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Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom has welcomed the about-turn on contentious plans to bar the Associate nations from the 2015 World Cup, but urged the ICC to give developing cricketing countries such as Ireland a fair chance to join cricket’s

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Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom has welcomed the about-turn on contentious plans to bar the Associate nations from the 2015 World Cup, but urged the ICC to give developing cricketing countries such as Ireland a fair chance to join cricket’s elite.”The one thing that we shouted out more loudly than anything else is ‘meritocracy’ – not ‘we want to be given this as a right’, but ‘we want the opportunity to be better’,” Deutrom told .Ireland have made a strong case for higher honours in recent years, having beaten Pakistan during their first World Cup appearance in 2007 and scored a remarkable win over England in India earlier this year. Though their inclusion in 2015 continues to give them something to aim for, there remains no official route or timetable for them to be awarded Test status.”All we’ve asked for from the very start is simply a road map to where we go next because what we’ve done, and what we’ve achieved, is everything that has been asked of us,” added Deutrom.”We’ve got a business and we are prepared to develop that business but the only way we can move that business on is to get that additional support, to be able to afford more ODIs and the opportunity to play those ODIs,” he said. “And then a pathway perhaps to Test cricket. That has to be the holy grail for us.”Amid a myriad of tweaks and amendments made at the meeting of the ICC’s Executive Board in Hong Kong, the format and composition of the next two World Cups and World Twenty20s and the implementation of the Decision Review System have attracted plenty of attention, but there remains another high-profile issue to be decided upon: whether or not to scrap the ICC’s two-year rotational presidency.Deutrom said he was in favour of doing away with automatic rotation, a policy which was put under review after Australia and New Zealand’s nominee for the position, ex-Australian prime minister John Howard, was rejected by other countries last year.”The principle is quite simply that it’s the best person for the job,” he said. “And the best person for the job might already reside within Pakistan or Bangladesh, but the idea is that as long as the best person for the job is found, we should support that.”

Canterbury moved to the top spot on the points table from joint-third position after registering a 28-run win over hosts Auckland at Colin Maiden Park.In a match that featured several cameo performances with bat and ball, Canterbury made 334 after being asked to bat. Shanan Stewart anchored the innings with patient 90 as most of his team-mates got starts before being dismissed. Seamer Colin de Grandhomme and left-arm spinner Bruce Martin caused most of the damage, picking up seven wickets between them. Auckland’s reply followed a similar course, with several batsmen getting their eyes in but not making significant contributions – the top score was 71 by Tim McIntosh – as opening bowler Matthew Henry and legspinner Todd Astle picked up three wickets apiece. The innings folded on 277, allowing Canterbury a 57-run lead.At 3 for 35, Canterbury were in trouble in their second innings, as the two Martins, Chris and Bruce produced incisive spells. But three solid half-centuries from the middle order, including Stewart’s 65, steered them to 231 for 8. Set 289 for victory, Auckland’s batsmen came a cropper for the second time, barring Bradley Cachopa who scored 71, as they fell short of the target. Astle carved up the middle order with four scalps, taking his match haul to seven.The Northern Districts v Otago match at Seddon Park in Hamilton ended in a high-scoring draw. Asked to bat, Otago piled up 389 on the back of steady tons from Aaron Redmond and Derek de Boorder. Northern Districts were emphatic in their reply, making 559 for 9 declared at an impressive rate of 4.83 runs per over. Daniel Flynn powered the innings with a knock of 241 off 253 balls that included nine sixes. Otago then batted out the rest of the match, scoring 343 for 6, with Redmond producing another ton.In another batsmen-dominated encounter, Central Districts played out a draw against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. Choosing to bat, Central Districts built their innings around opener Peter Ingram who scored a steady 135, and declared their innings at 337 for 9. Hundreds from Stephen Murdoch and Neal Parlane helped Wellington take the first innings lead by a sizable margin, despite legspinner Tarun Nethula picking up a six-for. The run-fest continued as Ingram powered to his second ton of the match, an explosive 143 off 136 balls laced with 26 boundaries, Central Districts ending day four on 368 for 6.

