Bollinger bowls Blues into strong position

Doug Bollinger didn’t win a place in the Test team but he remains in fine wicket-taking form after helping New South Wales into a winning position at the WACA

Cricinfo staff28-Nov-2009
ScorecardMoises Henriques scored 52 to help the Blues into a strong position•Getty Images

Doug Bollinger didn’t win a place in the Test team but he remains in fine wicket-taking form after helping New South Wales into a very powerful position at the WACA. Bollinger picked up 4 for 61 to add to his first-innings tally of three wickets as Western Australia struggled to stay afloat, despite Shaun Marsh’s 94.At stumps on the second day, the Warriors were 7 for 231 in their second innings and with an advantage of only 88, they needed something special to avoid defeat within three days at home. At the close their hopes remained with the debutant Justin Coetzee, who was unbeaten on 15, and Steve Magoffin, who was on 3.While Marsh and Luke Ronchi were at the crease Western Australia had hopes of building a defendable total. The pair put on 99 for the sixth wicket before Ronchi was caught behind off Bollinger for 44 and six overs later, Marsh missed his century when he was trapped by Josh Hazlewood.The rest of the specialist batsmen hadn’t offered much resistance against Bollinger and his colleagues, who could almost have pushed for a two-day win with the score at 5 for 106. The Blues had batted themselves into a 143-run lead thanks to half-centuries from Daniel Smith and Moises Henriques, who each scored 52 to build on the platform set by Phillip Hughes’ opening-day 58.Their advantage could have been far greater but for some lower-order stumbles and the final six New South Wales wickets fell for 62 runs. Theo Doropoulos missed the chance for a hat-trick when he had Steven Smith and Stuart Clark out with consecutive balls and Brad Knowles (4 for 99) finished with the best figures for the Warriors.

Por circunstâncias do jogo, Zé vê empate contra o Fla de bom tamanho

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O Vasco acabou ficando no empate sem gols com o Flamengo no Maracanã e perdeu mais uma chance de entrar no G7 do Brasileirão. No entanto, o técnico Zé Ricardo achou o resultado justo por tudo que aconteceu na partida. Principalmente porque o Vasco teve que ficar com um a menos no fim da partida, já que Ramon se machucou e o Cruz-Maltino já tinha feito as três substituições.

O Flamengo ficou mais com a bola. A gente tentou bloquear as laterais. Tivemos uma oportunidade com Madson que o Rhodolfo travou, um contra-ataque que o Nenê não viu a subida do Madson e depois um chute na trave. O Flamengo também teve algumas, com Arão e Vizeu. No geral, acho que o empate foi justo, pelo o que foi o jogo, ainda o fato de termos terminado com um a menos. Oresultado foi de bom tamanho – analisou Zé Ricardo, em coletiva após o jogo, deixando claro que o Vasco entrou com o objetivo de vencer.

-A gente veio com uma estratégia de buscar a vitória. Sabia que o Flamengo ia ter mais posse de bola, pelo tempo que estão juntos, pelos atletas que tem. A gente sabia que ia ter dificuldade de ter a bola. Executamos uma inversão de Wellington com Jean, para pegar a infiltração do Arão. Deixamos o Nenê flutuando, jogadores abertos para ter profundidade – completou.

O treinador cruz-maltino interrompeu a coletiva duas vezes para abraçar Réver e Juan na sala de imprensa. Zé disse que seu trabalho é baseado em respeito e por isso o carinho dos antigos jogadores. Ele conta que está criando o mesmo ambiente no Vasco.

-Tenho amigos no futebol, muitos dos meus amigos de hoje. Acredito muito num trabalho baseado em respeito. Esse grupo do Flamengo é assim, tem caráter. Não costumo falar com nenhum deles diariamente, mas hoje o fato de a gente se reencontrar mostra o carinho. Estamos criando o mesmo ambiente no Vasco, conquistando os resultados. Essa cumplicidade é fundamental.

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Villa’s Archer attracts loan interest

Aston Villa youngster Cameron Archer is the subject of loan interest ahead of the January transfer window, according to The Athletic’s Gregg Evans. 

