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Matt Prior said he was not worried about fellow wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow’s inclusion in the England squad to face West Indies

Alan Gardner15-May-2012

Matt Prior is currently regarded as one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen in Test cricket, so you wouldn’t expect him to be ruffled by the prospect of a little competition. With England set to give a debut to Jonny Bairstow in the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s, Prior said he is actually enjoying the presence of a fellow gloveman in the dressing room – though if his 22-year-old team-mate enjoys a similar Test debut to the one Prior made five years ago, he may scratch his beard and mull the question a little more deeply next time he’s asked.Prior made an unbeaten 126 in his first Test in 2007, against the same opponents on the same ground, and despite a brief period when he lost the gloves to Tim Ambrose at the start of 2008 has carved an unassailable niche for himself as England’s wicketkeeper in the long format. Bairstow, who keeps wicket for Yorkshire and was behind the stumps for the Lions’ ten-wicket win over the West Indians last week, is expected to play as a specialist batsman, coming in at No.6, but Prior is not worried about welcoming a man who could become a rival for his spot into the side. At least not yet, anyway.”If he smashes a double hundred and I get nought he’ll probably become a rival pretty quickly,” Prior said, with a laugh. “He’s a team-mate, obviously he’s a wicketkeeper as well, but there are a number of wicketkeepers around the country and there always has been. Whether they’re in the team or playing county cricket I know that I have to perform well to keep my place.”It’s always exciting when a player like Jonny comes through into the squad, he’s settled in very well. It’s nice to form a relationship with another keeper because ultimately he’s the only other bloke in the room that knows what it’s like to be a keeper. It’s hugely exciting for Jonny this week and if he does get selected to make his debut it will be a great feeling I’m sure.”Prior, who has made three of his six Test tons at Lord’s, including two in his last two Test matches at the ground, is the sort of player who would not begrudge Bairstow success, even if his place were less secure. He may have received a ticking off from the ICC for breaking a window in the pavilion and discombobulating a few MCC members during the Sri Lanka Test last year but it is team achievement, rather than individual accolades, that gets Prior worked up, a trait that is common to Andy Flower’s hard-working England side.”I’ve never been a big stat watcher. I’ve always tried to play the role that’s needed to win the game, or save the game, or whatever it may be, so that’s for me more important than the individual score,” Prior said. “I’ve always played like that and I think I would struggle to play any differently. I find it more exciting to play for the team and to win a Test match.”I believe it is one of our strengths. The team goal and team performance comes ahead of any one person’s own goals and ego and I think it’s vital in any successful team to have that.”Similarly, he will happily resume his place at No. 7 in the order, having been promoted to No. 6 on England’s tour of Sri Lanka, as they supplemented their four-man attack with Samit Patel as the spin-bowling allrounder. In English conditions, on green pitches and against green opponents, a return to four bowlers and six batsmen is almost certain.”I really don’t mind. It doesn’t make any difference, really, batting six or seven, that one spot,” Prior said. “Batting at six you potentially have more opportunity to get a bigger score but then batting a seven has its challenges as well and that’s something I enjoy doing. I genuinely believe the most important thing is getting the balance of the team right to win the Test match and if I bat at six or seven, I’m easy with either one.”While West Indies are depleted by the absence of key players at IPL, Prior was unequivocal about what his priorities are. “Personally for me no, because Test cricket is my life, all my goals are based around Test cricket at this moment in time,” he said, when asked whether he would put an IPL contract above playing for England. “But it’s an individual choice and it’s up to those people to make their decisions. For me, I love playing Test cricket and it’s something I want to do for a few more years to come.”It is perhaps easier to be enthusiastic when you are ranked No. 1 in the format, as England are. West Indies are currently rated the world’s No. 7 Test side, a position they have not been higher than since the summer of 2000, when England beat them in a Test series for the first time in 31 years. But while Prior was not taking victory for granted, he denied that England needed to reassert their credentials after losing four Tests out of five over the winter and with their closest challengers for the No. 1 spot, South Africa, arriving later in the summer.”I don’t think we need to prove anything, as such, I think we’ve played pretty good cricket over a number of years now so I don’t know about that. But certainly we want to get off to a good start this summer, after a few little glitches in the winter I know that everyone’s very keen and pumped up to perform well from the off. There are two big series coming up, we want to play well, we want to win those series.”

