'I wasn't really thinking much' – Miller

David Miller, the South Africa batsman, produced his best ever batting performance for Kings XI Punjab on Sunday night, slamming an unbeaten 80 off 41 balls to help his team chase down 186

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Apr-2013

David Miller: “I said to Mandy, we just need to watch the ball well”•BCCI

David Miller, the South Africa batsman, produced his best ever batting performance for Kings XI Punjab on Sunday night, slamming an unbeaten 80 off 41 balls to help his team chase down 186 with a ball to spare in Mohali. Pune Warriors must have more than fancied their chances after finishing on 185 for 4 in what has till now been a rather low-scoring tournament, but Miller’s 128-run stand with Mandeep Singh was paced well enough to see the hosts home.The idea, Miller said after the game, was to keep Kings XI in the match till the final over, and see where it went from there. “We did a really great job by taking the game to the last over. We were backing ourselves, we had a chance of winning or losing and I am glad we came out winning at the end of it,” Miller told the IPL site. “I said to Mandy, we just need to watch the ball well and really try our best. I wasn’t really thinking much to be honest; I had a few plans field wise, but other than that I just tried to clear the ball that came my way.”In all Miller hit five sixes and five fours, finishing with a strike-rate of 195. Mandeep, who had opened the innings, did not match Miller’s pace of scoring but provided crucial support with 77 not out off 58 balls. Miller termed Mandeep’s knock “phenomenal”. “He is a star for the future,” he said. “He has a good mind, wants to do well and I am really happy for him.”Kings XI were left with 16 to get off the final over and Miller managed to hit two sixes off the medium pace of Luke Wright, the England allrounder, who was playing his first game of the season for Warriors.Wright had earlier played a pivotal role in lifting Warriors to a commanding total, blitzing 34 off 10 balls at the death. While he was “delighted” to finally be a part of the action, Wright said he did not quite look forward to bowling that final over as batting is his “main strength”.”I am not an out and out bowler, I just bowl a bit sometimes, so obviously there was pressure there. It was a situation I am not used to being in so often, but it was a shame I couldn’t defend the total off the last over,” Wright said. “The loss has taken the shine off my knock. But in terms of batting, that has been my main strength and I am very pleased with it.”

موندو: ميسي وبرشلونة يحسمان موقف الصفقة خلال 48 ساعة

تقاربت وجهات النظر قليلًا بين قائد منتخب الأرجنتين، ليونيل ميسي، وناديه السابق برشلونة من أجل العودة من جديد إلى قلعة “كامب نو” بعد انتهاء عقده مع باريس سان جيرمان.

وأعلن باريس سان جيرمان قبل يومين رحيل ميسي عن صفوف الفريق بعد موسمين فقط في ملعب “حديقة الأمراء”، وهناك رغبة من الأرجنتيني في ارتداء قميص برشلونة من جديد كما كشف والده، خورخي، يوم أمس.

ولكن الأمر صعب خاصة في ظل الوضع المالي الذي يمر نادي برشلونة به في الوقت الحالي، لأن الأمر يحتاج إلى تنازلات كثيرة خاصة من جانب اللاعب بتخفيض كبير للراتب السنوي الذي كان يحصل عليه في السنوات الأخيرة.

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بالإضافة إلى أن على إدارة برشلونة تخفيض كتلة الرواتب في الفريق الأول ليستطيع تسجيل عقود اللاعبين الجدد قبل الموسم القادم.

بالأمس، التقى خورخي وكيل ميسي ووالده برئيس برشلونة، خوان لابورتا، وانتهى الاجتماع أن كلا الطرفين يرغب في منح الطرف المقابل فرصة ووقت للبحث عن حلول للعودة.

هذا ما هو واضح لأن ميسي لو لم يكن يرغب في العودة، لكان وافق على الانتقال إلى الدوري السعودي مع وجود عرض الهلال السعودي الذي يصل إلى 300 مليون يورو في الموسم الواحد، لكن اللاعب في نفس الوقت ليس في يده الكثير إذا لم ينجح برشلونة في توفيق الوضع الاقتصادي.

بجانب أن هناك ضغطاً كبيراً من الأندية الراغبة في ضم ميسي على والده ووكيله، خورخي، لاتخاذ قرار في أسرع وقت ممكن، حيث كان يرغب نادي الهلال في الإعلان عن الصفقة هذا الأسبوع ولكن رغبة البرغوث القوية في العودة إلى برشلونة أجلت الأمر مع حلم لابورتا في استعادة اللاعب ليكون قائدًا للفريق الكتالوني والتوقيع على عقد لمدة موسمين مع راتب أعلى من روبرت ليفاندوفسكي حتى ولو بيورو واحد.