The lowdown

Archer’s Villa contract had been due to expire at the end of the season, but the club confirmed on Friday that he’d penned a new four-year deal.

He’s actually been sent out on loan before, spending the 2020/21 campaign at National League outfit Solihull Moors.

The Englishman has been billed as a ‘sensational’ talent by Birmingham Live journalist Ashley Preece.

The latest

After Archer’s future was ‘finally resolved’, Evans tweeted that ‘clubs are now looking at taking him on loan next month’.

And he’s by no means the only Aston Villa youngster who could temporarily depart in the new year.

Evans says that there are clubs eyeing loan moves for Caleb Chukwuemeka, Aaron Ramsey and Jaden Philogene-Bidace too.

The verdict

Loaning out Archer would probably be a smart move for Villa.

It’s clear that he’s ready to compete at a senior level – he was player of the group stage in the EFL Trophy, he scored a hat-trick against Barrow in the EFL Cup and he found the net against Chelsea.

At Villa Park, Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins stand between him and first-team football.

He’s already outgrown the Under-23s, and would arguably benefit more from playing regular men’s football in, say, League One.

In other news, Villa have been offered a PL title-winner. 

Ireland to play T20 quadrangular in Sri Lanka

Ireland will play a quadrangular Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, involving Sri Lanka A, Afghanistan and Canada

Cricinfo staff18-Dec-2009Ireland will play a quadrangular Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, involving Sri Lanka A, Afghanistan and Canada, as part of their preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in the UAE in February.Ireland will travel to Sri Lanka after the completion of their Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan and the four-team tournament will be held from January 31 to February 4,”This will give the squad a good work-out ahead of the UAE leg of the tour. It’ll get the players into the mindset of the shorter format of the game,” Phil Simmons, the Ireland coach, said. “We still haven’t played a lot of 20-over cricket, although the experience of playing in the finals in England last year will help us. There are only two places up for grabs for the finals in the West Indies, so it will be difficult for all the teams. There will be a lot of pressure games with so much at stake, but we have a lot of experience in our camp, which is so vital as we showed last year when we won the World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa.””I and the players want to make it four in a row in terms of qualifying for the major tournaments – when you get a taste of the big time, you want more. The players are still hungry for more success, and for me there would be the added bonus of coaching Ireland in the West Indies. We did fantastically well there in 2007, as that’s where we really announced ourselves on the world stage. Ireland has happy memories of the West Indies – it’d be great if we could have a few more in 2010.”

Ponte Preta enfrenta Coritiba e tenta sair do Z-4

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Na zona de rebaixamento, com 35 pontos, a Ponte Preta precisa melhorar o rendimento em campo e somar resultados positivos nas próximas cinco rodadas, se quiser permanecer na elite do futebol.

A partida contra o Coritiba, no próximo domingo, às 19h, no Couto Pereira, é crucial para aumentar as chances do time de sair da zona da degola.

A necessidade de vitória da Macaca levou o técnico Eduardo Baptista a priorizar uma formação ofensiva para o duelo contra o Coxa.

O treinador comentou a defasagem da equipe no ataque e afirmou que o atacante Emerson Sheik é dúvida para a partida:

– Tem faltado o gol. Por isso a busca de uma presença maior na área, ter mais alguém ali, para matar quando der. O Emerson está relacionado, mas ainda em recuperação. Pela idade, a recuperação física é mais lenta. Vamos aguardar. Ou ele inicia ou testamos outras opções para começar a partida também.

Com pouco tempo para trabalhar, Eduardo usará a manhã de sábado para ajustar os últimos detalhes da Macaca antes da viagem para Curitiba.

NUFC quiz: Real Magpies fans will get 100%

Calling Newcastle United’s 2021 a rollercoaster of emotions would be underplaying the 12 months the club has gone through this year.

From achieving survival in the Premier League thanks to Joe Willock’s sublime form on loan from Arsenal last season under Steve Bruce to PIF taking over from Mike Ashley and Eddie Howe becoming the new manager, Magpies fans have had a lot to deal with.

