Após derrota no Majestoso para o São Paulo, o técnico do Corinthians, Vítor Pereira concedeu coletiva no Morumbi. Na visão do português, o gol aos 50 segundos do primeiro tempo de Calleri condicionou o clássico.
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– Eu acho que o gol inicial e a chuva que caiu, que não podemos controlar, condicionaram um bocadinho. O campo ficou muito pesado e dificultou um pouco a circulação de bola. Aquilo que tínhamos feito no aquecimento quebrou-se nesse período em que estivemos à espera que a luz voltasse. E houve um bocadinho essa desconcentração, foi o que senti na minha equipe. O São Paulo conseguiu entrar desde o primeiro minuto no jogo, mesmo com aquela chuva, e nós demoramos um pouco para reagir, e quando reagimos já tínhamos concedido o primeiro gol – opinou o lusitano.
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Na visão do treinador, o Timão sentiu o gramado pesado e apontou um aspecto do jogo no qual acredita que sua equipe precisa trabalhar.
-Teve muito a ver com sofrermos o gol cedo, o terreno ficar pesado. As ocasiões que tivemos, não conseguimos concretizá-las. A chegada na área é um aspecto que é preciso trabalhar. As posições ocupadas na área, é preciso trabalhar. Tive cinco dias de trabalho, mas dois para recuperarmos os jogadores. Não foi a estreia que eu pretendia. Já vi alguma intenção, nos primeiros 30 minutos, de ter bola, dominar o jogo com bola e pressionar logo que perdíamos a bola. Esses 30 minutos que tivemos alguma qualidade, faltando de fato a chegada na área, temos que prolongar isso para os 30 minutos – concluiu.
Agora, o próximo desafio do Corinthians é contra a Ponte Preta, na Neo Química Arena, sábado (12), às 18h30, pela décima primeira rodada do Paulistão.
كشف الدولي البرتغالي جواو كانسسيلو، لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي الهلال السعودي، كواليس رحيله عن مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، مشيرًا إلى دور بيب جوارديولا.
اللاعب البرتغالي انضم في يناير 2023 إلى بايرن ميونخ معارًا، وبعد 6 أشهر رحل إلى برشلونة بنفس الصيغة، قبل أن ينضم في الصيف الماضي إلى الهلال السعودي.
طالع أيضًا.. الهلال يوضح موقف سافيتش من مواجهة النصر في الدوري السعودي
وفي تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، قال كانسيلو: “كانت بيننا خلافات، لم تكن مواجهة، ولكن آراء مختلفة. لدي شخصية قوية جدًا، وهو كذلك. لكن في النهاية هو المدرب ومن يحسم الأمور”.
وأضاف: “كُل منا سلك طريقه، ولكنني أحمد الله على العمل معه. إنه عبقري ورائد في مجال التدريب وأفضل لحظات مسيرتي كانت معه في مانشستر سيتي”.
وواصل: “كنت أحضر التدريبات والمباريات مستمتعًا بما يحدث. وشعرت بأهميتي في هذه المجموعة. لقد ساعدني على النمو كشخص ولاعب”.
واختتم: “في النهاية لم تكن لدي الرغبة في مانشستر سيتي، وكذلك لم يرغبوا في بقائي أيضًا. لذا كانت هناك عدة أسباب دفعتني للرحيل إلى الهلال في الصيف”.
Manchester United star Amad Diallo is reportedly set to miss the rest of the season through injury in a massive blow to Ruben Amorim's side.
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Amad been key player for Man Utd
Set to miss rest of season through injury
Huge blow for Amorim's team
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WHAT HAPPENED?
were first to report that the 22-year-old could miss the rest of the season after suffering an ankle injury in United training ahead of this weekend's trip to Tottenham. The club later confirmed he had sustained an issue at their Carrington base.
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WHAT AMAD SAID
While the 22-year-old did not confirm his season is over, he said he faces "some time" on the sidelines, writing on Instagram: "Extremely disappointed to be writing this message in such a crucial time of the season.
"Unfortunately, I will be out for some time with an injury.
"I will come back stronger than ever!!
"Time to support the boys from the outside. Still loads to play for."
