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A wrap of the final day of the ninth round of Ranji Trophy matches in Group B

Sidharth Monga01-Jan-2013
ScorecardFile photo: Abhimanyu Mithun provided Karnataka the inspiration with a double-strike in the final session•AFP

After a disappointing season, Karnataka needed a host of things to go their way – not only in their match, but in their group – for them to qualify. They needed Odisha to lose. Odisha lost. If they didn’t win by a bonus point, they needed Delhi to take a first-innings lead but not win their match. That happened too.As Delhi failed to take their opponents’ wickets, Karnataka were running out of time too, but they somehow kept producing the wickets on a flat Pune pitch against a determined Maharashtra side. After they managed to wrap Maharashtra’s second innings up for 561, Karnataka were left with 89 to chase in 13 overs. Not without drama, they did so with eight balls to spare, and progressed into the next round.At the start of the day, Maharashtra were 315 for 2, a deficit of only 158. Ankit Bawne began the day on 80 not out, and would remain undefeated. Karnataka kept pegging away at the other end. In the first session, HS Sharath picked up two wickets.After lunch, Maharashtra looked comfortable, but Syed Moinuddin broke through with the wicket of the dangerous Kedar Jadhav. Another partnership followed, this time between Bawne and Rahul Tripathi, but Sharath got rid of Tripathi before tea.Going into the final session, though, Maharashtra had already taken a lead of 40 runs, and had four wickets in hand. Karnataka’s state was not at all enviable. They had to take the wickets, and then wipe off all the additional runs. The clock kept ticking away.Abhimanyu Mithun, who took six wickets in the first innings, now provided the inspiration with the wickets of Shrikant Mundhe and Stayajit Bachhav in back-to-back overs. Still, Maharashtra had got 62 ahead by then. A little over 20 overs remained in the day’s play.To Karnataka’s annoyance, No. 10 Sachin Chaudhari swung his bat, and scored 14 off 19 balls, taking the lead to 84. It was all getting away from Karnataka, but Stuart Binny’s inspired move to get Amit Verma to bowl worked. The legspinner trapped Chaudhari, and Mithun finished the innings off in the next over.With Robin Uthappa not well, Karnataka opened with Kunal Kapoor and Lokesh Rahul. Kapoor managed just 8 off 12, and his wicket meant Karnataka would not win with a bonus point. That ensured Baroda, seven points adrift of Karnataka, were ensured qualification, but also that Karnataka would need Delhi to draw their game.Delhi fell short by three wickets in Nagpur, and Rahul and Binny hit their way towards a win. Rahul scored an unbeaten 42 off 34. Binny fell for 25 off 17, but fittingly their record-breaking wicketkeeper-batsman CM Gautam finished it off with 16 off eight balls.In the quarter-finals, Karnataka will face Saurashtra in Rajkot, and Baroda will be hosted by Mumbai. Maharashtra were relegated.
ScorecardDelhi needed to win their final game to progress to the next round or hope that Karnataka don’t won theirs, but were disappointed on both counts. On a flat track in Nagpur, having somehow enforced the follow-on on Vidarbha, Delhi could prise out only seven wickets on the final day. And in exceptional circumstances, Karnataka won their game moments after Delhi were denied.Shalabh Shrivastava provided the resistance for Vidarbha, who came into the match with a realistic chance of progressing but were frustrated by the flat pitch. Pradeep Sangwan, Vikas Mushra and Sumit Narwal picked up the wickets, but not fast enough. Delhi even got in 95 overs on the day, but couldn’t get past Shrivastava, who batted for five hours and 11 minutes.Vidarbha’s captain, Sairaj Bahutule, announced his retirement from first-class cricket after the match.
ScorecardIn the rain-affected, inconsequential match in Chennai, even a first-innings result was not possible. Haryana finished with 180 for 3 in response to Tamil Nadu’s 571 for 6 declared.

