدي في الدقيقة 83 من عمر اللقاء، بتسديدة صاروخية من خارج منطقة الجزاء سكنت شباك المنتخب البحريني.

طالع | فيديو | العراق يفوز على قطر بهدفين ويتأهل لنهائي خليجي 25

وبذلك يتأهل منتخب عمان إلى المباراة النهائية لخليجي 25، ويلتقي مع العراق صاحبة الآرض، يوم الخميس المقبل 19 يناير.

وكان منتخب العراق تفوق على قطر، بهدفين مقابل هدف في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم الإثنين. هدف فوز عمان علي البحرين في خليجي 25:

Michael Beer and Jason Krejza will duel for a Test spin bowling berth on Australia A’s tour of Zimbabwe.

Daniel Brettig23-May-2011Michael Beer and Jason Krejza have both been included in the squad for Australia A’s tour of Zimbabwe, and will use the opportunity to duel for a Test spin-bowling berth. Ben Hilfenhaus has been given a chance to show his international career is not fading away after the Ashes. The squad for the four-day matches against Zimbabwe was announced on Monday and has a strong Test team component, as the national selectors ponder their options ahead of tours to Sri Lanka and South Africa.Usman Khawaja, Phillip Hughes, and the tour captain Tim Paine have all played recent Test cricket for Australia, while the likes of Callum Ferguson, Trent Copeland, Mitchell Starc and James Faulkner will all be in serious contention for the Sri Lanka touring party.The most pointed battle will be between Beer, who played the spin role in the final Ashes Test at the SCG and bowled better than his figures suggested, and Krejza, the enigmatic slow bowler with the sharpest offbreak in the country but a mixed international record. Krejza went to the World Cup after injuries ruled out Xavier Doherty and Nathan Hauritz, and it appears that he remains ahead of that pair.”It’s really just a matter of trying to get as much exposure for our spin bowlers as possible so we can keep working out just where our stocks are,” the national selector Greg Chappell told . “It’s pretty open. It’s no secret that spin bowling is an area that we’re keen to get at, finalise or make some ground on. We haven’t really for one reason or another, either through injury or form had much consistency in that area.”Spin bowling’s not a straightforward issue. It is easily crowded by the success that Shane Warne had but most countries take time to find spin bowlers and good ones certainly don’t just drop out of mid-air. I think we’ve got about seven spinners in our sights, the four going there, Hauritz, Doherty and Steve Smith. So there’s about seven guys there and nobody’s really nailed the spot down at this stage.”We’re trying to give as many of them opportunities as we can and find out which ones have what we’re looking for. It’s about trying to find the right people for the right conditions and that can vary depending on where you’re playing, South Africa will be different from Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka’s different from India even – it was quite remarkable watching the Sri Lankans and Indians play in each other’s country.”While Hauritz is still recovering from a dislocated shoulder and is at long odds to be limber enough for Sri Lanka, Doherty is fit but not selected. His place in the limited overs squad has been taken by South Australia’s Nathan Lyon, a classical offspin bowler who enjoyed a surreal promotion from the Adelaide Oval ground staff to the Redbacks’ XI last summer.Hilfenhaus, meanwhile, will need to show evidence he can regain the knack for taking wickets, after his spells grew increasingly unthreatening against England at home, resulting in the paltry return of seven wickets at 59.28 in four matches.Tasmanians Faulkner and Luke Butterworth were rewarded for their prolific wicket-taking for the Tigers during their Shield-winning 2010-11 campaign, and may be considered with an eye towards the humid air and seaming pitches that can sometimes be encountered in Sri Lanka.The teenagers Nic Maddinson and Mitch Marsh have been included in both squads, better to aid their development as Test players of the future, while Cricket Australia eyes will be narrowed on the captaincy progress of Paine and his deputy Ferguson, who spent the Indian Premier League together in with the Pune franchise. Another IPL commodity, David Warner, has the chance to defy his stereotype with runs in both formats.Chris Lynn, the promising Queensland batsman, is a notable inclusion to the limited-overs squad having missed out on selection in the provisional 25, but will need to pass a fitness test on a finger injury before travelling. Stephen O’Keefe has the chance to press his case as a spinning allrounder in the shorter formats.Even though the tour program is still being finalised, the squad is booked to leave Australia on June 25 and return on July 25, about the same time as the senior squad ventures to Sri Lanka. The A squad will take part in a pre-tour camp in Brisbane in early June.Australia A four-day squad Tim Paine (capt, wk), David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Callum Ferguson, Nic Maddinson, Mitch Marsh, Luke Butterworth, James Faulkner, Jason Krejza, Trent Copeland, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitch Starc, Michael Beer.One-day squad Tim Paine (capt, wk), David Warner, Aaron Finch, Callum Ferguson, Chris Lynn, Nic Maddison, Mitch Marsh, Luke Butterworth, Stephen O’Keefe, James Faulkner, Ben Hilfenhaus, Trent Copeland, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Starc.

Celtic have a number of players in their squad whose current contracts at the Parkhead club are due to run out in the coming weeks.

Players such as Jota and Cameron Carter-Vickers that have played big parts in the Hoops title win this season whilst on loan with Celtic will undeniably have to be sorted out as there are other clubs involved with them.

However, one player aside from those two faces that should also be given a new deal is Karamoko Dembele.

As a product of Celtic’s youth system, the 16-year-old winger has gone on to make ten first-team appearances.

In those appearances, the youngster has found the back of the net on one occasion which came during Celtic’s 4-0 win over St. Johnstone back in December.
While the attacker may not be a fully-fledged regular first-team player for the Hoops just yet, he should still be given a new deal so he has the chance to potentially become one in the future.
Should the teenager put pen to paper on a new deal at Celtic Park, it could be worth him going out on loan to another club where he would be getting regular game time and the chance to show what he can do for a senior side every week.
The fact that the Hoops have recently given James Forrest a new three-year deal suggests that Dembele may not have a clear-cut path to the first team just yet, which may make a potential loan move a more tempting option for him.
The winger certainly has the talent to one day become the next hero at Parkhead as he even caught the attention of Ruud Gullit, who said that Dembele looks like a “special player.”
Blessed with enormous pace and dazzling trickery, the youngster surely now possesses more in his locker than Forrest, someone who looked leggy, tired and a little past it towards the final stages of the campaign.
With that in mind, if the winger does end up signing a new deal and eventually forcing his way into the first team, he could well go on to become a better option for the Hoops than Forrest, who has an extensive injury record to his name and only four goals in 32 appearances under his belt this season.

In other news: “Very soon”: Insider drops big Celtic transfer claim that’ll have supporters ecstatic