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Graeme Smith’s rapid half-century helped South Africa make light work of the 169 they had been set by a promising batting performance from Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein

The Bulletin by Sahil Dutta08-Oct-2010South Africa 169 for 3 (Smith 52, Miller 36*) beat Zimbabwe 168 for 4 (Masakadza 72, Chibhabha 52, Parnell 2-29)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsGraeme Smith may not have been captain of the side but his powerful fifty led South Africa to victory•Getty Images

Graeme Smith’s rapid half-century helped South Africa make light work of the 169 they had been set by a promising batting performance from Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein.Smith butchered 58 from 29 balls and received able support from Loots Bosman, JP Duminy and David Miller as South Africa rushed to an easy victory. He stepped down as South Africa’s Twenty20 captain to give himself a breather in the hectic international schedule but he came to the fore to spare his successor, Johan Botha, any embarrassment after a shoddy fielding display from South Africa gave Zimbabwe hope at the half-way stage.While Zimbabwe’s batsmen, led by fifties from Hamilton Masakadza and Chamu Chibhabha, may have shown the optimism surrounding the side is not entirely misplaced, the bowlers – shorn of the services of fiery left-arm spinner Ray Price – were not up to international standard.Though Bosman was under some pressure after making 8, 0, 7, and 0 in his last four innings he responded by smiting 33 in 16 deliveries to leave Zimbabwe’s new-ball bowlers reeling. Any time he found the ball in his half he cleanly dispatched it, with a pair of sixes off Ed Rainsford ending up in the stands over cover.Smith, meanwhile, had been almost anonymous in the field, but was back into the thick of the action with the bat. He punished the gentle new-ball offerings with his customary clubbing into the leg side and greeted the part-time medium pace of Masakadza with utter disdain on his way to a 26-ball fifty.By the time he was out, missing a sweep off Graeme Cremer to be trapped on the back pad, South Africa were coasting at 95 for 2 off 7.3 overs but they were given a slight scare as debutant Colin Ingram fell soon after.David Miller and JP Duminy ensured no slip ups though, as they followed in Smith’s aggressive vein. The 21-year-old Miller impressed on his Twenty20 debut against West Indies earlier this year and he again showcased his ability to see his side home. One over from Cremer was taken for 18 as he used his quick feet and power to punish the legspinner. Duminy finished the job in style, smashing a four and a six off the hapless Prosper Utseya as South Africa cantered to victory with 25 balls to spare.The rout masked a lethargic fielding effort from South Africa. Catches were put down and the ground fielding was clumsy as they responded poorly to the pressure placed on them from Zimbabwe’s lively line-up. Coming into the game all the talk was of the return of 39-year-old Grant Flower after a six-year hiatus but it was Zimbabwe’s young batsmen who impressed as Flower was left marooned at home, unable to leave the country due to a problem with his visa.Flower, who is also the team’s batting coach, would have been impressed with what he saw as Chibhabha broke the record for the quickest Twenty20 international fifty by a Zimbabwean, reaching the landmark off 29 balls, while Masakadza anchored the innings before finishing with a flourish to end on 72 off 63 balls.After a slow start in which South Africa’s new-ball bowlers impressed, Zimbabwe used the injury to Morne Morkel, who limped off the field after twisting his ankle, to their advantage and added 102 in the final ten overs. Though it looked like carrying the tourists to a good total, Smith’s onslaught ensured it wasn’t nearly enough.

While Morgan Schneiderlin may not have been the only transfer mistake made under the Farhad Moshiri regime at Everton, he certainly proved one of the most expensive, having failed to live up to his initial hefty price tag.

The Frenchman had originally made his name as part of the hugely talented Southampton side which stormed back into the Premier League in 2012 under Nigel Adkins, alongside the likes of Adam Lallana and Jose Fonte, having helped the Saints to navigate their way out of the third tier after joining in 2008.

His displays on the south coast alerted the attention of Manchester United, with Louis Van Gaal opting to fork out £25m for the defensive midfielder in 2015, only for the player to be moved on just 18 months later following Jose Mourinho’s appointment.

Despite failing to convince at Old Trafford, the Toffees and Ronald Koeman – in their infinite wisdom – decided that Schneiderlin was worth a punt, as they coughed up a fairly sizeable £24m to bring him Goodison Park in January 2017.

Schneiderlin’s Everton woes

In truth, those among the United hierarchy would have been rubbing their hands in glee at having been able to recoup almost their entire initial transfer fee on a player who had failed to nail down a regular starting berth and who, according to club legend Rio Ferdinand, posed “zero threat” in the middle of the park.

Nevertheless, the Goodison Park outfit went ahead with the deal, although they would eventually wish they hadn’t as the Frenchman went on to score just one goal in 88 appearances in all competitions over the next three years.

In fact, he had as many goal contributions in total as he did red cards (three), notably getting sent off in a Europa League defeat to Lyon in November 2017, with the dismissal leaving pundit Chris Sutton to suggest that the player “didn’t look like he wanted to be there”.

As it proved, Schneiderlin might as well not have been on Merseyside over the next few years, as he made next to no impact in blue, while he was infamously booed by his own supporters while entering the fray as a substitute in February 2018, just a year into his time at the club.

