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Stats highlights from the second day in Mirpur

S Rajesh29-Oct-20164 Spinners who have taken five-wicket hauls in each of their first two Tests; Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan became the fourth bowler in this list when he took 6 for 82 in England’s first innings, after taking 6 for 80 in the first innings in Chittagong. The others in this list are India’s Narendra Hirwani, who had 24 wickets in his first two Tests, Australia’s Clarrie Grimmett, and England’s Nick Cook. Grimmett and Hirwani took three five-wicket hauls in their first two Tests.13 Wickets for Mehedi in his first two Tests so far. With one more innings to go, Mehedi already has the most wickets by a Bangladesh bowler after two Tests. Mahmudullah and Sohag Gazi had both taken 12 in their first two matches.99 The partnership between Adil Rashid and Chris Woakes, England’s highest for the ninth wicket in Asia. The previous best was 83, by Keith Fletcher and Norman Gifford, against India in Chennai way back in 1973.3.72 The economy rate for England’s spinners so far in this series – they have leaked 603 runs in 161.5 overs, compared to Bangladesh’s 599 in 236.4 (econ rate 2.53). Bangladesh’s spinners have also taken more wickets – 28, to England’s 19 – at a much better average – 21.39, to England’s 31.73. In the second Test, England’s spinners have leaked 4.11 runs per over, compared to Bangladesh’s 2.64. In comparison, England’s fast bowlers have an economy rate of 2.37 in this series.

2 Instances of Bangladesh spinners returning better figures than Mehedi’s 6 for 82 when opening the bowling in a Test innings: Gazi took 6 for 74 against West Indies in 2012, while Mehedi himself took 6 for 80 in the first Test of the ongoing series.13 Fifty-plus stands between Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes, the second highest by any Bangladesh pair; only Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan, with 16 such partnerships, have more. The Tamim-Imrul aggregate partnership runs of 2213 is easily the highest by any Bangladesh pair.

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And for the superstitious, there are anti-stats to ward away evil with

