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An unbeaten 73 in his last County Championship game from allrounder Robin Martin-Jenkins put Sussex in a decent position halfway through their Division Two game with Gloucestershire at Arundel

08-Jul-2010

ScorecardAn unbeaten 73 in his last County Championship game from allrounder Robin Martin-Jenkins put Sussex in a decent position halfway through their Division Two game with Gloucestershire at Arundel. Martin-Jenkins, 34, who retires later this month, was the only Sussex batsman to go on after four of his top-five colleagues fell for between 37 and 49. The home side still closed on 314 for 6, a lead of seven.Gloucestershire stayed in contention thanks to some probing left-arm spin from Vikram Banerjee on a pitch offering increasing turn. Banerjee took four wickets while seamer Gemaal Hussain continued his excellent form with two more wickets to take him to 41 for the season.Hussain’s new-ball away swing accounted for opener Michael Thornely, who pushed to second slip, and Banerjee struck in only his second over when Chris Nash, one short of his half-century, was surprised by extra bounce and edged to slip. When Ed Joyce, who had looked assured in making 43, popped up a catch to short leg to give Banerjee his second wicket Gloucestershire had a measure of control, but the game swung back Sussex’s way either side of tea with three half-century stands.Murray Goodwin and Matt Prior put on 55 until Goodwin, on 44, was leg before to a full-length delivery from Hussain. Prior played well within himself for his 37 but had just started to accelerate when he mistimed a drive at Banerjee and gave an easy catch to cover.Sussex were still 105 behind at that stage but Martin-Jenkins came in to play with the freedom of someone under absolutely no pressure. He soon overtook his partner Joe Gatting with a succession of flowing front-foot strokes as 55 runs were added for the sixth wicket in 14 overs.Gatting has endured a wretched summer, with just 100 Championship runs in five games, but seemed to have found some form as he moved to a season’s best 25 before he was too late on a defensive push to become Banerjee’s second leg-before victim. Martin-Jenkins pressed on though and negotiated the second new ball in an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 57 with Yasir Arafat. He has struck 12 fours in 108 balls so far.Earlier, Gloucestershire’s last-wicket pair added a further 21 runs to their overnight 286 for 9 to secure a third batting bonus point before last man Steve Kirby feathered a catch off Arafat, who finished with a season’s best 3 for 55.

Bangladesh made just one change to the squad that sealed a 2-0 series win in Pakistan

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Sep-2024Bangladesh made one change to their Test squad for the upcoming tour of India from their historic 2-0 series win in Pakistan, with uncapped batter Jaker Ali replacing fast bowler Shoriful Islam. Shoriful had suffered a groin injury during the first Test against Pakistan, and did not play the second.Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud and Khaled Ahmed make up Bangladesh’s pace attack in Shoriful’s absence.Yet to play a Test and ODI, Jaker has represented Bangladesh in 17 T20Is since making his debut at the Asian Games in 2023. He has played 49 first-class games, and averages 41.47 with four centuries.Selector Hannan Sarkar said that it was Shoriful’s groin injury that kept him out of the side, and the extra batter was included keeping in mind the Indian conditions.”Shoriful isn’t 100 per cent fit for Test matches. He would be required to bowl 15-20 overs so we didn’t want to take a risk,” Sarkar said. “Shoriful missed the second Test against Pakistan due to his injury. The physios and trainers are looking after him. He remains within the system. He is an important member of our white-ball team. We have a T20 series coming up against India.”Jaker’s recent good form, which included a 174 against Pakistan A in Islamabad, helped his cause. He was picked ahead of Shahadat Hossain, who has been Bangladesh’s go-to middle-order batter in the recent past in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan or Mushfiqur Rahim.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

“We picked Jaker Ali as a middle-order batter. We considered the conditions and opponents for this decision. We had taken five pacers in Pakistan, but we are taking four to India,” Sarkar said. “We had taken Dipu [Shahadat Hossain] in place of Shakib or Mushfiqur previously. I wouldn’t say he played really well, but he also didn’t do badly.”We have taken into account recent performance. Dipu played four-day matches in Australia and Pakistan. He isn’t in rhythm. His form is very important when he is going to play international matches. Dipu is part of our future plans. He is now preparing to play in the NCL.”Jaker can be a useful player in the longer version if you consider his record in domestic first-class cricket. He played a splendid innings in Pakistan recently, batting for a long time. This is what kept Jaker a step ahead.”Opening batter Mahmudul Hasan Joy, who missed the Pakistan Tests due to a groin niggle suffered during the four-day games between Pakistan A and Bangladesh A in the lead-up to the Test series, retains his place in the squad. However, Shadman Islam’s impressive showing in the first Test in Rawalpindi could see him keep his spot at the top alongside Zakir Hasan.The first Test against India begins on September 19 in Chennai, with the second one from September 27 onwards in Kanpur. Both games are part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle, where India are currently placed on top, while Bangladesh are at No. 4 on the points table.

