Conselho do Vasco é convocado para discutir antecipação de cotas de TV

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Presidido por Eurico Miranda, o Conselho de Beneméritos do Vasco foi convocado para se reunir na segunda-feira, em São Januário, para discutir dois pedidos de Alexandre Campello, presidente do clube. Em pauta estão a antecipação de cotas de TV e revisão dos preços dos títulos de sócios proprietários e taxa de admissão de sócios gerais (confira íntegra da convocação abaixo). Ainda há a necessidade de passar pelo Conselho Deliberativo, com o parecer dos Beneméritos, antes de efetivação ou não das solicitações – o que deve ocorrer ainda neste mês.

Na questão das receitas oriundas com os direitos de transmissão dos jogos pelo Grupo Globo, de acordo com o último balanço publicado pelo Vasco, 92,4% de 2018 já estava comprometido, 63,4% de 2019, 32,4% de 2020 e 18,4% de 2021. Não está definido o percentual desta vez, a primeira da gestão de Alexandre Campello para o assunto – isto ocorrerá somente após discussão nesta reunião. A expectativa nos bastidores, porém, é a de que percentuais relativos apenas até 2020 sejam utilizados para que não atrapalhe a próxima gestão do Vasco.

Já a questão de revisão dos preços de sócios proprietários e gerais já estava no radar de Alexandre Campello há alguns meses. Os valores de R$ 2.500 para o título de sócio proprietário e R$ 2.000 de taxa de admissão de sócio geral, praticados desde o primeiro dia de março, não aumentaram o quadro societário do Vasco como era esperado pela diretoria. A expectativa é a de que os valores reduzam em mais de R$ 500, com também uma maior facilidade de pagamento, abrindo a possibilidade de parcelamento em mais vezes.

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Este cenário é provocado pela necessidade de manutenção financeira do Vasco. Em decisão do Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região (TRF-2) do mês passado, ocorreu a autorização para o Vasco usar R$ 28.621.665,16 depositados judicialmente em quitação de débitos fiscais em aberto de 2017 ao início de 2018 (confira a íntegra da decisão abaixo). O TRF-2 apontou também justificando o ato que com isto, o Vasco recupera as certidões necessárias para poder receber os R$ 7 milhões “presos” do patrocínio de 2017 com a Caixa Econômica Federal, e possível renovação de contrato com a mesma entidade.

Internamente, o Vasco acredita que os efeitos da autorização do TRF-2 ocorram até outubro, apenas quando seria possível recuperar o dinheiro do patrocínio master do ano passado com a Caixa, já que sem as certidões, o clube não pode receber verba oriunda de estatais. Por isto, com a necessidade de dinheiro imediato, a antecipação de cotas de TV foi vista como melhor caminho. Vale lembrar que o Vasco segue negociando com o Banco Inter para a área master, mas sem prazo para conclusão – e enquanto isto, espaço segue vazio. Na última terça, fechou com a empresa Zoom para acima do número nas costas.

فيديو | محمد عبد المنعم يُسجل هدف تعادل الأهلي أمام صن داونز

نجح الأهلي في تسجيل هدف التعادل أمام نظيره صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي، خلال المباراة الجارية حاليًا، ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وتقام مباراة الأهلي أمام صن داونز على أرضية استاد السلام ضمن منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور المجموعات للمسابقة القارية.

طالع…مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الأهلي وصن داونز في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وسجل محمد عبد المنعم هدف تعادل الأهلي في الدقيقة 59 من عمر المباراة، بعد عرضية من ركنية علي معلول نجح عبد المنعم في تحويلها لداخل الشباك برأسه.