أكد محمد أسامة طبيب الزمالك أن محمود حمدي الونش مدافع الفريق جاهز من الناحية الطبية للمشاركة في المباريات، وأن استبعاده وجهة نظر فنية.

وقال أسامة في تصريحات لفضائية “الزمالك”: “الونش جاهز من الناحية الطبية بعد تعافيه من الإصابة، وعدم مشاركته في المباريات وجهة نظر فنية”. 

طالع أيضًا | طبيب الزمالك يوضح حقيقة إصابة شيكابالا بتورم في الدم

وتابع: “إصابة إبراهيما نداي جناح الزمالك قيل عنها إشاعات غير صحيحة، اللاعب خضع لكشف طبي قبل التوقيع معه، وتعرض لإصابة صعبة وتعاملنا معها وأخذت أراء أطباء خارج مصر، ومعظمهم رجح خضوعه لجراحة، ولكنه تعافى بدونها وبات سليمًا”.

وأكمل: “هناك شائعات تظهر قبل المباريات، فوجئت بأخبار عن إصابة محمد عبد الغني مدافع الزمالك واستبعاده من مباراة الترجي الماضية، أنا أبذل مجهودًا في عملي مع الجهاز الفني”.

واختتم: “عمرجابر ظهير الزمالك في المرحلة الأخيرة من التأهيل، ومحمد عبد الشافي مصاب بكدمة قوية في الكاحل وما زال يعاني من تورم، وزميله عبد الله جمعة أصيب بكدمة في وجه القدم وحاليًا في مرحلة التأهيل”.

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O técnico Zé Ricardo comandou, nesta quarta-feira, um treino técnico no campo anexo do Estádio Nilton Santos, com os jogadores do Botafogo. E neste segundo dia de atividades após a folga de segunda-feira, o treinador já deu indícios de que promoverá, ao menos, duas mudanças técnicas na partida contra o América-MG: as entradas de Luis Ricardo e Valencia.

Mas como a fase do time está longe de ser boa, houve segurança reforçada tanto de seguranças particulares quanto de duas viaturas da Polícia Militar. A entrada para a loja que fica no estádio chegou a ficar fechada durante a atividade. Não houve, porém, maiores incidentes.

O treino principal teve seis times de cinco jogadores de linha se enfrentando dois a dois em campo reduzido. O treinador cobrava a marcação pressão e dividiu prováveis titulares no mesmo time. Deste modo, Luis Ricardo estava no mesmo grupo que Carli, Igor Rabello, Moisés e Jean. Já Valencia atuou no mesmo time que Rodrigo Lindoso, Luiz Fernando, Erik e Kieza.

Luis Ricardo entraria na vaga de Marcinho, que teve atuação criticada no clássico do último domingo, contra o Fluminense. Valencia seria no lugar de Bochecha, coincidentemente envolvido no lance do gol que resultou no revés.

Sem contar os retornos de Carli e Jean, que estavam suspensos, nas vagas de Marcelo Benevenuto e Matheus Fernandes. O time deve ter, então, Saulo, Luis Ricardo, Carli, Igor Rabello e Moisés; Jean, Rodrigo Lindoso e Valencia; Erik, Kieza e Luiz Fernando.

A atividade desta quarta teve ainda os retornos de Yago, após ser desfalque por dores na coxa direita e da dupla Marcos Vinícus e Renatinho. Estes estão reincorporados após longa recuperação física, mas a carga de trabalho tem crescimento gradual. O primeiro foi “coringa” no treino, trabalhando para os dois times. O segundo fez trabalhos físicos.

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حددت لجنة الانضباط بالاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم، عقوبات مباريات دور ربع النهائي من منافسات كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين.

وكشفت تقارير سعودية أن لجنة الانضباط قررت إيقاف لاعب خط الوسط المصري طارق حامد المحترف ضمن صفوف اتحاد جدة، مباراة واحدة مع تغريمه 10 آلاف ريال.

فيديو | بركلات الترجيح.. اتحاد جدة يهزم الفيحاء ويتأهل إلى نصف نهائي كأس الحرمين الشريفين

وأوضحت صحيفة “الرياضية” السعودية أن لجنة الانضباط أصدرت هذا القرار بسبب ارتكاب طارق حامد سلوك غير رياضي خلال مواجهة اتحاد جدة أمام الفيحاء.