Andy Zaltzman03-Dec-2013There has been little comfort for England on or off the field since the beginning of the Ashes series. After Stuart Broad bounded through the Australian top order on the first day in Brisbane, they have been ineffective with the ball and alarmingly fragile with the bat. They have lost a cornerstone of the team, played sludgily against a minimum-octane team in a pointless two-day “practice” match in the middle of a desert, and had to field more questions about sledge-spats than is medically advisable.When things are not going well, as all wise people know, the safest refuge is in statistics. The phrase “strength in numbers” refers not, as many rashly assume, to the idea that being in a large numerical group gives you a better chance of survival. That theory flew out of the window when the first abattoir was opened. (Unlike the chickens who were mechanically de-alived at its gala opening night.)The words “strength in numbers” in fact refer to how, in times of trouble, a well-aimed, carefully extricated and selectively presented statistic can convince us that all will soon be well. It is as true in cricket as it is in politics, or economics, or romance (“Well, darling, 67% of my previous wives have slightly regretted leaving me, so you might want to consider unpacking that suitcase, and/or putting the goldfish back in its bowl, and/or seeing if the airline will give you and Rico a refund for those one-way tickets to Brazil”).The Confectionery Stall therefore presents: Four Unarguable Statistical Reasons Why England Will Play Well In Adelaide; each rated out of ten for the mathematical reassurance they should give Cook’s team; and, for the sake of balance, each presented with an opposite anti-stat that suggests that Australia can start booking their open-topped surfboard parade down Bondi Beach for January 8.COMFORT STAT #1: Flower’s England are second-Test specialists.As various sage fact-crunchers have noted, England have lost only one second Test in their 18 previous series under Flower’s guidance – in Abu Dhabi, two years ago, a match they were on course to win until a rather unsightly mega-choke against Pakistan’s wily tweaksters. When you factor in that 12 of the last 13 Ashes series, dating back to 1989, have been won by the team that has won the second Test (the exception being 1997, when Australia dominated a rain-ruined draw at Lord’s, bowled England out for 77, and went on to win the next three matches), then an England win seems as mathematically inevitable as Vladimir Putin winning an election by a suspiciously large number of votes. In five of the last nine Ashes, the eventual winner has not won the first Test. Australia could not be in a worse position.STATISTICOMFORT RATING: 8/10. The second Test often shapes a series. It can confirm dominance, or launch a comeback. England won in Mumbai a year ago after a first-Test clonking – albeit not as comprehensive a clonking as they were clonked with in Brisbane – and, as Ashes holders, know that one good performance in Adelaide will ensure that they will have a chance of retaining the silly but magnificent trophy come Christmas, regardless of what happens in Perth.ANTI-STAT: England might have been good in second Tests under Flower, but there are almost equally inept in third Tests – just two wins in 13 (albeit with seven draws and only four defeats).COMFORT STAT #2: Kevin Pietersen is a bowler-eating, scoreboard-conflagrating rogue dragon of a batsman in the second Tests of series away from home. Particularly in Adelaide.As I highlighted earlier in the year, Pietersen tends to be consistent across series at home, but peaks spectacularly in second Tests away. In first Tests outside England, he averages a fraction under 29. In third, fourth and fifth Tests, his average is 34. In second Tests away from home, he averages 76.7 – and in the first innings of those 2nd Tests, 91.1, with six centuries (only one of them below 140), and three more fifty-plus scores, in 14 innings.His scores in Adelaide have been 158 and 2 in the soul-destroying 2006-07 defeat, and 227 in the soul-restoring 2010-11 victory. This decade, in six second Tests away from home, he has scored 813 runs at an average of 116. Australia, beware. And Pietersen, try not to spoon it to midwicket or plank one directly into long leg’s oesophagus when well set.STATISTICOMFORT RATING: 7/10. Pietersen has seldom been a consistent batsman, but, for most of his spell-binding career, he has been a series-changing one. And, outside England, the second Test is where he tends to do that changing.ANTI-STAT: Pietersen might have twice pounded the Australian bowlers into the Adelaidian dust, but that only means that mathematical unlikelihood is going to bark in his face should he even consider trying to do so again. Only one visiting batsman has scored three Test centuries in Adelaide – Jack Hobbs. And it is 89 years since the Surrey Sorcerer scored the third of those, in 1924-25. In a match which England lost.COMFORT STAT #3: Graeme Swann will come into play.Swann too has become a formidable second-Test beast – 45 wickets at 16.7 in six second Tests in 2012 and 2013, compared with 52 scalps at an average of 41.0 in all his other Tests in that time. Furthermore, whilst he has a moderate Test record in