Cricket Australia considers AFL tribunal model

David Warner’s privately convened code of conduct hearing for his recent Twitter indiscretions may be the last of its kind, as Cricket Australia consider adopting a system whereby disciplinary charges against players would be heard in forums open to publi

Daniel Brettig23-May-2013

David Warner faced the media on the morning after his hearing•Getty Images

David Warner’s privately convened code of conduct hearing for his recent Twitter indiscretions may be the last of its kind, as Cricket Australia consider adopting a system whereby disciplinary charges against players would be heard in forums open to public scrutiny via the media.Adrian Anderson, the former AFL executive, is due to submit his report into CA’s integrity and disciplinary policy management in June. ESPNcricinfo understands that one of its key recommendations may be to call for the opening of disciplinary hearings to outside observers after the fashion of the AFL tribunal.This means a hearing like Warner’s would be open to media reportage, a significant break from cricket’s traditional policy of keeping board matters, including the disciplining of players, decidedly private, opaque affairs.It would also be a marked departure from the convention followed by most cricket boards and also the ICC, which does not permit public access to code of conduct hearings presided over by match referees, nor the appeal hearings that may subsequently eventuate.Anderson is also expected to recommend that CA’s code of conduct procedures and protocols for hearings be tightened, following a summer in which the consistency and transparency of the current system was called into considerable question by a series of incidents during the BBL in particular.Standards of on-field behaviour during the event were allowed to lapse, culminating in the ugly bust-up between Shane Warne and Marlon Samuels at the MCG. That incident and its handling in a pair of seemingly contradictory and indecipherable code of conduct verdicts did not sit well with a majority of players and others.Anderson is likely to call for a new structure to manage integrity and disciplinary matters, moving the BBL chief and CA head of commercial operations Mike McKenna away from a role that currently has him holding both the commercial and disciplinary keys for CA – an apparent conflict of interest.Despite its novelty in cricket, this would not be the first time CA has toyed with subjecting its disciplinary procedures to public analysis. The CA chief executive James Sutherland has previously stated his preference for public hearings and, as far back as 2002, player contracts included a clause allowing the board to decided whether or not disciplinary hearings would be heard in camera or with the media present.That change had followed Steve Waugh’s complaints that he was not allowed to publicly state his defence to an ICC charge he faced in the 2001 Boxing Day Test against South Africa for questioning Darrell Hair’s decision to give him run out without referring to the third umpire.Nevertheless, the major obstacle to public hearings would appear to be the Australian Cricketers’ Association, whose chief executive Paul Marsh is believed to be skeptical about the necessity of the concept.

علي معلول: لقب إفريقيا بطولة غالية بعد أسبوع صعب.. وحان وقت الدوري

أعرب علي معلول ظهير أيسر النادي الأهلي، عن سعادته بتحقيق الفريق لقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا للمرة الحادية عشر في تاريخ القلعة الحمراء.

وكان الأهلي عاد بالتعادل بهدف لهدف من كازابلانكا ليتوج باللقب الإفريقي مستفيدا من فوزه بهدفين لهدف أمام الوداد البيضاوي في ستاد القاهرة.

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وكتب معلول من خلال حسابه الرسمي عبر انستجرام: “بطولة غالية فزنا بها بعد تعب ومجهود كبير، روح الفريق والإصرار والعزيمة ودعم الجمهور الدائم لنا أسباب رئيسية في تحقيق البطولة وإن شاء الله نكون موجودين على منصات التتويج دائما”.

وأكمل ظهير أيسر النادي الأهلي: “رغم أنني عشت أسبوع صعب بعض الشيء بعد مباراة الذهاب ولكن بإصرار اللاعبين وعزيمتهم حققنا البطولة الأغلى لنا وللجمهور”.

وختم اللاعب التونسي: “بالنهاية الحمد لله ومبروك لجمهور النادي الأهلي نطوي الصفحة الآن ونركز بالدوري لنحسمه في أقرب وقت ممكن والقادم أفضل إن شاء الله”.

يذكر أن معلول البالغ من العمر 33 عاما تمكن من تحقيق 16 بطولة بقميص النادي الأهلي في 7 سنوات لعب.

Vasco fecha patrocínio pontual com a OdontoCompany para jogo contra Flu

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O Vasco fechou mais um patrocínio pontual para a final da Taça Guanabara, que será contra o Fluminense, no Maracanã, neste domingo. O Cruz-Maltino estampará o logotipo da OdontoCompany, uma companhia no segmento de saúde bocal, na parte frontal de sua camisa na decisão do primeiro turno do Campeonato Carioca.

