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O Maracanã estará sob controle do Governo do Rio de Janeiro dentro de 30 dias. O motivo é que o governador Wilson Witzel (PSC-RJ) publicou no Diário Oficial o cancelamento da concessão que dava o estádio ao Complexo Maracanã, empresa ligada a Odebrecht que administra o local. Mas, muitas duvidas ficaram no ar e o LANCE! foi atrás para responder algumas delas.

A reportagem entrou em contato com o Governo do Rio de Janeiro, com o Complexo Maracanã e com os clubes envolvidos para entender a situação e montou este perguntas e respostas – e também levantou algumas dúvidas – sobre este processo envolvendo o cancelamento da concessão do estádio. Confira!

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Por qual motivo a concessão foi cancelada?
Durante a entrevista coletiva, o governador Wilson Witzel alegou que existe uma dívida de R$ 38 milhões da concessionária com o Estado desde maio de 2017. Essa outorga gerou prejuízos ao Estado e este teria sido o principal gancho para o cancelamento da concessão.

O Complexo Maracanã tem quantos dias para deixar o estádio?
Decisão tem valor dentro de 30 dias à partir deste 18 de março. Ou seja, a empresa tem até o dia 19 de abril para deixar o local e passar o controle para o Governo do Rio de Janeiro.

Como ficam os contratos dos clubes?
Flamengo e Fluminense tinham contrato em vigor, Vasco negociava com o Consórcio.Todos os contratos com os clubes e o Consórcio serão cancelados. A partir de agora, os clubes terão que negociar diretamente com o Governo até que uma nova empresa assuma a administração do estádio.

Quando a nova licitação deve ser aberta?
Nova licitação deverá ser aberta nos próximos dois meses. Foi criada uma comissão consultiva – com sete pessoas – para tratar de assuntos relacionados ao Maracanã. A equipe apresentará um estudo preliminar em 30 dias para o Governo e um “parecer para a manutenção das atividades essenciais do complexo esportivo”.

Quem compõe essa comissão?
Ana Beatriz Leal, presidente;Cássio Rodrigues Barrreiros, membro indicado pela Secretaria de Estado da Casa Civil e Governança;Paulo Inácio Xavier, membro indicado pela Secretaria de Estado da Casa Civil e Governança;Paula da Silva Ramos, membro indicado pela Secretaria de Estado da Casa Civil e Governança;Paulo Vitor de Souza Araújo, membro indicado pela Secretaria de Esporte, Lazer e Juventude;Vanessa Fabiane Ferreira, membro indicado pela Secretaria de Esporte, Lazer e Juventude;Thiago Ribeiro de Paula, membro indicado pela Suderj.

Como fica o custeio do estádio?
Durante os próximos 30 dias, as partidas no Maracanã seguirão nos moldes atuais, tendo o Complexo Maracanã como administrador. Depois deste período, a organização ficará com o Governo do Rio de Janeiro, que negociará diretamente as questões burocráticas com os clubes.

Pode acontecer um clássico entre Fluminense e Vasco neste período?
A FERJ já determinou que não realizará clássicos entre Fluminense e Vasco no Maracnaã enquanto a questão do setor sul não for resolvida. Com isso, a tendência é que os jogos não sejam disputados no local.

Como fica a situação para a Copa América?
Witzel garantiu que os jogos da Copa América já agendados irão acontecer no Maracanã. Além disso, afirmou que conversou com o presidente da Conmebol, mantendo contato, para que o Rio de Janeiro não sofra prejuízo devido a isso.O Consórcio afirma que é necessário esclarecer que o CME está contratado pela Conmebol para realizar toda a operação de cinco jogos da Copa América, inclusive a final.

Qual o custo para manter o Maracanã?
A Comissão Consultiva tem estimativas de custo, baseadas em números da época em que o estádio era administrado pela Suderj, e os custos de operação dos jogos, que atualmente são pagos pelos clubes, o que daria por volta de R$ 2 milhões por mês. Nos primeiros 30 dias de atuação da Comissão Consultiva, serão auditados os custos fixos, e necessidades de reparo.