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
In a season of turmoil, Amad has been one of the few positives for United. With the Red Devils having nothing to play for in the Premier League, their attention will have turned to winning the FA Cup and Europa League. But that task became a whole lot harder without the Ivorian.
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The former Sunderland loanee, who signed a new United contract until 2030 last month, has scored nine goals and bagged seven assists for the Red Devils in all competitions this season.
لم يحضر فريق النادي الأهلي، إلى ملعب استاد القاهرة، اليوم الثلاثاء، لخوض مواجهة القمة أمام نادي الزمالك، التي كان من المقرر إقامتها ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.
وشهدت مباراة الأهلي والزمالك أزمة كبيرة منذ مساء أمس الإثنين، بسبب إعلان اتحاد الكرة المصري عن إسناد مباراة القمة لطاقم تحكيم مصري، هو ما اعترض عليها النادي الأهلي، وقرر عقد اجتماع طاري صباح اليوم الثلاثاء.
وبعد الاجتماع أعلن النادي الأهلي موقفه بأنه لن يستكمل بطولة الدوري المصري هذا الموسم، إذا أصر اتحاد الكرة على تواجد طاقم مصري لإدارة المباراة.
وألغى حكم المباراة محمود بسيوني، اللقاء، بعد مرور 20 دقيقة في انتظار قرارات الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم ورابطة الأندية.
طالع | بعد انتظار 20 دقيقة.. إلغاء مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في الدوري المصري
ووفقًا لجدول المباريات المعلن من رابطة الأندية، فإن النادي الأهلي على موعد مع بطولة كأس الرابطة المصرية في مواجهة نادي إنبي بالجولة الأولي.
وكانت قرعة رابطة الأندية للموسم الحالي، أوقعت الأهلي في المجموعة الثالثة بجانب كل من إنبي وطلائع الجيش وفاركو. موعد مباراة الأهلي القادمة أمام إنبي في كأس الرابطة
يلعب الأهلي ضد إنبي، يوم الخميس 20 مارس 2025، في تمام الساعة 9:30 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة.
The PCB has offered PSL franchises a hike in their share from the central revenue pool, starting from next year. That, as well as a couple of other concessions, come as the board and the franchises try a resolve a long-standing impasse over the financial model of the league. The PCB is also ready to fix the US dollar rate on the franchises’ annual fees – a key sticking point – and have also offered financial relief for the last two editions of the league, both of which have been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.Though the PCB has sold ownership rights to all six franchises until 2025, the changes offered in the new model will stand until the 20th season of the PSL, which would be played in 2035. The exact details of the revised revenue shares or the financial relief are not yet known, and the franchises are expected to get them in the next couple of days. The six franchises are then expected to carry out internal deliberations before deciding whether or not to accept the offer.The expectation, as PCB chairman Ramiz Raja clearly spelt out in a short statement, is that the franchises will accept the offer – an indication perhaps that further negotiations will not be entertained. Ramiz met the franchises on Monday, the second meeting since Friday as he tries to take the league forward from the financial stalemate it has found itself in.”Taking into the account legal and contractual framework, the PCB has offered a new financial model to the franchisees with the sole purpose of supporting and resolving their concerns,” Ramiz said. “The PCB expects the franchisees to accept this offer so that we can switch our focus on strengthening the HBL PSL brand.”The broad gripe of the franchises over the financial model has been that while the PCB has made profits off the league, the franchises themselves have struggled to break even since the start of the league in 2016. Four out of six franchises, it is believed, have yet to break even on their investments after six seasons. From the franchise fees alone, the PCB makes USD 15.65 million every season and also takes 15% from the broadcast revenue stream. The PCB also takes home a share from gate money and sponsorship contracts. All six teams get an equal share from a central revenue pool each season, despite the disparity in their annual right fees.In 2020, the franchises took the battle to the courts, though ultimately the courts asked both parties to settle the matter out of court. That led Ehsan Mani, the previous board chairman, to set up a one-man panel with a retired former chief justice of Pakistan to abitrate on the issue. Tassaduq Hussain Jillani submitted that report earlier this month, though the PCB has not shared that with the franchises, citing it as a confidential document. Whether that report retains relevance given the PCB’s offer remains to be seen.Under former chairman Najam Sethi, the PCB had always argued that only once the league moved back to Pakistan fully will the franchises be able to move towards breaking even because of the lower costs of running a league there rather than in the UAE, and that it would also generate “higher economic activity in the country”. The league’s fifth season was the first to be fully played in Pakistan, but it was hit by the Covid-19 crisis and had to be completed over two legs, increasing the operation cost. The sixth edition similarly had broken down after bio-bubble breaches and the league was taken to Abu Dhabi a few months later.