A empresa já havia anunciado seu logotipo na camisa do Vasco na semifinal da Taça Guanabara, quando o Cruz-Maltino derrotou o Resende por 3 a 0.A negociação do contrato do anunciante com o clube foi realizada pela agência de marketing esportivo Wolff Sports, comandada por Fábio Wolff.

Esse foi o terceiro patrocínio fechado pelo Vasco por conta da final da Taça Guanabara. Antes, o Cruz-Maltino havia fechado um acordo pontual para a Estácio exibir sua marca na posição máster da camisa e um outro negócio com a Global CBB, que estampará os shorts da equipe até o fim do ano.

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فشل مفاوضات ريال مدريد مع تشيلسي لضم خليفة بنزيما

كشفت تقارير صحفية، عن فشل مفاوضات ريال مدريد الإسباني وتشيلسي الإنجليزي، بشأن التعاقد مع الدولي الألماني، كاي هافرتز، لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول بالبلوز.

ريال مدريد يستهدف ضم هافرتز منذ فترة طويلة، من أجل خلافة كريم بنزيما الذي رحل إلى اتحاد جدة السعودي.

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فابريزيو رومانو، الصحفي الإيطالي لشبكة “سكاي” الموثوق بسوق الانتقالات، أكد أن المفاوضات بين ريال مدريد وتشيلسي انهارت من الجانبين، مشيرًا إلى عدم رغبة النادي الإسباني في دفع 60 مليون يورو.

تشيلسي يرفض بيع اللاعب بأقل من الـ60 مليون، قيمة الشرط الجزائي في عقد كاي هافرتز، وغير مستعدين لقبول أي مفاوضات بشأن القيمة المالية.

صاحب الـ24 عامًا، هو واحد من مجموعة خيارات هجومية لـ ريال مدريد يبحث عنها، لكن يبدو أن الألماني سيستمر مع تشيلسي في الموسم المقبل للعب تحت قيادة الأرجنتيني ماوريسيو بوتشيتينو.

São Paulo relaciona Luan e Antony para encarar o Talleres

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O São Paulo divulgou na noite desta terça, a lista de relacionados para encarar o Talleres, quarta-feira, no Morumbi, pela Copa Libertadores. Sem grandes novidades, o técnico André Jardine relacionou os garotos Antony e Luan, que podem pintar como titulares.

Dos 25 nomes inscritos para a competição continental, apenas Hudson, suspenso, e Liziero, machucado, estão fora de combate. No mais, o Tricolor terá força máxima para encarar os argentinos, no Morumbi.

Desfalque na partida de Córdoba, Anderson Martins está recuperado de uma tendinite e está relacionado. Já o volante Jucilei, cortado da partida contra a Ponte Preta, no sábado, por dores musculares também está na lista do técnico André Jardine.

A escalação do São Paulo segue sendo um mistério, mas há a possibilidade dos garotos Antony e Luan ganharem oportunidades entre os titulares. O provável Tricolor tem ago Volpi; Bruno Peres, Arboleda, Bruno Alves (Anderson Martins) e Reinaldo; Jucilei (Willian Farias ou Luan), Hernanes e Nenê; Antony (Helinho ou Diego Souza), Pablo e Everton.

Como perdeu o jogo de ida por 2 a 0, o São Paulo precisa vencer por três ou mais gols de diferença para ficar com a vaga. Caso devolva o resultado da Argentina, o confronto irá para a decisão de pênaltis. Qualquer outro resultado dá a vaga ao time argentino.

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Veja a lista de relacionados:

Goleiros: Jean, Junior e Volpi
Laterais: Bruno Peres, Léo e Reinaldo
Zagueiros: Anderson Martins, Arboleda, Bruno Alves e Rodrigo
Volantes: Araruna, Jucilei, Luan e Willian Farias
Meias: Everton, Hernanes e Nenê
Atacantes: Antony, Biro Biro, Diego Souza, Gonzalo, Helinho e Pablo

كيك أوف: الأهلي وكولر يرغبان في تجديد عقد بيرسي تاو

كشفت صحيفة “كيك أوف” الجنوب إفريقية، عن رغبة النادي الأهلي والمدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم، مارسيل كولر، في تجديد عقد الجناح، بيرسي تاو.

ويتبقى في عقد تاو موسم واحد فقط، حيث ينتهي في 30 يونيو 2024، ولكن بعد تألق الجنوب إفريقي بالموسم الحالي يريد الأهلي استمرار اللاعب لسنوات أخرى قادمة.

