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‘We thrive on those situations when we’re a little bit behind and it’s up to us to change the momentum of the game’

Daniel Brettig19-Dec-2020In trying to assess the hectic events that saw Australia effectively wrap up the first Test against India in Adelaide in the space of one session that scooped nine Indian wickets, Josh Hazlewood sounded as much like a shocked onlooker to a major hurricane as he did like the triumphant scooper of 5 for 8 in one of cricket’s most miserly five-fors ever.The sheer speed of India’s collapse for 36 all out was largely to blame for Hazlewood’s daze, which left him unable to add too much to the essential notion that this was “just one of those days” for an Australian bowling attack that, when it gets it all right, is as destructive as any ensemble in the game’s history.Grasping for a comparison, Hazlewood recalled the 2019 Headingley Test against England, when the hosts were obliterated in their first innings before the Ben Stokes-comeback-special allowed them to win the match. This Adelaide episode, however, was far more definitive in deciding the course of the Test match and, perhaps the series now that Virat Kohli will be heading home.Related

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“I think it was pretty similar to maybe Leeds looking back to the Ashes when we bowled them out for 60,” Hazlewood said. “It didn’t change a great deal from the first innings, we just bowled a touch fuller and maybe a touch straighter. But I thought Cummo [Pat Cummins] set the scene beautifully and I just followed suit. Everything got nicked and everything went to hand, so just one of those days.”We’re probably a bit stunned, but probably a bit more stunned when we came off from bowling. The mood didn’t change too much throughout the whole game to be fair. I know we were behind by 50 [53] after the first innings, but there was a calmness amongst us. I can probably speak for the bowling group in saying that we thrive on those situations when we’re a little bit behind and it’s up to us to change the momentum of the game, and that’s what we did today.”Cummins had set a strong tone for the Australians from the moment his captain Tim Paine chose to give him the new ball on the second evening. And after his initial breakthroughs – including the prized wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara for a duck – Hazlewood followed up with a spell that bettered Tim May’s storied 5 for 9 against West Indies in 1993 as the least expensive five-wicket return in Tests at the Adelaide Oval.3:12

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“I can’t put a finger on when [I knew it was special], but it might have been when I looked up and it was 6 for 20 or something, and Cummo had Pujara and Kohli both out and we just had the tail to come,” Hazlewood said. “I think around that time you know you’ve got something special going, and I just felt like if we kept bowling in those areas that nicks were going to keep coming.”We just didn’t let up really. It was just one of those days when everything went to plan, we kept putting it in on that spot and the nicks kept coming. It happened so quickly, it was over before we knew it.”Asked if he had felt anything like May did – when he at one point of his spell had remarked to the captain Allan Border “this is scary AB, they’re just coming out so good” – Hazlewood was a little less spellbound by his complete mastery of the Indian middle and lower order, but not by much.”It certainly was coming out nice,” he said. “Rolled in first ball and happened to get a wicket. It gets you in a good frame of mind and pretty confident, I guess after my first over, and just took it from there really. I kept seeming to be bowling to a new batter whether I was getting the wicket or Cummo was, so that’s always nice as well to come up against someone fresh and facing their first delivery. It’s certainly coming out nicely and hitting a good length. There were really no plays-and-misses to be honest, they all seemed to catch an edge and that can happen sometimes.Josh Hazlewood celebrates one of his five wickets on the third morning•Getty Images

“Even when you talk to our batters, the pink ball when it’s a bit fuller is probably a different story than the red ball. Whether it’s at night or the day time, I think quite a bit of grass was left on this track here, so the fuller you could bowl without bowling a half-volley, it seemed to be working a treat. That’s the challenge [while] trying to bowl that full length without bowling too full and we sort of nailed that today.”So we probably [were] a touch straighter at certain times as well, so talking to all the batters it just seems the toughest ball to be honest.”As for the effect on India, Hazlewood acknowledged from his own experience – not least being part of the team bowled out for 60 by England at Trent Bridge in 2015 – that such an event can take a bit of time recovering from.”I’ve been in their shoes before in different series,” Hazlewood said. “I mean getting bowled out for 36 is going to leave a few headaches here and there, and their best batter leaving is going to leave a bit of a hole. But they’ve got plenty of class batters on the sidelines to come in, obviously not of Virat’s class but in terms of the series, I think it’s obviously great to be one up – better than being 1-0 down as we found out last time they were here [in 2018-19].”But in terms of the red ball, it’s a fresh start [come] the next Test. [It’s] going to be a different wicket [in Melbourne]. Red ball, so [it will be a] fresh start for bat and ball, I think. They’re obviously going to have a player come in for Virat. They’ve obviously got some class players on the bench, so a good player will come in and we’ll have some plans for him no doubt.”

