ScorecardHamish Rutherford’s innings was studded with off-side drives•Getty Images

Hamish Rutherford warmed-up for the Test series next week with an aggressive hundred against England Lions as the second-string bowlers failed to impress at Grace Road before rain wiped out half the overs.Although New Zealand won against Derbyshire, their top order did not cover themselves in glory against what was largely a reserve county attack. The line-up facing them here is a significant step up, and an important increase in intensity ahead of the Test match, although only Graham Onions produced the consistency required on a blustery day, which appeared to impact the bowlers’ rhythmsRutherford’s innings, coming after the visitors were inserted on a green pitch that offered less than appeared likely, contained the hallmarks of his debut series in March: a strong preference for the off side, an attacking mindset, but also the propensity to offer bowlers a chance with a lack of footwork when he drives.He knows the value of warm-up runs, having made 90 in Queenstown before his Test debut where he made 171, and with his only previous cricket in the British Isles coming during two seasons in Scotland, but he also knows this is not his most important innings.”It doesn’t really matter scoring them in the warm-up games it matters in the proper games,” he said. “For me, personally, it’s nice to spend some decent time at the crease in these sort of conditions.”During this innings, the ones he flashed at did not take the edge and the ones he struck regularly came out of the middle but he was handed on life on 85 when Michael Carberry could not hold a swirling chance at deep midwicket off Simon Kerrigan, who then felt the brunt of Rutherford’s bat.His 110-ball hundred included 15 boundaries and three sixes, all straight off Kerrigan, the third of which took him to his century the ball after a similar blow had just failed to be gathered inside the boundary at long-on by Onions. After trying keep himself inside the playing area, Onions turned to the people sat behind him for confirmation of whether it was six or out: it was the New Zealand dugout who were able to confirm.”It was a gameplan,” Rutherford said, “you see the ball tossed up it’s a tough asking for any bowler into that breeze we had today although I did pitching-wedge a couple.”Rutherford continued to latch on to Kerrigan, the Lancashire left-arm spinner who was bowling into the stiff breeze, which enabled the batsmen to hit with it as Rutherford struck his fourth six moments after passing three figures. It was similar to the treatment he dished out to Monty Panesar at stages during the series in New Zealand.Also very familiar from the previous series was his strength through the off side from cover to backward point, an area fed by the Lions bowlers who gave him too many wide deliveries to pick off. Twice he took three boundaries in an over, once off Chris Woakes then again from Toby Roland-Jones who struggled bowling into the strong breeze.”We found him quite tricky to bowl at, he manufactures width pretty well which he showed throughout his innings and he’s pretty aggressive,” Roland-Jones said. “We tried to straighten up on him and restrict his boundaries and I felt as the day wore on we got better with that.”The first wicket came in the seventh over when Peter Fulton played round a full delivery from Onions which would have taken out middle as his tricky start to the tour continued. When England’s attack did not find much movement in New Zealand Fulton was able to play to his favoured leg side with less risk, but the extra nip with the Duke ball on greener pitches makes it a likely mode of dismissal for him.Onions was given an eight-over spell with the new ball and pushed his length fuller than the other frontline quicks. He could have claimed Kane Williamson for 2 but Woakes spilled a rapid chance at gully. Williamson, however, did not build on his reprieve and pulled a short ball from Roland-Jones low to midwicket.Ross Taylor’s first innings of the tour began in slightly uncertain style. Barring the hundred he made in the one-day series against England he has struggled since returning after the captaincy fall-out. He was beaten a couple of times outside off, drove close to point although after the lunch break started to look a little more at ease until, like Fulton, playing round a full delivery to be lbw.That was a second wicket for Roland-Jones, who had changed ends to have the wind behind him and struck in his first over of a spell for the second time in the day, as he clawed back his figures from the earlier punishment.”It was pretty difficult to be honest, combining into that wind with going uphill and it was about trying to do a job,” Roland-Jones said. “There’s always a job to do coming up the hill, but as a tall bloke it’s much nicer to come down the hill.”Dean Brownlie, who eased debate over his Test place with 71 against Derbyshire, survived a strong appeal for caught behind against Chris Wright before rain forced the players off for an early tea. They did not have the chance to resume.

