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Rajiv Shukla, the IPL chairman, has said the BCCI is looking to scrap the Champions League Twenty20 in favour of an alternative tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff15-May-20151:13

Kalra: Alternative option required to protect sponsorship interests

Rajiv Shukla, the IPL chairman, has said the BCCI is looking to scrap the Champions League Twenty20. The issue was discussed at the board’s governing council meeting in April as a result of limited interest from fans and sponsors.Shukla said there are thoughts of conducting a different tournament in its place, and that he and BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur are weighing possible options.”Yes, we are planning to do away with the Champions League T20,” he told . “In place of that, we are considering an alternative league. But at the moment all this is at the planning stage.”Several ideas are coming and honourable secretary and myself are considering those ideas. We will sit together after the IPL gets over and try and plan out something.”At the moment we don’t have anything in hand, but yes we are in the process of bouncing off ideas. When something concrete comes up, we will certainly bring it to everyone’s notice.”There have been six editions of the CLT20 so far pitting the top teams of various countries against each other. India, Australia and South Africa are the primary stakeholders of the tournament, while teams from West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been regular competitors.The major fallout for the teams would be the loss of monetary benefits. CLT20 appearances are included in IPL teams’ sponsorship deals and the non-Indian teams receive $200,000.There have been reports of the top-four IPL teams who make the playoffs this season to play a league-based event leading into a knockout stage to be played in the UAE.

Bandula de Silva, who died in Colombo on Tuesday, was a former cricket secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, as it was known then, and belonged to an era when Sri Lanka were struggling to obtain full membership of the ICC.De Silva, who was in his late seventies, served as secretary to two former board presidents NM Perera, in 1978-79, and TB Werapitiya, in 1979-80. His assistant on both occasions was Michael de Zoysa, the manager of the Sri Lanka team currently in Australia and New Zealand for the World Cup.”Bandula was a very relaxed person full of fun and jokes. He never got angry with anyone,” De Zoysa said. “One thing that stands out was that he got everybody to do the work delegated to them. He was secretary at a time when cricket was broadened in the country, when the doors were open for cricketers outside Colombo to compete for places in the national team.”The board had no headquarters at the time, and meetings were held in de Silva’s residence on Gregory’s Road in Colombo. His private phone was used as the board’s telephone and he bore the cost of all international calls.”During those days only those with sufficient license, resources and understanding of the subtle nuances of the game came forward for BCCSL posts, which were normally uncontested,” de Silva once said in an interview. “The posts were accepted with a great degree of cordiality, camaraderie and trust.”De Silva could be considered an unsung hero of Sri Lanka Cricket. “What Sri Lanka cricket requires now are not personality cult pushers but stalwarts who personify Sri Lanka’s dream,” he said without fear or favour.A cricket aficionado all his life, de Silva represented Nalanda College, one of the leading schools in the country, Peradeniya University and Catamarans SC in club cricket. He continued to serve the game different capacities after his playing days. As Director of Small Industries and vice-president of the State Services Cricket Association he was elected as a member of the BCCSL’s tournament committee in 1975 and three years later became its secretary.De Silva was founder-editor of the cricket magazine and a recipient of an ICC Medal of Honour for his services to cricket.

Australia had a near-perfect day in their endeavor to be in a position to push hard for victory on Saturday in Adelaide

The Report by George Binoy12-Dec-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
3:04