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Glasgow Rangers only have a couple of weeks left to prepare for their first game of the 2024/25 Scottish Premiership season, which kicks off next month.

The Ibrox giants are looking to end a run of three years without a title to show for their efforts in the top-flight, as their rivals have won the last three trophies.

Philippe Clement and head of recruitment Nils Koppen have put in plenty of work during the summer transfer window so far in an attempt to build a squad at Rangers that is ready to compete.

Jon McLaughlin, John Lundstram, Ryan Jack, Kemar Roofe, and Borna Barisic were all allowed to depart as free agents at the end of May, when their contracts in Glasgow came to an end.

The Gers have also moved to bring in a host of new signings. Hamza Igamane, Jefte, Oscar Cortes, Mohammed Diomande, Clinton Nsiala, Liam Kelly, and Connor Barron have all come through the door to bolster the manager's options across the park.

However, Rangers do not appear to be done there, yet, in the transfer window as they are reportedly eyeing up a star from the Premiership before the deadline passes at the end of next month.

Rangers interested in Premiership marksman

According to the Daily Record, the Scottish giants have reignited their interest in Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland as they look to improve their attacking options.

The report claims that the Gers did consider a swoop to sign the Scotland international in the January transfer window earlier this year, only for Clement to put a stop to it.

It states that the Belgian boss has now changed his mind on the situation and is interested in a deal to snap up the impressive centre-forward this summer.

The outlet adds that Clement is now considering a bid to sign the Hearts star to see if it is possible to tempt him away from Tynecastle over the coming weeks.

Daily Record also reveals that it could take a bid of around £3m to convince the Jam Tarts to part ways with Shankland, despite him now being in the final 12 months of his contract.

He could speak with teams to agree a pre-contract deal from January onwards but that does not seem likely to stop Hearts from demanding a sizeable fee for his services.

If Clement and Rangers can get a deal over the line for Shankland before the end of the window then they could land a dream partner for new signing Igamane, as he would have the perfect role model at Ibrox.

Hamza Igamane's Rangers potential

The Gers swooped to sign the young forward from Moroccan outfit FAR Rabat on a permanent move earlier this summer and he comes in as a prospect with potential.

Igamane is only 21 and has yet to play a competitive game, at club level, outside of his home country in Morocco, which means that it could take some time for him to adapt to Scottish football and supporters should not expect him to hit the ground running as a star for the Gers.

He has spent the majority of his career so far as a centre-forward but, due to the reasons outlined, it may be too much to ask him to come in and immediately lead the line for the Light Blues.

Igamane has also operated on the wings at time and his form from the 2023/24 campaign suggests that he has the attributes to potentially be successful on the right flank for Rangers.

23/24 Botola Pro

Hamza Igamane

Appearances

20

Sofascore rating

7.36

Goals

7

Assists

3

Dribbles completed per game

1.9

Dribble success rate

64%

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, the 21-year-old ace is not currently the most prolific forward but is excellent when it comes to dribbling past opposition players, completing a high percentage of his attempted dribbles and completing more than one per game on average.

This suggests that Igamane could be suited to a right-wing position for the Gers as he could use his speed and dribbling ability to burst past defenders to then score for himself or create chances for his teammates in the final third.

Why Shankland would be perfect for Igamane

Firstly, Shankland could benefit from the young forward's creative and direct play down the flank as it could result in him having plenty of chnaces to find the back of the net.

Secondly, the Scottish marksman is a proven Premiership performer who could act as a mentor for Igamane over the years to come, to mould him into his own successor for the future.

Shankland would not come in with much to prove in the Scottish top-flight due to his return of 55 goals and 14 assists in 120 appearances in the division.

23/24 Premiership

Lawrence Shankland

Appearances

37

Goals

24

Big chances missed

9

Assists

4

Big chances created

6

Key passes per game

1.4

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, the 28-year-old star is coming off the back of an outstanding season in the Premiership, in which he scored an incredible 24 goals in 37 outings.