تحدث سفين فاندبروك المدير الفني لفريق الوداد المغربي عن خسارة ناديه للقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا لصالح الأهلي، بعدما تعادل الفريقين مساء أمس بنتيجة 1-1.

وقال فاندبروك في تصريحات صحفية عقب المباراة: “كل المباريات التي خضناها على أرضنا لم نكن فيها جيدين بدنيًا خلال الدقائق الأخيرة، وهذه النسخة من دوري أبطال إفريقيا ليست كباقي النسخ لأنها تعتمد على تفاصيل صغيرة”.

وتابع: “لن أقدم استقالتي من الوداد، هناك بعض الحقائق يجب حلها وسنقوم بذلك جميعًا كفريق ومع اللاعبين والإدارة من أجل المستقبل، لكن هذا يلزمه بعض الوقت”.

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وأردف: “الهزيمة لها وزنها وتأثيرها، ويومي الأربعاء والسبت سنلعب مباراتين في البطولة الاحترافية، لذلك لا نملك الكثير من الوقت لإعادة اللاعبين لحالة ذهنية جيدة”.

واختتم: “أنا متأكد أنه سيكون هناك تأثير ذهني، الآن سنرى نسبة هذا التأثير، وبداية من اليوم سنركز على الأهداف الأخرى وسنبدأ بالعمل الذهني”.

Surrey are set to announce that South Africa’s JP Duminy will replace Graeme Smith’s stand-in Ricky Ponting for the last two months of the Championship season.

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ScorecardBoyd Rankin’s substitution worked well for Warwickshire•PA PhotosSurrey are set to announce that South Africa’s JP Duminy will replace Graeme Smith’s stand-in Ricky Ponting for the last two months of the Championship season. The way things are going here, they could do with all three of those international batsmen playing together on the final day against a Warwickshire side suddenly sensing a chance of victory.While Ponting – whose current spell in English cricket will conclude towards the end of July – stood firm during a dramatic final session that was completely at odds with what had gone on before, the hosts lost three wickets in the space of six telling deliveries from Boyd Rankin (and 5 for 37 in all) to lurch into real trouble.They had been a seemingly solid 232 for 2 at one stage, still 250 runs away from saving the follow-on, admittedly, but with Ponting and Arun Harinath enjoying each other’s company for the second time in as many matches.But unlike at Derby last week, where the pair added 180, they were parted here after putting together a mere 63 with Harinath slapping a catch to cover. And, from then on, the Bears were pawing at the ground against opponents who suddenly looked like the second from bottom outfit that they are.Rankin, who only joined this match at the halfway stage after being released by England, bowled an expensive first spell. But when he rejoined the action from the Railway End with a ball old enough to produce reverse swing, a relatively serene picture for Surrey quickly turned into a nightmare.The big Irishman bowled Zander de Bruyn off his pads, made a nonsense of the decision to send out Stuart Meaker by ripping through the nightwatchman’s defence and then boomed a delivery back into Gary Wilson to earn a leg before decision.Three wickets for two runs in five balls looked bad enough. But Surrey’s day became even worse when Jason Roy chose to play an expansive drive against Keith Barker during the final over to be splendidly caught by a diving Jim Troughton at point.The crowd were stunned. And so was Ponting, judging from the way he marched off without even waiting for the sheepish Roy to join himSurrey will start the final day requiring another 213 runs to avoid the follow-on and with Ponting – who completed an 84-ball half-century amid the late mayhem – having only the tail for company.Even assuming they are made to bat again, this match should be saved. But it should never have come to this on a pitch where Warwickshire made more than 600 and the hosts made good progress after 37 overs were lost to rain on the third morning.Harinath and Vikram Solanki settled to the task confidently enough. And if Ponting felt even a smidgen of pressure after waiting for two days and two session to bat in front of a ‘home’ crowd, he certainly did not show it. Off the mark with a pushed single against rookie spinner Ateeq Javid, the 38-year-old was soon threading drives through the covers, pulling powerfully and, when the opportunity arose, depositing Javid beyond the rope at wide long-on.But now even a second consecutive big century, after his 192 at Derby, is likely to save Surrey from the follow-on. Game on – and a full blown crisis, too, if defeat is the end result.