Newcastle are currently 19th in the Premier League table and appear on course to head down to the Championship next year, although the January transfer window is on the way and the prospect of PIF splashing the cash may be one that excites the fans.

It remains to be seen what will happen in the market next month or whether or not they will avoid the drop down to the second division, so why don’t we focus on what has already happened?

Take our huge, bumper, Newcastle quiz of 2021 and see if you can get 100% – only real fans will!

بوفون: رشحت حارسًا لـ يوفنتوس لكن لم يفكر به أحد

كشف المخضرم جيانلويجي بوفون أنه رشح حارس مرمى لناديه السابق يوفنتوس، لكن البيانكونيري لم يهتم حينها.

بوفون حارس مرمى بارما الحالي، أوضح أن يوفنتوس طلب منه ترشيح أحد حراس المرمى ليتعاقدوا معه، وذلك حين عاد للسيدة العجوز قادمًا من باريس سان جيرمان.

وتحدث بوفون في مهرجان ترينتو الرياضي الذي نظمته صحيفة لاجازيتا ديلو سبورت، وسُئل عن مايك ماينان في ضوء التكهنات السابقة بأنه طلب من باريس سان جيرمان التوقيع مع الفرنسي.

وقال بوفون: “عندما عدت من باريس إلى يوفنتوس سألوني عن حراس المرمى، قلت مايك ماينان من ليل، لكن لم يفكر فيه أحد”.

اقرأ أيضًا | بوفون: لست بحاجة لـ8 ألقاب دوري أبطال أوروبا لمعرفة جودتي.. ومن العار اعتزال فيدرير التنس

وأضاف: “كنت أتساءل لماذا، عندما وقع ميلان مع ماينان، أرسلت رسالة إلى مالديني، قائلًا إن قلة هم من يؤمنون به لكنهم تعاقدوا مع حارس رائع”.

تبين أن رحيل جيانلويجي دوناروما كان نقطة مهمة في تاريخ ميلان الحديث، وعلى الرغم من كل هذا، فإن قرار دوناروما لم يضر حقًا بثروات الروسونيري على أرض الملعب لأن ماينان قد ملأ الفراغ الذي تركه الإيطالي تمامًا.

أظهر حارس المرمى الفرنسي ردود أفعال لا تصدق لإيقاف التسديدات التي لم يتصدى لها حراس المرمى الآخرون.

من ناحية أخرى لم يعد مركز حراسة المرمى في صفوف يوفنتوس كما كان في عهد بوفون، ويلعب للبيانكونيري الآن الثنائي تشيزني وماتيا بيرين بالإضافة لتواجد كارلو بنسوليو. 

Após atrito com Felipe Melo, Clayson diz: 'Não sou amigo dele e nem quero'

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O eletrizante Dérbi paulista deste domingo teve um episódio de ânimos mais exaltados fora das quatro linhas. No intervalo, quando os jogadores se dirigiam aos vestiários, houve uma confusão envolvendo o corintiano Clayson e o palmeirense Felipe Melo. Em um vídeo publicado nas redes sociais e divulgado pelo perfil da Rádio Bandeirantes no Twitter, o volante aparece arremessando um objeto em direção ao atacante.

Depois da partida, Clayson confirmou a confusão e disse que Felipe Melo o persegue desde o Campeonato Paulista. O corintiano, ao ser questionado pelos jornalistas na zona mista, fez críticas ao comportamento do palmeirense. (Confira o vídeo abaixo)

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-Ele tacou meio que em mim, mas não sei o que passa na cabeça do Felipe Melo, nem quero saber também. importante foi nossa vitória. Ele já está me ameaçando desde o Paulista quando eu estava pela Ponte e hoje ele quis dar de doido, valentão ali e veio para cima de mim. Mas isso a gente resolve dentro de campo. Não tenho nada contra ele, nem a favor. Não sou amigo dele, nem pretendo ser. Importante é a vitória – disparou o atacante do Corinthians.

Perguntado se teria falado alguma coisa que justificasse a reação de Felipe Melo, Clayson negou.