وكان فريق الاتحاد قد نجح في تخطي عقبة الفيحاء متأهلًا إلى نصف النهائي بفوزه بركلات الحظ الترجيحية.

Alastair Cook has expressed support for the authorities’ growing willingness to use floodlights in Test cricket

David Hopps23-May-2012

Alastair Cook, the batsman at the centre of England’s successful run chase against West Indies at Lord’s, has expressed support for the authorities’ growing willingness to use floodlights in Test cricket.The ECB has traditionally been ultra-cautious in advocating the use of floodlights outside the one-day game but that suspicion has been markedly reduced this summer with England and West Indies both committed to using artificial light throughout the three-Test series whenever the occasion demands. The ruling came from the ICC’s match referee, Roshan Mahanama, during a pre-series briefing and neither board took up their right to appeal against floodlights being used at any of the three grounds hosting a Test in the series – Lord’s, Trent Bridge or Edgbaston.There has been no change in the ICC regulations governing use of floodlights, but there has been a shift in interpretation. Mahanama stressed that players would only leave the field if conditions were regarded as unsafe and expressed a stronger commitment to the regulation which states: “If in the opinion of the umpires, natural light is deteriorating to an unfit level, they shall authorize the ground authorities to use the available artificial lighting so that the match can continue in acceptable conditions.”Cook, whose opinion as England’s Test vice-captain and captain in 50-over cricket is significant, has no complaints and he indicated that the rest of the side were comfortable about a shift in policy that puts the entertainment of the public first. He experienced first-hand the difficulties of batting under lights when England collapsed to 10 for 2 in four hostile overs at the end of the fourth day but he survived to make 79 in England’s five-wicket win.”I think that fourth day was a prime example of why lights should be used in Test cricket,” he said. “There are occasions when it works to your disadvantage like when it’s pretty dark, such as the last 15 to 20 minutes on that day when we had to go and face it.”But we were talking about it in the dressing-room and if those lights weren’t on we probably wouldn’t have played much that day and I think for the crowd and the entertainment we’ve got to try and get as much play as we can. It will work in your favour one day and others you’ll have to go and face four overs in not ideal conditions but hopefully we’ll benefit from that situation at some stage as well.”The MCC has been as a champion of floodlit Tests at night and, in common with the ICC, it has conducted research into pink and orange balls that might be more suited to night Tests. But when it comes to poor light in the day time, the common-or-garden red ball does not seem to have outlived its usefulness.”It feels quite strange,” said Cook, who was one of four England captains gathered in Nottingham in support of the latest scheme to bring cricket to the inner cities. “It’s just different because we are exploring new ground but I think it worked really well. Because Test cricket is over five days, if one side are bowling under lights and then the other has to bat in those conditions all the time you might be able to change the game too much but at Lord’s because of the nature of the wicket, it was fine. There’s a good case for using them now.”We were saying we don’t think we’d have got much play, certainly not the 80 or 90-odd overs we got, and it probably would’ve been hard to get a result. We wouldn’t have got more than 30 or 40 overs. We wouldn’t have won that game without those lights.”We need a bit more experience of playing with them but at lord’s when the wicket was good it didn’t seem to affect what the ball did.”Without the willingness of England and West Indies to resort to floodlights, the scourge of bad light would have severely disrupted the Lord’s Test, frustrating spectators and potentially costing the ECB revenue when many counties are under severe financial pressure. Test cricket has benefited significantly from the investment in faster-draining outfields and it is logical to hope that floodlights, better quality on most English Test grounds these days, can bring similar dividends.It remains to be seen whether England and South Africa will remain so committed to floodlights later this summer in a series that could decide the No. 1 Test ranking. Nothing in ICC regulations is ever entirely clear: the use of floodlights is subject to the interpretation of clause 16 on playing which allows for additional playing time at the end of regulation hours to recover time lost to the weather.Cook, though, spoke for many who tire of interminable late finishes because of weather-interrupted days, a common feature of Test cricket in England, when he stated: “Of course common sense always has to be used at certain stages. But in an ideal world eleven ’til six is best.”Denesh Ramdin, West Indies’ vice-captain, did not sound quite as enthusiastic. He not only had to bat under floodlights, but keep wicket as well and he took several painful blows on the hands during the Test. “It was a bit difficult with the pavilion in the background,” he said. “It was difficult and it was challenging.”Shivnarine Chanderpaul had also expressed surprise at use of floodlights at the end of two prolonged innings in which he batted nearly ten-and-a-half hours in the match. “He didn’t seem to have any problems, he batted long enough I think,” Cook joked. “Like always in cricket, and any sport, sometimes when you go into the unknown it’s different.”