Attempts to make up for dismal first innings come to naught as home side blown away

David Hopps01-Sep-2021Nottinghamshire 448 (Patterson-White 101, Clarke 59, Fletcher 51) beat Somerset 107 (Fletcher 4-21) and 181 (Paterson 4-46) by an innings and 160 runsNot enough character, not enough discipline. Tom Abell was distraught over Somerset’s first-innings collapse. If he was that blunt to the media, what did he say in the dressing room? The message was abundantly clear: it was time to regain some respect, to show some discipline, to dig in.The temptation to imagine Somerset’s young thrusters looking in bewilderment at Abell’s instructions was irresistible.”Well, I’ve got this shot where I swivel yards outside off stump and slam it behind square leg for six,” Tom Lammonby might have ventured.”That’s nothing,” Tom Banton might have answered in turn. “I can slog-sweep the quicks over midwicket as well as anyone, if you like.””That’s just too high risk,” says Abell. “I want percentage shots.””Maybe I could swivel, but not so far?” offers Lammonby.”I never really understood percentages,” mutters Banton.More seasoned professionals, who have seen it all before, nod in acquiescence at such moments and privately tell themselves they will bat with serious intent. But while the older players will merely recalibrate slightly for the matches to follow, or just accept it as one of those things, Somerset’s younger pros have a greater challenge to find a workable Championship tempo.Banton and Lammonby have two half-centuries in 28 Championship starts. Banton averages around 21, Lammonby around 15. Banton’s Championship approach looks a bit shot; in fact, even in the shorter formats, the daring with which he burst on to the scene is now tinged with doubt. Lammonby just looks strokeless. Lewis Goldsworthy, too – a third talented young buck, although as yet not so highly feted – has a similar return.Banton and Lammonby are quite rightly regarded as two of the most thrilling white-ball batters to come out of Somerset for many a year. But you could feel their growing pains. Take chances, push the boundaries and make mistakes is the creed that has carried them so far, but bowlers are learning more about their games and, anyway, in the Championship there are deeper truths and they have yet to find them. Certainly, both need more get-out shots, workaday solutions that keep risk to a minimum. But when four-day cricket is not their first love – and no matter how much they keep up appearances it probably isn’t – finding solutions is psychologically even harder. They literally have run before they can walk.It was shortly after 5 o’clock when Somerset were beaten by an innings and 160 runs, dismissed second time around for 181 to follow up their 107 in the first innings. Everybody tried to dig in, nobody succeeded. They lasted 28 overs longer, but the irony was inescapable that their two highest-scoring batters, Jack Leach and Marchant de Lange, got there by accepting the inevitability of defeat and having a bit of a swing after tea.”We could have done that,” one could fancy that Banton and Lammonby mused in unison.For Nottinghamshire, the first phase in this four-game Division One climax could not have been more fruitful. Their first win at Taunton since 1985 was also their biggest victory margin in history against Somerset. Luke Fletcher and Dane Paterson bowled splendidly throughout, both taking seven wickets in the match as they outdid their Somerset counterparts. They began the season without a Championship win for nearly three years and are now very much in the title shake-up.For Somerset, the manner of defeat questioned their Championship credentials in the absence of two key seam-bowling allrounders, Craig Overton and Lewis Gregory. Leach needs a pitch offering some turn, but he is unlikely to get that against Yorkshire at Scarborough next week and when Lancashire come to Taunton the week after they will carry the legspin threat of Matt Parkinson in return.Somerset’s first three wickets fell to excellent deliveries – Steve Davies, edging one from Fletcher that seamed away; Abell, after 11 in 56 balls, edging one from Paterson that this time did not swing in but held its line; James Hildreth leaving Fletcher’s inswinger, his off stump rattled.For a long period on either side of lunch, Paterson to Lammonby was on repeat. Paterson, sensing that Lammonby had eschewed all temptation, repeatedly offered up deliveries wide outside off stump and Lammonby, a tall man crouching forward, let them pass. When Paterson took a breather, he had figures of 9-6-4-1 and Lammonby had failed to score off 23 balls from him, or the same ball, 23 times.Lammonby found some release when Notts skipper, Steven Mullaney, filled in with a few overs of medium pace – he swung it, too – and he also hooked Brett Hutton down to long leg. But on 34, from 95 balls, he pushed at a good ball from Hutton and was caught at first slip.Banton’s demise came when Paterson squared him up to be lbw. It put him out of his misery and that misery must not be allowed to fester. By the end of the over, only a single from Leach had prevented Paterson taking a triple-wicket maiden. Roelof van der Merwe clipped his first ball to square leg and Goldsworthy, another figure of undying responsibility, lost his off stump.Somerset were 86 for 7 after 48.5 overs, a penitent innings that had achieved nothing.Andy Hurry, Somerset’s director of cricket, was left to reflect upon it all. “We were in game on the first day, but Liam Patterson-White’s century took it away from us and since then we have been totally outplayed,” he said. “We came into the game with high expectations, but respect to Notts for how they went about things and we can certainly learn a few lessons from that. There were no redeeming features in our performance. We expect better individually and collectively from Somerset players.”