Bangladesh squad for India Tests

Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Nayeem Hasan, Khaled Ahmed

Nidamanuru’s 76-ball 111 helped Netherlands tie the game after they were set 375 to win

Himanshu Agrawal26-Jun-2023″I can’t really explain it,” Player of the Match Logan van Beek said. Netherlands, chasing 375 against West Indies, were deep in trouble with 205 required from the remaining 125 balls with only six wickets in hand. Who would have known they would end up getting 204 of them in a frenetic finish that would force the game into a Super Over?And if you thought that was enough excitement for the day, van Beek bashed 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4 to smash the record for most runs in a one-over eliminator. In reply, West Indies lost two wickets for eight runs, and that was it. Netherlands took two vital points into the Super Six of the World Cup Qualifier, leaving West Indies with nothing to carry forward after being beaten by both Netherlands and Zimbabwe. The two-time World Cup champions are now teetering, their hopes of making the World Cup proper hanging by a thread.Before van Beek batted like a free spirit, it was Teja Nidamanuru and his captain Scott Edwards who made that finish possible, adding 143 for the fifth wicket to give Netherlands hope from the most helpless of situations. That stand consumed only 90 deliveries. West Indies stormed back, though, taking 3 for 14 in a hurry to leave Netherlands needing 30 from the last two overs.Teja Nidamanuru celebrates his century•ICC via Getty Images

At the crease was none other than van Beek. The first three legal balls of the 49th over, bowled by Roston Chase, disappeared for 4, 6, 4. Nine needed off six balls. Four more from van Beek. But there was a twist. With one to get from the last ball, he swiped to mid-on, where Jason Holder tumbled to his right to grab the ball. It was given out only after the third umpire made sure Alzarri Joseph hadn’t overstepped.Van Beek hit 28 at a strike rate of 200 during the run chase after Nidamanuru belted 111 off just 76 balls, with 11 fours and three sixes. Edwards, meanwhile, smashed 67 from 47. Not only did they find boundaries at will, they also made the West Indies fielders look ragged, converting ones into twos and twos into threes. Every run counted towards a remarkable Super Over win.The game was set up by West Indies’ centurion Nicholas Pooran. After half-centuries from Brandon King and Johnson Charles laid a solid foundation, Pooran added 108 with Shai Hope for the fourth wicket in less than 13 overs.Pooran was on 7 off 17 balls at one stage. He then took Saqib Zulfiqar for a four and a six in the 35th over. In the 39th, he targeted the same bowler with a six and four again, before reaching his fifty in the 40th with another run of boundaries off Vivian Kingma.West Indies added 118 in the last ten overs. Pooran reached his second century of the World Cup Qualifier in the penultimate over, before Keemo Paul took over, ransacking Aryan Dutt for 20 in the final over to propel West Indies to 374. Who knew even that wouldn’t prove enough?

“It’s pretty rare for a cricketer these days to get three months off, so I’m really going to make the most of it.”

AAP27-Mar-2022Australia legspinner Adam Zampa is confident his upcoming three-month break won’t leave him short of a gallop for this year’s T20 World Cup on home turf.Zampa is currently in Pakistan preparing for Australia’s three-match ODI series and one-off T20 clash. But with his wife due to give birth in June, Zampa is expected to miss the mid-year tour of Sri Lanka, which features three T20s, five ODIs, and two Tests.The T20 World Cup starts on October 16, and Zampa is confident he will have enough cricket under his belt despite the long mid-year break.Related