England captain Andrew Strauss admitted to being shocked and disappointed at his side’s three-wicket defeat to Ireland in Bangalore, as Kevin O’Brien’s record-breaking hundred highlighted lapses in the field and a worrying lack of penetration with the ball. Strauss backed his side to bounce back from the loss, however, and insisted “we’re not out of the World Cup by any means”.”It was a bit of a shock for us if I’m honest, and bitterly disappointing because we did a lot of things badly in the field again,” said Strauss. “We could have taken our catches. I dropped him and we dropped three other catches as well, which in the end cost us the game, there’s no doubt about it.”Our bowling could’ve been better, certainly in the Powerplay,” Strauss added. “I think we got a bit taken by surprise there. And we just can’t afford to give away that many chances on these sorts of wickets. It’s very hard to get people out on very flat wickets, and if you’re dropping four of them then you’re asking for trouble.”England appeared to be cruising to victory after Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell all fired with the bat to boost their side to 327 for 8, and the bowlers followed that up by dismissing half of Ireland’s line-up with just over 100 runs on the board. Then came O’Brien’s no-holds-barred innings, which utterly changed the complexion of the match the longer it went on.”I thought we were in a great position to win the game, absolutely,” said Strauss. “We knew they had some dangerous hitters in the back end of their batting order but with the rate climbing as much as it was, it seemed that if we just kept very patient then wickets would fall, but O’Brien had other ideas. It was an outstanding innings. Just the gall he showed to take the game to us in that situation. They took the Powerplay and [he] struck the ball beautifully. He rescued them from a perilous position to one where they were up with the rate and just had to keep their heads at the end.”England were bewildered by their shortcomings in Bangalore•Getty Images

The inability of his bowlers to stem the flow of runs towards the end of the innings will be a particular worry for Strauss and 62 runs came from the batting Powerplay, effectively bringing Ireland back into the game. Strauss pointed out that bowlers on both sides had struggled, and would continue to do so on wickets tailored to suit batsmen.”The wickets here have been very, very flat wickets. We’ve easily got 300 in two of the three games and chased 290 in the other, so the bowlers have got to expect to go for the odd run here and there. But what we don’t want to be doing is haemorrhaging runs on both sides of the wicket and chasing our tail too much, which potentially we have done in those last three games, and we’re going to have to improve.”It’s hard work, certainly the two wickets we’ve played on here haven’t suited any one particular bowler. All bowlers have suffered at the hands of the wicket. But it’s still a game of cricket, you’ve got to get more runs than the opposition team. You’ve got to handle those conditions better than the opposition team, and if you don’t you’re going to lose the game.”England remain second in their group, with three points, despite the defeat, but Group B has been thrown wide open and their next game, against South Africa on Sunday in Chennai, is sure to provide a stiff challenge.”The game coming up against South Africa is a huge one for us. Generally we’ve bounced back from defeat well in the past, whether it’s in Test cricket or one-day cricket. We’re going to have to do that very quickly and probably be honest with each other and realise where we can improve and make those improvements very quickly. Hopefully it’ll galvanise us as a team. The equation is pretty simple now: we can’t afford any slip-ups and we’re going to have to go out there and deliver.”

Central Districts marched into the final of the HRV Cup with a demolition of table-toppers Auckland in New Plymouth, chasing down the target of 181 with eight wickets to spare. Peter Ingram (46) and Jamie How (43) blazed away to an opening stand of 74 in seven overs after which Ian Blackwell took over. Blackwell smashed six sixes and four fours in his unbeaten 68 from 33 deliveries as CD cantered to victory in the 17th over.Auckland had got off to a poor start after opting to bat, reaching 58 for 3 in seven overs. They slipped further when Lou Vincent was bowled by Jacob Oram for 46 off 29. Rob Quiney and Colin Munro added 54 in 4.2 overs to take Auckland close to 150. Quiney hit five sixes in his 55 off 29. England left-arm spinner Michael Yardy led the CD bowlers with 2 for 18. The win took CD to second position behind Auckland, and the two will clash in the final on January 2.

Wellington had to wait till the penultimate ball of the match to win a thriller against Otago by three wickets at the Queenstown Events Centre. Chasing 148, Wellington managed to keep the required run-rate under control despite losing wickets at regular intervals. Opener Neal Parlane’s 39, and middle-order contributions from captain Grant Elliott and England import Luke Wright helped their cause. But it was up to No. 7 Marc Calkin and No. 9 Brett Lee, the Australia fast bowler, to finish the game. Calkin got 18 off 13 as Wellington got the 14 runs they needed off the last 11 balls.Otago had kept themselves in the game by chipping away at the wickets. Seamer James McMillan got two early scalps, and then Aaron Redmond sent nerves rushing through the Wellington dressing room, picking up a couple of wickets late in the innings with his legspinners. Redmond’s second scalp left Wellington at 134 for 7, but Brett Lee came in and hit a six to take some of the pressure off his team.Otago had reached their total of 146 largely due to Redmond’s 50 off 37 balls at the top of the order. Captain Craig Cumming got a quick 25 in the middle-order and Iain Robertson added a valuable 20 not out in the end.