حرص جمال علام رئيس مجلس إدارة الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم على نقل تهنئة جميع أعضاء الجبلاية إلى الجهاز الفني للمنتخب الأولمبي واللاعبين، بعد الفوز على زامبيا بهدفين نظيفين اليوم الأربعاء، في ذهاب الجولة الثالثة بالتصفيات المؤهلة لكأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 23 عامًا، والمؤهلة لأولمبياد “باريس 2024”.

جاء ذلك خلال لقاء جمال علام مع اللاعبين والجهاز الفني عقب المباراة، وكان بصحبته خالد الدرندلي نائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة، محمد بركات عضو مجلس الإدارة والمشرف على المنتخب، وكل من حازم إمام، ومحمد حلمي مشهور، ومحمد أبو الوفا ودينا الرفاعي أعضاء مجلس الإدارة، ووليد العطار المدير التنفيذي للاتحاد، وشعبان بسطاوي مدير العلاقات العامة.

اقرأ أيضا..محمد بركات: حققنا هدفنا أمام زامبيا في القاهرة.. ونمتلك جيلاً رائعًا من اللاعبين

وأشاد علام باللاعبين والجهاز الفني واعتبر الفوز خطوة مهمة نحو بلوغ نهائيات كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 23 عامًا، وطالب الجميع بالحفاظ على حالة التركيز وتأكيد الحسم فى زامبيا.

وأضاف علام أن اتحاد الكرة مدعومًا من أشرف صبحي وزير الشباب والرياضة لا يدخر جهدًا من أجل تهيئة الأجواء الإيجابية لكل المنتخبات، مشددًا على أنه متفائل بجيل المنتخب الأولمبي الحالي.

وكان الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم قد أنهى في وقت سابق إجراءات سفر المنتخب الأولمبي المصري إلى الأراضي الزامبية على متن طائرة خاصة، لخوض مواجهة الإياب.

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Com três vitórias nos últimos quatro jogos na Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Vitória segue em franca evolução na competição. E um dos motivos desta boa fase é a segurança que o sistema defensivo da equipe vem passando. Nas últimas quatro rodadas do Brasileirão (Atlético-MG, América-MG, Fluminense e Vasco), foi apenas um gol sofrido.

Para o zagueiro do Leão, Aderllan, Carpegiani conseguiu ajustar a zaga baiana:

– Carpegiani, desde sua chegada, procurou corrigir nossos erros e nos fez evoluir. O nosso sistema defensivo, hoje, vem passando muita segurança à toda equipe. Ajustamos a defesa e isso foi importante. A comissão técnica deu uma atenção especial a esse setor. Estamos evoluindo muito neste sentido e queremos manter esses números nas próximas semanas.

Ainda segundo o atleta, o Leão da Toca vai em busca de um grande resultado diante do Ceará, sábado (15), fora de casa.

– O Ceará, assim como a nossa equipe, vem fazendo um grande segundo turno e está se recuperando na Série A. Vai ser um jogo muito equilibrado, entre duas equipes que buscarão a vitória, sem dúvida. Vamos procurar fazer um jogo seguro novamente fora de casa para sairmos de lá com um resultado positivo – garantiu o defensor.

