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South Africa’s left-arm fast bowler Beuran Hendricks has been ruled out of the ODI series against Zimbabwe after sustaining a back injury while playing for South Africa A in Australia.Hendricks played five matches for South Africa A in the quadrangular A-team series but missed the first four-day game against Australia A in Townsville last week.According to CSA, Hendricks has suffered a lumbar strain and has been advised a period of rest and recovery. The board has decided not to send a replacement for Hendricks as the ODI squad already has pacers in Marchant de Lange, Kyle Abbott, Wayne Parnell and the uncapped Mthokozisi Shezi.South Africa’s frontline pace bowlers – Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander – have been rested for the ODI series, which begins on August 17, but will return for the tri-series against Zimbabwe and Australia.

Luke Wright is maturing as a Championship batsman since getting more opportunities to play the longer form of the game

Ryan Bailey at Hove06-Jul-2014
ScorecardLuke Wright’s four-day game is full of new maturity•Getty ImagesIt would be a fair assumption to suggest that Luke Wright’s career highlights reel will exclusively consist of his exploits against the white ball. Indeed, his proficiency in the shortest-format has rendered his services marketable around the world and a cursory search online immediately presents an array of swashbuckling cameos in unfamiliar colours.Yet, at home, he remains a somewhat undervalued player and a mediocre record in English apparel is largely responsible.But, as he reaches, what should be the peak of his career, Wright continues to demonstrate that he has more attributes than those that can just be displayed in Twenty20. There can be no questioning his worth to Sussex. A second Championship hundred of the season glued together an innings that could have, in the circumstances, easily shattered.Through injury – or, in the case of Chris Jordan and Matt Prior, international duty – Sussex are without as many as seven players, but thanks to Wright’s unbeaten 111 that scarcely showed on a day that saw them cause yet more damage to the visitors’ hopes of staying afloat. Northants had reason to be impressed: they are also all too aware of the pernicious effects a long injury list can have.The pitch was lively and at times treacherous to bat on – Chris Nash and Ed Joyce both suffered nasty blows – but the bowlers fell into the trap of trying to force the issue when nothing more than consistent, put-it-on-a-good-length was required to succeed.Even the military medium of Andrew Hall generated sharp, steep bounce from the Sea End but Northants were left to rue an opportunity that got away. Wright arrived at the crease with his side in danger of folding at 116 for 3, which quickly became for four when the plucky resistance of Steffan Piolet, promoted up the order such is the injury crisis, ended. But he foiled Northants’ advances.Typecast as a venturesome top-order gun-for-hire, Wright is becoming increasingly composed at the crease, showing signs of reining in his previously haphazard instincts. Throughout a knock that spanned 172 balls, there was rarely a glimpse of the unmethodical style that has undermined his time in the international set-up.From the outset, he was compact in defence and pugnacious in attack as anything full enough to lean forward and drive was suitably punished. In putting on 136 with Ben Brown for the sixth wicket, the pair took the sting out of Northants.”We had to work hard out there today because the pitch has cracks on it but apart from the odd delivery, it’s coming on really nicely,” Wright said. “My game has definitely matured and that’s largely down to the fact I’ve played more Championship cricket. When I was going away with England, naturally that was my focus and you can get swept away with that.”When you’re practicing so heavily for an upcoming series you can lose your focus and I’ve just gone back to the nets and found a new strategy which so far has worked. In the past, I would go in and hope for the best with a see ball, hit ball mentality which was why I was probably so inconsistent.”Not only did he manage to negate the conditions but also nullify a Northants attack that scented blood – quite literally – from the moment he walked to the middle at 116 for 3 shortly after lunch.Nash had barely recovered from being clocked on the helmet by David Willey before tamely chipping the left-armer to midwicket and then Luke Wells’s admirable, if fortunate, resistance was ended by Hall’s relentlessness; the South African got one to nip back and clip the top of off.Yet, Northants could not persist. Joyce was as nonchalant as ever in accumulating runs all around the wicket but Willey returned to trap him on front and Ashar Zaidi played a rash shot that was wholly uncalled for in the circumstances, offering point a simple catch off James Middlebrook’s off-spin.That was as good as it got for the visitors, however. As the bowlers flagged and the ball wore old, Wright unveiled the shots that will doubtlessly garnish his career best bits as he raced from fifty to three figures in 62 deliveries. Two thumping drives off Steven Crook followed by a lusty six into the pavilion was a fitting way to complete his hundred.

Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s captain, is prepared to risk being suspended for the World T20 final if it means overseeing victory against India

Alan Gardner in Mirpur03-Apr-2014

Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s captain, is prepared to risk being suspended for the World T20 final if it means overseeing victory against India. Du Plessis has twice been penalised for South Africa’s slow over-rates in the tournament and was banned for their final group game against England, but said he would prioritise winning their semi-final above his own availability.Du Plessis was not fit enough to lead in South Africa’s opening World T20 game against Sri Lanka, with AB de Villiers captaining in his stead. He returned to take the reins for wins against New Zealand and Netherlands, both games resulting in close finishes, and on each occasion South Africa were deemed to have been two overs short.”I’ll always be on the side of looking at the situation in front of you now,” du Plessis said when asked whether he would try to ensure South Africa kept time better. “You can’t be playing or making decisions like it’s in the future.”When it comes to crunch time it’s important that you take your time and make sure you and the bowler are very clear in your decision making, I feel that’s the best way to go. With the conditions here maybe favouring spin a bit more, we can get some more overs out of JP and that will also make sure the over rate is a bit quicker.”In Chittagong, South Africa relied largely on their pace attack and Imran Tahir, although JP Duminy was also called upon. The dew caused problems for maintaining the over rate at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal was suspended for the same offence during the Super 10 stage.Du Plessis’ stance contrasts with a strategy employed by Sri Lanka at the last World T20, when Kumar Sangakkara assumed official captaincy duties in place of Mahela Jayawardene, who could have faced a suspension, for their final Super 8 match against England.Tahir and Duminy are likely to be South Africa’s main slow-bowling options against India, with du Plessis referring to their “best eleven”. However, with the Mirpur surface likely to offer greater purchase for spinners, Aaron Phangiso could come into contention. Du Plessis indicated the women’s semi-final between South Africa and England played beforehand would inform their thinking.”That decision we’ll make tomorrow,” du Plessis said. “We’ve decided that because there’s a game before us, the ladies are playing, so we’ll assess how the wicket is playing. If there’s excessive spin, we’ll definitely look at that option and if it’s a good wicket we’ll pick our best eleven.”The difference between the surfaces in Chittagong and Dhaka has been a talking point during the tournament, with South Africa and Sri Lanka, the qualifiers from Group 1, having to make a swift adjustment to the new conditions. India’s spinners have taken a stranglehold on the opposition during four comprehensive wins and although du Plessis did not want to overplay the advantage, he conceded South Africa would be underdogs again – a status further enhanced by their dismal record in knockout competition.”It’s a huge thing,” du Plessis said. “Obviously the wicket has been playing completely different to Chittagong, we’ve played all our games there and India have played all their games here, so from a conditions point of view they’re much more used to it than we are. We’ve put in some hard practice on really abrasive surfaces, making sure that we almost over practice, with the ball spinning too much, so we get used to the spin. I think the wicket won’t be that bad, I think it’s been playing quite decently. I watched the game the other night and it looked like a good cricket wicket.”

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Na sexta-feira à noite, Atlético-GO e Coritiba, dois times que iniciaram com o pé direito na Série B, medem forças no estádio Antônio Accioly, a partir das 21h30 (Horário de Brasília).

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Na rodada inicial, o Dragão foi até o interior de São Paulo e não tomou conhecimento do São Bento. Vitória convincente e três pontos na conta. Enquanto isso, o Coxa teve o apoio da torcida no Couto Pereira e derrotou a Ponte Preta.