نجح تاو في تسجيل 5 أهداف وصنع مثلها في 12 مباراة في دوري أبطال إفريقيا، ليساهم اللاعب صاحب التاسعة والعشرين في حصد لقب الحادية عشر.

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وبحسب أحد المصادر للصحيفة الشهيرة في جنوب إفريقيا أن كولر والإدارة يرغبان في استمرار تاو وتقديم عقد جديد.

يأتي ذلك رغم تصريحات تاو في الفترة الأخيرة، أنه سيتقنص فرصة الاحتراف الأوروبي مرة أخرى، إذا جاء عرض جيد في الفترة القادمة.

ورغم ذلك وجه بيتسو موسيماني مدرب الأهلي السابق نصيحة للاعب بألا يحترف إلا إذا كانت هناك فرصة للمشاركة بشكل مستمر، واتفق شون بارتليت هداف منتخب جنوب إفريقيا التاريخي في ذلك بتصريحات خاصة لـ”btolat.com”.

Another test of South Africa's big-game temperament

AB de Villiers and Dwayne Bravo downplay tomorrow’s virtual quarterfinal match, and are insistent that they will play the encounter without any added pressure

Firdose Moonda in Cardiff13-Jun-2013

AB de Villiers will be hopeful that his team is mentally ready for Friday’s encounter•International Cricket Council

AB de Villiers was 22 yards away from Chris Gayle when the Jamaican broke Brendon McCullum’s record for the highest score in a twenty-over match. He was also with Gayle that morning as he ate breakfast and the day before when he prepared for the match. To this day, de Villiers knows Gayle did not do anything other than the usual when he blasted his 175 not out.”He prepares for each game the same,” de Villiers said. “He fancies a few bowlers more than others. That’s what I picked up in the IPL. He’ll feel a bowler [out] and then after two or three overs he’ll decide, okay, it’s you and me today.”It’s not that they have to get past Gayle to secure a place in the knockouts, it’s that his presence emphasises all their weaknesses. He is the classmate who never does any homework, but gets better grades than the studious, hardworking child. He plays cricket with all the freedom of an escaped prisoner.The match against the West Indies is a quarter-final in every way but name. As usual, South Africa have promised they are ready. They can look to their last match against Pakistan as evidence they can win when they need to. “We approached it as a knockout game and we played really good cricket,” de Villiers said. “The intensity is really good at the moment. The energy and team spirit is really good. We handled the pressure situations really well in the previous games, and more of that tomorrow would be great.”Apart from Gayle, South Africa are wary of the knots Sunil Narine can tie around them, especially since their line-up is laden with left-handers. De Villiers has not faced him too much, and isn’t sure if he can pick him yet. De Villiers said reading the ball out of the hand is not as important as we may perceive. “I haven’t always picked Saeed Ajmal but I tend to play him well.”That sort of attitude is what South Africa need more of if they are to prevail in major tournaments. They need to understand that even if they are not the best at something, they can rely on their ability to make a plan and scrap it out. Something New Zealand do so often to great effect.They also need to learn not to take themselves too seriously. Countless reassurances of how “we’ve got our game sorted and strategies in place,” do not make South Africa appear ready for anything. It makes them look too prepared.Over-rehearsal can have its pitfalls too. Against India, their bowlers refused to adjust their lengths when they saw the short ball was ineffective. Against Pakistan their batsmen played with much haste, with four of them getting themselves run out. South Africa have already stopped focusing obsessively on history and records, but they still lack that element of coolness under pressure. Which is why teams like West Indies consider themselves in with a chance in one-off encounters against South Africa.”It doesn’t really matter whether you win previous games against [the] opposition or not. I think the South Africans will feel the pressure also. They know if they lose, they are going back home,” Dwayne Bravo reminded before he struck a Warner-esque blow. “They have a tag of being chokers that do not do well in big tournaments, so that would be added pressure on them. We’re going to enjoy the occasion and forget about what happens in previous games. It’s a knockout game. We’ve been in this situation before and we’ve done well and gone beyond. So, no pressure on us.”Those realisations – that West Indies have tasted success before, and that word – chokers – will make South Africa cringe. But they are trying to strike the dreaded word from their vocabulary, and Test captain Graeme Smith, who is not at the event because of injury, had the first attempt. “Never mind pressure on the Proteas, Dwayne Bravo just put it all on himself! Not the smartest move from him I reckon,” Smith tweeted. Tomorrow will reveal just how clever it actually was.

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