-Não falei nada, pode perguntar para a turma que estava do meu lado. É coisa do passado, que ele estava guardando no coração – afirmou.

Na entrevista coletiva, o técnico Alberto Valentim também foi questionado, mas não quis comentar o assunto. O mesmo se deu com o presidente Maurício Galliote.

No clássico, Clayson foi um dos destaques do Corinthians com boa atuação, enquanto Felipe Melo ficou no banco de reservas no Palmeiras e não entrou na partida. O Timão venceu o rival por 3 a 2 e abriu seis pontos na liderança do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Vale lembrar que Felipe Melo tem histórico de polêmicas este ano. Na Libertadores, foi suspenso por se envolver em briga na partida contra o Peñarol (URU) no Uruguai, e também teve atrito com o técnico Cuca, que foi demitido do Verdão no mês passado.

Ashok Menaria leads India to second win

An all-round performance by captain Ashok Menaria ensured India Under-19 sailed through to their second consecutive win in the tri-series at the King Edward VII School Ground in Johannesburg

Cricinfo staff30-Dec-2009
ScorecardAn all-round performance by captain Ashok Menaria ensured India sailed through to their second consecutive win in the Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament at the King Edward VII School Ground in Johannesburg. Meenaria top scored with 69 to take India to 237 and later chipped in with three late wickets to keep Sri Lanka to 192.After opting to bowl, Sri Lanka’s Kasun Madushanka removed the openers before they could settle in and the Indians soon found themselves at 51 for 3, in need of a solid stand. That came in the form of a 100-run partnership between Meenaria and Harpreet Singh, who made his U-19 debut. The pair batted for nearly 21 overs and managed a respectable run-rate of 4.72 during their stand. They were separated when Menaria was dismissed by offspinner Rumesh Buddika. Harpreet added another 40 with Manan Sharma before he was stumped for 67. The Indians just managed to bat out their 50 overs, losing nine wickets in the process.The Sri Lankans failed to mount that target because they couldn’t stitch together substantial partnerships. The top order made starts but failed to carry on, save for the only half-century stand in the innings – the 51 for the fourth wicket between Kithuruwan Vithanage and Buddika. The Sri Lankans couldn’t recover after they lost half their side at 137 in the 37th over. Meenaria then took three lower-order wickets to top a very satisfying day in the field.

West Ham suffer major Aaron Cresswell injury blow

West Ham have suffered a major blow ahead of their Premier League clash against Southampton amid an injury update on Aaron Cresswell.

What’s the story?

The left-back has missed the Hammers’ past four games in the Premier League, and speaking after the Carabao Cup defeat to Spurs in mid-week, David Moyes admitted he is unsure about the defender’s status.

He said: “I don’t know (if Cresswell will be back for Southampton), I can’t give you an answer. We are missing him.”

Those comments were then followed up by a major revelation from Ex, who claimed: “Following Aaron Cresswell’s absence from the Spurs game we decided to try and get an answer to his mystery injury.

“It appears that we have heard similar to what Claret and Hugh have just reported and the diagnosis is a chipped bone in his back and this is causing severe pain.”

Huge blow for West Ham

Before his injury, Cresswell had started every single Premier League game this season, completing the full 90 minutes, and helped the Hammers lose just four times in their opening 13 contests.

It was no surprise that the left-back’s performances have come in for some big praise, with talkSPORT pundit Tony Cascarino saying just last month: “Talk about unsung heroes; I think Cresswell has been brilliant for them at left-back this year. I thought as he gets older, his place would be in jeopardy – it’s not.”

That followed on from comments made by Sam Delaney on the U Irons podcast, who said earlier last season: “But, at left centre-back, he’s like a secret weapon, because he’s extremely tidy in defence but, usually, no one is expecting your centre-back to be a threat going forward.

“Cresswell has just been sensational. He’s a shout, surely, with all of those assists, for Hammer of the Season.”

Being without Cresswell for a significant period of time is sure to come as a massive blow for the Hammers and leave Moyes gutted.

Meanwhile, West Ham have been linked with a swoop for this Championship star…

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