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As boas vitórias sobre Mirassol e Novorizontino e o jogo propositivo buscado por André Jardine fizeram o torcedor do São Paulo acreditar que o time poderia fazer um grande clássico diante do Santos, cujo técnico, Jorge Sampaoli, também é adepto da ofensividade. No fim das contas, o que se viu foi algo bem comum em clássicos nos últimos anos: um Tricolor impotente e amplamente dominado.

O São Paulo patina em clássicos há vários anos, mas fiquemos com um recorte mais curto: a última vitória fora de casa contra um dos três rivais aconteceu em 15 de fevereiro de 2017, com Rogério Ceni no comando: 3 a 1 sobre o Santos na Vila Belmiro, com show de Cueva e Luiz Araújo. Depois disso, o time fez 12 clássicos como visitante e nunca mais conseguiu se impor. Veja a lista:

2017: Palmeiras 3 x 0 São Paulo
2017: Corinthians 1 x 1 São Paulo
2017: Corinthians 3 x 2 São Paulo
2017: Santos 3 x 2 São Paulo
2017: Palmeiras 4 x 2 São Paulo
2018: Corinthians 2 x 1 São Paulo
2018: Palmeiras 2 x 0 São Paulo
2018: Corinthians 1 x 0 São Paulo
2018: Palmeiras 3 x 1 São Paulo
2018: Santos 0 x 0 São Paulo
2018: Corinthians 1 x 1 São Paulo
2019: Santos 2 x 0 São Paulo

O fato de apenas torcedores da equipe mandante terem acesso ao estádio nos clássicos em São Paulo certamente pesa, mas está longe de explicar tamanha fragilidade.

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Ao longo dos jogos listados acima, o Tricolor teve cinco técnicos: Rogério Ceni (três jogos), Pintado (um jogo, interino), Dorival Júnior (três jogos), Diego Aguirre (quatro jogos) e André Jardine (um jogo). Seja com treinadores que priorizam o ataque, como Ceni, seja com treinadores mais reativos, como Aguirre, a postura da equipe tem sido sempre a mesma nesse tipo de jogo.

O São Paulo de André Jardine, por exemplo, não conseguiu propor o jogo diante do Santos. Passou todo o primeiro tempo retraído, à procura de um contra-ataque bem encaixado que nunca veio, e foi para o intervalo perdendo por 1 a 0 com justiça, embora o gol tenha saído na bola parada.

O Peixe teve superioridade absurda em todos os setores, mas principalmente no meio de campo. Formar a dupla de volantes com Jucilei e Hudson, mesmo soltando este último para colaborar com a armação, não parece ser a melhor opção. A atuação de Hudson, aliás, foi das piores notícias do domingo. Ele não conseguiu armar e nem marcar.

Helinho, que errou sempre que teve a chance de levar o São Paulo à frente, foi substituído por Diego Souza no intervalo. A boa alternativa de jogar com dois centroavantes, dessa vez, não passou perto de funcionar. Tanto Diego quanto Pablo até conseguiam segurar a bola e fazer o pivô, mas os companheiros estiveram quase sempre distantes, sem dar boas opções de passe.

Na etapa final, a superioridade do Santos – e do trabalho de Sampaoli – ficou ainda mais evidente. O São Paulo sofreu o segundo gol em um lance que começou com uma falta a seu favor, perto da área do rival. Além disso, perdeu praticamente todas as divididas e disputas individuais, aumentando a cada minuto a sensação de impotência do torcedor.

Os jogos mais importantes da temporada, contra o Talleres (ARG), pela Libertadores, estão batendo à porta. O São Paulo tem muito a melhorar – e certamente vai melhorar quando Hernanes começar a jogar. Alterar a escalação, principalmente no meio de campo, parece urgente. Ao trabalho, Jardine!