كشف سمير فكري لاعب الداخلية، موقفه من الرحيل عن صفوف الفريق خلال نهاية الموسم الجاري، بعد تلقيه العديد من العروض.

ويقدم سمير فكري أداء مميزًا مع الداخلية، خلال مباريات الفريق في بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز، ويتواجد في المركز الرابع في ترتيب هدافي المسابقة بـ9 أهداف.

وقال فكري خلال تصريحات خاصة لـ”بطولات”: “تألقي مع الداخلية سببه توفيق من ربنا وبمساعدة زملائي في الفريق”.

وأضاف: “أهم هدف بالنسبة لي هذا الموسم، هو هدفي أمام الزمالك في مباراة الدور الأول من بطولة الدوري”.

وتابع: “تلقيت عروضًا كثيرة من الدوري الممتاز، منها الإسماعيلي والاتحاد السكندري والبنك الأهلي والمصري، وكان يوجد اهتمام من الزمالك وبيراميدز ولكن بدون عرض رسمي”.

وواصل: “الفترة المقبلة من الممكن أن يحدث تغيير في أي وقت والأمور تتم بشكل رسمي، لكن حاليًا أنا لم أوقع على أي عقود رسمية لأي ناد”.

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وأتم: “لدي شرط جزائي بقيمة 4 ملايين جنيه في عقدي مع الداخلية، حال رحيلي عن الفريق”.

الداخلية يحتل المركز السابع عشر في ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 29 نقطة. هدف سمير فكري في مباراة الزمالك والداخلية بالدوري:

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Em decisão publicada nesta quarta-feira, o Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro determinou a suspensão de todas as atividades das categorias de base do Flamengo no Centro de Treinamento George Helal, o Ninho do Urubu, proibindo a entrada, permanência ou participação de qualquer criança ou adolescente no local até julgamento do mérito. A decisão é do juiz Pedro Henrique Alves, da 1ª Vara da Infância da Juventude e do Idoso.

Em caso de descumprimento, está prevista multa única no valor de R$ 10 milhões em relação ao Clube de Regatas do Flamengo e multa única e concomitante no valor de R$ 1 milhão ao presidente Rodolfo Landim.

A decisão do TJ-RJ foi liminar parcial em ação civil publica do MPRJ que corre desde 1 de abril de 2015. Cabe recurso ao Flamengo em segunda instância.

O alojamento das divisões de base do Flamengo, no Ninho do Urubu, foi atingido por um incêndio na última sexta-feira e 10 atletas morreram, com outros três ficando feridos. Jhonata Ventura e Francisco Dyogo seguem internados, enquanto Cauan Emanuel recebeu alta médica na segunda-feira.

O Flamengo vem recebendo autos de infração da Prefeitura do Rio desde 2017 por irregularidades no CT localizado em Vargem Grande, na Zona Oeste da cidade. O principal motivo é a falta do alvará de funcionamento do local, não concedido por conta do Certificado de Aprovação do Corpo de Bombeiros não ter sido apresentado pelo clube. Outros motivos de autos contra o clube no ano passado são de publicidade não autorizada, e edital deste fim – número 322/17 – também não cumprido.

