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There are no longer bragging rights in the Latham household. In his fifth Test, Tom Latham scored his maiden hundred and was quietly looking forward to have a chat with his father, Rod

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Nov-20141:43

‘Pakistan exploited conditions well’ – Latham

‘Have to bat well for next 160-170 runs’ – Hafeez

Pakistan batsman Mohammed Hafeez has said that Pakistan will be looking to bat well and build on an already formidable lead of 319 runs in order to leave New Zealand a stiff fourth-innings target on a turning track.
“We did the basics right and I think the position we are, we are very happy,” he said. We still believe we have to bat well for the next 160-170 runs, then all the pressure will be on the opposition because the pitch is getting turn and the fourth and fifth days are not easy to bat on.
“There’s turn in the track and our bowlers are getting it.We got flat a little bit because the ball was old and not turning that much but this surface will give us everything on the fourth and fifth day.”
Hafeez praised fast bowler Rahat Ali who claimed 4 for 22 in New Zealand’s first innings and said the decision to carry on batting, despite a first-innings lead of 303 had been taken because the Pakistan bowlers were tired.
“It was a team plan and we decided not to enforce the follow on because the bowlers were a little tired, specially Rahat who was our main bowler and did everything today to get them out early,” he said. “He was a little bit tired so we thought why not to have a bat again, put a big total on the board and put pressure.”

There are no longer bragging rights in the Latham household. In his fifth Test, Tom Latham scored a maiden hundred and was quietly looking forward to having a chat with his father, Rod, sometime on Wednesday morning. He might have had to resist pretty hard from dropping him a line in the middle of the night.Rod Latham scored his first, and only, Test hundred in his second match, against Zimbabwe in 1992, but would go on to play just two more matches. Tom’s appearance against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi took him ahead of his father’s tally of caps, and now he has equalled the tally of hundreds.”I’ll probably Skype him in the morning but he’s always been on about how he holds a Test hundred against me. So now we’ve both got one which is nice,” he said. “It’s pretty special, it’s something me and him will have together.”Latham’s milestone made it the third father-son combination scoring Test hundreds for New Zealand following Walter and Richard Hadlee and Ken and Hamish Rutherford. The century for Rutherford jr, on debut against England in Dunedin, has proved a false dawn for him, so far at least, with his subsequent 24 innings bringing just one fifty and he was dropped following a lean time in the West Indies.The opening berths have been problematic for New Zealand to fill on a consistent basis for a long time: as if to emphasise the point, the opening stand of 31 between Latham and Brendon McCullum was their best for 14 innings since Rutherford and Peter Fulton, who was also dropped after the Caribbean tour, added 95 against West Indies in Dunedin. They have had four hundred opening stands since June 2004.There is the hope that Latham, who made three fifties against West Indies earlier this year, can prove half the answer to the puzzle after a successful switch to opening the batting in domestic cricket for the first time since his school days.”I haven’t done it a huge amount,” he said. “Last year was my first full season opening and I’ve enjoyed the change. I did it throughout my school so it was unfamiliar and I’m really happy at the top.”There was a little bit of relief. In West Indies I had three half-centuries in a row and it was frustrating not to kick on so it’s nice in the first innings of the next Test to achieve that milestone. It gives you a bit of confidence that you are up to playing at this level.”Still, despite the efforts of Latham, who was eventually pinned lbw for 103 by a yorker from Rahat Ali, New Zealand face a huge task to try and save the game with Pakistan leading by 319 runs having declined to enforce the follow-on and opt for the same route which crushed Australia.”They put runs on the board and put us under pressure but we have a massive opportunity in the next two days to turn that around and this side has a lot of character,” Latham said.

دخل نجم منتخب البرتغال وفريق النصر السعودي، كريستيانو رونالدو، تاريخ كرة القدم برقم قياسي جديد مميز.

ويواجه منتخب البرتغال، في الوقت الحالي، نظيره سلوفاكيا، في إطار التصفيات المؤهلة إلى كأس أمم أوروبا 2024.

وتمكن رونالدو صاحب الـ38 عامًا من تسجيل هدفين لصالح منتخب البرتغال، الأول من ضربة جزاء. هدف رونالدو الأول أمام سلوفاكيا

هدف رونالدو الثاني أمام سلوفاكيا

وحسبما ذكرت شبكة “ذا أثلتيك” العالمية، فإن رونالدو نجح في تسجيل 73 هدفًا مع منتخب البرتغال بعد بلوغه سن الثلاثين.