The defending champions are bottom of the table but have recently found some form

AAP05-Nov-2021India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is full of praise for the leadership of teenager Hannah Darlington, having relished a chance to learn more about Indigenous culture during her WBBL stint.Darlington, aged 19, was named skipper of WBBL defending champions the Sydney Thunder after border closures and a newborn baby prompted the withdrawal of veteran Rachael Haynes.The Thunder dropped the opening four games of their title defence. They have since posted wins over Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars, setting up a crunch clash with Brisbane Heat at Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Darlington was a picture of composure and positivity throughout the poor start, according to Mandhana.”That’s the key thing as a leader that you don’t let the pressure or anything show on your face,” Mandhana told AAP. “She was really good throughout those four matches, just kept focusing on the positives and she had a major role to play in it [the turnaround].”She looks pretty relaxed and calm for her age. She’s doing an amazing job to lead a team at her age. She’s quite approachable, that’s the best thing about her and that’s what you want as a captain.”Darlington made her international debut during the recent multi-format series, becoming just the third Indigenous woman to play cricket for Australia. The Kamilaroi woman was part of an Indigenous team that visited England in 2018, retracing the steps of the 1868 Aboriginal tour.Smriti Mandhana comes out to bat•Getty Images

Darlington’s appointment as the youngest ever WBBL captain came at the Thunder’s customary shirt presentation on the banks of the River Derwent, where traditional owners performed a smoking ceremony.Darlington and team-mate Anika Learoyd, a Gumbaynggirr woman, spoke from the heart while starting conversations about Indigenous culture with new team-mates like Mandhana.”It’s amazing to learn more about the culture…hear their stories and learn more about them,” Mandhana said. “Especially for those of us not from Australia. Within the team, we discuss the culture and the land where we are going to play.”Mandhana, who celebrated a record-breaking Test ton earlier this season, has posted two half-centuries from her past three WBBL games. She has represented India on 150 occasions, with her first match against Australia coming at Adelaide Oval in 2016. The 25-year-old is thrilled to return to the venue that also triggers memories of “watching Virat score a lot of runs”.”It’s a good wicket to bat on,” Mandhana said. “I’m excited. We didn’t start this tournament the way we wanted to but there were positive signs. Hopefully we continue this momentum, we can’t afford to lose many other matches.”The WBBL continues on Saturday with three games, including a showdown between the second-placed Heat and table-topping Melbourne Renegades at Karen Rolton Oval.

أصدر الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف” بيانًا رسميًا يؤكد من خلاله إدانة كافة أحداث الشغب التي جرت في مباراة الأهلي والرجاء البيضاوي وكذلك الترجي وشبيبة القبائل في إياب دور الثمانية من دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

ووقعت أحداث شغب أثناء مباراة الرجاء والأهلي والتي أقيمت على ملعب “مُركب محمد الخامس” يوم، السبت الماضي أثناء خروج لاعبي المارد الأحمر بعد نهاية المباراة بإلقاء الجماهير بعض زجاجات المياه.

بينما توقفت مباراة الترجي وشبيبة القبائل على ملعب “رادس” في تونس لبعض الوقت لحين سيطرة قوات الأمن على الجماهير المشاغبة واستئناف اللقاء مرة أخرى.

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بيان كاف بشأن شغب جماهير الرجاء والترجي في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

“يدين الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم السلوك المشين لبعض المشجعين خلال مباريات دوري أبطال إفريقيا في تونس والمغرب في مباراتي الأهلي والرجاء والترجي وشبيبة القبائل”.

وعلق الأمين العام لـ كاف على تلك الأحداث في تصريحات رسمية لموقع الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم، فيرون موسينجو أومبا: “ما حدث في تونس والدار البيضاء كان غير مقبول، لا يمكننا مشاهدة ما حدث من قبل بعض الجماهير في تلك المباريات، ندين بشدة تلك التصرفات المسيئة، وسنفتح تحقيقًا من خلال اللجان المختصة لمعرفة الأسباب واتخاذ القرارات المناسبة”.

وأتم: “كانت هناك مباريات مذهلة في تلك المرحلة من دوري أبطال إفريقيا، أعادت التأكيد على مدى أهمية تلك البطولة من خلال بعض المباريات المثيرة”.