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K Jeshwanth, the Karnataka coach, said it was primarily a batting failure that led to the six-wicket defeat, which secured Haryana their first semi-final berth since 1990-91

Nagraj Gollapudi04-Jan-2012

How did Karnataka let Haryana, a surprise quarter-finalist, overwhelm them on their own turf inside three days? K Jeshwanth, the Karnataka coach, said it was primarily a batting failure that led to the six-wicket defeat, which secured Haryana their first semi-final berth since 1990-91.Karnataka were dismissed for 151 in the first innings after they chose to bat. They lasted only 49.5 overs and were destroyed by 21 year-old Harshal Patel, who took 8 for 40. A medium-pacer playing his maiden season, Patel bowled with an upright wrist and seam, and got both movement and bounce from the first-day pitch, forcing edges from Karnataka’s batsmen.The score of 151 was Karnataka’s lowest in completed innings this season. Before this game, Karnataka had four totals in excess of 500, two in excess of 600. Against Haryana, they didn’t even make 300. The six-wicket loss was their first outright defeat.”Obviously the batting,” Jeshwanth said, when asked to explain the reason for defeat. “After making 151, it is difficult to come back. It was not a 150-run pitch. Harshal Patel bowled really well, putting the ball in the right areas. We did fight back – Binny bowled well and Aiyappa showed a lot of heart – but it was always going to be difficult. If we had scored 250 in the first innings – like we did in the second – we would have been able to make a match out of it.”Karnataka had been below full strength for significant parts of the season and Jeshwanth said that had impacted their campaign. Their original new-ball bowlers, Vinay Kumar (also the captain) and Abhimanyu Mithun, were in Australia with the Test squad. Manish Pandey, who hit an unbeaten double century against Mumbai, suffered from hernia. S Aravind, the third quick, was advised four weeks after the penultimate group match because of a knee injury.”The season – Manish Pandey’s absence made a difference to our batting, and three bowlers were also missing,” Jeshwanth said. “We had expected to reach the final, so it is a disappointment. Haryana is a team we were supposed to beat. We were also unlucky in this match; everything our batsmen missed took the edge.”The problem was with the batsmen getting out after getting set. We thought we had overcome it when we crossed 500 in the last match (against Uttar Pradesh).” In Shimoga, after conceding the first-innings lead to UP, the Karnataka middle order comprising Ganesh Satish, Amit Verma and Stuart Binny converted their starts into big hundreds. Against Haryana, they did not manage even a fifty.The other problem for Karnataka was their batsmen’s inability to convert starts. Robin Uthappa, Karnataka’s top scorer, failed to anchor both innings. On Monday, after the first drinks break, Uthappa was caught off a ball that pitched marginally outside off stump and angled away from him. In the second innings, after he had hit an aggressive fifty, Uthappa played across to a delivery that nipped back in to trap him lbw. On the third day, Binny gave it away by holing out to mid-on while attempting an ambitious loft.Amit Mishra, the Haryana captain, was pleased to cash in on Karnataka’s weakness. “At the end of day two the match was evenly poised. But we knew that the pressure was on Karnataka to not lose wickets quickly, but at the same time score runs in quick time,” he said. “So our aim was always not give away any easy runs and we stuck to our plan. We were confident of chasing down any target between 150-170 and we eventually managed to do that.”

أعرب طارق العشري المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي فاركو، عن سعادته بالفوز على الزمالك بثلاثية نظيفة خلال اللقاء الذي جمع الفريقين ضمن مباريات الجولة السابعة عشر من بطولة الدوري الممتاز.

وقال العشري في المؤتمر الصحفي عقب المباراة: “ثلاث نقاط مهمين جدًا في مشوار الفريق في الدوري أمام فريق بحجم الزمالك”.

فيديو | فاركو يقسو على الزمالك بثلاثية نظيفة في الدوري المصري

وأضاف: “فاركو يمتلك لاعبين مميزين ويستحقون التواجد في مراكز متقدمة في جدول المسابقة، واللاعبون بذلوا جهدًا كبيرًا خلال الأسبوع الماضي ونجحو في تنفيذ ما طلبته استعدادًا للزمالك ونجحنا في فرض أسلوبنا خلال المباراة”.