Australia, he fared well in Adelaide three years ago – 7 for 161 in the match (he averages 65 on other Australian Test grounds).STATISTICOMFORT RATING: 6/10. Swann has shown the ability to regain control over batsmen who appeared to have tamed him. But few have tamed him quite as aggressively as Clarke and Warner did in the first Test.ANTI-STAT: Spin may not be a significant factor. All spinners collectively in Adelaide since 2006 have taken 55 wickets in seven Tests, at an average of 56.2, striking once every 18.3 overs. (By comparison, pace bowlers have taken 146 wickets at 38.0, with a strike rate of a wicket every 11.4 overs). And whilst Swann had a good match three years ago, Nathan Lyon has also taken ten wickets for 251 in his two Tests there.COMFORT STAT #4: England’s middle order will improve.It simply has to. If it gets worse, it will be medically dead. England produced a collapse for the ages in the Brisbane first innings, alchemising the relative parity of 82 for 2 to the cataclysmic depths of 91 for 8 as if it was a 1980s theme night, and they thought the Australians were all dressed in Malcolm Marshall costumes or Richard Hadlee outfits. In the course of this, they sank from 87 for 4 to 91 for 8.In the second innings, they did their best to prove this was no flash-in-the-incompetence pan by flunking their way from 142 for 4 became 151 for 8. Their combined total of 13 runs in both innings whilst losing their fifth to eighth wickets was the third most incompetent display of lower-middle-order batting in Test history.The two sides to beat them in this hall of fifth-to-eighth-wicket shame: the 1957 West Indians – a side featuring Weekes, Worrell, Walcott, Sobers and Kanhai ¬¬- collapsed from 85 for 4 to 89 for 8, then from 69 for 4 to 75 for 8, in the course of a disastrous Oval thrashing by England; and, in the first post-war Test in 1945-46, New Zealand’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-wicket partnerships managed to add a grand total of six runs in the match, subsiding from 37 for 4 in both innings, to 39 for 8 in the first, and to 41 for 8 in the second.In the driver’s seat, powering the collapsing clown car down Ducky Drive, were Gordon Rowe and Len Butterfield, each in his only Test appearance, who became the only Nos. 6 and 7 both to score a pair in the same Test. In mitigation, the match was only awarded Test status retrospectively, so perhaps if they had known they were playing for their places in cricketing eternity, they would have been inspired to raise their game. Also, in further, mitigation, there had just been a massive war, so they might still have understandably been a little on edge.Their retrospective Test debut double-double-blob-blobs do, nonetheless, raise an important philosophical question: If it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, as pro-poet Alfie Tennyson claimed so catchily in 1849, before getting down to business and grandfathering a future England cricket captain, then is it also better to have unwittingly played in a Test match, been completely useless, and never had the chance to be slightly less useless in another Test match with a bit of advance warning, than never to have played a Test match at all? Even if you effectively did not actually play a Test match, because it was not a Test match when you played it. Answers on a postcard or papyrus to: Philosophy Faculty, University Of Verkhoyansk, Siberia.And, for a tie-breaker question: If you had scored two ducks and been part of a historically inept batting display in what you thought was just a regular game of cricket, would you be pleased or disappointed when the match was subsequently elevated to become an immutable entry in the annals of the international game?Anyway, what was the point? Oh, yes, England’s middle order will function better in Adelaide than in Brisbane. You have the Zaltzman Guarantee of that.STATISTICOMFORT RATING: 2/10. Conditions will probably be easier for batting, players have snapped out of deeper and longer form-troughs than the one in which Prior is currently grazing, and an enforced change could energise the team. All that said, they could significantly improve on Brisbane and still be useless.ANTI-STAT: Prior might not snap out of his slump. He is nearly 32. Jeffrey Dujon, another stylish wicketkeeper batsman and middle-order archaeologist – he dug his side out of some awkward-looking holes – averaged almost 39 at the end of West Indies’ 1988 tour of England, when he was 32. He then averaged 19 in his final 26 Tests. Alan Knott barely played for England after his 32nd birthday; Godfrey Evans diminished as a batsman in his later years; so too, markedly, did Adam Gilchrist.ANTI-ANTI-STAT: Don’t be ridiculous. Alec Stewart kept wicket in 69 Tests from the age of 32 onwards, with a healthy batting average of 37. Andy Flower averaged 74 as a 32-plus-year-old gloveman. Picking out individual stats as symptomatic of a wider trend is silly, and frankly you should know better.CONFECTIONERY STALL ADELAIDE PREDICTION: Don’t know. Depends on the pitch. And the players. I wouldn’t be surprised if England win, though. Or if they lose. Or if it is a draw. What? You want something more precise than that? OK… mmmm… tough one… England to win by 37 runs; or by three wickets. Or both.