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“It’s pretty rare for a cricketer these days to get three months off, so I’m really going to make the most of it,” Zampa said ahead of Tuesday’s ODI series opener against Pakistan in Lahore.”Potentially the next game of cricket that I’ll have is the 100-ball competition [starting in August], and then we’ve got a lot of cricket after that. I sat down with [selector] George Bailey yesterday and there’s potentially 15 games of cricket for me before the World Cup.”There’s going to be a lot of rest coming up for me, but then definitely enough cricket before it gets real again.”Zampa played a key role in Australia’s T20 World Cup win in November, further cementing his status as one of the team’s most important white-ball players. But the 29-year-old says it felt vastly different earlier in his career.”I feel like I don’t have to look over my shoulder too much with selection,” Zampa said. “When you’re younger, you naturally probably look over your shoulder, you doubt yourself a lot more.”Aaron Finch has helped me massively with my game. He backs me in when I’m out there, and he lets me run my own show with my bowling, and has been really good with his own ideas as well.”I’ve been in this team for six years now. You never want to use the word comfortable, but I definitely back myself in a lot more these days.”I can go out there and maybe experiment and put things on the line for the team to try to do my role.”Australia are brimming with confidence after securing a 1-0 Test series win in Pakistan. But with stars such as David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Steven Smith all missing from the white-ball component of the tour, Australia face a challenge to come away with victory.”It’s going to be a difficult challenge,” Zampa said. “The plus that comes from that, as it always does when these things happen, is you build depth.”

Former Kent stalwart was member of famous family dynasty

George Dobell11-Nov-2020Graham Cowdrey, the former Kent batsman who was part of one of the sport’s best known family dynasties, has died at the age of 56.Cowdrey enjoyed a long career as an aggressive middle-order batsman for Kent, before going on to work for the ECB as a Cricket Liaison Officer; a role well-suited to his good-natured and gentle bonhomie. Both his father, Lord Cowdrey, and his brother, Chris Cowdrey, captained England, while his grandfather and nephew also played first-class cricket.He was a key part of the Kent side which won AXA Equity & Law League trophy in 1995 – he was the club’s top run-scorer in the competition that year, hitting two centuries and averaging 53.90 – and made it to the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. He also helped Kent finish second in the 1992 County Championship; a season in which he scored 1,291 runs in the competition at an average of 53.85. His stand of 368 made with Aravinda de Silva against Derbyshire in 1995 remains the club’s highest fourth-wicket stand and was, until broken by Sean Dickson and Joe Denly in 2017, Kent’s highest partnership for any wicket.While he was unable to follow his father and brother into the England side, he represented Young England as a teenager, made his first-class debut aged 20 and was awarded a county cap in 1988. After being awarded a Benefit Year in 1997, he retired from the game in 1998 having played 440 first team games and amassed exactly 14,000 runs for the club. He just missed out on the advent of the T20 format which would, you suspect, have well suited him.”I am numb with shock and sadness that the brilliant, generous, funny and complex friend who lit up so many cricket grounds, on and off the pitch, has slipped away,” said Cowdrey’s former team-mate and captain, Matthew Fleming. “‘Van’ as he was universally known because of his love of all things Van Morrison, was an instinctive cricketer, a game changer, who won matches with his prowess as a batsman and a fielder.”However, it was his deep love of cricket and Kent, his commitment as a team-mate, his integrity and his wicked sense of humour, his loyalty as a friend and the ‘twinkle in his eye’ that shaped almost everything he did that we will also remember with the greatest possible affection.”Kent cricket have released a statement expressing “its deepest sympathies to Graham’s family and friends at this difficult time, especially his children, Michael, Grace and Alexander.” It went on to say the club was “devastated to learn of the passing of our much loved former player… after a short illness.”The statement continued: “More than his facts and figures, Graham will be remembered for the way he played the game: his vibrant personality at the wicket or in the field, with his sense of fun as clear as his competitive passion.”Graham recently appeared on the Club’s ‘Spitfire Sessions’ alongside his brothers Chris and Jeremy earlier this year, where he discussed his “happy memories of all those days down at Canterbury, Maidstone and everywhere we used to play”.”During the live forum, his brother and former Captain Chris, highlighted Graham’s outstanding talent in one-day competitions. Stating that if he were to select his all-time Kent T20 XI, ‘there’s one person that I would pick first, and that would have been Graham Cowdrey. He was the most devastating striker of the ball and could turn a match in four overs.'”