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Australia’s Usman Khawaja scored his maiden one-day century for Derbyshire as they recorded a CB40 double over the Unicorns with a 35-run victory

15-Jul-2012
ScorecardAustralia’s Usman Khawaja scored his maiden one-day century for Derbyshire as they recorded a Clydesdale Bank 40 double over the Unicorns with a 35-run victory at Chesterfield.Khawaja made 104 from 109 balls and shared a century opening stand with Chesney Hughes who made 66 out of Derbyshire’s 235 for 7.Luis Reece led the chase with 59 from 63 balls but his dismissal in the 35th over ended the Unicorns’ slim hopes and they were bowled out for 200, with Mark Turner taking four for 54.Derbyshire’s only previous victory in the competition was against the Unicorns in early May and Khawaja and Hughes put them in a strong position to repeat that success with an opening stand of 138 in 26 overs.Not surprisingly after so much rain, the pitch was slow but both batsmen reeled off some handsome strokes on a rare day of sunshine and blue skies.Hughes scattered spectators behind the long on boundary by driving Bradley Wadlan’s slow left-arm spin for the first six of the innings and Khawaja matched his partner when he swept Luke Beaven over midwicket in the next over.Khawaja’s cover driving was a highlight of Derbyshire’s innings and after reaching his fifty from 66 balls, he pulled a second six off Reece who put down a sharp return chance when Hughes was on 55.Hughes sliced a drive to cover three overs later but Khawaja moved smoothly to his hundred before he was bowled trying to reverse sweep and that sparked off a collapse which saw six wickets fall in 25 balls.Wayne Madsen miscued a drive, Dan Redfern failed to clear long on and Garry Park, playing against his younger brother Craig, went first ball when he chipped a catch to cover.Jon Clare got off the mark with a six that flew into a row of portable toilets but Glen Querl struck twice in the final over as the Falcons fell well short of the total Khawaja and Hughes put them on course for.But it was still a demanding target for a team that had not previously scored 200 in the CB40 this season although they got off to a flier as James Ord and Wadlan plundered 30 from Turner’s opening three overs.Ord unleashed one of the shots of the day when he straight drove Turner into the timber-framed pavilion but Clare cut short what was developing into a dangerous partnership when he trapped him lbw in his first over.Wadlan skied a sweep at Durston to mid-on but former Leicestershire wicketkeeper Tom New kept the Unicorns in the hunt against the county he played for on loan with 31 before he was caught behind in the 21st over.When ex-Somerset stalwart Keith Parsons was run out for a duck in the same over, the Unicorns chase was faltering and Craig Park narrowly avoided matching his brother’s first ball dismissal when he was dropped by Richard Johnson, who was making his debut on loan from Warwickshire.Reece swept David Wainwright for six to reach 50 but when he sliced Turner to cover, the game was up and the fast bowler wrapped up victory with his fourth victim in the 39th over.

علق سيد معوض لاعب الأهلي السابق، على تأهل المنتخب الأولمبي إلى نهائيات كأس أمم إفريقيا، مُشيرًا إلى أن هناك إمكانية كبيرة لتطوير الأداء خلال الفترة المُقبلة، تحت قيادة البرازيلي روجيرو ميكالي.

وتأهل منتخب مصر الأولمبي إلى بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا المُقبلة بالمغرب، بعد التعادل مع زامبيا سلبيًا، أمس الأحد، في إياب الجولة الثالثة من التصفيات، بعد أن كان قد انتصر عليه بثنائية نظيفة في مواجهة الذهاب.

طالع أيضًا | خاص | فيتوريا يمنح صلاحيات القائد لـ الشناوي بعد محمد صلاح في منتخب مصر

وقال سيد معوض في تصريحات عبر برنامج “بوكس تو بوكس” المُذاع على قناة “etc”: “ميكالي مدير فني جيد، وأعتقد أنه قادر على تقديم الأفضل مع المنتخب الأولمبي، وكنا في حاجة لتحقيق أي شيء إيجابي في المرحلة الحالية”.