Como vai funcionar a permissão de uso?
A Comissão Consultiva vai definir o modelo de permissão de uso a ser adotado, com a FERJ ou uma empresa à frente do estádio a todo o momento, ou se essa gestão será compartilhada, com os clubes continuando à frente da gestão do estádio em dias de jogos. A Comissão Consultiva é que vai decidir quem será o permissionário e quais as condições da permissão de uso e quanto o permissionário vai pagar para o Estado.

E se a FERJ não quiser participar as permissão de uso? Há alternativa?
Por ser um modelo de permissão de uso, o estado pode escolher uma empresa. A permissão de uso permite uma maior possibilidade de atores envolvidos no processo de gestão. A gestão poderá ser feita pela FERJ, pelos clubes, por empresas, ou por mais de um destes.

O governo pode usar o mesmo modelo usado pela concessionária, em que os clubes pagam pelos jogos?
Isso será definido pela Comissão Consultiva, Mas é possível usar o mesmo tipo de estrutura, com benefício maior para os clubes. No atual modelo, existe a margem de lucro da concessionária, que não se sabe de quanto é, e no caso do sugerido pelo estado, não existiria margem de lucro, apenas os níveis de serviço estipulados e a fiscalização por parte do Estado para que esses serviços sejam de alto padrão.

E se a concessionária abandonar o estádio antes dos 30 dias?
A concessionária não pode abandonar o estádio porque, apesar de a caducidade estar decretada, os seus efeitos só passam a ter validade em 30 dias. As conversas com a concessionária se iniciam para que a saída seja a menos traumática para a população. Mas se, mesmo assim, houver abandono por parte da concessionária, o Governo do Estado vai conversar com a FERJ, CBF e Conmebol para que sejam feitas adaptações que causem o mínimo de prejuízo para as atividades do Complexo do Maracanã. O prejuízo maior seria deixar o local continuar a ser gerido da forma como a concessionária tem feito.

Por quanto tempo vale a permissão de uso?
A permissão de uso é em caráter precário. A princípio ela vale por 180 dias, e se necessário, pode ser realizada outra, enquanto durar o processo licitatório.

E se ninguém quiser pagar pelos jogos ou participar da permissão de uso?
O Maracanã é símbolo do Rio de Janeiro e do futebol. Existe interesse de clubes, federações e empresas em participar. Em último caso, a Suderj tomará à frente do estádio, pois existem fontes de receitas que pagam as despesas temporárias, o que não geraria reflexo no Regime de Recuperação Fiscal.

Como fica a arbitragem em andamento? A gestão termina sem que as partes acertem as contas?
A Procuradoria Geral do Estado vai administrar. A concessionária também está deixando um prejuízo por falta de investimento em manutenção e esses valores também serão cobrados pelo Estado.

E os contratos vigentes dos camarotes?
As liminares com relação aos camarotes serão cumpridas. A Comissão Consultiva vai estudar como os donos de camarote serão atendidos no novo modelo de gestão.

Como ficam os atuais contratos com fornecedores?
Esses contratos são de responsabilidade da concessionária, e é ela quem resolverá com os contratados.

Mas como o estádio vai funcionar se os contratos firmados pela concessionária deixarem de ser válidos?
Os contratos de publicidade, bebida, comida, bilhetagem, limpeza, segurança, e outros necessários para o funcionamento do estádio, estarão no contrato da permissão de uso. A Comissão Consultiva vai estudar cada um dos contratos explorados atualmente.

علق مهاجم الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي بايرن ميونخ، جمال موسيالا، على الأنباء التي ربطت مواطنه وزميله، جوشوا كيميتش، بالرحيل عن العملاق البافاري في الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي.