وأوضحت أن ذلك أكثر مما سجله أي لاعب آخر، في أي عمر، في كل من ألمانيا، فرنسا، إيطاليا، إنجلترا، إسبانيا، هولندا، السويد، كرواتيا، الدنمارك، أوروجواي، كولومبيا، تشيلسي، المكسيك، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، مصر، غانا و176 دولة أخرى.

وأصبح رونالدو أول لاعب في تاريخ كرة القدم يسجل 125 هدفًا على الصعيد الدولي.

زعمت صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية أن مدافع الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي بايرن ميونخ، بنجامين بافار، يريد الرحيل عن قلعة “أليانز أرينا” في نهاية الموسم الحالي.

ينتهي عقد بافار مع بايرن ميونخ في نهاية الموسم المقبل، ولكن لا توجد أي مفاوضات للتجديد بين الطرفين لأنه يرغب في الرحيل.

اقرأ أيضًا.. أوليفر كان يحسم موقف بايرن ميونخ من التعاقد مع ليفاكوفيتش

الفرنسي الدولي ما زال يشارك في بطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022 حتى الآن ويستعد لمباراة قوية مساء اليوم، الأربعاء، أمام المغرب في نصف النهائي من أجل الاستمرار في المنافسة على اللقب.

اتخذ بافار قراره النهائي بالرحيل في الميركاتو الصيفي المقبل، للبحث عن نادٍ جديد وبايرن ميونخ بدأ بالفعل مراقبة بعض البدائل القادرة على تعويضه.

وكان بافار قد انتقل إلى بايرن ميونخ في يونيو 2019 قادمًا من شتوتجارت، وكان له دورًا في مركز المدافع الصريح والظهير الأيمن ونجح في الفوز بالعديد من البطولات أبرزها دوري أبطال أوروبا في عام 2020.

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Nos próximos dias, o técnico Fábio Carille deve ganhar um ‘problema’ para escalar o Corinthians. Isto porque, o volante Ralf está quase recuperado de uma lesão muscular na coxa direita e o comandante do Timão terá que decidir se mantém Gabriel no meio de campo ou se retorna com o experiente jogador e ídolo da torcida na função de proteção da zaga.

Na última terça, Ralf fez seu primeiro treino com bola desde o diagnóstico da lesão, no dia 19 de julho. Caso não sinta dores nos exercícios passados pela comissão técnica, o volante ficará completamente à disposição de Fábio Carille para o jogo contra o Fluminense (22 de agosto) pela partida de ida das quartas de final da Copa Sul-Americana.

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O problema é que desde a lesão de Ralf, Gabriel ganhou espaço no elenco e tem dado conta do recado. Até aqui, são oito jogos com cinco vitórias e três empates. O bom momento do volante vai de encontro à fase positiva do Corinthians pós Copa América. Vale lembrar que o Timão ainda não perdeu desde o retorno do Brasileirão e está na zona de classificação para a Copa Libertadores do ano que vem.

Além dos bons números, Gabriel tem ajudado o Corinthians a desenvolver seu jogo ofensivo. Embora seja um volante de marcação, o dono da camisa 5 do Timão consegue implementar velocidade na saída de bola e dar uma dinâmica maior ao estilo de jogo do técnico Fábio Carille.

Por isso, a tendência é de que a comissão técnica tenha dúvidas para escalar o meio de campo do Timão a partir da próxima semana. Afinal, além de ser ídolo da Fiel e um dos líderes do elenco, Ralf é um jogador de regularidade, constantemente elogiado por conta de sua entrega dentro e fora de campo, e tem um bom posicionamento na bola parada.

تحدث الكرواتي لوكا مودريتش لاعب ريال مدريد الإسباني، مجددًا عن مستقبله مع فريقه ريال مدريد، في ظل ارتباطه بالرحيل عن النادي.

وشارك مودريتش في مباراة منتخب بلاده كرواتيا أمام تركيا التي شهدت هزيمة فريقه بهدف نظيف، ضمن تصفيات يورو 2024.

مودريتش ألمح إلى أنه ليس سعيدًا بدوره في ريال مدريد، مع تقليص دقائق مشاركته تحت قيادة كارلو أنشيلوتي.

وسبق وأظهر مودريتش بالفعل استياءه من هذا الوضع سابقًا، وصرح في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “هذا وضع جديد بالنسبة لي”.