Match point – Australia batted too long

Australia had a near-perfect day in their endeavour to be in a position to push hard for victory on Saturday in Adelaide. Offspinner Nathan Lyon used the considerable bounce in the pitch to hasten the end of the Indian innings during an extended first session, securing a 73-run lead for his side, after which David Warner scored a second hundred in the Test – for the second time in 2014 – to help stretch that advantage to 363 at stumps.Another overnight declaration is inevitable, which means India will have at least 98 overs to survive if they are to leave for Brisbane with the series still level. One day of batting might not seem improbable, but the last time India batted at least that many overs in the final innings of an away Test was at Lord’s in 2002, a match they still lost. Before that, it was in Colombo in 1997, and then in Adelaide in 1992. Such is the magnitude of the task ahead of Virat Kohli’s men.That Australia had so much time to try to force a win in this most emotional of Tests, despite losing most of the second day to rain, was down to Lyon and Warner. Lyon claimed three of the last five wickets to become only the second Australian spinner to take a five-for at home against India, after Bob Simpson in 1968.India had resumed on 5 for 369, and Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha had survived opening spells from Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson without much trouble. Michael Clarke made his bowling changes after the first half hour and wickets came quickly. Rohit had just stepped out to loft Lyon for a boundary over mid-on, but when he advanced again next ball he wasn’t to the pitch of it and chipped a return catch. India’s tail was exposed early.Peter Siddle was unwell and expensive on the third day but his pace was up on Friday and he swiftly breached the debutant Karn Sharma’s defences. And had Siddle not dropped Mohammed Shami off Lyon on the deep midwicket boundary, Australia would have been batting sooner.Though he had Saha for company, Shami slogged with abandon. His initial approach was questionable, but it brought valuable runs after Saha’s dismissal – caught at slip off bat and pad, though replays indicated the decision was also questionable. Two balls later Lyon had Ishant at bat-pad to complete his five.India’s last wicket added 22 as Shami slogged between deep square leg and long-on. Siddle eventually found the toe end of his bat, and Shane Watson took a low catch at first slip to end the innings on 444.Warner then got cracking. Not in the 45 minutes before lunch, when he was sussing how different batting conditions were from the first innings, but after the break, when he laid into India’s specialist spinner and part-timer. He lofted Karn Sharma and M Vijay repeatedly over their heads, slapped through cover when their lengths were short, and reverse swept too. He hit Australia’s first six of the Test – a towering blow over midwicket off Vijay.Warner brought up his half-century off 63 balls, and then stopped by Phillip Hughes’ final score of 63 for the second time in the match. With his spinners proving ineffective – their ends had been swapped immediately after Karn dismissed Chris Rogers – Virat Kohli turned to Ishant Sharma but Watson glanced and flicked leg-side offerings to the boundary.Varun Aaron had not been used until the 32nd over – presumably to keep fresh for any reverse swing – and in his second over he bowled Warner. The contest heated up instantly. Aaron and Kohli celebrated aggressively, but replays revealed a no-ball. Warner returned the cries of “come on,” more than once as he returned to the pitch, and a ball later there were confrontations involving several Indians and the batsmen. The umpires intervened and Kohli had to calm his own emotions to rein in his players.Aaron revved it up, but a bouncer deflected off Watson for four leg byes, a leg-side wide went to the boundary, and the batsman flicked to the midwicket boundary off consecutive deliveries.At tea, with Australia ahead by 212 and a host of aggressive batsmen to follow Warner and Watson, a declaration before stumps seemed likely. But Watson and Clarke fell in quick succession and Warner slowed down. His second 50 took 91 deliveries and Warner celebrated the landmark with his customary leap and a gaze up at the skies.There was another flashpoint soon after. Steven Smith reacted to an absurd appeal, prompting the bowler Rohit to exclaim, “What? What?” Several exchanges were made between players and there was a long conversation between Kohli and umpire Ian Gould.There was no aggression in India’s cricket, though, as Smith and Mitchell Marsh clobbered the bowling in the last half hour of the day. Marsh clubbed 40 off 26 balls and Smith was unbeaten on 52 at stumps. It is unlikely Australia will bat on Saturday.

Hobart Hurricanes, Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers have been fined for breaching the BBL’s guidelines by entering into agreements with players during the competition’s Contracting Embargo Period.Hurricanes were fined AUD 20,000 for their agreements with Ben Dunk and Alex Hales, with “50% suspended for three years in recognition of the club’s full cooperation with the Integrity Unit’s investigation,” Cricket Australia said. Sixers were penalised AUD 10,000 for entering into an agreement with Moises Henriques during the embargo, while Heat was also fined the same amount for a similar offence with a yet-to-be-announced player for the 2014-15 season.According to the rules, “During the contracting embargo period, BBL teams must not enter into any agreements, including renewals of existing agreements, arrangements or understandings, with any player in relation to or in any way in connection with the BBL.” The embargo period in question began on February 7 and ended on May 19.”While we recognise that in each case these were not flagrant breaches, we remain committed to ensuring clubs fully adhere to the competition’s contracting guidelines at all times,” CA’s Senior Manager – Integrity, Iain Roy, said. “The penalties handed down today reflect the need to uphold the integrity of the league. We acknowledge each club’s assistance during the course of our investigations and now consider each matter closed.CA said that no other investigations were ongoing in connection with the contracting process ahead of the 2014-15 season of the BBL.