وارتبط اسم كيميتش في الأيام الماضية بإمكانية الرحيل إلى برشلونة، لكن الألماني نفى الأمر وأكد على استمراره مع بايرن ميونخ خاصة وأن عقده مستمر حتى يونيو 2025.

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وتحدث موسيالا عن كيميتش في حواره مع صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية، وقال: “إنه أكثر اللاعبين تأثيرًا وشغفًا في بايرن ميونخ، يحزن عندما يخسر في التدريبات”.

وتابع: “جوشوا نموذج يجب أن يحتذى به اللاعبين الآخرين، لديه العقلية التي يحتاجها بايرن ميونخ، لا أستطيع تخيل رحيله عن الفريق”.

وانتقال بيلينجهام إلى ريال مدريد: “سعيد من أجله، لأن ريال مدريد خطوة كبيرة بالنسبة له، الدوري الإسباني الأكثر مشاهدة في العالم، يكتسب اللاعبون الشهرة والشعبية سريعًا، بالنسبة لي، الدوري الإنجليزي هو الأفضل في العالم، لأنه إذا لعبت هناك، فلن تتمكن من السير دون أن يلاحظك أحدًا في الشارع”.

ونهاية عصر ميسي ورونالدو: “اعتقد أننا نشهد تغييرًا في كرة القدم، لقد غادر الثنائي الأفضل في التاريخ قارة أوروبا ولكن هناك جيلًا جديدًا موجودًا وهذا ما يفتح العديد من الأبواب للعديد من اللاعبين”.

وعن اهتمام بايرن ميونخ ببعض اللاعبين من الدوري الإنجليزي وعلى رأسهم، ديكلان رايس، من وست هام يونايتد: “أعتقد أن أي لاعب في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز سيفكر إذا كان هناك عرض من بايرن ميونخ، لا يهم من هو اللاعب، لأن بايرن ميونخ نادٍ جذاب للأسماء الكبيرة”.

India’s captain and coach confident that squad has enough fast-bowling depth to compensate for Bumrah missing some games

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jun-20252:30

Gambhir: ‘Enough quality in squad to replace Bumrah’

India have not yet decided which Tests in the upcoming five-match series in England Jasprit Bumrah will play, but captain Shubman Gill and coach Gautam Gambhir were confident the depth of their pace attack would make up for his likely absence.”We haven’t taken that call, which three games is he going to play,” Gambhir said during India’s pre-departure press conference in Mumbai. “We are going to have a discussion with him and depending on the series as well. A lot will depend on the results of the series, where the series is heading. That is something which I am sure he is very well aware of as well and that is important.”When announcing India’s Test squad last month, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said Bumrah had been advised by medical staff not to risk playing several consecutive Tests as part of his workload management. The precautionary measure came after Bumrah suffered a stress reaction in the back during the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney in January and only returned to action after Mumbai Indians’ first four games in IPL 2025.India’s 18-man Test squad includes Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh as the other specialist fast bowlers, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shardul Thakur the seam-bowling allrounders.Related

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“I think we have picked enough bowlers and we have enough pace battery and a lot of fast bowlers are in a great space to be able to win us Test matches from any situation or any position,” Gill said. “Obviously when you have someone like Jasprit Bumrah, depending on how many matches he would play, whenever he would come back and play the match for us, it would be a great sight for us. But I think we have a great mix of bowlers and a great set of bowlers who can get the job for the team done.Gambhir said: “I have said it before during the Champions Trophy [which Bumrah missed and India won] as well, it will give someone the opportunity to put his hand up and we have got enough talent there. I know that he is quality but we have got enough quality apart from him as well in the squad.”The series is India’s first since the retirements of Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin and Virat Kohli from Test cricket, and Mohammed Shami is also missing from the squad.The five Tests against England will be India’s first in the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. They play the first Test at Headingley (from June 20), the second at Edgbaston (from July 2), the third at Lord’s (from July 10), the fourth at Old Trafford (from July 23), and the final at The Oval (from July 31).They begin the tour with a four-day match against India A at Beckenham on the outskirts of London between June 13 and 16.