A diretoria do clube da Gávea, por sua vez, apresentou o Certificado de Clube Formador, concedido pela CBF, o Registro Anual de Regularidade e o Registro no Projeto Atleta Cidadão, concedidos peloConselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente), além de registrar a manutenção dos aparelhos de ar-condicionado do alojamento. Em pronunciamento, o CEO Reinaldo Belotti afirmou que “as condições da estrutura nada teve a ver com o incêndio”.

Após vistoria técnica realizada na terça-feira, por diversos órgãos públicos, está marcada para esta sexta uma nova reunião entre o clube e as autoridades, na qual será tomada uma decisão em relação ao futuro do Ninho do Urubu, O Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MP-RJ) emitiu uma nota, no começo da noite de terça-feira, onde afirmou que cada instituição – Corpo de Bombeiros, Ministério Público, Ministério Público do Trabalho, Defensoria Pública e Polícia Civil – que participou da análise do local apresentará o relatório conclusivo.

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Veja, na íntegra, a decisão publicada pelo Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro:

“Trata-se de requerimento formulado pelo Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, requerendo a suspensão de todas as atividades do Centro de Treinamento do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, quer no que tange aos maiores de idade, quer relativamente às crianças e adolescentes, até a comprovação do cumprimento das condicionantes impostas pelo Corpo de Bombeiros, Defesa Civil e Prefeitura, apresentação de alvarás competentes dos Órgãos fiscalizadores, sob pena de multa diária pessoal, a incidir sobre o Presidente do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo no valor de R$100.000,00, em caso de descumprimento.

1)à Presidência do Tribunal de Justiça de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
2)à Corregedoria-Geral da Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
3)à Corregedoria do Conselho Nacional de Justiça;
4)à Presidência do Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 1ª Região;
5)ao Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
6)ao Ministério Público do Trabalho;
7)à Confederação Brasileira de Futebol;
8)à Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
9) ao Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
10)à Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
11)à Subsecretaria de Vigilância, Fiscalização Sanitária e Controle de Zoonoses;
12)ao Governador do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;
13)ao Prefeito do Município do Rio de Janeiro;”