A defiant century from Hashim Amla was not enough for South Africa as Tillakaratne Dilshan took Sri Lanka to a competitive total and helped defend it by causing a mini collapse in the middle order

The Report by Firdose Moonda09-Jul-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Hashim Amla became the fastest to 14 ODI centuries•Associated Press

Thirteen is thought to be the number of misfortune. For Hashim Amla and South Africa, it was the opposite until today.On the 13 occasions before this one when Amla has scored an ODI century, South Africa have emerged victorious. He recorded his 14th century – becoming the quickest to the mark – in Pallekele but the result was not in his team’s favour.Tillakaratne Dilshan’s enterprise in the first ten overs and wickets in the middle and latter portions of the South African chase bookended a the Sri Lankan comeback and ensured the three-match series will go to a decider on Saturday. Dilshan raced to a half-century in 40 balls to set Sri Lanka up for a competitive total and then ended South Africa’s biggest partnership – 75 between Amla and AB de Villiers – to clear Sri Lanka’s path to victory.South Africa were 101 for 2 in the 20th over when Dilshan lured de Villiers forward with a flighted delivery but the South African captain could not clear long-on. He was comfortably caught by the substitute fielder Thisara Perera well inside the field to spark a mini-collapse. South Africa lost five wickets for 26 runs with Dilshan claiming three of those and the gash was too big for even Amla, who scored his second successive ODI century, his third in four matches and his third on this tour so far, to mend.The visitors’ shortcomings were further highlighted by a much improved Lasith Malinga, who took wickets at the top and tail of the South African innings, and the loss Dale Steyn. The pace spearhead had bowled 2.2 overs when he was struck on the right thumb after Dilshan drilled the ball back at him. Steyn was taken for an x-ray which revealed severe bruising. Though there wasn’t a fracture, he will need to be monitored over the next few days to determine his availability for the rest of the tour.What will hearten South Africa is that Steyn batted for 35 minutes. He appeared in discomfort at times but scored 23 runs and starred in a 53-run stand with Amla that almost gave South Africa the unlikeliest of resurgences.Steyn batted with a resolve that was absent in some of his team-mates, most worryingly Jacques Kallis. After Quinton de Kock was bowled by Malinga from around the wicket, it was up to Kallis to build a foundation in the chase but he lasted only seven balls before being bounced out by the same bowler.Despite Steyn’s injury, Kallis did not bowl either, which has left his contribution in the series to just one run in two matches and he has been thoroughly outplayed by his competitor in the all-rounders department, Ryan McLaren. Although McLaren was dismissed cheaply, overcome by the pressure created by the spinners, he dismissed four batsmen at the death of the Sri Lankan innings, including three in one over, to curb their charge.Sri Lanka’s lower order implosion – five wickets for 11 runs – was sparked by Mathews edging McLaren to the keeper. The Sri Lankan captain had contributed to his team’s highest stand of the innings, 71-runs with Mahela Jayawardene which ensured the efforts of Dilshan upfront were not squandered.Jayawardene had battled through the stranglehold Imran Tahir and JP Duminy created and the trouble he had with legspinner’s googly. He eventually fell to a wrong ‘un but ushered Mathews through a tricky middle-overs period to help build a competitive total in the same mentoring way as Dilshan had handled his stand with Lahiru Thirimanne.By the time Thirimanne, who was promoted to No. 4 arrived at the crease, Dilshan already had a half-century, had single-handedly got Sri Lanka’s scoring rate above six an over before South Africa began to rein Sri Lanka in. Tahir, Duminy, McLaren and Morne Morkel conceded only 44 runs between the 10th and 19th overs. Thirimanne could only score slowly and eventually succumbed to frustration when he hit Tahir straight to mid-wicket but the 62 runs he put on with Dilshan were crucial to Sri Lanka’s chances.Soft dismissals aside, Sri Lanka batted with a good enough understanding of the surface to ensure they would not have to rue mistakes. Similarly, their lapses in the field which included two dropped catches – Amla on 67 and Miller on 0 – can be overlooked because they did not prove too costly even though Amla moved on to a three-figures. Instead they will focus on the advantage their spinners gave them. Dilshan, Sachitra Senanayake and Ajantha Mendis bowled 24.1 overs between them and their six wickets cost only 102 runs. The Sri Lankan performance was not perfect but it did not have to be.