This shows that the Hearts skipper knows exactly what it takes to be a consistent goalscorer at that level and that he has the quality to do it, with only nine 'big chances' missed to go along with his 24 strikes.

These statistics indicate that Shankland would come in as a lethal centre-forward for Rangers who could hit the ground running due to his proven Premiership quality.

The experienced Scotsman, who was once hailed as "clinical" by journalist Euan Robertson, could be the perfect mentor for Igamane due to his knowledge of Scottish football and his evident finishing quality.

The Morocco U23 international could learn from playing and training alongside Shankland over the years to come, whilst also potentially striking up a working relationship with him on the pitch as a winger.

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It is now down to Clement and Rangers to get a deal over the line for the Hearts captain before the window slams shut to immediately improve the team and set Igamane on a path to being a future star.

Allrounder is expected to fly back to India for rehabilitation at the NCA in Bengaluru

Sruthi Ravindranath11-Jan-2021Ravindra Jadeja has joined the list of India’s walking wounded. The allrounder has been been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against Australia starting in Brisbane on January 15 and will instead be flying home to recover from a broken left thumb.Jadeja sustained the injury while batting at the SCG and was still prepared to go back out again as an epic Test match reached its exciting conclusion. But he wasn’t needed as India’s batsmen held off the Australian attack in incredible fashion to keep the series tied at 1-1.A BCCI release on Monday said Jadeja will consult a hand specialist in Sydney and then continue his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.This is only the latest in an injury crisis that has hit the Indian team ever since they arrived on Australian shores. Even their most recent heroes – Hanuma Vihari (hamstring) and R Ashwin (back) – are serious doubts for the Gabba Test. Both players battled through pain to salvage a draw in the SCG Test when an Australian win looked likely. While there’s no official word on the duo yet, here’s a list of the injured India playersIndia’s walking wounded – a list of players currently suffering from injury•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

In doubt:Hanuma Vihari: Vihari hurt his hamstring while batting during the fourth innings in Sydney. Along with Ashwin, Vihari batted through the entire final session to clinch a remarkable draw for India, despite not being able to run between the wickets, making a 161-ball 23.R Ashwin: On Monday, the offspinner woke up with a “tweak” in his back that had left him in “unbelievable pain”, according to his wife Prithi on Twitter. Ashwin joined Vihari in the 89th over with more than a session left for India to save the SCG Test. But they rose to the challenge, batting out 42.4 overs, some of which included hostile short-pitched bowling. Ashwin looked in visible discomfort facing them, taking blows on his arms, chest and abdomen.Ravindra Jadeja was ready to bat in Sydney if required, but he was really struggling•Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Ruled out of the tour:Ravindra Jadeja: Jadeja suffered a dislocated left thumb on the third day in Sydney after a short ball from Mitchell Starc hit him on the gloves. He did not bowl in Australia’s second innings, but was seen padded up in the dressing room. He had earlier missed the T20I series with a concussion and a hamstring injury.KL Rahul: Rahul was ruled out of the remainder of the Australia series with a sprained left wrist, having injured himself during India’s practice session at the MCG ahead of the third Test in Sydney. A BCCI release said that he would undergo rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru and require “about three weeks’ time to recover completely and regain full strength”, which puts him in doubt for at least the start of India’s four-Test home series against England scheduled to begin on February 5 in Chennai.Umesh Yadav: Yadav was ruled out of India’s last two Tests against Australia with a strained calf muscle. He felt it in the middle of his fourth over on the third day of the MCG Test, and took no further part in that game. He was replaced in the squad by Navdeep Saini, who was handed a debut at the SCG.Mohammed Shami sustained an injury while fending at a short delivery from Cummins in Adelaide•Getty Images

Mohammed Shami: The fast bowler suffered a fracture to his right forearm during the first Test in Adelaide and was ruled out of the remainder of the tour. Shami, who batted at No. 11, sustained the injury while fending at a short delivery from Pat Cummins during India’s second innings. After being taped on his right forearm Shami decided to bat on, but then signalled he could not continue and didn’t return to bowl in the fourth innings either.Ishant Sharma: Ishant Sharma was not part of the original squad to Australia announced in late October after he sustained an abdominal muscle tear during the IPL. While he was expected to return to fitness in time for the Australia Tests, the BCCI said in a statement in November that Sharma still had to “build up his workload”, ruling him out of the tour. Sharma made a comeback to competitive cricket for the first time since his injury in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy on Monday, turning up for Delhi’s opening game against Mumbai. He finished with figures of 2-16.