The five-match T20I series will happen first now. The original schedule had the tour starting with three ODIs
ESPNcricinfo staff05-Aug-2021
A Zimbabwe XI will play against Ireland Wolves in a 50-over warm-up match between the two series•Abu Dhabi Cricket
Zimbabwe’s tour of Ireland has been rescheduled to begin on August 27 on the advice of Ireland’s health authorities. The tour was originally scheduled to start on August 6, but Zimbabwe Cricket hadn’t received clearance from the Ireland government due to complications around Covid-19 protocols.In a media release, Ireland Cricket said the tour would now be “effectively flipping” with the five-match T20I series happening first, as opposed to the previous schedule that had the tour starting with a three-match ODI series. A Zimbabwe XI will play against Ireland Wolves in a 50-over warm-up match between the two series.”There has been a great deal of behind-the-scenes work on pulling together a revised playing programme since the earlier series postponement, but thanks to the support of Provincial Unions and various hosting clubs, we have managed to create a schedule that meets the evolving requirements of health and sporting authorities, while ensuring we can still host these extremely important matches within the available window,” Ireland’s High Performance cricket director Richard Holdsworth said in the statement.A change of venues is also part of the new plan, with Belfast – where three ODIs and the last three T20Is were to be played – dropping off the schedule. The first two T20Is will now be played in Clontarf, and the last three will be played at Bready, which was originally supposed to host only the first two T20Is. The ODIs, which are part of the World Cup Super league, will all be held in Stormont.”In order to meet quarantining requirements in both jurisdictions, the visiting side will spend the first ten days of their tour training and playing in the Republic under biosecure protocols, then the two sides can then move to Northern Ireland to complete the series,” Holdsworth said. “As a consequence of this change, we have had to flip the order of the T20I and ODI series, and we will see the return of international cricket at Clontarf for the first time since May 2019.”Zimbabwe have not qualified for the upcoming T20 World Cup, but the ODIs against Ireland will be a chance for them to drag themselves off the bottom of the World Cup Super league points table and push for qualification for the 2023 ODI World Cup. In their most recent ODI series, Zimbabwe were swept 3-0 at home by Bangladesh. As for Ireland, they are placed seventh on the Super League table, although they have had the benefit of playing 12 matches; Zimbabwe have played only six.
Young Yorkshire bowler lost footing on damp ground while fielding, slid into concrete base of Western Terrace
Paul Edwards13-Jul-2021
Dominic Leech suffered a terrible leg injury in the Roses match•Getty Images
Nobody who has lived through the past 18 months needs to be reminded that there are times when cricket doesn’t matter a damn. All the same, anyone at Headingley on the third afternoon of this Roses Match were reminded of that truth in the most brutal fashion when Yorkshire’s Dominic Leech suffered a horrific injury to his left leg when he lost his footing on damp ground and slid into the concrete base of the Western Terrace.Leech had been chasing round the boundary from long-on to deep midwicket to stop a four and had slapped the ball back into play when the accident occurred. The 20-year-old was immediately in agony and was attended by medical staff from both Lancashire and Yorkshire for 15 minutes before being taken from the stadium on a stretcher by paramedics and thence to hospital in the car of Yorkshire’s physio, Kunwar Bansil. At 2.35 the players left the ground to take an early tea and shortly afterwards a statement was issued saying areas of the playing surface had been deemed unfit and unsafe.As it turned out the umpires, Ian Gould and Nigel Llong, made two inspections before play was eventually abandoned at 4.25. During the time between Leech’s injury and the abandonment questions were raised as to why the umpires had deemed the ground fit for play to start at noon and why an injury beyond the boundary had prompted the decision that the playing area was unfit two hours after precisely the opposite judgement had been reached.But in a month when simplicity will become a dull watchword this was an example of one of cricket’s unavoidable complexities. Although rain had fallen for twelve hours with barely a break on Monday, Headingley was