Ireland captain George Dockrell blamed the batsmen for Ireland’s failure to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Under-19 World Cup. Ireland lost their first match to England by seven wickets and the next to Australia by six wickets, as the team failed to put up competitive totals – 109 and 129. Although Ireland beat Nepal in the third match by 14 runs, their batsmen failed to construct partnerships and managed 185 runs. “I think we have let ourselves down in all three games with our batting,” Dockrell said.None of the batsmen managed a half-century in any of the three group matches. Ireland’s best efforts, though, came in the field where they made it difficult for the opposition to score easily. “On a positive note, the bowling has been exceptional,” Dockrell said. “With both England and Australia, it took them about 40 overs to chase down totals of 110 and 130 which was quite a credit to our spinners, fielding and the team generally.”The bowling has been really positive but the batting lacked a bit. Hopefully, we can put that right in the Plate Championship.”Dockrell led the bowling with his left-arm spin – claiming five wickets at an economy of 1.80. He followed up his stifling spells of 10-3-22-0 and 10-6-10-1 in the first two matches with a four-wicket haul against Nepal.”It’s great to be getting four wickets and helping out the team,” he said. “My economy has been pretty good so far and that’s what I try and work on, just keeping the economy down and the wickets will come.”And if it is just 10 overs for 10 runs, even if you are not making the damage you personally want, I think you have just got to be happy with that and know that that will put pressure on.”With the team we have and the bowlers we have at the other end, I know that pressure will build up. If I’m not getting the wickets I don’t mind, as long as someone else is.”Dockrell also expressed relief on their team’s first win – against Nepal – after two successive losses. “To be able to beat them today and finish third in the group is a big thing going into the Plate Championship. It was a great relief.”

A potential side injury to Lancashire captain Glen Chapple added to another difficult day for the champions, as Warwickshire reached 289 for 4

Jon Culley at Edgbaston16-May-2012
ScorecardVarun Chopra made his second hundred of the season•PA PhotosAfter losing the three matches of their opening five least badly affected by the weather, the last thing Lancashire need is to lose their captain, talisman and lead bowler, all three of which descriptions apply to Glen Chapple.At the end of an opening day demanding the selfless commitment to the cause that has become his speciality, Chapple left the field early complaining of discomfort in his left side. “He’s had a bit of pain and he has had it iced but you never know with these things,” the Lancashire coach, Peter Moores, said. “He could wake up in the morning and it won’t be there or he’ll be stiff as a board. We’re hoping it’s nothing serious. Sides are a nightmare for bowlers. If it’s a bad one it could be six or seven weeks.”Lancashire are not short of seam bowlers. Although Tom Smith is currently sidelined, Kyle Hogg and Saj Mahmood offer experienced back-up and the arrival of Ajmal Shahzad from Yorkshire has provided Moores with an unexpected asset. The immediate problem, though, is Chapple’s fitness for the remainder of this match. Neither Hogg nor Mahmood is playing, Lancashire having chosen to play with two spinners. Shahzad could face an early test of his stamina as much as his discipline.Moores can rightly claim ‘so far, so good’ with regard to the latter. The England fast bowler’s move across the Pennines came amid accusations that he did not follow team orders playing for Yorkshire, suggesting that whoever decided they could benefit from his undoubted talent might face a challenge in making it work in their favour.”I take people as I find them and he has been great so far,” Moores said. “He is a high-energy bloke who wants to get stuck in and play some cricket. He has settled in really well, the lads have enjoyed having him around. You’ve seen him today, he has run in hard and chucked himself around in the field. He has always been that sort of cricketer and hopefully it is a good move for him and a good move for us.”You have all sorts of different players in a team but he has the energy and enthusiasm you want in a fast bowler. What has been impressive both here and at Hove last week on his debut is that he has run in hard, put a lot of balls in the right areas and asked a lot of questions. He deserved his wicket and on another day could have had more.”Shahzad was impressive enough, bowling the out-of-form Warwickshire captain, Jim Troughton, for the latest in a sequence of low scores, and having Varun Chopra dropped on 51, which was a costly mistake by Stephen Moore at second slip given that the opener more than doubled that score. And Moore was right to contend that, on a flat wicket, to have kept the home side to below three runs per over was a good effort.But there was no escaping the conclusion that two of the three sessions were won by Warwickshire and the last one was no worse than shared. Chopra and Ian Westwood both played exceptionally well against the new ball, judiciously leaving such threatening deliveries as they could safely avoid, and punishing the bad ones efficiently. Chopra, making his second century of the season, was especially good on the eye when he could cut or drive.Their partnership of 168 is the biggest opening partnership in Division One so far and Warwickshire’s biggest since they put on 202 together against Somerset at Edgbaston last July, when Westwood made a century. He looked set for another one this time and cursed himself when he missed out, pushing at a ball outside off stump from Luke Procter and edging to first slip.Chopra completed his, after a couple of handsome boundaries in the 90s, from 218 balls, but he too would have wished for a more glorious ending. On 113, having perhaps begun to feel that Lancashire’s two spinners were starting to tie him down, he went after Simon Kerrigan with an ungainly heave and was caught at midwicket.Kerrigan was Lancashire’s matchwinner at Edgbaston last season, taking 5 for 7 in the second innings, he and Gary Keedy sharing eight wickets for nine runs as Warwickshire were bowled out for 97, handing Lancashire a victory that ultimately decided the title. If Chapple’s injury is serious, they will have important work to do again.For the moment, though. Warwickshire will fancy themselves for revenge at the double, having beaten Lancashire at Liverpool impressively last month. Their early season form, comprising three wins from four matches, has established them as favourites to take Lancashire’s crown. The loss of Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott to England, moreover, is balanced by the return in this match of Chris Woakes, fit again after his ankle injury.Warwickshire slipped from 224 for 1 to 246 for 4 during Lancashire’s best phase of the day. Kerrigan had Will Porterfield caught at slip before Chopra holed out, and then, when the second new ball was taken, Shahzad bowled Troughton. But late runs for Darren Maddy and Tim Ambrose kept the momentum with Warwickshire.

