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AB de Villiers missed out on being appointed South Africa’s Test captain but received some consolation by scooping four awards at CSA’s annual prize-giving

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jun-2014

AB de Villiers missed out on being appointed South Africa’s Test captain but received some consolation by scooping four awards at CSA’s annual prize-giving on Wednesday. De Villiers was named cricketer of the year, Test cricketer of the year, players’ player and fans’ player of the year, ahead of new Test captain Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn, JP Duminy and Faf du Plessis.The only award de Villiers was nominated for which he did not win was the ODI cricketer of the year, which went to Quinton de Kock, who matched a record of de Villiers’ to take the title. Although de Villiers was the leading run-scorer for South Africa in the 2013-14 season, de Kock scored 609 runs at an average of 67.66, with four centuries of which three were in successive matches against India. De Villiers and Herschelle Gibbs are the only other South Africans to have achieved that feat, alongside Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar.Full list of awards

Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
Test Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
ODI Cricketer of the Year: Quinton de Kock
T20 Cricketer of the Year: Imran Tahir
Players’ Player of the Year: AB de Villiers
Fans’ Player of the Year: AB de Villiers
KFC ‘So Good’ Award: Jacques Kallis for his century v India in his final Test.
RAM Delivery of the Year: Dale Steyn to Brad Haddin in the second Test v Australia at St George’s Park
Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Marizanne Kapp
First-class cricketer of the Season: Justin Ontong
One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season: Heino Kuhn
T20 Player of the Season: David Miller
Coach of the Year: Lance Klusener
Domestic Players’ Player of the Season: Kyle Abbott
CSA Fair Play Award: Dolphins
SACA Most Valuable Player Award: Kyle Abbott
Groundsman of the Year: Wilson Ngobese (Kingsmead)

De Villiers’ numbers were enough to earn him every other major award on the night. He was South Africa’s stand-out Test performer across the series against India and Australia, scoring 804 runs at 67.00 with three hundreds, including a match-saving one against India at Wanderers, and remains the No.1 ranked Test batsman. Combined with his wicketkeeping in the longest format and captaining in ODIs, de Villiers’ popularity has soared among his compatriots and countrymen and his list of awards attested to that.Imran Tahir was recognised for his contributions in the T20 format, where he took 18 wickets in nine matches at an average of 11.00. The legspinner was the joint leading wicket-taker at the 2014 World T20, in which South Africa were knocked out in the semifinal. Individual awards were given to Jacques Kallis for his century in his final Test against India, and Dale Steyn for the inswinger that beat Brad Haddin and flattened his middle stump in the second Test against Australia in Port Elizabeth in March.At domestic level, Cobras captain Justin Ontong was named first-class cricketer of the year. He finished second on the run-scorers’ list, five behind team-mate Stiaan van Zyl, and led the Cobras to the title. Titans’ opener Heino Kuhn was the one-day cup player of the season after topping the batting with 470 runs in 11 matches at 47.00, including two hundreds. Dolphins middle-order batsman David Miller was named twenty-over player of the season. Miller scored 383 runs in 12 matches with a high score of 93 not out and a strike rate of 153.2 in a tournament Dolphins won.The Durban-based franchise dominated the rest of the awards. They won the fair play award and their coach, Lance Klusener, was named coach of the year for overseeing their first non-shared trophy in over a decade. They previously shared the first-class title on two occasions. Kyle Abbott, who was third on the one-day cup wicket list and second on the twenty-over charts, was named domestic players’ player of the year and the South African Cricketers Associations’ most valuable player.The Kingsmead groundsman, Wilson Ngobese was awarded groundsman of the year. South Africa won a Test in Durban for the time in five seasons against India in December, after losing there to Australia, India and Sri Lanka between 2009 and 2013.