وتابع: “شاهدت مواجهة المغرب والبرازيل، وشعرت أننا بعيدون تماما عن مستوى أسود الأطلس حاليًا، هم لاعبون مميزون ومدربهم وليد الركراكي مميز، حتى تصريحات المدرب رائعة بشأن صعوبة الفترة المُقبلة لأن رغبة المنتخبات ستكون أقوى في الفوز عليهم”.

واختتم: “وليد الركراكي قام بإدخال عناصر جديدة للمنتخب المغربي من أجل تجهيزهم للمستقبل، ولم يقتصر على المجموعة الحالية التي شاركت في كأس العالم 2022، فهو يعد جيلًا قوياً”.

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Nesta quarta-feira, pelo jogo de volta das quartas de final da Libertadores, Valdivia voltará ao Allianz Parque para atuar pela sétima vez no estádio do Palmeiras. Hoje vestindo a camisa do Colo-Colo (e com a missão de reverter a derrota por 2 a 0 na ida, em Santiago), o meia de 34 anos retornará a um palco no qual já foi reverenciado, vaiado e pouco ganhou.

Pelo Verdão, são seis partidas na arena, com duas vitórias, três empates e uma derrota, sem nenhum gol nem assistência. Na última vez em que jogou no local com a camisa do clube mandante, ficou no 0 a 0 diante do ASA-AL, em 27 de maio de 2015, pela Copa do Brasil, que o time conquistaria já sem a presença do camisa 10 (não teve seu contrato renovado e, em agosto de 2015, foi para o Al Wahda, dos Emirados Árabes Unidos).

Depois de deixar o Palmeiras, Valdivia ainda retornou ao Allianz Parque uma vez: em 10 de outubro do ano passado, jogou pela seleção chilena, participou da derrota por 3 a 0 para o Brasil, pela última rodada das Eliminatórias para a Copa do Mundo de 2018, e não conseguiu levar seu país para disputar o Mundial da Rússia.

O LANCE! relembra todos os jogos de Valdivia no Allianz Parque:

7/12/14 – Palmeiras 1 x 1 Atlético-PR – Brasileiro
Claramente longe de estar em plenas condições físicas, ainda sofrendo com lesão muscular, Valdivia foi um dos mais exaltados pela torcida naquela última rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O Palmeiras corria sério risco de rebaixamento e, sob a batuta do camisa 10, dono de grande atuação, conseguiu o ponto que o salvou de cair no ano de seu centenário.

4/4/15 – Palmeiras 3 x 1 Mogi Mirim – Paulista
Valdivia demorou a se recuperar de problema muscular e a partida, válida já pela 14ª rodada do Estadual, marcou sua estreia na temporada. Os quase 30 mil torcedores presentes pediam sua presença em campo e vibraram intensamente quando o técnico Oswaldo de Oliveira o chamou para entrar aos 30 minutos do segundo tempo. O chileno jogou bem, aplicando belos dribles e passes e quase fazendo dois gols, um deles por cobertura, mas sem nenhuma assistência para a equipe balançar as redes.

12/4/15 – Palmeiras 1 x 0 Botafogo-SP – Paulista
No jogo único válido pelas quartas de final do Estadual, o Palmeiras sofria para balançar as redes até que Valdivia saiu do banco, aos 28 minutos do segundo tempo, e foi decisivo: limpou a marcação e abriu para Lucas cruzar e Leandro Pereira fazer o gol da classificação. Os torcedores que vibraram com sua entrada o aplaudiram intensamente.

9/5/15 – Palmeiras 2 x 2 Atlético-MG – Brasileiro
Valdivia foi titular nesta primeira rodada do Brasileiro, e sentiu pela primeira vez o que é ser vaiado no Allianz Parque. O Palmeiras sofreu diante dos reservas do Atlético-MG, empatando somente no último lance, e a torcida não poupou a atuação apática do time e do chileno, substituído aos 15 minutos do segundo tempo, quando a equipe perdia por 1 a 0.

24/5/15 – Palmeiras 0 x 1 Goiás – Brasileiro
Mais um jogo em que Valdivia atuou a partida inteira, e pouco produziu com a bola nos pés, faltando mais participação para ajudar o time a criar. O camisa 10 chamou mais atenção reclamando da arbitragem e levou cartão amarelo por abusar das contestações.