اقرأ أيضًا | ريال مدريد يتخذ قرارًا حاسمًا بشأن مستقبل فالفيردي

وقال: “صحيح أنني لم أعد ألعب كما كنت من قبل، ولا بالقدر الذي أريده، أريد دائمًا اللعب، ولا أريد إجازات، بهذه الطريقة أشعر بتحسن وأستعد بشكل أفضل للموسم الجديد”.

مودريتش ترك الباب مفتوحًا للرحيل في يناير، وعلّق: “لا أرغب في الخوض في هذا الأمر الآن (رحيله)، لا يزال هناك الكثير من الوقت حتى الشتاء ونهاية العام”.

وأتم مودريتش تصريحاته: “لقد قلت ذلك مرات عديدة، في عمري لا يمكنك التخطيط لأي شيء مقدمًا، عليك أن تتعامل مع الأمر يومًا بيوم من مباراة إلى أخرى وسنرى ما يخبئه المستقبل لنا”.

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O Palmeiras conquistou um grande resultado nesta terça-feira, ao vencer o Grêmio por 1 a 0, em Porto Alegre, no primeiro jogo das quartas de final da Copa Libertadores. A vitória no Sul veio graças a um pombo sem asas, solto por Gustavo Scarpa no primeiro tempo, após a rolada de Marcos Rocha em cobrança de falta – de muito longe. O camisa 14 contou os bastidores por trás do gol:

– Meus companheiros às vezes ficam bravos nos treinos. Como é um dos meus pontos fortes, às vezes eu acabo chutando quando não devo, mas é força do hábito. Rocha falou para eu não chutar, “está muito longe”, mas eu insisti. Não podemos ser hipócritas, foi um resultado excelente. Mas não adianta nada um resultado aqui se não nos classificarmos.

Com o golaço marcado sobre os gaúchos, Scarpa alcançou o seis gols na Libertadores e agora é o artilheiro do torneio ao lado de Marco Ruben – já eliminado com o Athletico Paranaense. Escolhido o melhor em campo nesta terça-feira, o meio-campista agradeceu o reconhecimento, mas manteve os pés no chão.

– É um reconhecimento muito válido, mas tenho certeza de que não vai servir de comodismo. Sabemos que não ganhamos nada, temos mais um jogo extramente difícil e vamos seguir focados. O importante é sempre vencer e ai as atuações individuais aparecem. Pés no chão, vamos trabalhar e terça-feira é mais uma guerra – disse o jogador, já lembrando a data do próximo duelo entre as equipes, na próxima semana, que define quem avança às semifinais da competição.

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Liverpool centre-back Nat Phillips is likely to be sold permanently at the end of the season, with plenty of interest in the Englishman.

The Lowdown: Phillips out on loan

The 25-year-old became an unlikely hero for the Reds last season, filling in during a defensive injury crisis and helping Jurgen Klopp’s side finish third in the Premier League.

Phillips has been largely deemed surplus to requirements in 2021/22, however, making just three appearances for Liverpool before joining Bournemouth on loan in January.

The centre-back has played his part in the Cherries sealing promotion from the Championship, making 16 league starts.

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The Latest: Permanent summer exit?

According an early morning report from The Liverpool Echo, the Reds will listen to offers for Phillips this summer, especially if Joe Gomez ends up signing a new deal at Anfield.

Bournemouth are thought to be eyeing up a permanent move for the defender, whose current Liverpool deal runs out in the summer of 2025.

The Verdict: Time to move on

Phillips will always be appreciated for his efforts last season – Klopp hailed one performance as ‘absolutely insane’ – but the truth is that he is not at the required level to make it at Liverpool, meaning he should be moved on.

Bournemouth are perfect for the Englishman, in terms of being a lower Premier League or upper Championship side, and he could thrive there over a long period, as evidenced by his role in their promotion.

With Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez all ahead of Phillips in Klopp’s centre-back pecking order, it is impossible to see him getting many chances from this point on.

In other news, another Liverpool player is also expected to leave this summer. Find out who it is here.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan delivered a staggering mid-innings explosion that yielded 96 runs in eight overs, and for the rest of the match, Sri Lanka were left chasing a runaway engine

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando02-Nov-2014
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Agarkar: Sri Lanka rusty