Canterbury beat Northern Districts by 60 runs at the Village Green in Christchurch thanks to a blazing half-century by Peter Fulton and an all-round performance from Johan van der Wath. Fulton stuck around as Canterbury lost a few early wickets, including opening partner Rob Nicol in the first over, and then accelerated to reach 64 off 46 balls. van der Wath made sure Canterbury reached 163, smashing four sixes in his 31 off 13 balls.van der Wath then produced the goods with the balls, bowling a tight spell of four overs for 12 runs with three wickets to help bowl ND out for 103 in 18 overs. ND got off to a poor start to their chase as they lost both their openers, Brad Hodge and Daniel Flynn, within the first eight balls of their innings. Herschelle Gibbs followed, out for a duck to seamer Richard Sherlock, who took 3 for 28. ND were soon 37 for 5 after Kane Williamson and Brad Wilson fell without adding too many. BJ Watling tried to hold the innings together with his 20, but wickets fell consistently and ND couldn’t even bat out their overs.

Richard Thompson was named on Tuesday as the new chairman of Surrey County Cricket Club. Thompson, 43, becomes the youngest chairman in the country and also the youngest in the club’s history. He replaces the outgoing chairman David Stewart, who led Surrey for seven years.Speaking after his confirmation, Mr. Thompson said: “I am honoured to become chairman of Surrey County Cricket Club. David Stewart will be a tough act to follow and Surrey owes him a great deal of thanks for the contribution he has made in the past seven years as Chairman and further seven as Honorary Treasurer before that.”Surrey is a unique and great club. Despite a period without trophies, I am confident that with the players coming through, the foundations are in place for a period of success in the future. Our members and supporters have been patient and supportive over the past few seasons. I hope with a policy of growing and developing our own talent wherever possible, that any success Surrey CCC may enjoy will be built on firm foundations with Surrey grown talent at the core.”Cricket is going through a period of great change. I will do all I can, to help steer Surrey through those challenges and be a stronger club as a result.”David Stewart added: “It has been most enjoyable and a real privilege to have steered the Club through such exciting and challenging times these last seven years. I am convinced that Richard is the right person to lead the club through the next chapter in its rich history.”

اعترف البرتغالي كارلوس كيروش، مدرب منتخب إيران، بأنه لم يفاجأ بتصريحات مواطنه كريستيانو رونالدو بشأن مانشستر يونايتد وإريك تين هاج.

ستواجه إيران إنجلترا في أول مباراة لها في كأس العالم، وسئل كيروش عن تصريحات كريستيانو رونالدو بشأن إريك تين هاج.

كان كيروش مساعد السير أليكس فيرجسون خلال فترة رونالدو الأولى في النادي الإنجليزي.

قال المدير الفني الأسبق لمنتخب مصر إنه لم يتفاجأ لأن رونالدو ومانشستر يونايتد ليسا على نفس الموجة.

وانتقد رونالدو مانشستر يونايتد في مقابلة مطولة مع بيرس مورجان، أكد فيها أن البنية التحتية للنادي سيئة والإدارة لم تقم بأي تطوير منذ فترته الأولى تحت قيادة المدرب الأسبق سير فيرجسون، بخلاف انتقاده لإريك تين هاج. 

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وأفاد كيروش في تصريحات نشرتها “diario de noticias” البرتغالية: “أنا بعيد بعض الشيء، لكنني لست متفاجئًا، لأن سياق النادي ليس هو نفسه”.

وأوضح: “ربما يكون التعاقد مع رونالدو كلاعب شيء، والتوقيع عليه لتغيير فلسفة النادي شيء آخر، النادي يمر بفترة من عدم الاستقرار الكبير في السنوات الأخيرة”.

مضيفًا: “وصل كريستيانو ولم ير نفس العقلية، ونفس طريقة الوجود، لقد وجد صعوبات في التكيف والروتين في ناد كان دائمًا فائزًا”.