Super Kings need their bowlers to stage a comeback after getting hammered in their opening game. Daredevils will wait on Kevin Pietersen’s fitness

The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran20-Apr-2014Match facts Monday, April 21, 2014
Start time 1830 local (1430 GMT, 2000 IST)5:19

Hattangadi: Super Kings should play Badree

Big PictureWhen Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni was asked after the Kings XI Punjab game if he thought 205 was a winning score, he replied matter-of-factly: “Well even if you score 205 you also have to take into account that the other team can beat it.” On most days, teams would back themselves to defend 205 but Super Kings were vanquished with such force that the game did not go into the final over. Super Kings should not be too hard on themselves though, for they were beaten by an incredible and audacious innings from Glenn Maxwell and a clinical fifty from David Miller. The bowlers could do little to stop Maxwell’s reverse sweeps, switch-hits and lap shots; Super Kings would have needed five more fielders to plug those boundaries. Not every team has a batsman who can play such blinders.Having said that, there are weaknesses in the Super Kings’ bowling. Save for Ashish Nehra, who bowled three overs, the rest conceded more than ten an over. That should call for the inclusion of the West Indies legspinner Samuel Badree, who has a miserly T20 economy rate of 5.08. Super Kings may not let go of Dwayne Smith or Brendon McCullum to accommodate him, which means that one of Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo will have to make way.Delhi Daredevils are still waiting on Kevin Pietersen’s fitness. Pietersen was missed in the opening game when the top order fell early. In both matches, they have depended on JP Duminy to shore up the batting. Their seam bowlers made early inroads against Kolkata Knight Riders, and with the next game being played under lights, they could have more assistance from the conditions. Their win over Knight Riders should be a morale booster after a listless opening game.Watch out forRavindra Jadeja leaked 43 off four overs against Kings XI and in his last five competitive games (from the World T20), he has picked up only one wicket. He has also played just one innings since the start of the World T20. With Super Kings possessing a strong top order, he may not get too many opportunities to bat, which means that he has only his bowling to fall back on. The lack of wickets might worry him.Jimmy Neesham was expensive in both games for Daredevils, bowling two overs in each and going for 0 for 26 and 0 for 22. Neesham had a good Champions League in 2013, but hasn’t made an impact yet in the IPL. Should Pietersen be fit, one of the overseas players will have to make way so there is pressure on him to keep his place.Stats and trivia The last time Daredevils beat Super Kings in the IPL was in 2012. They have lost four matches to Super Kings since then. M Vijay, now with the Daredevils, is the only Indian batsman to have scored more than one century in the IPL – he has two.

أعلن النادي الأهلي برئاسة محمود الخطيب اليوم الخميس عن تعيين لاعبه السابق مؤمن زكريا مساعدًا لـ وليد سليمان رئيس قطاع الناشئين.

وجاء هذا القرار عقب الجلسة التي عقدها محمود الخطيب، رئيس الأهلي، والمشرف العام على الكرة مع مؤمن زكريا، وفي حضور وليد سليمان.

اقرأ أيضا.. إسلام الشحات: لاعب الأهلي محط أنظار العديد من الأندية.. وتجديد أفشة لم يتسغرق وقتًا

وكان الأهلي قد أعلن عن رحيل سيد عبد الحفيظ مدير الكرة عن منصبه في النادي، بعد سنوات طويلة خدم خلالها المنظومة الكروية.

وقرر الأهلي تعيين خالد بيبو في منصب مدير الكرة، وإسناد مهمة رئيس قطاع الناشئين لـ وليد سليمان.

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O zagueiro Lázaro foi apresentado no último fim de semana como novo reforço do Operário-PR para a sequência da temporada 2019. Titular do Bragantino na campanha que levou o clube de volta à segunda divisão nacional em 2018, o jogador explicou a escolha pelo time do sul do país e mirou objetivos grandes para no novo clube.

– O Operário vem evoluindo no cenário nacional e as duas conquistas consecutivas, das Séries D e C, comprovam isso. Há um projeto que vem dando certo e fico feliz de fazer parte dele. Iremos disputar a Série B com o olhar voltado pra cima, objetivando o acesso – disse Lázaro.

O time paranaense abrirá a competição na próxima sexta-feira, às 19h15, em casa, no estádio Germano Krüger, contra o América Mineiro. Lázaro, que firmou contrato com o alvinegro até o final do Campeonato Brasileiro, falou sobre a importância de estrear com vitória.