ويقع الأهلي في المجموعة الثانية بدوري أبطال إفريقيا، والتي تضم ماميلودي ‏صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي، والهلال السوداني، والقطن الكاميروني.‏ هدف تعادل الأهلي أمام صن داونز في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

Mesmo com eliminação, Guto exalta atuação da Chape: 'Fizemos bom jogo'

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A Chapecoense não conseguiu a classificação para às semifinais da Copa do Brasil, apesar da entrega em campo. Na noite desta quarta-feira, diante da torcida na Arena Condá, o Verdão do Oeste acabou derrotado por 1 a 0 e se despediu da competição. O técnico Guto Ferreira exaltou a entrega do grupo.

– Nós fizemos um bom jogo e tivemos perto de conseguir aquilo que a gente buscava, que era o gol que poderia nos dar a condição de vitória e tentar depois o segundo ou buscar a disputa nas penalidades. Fizemos um no primeiro tempo, mas impedido, e no segundo tempo estivemos perto dele, mas não conseguimos empurrar para dentro. Fizemos algumas jogadas. O Corinthians jogou com o regulamento embaixo do braço e procurou gastar tempo, enfim, isso não vem ao caso. Eles usaram as armas que o jogo permite, infelizmente o jogo é assim. Não estou aqui para reclamar, mas para exaltar. Embora a gente tenha perdido o jogo em um golaço do Jadson, foi muito difícil para o Jandrei pegar, a bola raspou a trave. Era uma bola que teria que antecipar em cima da trave. O Jadson pegou muito bem na bola. Paciência – resumiu.

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O comandante comentou sobre o tempo de recuperação dos atletas. Além disso, destacou o tempo de cada jogador para a recuperação e, agora, foca no Campeonato Brasileiro, única competição do time no calendário.

– Além do tempo curto que exige uma recuperação maior, dá poucas opções de recuperar os guerreiros que vão ficando pelo caminho. Hoje, o Ruschel entrou muito bem, no outro quem entrou foi bem. Temos que valorizar todo mundo, dar valor a quem está entrando e não lamentar quem está saindo. Fazer o grupo forte. Daqui a pouco todos estão bem e vamos em busca de fazer um bom Campeonato Brasileiro – disse o técnico.

Para finalizar, Guto pediu cabeça erguida para a equipe da Chapecoense. Já que tem apenas uma competição para a sequência da temporada.

– Temos que permanecer de cabeça erguida, tem muita coisa esse ano ainda. Não era exatamente o que a gente queria. Agora vamos trabalhar para fazer muito bem o Brasileiro. O importante é que a equipe está encarando quem quer que seja de igual para igual e buscando fazer o seu melhor.

Michael Di Venuto to play for Italy in World T20 qualifiers

Michael Di Venuto, the former Australia batsman, has been named in the Italy squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Feb-2012