The recent failures of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are a reminder of the bad old days of 10-15 years ago when the No. 3 Rahul Dravid was virtually opening the innings after the openers flopped

Siddarth Ravindran in Bangalore01-Sep-2012One of the central planks of India’s ascent to the No. 1 spot three years ago was the stability provided at the top of the order by the free-scoring Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. For a country that had perpetually been on the lookout for a quality Test opening partnership since the retirement of Sunil Gavaskar in 1987, the reliable Sehwag-Gambhir combination ensured India’s vastly experienced middle-order was finally shielded from the new ball.Since Gambhir’s recall to the Test side in July 2008, the pair established themselves as one of the most feared opening partnerships in world cricket. By the end of 2010 they had become India’s most prolific first-wicket pair, but since the capitulation in Centurion in December 2010, they haven’t put on a century stand and the drought of individual hundreds stretches even further back.The Australia tour was the nadir, with a highest opening stand of 26 runs spanning eight innings, and Indian fans were reminded of the bad old days of 10-15 years ago when the No. 3 Rahul Dravid was virtually an opener, given how quickly India’s top two were easily separated.That feeling that a wicket was imminent with India’s openers at the crease returned again when New Zealand’s quicks had the new ball swerving around at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Gambhir was beaten for pace by the deceptively quick Trent Boult in the first over; New Zealand were convinced they had Sehwag dismissed twice in the second over, lbw off the first ball and caught-behind off the last but Sehwag survived both close calls; Gambhir nicked a away-going delivery to third slip in the third only for Brendon McCullum to put down an absolute sitter, before the shaky opening stand ended in the fourth with Gambhir shouldering arms to a delivery from Tim Southee that took the off bail.Failing in seamer-friendly conditions of Australia is one thing, but fumbling at home against one of the weakest Test teams around raises alarms. Particularly since three of the India’s middle-order legends have retired, to be replaced by three youngsters.India batsmen over the past decade have found it notoriously difficult to convert a successful limited-overs career into a long Test one. Since VVS Laxman established himself in the Test team in the late 90s, only two Indian batsmen have consistently retained their spots in the Test line-up over several years: Sehwag and Gambhir.In the new-look Indian line-up, the two are now senior statesman, and expected to deliver the performances that will ease Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina’s journey in Test cricket. All three have tightened their hold on their middle-order spots with runs in this series, but with sterner tests lying in wait they would like a better platform than they have been given this series.While Sehwag and Gambhir’s form has fallen away, neither is in any danger yet of losing his spot. Sehwag remains a man who can change a game in an hour, especially in subcontinental conditions, and Gambhir’s tenacity in difficult situations, highlighted during the 2010-11 tour of South Africa when he helped save the decisive Cape Town Test, makes him a valuable member of the side.The question for India is how long they should continue with the same opening combination. When either of them has been missing through injury or suspension, India have tried out a couple of replacements in M Vijay and Abhinav Mukund, neither of whom has done enough to deserve a permanent place. While Abhinav is still a regular in the A squad, Vijay has slipped off the selectors’ radar, ignored for the A tour of the West Indies in June and the forthcoming trip to New Zealand. Ajinkya Rahane, Mumbai’s domestic run machine, is now the frontrunner for the position of back-up opener, but is unlikely to force himself into the team when both seniors are fit.One option that had opened up after the retirement of Dravid and Laxman this year was to push Sehwag down to the middle-order, a position that he has long said he wants to bat in. That could have opened the door for Rahane, and also allowed India to groom an opening pair for future overseas tours. Sehwag had a miserable time at the top of the order on the tours of South Africa, England and Australia over the past two years, and his devil-may-care batting approach is perhaps not best suited for those testing conditions. That option isn’t available at least in the near future as the middle-order batsmen have all performed in the limited chances provided in the current series.That means India will persist with Sehwag and Gambhir at the top of the order at least for the England home series starting late October. James Anderson and Co. will consistently ask more searching questions of India’s batting than New Zealand’s young attack, and an escape from a top-order collapse will be much harder than it was on the second day at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, making a sturdy opening pair all the more important.

