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Zaka Ashraf has been suspended as PCB chairman by the Islamabad High Court. The court heard a petition on Tuesday against the Pakistan board’s elections, which were held earlier this month, and ruled that the election was unconstitutional

Umar Farooq28-May-2013

The Islamabad High Court has ordered the suspension of Zaka Ashraf, the head of Pakistan’s cricket board, over what it called the “dubious” and “polluted” process to elect him.Ashraf, the PCB chairman, was ordered to “refrain from exercising his power within his incumbency” till the court’s next hearing on June 13.The court was responding to a petition filed by a former Rawalpindi Cricket Association official against the Pakistan board’s elections that were held earlier this month – through which Ashraf was elected to a four-year term as chairman.”The petitioner has a good arguable case in his favour, as entire process of election of PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf appeared to be motivated and polluted,” Justice Shaukat Siddiqui said.PCB’s legal representative Tafuzul Rizvi in response told ESPNcricinfo that the board will assist the court during the next hearing. “We will present the facts before the court and after that any decision will be followed in letter and spirit,” Rizvi said.The board of governors meeting and the AGM that was scheduled to take place in Karachi on May 28 and 29 has been postponed in wake of the court’s decision. The board however will continue to function without a chairman in the interim.In more bad news for the PCB, five top regional associations – Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad and Sialkot – have also revolted against Ashraf, alleging a fallacious electoral process. The five associations, presently dismissed by the PCB, constituted an interim committee to run the city associations.There are two more petitions relating to the election pending against the PCB – one in the Lahore High Court, and the other in the Sindh High Court that was filed by former wicketkeeper Rashid Latif. The petition in the Sindh High Court is scheduled to come up for hearing on Wednesday.Ashraf was elected in the first week of May, under the new PCB constitution that replaced the system of appointing the PCB chairman by the patron of the board, the president of Pakistan. It was the first election of a PCB chairman.He was one of the two candidates – the other being former Lahore Stock Exchange chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan – recommended by the patron and then interviewed by the nomination committee. The committee then unanimously recommended Ashraf for the chairman’s post, before the board of governors unanimously endorsed him.As per the new constitution, the board of governors was restructured to include ten members – five regional representatives on the basis of rotation and five representatives of service organisations and departments – with voting rights. Of the ten, PCB was able to appoint nine, all of whom voted in favour of Ashraf’s nomination. However, there was no representation from Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province with 60% of country’s population, while two new regions without any first-class team – Larkana and Dera Murad Jamali – were drafted in to the board.The process was conducted without any prior announcement, the PCB revealing the appointment through a press release.The PCB’s new constitution was produced as a result of the 2011 ICC directive, which required that its member boards become autonomous and free of interference from governments by June 2013. Removal of government interference had also been one of the Woolf report recommendations approved by the ICC. However, in November 2012, the ICC said it was reviewing its stance against government involvement in the administration of cricket.Ashraf has been the PCB’s chairman since 2011, previously working under the old constitution, under which he was appointed for an indefinite period by the patron, President Asif Ali Zardari.

Five uncapped players have been picked in the squad for the Bangladesh T20 in Pallekele which will round of the Bangladesh tour

Andrew Fidel Fernando27-Mar-2013

Five uncapped players have been named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the one-off Twenty20 that will complete the Bangladesh tour in Pallekele. Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Nuwan Kulasekara have been rested for the match. Mahela Jayawardene has recovered sufficiently from a finger fracture to be available for selection, but was not picked either.*Allrounders Shehan Jayasuriya, Chaturanga de Silva, Ramith Rambukwella, and fast bowler Ishan Jayaratne were the new additions to the squad, while batsman Angelo Perera, already in the ODI squad, also found a place.The selectors’ focus on youth development is writ large in their latest team, as all five uncapped players are yet to turn 24, with Jeevan Mendis the only player named in the squad above the age of 30.Kithuruwan Vithanage, who debuted in the Test series and is in the ODI squad, retained his place for the final assignment of the tour. Sachithra Senanayake was the only specialist spinner, with no room for either Ajantha Mendis, Akila Dananjaya or Tharindu Kaushal.The match will be Dinesh Chandimal’s first as Twenty20 captain, with Malinga set to be vice-captain for the first time. The squad for the third ODI was unchanged from the side named for the first two matches, after the second game was washed out in Hambantota.Twenty20 squad: Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dilshan Munaweera, Dinesh Chandimal (capt & wk), Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Kithruwan Withanage, Angelo Perera, Lasith Malinga (vc), Sachithra Senanayaka, Shaminda Eranga, Chathuranga de Silva, Shehan Jayasuriya, Ramith Rambukwella, Ishan Jayaratne, Thisara Perera