وتابع: “نجحنا في غلق مفاتيح الزمالك وأجبرناه على التخلي عن طريقة لعبه ويحسب ذلك للاعبي فاركو”.

وواصل: “سيف تيري فوجئت بمستواه رغم أنه مر بظروف صعبة جدًا من إصابة وإيقاف، وهدفه في مرمى الزمالك سيعطي له دافع في الفترة المقبلة”.

واوضح: “سعيد جدًا بالتواجد فى فاركو الجميع يعلم ما فعلته في سموحة وأتمنى لهم التوفيق، الفرق التي دربتها تركت بها بصمة جيدة”.

وأشار: “درسنا الزمالك جيدًا وتحدثت مع اللاعبين على ضرورة غلق مفاتيح اللعب في الزمالك، ونجحنا في ذلك والهدف الأول ساعدنا جدًا وأعطى الثقة للاعبين، وثلاث نقاط جيدة ننهي بها الدور الأول”.

واختتم: “أمامنا مباراة مهمة أمام البنك الأهلي سنحضر لها جيدًا، والجميع داخل فاركو يعمل بكل جهد من أجل احتلال مركز افضل في جدول ترتيب المسابقة”.

A brilliant all-round performance from Tom Smith secured a two-run victory forLancashire Lightning as Nottinghamshire Outlaws missed out on a semi-final placein the Clydesdale Bank 40

29-Aug-2011
ScorecardA brilliant all-round performance from Tom Smith secured a two-run victory forLancashire Lightning as Nottinghamshire Outlaws missed out on a semi-final placein the Clydesdale Bank 40.Smith hit 117 from 104 balls as Lancashire reached 248 for five, before takingfour for 48 to become the first player for the county to score a hundred andtake four wickets in a limited-overs game. Nottinghamshire’s West Indies international Darren Bravo hit a run-a-ball 62 while captain Chris Read almost snatched an unlikely victory with 64 from 50 balls, only to become one of Kyle Hogg’s victims as the seamer picked up threefor 63.Needing four from the last ball with Hogg on a hat-trick, Darren Pattinsoncould only hit two as Nottinghamshire finished on 246 for nine at Trent Bridge. Lancashire openers Stephen Moore and Smith made early headway with the bat as the inexperienced Nottinghamshire seamers Brett Hutton and Jake Ball leaked runs.Pattinson did have Moore caught at mid-off by Ali Brown for 12 but Smith andSteven Croft then put on 101 in 15 overs before Croft sliced Steven Mullaney toshort third man for 32. Karl Brown played on to Mullaney before Smith holed out at deep midwicket off Graeme White soon after, with Gareth Cross caught at cover off the returningPattinson.Nottinghamshire changed their batting order and Mullaney opened with veteranBrown, Mullaney hitting four fours before he was caught at mid-off for 22 offSmith. Brown, making a farewell appearance before retiring, had made 18 when he wascaught down the leg side off Smith, who then had Riki Wessels pinned lbw.Bravo combined with Scott Elstone to add 71 in 11 overs for the fourth wicket,bringing up his half-century with a pulled six off Hogg over mid-on. Elstone miscued a full toss from Hogg to mid-on, and when spinner Stephen Parry removed Bravo and Paul Franks in quick succession, the visitors looked to be cruising home.Read returned the momentum in Nottinghamshire’s direction in a 71-runpartnership with White, who was bowled in the penultimate over with the homeside needing nine for victory.Former England international Read was then caught on the long-on boundary andHutton sliced to point as Hogg held his nerve to confirm the win.

Andrew Strauss warmed up for next week’s first Test by taking the early honours at the start of the head-to-head with Zaheer Khan on his guest appearance for Somerset