He started the Ashes slowly, and was close to being dropped, but Australia’s spearhead is finding peak form again

Alex Brown at Headingley08-Aug-2009The “Super Mitchell Johnson” chants, laced with irony at Edgbaston barely a week ago, resurfaced at Headingley on Saturday evening, only this time with an adulatory undertone. Johnson’s furious spell of 3 for 1 from 14 deliveries in the final session of the second day was a throwback to his Man-of-the-Series performance in South Africa, which was notable as much for his maiming of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis as it was his 17 wickets at 25.88.This was the Johnson Australia had counted on: intimidating when short, swinging when full and all at an unnerving pace and trajectory. Australia’s selectors have moved heaven and earth to accommodate their misfiring paceman in this series and, in what will almost certainly be the closing act of the fourt Test, Johnson finally delivered with a spell of venom and control to steamroll England out of the contest. Better late than never.Johnson finished the second day’s play with figures of 3 for 21 from ten frenetic overs, and would have had a fourth wicket had Marcus North not spilled a regulation chance off Matt Prior at third slip. North, who notched his third Test century a session earlier, confirmed after play what all at Headingley knew: the real Mitchell Johnson had stood up.”England supporters are starting to see the way he bowled in South Africa,” North said. “All players have their ups and downs and we know he’s had a difficult month, but he showed great signs at Edgbaston. He worked very hard at his game and got the ball swinging late, like in South Africa. It’s great to see a guy getting the rewards he deserves.”Johnson’s Ashes series has read like a soap opera script to date. Wild at Cardiff and wilder still at Lord’s, Australia entered the third Test at Edgbaston aware that one more errant display from their attack spearhead could cost them the series. Aware of his match-winning potential, the Australians resisted the temptation to drop Johnson for the more accurate Stuart Clark, and instead provided him with an insurance bowler in the form of Shane Watson in the event of another blowout.The move left no room for the equally out-of-sorts Phillip Hughes, but demonstrated just how highly regarded Johnson is among Australian cricket’s brainstrust. Through battles with confidence, wrist position and a delicate family situation in Australia, Johnson was embraced rather than ostracised by team-mates, even though his dreadful outing at Lord’s went far to costing the tourists the Test and a proud 75-year unbeaten record at the ground.Edgbaston wasn’t the breakthrough the Australians had hoped for, but it was progress. Far straighter than in his previous outings, Johnson bowled with pace and discipline until a final spell during which he was riled by Andrew Flintoff and Stuart Broad and reverted back to a short length.The improvement continued at Headingley where, thriving on the pressure created by the miserly Clark at the Kirkstall Lane End, Johnson removed Ian Bell on a dominant opening morning for the Australians. But the crucial moment came after tea on Saturday when Johnson, bowling first change, was tossed the ball with England reeling from Ben Hilfenhaus’ double-strike that removed Andrew Strauss and, dubiously, Ravi Bopara.Swing was supposed to have been the undoing of Australia on this tour – both in their mastery of it, and attempts to play it – only for Hilfenhaus and Johnson to completely out-duel James Anderson and Graham Onions. Johnson found in-swing early in his spell, mixing movement with brutish bouncers and genuine pace.Bell fell to Johnson for the second time in the match to a tentative push outside off stump, and Paul Collingwood promptly followed lbw to a fast, full inswinger. Aerial movement also played a role in the dismissal of Alastair Cook, pushing a fuller offering to Brad Haddin, as Johnson ended any notions of English resistance.”He’s obviously found a bit of form,” said Broad. “The ball swinging has helped him with that, and he’s picked up wickets. You need a bit of luck as a bowler and he’s had a bit of luck. He’s also got the ball in the right areas more consistently and caused our batsmen a lot more trouble. We knew he was a world class talent. When he came into the series he had a fantastic record in Test matches. I know the media built him up to be struggling but we knew we had to be very aware of what he can do, and he’s proven he can take wickets.”Johnson might have left his run late in the series, but with the Ashes almost certainly headed for a deadlock leading into The Oval, the timing of his return to form could hardly be more astute.