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has barred an Indian national from entering any stadiums in the country after he admitted to being a bookie.A resident of Hyderabad, Durga Prasad was seized by security staff while seated in the international gallery of the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur during the BPL matches on Monday evening. “We accosted Mr Durga Prasad inside the stadium,” BCB’s head of security, Col (retd) Mesbahuddin Serniabat, told ESPNcricinfo.”We followed him and found that he was sending a lot of text messages. After speaking to him, we found out that he is a Hyderabad resident who had come to Bangladesh on February 2.”Serniabat said Prasad had later “admitted that he is a bookie. He earns money from betting. We have banned him from the Shere Bangla National Stadium because betting is illegal in the country.”Prasad he said had given an undertaking to not enter any stadiums in Bangladesh.This is however not the first time a man has had to be ejected from Mirpur during the BPL. In the tournament’s first season, a Pakistan national named Sajid Khan was handed over to the police for suspected involvement in match-fixing after he was stopped from trying to enter the players’ zone.

علّق رودريجو، لاعب فريق ريال مدريد، على تتويجهم ببطولة كأس ملك إسبانيا منذ قليل على حساب فريق أوساسونا.

كان ملعب “لا كارتوخا” قد استضاف مباراة ريال مدريد وأوساسونا في نهائي كأس ملك إسبانيا، الموسم الحالي، حيث فاز الملكي بهدفين مقابل هدف.

وتمكن البرازيلي رودريجو من قيادة ريال مدريد لتحقيق كأس ملك إسبانيا، حيث سجل هدفي النادي الملكي.

وقال رودريجو في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية: “أنا سعيد جدًا، كنا نتحدث عن عدم فوز ريال مدريد بهذه المسابقة لفترة طويلة، كنت بحاجة إلى هذه البطولة فقط”.

وأضاف: “إنه يوم مميز للغاية، خاصة بعدما سجلت هدفين، لقد قلت دائمًا أن كأس الملك هو اللقب الذي كنت أرغب في الفوز به لأنه الوحيد الذي لم أحققه”.

وواصل: “أريد أن أستمر في الفوز بهذه الكأس أكثر من مرة، إنها الأولى والأجواء خاصة جدًا، يوم خاص جدًا بالنسبة لي”.

وأردف: “من الجيد أن نسجل هدفًا بعد دقيقتين من البداية، هذا يمنحنا ثقة أكبر، كنا نلعب بشكل جيد، رغم أننا بدأنا بشكل سيء في الشوط الثاني، واستقبلنا هدفًا، ولكن بعد ذلك سجلنا آخر وفزنا، هذا هو أهم شيء”.

وكان فينيسيوس جونيور هو من صنع هدفي رودريجو، وعن ذلك قال الأخير: “أحب اللعب معه، إنه لاعب مميز، نريد الاستمرار على هذا النحو”.

واختتم: “لقد فزت بكل شئ في سن الـ22، لكن هذا ليس كافيًا، ما زلت أرغب في تحقيق المزيد”.

كشفت تقارير صحفية مغربية، النقاب عن إمكانية إقامة مباراة ودية بين منتخب مصر وأسود الأطلس.

وأوضحت صحيفة “الصباح” أن اتحاد الكرة المغربي استقبل دعوتين من منتخبي مصر والسنغال لخوض مباراة ودية.

حسام البدري: لا زلت أشعر بالظُلم بعد تجربة منتخب مصر.. وسأرد بقوة في الفترة المُقبلة

وأشارت الصحيفة المغربية في تقريرها المنشور اليوم، إلى أن اتحاد الكرة أحال أمر الاختيار بين المنتخبين للمدير الفني وليد الركراكي.