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan delivered a staggering mid-innings explosion that yielded 96 runs in eight overs, and for the rest of the match, Sri Lanka were left chasing a runaway engine. India continued to hurtle ahead, hitting 363 for 5 after Rahane and Dhawan had hit hundreds, before Sri Lanka’s chase began to run out of steam inside the first 20 overs. Ishant Sharma’s 4 for 34 hastened the end, as he made excellent use of the bounce on the Cuttack pitch as well as the seam on offer.The pre-series talk of Sri Lanka having arrived underprepared, and wielding a green attack, proved startlingly accurate, as they were defeated by 169 runs. The Dhawan-Rahane partnership had produced 37 more runs than the 194 Sri Lanka managed in their whole innings.Suraj Randiv’s first ODI in three years had been going okay until his third over – the 21st of the innings. Kumar Sangakkara had been among the first to suggest Sri Lanka would head into this series underdone, and although he had fulfilled his own prophecy by dropping one catch each off Dhawan and Rahane, Sri Lanka had managed to keep India in check, conceding only 90 from the first 20 overs. But then the bloodbath began.Rahane reached his fifty with a single off the second ball of that Randiv over, before Dhawan took strike and embarked on the first bona-fide charge of the innings. He paddle-swept Randiv fine for four first, then reverse-paddled him for an almost symmetrical boundary, before running at the bowler to crash him over long on, to bring up his own half-century. That was the moment the engine de-coupled and set off at the breakneck speed, on its own. The scoring barely eased from there, and even then, not until these two had been separated.Dhawan was powerful in the arc between midwicket and cover, bullying even the decent balls to the fence, while Rahane, operating with a little more finesse, moving around the crease to manipulate the angles, playing that delicious inside-out shot particularly well. They took the batting Powerplay in the 24th over, and could hardly have used it more effectively. Gamage was cracked for 15 in one over, with the field pulled in, and Mathews walloped for 18.The hitting from both batsmen was so clean and so precise that at 186 for 0 after 28 overs, a score in excess of 400 seemed a distinct possibility. Seeing that both men were hitting well down the ground, the Sri Lanka bowlers attempted to pull back their lengths, but the openers would simply make room and flat-bat the short balls back over the bowler – thoroughly unfussed, casually arrogant.The batsmen completed their tons in quick succession; Rahane hitting his off 99 balls, before Dhawan launched Seekkuge Prasanna over midwicket to get to his milestone off 96. Having matched each other step-for-step in their partnership, they were both dismissed off innocuous balls too. Dhawan swept a floated Ashan Priyanjan ball on to his foot, and then deflected the ball on to leg stump on 113. Three overs later, Rahane lobbed a Randiv full toss straight to mid off, on 111.Mathews tapped each of his eight bowling resources during the carnage, but no bowler seemed capable of clotting up the run hemorrhage, much less present a menace to India. The bowling was more uninspired than indisciplined. The quicks were short of variation, the spinners unable to deceive, and the medium-paced allrounder turned out to be fodder on one of the flattest batting tracks Sri Lanka have played on this year.Suresh Raina ensured the lull after those dismissals was brief, mauling Thisara Perera for 20 in the 41st over, with assistance from Virat Kohli. Like the openers, Raina was most productive in front of square, hitting his 5000th ODI run in his 200th match, on his way to 52 off 34. Even at his exit, at 299 for 3 in the 44th over, a score of close to 400 appeared possible. Such was the ease with which boundaries were being clobbered. But the bowlers induced false shots from Kohli and Ambati Rayudu, and only Akshar Patel’s 14 off 4 propelled the score over 350 in the final over.Sri Lanka’s top order, save for Mahela Jayawardene, was visibly rusty. Tillakaratne Dilshan thrashed his way to 18 from 22, but never appeared at ease, before edging Umesh Yadav behind in the ninth over. Upul Tharanga is one of the few Sri Lanka batsmen who had had recent match practice going into this game, but his 28 from 53 sucked the air out of Sri Lanka’s start, and sent the already-daunting required rate on its ascent.Ishant Sharma claimed Sangakkara for the first of his four wickets when he sent a short one across the batsman to take his outside edge. And though Jayawardene hit a dainty but dangerous 43 from 36, he had already begun running out of top-order partners with whom a serious challenge to India’s total could be launched. The middle and lower order was crushed under the heft of the task that had been left to them.The rust in Sri Lanka’s cricket was evident in the loss, but with four more matches coming up in the next two weeks and the World Cup on the horizone, they will need to shake themselves back to their best quickly.

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Em oitavo lugar na tabela de classificação da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro, porém com apenas um ponto de desvantagem para o quarto colocado (Botafogo-SP), o Sport terá uma boa oportunidade diante do Criciúma nesse domingo às 16 h (horário de Brasília) de se aproximar ou mesmo entrar na zona dos quatro primeiros colocados.

Apesar de ter voltado da pausa para a Copa América ganhando do Coritiba com um gol nos acréscimos no dia 9 de julho, essa foi a última vez que o time catarinense conheceu o sabor da vitória.