India have found what their captain MS Dhoni calls a “settled batting and bowling combination” for the remainder of the three Tests in the series against Australia

Sharda Ugra26-Feb-2013MS Dhoni has said India have found a “settled batting and bowling combination” for the remaining three Tests in the series against Australia. It is every indicator that India will go ahead with playing five bowlers, including Ravindra Jadeja as the third spinner, for the remainder of the Test series.Under Dhoni, India have rarely gone in with five bowlers, even if including an allrounder, but the last two Tests – against England in Nagpur and Australia in Chennai – have been different. Dhoni said that playing at home had made the five-bowler choice “a big plan”. Due to the conditions at work, he said, they can perfect the combination at home.Playing overseas with Dhoni as the sixth batsman makes the batting look “weak.” At home, though, including Jadeja in XI has worked, Dhoni said. “With three Tests to come this looks like a very settled batting and bowling combination.”The three spinners put into use on the way to India’s eight-wicket win over Australia in Chennai did not include left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who had taken 20 wickets in the last series against England. The closer the Hyderabad pitch resembles the one in Chennai, the greater the chances of Ojha sitting out of a match on his home ground. Jadeja, who bowls left-arm spin and has far greater batting credentials than Ojha, Dhoni said, had made it into the team as a third spinning option.The choice of Jadeja over Ojha, Dhoni said, had worked for two reasons. Offspinners R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh had been brought in because Australia had four left-hand batsmen in their top six. “They had lots of left-handers and we assumed the wicket will turn and often it is said the away-going spinner is quite difficult to play,” Dhoni said. The inclusion of Jadeja came about due to his batting abilities over Ojha’s and because he could “bowl long spells and can be conservative in that he can bowl tight”.”That was one of the reasons we said let’s go with two offspinners and one left-arm with Jadeja doing the job.”Jadeja’s presence in the XI, Dhoni said, had automatically meant the captain would come in to bat at No.6, one spot up from his otherwise established slot at No. 7. “Till Jadeja is playing I will have to bat at No. 6 and till he gets comfortable and used to international Test cricket,” Dhoni said. “If he really starts to do really well according to the amount of talent he has, we will think about it [where Jadeja should bat] later.”Dhoni’s elevation to the No.6 spot for the second Test in succession produced his maiden Test double-century, 224 scored at a strike rate of over 84. He was run out in the Nagpur Test for 99. The two innings are different due to the demands of the game, but his approach to batting has stayed the same.”This game was evenly poised and Nathan (Lyon) was bowling well,” Dhoni said. “It was important that you get rid of that extra catching fielder that is around you. So that if you misread a flighted delivery or you go back to a ball that is pitched slightly up, you don’t have that one extra catching fielder to take that inside edge or that bad pat. And it worked well.”Dhoni said the rest of the batting line-up too had played its role even though neither Cheteshwar Pujara got to 50 nor Sachin Tendulkar hundred. “They played for a considerable period of time and the humidity over here, we all know Chennai gets quite humid and bowlers get quiet tired… we were able to bat for more than four sessions, so overall it was a very good effort both by the bowlers and the batsmen.”India’s two medium-pacers in the Chennai Test, Ishant Sharma and debutant Bhuvneshwar Kumar, may have bowled between them only 33 of India’s 226 overs in the Test but have given their team, Dhoni said, the options and variety it needed, which as good as ruled out the idea of packing another spinner in Ojha in the XI in Hyderabad. “You have to be sure the wicket will turn,” Dhoni said. “On the first day most of us assumed it will be a turning track. There will be plenty for the spinners. But we saw it was a decent wicket. That’s why you want to be prepared in a situation where you think this is what may happen, but it goes the other way around.”Dhoni said Bhuvneshwar’s ability with the bat had given India another lower-order option and that the extra spinner would have made it difficult to juggle him around the other three. “You can’t make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs,” Dhoni said. “You don’t see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change, you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.”MS Dhoni could likely retain the winning combination for the upcoming games•BCCI