وتسعى المنتخبات الإفريقية لخوض غمار منافسات بطولة كأس الأمم المقبلة بكوت ديفوار.

وكان منتخب المغرب قد نجح في تحقيق الفوز على نظيره البرازيلي في مارس الماضي بهدفين مقابل هدف، ثم تعادل مع بيرو 0-0 بمدريد.

فيما حقق منتخب مصر تحت القيادة الفنية للمدرب البرتغالي روي فيتوريا، فوزًا وديًا على نظيره البلجيكي في نوفمبر الماضي.

Kraigg Brathwaite, the Test opener, has been named captain of the 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup in Australia in August

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jul-2012Kraigg Brathwaite, the Test opener, has been named captain of the 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup in Australia in August. John Campbell, the left-hand top-order batsman, will be vice-captain. Former West Indies captain and fast bowler Courtney Walsh has been named manager of the squad.West Indies squad for U-19 World Cup

Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), John Campbell (vice-capt), Anthony Alleyne, Sunil Ambris (wk), Ronsford Beaton, Derone Davis, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Akeal Hosein, Jerome Jones, Keiron Joseph, Stephen Katwaroo (wk), Amir Khan, Kyle Mayers, Marquino Mindley

Brathwaite has already played nine Test matches and has four half-centuries. Campbell and Brathwaite were also part of the West Indies top order in the previous edition of the U-19 World Cup in 2010. The other opener in the squad is Keiron Joseph.The middle order has Anthony Alleyne, Akeal Hosein and Kavem Hodge. Stephen Katwaroo is the wicketkeeper while Sunil Ambris is the reserve keeper.The squad includes two fast-bowling allrounders – Kyle Mayers and Justin Greaves. There are three specialist fast bowlers in Marquino Mindley, Jerome Jones and Ronsford Beaton, who has played eight first-class matches for Guyana.There are also two specialist spinners – Amir Khan, who bowls legbreaks and googlies, and Derone Davis, who bowls left-arm orthodox.The team will leave from Barbados on July 17 for a camp in Brisbane before the official pre-tournament matches. West Indies have been drawn in Group C alongside India, Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea in the 16-team biennial event. They play their first match against India on August 12.

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تعرض تشيلسي للهزيمة بهدف دون مقابل أمام ساوثهامبون، في مباراة شهدت إصابة أثارت الذعر لسيزار أزبيليكويتا قائد البلوز، بمنافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وحل ساوثهامبتون ضيفًا على تشيلسي ضمن مباريات الجولة 24 للدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، على ملعب “ستامفورد بريدج”.

وتقدم جيمس وارد براوس بهدف لساوثهامبتون بتسديدة رائعة من ركلة حرة في الدقيقة الرابعة من الوقت المحتسب بدلاً من الضائع.

مع بداية الشوط الثاني قام جراهام بوتر مدرب تشيلسي باستبدال كوليبالي وديفيد فوفانا ودفع بستيرلينج وويسلي فوفانا.

ثم شارك كاي هافيرتز في الدقيقة 64 بديلاً لماسون ماونت، وميخايلو موديك بديلاً لنوني مادويك.

وتدخل سيكو مارا بقوة على أزبيليكويتا بضربة بالحذاء في وجه لاعب تشيلسي، وهو يحاول ضرب الكرة، في الدقيقة 74 على ملعب ستامفورد بريدج. إصابة أزبيليكويتا الخطيرة وخروجه في مباراة تشيلسي وساوثهامبتون

وأثار أزبيليكويتا الذعر بسقوطه واستدعى لاعبو الفريقين الأطباء، وتدخل الطاقم الطبي بسرعة إلى أرض الملعب.

بدا اللاعبون من كلا الجانبين مصدومين بشكل واضح بعد الحادث العرضي الغريب، وتوقفت المباراة لمدة عشر دقائق قبل أن يوضع قائد تشيلسي على نقالة مع دعامة للرقبة وقناع أكسجين.

وبعد توقف طويل، استعاد المدافع الإسباني وعيه وغادر الملعب على نقالة، وقام الجمهور بتصفيق حار له ورددوا اسمه وهو في طريقه باتجاه مخرج الطوارئ لسيارة الإسعاف في الملعب، وكان أزبيليكويتا واعيًا.