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, 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

تمكن ناديا الأهلي والزمالك من حجز بطاقة التأهل إلى ربع نهائي كأس مصر لكرة اليد لموسم 2022-2023.

ونجح الأهلي في تحقيق الفوز مساء الأحد أمام الجزيرة، بنتيجة 39-22 في دور الـ16 من كأس مصر.

من جانبه، تمكن الزمالك وصيف البطولة من تحقيق الفوز على الزهور بنتيجة 36-25.

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وسيلتقي الزمالك مع الطيران في ربع النهائي، بينما سيلعب الأهلي أمام هليوبوليس في نفس الدور.

وينتظر أن يلعب حامل اللقب سبورتنج أمام طلائع الجيش، كما يلتقي سموحة أمام البنك الأهلي، في إطار مباريات ربع نهائي البطولة.

وستلعب مواجهات دور ربع النهائي يوم 26 مارس 2023 المقبل.

يذكر أن سبورتنج حقق لقب كأس مصر الموسم الماضي على حساب الزمالك بينما توج الزمالك بلقب الموسم الماضي من الدوري المصري لكرة اليد.

At 5.45pm on Friday, when Graeme Swann walks out to toss up with his West Indian counterpart, Darren Sammy, the end of one of the more improbable journeys in English cricket will have been reached.In the winter of 1999-2000, Swann was a brash young upstart on England’s tour of South Africa under Nasser Hussain, and so offended his elders and betters that he was banished from the set-up for the next seven years. Now, 12 years on, he is England captain, and regardless of the circumstances in which the honour has come about, he is ready to embrace the sort of responsibility that no-one ever imagined he was capable of producing.”My mother’s prophecy comes true at last,” Swann told reporters at The Oval. “She always said I would captain England but I am not sure which sport she was thinking of. It’s great. I am delighted. It is a tired old cliché but when you do get asked it is a proud moment and I have surprised myself about how excited I have been about it.”As the fifth England captain of a memorable summer, Swann knows his role is very much a temporary measure that only came about because of injuries to the Twenty20 captain and vice-captain, Stuart Broad and Eoin Morgan. Nevertheless, at the age of 32, Swann is the gnarled old veteran in a youthful squad that includes a host of players who are barely out of their teens, and as such, he recognises the need to lead by an example that perhaps doesn’t come entirely naturally to him.Swann first played for England when he was the same age as the likes of Joss Buttler and Alex Hales, and by his own admission, he was far from ready for the big time. However, he believed that series such as the one about to take place could have helped him develop his game.”Graeme Swann the captain would never pick Graeme Swann the kid,” he said. “The one regret I have about being 19 or 20 is that there was not Twenty20 around in those days. I’m sure I would be pretty good at it because I could bat in those days. I would have had a way of staying in the England squad for a few years while I developed my skills in the longer form. That is the only regret I have got about the young, lunatic Graeme Swann. He is still in there but I manage to hide him most of the time.”Now, however, it is time to put on his more serious face. “For all the impression I give about messing around all the time, it is not always like that,” Swann said. “Most of the joshing around is in the Anderson-Bresnan corner, but I have curbed that this week because I can’t be seen to be taking the mickey out of my players. Some of these guys are coming in for the first time, so they are wide eyed and excited about playing. Going in with a group of gnarled old pros, half of whom don’t like you and the other half like you even less, it is nice to have a young and exciting squad to be in charge of.”Swann’s previous captaincy experience is limited in the extreme. At Nottinghamshire, what few opportunities might have existed were limited by the presence of the New Zealand skipper, Stephen Fleming, whom he rated as arguably the best captain in the world, while Fleming’s successor Chris Read cemented his