If there was an element of the Indian batting that appeared weak in Chennai it was the opening combination of Virender Sehwag and M Vijay, but Dhoni said he would wait before drawing conclusions. “You need to give them a fair amount of time,” he said. “So let’s hope for the best… Let’s continue with him (Vijay) and give him some time and that comfort of saying he is wanted over here.”When asked whether the memory of the Nagpur 99 had played on his mind, Dhoni said, “I’ve got five 90s so it doesn’t weigh any more – I personally believe it’s the top six batsmen who worry about the 100s. I’ve never thought a lot about hundreds.”Dhoni said he was asked by Dilip Vengsarkar after he had scored 92 at The Oval whether he would have done something different with reference to his dismissal. “I said no, I would bat the same way if I get a chance to hit, I’ll hit. So nothing much has changed… what’s your speciality remains your speciality.”This has been the shakiest period in Dhoni’s captaincy following a home series defeat to England and he said he dealt with the pressure by not reading the newspapers or watching television. “It’s not like I don’t read newspapers,” he said. “But third page from the behind is the sports page, so you try to get rid of it. Because otherwise you don’t know what’s happening in India.

Laughs off talk of poor form and believes he is close to being at his best

Andrew McGlashan27-Oct-2021David Warner has laughed off talk about poor form and believes he is close to finding his best touch, having swapped the practice nets in the UAE for synthetic and concrete surfaces.Warner, who has played five innings in all cricket since April with scores of 0, 2, 0, 1 and 14, revealed the training tactic – something he has previously used at home – was an attempt to overcome nets which are showing the effects of a lot of traffic over the last few months and, he believes, risk bringing bad habits into his batting.He spoke with the Australian coaching staff on tour about making use of the different surfaces, which are available in Dubai, having received a text from batting coach Trent Woodhill who is a long-time mentor. Warner has had balls hurled at him with the ‘wanger’, or dog-thrower, at up to 145kph so that he can get his feet “dancing” ahead of facing a Sri Lanka attack that possesses considerable pace.”One thing that should be noted is these practice wickets have been up for close to 12 weeks now, so training is quite difficult on them as well,” Warner said. “At the moment I’m training on some synthetic wickets and polished concrete to get timing and rhythm and moving my feet so that’s helping me.”When you are practicing on low wickets that aren’t great it gets you into sticky positions in the games when you are on better wickets. You have to get your brain working again with your feet and hands to get into good positions.”You want to feel bat on ball, but it also makes you move your feet more. We are so used to the ball coming onto the bat and when you do that and are moving, you start dancing in the game. If you are practicing bad habits at training because you aren’t able to get that volume in, you have to go back to the basics.”Warner felt positive signs during his 14 off 15 balls against South Africa which included three crisp boundaries before he drove to backward point. He lamented his lack of conviction in the stroke that brought his downfall, saying he was too focused on seeing out what was Kagiso Rabada’s third over of his opening spell.”In hindsight I should have played it over the top, but I pushed it to backward point,” he said. “My feet were moving, I got into great positions, but my awareness should have been to go with it. Felt I was one boundary away from having a good innings”I actually think people talking about my form is quite funny. I laugh at the matter. I’ve played hardly any cricket. Had two games in the IPL and then warm-up games are warm-up games for a reason. The other day I got my benchmark as where I should be at with my feet.”Warner believes the T20 game is not purely about the volume of runs a batter scores but how they fit into the broader team gameplan. “Individuals have to play their roles. It’s not necessarily a big score, it’s how you get 20, 30 or 40 and then if you get that big score it puts you in a great position. You’ve just got to make sure you aren’t soaking up too many balls.”There is also scrutiny of Warner’s opening partner Aaron Finch, who is another to make use of the concrete wickets, after he returned from knee surgery in this tournament. Finch carved to third man for a duck against South Africa although his overall T20I returns in 2021 are far from poor with 324 runs at 32.40, albeit his strike-rate of 126.56 is his lowest for any calendar year since he made his debut.The opening game was the first time Warner and Finch had opened in a T20I since last September against England. They were a key part of the success Australia had in the format in the 2019-2020 season, but that was followed by Warner’s injury last year against India and subsequent unavailability. “It almost seems like we’ve been in retirement and come back after the time we’ve had off,” he said.