Head coach leaves after almost fours years in the role, having overseen 2017 World Cup success

George Dobell20-Aug-2019Mark Robinson is to leave his role as head coach of England women’s team. Robinson oversaw England’s victory in the 2017 World Cup but has subsequently seen his side overwhelmed by Australia in the Ashes amid criticism that few young players have established themselves in the side.Appointed in late 2015, Robinson created waves with his decision to drop Charlotte Edwards, his side’s captain and senior player, after a disappointing showing in the 2016 World T20. But when his new appointment, Heather Knight, led the side to victory at Lord’s in 2017, it seemed English cricket could be at the start of a bright new era.It was not to be. A lack of depth in the game and improvements in the development programmes of other nations saw England’s results falter, with a 12-4 defeat to Australia this summer suggesting a chasm had grown between the sides. Like many coaches before him, Robinson has found that Ashes failure will not be tolerated. England are currently third in the ODI rankings and second in the T20I rankings.”Mark can reflect on his time as England coach with a great deal of pride,” Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket, said. “Winning the Women’s World Cup in 2017 in front of a packed Lord’s was a landmark moment for the whole game and his leadership and professionalism were an integral part of our success.”He drove high standards across young players to become the best team in the world as well as coaching them to understand the demands of professional sport.”Mark passionately championed the development of the women’s game during his time in this role and we thank him for all he has contributed to England women’s cricket during such an exciting stage of our journey. However, after discussions with Mark, we have agreed that now is the right time for him to step down as England Women’s Head Coach.”It is important that we give Mark’s successor time to shape the team’s future direction and to begin to develop strong relationships with the players as we plan for the next phase of our international calendar.”Assistant coach, Alastair Maiden, will take temporary charge of the team, whose next commitment is an ICC Women’s Championship series against Pakistan in December. The first task for Robinson’s successor will be to oversee England’s campaign at the 2020 Women’s World T20, taking place in Australia early next year.”Although the recent Ashes was a difficult series, a few hard weeks doesn’t take anything away from what has been a wonderful four years,” Robinson said. “I’ve had so many highlights and memorable moments with the team.”Nothing could ever surpass winning the Women’s World Cup on home soil, but from a pure coaching perspective, reaching the T20 final last November – with a depleted team, three non-contracted players and three players twenty years old or younger – is a huge personal highlight.”It’s been exciting to watch so many players grow and to watch so many records broken, but it feels the right time for me to take on a new challenge and to allow a different voice to come in before the next T20 World Cup in Australia. We have put a lot of groundwork in place, and this, coupled with the new investment into the women’s game will make a huge difference in time.”I would like to thank everyone associated with England Women for all the kindness and support they have shown me and wish Heather and the team all the best for the future.”

Blake Lively shared photos of her Super Bowl antics with Taylor Swift and revealed the meaning behind a bracelet she was gifted by Ryan Reynolds.

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Lively shares tales of Super Bowl partyingReveals meaning of Deadpool friendship bandHusband Reynolds had joked about 'missing' wife GettyWHAT HAPPENED?

The actress shared some behind-the-scenes tales of her trip to Las Vegas to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers alongside her long time friend. Television coverage regularly featured close ups the the pair cheering on Swift's partner Travis Kelce as he helped the Chiefs to a third Super Bowl in five years.

Back home in California, having recovered from the partying, Lively gave followers a rundown of the action.

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Sharing photos of her big night via Instagram the actress wrote: "Last week I left my kids for the first time ever and wore pants that were shoes. I took pictures upside down and had no clue. I treated a friendship bracelet like a Flat Stanley for my husband like I didn’t realize it wasn’t ‘07. I borrowed more jewelry than the skelton in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. And I went clubbing. Now I know what my episode of the Twilight Zone would look like."

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Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds, who is a co-owner at English League Two soccer club Wrexham, had spent Super Bowl night jokingly asking if anyone had seen his wife as she repeatedly popped up on screen on America's most-watched television event. He later claimed that he had "found her" when posting an image of the Deadpool friendship bracelet he had gifted her.

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Promotional work for the upcoming Deadpool 3 movie has kept Reynolds away from north Wales recently but co-owner Rob McElhenney was wowed by a chilly and typically half-empty Stadium MK on Tuesday night as he watched Wrexham grind out a 1-1 draw against MK Dons.

Wrexham go to Gillingham on Saturday looking for a win to help push themselves back up into the League Two promotion spots.

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O último fim de semana foi recheado para os amantes do futebol. O Brasileirão deu seu pontapé inicial com um jogão logo de cara, a vitória do Atlético-MG sobre o Flamengo no Maracanã. A bola também rolou para a decisão do Paulista, com o Palmeiras levantando o caneco. O editor e colunista do LANCE!, Carlos Alberto Vieira, dá seus pitacos sobre tudo que aconteceu nos últimas dias no futebol nacional. Assista no vídeo acima!

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Who can be happy and who can be concerned after Tuesday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw?

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  Winners: Nigeria

  The Super Eagles can largely be content with their Group A draw, even if there are a few potential banana skins in there as the West African giants look to pick themselves up off the ground.