ready for a twelve o’clock start, only for the seam bowlers’ boots landing on the same spots in their run-ups to bring up water, especially in the area that lies in the shadow of Emerald Stand. To link Leech’s injury to the decision to come off the field is a good illustration of the problems encountered when one applies the principle of “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” too rigidly. Apparently Llong had already raised the issue of the footmarks with his colleague and the situation was being carefully monitored when the injury occurred.It was also significant that the judgement of the umpires was firmly supported by the both counties’ head coaches. Although delighted that his team are dominating this match – visiting teams do not get to 411 for 2 too frequently at Headingley – Lancashire’s Glen Chapple endorsed Gould and Llong’s judgement.”We had a lot of rain yesterday and we got here this morning and the ground was still wet,” he said. “The best I can give you is that maybe the heat has brought more moisture up and it’s gone from being just playable to not playable. It’s disappointing for the players and supporters but unfortunately the ground’s not fit at the moment.”The umpires are doing their job and it’s their call to make. None of us have been down the end that’s causing the problem and I fully trust the umpires to make the right call. The players and our supporters will be very disappointed but the main thing from all this is that you don’t want to see someone injured badly and we all hope he recovers quickly.”Related
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Like his Lancastrian counterpart Andrew Gale’s first thought was for Leech, who had received his second-team Yorkshire cap before yesterday’s play and whose bowling was being watched by his father and girlfriend. However he also understood the nuanced judgement that the umpires had had to make”You have to feel for the lad,” he said. “It’s the first game he’s played in the first team this year. But Dom’s a tough cookie – he’s from Middlesbrough – and he was in a lot of pain. It was sad to see. Hopefully he’ll be ok.”You have two of the most experienced umpires in the country, so whatever decision they make is what’s right by the game. They felt that as the day went on and there was more traffic on that side of the pitch and the run-ups, it was bringing water up. Umpires with their experience probably didn’t want a situation where someone like a Jimmy Anderson runs in and rolls his ankle. They didn’t think it was fit for play and fair play to Lancashire because they’re bossing the game and they seemed okay about it.”Yorkshire have encountered problems at the Emerald Stand End of Headingley before, most notably in April 2018 when the game against Essex was abandoned without a ball being bowled, and yesterday’s events will clearly stiffen the intention to get the problem solved. Shortly after the abandonment the Club issued a further statement which ended as follows:”Analysis of the outfield at that end has previously taken place and has identified issues with a layer of thatch that can cause a build-up of water on the surface following heavy rain-fall. The Club had originally planned to get the outfield re-laid prior to the 2021 season but unfortunately difficulties arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in this being delayed. The Club intend on completing this work at the end of this season.”All of which leaves us with the Roses Match, the details of which are rightly overshadowed on days such as this. But it should perhaps be noted that Luke Wells and Josh Bohannon extended their third-wicket partnership to 156 in the 23.2 overs we were allowed and that both batsmen looked in almost complete command. True, Bohannon was dropped on 11 by Harry Brook at first slip off Leech but he later slapped Jordan Thompson over cover for six and pulled the same bowler for four a few balls later, shots which not only took the Boltonian to his half-century but also raised the remote chance that Lancashire might pick up a fourth bonus point.As it was Lancashire had to settle for a score of 342 for 2 after 110 overs. It is the first time since the game in 2011 at Hove that Yorkshire have gained no bowling points from a match in which they had inserted the opposition and bowled their full ration of overs. If this gave Steve Patterson something to ponder, he soon had something else on his mind when Gould warned him for running on the pitch. By the end of the day, though, such cautions were as nothing when set against the health of a fine young cricketer.