Craig Kieswetter confirmed his rich promise as an opening batsman, and ensured he will be making his England debut in the first ODI against Bangladesh at Dhaka on Sunday

Cricinfo staff23-Feb-2010 England XI 370 for 7 (Kieswetter 143, Collingwood 109) beat BCB XI 258 for 9 (Swann 4-44) by 112 runs
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Craig Kieswetter celebrates his first hundred for the senior England team•Getty Images

Craig Kieswetter confirmed his rich promise as an opening batsman, and ensured he will be making his England debut in the first ODI against Bangladesh at Dhaka on Sunday, while Paul Collingwood continued his fine recent form, as both men cracked rapid centuries to set up a comfortable 112-run victory in England’s first outing of the tour against a BCB XI in Fatullah.Kieswetter launched an impressive batting display by slamming a brutal 143 in 123 balls in his maiden appearance for the senior team, before Collingwood climbed onto the offensive in the closing overs of the innings, as he reached his own hundred from just 66 deliveries. England finished their 50 overs with an imposing total of 370 for 7. In reply, the BCB XI were never in contention, as they finished on 258 for 9, with Graeme Swann claiming 4 for 44.Kieswetter, who was born in Johannesburg, qualified to play for England exactly a week ago. He had not originally been part of England’s one-day squad for the tour of Bangladesh, but was added to the party at the last minute following a series of impressive performances for the England Lions in the UAE, including a matchwinning 81 in a Twenty20 contest against the senior squad in Abu Dhabi last Wednesday.Today he all but doubled that tally with a brilliant display of power-hitting, including four sixes. He opened the batting alongside England’s stand-in captain, Alastair Cook, who made a brisk half-century in a 127-run stand for the first wicket, and though he was fortunate to survive four dropped catches, Kieswetter reached his century from 101 balls before powering on at two runs a ball for the remainder of his stay.Two of his lives were donated by the left-arm seamer, Shafaq Al Zabir, who spilled a pair of caught-and-bowled opportunities in the first hour, and he was later dropped on the boundary’s edge on 80. At the other end, Cook was trapped lbw by Aluaddin Babu shortly after reaching his half-century, who removed Kevin Pietersen for a duck with his very next delivery, albeit to a marginal decision.Luke Wright then survived three chances in a brisk 25, as Collingwood powered along to 109 from 74 balls before becoming one of three late victims for the former Test seamer, Tapash Baishya.Ajmal Shahzad, who enjoyed a dramatic entry into international cricket with two wickets in his first over against Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday, once again made the first breakthrough of the BCB’s reply, as the Test opener, Shahriar Nafees, was bowled for 8 in the fifth over.Swann then followed up with his habitual early wicket, as Mahmudul Hasan picked out a diving Wright for 22, before Nasiruddin Faroq and Roqibul Hasan dug in to carry the BCB reply past 100. But after a change of ends, and an ineffective first foray from the offspinner James Tredwell, Swann returned to pin Faroq lbw for 37 (107 for 3).Naeem Islam went the same way for 40, and Swann completed his haul with the scalp of Ariful Hoq, after being hoisted for two big sixes. With the match drifting to a predictable conclusion, Wright claimed his only wicket of the innings, before Liam Plunkett bagged two in the final over, including the top-scorer, Sharifullah, for 47.

كشف جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الشباب السعودي الجديد، يانيك كاراسكو، سبب عدم انتقاله إلى برشلونة في الميركاتو الصيفي الماضي.

وانتقل كاراسكو قبل ساعات إلى الشباب في الدوري السعودي قادمًا من أتلتيكو مدريد، ليبدأ البلجيكي الدولي ثاني مغامراته الآسيوية بعد داليان بروفيشنال الصيني.

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وأجرى كاراسكو حوارًا مع صحيفة “La Derniere Heure” البلجيكية: “كانت هناك اتصالات مع برشلونة هذا الصيف بالفعل”.

وتابع: “لكنني لم أتلق أي عرض رسمي منهم، كانوا ينتظرون الحصول على موافقة الدوري الإسباني على تسجيل الصفقات الجديدة”.