Aftab Ahmed

Mohammad Isam15-Jan-2013

The extent to which a player can go off the radar even in the small world of Bangladesh cricket is personified by Aftab Ahmed, the batsman earmarked for greatness only five years ago but who hasn’t played international cricket since March 2010. Such has been his downturn in fortune, Aftab is merely eyeing a regular place in the Chittagong Kings side in this season’s BPL.”I have to target a place in the playing eleven, this is my first objective,” Aftab said. “If I can make it then I have a plan, which I want to execute. I was a bit shaky in the last BPL but then I thought of shrugging away the shakiness and playing with freedom. I have to do something different otherwise I have no chance of cementing my place.”Between 2004 and 2008, Aftab was one of the most feared strikers of the ball. A free-flowing strokeplayer on the off side, his ability to clear the infield was always breathtaking, though like Mohammad Ashraful he was also susceptible to poor shots. What contributed to his downfall was his lax attitude towards fitness and doing the extra bit in the nets, surprising for a player so dependent on hitting the ball sweetly, and for one of the country’s best fielders inside the circle.And, surprisingly for a cricketer of this day and age, he is candid when he agrees that it has been his lethargy that has kept him out of the limelight for such a long time. “Laziness has got the better of me,” he said. “Even though I try very hard to overcome laziness, even then I have a tough time succeeding. This is the truth, no point lying.”I feel bad sometimes. When I was an established member of the national team, I saw several players making their debut. The same players are now far ahead of me in the pecking order and I am a bit detached from everyone else. So it is normal for me to feel bad.”Aftab was part of the Dhaka Warriors team that took off from the mainstream and joined the Indian Cricket League in 2008. He returned two years later, but was not even half the player he had left as. Those close to him said that his poor work ethic earlier in his career fitted well with the relaxed attitude with which he played in the ICL, eroding his skills further.His plans now centre on domestic cricket, and he has hinted that his career is nearing the end, though he is only 27. “I have no plans as far as making it to the national team is concerned. Whether it is one or two years, I want to enjoy myself before going out from the game,” he said. “Recently, I scored two fifties in the National Cricket League so I want to bow out properly from the domestic circuit before anything else.”What Aftab will enjoy, however, will be playing for Chittagong, his hometown, and in a format he is made for, despite a poor showing in the first BPL with Dhaka Gladiators, when he made just six runs in three innings.”I only got one opportunity last time with Dhaka Gladiators and I did not make full use of it. I was shaky and thought about things too much,” Aftab said. “This hampered my progress. But this time, I am not putting any thoughts in my head. If I get one game, then so be it. I will only enjoy myself.”

يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك لمواجهة نظيره سيراميكا كليوباترا مساء اليوم الأربعاء، في بطولة الدوري الممتاز.

الزمالك يواجه سيراميكا كليوباترا على استاد القاهرة الدولي في إطار مؤجلات الجولة الـ19، من البطولة الأكبر محليًا.

ويحتل الزمالك المركز الرابع في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 40 نقطة، حصيلة 24 مباراة، فاز في 11 مباراة وتعادل 7 مرات وخسر 6 مواجهات.