Fast bowler will overtake Alastair Cook’s mark of 161 caps if he plays in second Test
Andrew Miller08-Jun-2021
James Anderson celebrates taking the wicket of Kane Williamson•Getty Images
Few players have married skill and longevity to quite such staggering effect as James Anderson, who stands to overtake Alastair Cook as England’s most-capped Test cricketer this week, if selected for his 162nd appearance against New Zealand in the second Test at Edgbaston.But, as he reflected on his 18-year journey from a raw but successful debut against Zimbabwe at Lord’s in 2003, Anderson admitted that his initial reaction to the big stage was one of intense self-doubt, as he questioned his right to be there at all.”I thought I wasn’t good enough,” Anderson said, as he recalled how his first over, from the Nursery End at Lord’s, was picked off by Zimbabwe’s openers for 17 runs, including two fours and a three for Dion Ebrahim as he strayed too close to the right-hander’s pads.”I thought it was a huge step up from county cricket,” Anderson added. “I remember Nasser [Hussain] didn’t have a fine leg for me and I went for quite a few runs. My first ball was a no-ball as well so there were a lot of nerves there and I did feel like this was maybe a step too far for me at that point.”Anderson soon settled into his spell, however, and after striking in his third over to bowl Mark Vermeulen through the gate for 1, he returned from the Pavilion End to pick off four quick wickets in the final 20 balls of the innings.He left the field with figures of 5 for 73 to earn the first of his six entries on the Lord’s honours board, and begin his journey towards becoming the most successful fast bowler in history, with 616 wickets now to his name.”I think I cleaned up the tail in that game,” he said. “Until you play against the best players in the world and you’ve got them out, only then do you feel like you can compete and belong there.”James Anderson took five wickets on debut against Zimbabwe in 2003•PA Photos
That process, however, was not a swift one for Anderson, who slipped out of favour after a tough series against South Africa later that summer. He played a total of four Tests in 2004 and 2005 as England, under the new captaincy of Michael Vaughan, finetuned the four-pronged seam attack that would go on to reclaim the Ashes.Throughout this period, Anderson cut a forlorn figure, often practising alone during lunch breaks at Test matches, and though he played an important role in a famous victory in Mumbai in 2005-06, his progress was further hampered by the diagnosis of a stress fracture in his back – an issue that was partially brought about by the ECB’s efforts to remodel his action, ironically to reduce the likelihood of injury.”I’m proud of the fact that I’ve overcome little hurdles throughout my career and they’ve made me stronger,” he said. “The stress fracture was like hitting the re-set button I guess.”I’d gone through a lot of changes in my action before that and that stress fracture was probably a Godsend. It made me go back to my old action and since then I’ve felt really comfortable and got more consistent. That’s really helped me and makes me feel proud I got stronger from that and never looked back.”The pivotal moment, however, arguably came against Anderson’s current opponents, New Zealand, on England’s 2007-08 tour when – for the second Test at Wellington – he and Stuart Broad were thrust into the front line in place of Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison, to form a matchwinning partnership that has scarcely looked back since.”We both look back on that Test with great fondness,” he said. “I think it was a proper starting point in our Test careers. The fact that Peter Moores, the coach at that time, showed that confidence in us, because he left out two senior bowlers who’d been extremely influential in the England side up until that point.”He brought us in and gave us that responsibility, showed that faith in us. We still look back on that with great fondness and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Hopefully there will be a few more memories to come.”Since that recall, Anderson has claimed 554 Test wickets at 25.17, compared to 62 at 39.20 in the first 20 matches of his career, spread across five years. He went on to play key roles in three consecutive Ashes victories from 2009 to 2013, and was also described as the “difference between the sides” by MS Dhoni when England won in India in 2012-13.”It took a few years,” Anderson said. “I think it was about putting in some performances against the better sides in the world.Related
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“No disrespect to Zimbabwe, but playing against teams like South Africa and Australia and India, once you put in performances against the top teams in the world, that’s when you can feel like you can actually perform at that level. So it did take a few years and a few tours around the world to make me think I could actually do it.”Whether he can do it this week will depend on England’s approach to rest and rotation, given that Anderson turns 39 next month, and England are understandably keen not to over-bowl him with big series against India and Australia looming later in the year. His eagerness to get involved, however, has not diminished with age.”I’m not sure on the team yet,” Anderson said. “Hopefully I’ve got the opportunity to do that on Thursday. It’s been an incredible 15 years really. Knowing how much Cooky played it makes me very proud I’ve actually got to this point.”One player who could come into the reckoning is the Warwickshire fast bowler, Olly Stone, who made his Test comeback against India in Chennai this winter, after one previous appearance on home soil, against Ireland at Lord’s in 2019.”I think Olly is a really impressive person,” Anderson said. “I like him a lot as a bloke. He works incredibly hard, he’s got pace and he’s got skills as well, he can swing the ball.”He’s got character to play Test cricket, we saw that in India briefly. He’s someone I think is very exciting and has a decent Test career ahead of him. He’s got all the attributes to perform at this level and, I would say, the character.”England could also be sweating on the fitness of James Bracey, who made his debut as wicketkeeper at Lord’s last week. He took a blow to the finger during a drills session on Tuesday, and was reportedly in some pain before resuming light training with strapping on his hand. He will be assessed again in the morning.In the absence of Ben Foakes, who tore a hamstring in the Surrey dressing room earlier in the month, as well as Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow who have been rested after their IPL stints, the uncapped Sam Billings is England’s reserve keeper.