Para o duelo dentro de casa, o técnico Wagner Lopes confirmou uma mudança no ataque. Reserva diante do São Bento, Pedro Raul está confirmado no time titular. Agora, a dúvida fica no trio de ataque, já que o comandante ainda não confirmou se inicia o jogo com André Luís ou Gilsinho.

Pelo lado do Coxa as dúvidas são maiores. Recuperado, o meia Giovanni foi liberado para atuar e disputa posição com Thiago Lopes, que foi bem na rodada de estreia. Ainda no meio-campo, a outra dúvida é entre Luiz Henrique e Elyeser.

O recém-contratado Matheus Sales e o volante João Vitor não tiveram seus contratos registrados e não viajaram com o restante do elenco.

Prováveis Escalações

Atlético-GO: Maurício Kozlinski; Jonathan, Lucas Rocha, Gilvan e Nicolas; Pedro Bambu, Moacir e Matheus; André Luís (Gilsinho), Pedro Raul e Mike. Técnico: Wagner Lopes.

Coritiba: Wilson; Diogo Mateus, Alan Costa, Romércio e Fabiano; Vitor Carvalho, Luiz Henrique (Elyeser), Thiago Lopes (Giovanni); Patrick Brey, Welinton Junior e Rodrigão. Técnico: Umberto Louzer.

AB de Villiers has praised his team for showing “killer instinct” to close out the series against Pakistan, especially after their poor one-day showing in Sri Lanka

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Nov-2013AB de Villiers has praised his team for showing a “killer instinct” to close out the series against Pakistan, especially after their poor one-day showing in Sri Lanka. He said he was also pleased that Quinton de Kock was showing his batting potential “so early” in his career.”Happy and proud of the boys with this series win away from home, especially after a really bad series in Sri Lanka,” de Villiers said after the match in Abu Dhabi on Friday. “I wasn’t thinking of [the fifth and final match in] Sharjah, I was thinking of one ball at a time, not to think too far ahead. Having won here two days ago, we had the confidence. If the decider had gone to Sharjah it would have been tight, but its good we wrapped things up here.”South Africa posted 266 for 5, and then bowled Pakistan out for 238 in a see-sawing chase. That South Africa got to 266 was mainly down to 20-year-old de Kock’s maiden ODI century. In the chase, Pakistan needed 45 off 36 with five wickets in hand. Then Dale Steyn struck with the big wicket of Misbah-ul-Haq in a triple-wicket over, and eventually went on to claim a career-best 5 for 25, as Pakistan slid from 228 for 5 to 238 all out.De Kock, like the rest of the team, did well to overcome the Sri Lanka series setback, de Villiers said. “Quinton de Kock is a serious talent for the future in South Africa. I was expecting him to come through in two or three years’ time but to do it so, so early, especially after a tough tour to Sri Lanka where he had some mental and technical issues, is great.” De Kock could not go past 27 in Sri Lanka in July, and like most of his team-mates, struggled in the spinner-friendly conditions.Steyn, de Villiers said, showed good spirit. “It’s nice to have Steyn in the team, I play around him and he has that killer instinct.”In fact, everyone had it in this game. I really enjoyed captaining tonight, it was a hard game, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy and Pakistan would come at us hard which they did. We hit back with our patience and the communication was pretty good. Hashim [Amla] was always at my ear and we took out catches and got some run-outs and things worked out. It’s a very proud moment for me to win a series away from home and would love to make it 4-1.”

Sam Northeast and Brendan Nash helped guide Kent to only their second County Championship win of the season with a seven-wicket victory over Glamorgan at Cardiff.