27/5/15 – Palmeiras 0 x 0 ASA – Copa do Brasil
Naquele que seria o seu último jogo pelo Palmeiras no Allianz Parque, Valdivia mostrou só alguns lampejos de bom futebol e não escapou das vaias que a torcida destinou ao time inteiro. A equipe não conseguiu balançar as redes do frágil adversário e só se classificou no jogo de volta graças ao primeiro gol da carreira de Gabriel Jesus, em vitória por 1 a 0, em Londrina.

10/10/17 – Brasil 3 x 0 Chile – Eliminatórias

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A reação da torcida ao anúncio de Jorge Valdivia na escalação chilena. #lanceALLIANZ pic.twitter.com/rXUmGIHCx3

— Fellipe Lucena (@fellucena) 10 de outubro de 2017

O vídeo acima, do momento em que Valdivia foi anunciado como titular do Chile contra o Brasil, no Allianz Parque, simboliza o que Valdivia deixou como lembrança no Palmeiras: vaias misturadas a aplausos. Em campo, ele foi o mais participativo de sua seleção, mas não conseguiu evitar que o país campeão das duas últimas Copas América ficasse fora da Copa do Mundo.

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A round-up of matches on August 13 during the Under-19 World Cup 2012

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Aug-2012

Pakistan picked up their second straight win of the tournament, beating Scotland by nine wickets at the Kev Hackey Oval in Buderim. After being asked to field, they bowled out Scotland for 200 and chased the target comfortably.Mohammad Nawaz picked up 4 for 20 with his left-arm spin, but Scotland would have hoped for a bigger score after starting their innings well. Opener Ross McLean made 59 and was part of a quick opening stand worth 36 with Mathew Cross. McLean and Freddie Coleman added 66 for the third wicket and Scotland were looking good at 146 for 2 in the 33rd over. But a collapse ensued. Nawaz struck and was supported by Ehsan Adil who dislodged two batsmen. The last eight wickets fell for just 54 in 17 overs.Babar Azam led the way for Pakistan in the chase, smashing an unbeaten ton and was part of an opening stand worth 163 with Sami Aslam, who made 78 off 79 balls. That stand all but sealed Scotland’s fate and Pakistan won with almost 14 overs to spare. Azam finished with 106 not out off 121 balls, hitting 10 fours and two sixes.West Indies continued to impress in this Under-19 World Cup, thrashing Papua New Guinea by nine wickets at Endeavour Park. PNG were bowled out for 116 in 41 overs after choosing to bat. Only three batsmen managed to reach double-figures and that included their captain Christopher Kent, who top-scored with 39. PNG had been reduced to 62 for 6 at one stage but Nigel Boge and Chad Soper added 38 together down the order to take the score towards 100. Seamer Jerome Jones was among the wickets, picking up three for 15 in a 10-over spell. His victims included the PNG openers. Kyle Mayers also grabbed three wickets in his four overs.Sunil Ambris made a mockery of PNG’s score, going on a rampage in the chase. He smashed nine fours and seven sixes in his 91, off just 43 balls. He made all his runs in an opening stand of 111 – his opening partner, captain Kraigg Brathwaite, remained unbeaten on 17 – and West Indies’ victory was sealed in the 12th over.Sri Lanka picked up their first win of the competition, inflicting a 195-run defeat on Namibia at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. They cashed in after opting to bat, helped by half-centuries from opener Sebastian Perera and Sandun Weerakkody in the middle order. Sri Lanka’s was a collective batting display, with handy contributions from the rest of their top five as well. They were in a dominant position at 210 for 2 in the 38th over and looked set to go past 300 but ended up losing their next seven wickets for 88 runs. Zhivago Groenewald picked up 3 for 49. However, Sri Lanka, having scored 298 for 9, had done more than enough.Barring Wian van Vuuren at the top of the order and wicketkeeper Gerhard Erasmus, Sri Lanka’s bowlers faced no resistance with the bat. Van Vuuren made 38, Erasmus was unbeaten on 36 but the rest of the line-up crumbled. Lahiru Madushanka gave the batsmen a tough time, picking up four wickets for 15 runs with his medium-pace. Namibia were bowled out for 103 in 35 overs.