  Sierra Leone are strong—and Nigeria weren’t able to beat them during the last qualifying campaign—but Guinea-Bissau were dispatched comfortably at the Nations Cup, and shouldn’t spoil the party.

  Sao Tome e Principe are one of the continent’s minnows, and are unlikely to pose any problems for the Eagles.

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  Losers: Kenya

  As one of the weaker sides in Pot Two, everyone in the other pots will have been keen to be pitted against the Harambee Stars, while there are a few sides who Kenya will have wanted to have avoided.

  Cameroon—who they’ve been pooled against from Pot One—are one of those sides, with the Indomitable Lions demonstrating their class to eliminate Algeria in the World Cup qualifying.

  Namibia and Burundi, like Kenya, were both present at the 2019 Nations Cup, and their squads are full of players who know how to get over the line.

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  Winners: South Africa

  Morocco are tough opponents for Bafana Bafana, and they’ll definitely have been one of the sides they’ll be keen to have avoided from Pot One.

  However, the presence of Liberia presents South Africa with two winnable fixtures, and the derby with Zimbabwe—even if that complicates matters—gives Hugo Broos a good opportunity to demonstrate the progress he’s overseeing with this talented squad.

  Zim were undone by Malawi at the Nations Cup, and Bafana will only have themselves to blame if they can’t reach the Afcon.

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  Losers: Egypt

  Top seeds Egypt are of course favourites to reach the Nations Cup from Group D, but the Pharaohs could have had things a little easier than the group they’ve ultimately ended up with.

  All of Guinea, Malawi and Ethiopia reached the last Nations Cup, with the Syli Nationale and the Flames both reaching the Last 16.

  Egypt must ensure there’s no complacency as they look to progress.

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O técnico Tiago Nunes tinha uma ideia clara para a estreia do Corinthians na Copa Libertadores: escalar Ramiro no sistema ofensivo, pelo lado direito, para auxiliar Luan na criação das jogadas. Machucado, o meio-campista está fora de combate. A solução encontrada pela comissão técnica está na velocidade dos pontas Janderson e Everaldo. A dupla será titular nesta noite, às 21h30, quando o Timão encara o Guaraní-PAR no primeiro jogo do confronto da segunda fase do torneio continental.

O Corinthians inicia sua jornada em busca do bicampeonato sul-americano nesta quarta. Desde o dia 6 de janeiro, quando o elenco se reapresentou no CT Joaquim Grava para o início da temporada, o foco está completamente voltado neste duelo com os paraguaios e a consequente conquista da classificação para a fase de grupos da Copa Libertadores.

Por isso, Tiago Nunes não poupou ninguém nos jogos oficiais. Uma das principais apostas do treinador estava em Ramiro. Desacreditado na última temporada, o meio-campista teve um início arrasador com dois gols em quatro jogos, mas se machucou e não tem condições de entrar em campo nesta noite.

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Sem ninguém com as mesmas características, a comissão técnica optou por fazer duas alterações. A primeira é a entrada de Everaldo na vaga de Ramiro e a outra é a mudança de posição do jovem Janderson, de apenas 19 anos. Assim, o lado esquerdo fica com Sidcley e Everaldo, enquanto a direita será formada com Fagner e Janderson. A ideia é dar velocidade e profundidade ao sistema de jogo do Corinthians, mas sem perder a intensidade do ataque.

– São características bem diferentes do Everaldo em relação ao Ramiro. Inclusive até o lado do campo que eu escolhi: o Ramiro pela direita e o Everaldo pela esquerda. Essa capacidade que ele (Everaldo) tem de ser assertivo, utilizando as ultrapassagens dos laterais, o fundo de campo, o drible de um contra e um e muitas vezes a presença de área é algo positivo. Por isso, decidi usar ele por lá (esquerda) – explicou Tiago ao ser questionado sobre o tema.

O time do Corinthians para a estreia tem Cássio; Fagner, Pedro Henrique, Gil e Sidcley; Camacho e Victor Cantillo; Janderson, Luan e Everaldo; Mauro Boselli. Os desfalques, além de Ramiro, são Danilo Avelar, no departamento médico, e Pedrinho, que defende a Seleção Brasileira no Pré-Olímpico disputado na Colômbia.

Vale lembrar que na Copa Libertadores há o critério do gol qualificado fora de casa e, por isso, é importante que o Corinthians consiga marcar nesta noite. O jogo de volta, na capital paulista, será disputado na próxima quarta, dia 12. O vencedor deste confronto mede forças com Cerro Largo, do Uruguai, ou Palestino, do Chile.