The selectors have also named two squads for a ‘Green vs Gold’ red-ball match in Adelaide next month

Andrew McGlashan10-Feb-2024Spin-bowling allrounder Sophie Molineux has been recalled to Australia’s Test squad to face South Africa at the WACA.She is part of a 14-player group that includes five spin options. Molineux, who currently does not hold a central contract, last played for Australia in 2021 and in December last year returned to action after a year sidelined by an ACL injury. Last month she scored a half-century for the Governor-General’s XI against the South Africans and is currently the joint-leading wicket-taker in the WNCL.”It was a nice call to make,” national selector Shawn Flegler said. “She’s been through a lot in the last couple of years. She was pretty emotional. She’s put a lot of hard work in over the last 12 months but even the previous 12 months as well [and has] missed out some big tournaments for us.Related

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“We’ve always kept in touch with her. We spoke to her pretty quickly afterwards and said there’s a lot of cricket coming up next season, focus on that, get yourself right and see what happens after that. She has come back and played really well…has probably surprised herself a little bit with how well she’s gone. She was an all-format player before she got injured and she’s come back in great nick.”Molineux is likely competing with the experienced Jess Jonassen for a place in the final XI with Flegler indicating it was unlikely that both left-arm spinners would play in the same side.From Australia’s previous Test squad against India, Lauren Cheatle (unavailable) and Heather Graham are not part of this group. Left-arm seamer Cheatle has recently undergone surgery for skin cancer which has ruled her out of the rest of the season.”Really tough, devastating, and the WACA probably would’ve suited her more than the India Test match, as well,” Flegler said of Cheatle. “Obviously our thoughts are with her, she just needs to concentrate on her health and hopefully she comes back and gets herself right again and gets herself back in contention.”When she’s swinging it and bowling with some pace, she’s a threat. There’s not too many left-arm pace bowlers in the world like her. She just needs to focus on getting healthy.”ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The experienced Megan Schutt has been included among the frontline pace options despite being open in her belief that Test cricket is now behind her. Barring injury to another option, she would appear unlikely to make the starting XI.It will be Australia’s third Test in nine months following the Ashes clash against England and the match against India in December.The squad has tried to cover as many permutations as possible with some uncertainty over what conditions will be on offer and a forecast of hot weather.”The WACA has spun this season as well,” Flegler said. “It’s going to be hot early next week, 39 on the first day as well, so we’ll have to see what the wicket looks like when we turn up. It could be a pace-bowling wicket, traditionally the WACA has been, but we’ve got all bases covered.”Meanwhile, the selectors have also named two squads for a ‘Green vs Gold’ three-day red-ball fixture which is part of an expanded Australia A programme to enable players to get more multi-day experience. CA are also working on locking in reciprocal A tours with India to go alongside their agreement with England.The match will take place at Karen Rolton Oval from March 5-7. Players involved in the WPL were not considered but a number of Australia names will be involved.Georgia Redmayne was not available due to attending a wedding while young quick Chloe Ainsworth has an ankle problem which will be assessed at the end of what has been a breakout season for her.

Green squad

Heather Graham, Maitlan Brown, Maddy Darke, Amy Edgar, Alana King, Chloe Piparo, Lilly Mills, Kate Peterson, Sophie Reid, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Courtney Sippel, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Voll

Gold squad

Charli Knott, Emma de Broughe, Darcie Brown, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Sianna Ginger, Milly Illingworth, Katie Mack, Grace Parsons, Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington

Teenager Cooper Connolly had only faced 11 balls in his fledgling BBL career, but captain Ashton Turner remained confident that he could help power Perth Scorchers to a fifth title under immense pressure.Turner’s faith was justified when 19-year-old Connolly became an instant hero at a heaving Optus Stadium after combining with unheralded Nick Hobson to lift Scorchers past Brisbane Heat in an absorbing final.”We pick guys for a reason, we trust their skill. We don’t need to tell Cooper how to bat, how to play the situation,” Turner said after Scorchers chased down 176 runs to win by five wickets.Related