Head coach wants “one or two big away wins” to bolster his side’s confidence
Mohammad Isam30-May-2021Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo believes that the next step for his team should be to find success overseas. He wants them to adjust their strategies, particularly their scoring pattern, to foreign conditions and start by winning “one or two big games”.”The big challenge for this ODI team is to try to win away from home under different conditions,” Domingo told ESPNcricinfo. “They are a very good team in Bangladesh. I think if we can get that confidence going away from home, it will be a big thing. I think playing away from home, we need to win one or two big games. Once you get the confidence and belief that you can do it, that will put the team in a much better place mentally.”Bangladesh’s recent 2-1 win over Sri Lanka was their tenth ODI series win at home out of the last 11 such engagements going back to 2015. However, the picture is very different when playing ODIs – perhaps their favourite format – away from home. They have the best win-loss ratio at home since April 2015 (minimum 20 ODIs played), but among the worst away win-loss ratios in the same period. This, a result of Bangladesh having lost five out of seven away ODI series in this period, their only win coming against West Indies in 2018 after tying the series against Sri Lanka the previous year.Domingo wants all-round improvement in skills to win outside of Bangladesh more consistently. “There’s a certain bit of up-skilling that needs to take place with bat and ball,” he said. “People need to improve in various departments to make sure they can win some games away from home. This team has won away from home in other conditions but to challenge them to win in those conditions is something that the team needs to embrace and take it forward.”Top among Domingo’s priorities would be improving his side’s scoring rate. Bangladesh have an average of 238 runs in the 38 ODIs at home since April 2015, which goes up to 248 at a run rate of 5.68 in their 29 wins. There is a marginal difference in their average scoring away from home, with the figure going up to 241, but when they win abroad, that shoots up to 269 runs at a run rate of 6.13. Thus, Domingo says, Bangladesh must look to score 300-plus regularly to be at par with the teams ranked above them in ODIs.”I am not at all concerned by the number of runs we are scoring in Dhaka,” he says. “You can only score as much as the wickets allow you sometimes. Not many times teams get 300 in Dhaka. Definitely when you are playing away from home, 230s or 240s are not going to win you many games. We have to be able to challenge ourselves, play expansively to get up to 300 and 350. It is of paramount importance in the modern game.”To get to those scores, Bangladesh would need to change their approach. Their over-reliance on the four senior batters – Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah – remains unsustainable in any conditions; particularly when playing abroad, 300-plus can’t be managed by relying on just this quartet every game.Russell Domingo has called for patience with young players like Afif Hossain•Getty ImagesLiton Das was recently dropped for the third ODI against Sri Lanka after averaging 12.62 in his last eight innings, while both Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Mithun haven’t been consistent in the last three years either. Also during the ODIs against Sri Lanka, Mosaddek Hossain and Afif Hossain couldn’t capitalise on opportunities. However, Domingo isn’t giving up on any of them and has instead appealed for patience.”The younger players have shown some glimpses and positive signs, but it would be good to see them perform a bit more consistently,” he said. “A guy like Afif has only played three [four] ODIs, so it is very hard to judge. You have to be patient with them, and they can learn a lot from the older players. I hate to put them under severe scrutiny and pressure. They are trying to find their feet at this level.”Domingo said while the current group of senior batters in the side are, as a bunch, at par with some of the best batting groups in the world, even those four accomplished batters took a bit of time to get accustomed to international cricket.”Obviously, it would be great if they started producing runs in every single game,” he added. “All teams rely heavily on their senior players to perform. India has Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. England has [Joe] Root, [Jos] Buttler and [Ben] Stokes who are big players. The responsibility comes with the older players.”If you go through examples, you think so many of our big-game players like Tamim, Mushfiq [Rahim] and Shakib, they also took a bit of time initially to find their feet in international cricket. Some of the wickets in Dhaka are not easy for batting. It has taken Mushfiq and Shakib a little bit of time to figure out what’s the best way to play in these conditions.”Related