05-Sep-2013
ScorecardSam Northeast made 88 to steer Kent home•Getty Images

Sam Northeast and Brendan Nash helped guide Kent to only their second County Championship win of the season with a seven-wicket victory over Glamorgan at Cardiff.Northeast, who had only scored 442 Championship runs before this game, made 88 as Kent chased down the 242 runs needed with more than a day to spare. Northeast shared in a match-winning partnership of 62 for the third wicket with Brendan Nash, who was 70 not out from 77 balls.Glamorgan, who went down to their sixth four-day defeat, will now hope that they can regain their form ahead of their Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-final against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl on Saturday.At the start of the third morning the contest had been well-balanced with Glamorgan resuming 237 for 7 in their second innings – an overall lead of 220. And that advantage was increased to 241 as their innings lasted another 9.5 overs.In only the third over of the day Darren Stevens struck twice in the space of four balls to reduce the home side to 237 for 9. First Stevens, who claimed four wickets in the first innings, had Dean Cosker caught by Nash at backward point before bowling Michael Hogan for a duck. Offspinner Adam Riley came in to the attack and ended Glamorgan’s innings when last man Mike Reed drove straight to long-on.That left Kent with a target of 242 to win in a minimum of 180 overs. Kent’s chase for victory was fairly untroubled before lunch as the openers – Rob Key and Northeast – reached the interval at 49 without loss. The only chance for Glamorgan came when Key was almost caught at second slip off Chris Cooke.Kent lost their first wicket shortly after lunch when Reed had Key caught by Murray Goodwin at midwicket. Kent moved to 100 in the 37th over and shortly before tea Northeast completed a patient half-century from 150 balls. But on the stroke of tea, slow left-armer Cosker had Daniel Bell-Drummond caught behind for 30 leaving the visitors 134 for 2 requiring another 108.Northeast looked as if he was on his way to his first century but was bowled by Cosker, who claimed his 500th first-class wicket leaving Kent 211 for 3 just needing 31 more. Nash, who reached his 50 from 61 balls with eight fours, was still there at the end.

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Ciente das dificuldades que os 3,750 metros de altitude do Estádio Jesús Bermudez, palco da estreia da Copa Libertadores, podem trazer, o Flamengo iniciou uma preparação específica para a partida contra o San José, na terça-feira, há semanas. A programação especial passou por medicamentos, acompanhamento individualizado e a realização de exercícios específicos. O que foi e será feito até a bola rolar, não é garantia de sucesso, mas a ideia do clube é minimizar os riscos e aumentar as chances de conquistar uma vitória.

Todos os jogadores do Flamengo, por exemplo, estão tomando medicamentos que aumentam a captação de oxigênio desde os primeiros dias da pré-temporada. Além disso, estão realizando exercícios respiratórios, com auxílio de um aparelho, que estimulam os músculos responsáveis pela inspiração.

Essas foram algumas das medidas adotadas pelo departamento fisiológico e médico do clube para minimizar os efeitos da altitude. Além do San José, a equipe ainda enfrentará a LDU nesta fase de grupos da Liberta. O estádio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, em Quito fica a 2,750 metros acima do nível do mar.

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A parte final da preparação, contudo, não pôde ser realizada como Abel Braga e o departamento planejaram por conta da interdição do Ninho do Urubu. Na quarta, sexta sábado e domingo, os treinos foram realizados na sede da Gávea, onde não está à disposição do time a mesma estrutura moderna que há no CT.

Após a vitória sobre a Portuguesa, na quinta, Abel Braga não escondeu a insatisfação com a decisão da Prefeitura em lacrar o Centro de Treinamento.

-O que não temos (na Gávea) é o pós jogo, piscina… O trabalho regenerativo. Ouvi dizer que o prédio da prefeitura não tem o Habite-se. O Flamengo é muito grande. Essa situação nos irritou um pouquinho. A dor do luto não se apaga, mas conseguimos superar. Agora veio isso.Tudo que tem lá (no Ninho) é novo. A Gávea é diferente, tem o torcedor. É bom, mas o ideal é privacidade – disse.

VOO FRETADO E TUBOS DE OXIGÊNIO

A delegação rubro-negra embarca neste domingo. O voo que sai do Rio de Janeiro, contudo, tem destino a cidade de Santa Cruz de La Sierra, que fica a 416 metros acima do nível do mar. De acordo com o departamento médico, seriam necessários duas semanas para o time se adaptar à altitude de Oruro, o que não seria possível por conta do calendário brasileiro. Assim, a estratégia adotada será “subir” à cidade da partida apenas horas antes do apito inicial.