De lá pra cá foram quatro derrotas, um empate e a 19ª colocação também com um ponto de diferença para o seu objetivo mais próximo: sair da temerária zona de rebaixamento.

Até a última sexta-feira (9), parecia que os problemas enfrentados pelo técnico Guto Ferreira na lateral-esquerda acabariam com os treinos onde Guilherme Lazaroni participou, sendo ele o mais provável para substituir o machucado Sander.

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Entretanto, como ele voltou a sentir dores na região do tornozelo, ele foi descartado e o defensor Éder deve ser novamente colocado de maneira improvisada.

Sem treinador definitivo com a saída na última semana de Gilson Kleina, o Criciúma vai a capital pernambucana sob a direção do interino Wilsão que tem alguns problemas para escalar o time titular.

O zagueiro Sandro além dos atacantes Léo Gamalho e Vinicius são nomes fora de cogitação por suspensão e contusões e a tendência é que Thalles, um dos últimos contratados, além da dupla de atacantes Julimar e Reinaldo ocupem as funções vagas.

Former England captain Andrew Strauss has attempted to calm the troubled waters surrounding the release of Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography by suggesting that the “madness” is damaging English cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Oct-2014Former England captain Andrew Strauss has attempted to calm the troubled waters surrounding the release of Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography by suggesting that the “madness” is damaging English cricket.Strauss, whose international career ended amid the rancour of Pietersen’s suspension after texting members of the South Africa team in 2012, took a familiar diplomatic position in trying to steer the debate away from “rumour, innuendo and opinion” on the day that went on sale. He defended the record of Andy Flower, the coach so thoroughly traduced in Pietersen’s book, and expressed concern about the effect on the current side, led by his successor, Alastair Cook.Andrew Strauss has defended Andy Flower from criticisms made in Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography•AFP

“A lot of this that’s going on at the moment is madness,” Strauss told Sky Sports. “There’s been a lot of rumour, innuendo and opinion. I prefer to stick with the facts. All this tit-for-tat stuff, I don’t think really helps the England cricket team.”The victim here really isn’t Kevin Pietersen, or Andy Flower or Matt Prior or anyone; it’s actually the England cricket team and Alastair Cook and Peter Moores who’ve got to try to take the side forward. That, to me, is the disappointing thing about this whole episode.”Pietersen has been staunchly critical of his former team-mate Prior, who he accused of being central of a bullying culture within the England side during Flower’s reign. He describes Flower as a “Mood Hoover” and a “dreadful coach” in the book, suggesting that he had allowed a damaging clique to grow within the dressing room “like a bad weed”.Strauss, however, was quick to defend the man with whom he formed a strong bond during three successful years, during which time England rose to No. 1 in the Test rankings.”Andy Flower is a guy of complete integrity. If you look at his record as coach, it’s second to none,” Strauss said. “That idea that the team should come first was central to what we did, and something Andy Flower was very conscious of and protective over. Anyone who was testing that would be dealt with accordingly, and rightly so.”The relationship between Strauss and Pietersen was strained by allegations during the 2012 Test series against South Africa that Pietersen had sent “derogatory texts” about his captain. Pietersen subsequently apologised to Strauss and was reintegrated into the team – but earlier this year, Strauss was overheard referring to Pietersen as a “c***” from the back of the commentary box during Sky’s coverage of the MCC bicentenary match at Lord’s.Strauss succeeded Pietersen as captain after the latter was removed along with the coach, Peter Moores, in 2009. Flower was promoted from his position as batting coach and Pietersen suggests in his autobiography that it suited Strauss’ ambitions for the two to get along. “Strauss was clever enough to play the long game,” he writes. “He would have to get close to Flower if he wanted longevity as captain, and getting tough on me would earn him brownie points. If you have longevity, you have the ECB in your pocket.”Despite the grievances aired in the book, Pietersen has continued to reiterate his desire to play for England again. In an interview with the newspaper, he suggested that Flower’s continued role with the ECB and his relationship with the chairman, Giles Clarke, were the main impediments to realising that ambition.”What would have to happen for me to be recalled by England? Clearly, the boss would have to go,” Pietersen said. “Clarke would have to go, and I’ve been hearing that could happen in the next few months. That’s all hearsay, you never know. If there is a change at the top, there is potential, but we will wait and see.”Giles pulls a lot of strings. In terms of cricket, I believe Andy Flower pulls a lot of strings too. He has Giles Clarke in his pocket.”