credentials last summer with a memorable victory in the County Championship.”I have always harboured ambitions of captaining at first-class level and it is nice that I have got a chance, if only for a couple of games, to show the inner workings of my mind, that I think are brilliant,” said Swann. “Normally it is a case of if you hang around long enough you might get a chance, so I am delighted. I feel like a senior player in this group now and when I looked at this squad for the matches, I thought it would be exciting to be in charge of that lot.”Aside from providing four tidy overs, Swann admitted that there was only so much he could do to have a direct influence on the tactics in Twenty20 cricket. “It is a reactions game,” he said. “You can start with grandiose plans about how you want to start, and they can change quickly. I like to think I will be attacking, but I am not sure it will be too maverick or out of the box. It is important in this form of the game to take wickets. That is what won us the World Twenty20 [last year]. At any given stage during the game, we will be thinking where is the best chance to take wickets.”With West Indies also set to field a young and inexperienced side, the true value of these two fixtures has been called into question. However, Swann was adamant that, in 12 months’ time in Sri Lanka, the team that takes the field to defend the World Twenty20 is likely to contain a sizeable number of the rookies on show this weekend – among them Jonny Bairstow, whose dynamic debut in the final ODI against India was proof of his hard-hitting abilities.”These are guys who have been brought up on a diet of Twenty20 and they are close [to the first eleven],” said Swann. “I can’t see that team next year being vastly different from this squad. Obviously the odd player will come back in but cricket is a game in which new superstars emerge all the time and this team has got the potential for four or five megastars in it.”The way the likes of Bairstow played the other night was a glimpse into the potential he has got,” Swann added. “We have not seen anything of Stokes but we know what potential he has got, and then there are people like Joss Buttler who does it day in, day out for Somerset and he will come to the party sooner rather than later. We have got the potential for the most exciting top six in world cricket which is great.”With that in mind, the chance to play two extra Twenty20s in the build-up to Sri Lanka was not to be sniffed at, given how few fixtures are allocated in any given tour. “It defies belief that we only have one Twenty20 match [per series],” said Swann. “It is the biggest game in the short format and somewhere down the line we will have to treat it a bit more seriously and play series of Twenty20 games. We are World Champions but going into Sri Lanka we will only play four or five games in this format before that World Cup starts.”

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Enquanto o presidente do Santos, José Carlos Peres, acompanha a Seleção Brasileira na Inglaterra, o vice, Orlando Rollo, aproveitou o momento de autonomia no Brasil e sinalizou uma aproximação com o elenco. Na última segunda-feira, o dirigente esteve no treino do Peixe no CT Rei Pelé, acompanhado de membros do Comitê de Gestão do clube, para “alinhar ideias” com o plantel e com o técnico Jair Ventura.

– A reunião foi para efetuar esse planejamento em conjunto com comissão técnica e elenco. A hora é de união. O planejamento não pode ser unilateral – disse Rollo, em contato com a reportagem do LANCE!.

E um dos “vários assuntos” debatidos entre a cúpula e a comissão foi a divisão de jogos entre a Vila Belmiro e o Pacaembu. Por enquanto, segue mantida a promessa de campanha de dividir igualmente os jogos entre os dois estádios.

– Cada jogo tem uma especificidade. Tem partida que é melhor mandar na Vila Belmiro, outras no Pacaembu. Estamos avaliando – completou o vice-presidente.