Na segunda-feira, um treino será realizado na cidade boliviana a nível do mar. Comissão técnica e jogadores deixarão Santa Cruz de La Sierra seis horas antes da bola rolar. Ou seja, às 13h15 (de Brasília) de terça-feira. A saída de Oruro será imediatamente após a partida. As movimentações serão em voos fretados.

O clube levará tubos de oxigênio para atender os jogadores antes, durante e depois da partida. Em 2007, contra o Real Potosí (BOL) a 3.960 metros de altitude, foram utilizados quatro tubos de 10 mililitros e dois de 50 mililitros.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsCanada finished day three with a 11-run lead over Kenya, with eight wickets in hand. Tanmay Mishra and Rakep Patel had Kenya in a solid position coming into the day, but Canada were able to strike in the first over itself, with Jimmy Hansra, their captain, getting Mishra leg before. Patel continueed to soldier on, as he and Maurice Ouma put on a 98-run partnership, before Ouma fell leg before to Nikhil Dutta. Patel hung around for his maiden first-class century, finishing on 130 as he too fell lbw. Shemi Ngoche and Nelson Odhiambo each contributed 35 as Kenya were finally dismissed for 406. Rayyan Pathan and Hansra finished top wicket-takers with three apiece.Canada, in their reply, got off to a shake start as they lost opener Ruvindu Gunasekera and Nitish Kumar in the space of six balls, to leave them at a precarious 12 for 2. Hiral Patel and Raza-ur-Rehman were left to rebuild the innings, and they put on a restrained 47 runs off 157 balls to help steady the ship.

Asked whether No. 6 was an ideal batting position for Dhoni going into the future, Virat Kohli said it “might be the trick that will work with the batting order for us”

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Feb-2013

It is not often a Virat Kohli century can be outshone or overshadowed. At its best, it is usually an exquisite construction of beauty, timing, balance and precision. But given that his captain had taken ownership of an entire day with an innings of utter dominance, Kohli fittingly opened his media interaction with a statement before taking questions. “First I’ll speak on the captain’s innings,” he said.He called M S Dhoni’s 206 not out, “a great display of batting” in “temperament, hitting the ball cleanly and assessing the situation.” When asked whether No. 6 was an ideal batting position for Dhoni going into the future, he said it “might be the trick that will work with the batting order for us.”Kohli did say he had not seen him batting at No. 6 often. He said Dhoni at No. 7 spot doesn’t have enough time to get big runs. “People started doubting his Test batting, because he wasn’t getting ample opportunities. If the team is five down, you have to negotiate the pressure, then you expect the guy to get a hundred every four games. It’s pretty difficult.”The No. 6 position would give Dhoni, Kohli said, “ample opportunity to get settled and analyse the situation. Once he’s settled, he is one of the most experienced guys to play with the lower order, he knows how to play with the tail. So yes, that’s a huge difference he could make at No. 6 going ahead in Test matches.”Kohli said it was easier to maintain the tempo of an innings like today in ODIs where he had seen Dhoni score 183 against Sri Lanka batting at No. 3. “It’s very easy to go for your shots in one-dayers. You don’t have to think too much when you’re in that kind of flow. But [in Tests] to actually analyse the situation, to play with the tailender, to take strike when wanted, to defend when wanted, hit the ball when needed… in Test matches it’s not easy to bat with the lower order and to get a double hundred is a commendable thing.”Kohli said India had played the day much like they had planned it. They had expected Australia to use reverse swing with the old ball in the first session. “Pattinson was bowling really well with the old ball, reversing at pace. We decided to give respect to the bowlers bowing well. We knew if we batted the whole day, we’ll have a considerable lead and we’ll be in a great position in this Test. It was all about giving respect to good bowling and capitalising later on loose deliveries which MS and I were able to do.”Dhoni, he said had come out to bat with a clear idea about his approach. “He didn’t want to talk about the game, he didn’t want to talk about cricket. He said just talk about something else to me.” His instructions to Kohli were simple: “Don’t ask about how the wicket was, how the bowling was, nothing. He was pretty relaxed and calm so he didn’t want to talk a lot about the game. He was pretty sure what he wanted to do out in the middle.”Australia paid heavily going in with a single specialist spinner, Kohli said, as the wicket had begun to break on day three. After it had “evened out and eased up” on day two, he got one ball from Nathan Lyon shooting under his bat and the other hitting him on the chest. “I was pretty surprised with how quickly the wicket was coming off. If they [Australia] had more slow bowlers in the team you would have seen the difference of that wicket. The spinners are going to get a lot of turn and bounce tomorrow with the hard ball. That’s going to be the crucial thing – the wicket is getting roughed up by the day.”Speaking of his own batting, Kohli said he had been disappointed to get out soon after his hundred and called it, “this block I am facing – when I get 100 I get out.” He said, “As a batsman you would love to get big runs when you’ve scored century from a tough situation, you don’t want to throw it away.” His dismissal today – caught at mid-on by Mitchell Starc off Lyon – came because he got too close to the ball.”I was disappointed I got out. But I knew I wanted to go for that shot, so I went for it hundred percent. But I got too close to the ball and just didn’t get the elevation. But next time you can only learn from mistakes. I’ll try and erase all these errors that I have been doing after getting centuries.”Kohli said the century, the fourth of his Test career, had brought him extra pleasure as it followed a poor run against England and Pakistan. He had taken time away from the game to get ready for Australia. “Sometimes you just need to get away from the game and get your mind fresh and get back on track. I was feeling hungry for this series. I was eagerly waiting to get into the field and bat and feeling that is important for a cricketer.”