وشدد كيروش: “أنت لا تصحح ذلك في ستة أشهر، يستغرق الأمر من أربع إلى سبع سنوات”.

MatériaMais Notícias

Foram dez meses sem jogar. No retorno, passe que iniciou jogada de gol, dribles e uma partida para ficar na memória. Marcinho voltou ao Botafogo em grande estilo após ruptura do ligamento cruzado do joelho direito, em abril do ano passado. Contra o Nova Iguaçu, na noite desta quinta-feira, a redenção sorriu ao lateral-direito em forma de boa atuação e vitória da equipe.

-No momento da jogada e o Kieza saiu para comemorar, eu não tive força para comemorar junto, só pensei em tudo que passei. Quero agradecer aos meus fisioterapeutas, o Flavinho (Flávio Meireles), o Gui (Guilherme Bianchi), o Fabinho (Fabio Azevedo) e o Leandrinho (Leandro Oliveira), também à preparação física, Felippe Capella e Lucas Ometto, e o pessoal do estafe, da rouparia, todo mundo que estava me aturando no vestiário. Não foi fácil. Foi um momento um muito feliz ter voltado atuar – celebrou o lateral.

No primeiro gol do Botafogo, o jogador de 21 anos passou para Ezequiel, que foi o assistente para o gol de Kieza. Foi a 12ª partida como profissional do atleta que joga também como ponta-direita. Porém, saber que voltaria a atuar rendeu a ele uma sensação bem diferente na véspera.

– Eu estava muito nervoso. Passei o dia anterior inteiro pensando no jogo. Não é quem não lembrava, mas não estava mais acostumado. Foi uma sensação diferente, uma sensação muito nova. Não sabia como o corpo ia se comportar – brinca, agora, um Marcinho bem mais tranquilo.

O treino
Enquanto Marcinho e os demais titulares faziam um treino regenerativo na academia do Estádio Nilton Santos, quem não começou jogando contra o Nova Iguaçu fez trabalho técnico no campo anexo. Nesta sexta-feira, o técnico Alberto Valentim comandou uma atividade completada também por juniores, e com algumas jogadas mais ríspidas.

O time que cometesse três faltas era penalizado com um shoot-out, lembrando o futebol dos EUA nos anos 1990. Desta forma, Luiz Fernando fez um dos gols do trabalho.

Ainda lesionados, Jefferson, Matheus Fernandes e Renatinho não foram a campo. Eles devem ficar à disposição a partir de segunda-feira.

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Newcastle United may not have had much success in the transfer market in recent years, but one that looks like an absolutely stunning piece of business is what happened with former star Ayoze Perez.

Having signed him from Tenerife for just £1.5m, there’s no questioning that the Magpies got their money’s worth from the Spaniard.

The the versatile attacker came in a relative unknown back in the summer of 2014, with then manager Alan Pardew insisting that the Tyneside club had pulled off a real coup to seal his signature.

He said: “We’re delighted to confirm our first signing of the summer and very pleased to have Ayoze at Newcastle United, as a number of other clubs were chasing his signature too.

“He had a terrific season in Spain last year and is a player who we hope to develop further on Tyneside. He’s only 20 but has a very good eye for goal and that’s a great asset for any young player to have.”

Perez ended up playing a whopping 195 times for the club, scoring 48 goals and providing a further 17 assists across all competitions – he made his biggest contribution for the Magpies however during Rafa Benitez’s stint as manager, making over 100 appearances for his fellow Spaniard.

In the end, following Benitez’s departure from the club, Perez also followed suit.

The Magpies got some big-money for the forward though, pocketing a very hefty £30m from fellow Premier League side Leicester – quite the tasty £28.5m profit from what they initially paid for him.

Since his move to the King Power Stadium, the forward hasn’t shown anywhere near enough to justify the Foxes paying such a sizeable sum for him.

He’s played 90 times for Brendan Rodgers’ side and scored just 12 goals and only provided nine assists, while he’s had major struggles trying to break into a Leicester attack stuffed full of quality players – he’s got the likes of Jamie Vardy, Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho among others ahead of him in the pecking order.

According to CIES, his market value now just stands at a measly £3m – quite the significant drop-off from what Leicester paid to lure him away from St James’ Park.

Perez has been nothing short of a massive flop for the Foxes, and it’s quite telling that he’s played just 217 minutes of Premier League football this year, with just one minute of action to his name in the past two months.