طالع.. مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الزمالك وسيراميكا كليوباترا في الدوري.. إعلان التشكيلين

فيما يتواجد سيراميكا كليوباترا في المرتبة الحادية عشر ويملك في رصيده 30 نقطة، جمعهم من 25 مباراة، حيث فاز 6 مرات، وتعادل 12 مباراة، وخسر 7 مواجهات. موعد مباراة الزمالك وسيراميكا كليوباترا اليوم:

وتنطلق مباراة الزمالك وسيراميكا في تمام 8:30 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 9:30 مساءً بتوقيت السعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الزمالك وسيراميكا كليوباترا:

وتنُقل أحداث مباراة الزمالك وسيراميكا عبر فضائية Ontime sports 1

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Harbhajan Singh has said that he is looking to make a fresh start and is not depending on his past laurels

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Sep-2012Harbhajan Singh, who is back in the India Twenty20 squad for the upcoming New Zealand series and the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka after spending more than a year out of the team, has said that he is looking to make a fresh start and is not depending on his past laurels.”It’s always tough when you are out,” Harbhajan told . “Making a comeback is tougher than earning your maiden international call. It involves a lot of things. When you’re out, you get injured and then again out. It’s always been challenging.”You cannot live in the past glory. For anyone, it does not depend what you’ve done in the past but what you do in the present and future.”Harbhajan’s last international appearance was in the Trent Bridge Test during India’s tour of England in August 2011. A spate of injuries and a dip in form thereafter left him out of reckoning from the national squad. After below par returns during the IPL, Harbhajan set out for a stint playing county cricket for Essex, which helped him get his confidence back. After the news of his selection, he starred in a pro-40 match for Essex with a five-wicket haul.”I won’t say it was frustrating but at times it’s difficult not being part of the side for so long. But you’re used to the set up. Not only me, it can happen to anyone. You are always going to have ups and downs. But when you get the opportunity, you have to stand up and take it in your stride.”Harbhajan said that the upcoming Twenty20s are going to herald a new chapter in his career. “I had the willpower and the desire to wear the India jersey again – it’s the biggest thing for me. It makes me proud,” he said. “It’s not that I was dropped for the first time last year. But it has been for the longest period of time. It makes you feel as if you are doing it for the first time.””I was ready to work hard and take challenge. You get your family and friends’ support, but at the end of the day you’re all alone fighting it out there in the middle. With Almighty’s help, I’m here again and now I’m looking forward towards doing well.”

Bangladesh have brought back allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and medium-pacer Shafiul Islam to their squad for the Twenty20 matches in Ireland and the Netherlands in July. Teenage batsman Anamul Haque and allrounder Farhad Reza are the omissions from the squad that failed to make the final of the Twenty20 tri-series in Zimbabwe. Shakib had been rested for the tri-series.Akram Khan, Bangladesh’s chief selector, said Anamul had been left out so he could focus on the upcoming Under-19 World Cup in Australia this August. “He [Anamul Haque] has a lot of time and I think if he plays in the age-level World Cup, it will bring more maturity to his game,” Akram said. Anamul scored only 16 runs in three matches during the T20s in Harare.Shafiul returned to the side after being sidelined by a shoulder injury he sustained during the Asia Cup in March. “We have always maintained that we are not in favour of major changes in the team,” Akram said. “Shafiul is one of our first-choice pace bowlers so his return will be a boost.”The tour begins with a three-match series against Ireland between July 18 and 21 in Belfast. The second leg is at The Hague, where Bangladesh play Scotland on July 24 and Netherlands on July 25. It will be Bangladesh’s second preparatory tour ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September.Squad Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Junaid Siddique, Jahurul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Elias Sunny, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Abul Hasan.