Sri Lanka’s coach Graham Ford has criticised his team for sloppiness in the field and between the wickets during their opening ODI loss to Australia, stressing that both departments must improve if the visitors are to achieve parity in the series with a victory in Adelaide on Sunday.Facing an Australian side lacking numerous luminaries, including the captain Michael Clarke and the opening batsman David Warner, Sri Lanka allowed the hosts to post a muscular 5 for 305 before tossing away their chance at getting near to the target by surrendering three wickets to run outs. Ford was concerned by both the issues between the wickets and a lack of consistent pressure with the ball.”We know we’re a better side than that in the field,” Ford said before the team’s departure from Melbourne. “We dished up some fairly easy boundary balls which released pressure for the batters. The game plan is to try to build pressure and when you’re releasing it every couple of overs it puts up on the back foot.”The new field-place restrictions, we found that a little bit hard and maybe the fielders didn’t support the bowlers as well as they could have. The problem is we did just give away too many easy boundary balls.”Both Australia and Sri Lanka had been bedevilled by run outs during the recent Test series and the pattern was maintained at the MCG, though the hosts’ loss of Usman Khawaja proved far less ruinous than the trio – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirmanne – lost by the tourists during their chase.”There’s been a bit of discussion. There was some good fielding which contributed to some of them,” Ford said. “When you’re chasing a score like that, you just can’t have the guts of your batting taken out through run outs. The pleasing thing is that quite a number of our batsmen look in good form and played really nicely but to give away three wickets to run outs makes the job almost impossible.”Eyebrows were raised at the indifferent showing of Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis in Melbourne, after both had been considered major inclusions to the Sri Lankan limited overs XI following the Tests. Ford expressed hope that neither would lose confidence as a result, suggesting both would be better for the run in Adelaide.”As far as their confidence goes, I certainly hope not,” Ford said. “They all showed at times how classy they are as bowlers but one or two overs got away from them which made their figures look a little bit nasty.”We always knew we were up against some high-class one-day cricketers. You just can’t afford to be off your game at all against players of that calibre. I don’t think anything’s changed. I don’t think there’s any sort of intimidation. We know we’re up against a good team.”You want to get on the scoresheet. We want to get out and play some good cricket and show that we’re a good team. The next game is really, really important.”