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O Flamengo vem de uma ótima sequência e, no último jogo, na vitória sobre o Athletico-PR por 3 a 0, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, contou com a categoria e o protagonismo de Andreas Pereira, autor do terceiro gol da partida – o seu segundo pelo clube. E o Manchester United fez questão de exaltar o desempenho do meio-campista, emprestado até meados de 2022.

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É bom lembrar que o empréstimo de Andreas Pereira ao Flamengo expira, precisamente, em 30 de junho de 2022. Contudo, oRubro-Negro estipulou junto ao Manchester United em contrato um valor para comprá-lo em definitivo. E a quantia é astronômica:cerca de 20 milhões de euros (aproximadamente R$ 125,8 milhões na cotação atual).

يفكر مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة في تشكيل جهاز فني وقوام لـ منتخب مصر للمحليين خلال الفترة المقبلة.

ومن المقرر أن تشارك مصر في النسخة المقبل من بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين بـ منتخب الشباب مواليد 2005.

وتقام بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين في ثلاثة دول بملف مشترك، خلال الفترة ما بين الأول من فبراير وحتى الثامن والعشرين من الشهر ذاته، على أن تقام القرعة يوم الخامس عشر من يناير الجاري.

وعلم بطولات، أن هناك وصاية من اللجنة الفنية إلى مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة بدراسة تشكيل منتخب المحليين للارتباطات المقبلة.

طالع | اتحاد الكرة يعلن مشاركة مصر في كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين

ويدرس اتحاد الكرة فكرة تشكيل جهاز فني ثابت لمنتخب المحليين حتى يشارك في كل الارتباطات المقبلة.

وأوصت اللجنة الفنية، بتشكيل منتخب مستمر للمحليين والاشتراك في تصفيات والبطولة الإفريقية للمحليين.

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تقدم الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي بيراميدز، على نظيره دجوليبا، بهدفين، في المباراة التي تجمعهما الآن ضمن منافسات دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

ويحل دجوليبا المالي ضيفًا على بيراميدز بـ استاد الدفاع الجوي، في آخر مباريات دور المجموعات من دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

طالع.. ترتيب مجموعة بيراميدز والترجي في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.. “مباشر” وكان بيراميدز قد تأهل بشكل رسمي إلى دور ربع النهائي من دوري أبطال إفريقيا، بعد الفوز على ساجرادا الأنجولي بهدف نظيف، ليرفع رصيده إلى 10 نقاط.

ويتواجد بيراميدز في المجموعة الرابعة من دوري أبطال إفريقيا، رفقة الترجي التونسي وساجرادا الأنجولي ودجوليبا المالي.

وسجل صديق أوجولا الهدف الأول لبيراميدز، بتسديدة قوية من خارج منطقة الجزاء، سكنت الشباك في الدقيقة 3.

وأضاف مروان حمدي الهدف الثاني، بتسديدة بالقدم اليمنى من داخل منطقة الجزاء في الدقيقة 10. هدف بيراميدز الأول أمام دجوليبا

هدف بيراميدز الثاني أمام دجوليبا

All the matches – three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests – will be played in Antigua

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West Indies will play Sri Lanka across formats•AFP

Sri Lanka’s multi-format tour of West Indies, comprising three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests, will start on March 3, with all fixtures to be played behind closed doors in Antigua, in a biosecure environment.Cricket West Indies (CWI) had initially intended to stage part of the tour in St Lucia, but a delay in Sri Lanka’s arrival after Mickey Arthur and Lahiru Thirimanne tested positive for Covid-19 and the need to finish the series before the start of the IPL in April rendered that impossible.Instead, the Coolidge Cricket Ground – previously known as Allen Stanford’s ‘Sticky Wicket’ ground – will host international cricket for the first time as the venue for the T20I leg of the tour. The ground previously hosted both editions of the regional Stanford T20 tournaments and the infamous Stanford Super Series. It underwent extensive renovations in 2017 and is one of the two venues in operation for the ongoing Regional Super50 Cup.West Indies vs Sri Lanka schedule