ScorecardScott Borthwick took 8 for 92 in the match•Getty Images

“Buzzin” was Scott Borthwick’s stock description of how he felt at the end of four days of astute cricket from Durham that saw him take a career-best 6 for 70 as Durham recorded their first ever win at The Oval.You would be hard-pressed to find anything in colloquial speech that could better describe him; a grin from ear to ear, head bobbing from side to front to side as he completed his post-match interviews in such a happy-go-lucky manner that made you appreciate how nice it is to see a talented young cricketer in the process of turning potential into quality – and a legspinner, no less. Enough to make you “buzz”.”It’s nice to bowl the overs and see the ball spin past the bat,” Borthwick remarked on day three here. It is a simple statement but one that must buoy any young English spinner trying to forge a first-class career. Here were two of them – Borthwick in the second innings and Ryan Buckley with his five wickets in the first – out-bowling two stalwarts with more than 400 first class games between them in Gareth Batty and Gary Keedy.Paul Collingwood admitted that he feared the worst when he lost the toss, not least because he was not truly aware of young Buckley’s strengths, having only faced him a handful of times in the nets. But he had full faith in his team’s dexterity and that, in essence, is what won them the game.”We’ve got a very versatile team” Collingwood said. “It was a big loss losing Stokes as a bowler so you’ve got to change the dynamics of the team around and bring in an extra seamer. It’s great when you’ve got someone like Scotty – he’s a genuine allrounder. He can bat at three, so you can be very versatile as a team depending on what the conditions are.”Batty was measured in defeat but unhappy at what he deemed were moments where his batsmen “self-destructed”.”A young fella did really well,” Batty said. “Ultimately did we get ragged out? I’m not entirely sure we did and I think we have to take that on the chin and say we’ve let ourselves down on a few occasions which allowed Durham to come back in. They’re a very good team and they punished us for that.”Gary Wilson and Batty did absolutely the right thing this morning, aiming to get value from every shot, either through good placement or hard running. Dawdling would only lead to panic. But having just taken Surrey past 200, they both fell in the space of three balls – Batty lbw to Buckley and Wilson caught by Collingwood at slip off the bowling of Borthwick – leaving Stuart Meaker and Tim Linley to take Surrey’s lead to 180. The innings came to a close when both presented Borthwick with two return catches, meaning 19 of the 30 wickets to go had fallen to spin.As such, Batty shared the new ball with Linley, as Durham were given a target of 181 for victory in just over two sessions. Linley redressed the balance of match wickets when he found some movement away from the right handed Will Smith to take the edge through to Steven Davies with the last ball of the first over.But that was the only casualty before lunch, as Stoneman and Borthwick looked comfortable going into the break on 39 for 1.The afternoon session started at a canter for Durham, as the pair continued – Borthwick this time playing the lead as he caught up with Stoneman by punishing anything short from Keedy. He put Linley over the rope for six and then took four from Batty to bring up his second half-century of the match. But Borthwick couldn’t follow – trapped in front by Batty, who nearly nabbed Stoneman when he drove wildly outside off that scorched the fingers of Jason Roy at slip.The introduction of Meaker livened things up as he caught Stoneman on the shoulder with a bouncer and then made a complete mess of his stumps with a searing yorker, and when Benkenstein was early into a shot off Linley – spooning it up to Batty at mid-off – Surrey sensed they were onto something.But only one further wicket fell – Collingwood bowled – providing Keedy with a wicket to give him match figures of 1 for 125 – before Ben Stokes finished things off with a brace of stylish fours.It’s now three wins in five for Durham this season and eight in the last 11 with Collingwood at the helm. Tipped by many for nothing more than a relegation scrap, they are now top of the table and playing some very smart cricket.

Chanaka Welegedara may not feature in the upcoming Champions Trophy after sustaining a foot injury during the recent Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka A match on Friday in Pallekele

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Chanaka Welegedara is in doubt for the Champions Trophy after sustaining a foot injury during Rest of Sri Lanka’s List A match against Sri Lanka A on Friday. Welegedara bowled only 2.4 overs, before leaving the field with pain in his right foot and ankle. Sri Lanka leave for England on May 26, and are scheduled to play their first warm-up match on May 30 against Pakistan.”Welegedara came off immediately and is currently unable to put any weight on his right foot,” a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) release said. “He is getting scans over the weekend and will have the results by Monday. He will not take part in the final of the SLC President’s trophy, to be played on Monday.”Welegedara, 32, had been the leader of Sri Lanka’s Test-match pace attack, but has been plagued by injury in the last 12 months, in which he only completed one Test match. He strained his groin playing England in March last year, before tearing a shoulder muscle before the Pakistan series in July. He recovered in time to travel to Australia at year’s end, but tore a hamstring early in the second Test in Melbourne, and has not played any international cricket since. Largely regarded a Test specialist, Welegedara had not played limited-overs international cricket since June 2010.He is one of four specialist fast bowlers named in the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy, with Lasith Malinga, Shaminda Eranga and Nuwan Kulasekara also picked. Farveez Maharoof, who is not in the national squad but may have been a potential replacement, was also injured during the match and will likely be unavailable for two weeks.

A second century in consecutive days from Josh Cobb guided Leicestershire to a six-wicket win over the Unicorns.