Given that some Newcastle fans were up in arms over the club selling Perez, it’s now clear to see that the Magpies played an absolute blinder by cashing in when his stock was at its very highest.

Meanwhile, Newcastle must finally sell this star…

Eoin Morgan’s first one-day century came against Canada, his second versus Bangladesh and his third on Tuesday against Australia at the Rose Bowl

Cricinfo staff23-Jun-2010Eoin Morgan’s first one-day century came against Canada, his second versus Bangladesh and his third on Tuesday against Australia at the Rose Bowl. Little wonder the day after his match-winning, unbeaten 103, he rated it the best of his one-day international career.”Playing against such a big side like Australia, and given the circumstances, I was quite proud of myself,” Morgan said after the squad arrived in Cardiff for the second ODI. Morgan came in at a critical time for England, who stumbled to 97 for 4 early in his innings.But he demonstrated a cool head and struck 16 boundaries to all parts of the ground. Importantly, Morgan saw the chase of 268 through to the very end, and brought up his hundred with the winning four straight back down the ground. His power was a feature of the innings, and several times he cleared Australia’s infield with ease.”I’ve learned with experience. I’ve batted at four and five for a long time and been in different situations,” he said. “I’ve made plenty of mistakes and, over the last couple of years, I’ve learned to give myself a lot more time. I’ve worked on the power-hitting and the longer I stay at the crease the more I give myself a chance.”I do put in a hell of a lot of hard work. I do a lot of work in my own time and with guys I like to work with. That’s taking nothing away from England, I work quite hard with Andy Flower and the other senior players within the side.”The Australians couldn’t maintain any pressure on Morgan, who brought up his century from 85 deliveries. It was a challenging day for Australia’s fast-bowling debutant Josh Hazlewood, 19, who collected 1 for 41 but also leaked five fours and one six.”There were a lot of boundaries hit last night,” Hazlewood said. “I felt when I was bowling there were one or two bad balls an over which they capitalised on. It’s a massive learning curve for me, but also a great opportunity to show what you can do.”I feel a bit more part of the team now I’ve played a game. You’ve just got to make sure that with very opportunity you get, you make your mark. That’s all you can do.”Hazlewood might get another opportunity in Thursday’s second game. He can only hope that Morgan has an off night.

Leeds United have long lacked a Samuel Saiz-like presence in midfield, but that could soon change.

Last month, the Sunday People reported that the Yorkshire outfit were tracking RB Salzburg midfielder Brenden Aaronson ahead of a potential move this January transfer window.

It’s thought that the USMNT international fits the athletic profile required to play under Marcelo Bielsa and he has impressed throughout his breakthrough in Austria.

Since then, further fuel has been added to the fire by journalist Pete O’Rourke, who delivered a fresh update to GIVEMESPORT this very week.

“With Aaronson at RB Salzburg, I know Leeds scouts have been watching him,” he revealed.

Of course, the priority at Elland Road appears to be in finding a new central midfielder before deadline day, and there’s a lot to like about the American dynamo.

Signed by Victor Orta in 2017, Saiz soon became a hit with supporters after scoring a hat-trick on his debut for the club. His tenacity and creativity in the engine room made him a very exciting talent but things just did not pan out.

He left after ten goals and 12 assists across 58 appearances (via Transfermarkt) and has never truly been replaced.

Enter Aaronson.

The Salzburg sensation, who former USA legend DeMarcus Beasley dubbed “silky”, has proven to be a major influence for both club and country. From midfield, he’s bagged five goals in only 15 caps, whilst in 51 appearances for the Austrian champions, he has delivered ten goals and 12 assists.

Valued at £10.8m by Transfermarkt, Aaronson has also been lauded as “young” and “exciting” by O’Rourke, and he could offer Leeds some valuable experience in the engine room, having featured in the Champions League numerous times now.

In his six appearances in the competition this season, the 21-year-old averaged two tackles, 1.3 dribbles, 1.2 shots and one key pass per game (via WhoScored), proving to be a major influence at either end of the pitch.

Also likened to Lionel Messi, Aaronsen has been dubbed the “future” of the American game by talent scout Jacek Kulig, who also touted him as “highly talented”.

On the above evidence, Orta could well discover his next Saiz with a move for the Salzburg sensation this month. It’s surely a deal that many around Elland Road would love to see happen, so he must get it done sooner rather than later.

AND in other news, Beren Cross drops positive Raphinha contract update…