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On the upside, Bangladesh’s bowling has improved, with three other bowlers – Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed – now giving Shakib the support he needs. Mehidy, among the younger and the lesser-experienced lot, just climbed to No. 2 in the ICC ODI bowling rankings.”I am really pleased for Mehidy. He is getting recognised for his consistent performances,” Domingo said. “He is a wonderful team guy. He always has a smile on his face. He is willing to do whatever it takes to put the team in a better position.”Bangladesh’s next ODI assignment will be against Zimbabwe, where they will be playing three ODIs in July. The Harare Sports Club, the venue of those matches, has an average score of 201 batting first, thus requiring a different type of adjustment for the side. After Zimbabwe, they also face England, Afghanistan, South Africa and Ireland in their remaining ICC ODI Super League matches, sides that would again test them differently.Hoping to consistently successfully defend around 240 against teams such as these, or being given targets of around 250, seems increasingly outdated thinking. They have done really well to become a huge threat at home but, to be counted among the global game’s top sides, Bangladesh must look to bolder strategies on foreign shores.
A Sky Sports pundit has been left thrilled by reports that Tottenham could make a "real statement signing", alongside their chase for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke.
Tottenham target new striker and winger before deadline day
Last week, reliable transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano shared news that Spurs are in the market for a new striker, and potentially a new winger, depending on the opportunities available in the coming weeks.
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Romano also broke the news that Tottenham are exploring a move to sign Solanke from Bournemouth as an option to replace Harry Kane, and maybe Richarlison, with the Brazil international up for sale amid interest from Saudi Arabia.
Spurs are apparently determined to sell Richarlison this summer as manager Ange Postecoglou continues to rebuild the squad, according to GiveMeSport, who also claim that Ivan Toney is another striking option for the recruitment team.
Tottenham's best-performing players in the Premier League last season
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Rumours surrounding a move for Solanke are starting to heat up, though, coming after the Englishman bagged 21 goals across 42 appearances in all competitions last season.
TEAMtalk reported last week that Solanke wants to join Tottenham this summer, and the Lilywhites have held talks with his representatives. The outlet also stated that Tottenham believe they can sign the former Liverpool prodigy for £5 million less than his £65 million release clause, which would still be a costly operation.
Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke.
Chairman Daniel Levy, technical director Johan Lange and the wider recruitment team may need to weigh up their most astute possible options for out-wide if they do press ahead with a move for Solanke, and one name who's repeatedly linked is Juventus star Federico Chiesa.
The Italian, who's entered the final 12 months of his deal, could be available for as little as £21.5-25.8 million (TMW). Tottenham have been offered Chiesa by his agents, who've reached out for talks with multiple Premier League clubs.
Indeed, Spurs have apparently been speaking with his camp over a potential move, according to reports in Italy, which also suggest that Tottenham are favourites to sign Chiesa this summer as well.
Paul Robinson thrilled as Spurs eye "statement" Chiesa signing
Speaking to Tottenham News, Sky pundit and ex-Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson says Chiesa would be a "real statement signing" for Spurs – urging Levy and co to sign the 26-year-old.
“If Daniel Levy can bring a player like that into the squad, it would be incredible. It would be a real statement signing. Chiesa is still only 26 years old. Look at what he did for Italy at the Euros," said Robinson.
“He’s not a prolific goalscorer but, with his creativity in the final third, if you have the opportunity pick up a player like that from Juventus for £25million, you go into the market and try to get him.
“He’s a top-quality forward and he’d be an incredible signing for Tottenham. I also think he’d relish the challenge of the Premier League at this stage in his career, as it would bring him to another level."