وقام بوتر باستبدال أزبيليكويتا ليشارك تشالوباه بديلاً له في الدقيقة 84، وشارك جلاجير بدلاً من بن تشيلويل.

بلغت تبديلات تشيلسي 6 استبدالات، نظرًا لإصابة أزبيليكويتا القوية ولم يحتسب استبداله وفقًا للقواعد.

حسمت المباراة بهزيمة تشيلسي بهدف دون رد، ليتوقف رصيده عند 31 نقطة بالمركز العاشر، وساوثهامبتون يرفع رصيده إلى 18 نقطة ويحتل المركز الأخير. 

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Após ter confirmado o atacante argentino Maxi López no último sábado, o Vasco segue no mercado de olho em outros reforços para o setor visando um melhor semestre. O próximo nome na mira cruz-maltina é Gilbert Álvarez, boliviano de 26 anos que defende as cores do Jorge Wilstermann, da Bolívia. O clube de São Januário vem conversando com o atleta, mas aguarda a liberação do presidente da equipe boliviana para avançar nas tratativas – por conta da política de austeridade financeira, é o único meio para o Vasco fazer contratações.

– Estamos sempre atentos ao mercado e possíveis fortalecimentos ao grupo de jogadores. O Gilbert Álvarez é um jogador que estamos negociando, tem bons números, mas o presidente do Jorge Wilstermann está dificultando a negociação. E está no direito dele, tem números muito interessantes. Não vamos fugir da nossa austeridade financeira. Podemos evoluir, mas se ele seguir dificultando, vamos encerrar a negociação – explicou Alexandre Faria, diretor executivo de futebol do Vasco, em coletiva após o treino deste domingo em São Januário.

A negociação do Vasco por Maxi López também foi explicada pelo Vasco neste domingo. Diferentemente do boliviano, o argentino estava livre e já fechou com o clube um contrato até o fim de 2019. La Barbie, como é conhecido, desembarca no Rio de Janeiro nesta segunda-feira para realizar os exames médicos e assinar o contrato. Existe a expectativa de o atleta ser apresentado aos torcedores antes de a bola rolar para a partida diante do Bahia, pela noite, em São Januário, na volta das oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil.

– Em relação ao Maxi López, conseguimos avançar de uma forma até rápida, de acordo com a concorrência que tínhamos. Tudo o que apresentamos do Vasco foi o suficiente para seduzí-lo. Desde a primeira conversa que tivemos, ele deixou nítido que queria vir. Quando fechamos a contratação, isso ficou ainda mais claro, porque os números não fogem nem um pouco da austeridade financeira proposta pela diretoria. Estou bem feliz e espero que o torcedor também – finalizou o dirigente cruz-maltino.

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Pakistan were able to hold off a determined Zimbabwe and complete a 3-0 sweep of the one-day series

The Report by Firdose Moonda14-Sep-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Younis Khan laid the platform for Pakistan’s win with a composed 81•AFPSmart stats

This is Pakistan’s fifth series whitewash against Zimbabwe and their 16th overall in ODIs (bi-lateral series of three or more matches). Their previous clean sweep in Zimbabwe came in 2002-03.

Younis Khan’s 81 is his 50th fifty-plus score in ODIs. He is sixth on the list of Pakistan batsmen with the most fifty-plus scores in ODIs.

The 97-run stand between Asad Shafiq and Younis is the third-highest third-wicket stand for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in ODIs in Zimbabwe.

Aizaz Cheema’s 4 for 43 is now his best bowling performance in ODIs, eclipsing his haul of 3 for 36 in the previous match. His haul of eight wickets is joint-second on the list of most wickets taken by Pakistan bowlers in a three-match away series.

The 110-run stand between Vusi Sibanda and Chamu Chibhabha is the second-highest opening partnership for Zimbabwe against Pakistan in ODIs.