Michael Di Venuto last played an international match in 1997•PA Photos

Michael Di Venuto, the former Australia batsman, has been named in the Italy squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE between March 13-24, 2012. The ICC has finalised all 16 squads for the tournament, from which the top two teams will qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka from September 18 to October 7, 2012. The other notable inclusion is that of Geraint Jones, the former England wicketkeeper, in the Papua New Guinea squad.The Hobart-born Di Venuto, who is of Italian origin, played nine one-dayers for Australia in 1997. When he left the Australian domestic scene he was Tasmania’s leading one-day run-scorer, was second to Jamie Cox on the state’s lists of Pura Cup-Sheffield Shield appearances and runs scored, and owned the most half-centuries in Pura Cup-Sheffield Shield history. He was also a prolific scorer in county cricket, representing Derbyshire and Durham.Afghanistan will be defending the title they had won in 2010, when the qualifying tournament was an eight-team event. They had beaten Ireland in the final in Dubai by eight wickets, and both sides qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in the West Indies.Ed Joyce, the left-handed batsman who has played limited-overs matches for England, returns to the Ireland squad. The squad also features the uncapped fast bowler Max Sorensen.Notable omissions from the squads include Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate, who has opted out due to ‘other cricket commitments’, and Canada’s Ashish Bagai.Afghanistan – Nawroz Mangal (captain), Javed Ahmadi, Merwais Ashraf, Mohammad Nabi, Hamid Hassan, Mohammad Zamir Khan, Mohammad Shahzad, Gulbadin Naib, Shabir Ahmed Noori, Karim Khan Sadeq, Samiullah Shinwari, Dollat Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Shapoor ZadranBermuda – David Hemp (captain), Jason Anderson, Lional Cann, Fiqre Crockwell, Terryne Fray, Joshua Gilbert, Stefan Kelly, Kamau Leverock, Stephen Outerbridge, Josclyn Pitcher, Samuel Robinson, Curt Stovell, Rodney Trott, Janeiro TuckerCanada – Jimmy Hansra (captain),Manninder Aulakh, Harvir Baidwan, Rustam Bhatti, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, Tyson Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Zahid Hussain, Nitish Kumar, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Raza Rehman, Junaid SiddiqiDenmark – Michael Pedersen (captain), Aftab Ahmed, Shehzad Ahmed, Sair Anjum, Bobby Chawla, Basit Javed, Frederik Klokker, Jacob Larsen, Kamran Mahmood, Rizwan Mahmood, James Moniz, Martin Pedersen, Bashir Shah, Hamid ShahHong Kong – James Atkinson (captain), Irfan Ahmed, Muhammad Moner Ahmed, Nadeen Ahmed, Waqas Barkat, Babar Hayat, Asif Khan, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Mohammad Nizakat Khan, Courtney Kruger, Roy Lamsam, Kinchit Shah, Daljeet Singh, Maxwell TuckerIreland – William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, Ed Joyce, Rory McCann, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary WilsonItaly – Alessandro Bonora (captain), Gareth Berg, Damian Crowley, Gayashan Munasinghe, Luis Di Giglio, Michael Di Venuto, Dilan S. Fernando, Damian C. K. Fernando, Andrew Northcote, Hayden Patrizi, Dell’agnello, Vincenzo Pennazza, Peter Petricola, Stanly H. J. Samaraweera, Carl SandriKenya – Collins Obuya (captain), Ragheb Aga, Duncan Allan, Tanmay Mishra, James Ngoche, Shem Ngoche, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Nelson Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Morris Ouma, Rakep Patel, Hiren VaraiyaNamibia – Craig Williams (captain), Sarel Burger, Merwe Erasmus, Hendrick Geldenhuys, Zhivago Groenwald, Louis Klazinga, Christiaan Opperman, Bernard Scholtz, Nicolaas Scholtz, Gerrie Snyman, Ewald Steenkamp, Louis Van Der Westhuizen, Raymond Van Schoor, Christoffel ViljoenNepal – Paras Khadka (captain), Pradeep Airee, Mahaboob Alam, Prithu Baskota, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Gauchan, Krishna Karki, Paresh Prasad Lohani, Gyanendra Malla, Anil Kumar Mandal, Basant Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Chandra Sawad, Sharad VesawkarNetherlands – Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi, Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Tom Cooper, Tom De Grooth, Tim Gruijters, Timm Van Der Gugten, Tom Heggelman, Alexei Kervezee, Ahsan Malik, Stephan Myburgh, Pieter Seelaar, Michael SwartOman – Hemal Mehta (captain), Sultan Ahmed, Qais Bin Khalid Al Said, Syed Amir Ali, Adnan Ilyas,Syed Aamir Kaleem, Awal Khan, Farhan Afzal Khan, Ajay Lalcheta, Sufyan Mehmood, Rajeshkumar Ranpura, Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqi, Jatinder Singh, Vaibhav WategaonkarPapua New Guinea – Rarua Dikana (captain), Geraint Jones, Jack Vare-Kevere, Jason Kila, Willie Gavera, Chris Amini, John Boge Reva, Tony Ura, Assadollah Vala, Chris Kent, Mahuru Dai, Vani Vagi Morea, Joel Tom, Hitolo AreniScotland – Gordon Drummond (captain), Richard Berrington, Kyle Coetzer, Joshua Davey, Ryan Flannigan, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Calum Macleod, Preston Mommsen, Matthew Parker, Safayaan Sharif, Jan Stander, Craig Wallace, David WattsUganda – Davis Arinaitwe (captain), Arthur Kyobe, Brian Masaba, Deusdedit Muhumuza, Roger Mukasa, Benjamin Musoke, Frank Nsubuga, Jonathan Sebanja, Asadu Seiga, Ronald Semanda, Laurence Sematimba, Henry Ssenyondo, Charles Waiswa, Arthur ZirabaUnited States of America – Sushil Nadkarni (captain), Orlando Baker, Adil Bhatti, Ryan Corns, Muhammad Ghous, Elmore Hutchinson, Asif Mehmood Khan, Aditya Mishra, Azrudeen Mohammed, Nauman Mustafa, Abhimanyu Rajp, Gowkaran Roopnarine, Usman Shuja, Steven Taylor