وأضاف: “لكن في النهاية، لم يتحرك برشلونة ولم تصل أي عروض منهم، وأعتقد أن أتلتيكو مدريد لم يكن ليوافق على العرض”.

وعن انتقاله إلى السعودية: “لم أنتقل من أجل المال، عمري 30 عامًا ويتبقى موسم واحد مع أتلتيكو مدريد، لقد درست الأمر جيدًا خاصة وأن هناك لاعبين مميزين يلعبون في الدوري السعودي مثل كريستيانو رونالدو”.

PCB chairman Najam Sethi and the chairman of Pakistan’s selection committee, Moin Khan, appear to be at loggerheads over who will lead Pakistan at the World Cup

Umar Farooq30-Apr-2014

PCB chairman Najam Sethi and the chairman of Pakistan’s selection committee Moin Khan appear to be at loggerheads over who will lead Pakistan at the World Cup. Moin had mentioned a possible change in leadership on Tuesday, but the notion was shot down by Sethi, who said today he had decided to stick with Misbah-ul-Haq.”To be honest a change in captaincy was discussed,” Moin had said at a press conference in Karachi. “We have to take a decision, with consensus with everyone within the PCB and the incoming head coach. Whoever is better for Pakistan will be the captain [for the World Cup].”Sethi, though, threw his weight behind Misbah. “According to the rules, the PCB chairman selects the selectors and the captains of the team, while the selectors select the teams,” Sethi said. “Whatever be the personal view of the selectors regarding who should be the captain, I stand by my decision to retain Misbah-ul-Haq as captain until the World Cup.”Misbah, 39, was named full-time captain of the ODI team in 2011, and has led it in 71 ODIs overall, winning 39 while averaging 47.21 with the bat – that’s better than his career average of 44.38 in 146 matches. In 32 games over the past 12 months – of which Pakistan won 16 – he averaged 52.00, and was the cornerstone of the batting.Pakistan is set to a play 13 ODIs in next nine months, leading up to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next February and March. ESPNcricinfo understands that there are some who believe Shahid Afridi should take the reins from Misbah ahead of the showpiece event. Similarly for 2011 World Cup Misbah was a strong contender for the captaincy but, following weeks of uncertainty, Afridi was named captain.

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Um teste importante do ponto de vista de desafio técnico foi combinado por Athletico-PR e Paraná em meio a paralisação dos jogos oficiais na temporada para a Copa América.

Isso porque, no próximo dia 29 de junho na Arena da Baixada e no próximo dia 2 de julho na Vila Capanema, os dois times da capital do estado terão a oportunidade de enfrentar os paraguaios do Cerro Porteño, time que disputa a fase de oitavas de final da Libertadores assim como o Furacão.

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A informação de momento passada pelo diário Tribuna do Paraná é que o confronto frente ao Rubro-Negro deve ter entrada aberta aos torcedores que quiserem acompanhar a partida enquanto o “status” do duelo do Ciclón del Barrio Obrero com o Tricolor da Vila será mais em caráter de jogo-treino e não um amistoso oficial.

Em se tratando de confrontos oficiais, o Athletico volta as atividades no dia 10 de julho pela Copa do Brasil iniciando as quartas de final contra o Flamengo no Maracanã às 21h30 (horário de Brasília). Por sua vez, o Paraná, pela Série B do Brasileirão, joga no dia 13 de julho às 19 h recebendo o Bragantino.

شدد مومزيلو ماديتش المدير الفني لنادي فلامبو دو سنتر البوروندي، على أن لاعبي الزمالك يمتلكون خبرات كبيرة مكنتهم من الفوز على فريقه في المبارة التي أقيمت اليوم الأحد ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وخسر فلامبو من الزمالك بهدفٍ دون رد في مباراة الذهاب من دور الـ32 ببطولة دوري الأبطال.