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“He’s a smart kid, he’s played enough cricket and he’s prepared himself for these moments.”If anything, if I tell him where he should be hitting the ball then he probably doesn’t play the shots we see tonight. That’s the beauty and the freedom of a young kid who’s just come onto the scene.”Scorchers’ latest BBL triumph was particularly satisfying because it reinforced their long-held core principles of building a reservoir of depth and sticking with homegrown talent.They had to lean on that after an injury-ravaged campaign, including losing star allrounder Mitchell Marsh for the entire season while spearhead Jhye Richardson didn’t return after suffering a hamstring strain mid-season.Cooper Connolly came out all guns blazing with a 11-ball cameo•Getty Images

It provided opportunities for Hobson, an accountant in his day job who played every match this season, and Connolly, Australia’s captain at last year’s Under-19 World Cup, who both have never played first-class cricket before.”We want players who are battle-hardened and ready for the international stage,” Turner said. “We have a lot of confidence in the guys we pick.”To get picked in our final XI, you’ve got to be a good player and we trust our selection processes and we trust what we’ve seen from these guys. The question is can they translate and perform in big moments?”Both Nick and Cooper have answered that question comprehensively.”Overshadowed by the dramatic finale, Turner had initially rescued Scorchers with a composed 53 off 32 balls on the back of a half-century under pressure in last year’s final against Sydney SixersThe Player-of-the-match performance capped a stunning season for the unassuming Turner, who has vaulted back into calculations for Australia’s T20 team strengthened by his impressive captaincy credentials.Turner played nine ODIs and 18 T20Is for Australia from 2017-21, but a form slump removed him from the selection frame.”It’s not so much a rescue mission as it may look from the outside – I’m doing my job,” Turner said about his ability to continually dig Scorchers out of trouble this season.”I said pre-game that great teams win big games and that was our responsibility tonight. We’ve been overwhelming favourites probably for the last few games we’ve entered.”It’s our responsibility to back that up and perform well. Fortunately we were able to do that.”While they bask in another triumph, planning will eventually start for Scorchers’ bid for a historic hat-trick of titles – a feat that has never been achieved in BBL history.”When BBL 13 comes along we will be well-planned, prepared and excited,” Turner said. “There will be more competition, we know that having been at the pinnacle of this competition for a couple of years that we will be the hunted and that’s okay. We’ll embrace that tag and we’ve got a lot of confidence in the depth of our squad.”

اقترب نادي فيتسلار الألماني، من إتمام التعاقد مع حارس منتخب مصر ونادي الزمالك، في صفقة انتقال حر، خلال فترة الانتقالات الحالية.

وأفاد مصدر لـ بطولات: “كريم هنداوي حارس مرمى منتخب مصر والزمالك لكرة اليد، ينتقل إلى نادي فيتسلار الألماني قادمًا من الأبيض في صفقة انتقال حر”.

وأشار إلى أن كريم هنداوي اجتاز الكشف الطبي منذ قليل، والإعلان الرسمي خلال ساعات.

كريم هنداوي، يعد من أحد العناصر المميزة والأساسية لـ منتخب مصر ونادي الزمالك، خلال الفترة الماضية.

طالع | كريم هنداوي ضمن المرشحين للانتقال إلى بطل دوري أبطال أوروبا لكرة اليد

وكان كريم هنداوي قد رحل عن الزمالك إلى الصفا السعودي في يوليو 2023، وعاد مرة أخرى إلى القلعة البيضاء العام الماضي 2024، وساهم في حصول المنتخب المصري على المركز الخامس في كأس العالم 2025 متفوقاً على المنتخب الألماني.

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Após conseguir acesso no Campeonato Carioca pelo Audax Rio e desempenhar trabalhos promissores no Red Bull Brasil, Guarani e Desportivo Brasil, chegou ao Flamengo em março de 2018 para trabalhar na comissão técnica.