خاص | موقف فيتوريا من مواجهة المكسيك وديًا في يونيو

كشف مصدر بالاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، عن موقف روي فيتوريا المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر، من مواجهة المكسيك وديًا في شهر يونيو المقبل.

وكانت الشركة التي يملكها نادر السيد اللاعب الدولي السابق، تقدمت بعرض لإقامة مباراة ودية بين مصر والمكسيك بأمريكا في معسكر يونيو. طالع التفاصيل.

وقال المصدر في تصريحات خاصة لـ “بطولات” أن فيتوريا وافق على مواجهة المكسيك وديًا في التوقف الدولي بشهر يونيو.

وتابع: “فيتوريا أكد لمسؤولي الجبلاية بأنه لا يمانع مواجهة المكسيك، حيث إنها تمثل احتكاكًا قويًا للاعبي الفراعنة، وستكون مفيدة للغاية من الناحية الفنية”.

طالع أيضًا.. خاص | اتحاد الكرة يطالب فيتوريا بتحديد ملعب مباراة مصر ومالاوي في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا

واختتم: “فيتوريا استفسر أيضًا عن إمكانية إقامة المباراة في مصر أو إحدى الدول الخليجية المجاورة، وذلك بسبب أن في هذا التوقف سيلعب المنتخب المصري أمام نظيره الغيني على ميدان الأخير بتصفيات كأس أمم أفريقيا وهو ما قد يتسبب في إرهاق للاعبين إذا واجه المنتخب المكسيكي في أمريكا”.

جدير بالذكر أن منتخب مصر يستعد لمواجهتي مالاوي يومي 24، 28 مارس المقبل في إطار تصفيات بطولة كأس أمم افريقيا.

Gruelling series reaches gripping finale

The two sides are staggering every bit like heavyweights in the last round of a bout, but are desperate not to end up on the losing side

The Preview by Sidharth Monga in Adelaide07-Mar-2012Match factsMarch 8, Adelaide
Start time 1350 (0320 GMT)Last Man Standing: Tillakaratne Dilshan remains the key man in the last match of a testing series•AFP