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ScorecardJosh Cobb made his second century in as many days•Getty Images

A second century in consecutive days from Josh Cobb guided Leicestershire to a six-wicket win over the Unicorns. Cobb’s 128 off just 108 balls helped steer the Foxes past the Unicorns’ 253 with an over to spare as he and Shiv Thakor put on an unbeaten 136.For Cobb, 22, it followed his 130 in the victory against Somerset on Sunday and contained four sixes and nine fours.Tom Lancefield’s 58 had helped the home side set a potentially testing target at Wormsley but Cobb and Thakor steadied the ship after Leicestershire had been 120 for 4.Cobb and Niall O’Brien put on 66 for the first wicket before O’Brien came unstuck off the bowling of Aneurin Norman with Vishal Tripathi taking the catch. Greg Smith scored 14 before he fell lbw to Luke Beaven and Joe Burns followed for just 4 as Keith Parsons took a catch off Norman.And when Matthew Boyce was bowled by Michael O’Shea to leave Leicestershire 120 for 4, the Unicorns may have just been sensing their first win of the season. But Thakor’s unbeaten half-century provided able support for Cobb and sealed the win with a four off the bowling of Devon Endersby.Leicestershire put the Unicorns in and the home team were going at a good rate when the first wicket fell in the eighth over. Lewis Hill had scored 26 of the Unicorns’ 32 runs at that point but went as Burns took a catch off the bowling of Rob Taylor.Lancefield and O’Shea then put on 82 for the second wicket going at a brisk six an over but O’Shea was run out in the 21st over for 32. Lancefield followed as Taylor had him lbw but Garry Park and Tripathi then put on 71 for the fourth wicket in just nine overs before the latter was stumped for 43 off the bowling of Thakor.Park brought up his half-century off the final ball of the 35th over but Parsons fell for just three in the 36th to become Taylor’s third victim of the day. Park followed just six balls later as Boyce took a catch off Anthony Ireland.Norman was next to fall for 7 as Taylor took a catch off to give Ireland another wicket before Endersby was run out off the final ball of the innings.