The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan at Taunton15-Jul-2011
Live scorecardArul Suppiah cracked an unbeaten 145 on the first day of India’s tour match against Somerset•Getty ImagesAndrew Strauss warmed up for next week’s first Test by taking the early honours at the start of the head-to-head with Zaheer Khan on his guest appearance for Somerset, and Arul Suppiah hit an unbeaten 145 as the Indians were made to toil at Taunton. Strauss and Suppiah added 101 for the first wicket before Suppiah and Nick Compton put on 223 between two stoppages for rain to take the home side to an imposing 329 for 2.Strauss struck 11 boundaries in bringing up his half-century from a sprightly 63 balls. All his shots were in good working order as he drove, pulled, and glanced his way into form ahead of Lord’s next week. He did have a couple of close shaves: firstly on 20 when Zaheer had a big lbw shout turned down by Graham Lloyd, and then on 64 when Wriddhiman Saha, the reserve wicketkeeper playing in place of the rested MS Dhoni, dropped an edge off Amit Mishra. However, the keeper took the next chance when an edge bobbled off the pad and looped in the air as Strauss departed for 78. In the context of the runs that followed, he missed out.The loan deal for Strauss had provoked debate, both about the whether the structure of domestic cricket does all it can to help the England team, and also what Somerset gained from the move. Despite coming off a four-day Championship match, the county fielded several first-team regulars, including England Lions captain James Hildreth, and somebody missed out to let Strauss play. However, he received a warm ovation as he left the field following his innings and, wearing his Somerset kit, appeared to have been adopted at least for the day.”He looked very good, he was moving his feet very well and striking the ball out of the middle,” Suppiah said of Strauss. “It’s just a shame he got out, he probably could have got a hundred but he played really well. He looks hungry for runs, left the ball well and played straight which is the main thing for an opener.”The battle with Zaheer was a gentle precursor of what will follow in the Tests as the bowler eased himself back into action after a lengthy lay-off following the IPL. The initial overs of Zaheer’s first spell were friendly, but he started to generate a touch more pace and find some swing later in an eight-over burst.Zaheer is the only one in this Indians’ attack certain to play at Lord’s next week with Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar rested following their workload in the Caribbean. It meant a chance for Sreesanth and Munaf Patel to stake a claim for the third seamer’s slot, although neither made a compelling case. The attack actually looked toothless – Suresh Raina’s late wicket of Compton came when the batsman reverse-swept to short third man – but India will back themselves to lift for the major challenge.Sreesanth was tight to begin with but Strauss started to take to him with three boundaries in an over as he moved to his half-century. Patel, meanwhile, was steady but didn’t provide much threat. Mishra began with three no-balls in his first three overs and Strauss picked off the legspinner with ease, pulling him over midwicket and driving through the off side, before the bowler struck back.While Strauss’s runs will be welcome, he’ll know that they don’t guarantee a successful start to the Tests. Ahead of the Sri Lanka series he scored two hundreds – one of them against the visitors at Uxbridge – but then struggled to convert that when the internationals began, and ended with 27 runs from four innings.With the focus understandably on Strauss, Suppiah was a quiet partner in every sense at the other end. He didn’t register a boundary until the start of the second hour when he played a lovely straight drive, but a sign of the gentle nature of the surface was that he, too, didn’t have many alarms.Rain brought a lengthy stoppage shortly after lunch but when the skies cleared, Suppiah and Compton made positive progress as the Indians found wickets elusive. Suppiah became increasingly positive on either side of his half-century, but the Indians missed a chance to break the partnership when Compton, on 24, was dropped at square by Sachin Tendulkar, when he pulled Sreesanth.Compton cashed in on his chance with a series of well-timed boundaries, one of which was a stand-and-deliver cover drive off Zaheer, who was the pick of a disappointing seam attack, as he reached a half century from 74 deliveries. Mishra was taken at more than four-an-over and also dropped a tough caught-and-bowled chance off Suppiah, who was on 71. Mishra was forced to leave the field mid-over for treatment on his finger but was said to be fine. The 17 overs shared by the part-time spinners, Raina and Yuvraj Singh, cost 110 runs including 18 off one Yuvraj over.The resumption after tea was delayed by further rain, but the final hour was possible which gave Suppiah the chance to register his sixth first-class hundred from 179 balls, and he is closing in on a new career-best. It’s been a good time for Suppiah: he registered world record Twenty20 figures of 6 for 5 in a Friends Life t20 game against Glamorgan last week. And it won’t have done him any harm to score runs in front of the England captain.