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وقال مدرب فلامبو خلال مقابلة على قناة “أون تايم سبورت”: “الزمالك سيطر على الكرة، كنا نحاول أن ندافع بقوة، خطتنا ليست دفاعية بحتة وكان يجب أن نهاجم، لكن أعطي العذر للاعبين لأن معظمهم وصل قبل المباراة بـ24 ساعة، وأعتقد أن المباراة القادمة سنكون أكثر هجومًا”.

وأضاف: “اليوم أظهرنا أننا أقوياء على المستوى الدفاعي وأنا راض عن أداء اللاعبين، ولكن ليس على المستوى الهجومي”.

وواصل: “بالتأكيد الزمالك عنده خبرات كبيرة ولاعبو فريقي أقل خبرة ومثل هذه المباريات نتعلم منها”.

وتابع: “من الصعب أن أقيم اللاعبين، وأعطيهم 5 من 10 لأنهم لعبوا بشكل دفاعي وأنا كنت أريدهم أن يقدموا أداءً هجوميًا أكثر من ذلك، وهذا ما سنحاول فعله في المباراة القادمة، وأنا راضٍ بنسبة 50%”.

وأردف: “غدًا اللاعبون سيحصلون على راحة تامة وبعد ذلك سنستعد لمواجهة الإياب، لدي لاعبين مصابين، ولكن بالتأكيد لن نلعب بشكل دفاعي في المباراة المُقبلة”.

تجدر الإشارة إلى أن مباراة الإياب بين الزمالك وفلامبو ستقام يوم الجمعة المقبل.

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No Mineirão, o Cruzeiro não conseguiu superar o Vasco e acabou sendo derrotado pelo placar mínimo de 1 a 0, em disputa válida pela 37ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O resultado manteve a equipe na quinta colocação. Entretanto, para se manter na posição e garantir o prêmio de R$ 4.092.165,00 aos seus cofres, a Raposa precisa vencer o Botafogo, no próximo domingo.

Apesar de o time celeste ter frustrado quase 15 mil torcedores que foram ao Mineirão para acompanhar a última partida do Cruzeiro neste ano em Belo Horizonte, Mano Menezes enfatizou o desempenho dos seus comandados em campo, mas também admitiu que a despedida do Mineirão não foi da forma que que o elenco queria.

– O jogo foi positivo, com exceção do resultado. O Cruzeiro jogou bem, o Vasco chutou duas bolas ao nosso gol. E nós, com todo esse volume, criamos oportunidades claras para poder empatar e até virar. Têm dias que a bola não quer entrar, o adversário tem méritos de se defender com muitos jogadores dentro da área, como foi no segundo tempo. Eles se redobraram e conseguiram segurar o 1 a 0 do primeiro tempo. Não era o que gostaríamos de fazer para encerrar o ano em nossa casa – explicou o técnico.

O técnico também lamentou a ausência de um centroavante e bom cabeceador, que poderia ter rendido bons lances de gol ao Cruzeiro, principalmente porque a equipe precisou fazer a maioria de suas jogadas de ataque pelos lados, já que o Vasco se fechou no centro.

– Nos faltou mais características de área, um jogador para cabecear, porque você vai cruzar bolas na área, com o Vasco fechado. Faltou isso. Temos dois jogadores com características de área, até três, se você considerar o Jonata, que é um menino. Mas temos o Raniel e o Sassá com essas características. Então, os acabamentos pelo lado, um bom cruzamento, essas coisas todas influenciam na construção e na concretização de um domínio, como a gente teve hoje – concluiu Mano Menezes.

O resultado deixou clara a necessidade de novos reforços para o time celeste. Durante a janela, a diretoria deve partir em busca de um jogador com boas características de finalização, um lateral-esquerdo, já que o Cruzeiro perdeu Diogo Barbosa para o Palmeiras nas últimas rodadas do Campeonato Brasileiro, e um atleta que tenha facilidade em ligar a defesa ao ataque.