Half-centuries from Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza led Zimbabwe to a stunning nine-wicket victory over South Africa in the tri-series final at Harare Sports Club

The Report by Liam Brickhill24-Jun-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBrendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza walk off the field after an outstanding chase•AFPHalf-centuries from Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza led Zimbabwe to a stunning nine-wicket victory over South Africa in the tri-series final at Harare Sports Club. Faced with the tricky prospect of chasing South Africa’s 146 for 6, both batsmen showed remarkable poise and confidence to race to the win with 17 balls to spare. Their efforts capped a superb day for Zimbabwe, who kept South Africa under pressure with the ball throughout. The visitors had been carried by Faf du Plessis’ fighting fifty but his efforts went in vain, and the South African bowling attack had no answers to a flawless batting display.Masakadza had been fortunate to survive what seemed to be an adjacent lbw call against Lonwabo Tsotsobe off the very first delivery and Zimbabwe lost an adventurous Vusi Sibanda to a stunning catch by Farhaan Behardien at cover point in the fourth over. Taylor and Masakadza, however, kept control of the chase from that point on with a chanceless partnership that stretched to an unbeaten 118.Where Zimbabwe’s efforts with the new ball had been full of vim and vigour, South Africa’s response was not nearly as intense and the match turned decisively in the sixth over of the innings, bowled by Robin Peterson. Peterson had been South Africa’s bowler of the tournament before this match, giving away less than six runs an over in his previous games, but he fell victim to a stunning assault in his first over. Taylor led the charge with a slog-swept six and a brace of offside boundaries before Masakadza stepped out to smear a towering blow over wide long on, 21 runs coming off the over.These matches were not classed as internationals, the games falling outside the ICC’s Future Tours Programme and having originally been set up as simple practice matches, but that mattered not a jot to a packed Sports Club crowd. An all-singing, all-dancing multitude of several thousand cheered every run as Taylor moved swiftly through the 20s with a trademark deft, ramped uppercut and Masakadza extended Peterson’s pain by shellacking a second six over deep midwicket.The runs continued to flow and South Africa looked increasingly desperate in the field as the required rate dipped below six runs an over. Taylor was first to his fifty, reaching the mark from just 32 deliveries courtesy of a sloppy overthrow in the 15th over. Usually a somewhat reticent presence on the field, Masakadza celebrated his own half-century two overs later with joyful emotion, pumping his fist and embracing his captain before saluting all corners of a packed stadium. After reaching his fourth fifty of the tournament – an achievement that rightfully earned him the Man-of-the-Series award – Masakadza took Zimbabwe to the brink of a famous victory with a flurry of powerful boundaries off a listless Tsotsobe, before Taylor ended the match with a crunching pull.This tournament had been billed as a chance for the teams involved to get some valuable practice ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September and Jason Gillespie, who spent some time in Zimbabwe coaching the Mid West Rhinos, suggested on Twitter last week that Zimbabwe had the raw materials to do well at that event. All that was missing for them, he suggested, was a little confidence in their batting. That wasn’t a problem today, as both Taylor and Masakadza seamlessly mixed watchful accumulation with decisive bouts of attack.It was a different story for a South African side shorn of their best players. After a strong start against Bangladesh, they stumbled on multiple occasions and were under pressure early once again this afternoon when Kyle Jarvis removed Richard Levi with the first delivery of the day. An over later Amla fell for Chris Mpofu’s short-ball trap, lapping a pull straight to Malcolm Waller at deep square leg, and the Zimbabwean attack had its tails up.The visitors lost Colin Ingram, Justin Ontong and Dane Vilas cheaply to the Zimbabwean spinners and were looking decidedly wobbly at 67 for 5 in the 12th over before du Plessis marshalled the middle order. Fleet footwork, especially to the slow bowlers, was the hallmark of his innings. He also batted with remarkable control and had struck just three fours when he brought up a 48-ball fifty in the 16th over.He found an able partner in Albie Morkel, and together they added 60 for the sixth wicket to rebuild the innings. The South African bowlers could not match their persistence, however, and never looked like running through the Zimbabweans.Prior to this tournament Zimbabwe had beaten South Africa just twice in a pair of ODIs in 1999 and 2000-01. They have now gone past them twice in a week, a result that will give them oodles of confidence when they face the full South African side at the World Twenty20 in three month’s time. Zimbabwe earned prize money of US$3500 today, but a historic victory will taste even sweeter.