T20I series
March 3, 5 and 7 (Coolidge Cricket Ground)

ODI series
March 10, 12 and 14 (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium)

Two-day warm-up match
March 17-18 (Coolidge Cricket Ground)

Test series
March 21-25, March 29-April 2 (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium)

Sri Lanka will be the first team to travel to the Caribbean for a men’s tour since Ireland in January 2020. The ODIs form part of the World Cup Super League, while the Tests are part of the World Test Championship (though neither side can qualify for the final).”We are pleased to be able to finally confirm this tour,” said Ricky Skerritt, CWI’s president. “A number of Covid-19 related logistic hurdles have now been overcome and I want to thank Sri Lankan Cricket President, Shammi Silva and his team, for their co-operation in honouring their obligation to tour under the ICC FTP agreement.”We are also extremely grateful for the support we received from the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Lucia in planning this tour. But it is regrettable that we are unable to include St Lucia as part of this home series as we had originally hoped to due to the delay in Sri Lanka arriving and the need for the tour to end before the start of the Indian Premier League.”

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Pieter Seelaar speaks to the media ahead of the first ODI•ECB Images

Pieter Seelaar, the Netherlands’ captain, says he has learned to live with the absence of leading Dutch players from his squad, with at least three first-choice players due to play in the T20 Blast rather than featuring in Friday’s marquee first ODI against England in Amstelveen.Colin Ackermann, Fred Klaassen and Roelof van der Merwe will all play for their respective counties on Friday night, while Paul van Meekeren would likely have done so but for an ankle injury. Timm van der Gugten and Brandon Glover, both members of the Netherlands squad for last year’s T20 World Cup, are not involved in the England series either.In theory, the KNCB (the Dutch board) can force counties to release players under the ICC’s “mandatory release” protocols but, in practice, players are unwilling to jeopardise their county contracts by missing large parts of the English domestic season. Klaassen, who will fly to Amsterdam on Wednesday morning before the third ODI after playing in the Blast for Kent on Tuesday night, described the situation as a “juggling act”.”It’s a question I’ve had to answer now on a number of occasions,” Seelaar said on Thursday. “It is frustrating, but you kind of get to live with it. We’ve played four [full] series in the Super League and you always want to have the best players available at all times which is, unfortunately, not true.”But it also created opportunities for other guys and I think we showed in the West Indies series that we can still be competitive without having – arguably – our best side out. That comes with heart from the guys who want to show how good they are and what they can do at this level. It’s frustrating, but it’s something we deal with.”It’s a tough one. We play cricket on a semi-pro basis, rather than a professional basis, whereas the guys who play in England, it’s their livelihood. Is there something different that can be done about it? Well, if you take away all the politics, then everyone should be playing at the highest level possible.”If you’re playing against England, you can’t get any higher than that. It would have been nice to have them but that’s not how it works nowadays. If something could be changed that would be nice, but I guess it’s very tough.”Seelaar described the prospect of playing against the defending world champions as “incredibly exciting” and said that the Netherlands would take heart from the fact that Scotland, a full associate nation, beat England in 2018 at the Grange – particularly because that game was played on an excellent batting pitch.”It was a game on true merit,” he said. “It wasn’t one of those dodgy wickets. It shows where Associate cricket as a whole has come to. When I started playing in 2005, it was a very different level, As Associates, we used to be happy to be on the park against these teams whereas now we look to compete.Related

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“If I said we were looking to win this series 3-0, I would be stupid, but in saying that, we’re looking to compete in these three games. That game has shown not only us, but every aspiring cricket country that it is possible, but everything needs to go your way.”Seelaar is the only survivor from the Dutch team that beat England in the opening game of the 2009 World T20 at Lord’s and one of three men – along with Tom Cooper and Logan van Beek – involved for them this week who played in the 2014 triumph in Chattogram, the teams’ most recent meeting in any format.Eoin Morgan, his counterpart, and Adil Rashid both made their England T20I debuts in the 2009 game, and Seelaar said that a third win at some point in this series would be a “fantastic” achievement. “It might be a scar for England but for us, it’s just joyful memories,” he said.