No setor defensivo, o time volta a sofrer com a ausência de Rafael Galhardo, que se recupera de lesão na coxa esquerda. Ezequiel também não joga mais este ano, em decorrência de uma cirurgia. Para a posição, sobrou Lennon, que não deve ser utilizado por Mano Menezes na próxima temporada, já que o volante Lucas Romero vem sendo improvisado no setor.

Sem Diogo Barbosa na lateral-esquerda, o time celeste precisa se ajeitar com Bryan, que havia apresentado um bom rendimento contra o Vitória, mas sofreu uma queda considerável diante do Vasco. Para o setor, a Raposa quer trazer Egídio e Victor Luís, mas as negociações com Botafogo e Palmeiras seguem travadas.

Nas duas últimas rodadas do Brasileirão, o ataque vem sendo o setor que mais necessita de reajustes. Raniel, Sassá e Rafael Sobis continuam vetados pelo departamento médico e não devem voltar a ser relacionados para o duelo contra o Botafogo. Por conta disso, a única opção de Mano para o ataque é o jovem Jonata, que ficou fora da partida contra o Vasco por conta de um corte no supercílio. O clube já estaria procurando um novo atleta para o setor, evitando uma possível sobrecarga no jogador de 19 anos.

Perguntado sobre a chegada de novos atletas para as posições carentes, o técnico Mano Menezes evitou dar pistas, deixando a discussão do caso para ser tratada internamente entre os profissionais do clube.

– Vou falar pausadamente para ver se me faço entender: não vamos falar dessas questões abertamente, em público. Não acho correto. É desrespeitoso. Quando tomarmos as decisões, vocês saberão aquilo que nós pensamos sobre cada posição. É assim que vamos trabalhar – disse o comandante.

Enquanto isso, o Cruzeiro volta aos treinos na quarta-feira. Na Toca da Raposa II, a equipe incia a sua preparação para a última partida do ano, contra o Botafogo. O confronto, válido pela 38ª e última rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro acontece neste domingo, às 17h, no Estádio Nilton Santos.

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Mayke foi a principal ausência do Palmeiras durante o aquecimento desta segunda-feira, período em que a imprensa pôde ficar na Academia de Futebol. O lateral-direito trata de dores no púbis que já o tiraram até do banco de reservas na vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Athletico-PR, no sábado, no Allianz Parque.

O camisa 12 ficou nas dependências internas do centro de treinamento para realizar um trabalho específico por conta do problema físico. Já fez o tratamento, inclusive, no domingo, como foi possível ver em publicação do zagueiro Luan nas redes sociais.

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Luan também não esteve no gramado nesta segunda-feira. O zagueiro deixou de ser opção para o técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari nas três últimas partidas por dores na coxa direita – foi detectada uma sobrecarga no tendão do músculo adutor e, por isso, ele não tem sido nem relacionado.

Ainda não está descartada oficialmente a participação tanto de Mayke quanto de Luan no próximo compromisso do clube. O Verdão entra em campo na quinta-feira, contra o Avaí, às 20h, no Allianz Parque, pela nona rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, última antes da parada devido à Copa América.

Nesta segunda-feira, nos minutos iniciais da atividade, foi possível ver jogadores que participaram da partida de sábado trabalhando no gramado. Entre eles estavam Raphael Veiga, meia que entrou durante o segundo tempo e converteu o pênalti que definiu a vitória por 1 a 0 do fim de semana.

O Palmeiras é líder isolado do Campeonato Brasileiro, momentaneamente com 19 pontos, já que o Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva ainda julgará o pedido de anulação da partida em que o time venceu o Botafogo por 1 a 0, pela sexta rodada, alegando utilização irregular do árbitro de vídeo na partida realizada em Brasília, no último dia 25.

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كشفت تقارير صحفية أن نادي ريال بيتيس يواجه مشكلة كبيرة فيما يتعلق بصفقة التعاقد مع اللاعب عبد الصمد الزلزولي من صفوف برشلونة هذا الصيف.

وأبدى اللاعب المغربي رغبته في مغادرة صفوف برشلونة في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي، للحصول على فرص لعب منتظم.