Brendon McCullum is not the sort to shirk a challenge so when New Zealand’s wicketkeeper, BJ Watling, was ruled out of the second Test at Headingley because of injury, he wasted little time in deciding to take up the gloves that he supposedly relinquished for good in Test cricket nearly three years ago.McCullum kept for part of England’s second innings at Lord’s – without pads on day three – after Watling injured his left knee attempting to run out Joe Root with a dive. Watling left the field and speculation began over who would take the gloves at Headlingey.Watling seemed to come through practise on Wednesday reasonably well to most observers, which begs the question whether New Zealand viewed his bruised knee as an injury of convenience after what McCullum himself described as their “hour of madness” – the collapse to 68 all out as England forced an abrupt victory in the opening Test at Lord’s.Watling’s absence allows New Zealand to slot in Martin Guptill, who has extensive experience in English conditions with Derbyshire, as an extra batsman at No. 6, rather than as an opener in place of Peter Fulton whose tour of England has so far brought 34 runs in five knocks.Captain, wicketkeeper and New Zealand’s most pugnacious batsman: McCullum will not be short of roles when the second Test begins in Leeds on Friday. All this with a back complaint which puts him under strain whenever he returns to the keeping role.McCullum announced that he would only keep wicket for New Zealand in limited-overs cricket after the IPL in 2010. In New Zealand’s next Test against India in Ahmedabad, Gareth Hopkins deputised and in 24 subsequent Tests, the role has passed between Hopkins, Reece Young, Watling and Kruger van Wyk. Watling has been the only one to suggest he might make a long-term go of it and he can expect to return after this series.Such heavy demands upon McCullum make it almost inevitable that Dan Vettori, a former New Zealand captain, will make his Test comeback for the first time for almost a year’s absence with Achilles trouble. McCullum, an “ideas” captain, likes to keep lines of communication open with his bowlers, but he feel less need for endless dashes up and down the pitch in the middle of an over if he sees the familiar figure of Vettori fielding.One of the New Zealand bowlers to recognise the advantage of that was Neil Wagner. He is a garrulous sort – a refreshing change in the sanitised media conferences of today – and it was all he could do to stop himself pronouncing that Vettori would definitely get the final place ahead of Doug Bracewell and an all-seam attack. These days at Headingley, the temptation to rely on pace bowling alone should be resisted because the pitches can show extremes of character and are just as likely to go flat if the clouds lift. Adil Rashid, the Yorkshire legspinner, took five wickets in the second match of the season at Headingley, so it should not automatically be assumed that a spinner has no role here.”Brendon’s back has been playing up a bit, but he is going to grit his teeth and do a job for the team, that’s just the sort of guy that Brendon is,” Wagner said. “There is going to be quite a bit of running up and down because he likes to talk to the bowlers about plans but having the opportunity maybe to have Dan at mid-on and mid-off and pick his brains and pass on messages will be pretty awesome.”It’s exciting seeing Dan around the changing room and training with us again. He is just one of those guys you can always rely on. He brings a good spirit into the team, and brings in humour in tough situations sometimes, but he also has such massive experience. If as a bowler you want to pick someone’s brain, he is going to be the one you want to talk to.”Vettori will be a like-for-like replacement for his fellow left-arm spinner, Bruce Martin, who has left the tour because of a calf injury he picked up at Lord’s. That will at least stop the England fans wondering – as they have for the past three months – why nobody is clobbering him down the ground.Vettori, veteran of 112 Tests, bowled for half-an-hour, had a bat against some throw-downs and took some high catches on a middling Leeds morning, dry and largely overcast. Mike Hesson, New Zealand’s coach, then rejected requests to speak to him, leaving the bowling coach, Shane Bond, to indicate that Vettori himself would be trusted to make the call on his fitness.”He’s the sort of guy who will know whether he can do it or not,” Bond said. “He’s got that experience and he knows how he’s going physically. Either way I’m sure the right decision will be made.”Vettori’s last Test came against West Indies in Antigua last July. After an inactive time in the IPL, even a long-haul flight from New Zealand could not disguise the feeling that he was itching to play again.Vettori would join an attack that has come close to breaking England’s batting on several occasions over the four Tests stretching back to March, something Wagner takes comfort from.”We have come close a couple of times so it has been a bit frustrating for us as a bowling unit,” he said. “At Lord’s we got ourselves into a perfect position and then two guys came out with serious class and bowled unbelievably well.”Jonny Bairstow at the moment is trying to find his feet a bit. Nick Compton played a bit of a rash shot in the first innings after showing a bit of patience. Matt Prior hasn’t got a run in two innings. There is stuff we can thrive on.”

Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen has said that if Mohammad Ashraful is handed a ban, it will be a “huge loss” for the team

Mohammad Isam11-Jun-2013Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen has said that it will be a “huge loss” for the team if Mohammad Ashraful was banned from cricket for his involvement in match-fixing. Jurgensen said there was some “disbelief” when the news about Ashraful’s confession emerged, but he did not comment on any other aspects of the controversy.Jurgensen, who returned to Dhaka on Monday from Brisbane, had to face several questions about the issue, but the Bangladesh team management is trying its best to shift the focus back to cricket, before a fitness camp begins in Mirpur on June 13.Ashraful will not be a part of the camp because he has been suspended by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) until the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) report is submitted. Given his confession, there is doubt whether he will play for Bangladesh in the near future.”If he is banned, it is a huge loss in the batting order for us,” Jurgensen said. “But that’s all I am really going to say. I don’t know the findings of the investigations. He’s batting well and if he’s banned, we will miss him. There was a little bit of disbelief there, but I am not going to comment any further.”Jurgensen said it was imperative that everyone concerned with the cricket team returned to the game rather than dwell on the controversy. “It is important [to shift focus]. It has to be business as usual as far as cricket is concerned,” he said. “We have some really important cricket coming up. We have all had a really nice break after a long international and domestic season. Now we have to focus strongly on what’s coming up.”The camp will be Bangladesh’s first prolonged fitness programme in more than two years. Many of the players involved will head to different tours for the Bangladesh A side as well as the Under-23 side in the next two months.