Allrounder Farveez Maharoof and wicketkeeper Kaushal Silva have been called up to provide cover for the players who will miss the start of the England tour due to the IPL

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Apr-2011Sri Lanka have called up allrounder Farveez Maharoof and wicketkeeper Kaushal Silva to provide cover for the players who will miss the start of the England tour due to the IPL. Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed captain Tillakaratne Dilshan will be in England by May 11, but five members of the Sri Lanka squad will stay in India and are expected to arrive in time to play against England Lions, at Derby, from May 19.Malintha Warnapura, the opening batsman, who was set to cover for Dilshan had he stayed at the IPL, has been withdrawn along with stand-by fast bowler Saminda Eranga. The latter was to be a replacement for fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep but it appears likely Pradeep will travel to England early instead of remaining with Royal Challengers Bangalore where he has yet to play a match for the franchiseHowever, with Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando, Thisara Perera and Suraj Randiv not available for the Middlesex match the selectors have drafted in reinforcements.Maharoof is currently playing county cricket with Lancashire where he has made an impressive start to the season with a hundred on his debut against Somerset at Liverpool. However, the fixture list could have worked in Lancashire’s favour with them not in Championship action the week Maharoof will be needed by Sri Lanka and he may only miss one CB40 match against Somerset. He hasn’t played Test cricket since 2007.Silva, 24, is uncapped but has an impressive first-class average of 45 and will provide wicketkeeping cover for Prasanna Jayawardene.

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Paolo Guerrero aguarda com ansiedade o dia 3 de maio, quando a suspensão de seis meses por doping chegará ao fim, desde o fim de 2017. A data ganhou mais importância para o atleta já que a Corte Arbitral do Esporte (CAS) marcou para este mesmo dia a audiência final do recurso do atacante do Flamengo.

A informação foi inicialmente publicada pelo jornal “O Globo”.

Agora, são dois os cenários possíveis. A defesa de Guerrero pede a absolvição total do atacante, liberando o peruano para defender o Flamengo de imediato – ele está inscrito na Copa Libertadores e tem contrato até 8 de agosto – e o colocando em condições de disputar o Mundial da Rússia por sua seleção.

No entanto, em março a Agência Mundial Antidoping (WADA) enviou apelação à Corte Arbitral do Esporte pedindo o aumento da pena de Paolo Guerrero para dois anos – período superior à primeira suspensão definida pela Fifa ao atleta, que depois, em dezembro, foi reduzida para seis meses.

Com a audiência marcada para o data final da suspensão de seis meses, não há mais chance do camisa 9 voltar a atuar pelo Rubro-Negro antes do previsto.

A demora para marcar a apresentação do recurso pedido pela defesa do peruano no mês de janeiro irritou os advogados de Guerrero. Na Gávea, enquanto a pena se aproximava do fim, a partir de fevereiro, o entendimento era de aguardar o dia 3 de maio sem expectativas de diminuição da pena.

O receio dos diretores e departamento jurídico é justamente o caso sofrer uma reviravolta já perto do fim, como a aceitação da apelação enviada pela WADA,

RELEMBRE O CASO

Paolo Guerrero foi flagrado no exame antidoping no dia 6 de outubro, em jogo das Eliminatórias Sul-Americanas para o Mundial da Rússia, entre Peru e Argentina. Em 3 de novembro, a Fifa o suspendeu preventivamente por 30 dias.

Em 8 de dezembro, a Fifa anunciou a suspensão do atacante por um ano e depois, em 20 de dezembro, reduziu o afastamento do atleta em seis meses, aceitando o recurso da defesa do jogador, que desde então tenta a absolvição.

Na terça-feira, dia 20 de março, Guerrero voltou ao Ninho do Urubu e reencontrou os companheiros de Flamengo. O atacante estava impedido de utilizar as instalações do clube e vinha mantendo a forma física na Argentina.

A liberação de Guerrero ao dia a dia do Flamengo estava prevista no Código Antidopagem da Fifa, que diz que o atleta “poderá regressar ao treinamento com uma equipe ou ao uso das instalações de um clube durante o último quarto do período de suspensão imposto, se este for inferior a dois meses”.

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