وتوصل ريال بيتيس إلى اتفاق مع برشلونة حول شراء 50% من حقوق عبد الصمد الزلزولي، مقابل 10-12 مليون يورو.

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ولكن صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية ذكرت بأن ريال بيتيس يواجه مشكلة في الوقت الحالي فيما يتعلق بإمكانية إتمام صفقة الزلزولي.

وأوضحت أن السبب في ذلك يعود إلى أن ريال بيتيس يواجه مشاكل في اللعب المالي النظيف، وهو ما يمثل عقبة لتسجيل الزلزولي حال التعاقد معه.

وأشارت إلى أنه يتعين على ريال بيتيس الحصول على موافقة أعضاء مجلس إدارة النادي حتى يتمكنوا من الحصول على مساحة كافية في سقف الرواتب، من قِبل الليجا، لتسجيل مهاجم برشلونة.

وفي الوقت الحالي، تنتظر أندية أخرى تطورات مستقبل الزلزولي مثل إشبيلية، أتلتيكو مدريد، أوساسونا وأستون فيلا.

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have lashed out at SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga for his handling of the news of their retirement, soon after they landed in Sri Lanka following a victorious World T20 campaign

Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo08-Apr-2014

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have lashed out at SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga for his handling of the news of their retirement, soon after they landed in Sri Lanka following a victorious World T20 campaign. In response, SLC issued a statement refuting Jayawardene’s “unsubstantiated accusations against the secretary”, saying Ranatunga had not commented on the matter at all.*The manner in which their retirements were made public caused controversy, when chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya expressed deep disappointment at not having been made aware of the retirements first. Sangakkara had announced his retirement in a one-on-one newspaper interview, while Jayawardene did so via the ICC’s Twitter mirror campaign, in the week before their first official match.”I’m very disappointed that without asking us what we had said about our retirements to any media, our board secretary went to the media and made certain comments about us,” Jayawardene said. “If he had been a responsible person, he would not have done that. He would first have asked us what we had announced.”Jayasuriya later reconciled with the Jayawardene and Sangakkara, after he had spoken at length with the players. He had put their disagreement down to miscommunication – a sentiment Jayawardene agreed with.”We later spoke to the selector who had also made comments, and he had also been told that we had announced our retirements. However, we hadn’t said that. We had said this was our last World T20, that’s all.”I’ve now brought a letter with me saying I’m retiring from World T20, and I’ll hand that over. But I’m very disappointed about the way we were put into that mental state before a tournament like this, by the person who is responsible. That’s the true story.”While the board admitted Jayasuriya had “personally expressed his point of view purely from a selectors perspective”, Ranatunga, it said, “had not volunteered any statement to the press regarding Mahela Jayawardene’s decision to address the media regarding his apparent retirement”. “Sri Lanka Cricket, as an institution, regrets such unsubstantiated accusations leveled against the hony. secretary … by a senior member of the national team without verifying the facts at a public forum.” However, the board would take no further action, the statement concluded: “Sri Lanka Cricket will make no further releases on this subject matter and shall treat this matter as closed.”When pressed for his thoughts, Sangakkara said he agreed completely with the views Jayawardene voiced.”When I was asked by the newspaper, I said this was my final World T20. Neither I, nor Mahela, went out of our way to make these announcements – we just answered questions that were asked of us. Luckily, we were able to clear it up with the one person we had wanted to talk to – chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya. Once we talked to him, it became clear to him and both myself and Mahela what had actually happened. We aren’t responsible for what happened.”Sangakkara had clashed with Ranatunga in October last year, over his Champions League representation, while Jayawardene had a run-in with the board at the end of 2012, about a confidential letter to SLC that had been leaked to the press. The players are also presently engaged in a contracts dispute with the board, after they had demanded SLC reinstate a players’ share of the payment SLC receives from the ICC, for global-event participation.10.30GMT, April 9: The article has been updated with the SLC’s response.