– São 38 jogos que têm, em tese, o mesmíssimo valor, mas a estreia, ainda mais para nós que voltamos agora para a Série B, possui um sabor diferente. Será muito importante vencermos para mostrarmos logo no início que estamos na competição almejando algo relevante – afirmou.

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Though the crowds in Lahli have not got to see a Sachin Tendulkar special yet, they have already witnessed two days of cracking cricket as control of the game swung wildly from one side to the other

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Oct-2013
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File photo – Zaheer Khan got the ball to reverse both ways in his spell of 4 for 59•BCCIThough the crowds in Lahli have not got to see a Sachin Tendulkar special yet, they have already witnessed two days of cracking cricket as control of the game swung wildly from one side to the other. Despite a series of shifts in momentum, the teams were fairly evenly placed after two days, setting the scene for a challenging Mumbai chase – including, fans will hope, a famous Tendulkar effort – on Tuesday.Mumbai had clearly had the better of the first day, finishing only 34 behind Haryana and still had six wickets remaining, but their batting was clueless against the snaking deliveries from medium-pacer Joginder Sharma, who picked up his first five-for in nearly three years.Joginder’s gentle medium-pacers wouldn’t be something most batsmen would worry about, but in the first hour on a green track, he was deadly, finishing with 5 for 16 in 11 overs. Ajinkya Rahane and Aditya Tare, two heavy run-scorers, were dismissed off successive deliveries in the fifth over of the day, and suddenly Mumbai were no longer the team on top. It took some hitting from the nightwatchman Dhawal Kulkarni for Mumbai to huff and puff to a two-run lead as Joginder had a series of batsmen nicking behind to the keeper or the slips.Haryana opener Nitin Saini’s 25th birthday didn’t quite go to plan as he was caught behind off a rearing Zaheer Khan delivery for 9. There were no more early wickets for Mumbai, though, as Sunny Singh unleashed a series of crisp boundaries to make a 78-ball 63. Opener Rahul Dewan was less adventurous but stuck around, working his way to 44.Even after those two were dismissed, there was no collapse as Haryana quietly stretched their advantage to reach 186 for 4. Offspinner Jayant Yadav, who didn’t get to bowl, was promoted to No. 5 and he was instrumental in them reaching that position, but the innings soon unravelled.Zaheer was getting the old ball to reverse, moving it both ways, and left-arm spinner Vishal Dabholkar also posed plenty of problems. Ajay Jadeja, who came in at No .7, poked and prodded for 20 deliveries before edging a catch to second slip to get a duck. Wickets tumbled almost every over and Haryana were soon 206 for 9, and in danger of being bowled out before stumps. Harshal Patel hit consecutive sixes off Dabholkar and took the innings to the third day.The lead is now 222, not out of Mumbai’s reach but not a straightforward one either. Their mighty batting line-up has a task on its hands.

أعلن نادي ليفربول الإنجليزي، وفاة لاعبه السابق، الإنجليزي ماكس تومسون، عن عمر ناهز 66 عاما، اليوم الثلاثاء.

وقال ليفربول في بيان رسمي: “يشعر نادي ليفربول لكرة القدم بحزن عميق لوفاة اللاعب السابق ماكس تومسون، الذي كان في يوم من الأيام أصغر لاعب في فريق الريدز”.

وأضاف البيان: “انضم المدافع المولود في ليفربول إلى النادي كمتدرب قبل أن يُكافأ بعقد احترافي، وفي سن 17 عامًا و129 يومًا، كان أول ظهور له مع فريق بيل شانكلي مع بداية المباراة النهائية لموسم 1973-1974، وانتهت 1-1 أمام توتنهام هوتسبير”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. لاجازيتا: ليفربول ينافس نابولي على ضم كووبميينيرز

وتابع: “استمر هذا الرقم حتى مايو 2010 عندما ظهر جاك روبنسون عندما كان يبلغ من العمر 16 عامًا في مباراة بـ الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز ضد هال سيتي”.

وواصل: “ظهر تومسون مرة أخرى مع ليفربول، حيث حل بديلا ضد ريال سوسيداد في كأس الاتحاد الأوروبي 1975-76، قبل إعارته إلى دالاس تورنادو وبلاكبول”.

واختتم البيان: “بعد مسيرته الكروية، أخذ تومسون دورة في إصابات كرة القدم في ليلشال وعاد في النهاية إلى ليفربول في أوائل التسعينيات كطبيب علاج طبيعي، الجميع في النادي مع عائلة ماكس وأصدقائه في هذا الوقت الصعب”.