FLAMENGO

Em pouco tempo, acabou sendo promovido para interino. Paulo Cezar Carpegiani, que vinha sendo treinador da equipe rubro-negra no início da temporada, foi demitido após um reformulação proposta por Ricardo Lomba, vice-presidente do clube na época.

O início de Barbieri no Flamengo foi promissor. O treinador conseguiu utilizar Vini Jr, Lucas Paquetá, Diego Ribas e Everton Ribeiro juntos no time titular e implementou um estilo de jogo ofensivo através do esquema 4-3-3.

As boas atuações fizeram com que fosse efetivado como treinador do clube em junho daquele ano. No entanto, esta química entre comandante e elenco não durou por muito tempo.

A falta de experiência de Barbieri acabou virando um problema para muitos rubro-negros. Com as eliminações da Libertadores e Copa do Brasil para Cruzeiro e Corinthians, acabou sendo demitido do Flamengo.

GOIÁS

Barbieri chegou ao Goiás em dezembro de 2018. Apesar do bom aproveitamento (73%), as derrotas em jogos decisivos acabaram prejudicando seu trabalho. Após perder os dois jogos da final do Campeonato Goiano, os dirigentes do clube optaram por demiti-lo.

AMÉRICA-MG

Em maio de 2019, foi anunciado pelo América-MG para tirá-lo das últimas colocações da Série B. Apesar da expectativa, novamente não conseguiu obter uma sequência no comando. Após sete jogos e apenas uma vitória, foi demitido com apenas dois meses.

CSA

Chegou ao CSA em dezembro de 2019 e comandou os jogadores por somente seis jogos. A campanha negativa na Copa do Nordeste e a precoce eliminação na Copa do Brasil acabaram culminando na rápida insatisfação dos dirigentes e torcedores.

RB BRAGANTINO

Após uma sequência de trabalhos curtos, Barbieri chegou ao RB Bragantino em setembro de 2020 e obteve a continuidade que tanto buscava. O treinador conseguiu, durante um trabalho de longo prazo, implementar um padrão de jogo na equipe paulista.

Com 151 jogos comandados, mais de dois anos de trabalho e campanhas positivas em dois Brasileiros consecutivos, acabou deixando Bragança Paulista após uma sequência de resultados ruins. Apesar da demissão, conseguiu deixar um bom legado no clube.

POSSÍVEL CHEGADA AO VASCO

O treinador chegaria para substituir Jorginho na próxima temporada. O Vasco vem atravessando um período de reformulação nos últimos meses após ser comprado pela 777 Partners e busca um nome qualificado e atualizado para comandar uma equipe competitiva na próxima temporada. Resta saber se Barbieri terá tempo e paciência para tentar implementar um padrão de jogo no elenco cruz-maltino.

“I will respect their view and decision, but I will fight it and seek to gain approval,” Khawaja says of the ICC regulations

Alex Malcolm13-Dec-2023Usman Khawaja has vowed to fight the ICC for his right to express humanitarian views on the field, after it was confirmed that he will not wear any written messages on his shoes in the first Test against Pakistan starting on Thursday in Perth due to ICC regulations.Khawaja had “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” written on his batting spikes at training on Tuesday with the reported intention of wearing them during the Test, but he later said he would follow the rules, and “fight it”.A visibly emotional Khawaja defended his messaging in a video post on social media soon after Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed that he would not wear the messaging on the field. Khawaja argued that his stance was not political.”What I’ve written on my shoes is not political. I’m not taking sides,” he said. “Human life to me is equal. One Jewish life is equal to one Muslim life is equal to one Hindu life and so on.”I’m just speaking up for those who don’t have a voice.”

All Lives are Equal. Freedom is a Human right. I'm raising my voice for human rights. For a humanitarian appeal. If you see it any other way. That's on you… pic.twitter.com/8eaPnBfUEb

— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) December 13, 2023