Big PictureWhen the triangular made a comeback this Australian summer, there was trepidation around it. After all, it was going to involve 12 ODIs before the best-of-three finals series between sides that were used to playing each other. Familiarity between India and Sri Lanka has borne boredom for a long time now, and on top of that Australia had a strong mental hold over India after a summer full of Test-bashing.More than a month later, though, we have had an entertaining triangular series, which has stretched the two remaining teams to their last possible sinew. Two new balls, the new Powerplay regulations, the new strictness against runners and substitutes, a little bit of spice on the pitches, the physical demands of playing on big and soft outfields, have all worked a treat too. The only disappointment has been the occasional low attendance.Fittingly, it’s Sri Lanka and Australia, the fitter sides who have played better cricket, who are the last teams standing. Australia extended their domination of India, and Sri Lanka showed they enjoyed being here – they have enjoyed their cricket, they have fought longer and harder. Battles are to be seen on both sides.Sri Lanka have lost Thisara Perera, and Farveez Maharoof and Angelo Mathews are struggling with a sore back and calf respectively. Added to that are a few bandaged hands in the side. Australia have had to reshape their bowling almost completely during this tournament. Michael Clarke has done two hamstrings to add to his back trouble, ruling him out of this match and, potentially, the ODIs in the West Indies too. David Warner is fighting a groin strain. Brett Lee is playing despite a broken foot. The two sides are staggering every bit like heavyweights in the last round of a bout, but are desperate not to end up on the losing side. Expect them to bring their best – whatever is left available to them – to this one final night.Form guideAustralia LWLWL (Most recent first)
Sri Lanka WLWLWIn the spotlightWith his performance on Tuesday, Tillakaratne Dilshan became only the second player in ODI history to open both the bowling and batting, finish his quota of 10 overs, and then score a century too. Sri Lanka won’t mind an encore.Matthew Wade’s keeping has come under severe pressure towards the end of the tournament, with dropped catches to his credit in both the finals. With the bat, though, he has provided two good starts, taking the pressure off Warner, letting him settle into long innings. Wade continues to enjoy the trust of the captain, but if he does get another start with the bat he will dearly love to make it count in a bigger way.Team newsAfter the second final, Clarke said Warner was fully fit otherwise they wouldn’t have played him. Warner responded with a century, and on that evidence should be available for the third final. With Clarke ruled out, Shane Watson will captain and Peter Forrest should slot back in to the middle order. George Bailey has also been called up as a contingency.The bowling on slower surfaces remains a big worry for Australia, and they have called up local boy Nathan Lyon, who bowled a good spell in the domestic one-day competition final at the same venue about a week ago. James Pattinson is unavailable for the third final due to a glute strain. It remains to be seen if Lyon or Ben Hilfenhaus replaces him.Australia (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Matthew Wade (wk), 3 Shane Watson (capt), 4 Peter Forrest, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 David Hussey, 7 Daniel Christian, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Nathan Lyon/Ben Hilfenhaus, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Xavier Doherty.Angelo Mathews is still recovering from a calf injury, and Sri Lanka will leave the decision to play him or not open till the last minute. However, captain Mahela Jayawardene said the decision will not be an emotional one, and that he will be picked only if he is 100% fit. If Mathews does recover in time, he will bring more balance to a side that relied on Dilshan to bowl the fifth bowler’s quote on Tuesday night.Lasith Malinga struggled with his groin towards the end of his spell on Tuesday, but he came back to bowl another over, the last one, and should be available pending a fitness test.Sri Lanka (possible) 1 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Upul Tharanga, 7 Chamara Kapugedara/Angelo Mathews, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Rangana Herath.Pitch and conditionsThe heat in Adelaide has relented, but the pitch remains slow and should behave as it did on Tuesday, if not even slower. Expect another gruelling match.Stats and triviaOn the three previous occasions since 1990 that the third final has been required, Australia have always won, twice against South Africa (1993-94 and 1997-98) and once against Sri Lanka (2005-06). Sri Lanka’s win over Australia on Tuesday, with 34 balls to spare, was the most comfortable chase of a 270-plus total in all ODIs against Australia. Warner is the only batsman to have scored two centuries in the finals series in Australia. Dilshan stands a chance to emulate him. Quotes”No excuse for our performance in the field. We let ourselves down in the field, and our bowling was quite poor once again. We’ve got a couple of days to turn things around.”
“We can laugh about it [dropped catches] obviously, because we had a very comfortable win today [Tuesday]. But it would have definitely cost the match and the tournament, so we need to make sure we don’t make huge mistakes in the last game.”
Edited by Nikita Bastian

Fernando viaja para a França e deixa o Botafogo por empréstimo

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O lateral-direito Fernando está por detalhes de se tornar jogador do Lille, da França. Nesta quinta-feira, depois de imbróglio na negociação, o jovem do Botafogo viajou para a França para realizar exames médicos e, no caso de ser aprovado, assinar um vínculo com o clube francês.