A middle-order slump from Zimbabwe and a committed effort from Pakistan in the field saw them complete their whitewash of the hosts in the ODI series with a testing but ultimately comfortable victory in the third and final game. On a batsmen-friendly pitch, Pakistan finished with a par score that still proved too much for Zimbabwe, who gave themselves a chance to win the game with a big opening partnership, but could not finish the job.Pakistan were aggressive at crucial times with both bat and ball and showed the value of experience against a Zimbabwe line-up that is still finding its feet at the highest level. Younis Khan’s beautifully crafted 81 and Aizaz Cheema’s four wickets headlined their performance but Zimbabwe can take heart from the fight they showed, minimising the damage after Pakitsan got off to a rollicking start and scoring over 240 against a top-level team.Zimbabwe’s openers, Vusi Sibanda and Chamu Chibhabha, built a solid foundation, adding 110 together. The pair began watchfully and the chase only began to gain momentum in the ninth over. Sibanda took on Sohail Tanvir, smacking him for three boundaries, an aerial shot over square leg, a glance down the leg side and a cut through point. He managed to stay away from the pull shot, which has cost him his wickets six times this summer.Chibhabha, who had not performed in the previous two matches of the series, was more cautious and only risked hitting the big shot when he seemed certain it would reach the boundary. There was a sublime stroke through the covers off Aizaz Cheema and a straight drive unfurled down the ground.Spin was introduced in the 11th over in the form of Mohammad Hafeez, who was economical without being threatening. His spin partner, legspinner Yasir Shah, had to wait until the 22nd over to make his debut but started encouragingly, with generous flight and a few googlies. Sibanda gifted him his maiden ODI wicket, two overs later. Just as the Zimbabwe opener had brought up his half-century and looked to accelerate, he was caught at long-on after misreading Shah.Brendan Taylor moved up the order to No. 3 but lasted just 14 balls before being caught behind and Chibhabha succumbed soon after to a soft dismissal, gifting Younis a catch at cover. Hamilton Masakadza and Tatenda Taibu showed signs of steadying the innings, but Taibu’s dismissal, caught by an athletic Younis in the deep, set in motion a mini-collapse as Zimbabwe lost four wickets for 32 runs. Masakadza fell to the slower ball from Sohail Khan, Chigubura mistimed a pull and Waller was cleaned up by a Cheema special, leaving Zimbabwe with no recognised batsmen. Cheema continued his impressive run in this series, bowling well in the dying periods of the game to end with career-best figures of 4 for 43.Zimbabwe’s spinners and Elton Chigumbura did well to keep Pakistan to 270 after it looked like a score over 300 was in sight. In the absence of senior paceman Chris Mpofu, the inexperience of Zimbabwe’s seamers was exposed and Brian Vitori and Kyle Jarvis served up a range of short and wide deliveries with Vitori also occasionally straying too far down the leg side.It took three overs for the pair to find the correct length, which was a touch short on this surface, but any small deviation was punished, as Jarvis found out when he bowled a fuller length to Imran Farhat, who pounced to smash him over point. Reward came in unexpected fashion when Vitori banged in a shorter one and got some extra bounce, which surprised Hafeez, who pulled to Waller deep midwicket.Chigumbura and Price tied Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq down and dragged the run-rate to just over five. Chigumbura was particularly impressive, found his lengths from the start and frustrated Farhat before enticing him to drive with a fuller, slower delivery that the opener played into the hands of Chamu Chibhabha at cover.Younis was not as easily tempted. He was happy to see off the good length ball and attack anything overpitched or tossed up, bringing up his fifty with a gorgeous inside-out shot over extra cover. Asad struggled against some tight bowling early in his innings, but Younis helped him find his rhythm and the pair began to rotate the strike well.Zimbabwe’s fielders put on a mixed display, saving some boundaries while letting others through and taking some improbable catches while dropping others. Shafiq was stumped after nifty work by Taibu who collected the ball off the rebound from his own chest to remove the bails and Shoaib Malik, who has yet to play an authoritative innings since making his comeback, was brilliantly caught by Chigumbura, low down in his follow through.Younis looked set for a hundred but was also caught in impressive fashion when Jarvis pouched a return catch after eliciting the drive. With wickets in hand in the last 10 overs, Pakistan looked to Adnan Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq to launch, but the pair added just 55 runs together. In the end, it proved to be more than enough.