Não está descartada uma alteração do jogo contra o Internacional, marcado para o dia 10 de junho, de São Paulo para a Baixada Santista.. O problema é que antes desse jogo contra o Inter, o time já irá enfrentar o Vitória, no dia 3, na Vila e, pela ordem, o seguinte teria de ser na capital.

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Match facts

Tuesday, April 26, Delhi
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)Virender Sehwag found the quicker surface at the Kotla more to his liking•AFP

Big picture

After lacklustre starts to the tournament, both Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore have taken bold steps to try to improve their fortunes; for each of them, the moves worked in their last games. The newly-prepared green top at the Feroz Shah Kotla allowed Virender Sehwag and David Warner to play their strokes, as the ball came on to the bat, and the Delhi fast bowlers enjoyed the bounce they got from the track.For Bangalore, the shot in the arm came in the form of new signing Chris Gayle, whose century helped turn around a trend that had seen Bangalore not manage an opening stand of more than seven in their previous four matches.The switch from the traditional slow-and-low Kotla wicket to a livelier one makes sense for Delhi, since all their foreign players are either Australian or South African – and therefore used to bouncy tracks – while their most-expensive player, Irfan Pathan, is a seamer. Tuesday’s match will be a test of whether the win against Kings XI Punjab was a one-off or whether their strategy to pack the side with seamers for home games can be a consistently successful one.From Bangalore’s point of view, they will want to make as much use of their new opening partnership before Tillakaratne Dilshan leaves for England, which could be as early as May 10.Adding further interest is the fact that Bangalore snapped up four of Delhi’s foreign stars from last year in the January auction. “Old Delhi v New Delhi,” Delhi coach Greg Shipperd dubbed the contest, though with several players changing teams in the rejigging, former team-mates clashing is not uncommon.Apart from the fluidity of players’ loyalties, the other salient feature of the IPL tomorrow’s match exposes is its innate forgivingness. In many other sporting leagues Delhi and Bangalore’s starts of three losses in their first four games may have seen heads roll at the franchises. But because of the congested nature of the IPL table, both teams find themselves in a position where a single win will put them right back in contention for the knockout stages.

Form guide (most recent first)

Delhi: WLWLL (ninth in points table)
Bangalore: WLLLW (seventh in points table)

Team talk

Bangalore’s batting has a settled look, but the problems in the bowling department are perhaps illustrated by the fact that Virat Kohli, who has an IPL bowling average of 93.00, has been one of their more economical options this season. They might want to include an extra seamer to make use of the Kotla pitch, but with Dirk Nannes injured there aren’t too many options; both S Aravind and Abhimanyu Mithun have gone for more than 10 an over so far, while Johan van der Wath has gone at 9.87. So they may give left-arm spinner J Syed Mohammad, who impressed in the last game, another go.Delhi went in with five seamers in their last game, and may stick with that strategy since they don’t have any established international spinners in their squad. Ajit Agarkar went for 47 runs in four overs in the last game, but the man who could replace him, Ashok Dinda, hasn’t exactly set the tournament on fire either.Predict the playing XIs for this match. Play ESPNcricinfo Team selector.

In the spotlight

Aaron Finch entered the tournament with a big reputation, after his match-winning innings in a Twenty20 international against England, and his impressive performance for Victoria in the 2011 Big Bash. However, he has struggled on the slow Indian wickets, only managing 47 runs from five innings. The grass cover at the Kotla makes it a more familiar habitat and Tuesday is a chance for Finch to justify his billing.Bangalore would have been pleased with the 123-run partnership between Gayle and Dilshan against Kolkata Knight Riders, and will now be looking for the middle order to give AB de Villiers some more support. Saurabh Tiwary will be key in achieving that end. He hasn’t had the same impact since joining Bangalore as he did for Mumbai Indians last season, and will be looking to turn things around.

Prime numbers

• Out of all the bowlers who have bowled more than five overs in IPL 2011, Bangalore captain Daniel Vettori has the best economy rate. He has gone at 5.75 in 20 overs so far.
• David Warner has got the joint-highest number of half-centuries in this IPL, with three in five innings. He is fourth in the list of leading run-getters.

The chatter

“I prefer it when there is some bounce and carry on the pitch … and I’m definitely in favour of this wicket.”
“Half of their [Bangalore] side played for Delhi. They were our valued players. We tried to keep them in the auction but at last couldn’t afford them.”