Um acerto verbal entre o Botafogo e o Lille havia sido feito ainda no fim de julho. No entanto, após a chegada de Zé Ricardo, Fernando teve algumas oportunidades nos treinos dos profissionais e foi observado mais de perto pelo treinador, que já o conhecia – e o admirava – dos tempos de base.

O negócio se dará por empréstimo até o fim de junho de 2019, com valor fixado de 3 milhões de euros (cerca de R$ 13 milhões) por 80% dos direitos do lateral-direito. O restante, 20%, ficará para o Botafogo, que visa lucrar ainda mais em uma hipotética venda futura de Fernando, de 19 anos.

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Fernando, atualmente, tem vínculo com o Botafogo até 31 de dezembro de 2020. Desde 2014 no clube carioca, chegou a ser integrado aos profissionais no ano passado, pelo então técnico Jair Ventura, por necessidade no setor, mas deixa o Glorioso sem ter atuado nos profissionais – apenas pelo time sub-23.

راموس يرد على فيديو سبابه لـ باريس سان جيرمان بعد توديع دوري أبطال أوروبا

رد سيرجيو راموس، لاعب باريس سان جيرمان على التقارير التي تناولت مقطع فيديو له وهو يسب فريقه بلفظ خارج بعد توديع منافسات دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وتعرض باريس سان جيرمان للهزيمة بهدفين دون مقابل أمام بايرن ميونخ الألماني في إياب دور الـ 16.

وأظهرت كاميرات “Movistar+” راموس عقب المباراة وهو مستاء بشدة قائلاً لفظًا خارجًا للغاية يخص باريس.

اقرأ أيضًا | كاراجر: مباراة بايرن ميونخ قد تكون الأخيرة لـ ميسي في دوري أبطال أوروبا 

وعبر حسابه على “تويتر”، رد راموس: “لا أتطرق عادة إلى هذا الموضوع، لكنني لا أريد الاعتراف بشيء لم يحدث، لا أقول باريس في أي وقت، فأنا أطلق صوتًا معبرًا عن خيبة أمل”.

وأضاف: في سياق عبارة (باعتراف الجميع) اعتدنا أن نقولها في كرة القدم، دعونا لا نخترع، دعونا لا نبحث عن شيء غير موجود”.

NCC demoted to Tier B after winless season

ESPNcricinfo rounds up the ninth round of matches of the Premier League Tournament 2011-12

Sa'adi Thawfeeq20-Mar-2012

Thilan Samaraweera’s 102 helped Sinhalese SC beat NCC•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda

Premier League Tier ANondescript Cricket Club (NCC) will celebrate their 125th year in 2013 by playing in Tier B of the Premier League Tournament for the first time in their history, after finishing at the bottom of the Tier A tournament for 2011-12, which concluded last weekend. Never has the club, which was founded in 1888 and has produced several national cricketers, been so badly humiliated.NCC failed to win a single match out of their nine and, of the seven drawn encounters, they managed to gain first-innings points from only their match against Moors SC. This was insufficient to lift them from the bottom of the table where they had been languishing for a greater part of the season. This was the club’s worst season in their history and next year they face a gigantic task of trying to retain their top players, who may look for other avenues.The irony of it is that NCC this season won the Premier Limited Overs title, defeating traditional rivals Sinhalese SC by 32 runs in the final and it was against the very same opponents that their relegation chances hinged when they met in the final round of the first-class competition. As it turned out, SSC gained sweet revenge for that defeat, beating NCC by 26 runs in Colombo to end runner-up to champions Colombo Colts CC. NCC only needed first-innings points to lift themselves from the bottom of the table but it was not to be.”The key factor to NCC’s dismal performance this season is that they have been losing players consistently and have not been able to find suitable replacements,” former Sri Lanka cricketer and NCC stalwart Ranjith Fernando said.”We have been losing players sometimes in the middle of matches and with an imbalanced pool the club has found it difficult to find 11 players to play in a match,” he said.NCC’s situation got so desperate that they had to bring their former Sri Lanka legspinning allrounder Upul Chandana out of retirement in the match against SSC. Chandana, at 39, showed that he still hadn’t lost his skills by capturing eight wickets and scoring 24 and 20. NCC also grabbed former CCC and Sri Lanka opening batsman Michael van Dort as soon as he had arrived after playing cricket in Australia.During the season NCC lost the services of captain Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga, Dinesh Chandimal, Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedera and Kosala Kulasekara to the national team.”My fear is that NCC playing in Tier B could result in a big blow to the development of Sri Lanka cricket. For it is around clubs like NCC and SSC that the other senior clubs revolve their cricket,” Fernando said.In a low-scoring game NCC did well to keep SSC down to a first-innings total of 209, of which Sri Lanka Test batsman Thilan Samaraweera made 102. But their own batting crumbled for a disappointing 138 to the part-time offbreaks of Sri Lanka Test opener Tharanga Paranavitana, who finished with figures of 3 for 25. NCC’s bowlers again performed well to dismiss SSC for 186 in the second innings to give themselves a target of 258 to chase and avoid relegation. But from 182 for 4, courtesy half-centuries from Van Dort and acting captain Jehan Mubarak, they folded tamely for 231, falling to the spin of Samaraweera and Kaushal Lokuarachchi, who shared eight wickets between them.A double-century opening partnership between Udara Jayasundera and Ian Daniel, who both made hundreds, enabled Ragama CC to run up the highest total of the season – 601 for 9 declared and beat Tamil Union by an innings in Colombo. They finished in third spot, the highest position they have attained in Premier Tier A since being promoted 12 years ago. Tamil Union’s batting failed to match Ragama’s score and were bowled out for scores of 308 and 200. The main damage was done by the offspin of 21-year-old Rushan Jaleel, who ended up with career-best figures of 11 for 164, playing in only his fifth first-class match. The star performer for Tamil Union was Sri Lanka ODI player Jeevan Mendis who was captaining the club in the absence of Sachitra Serasinghe (representing SLC XI in the three-day practice game against England). Mendis took five wickets and scored 63 and 39 in the match.Chilaw Marians ended up in the fourth place after thrashing Lankan CC by 255 runs in Colombo. Chilaw Marians recovered from a bad start of 48 for 4 to raise a respectable total of 302. Lankan CC were bundled out for 150 and Marians batted a second time and set Lankan’s a target of 400. Lankans hardly had a chance to get a start as their batting was destroyed for 144 by the left-arm spin of Malinda Pushpakumara who took a career-best 9 for 46 to complete a match-haul of 13 for 107.Defending champions Bloomfield had to be content with fifth place when they grabbed a narrow 11 runs first-innings lead over Moors SC in Colombo. The match was notable for former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva becoming the first batsman to reach 1000 runs this season when he scored 86 in the first innings and celebrated the occasion with a century in the second innings. Sri Lanka offspinner Suraj Randiv once again gave the national selectors a reminder with a haul of eight wickets in the match but conceded 263 runs off 52.1 overs.Colombo Colts CC, who won the Premier League Tier A with a weekend to spare, finished the season on a high note taking first innings-points against Badureliya SC at the Surrey Village Ground. After bowling out their opponents for 235, Colts built their total of 338 around Shihan Kamileen’s knock of 97.Premier Tier BChampions Sri Lanka Army completed a highly successful season by posting their seventh win in nine matches to finish on top of the Premier League Tier B standings with a clear 36 points gap from second-placed Sri Lanka Navy SC. The other two forces’ clubs didn’t fare all that well. Sri Lanka Air Force finished seventh out of ten and Police SC finished at the bottom of the table to be relegated to the 2-day Sara trophy tournament. Police’s chances of avoiding relegation hinged on the outcome of their final match against Burgher RC which they lost by an innings. The win boosted BRC to finish the season in third place with Andy Solomons scoring his maiden first-class hundred (166).

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