Having failed to ever win over the crowd or the string of managers who came and went at Everton, he was eventually shipped off to Nice in January 2021 for a fraction of his initial cost, with the Premier League outfit having been forced to accept that he was simply a lost cause.

Since then, the 32-year-old has made 56 appearances for his current club in all competitions, although he is still yet to find the net, while his market value has now dropped to a mere £3.6m – a reflection of his stark decline over the last five years or so.

In other news, £44m down the drain: Allardyce’s £69k-p/w disaster has rinsed Everton for 54 months

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Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket’s long-standing and controversial chairman, has been appointed by the ICC as one of its Pakistan Task Team

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Oct-2010

Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket’s long-standing and controversial chairman, has been appointed by the ICC as one of its Pakistan Task Team, originally constituted to assist with the country’s return to staging home Tests and now expanded to “help the Pakistan Cricket Board to carry out any reforms which may be deemed necessary to restore confidence in the administration of the game in Pakistan”.His appointment at a time his own position at the helm of Cricket Zimbabwe is under increasing pressure comes despite his own board having been the subject of a major ICC investigation a few years ago. In 2008 an independent audit commissioned by the ICC highlighted “serious financial irregularities” within the board of which Chingoka was head.While Zimbabwe are taking major strides on their own rehabilitation into the international community, much of the credit for that is given to Ozias Bvute, official the board’s chief executive but increasingly the face of the board.”He is not exactly a shining example of how to run an administration,” said one former colleague and Zimbabwe board member. “Given all that’s happened on his watch it would be hard to find someone less likely to advise another board on how best to run their affairs.”Chingoka remains banned from entering the European Community because of what the authorities claim to be his links to the Mugabe regime, and he was recently identified by the new British government as being the major obstacle to a return of cricketing relations with Zimbabwe.

أعلن المدير الفني لمنتخب الأرجنتين، ليونيل سكالوني، التشكيل الأساسي لمواجهة بولندا مساء اليوم في كأس العالم قطر 2022.

ويلتقي المنتخبان في إطار منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور المجموعات على ملعب 974.

طالع.. مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الأرجنتين وبولندا في كأس العالم 2022.. إعلان التشكيلين

ويأمل منتخب الأرجنتين في تحقيق الفوز في مباراة اليوم من أجل التأهل إلى دور الـ16، بعد الهزيمة في الجولة الأولى أمام السعودية بهدفين مقابل هدف، والفوز على المكسيك 2-0. تشكيل الأرجنتين اليوم أمام المكسيك

حراسة المرمى: إيميليانو مارتينيز.

خط الدفاع: مولينا، أوتامندي، روميرو، أكونيا.

خط الوسط: دي باول، إنزو فرنانديز، ماك أليستر.

خط الهجوم: أنخيل دي ماريا، جوليان ألفاريز، ليونيل ميسي.

علّق أوناي سيمون، حارس مرمى منتخب إسبانيا، على خسارتهم أمام منتخب المغرب في مباراتهما اليوم، وتوديعهم لبطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022.

وأطاح منتخب المغرب بنظيره الإسبانيي، من دور الـ16 من بطولة كأس العالم من خلال ركلات الترجيح، حيث فاز أسود الأطلس بنتيجة 3-0.

وقال أوناي سيمون في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “لقد وضعنا الخصم في ملعبه ولم نجعله يتمكن من الخروج، ولكن ما نقوله الآن ليس له قيمة طالما لم نسجل”.

وأضاف: “كانت المغرب الأفضل في ركلات الترجيح، تفوقوا علينا في هذا الشأن، ولذلك تأهلوا إلى ربع النهائي”.

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وواصل: “نحن نرى أن هناك مفاجآت في جميع أنحاء المونديال، والمباريات متكافئة للغاية، وهناك مستوى دفاعي عالٍ ولم نتمكن من التغلب عليه”.

واعترف: “لم نتوقع أن يتم إقصاؤنا أمام المغرب، حتى لو أزعجنا ذلك، فقد حان دورنا الآن لنستوعب الأمر ونعود إلى الوطن”.

واختتم: “بغض النظر عن مدى دراستك للخصم، فأنت لا تعرف متى سيغيرون أي قرار لديهم”.

The island of Dominica will host its first Test match during India’s tour of the West Indies in 2011, as the West Indies Cricket Board have chosen Windsor Park as the venue for the third Test of the series

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Nov-2010

The island of Dominica will host its first Test match during India’s tour of the West Indies in 2011, as the West Indies Cricket Board have chosen Windsor Park as the venue for the third and final Test of the series, to be held between July 6 and July 11.Windsor Park was built by the Chinese government as part of their memorandum of understanding with Dominica and Windsor Park has hosted four ODI matches – two against Bangladesh in 2009 and two against South Africa in 2010. India’s tour of the West Indies in 2011 includes one Twenty20 international, two ODIs and three Tests.The venues for the first two Tests will be Sabina Park in Jamaica and the Kensington Oval in Barbados, respectively. The Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua and the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain are the two venues for the ODI series.West Indies are scheduled to play back-to-back homes series against Pakistan and India between April and July 2011. Over the two series, eight different Caribbean cities will host games.

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Não teve como escapar. Apesar da empolgante virada diante do Vasco, pela semifinal da Taça Rio, Alberto Valentim teve que responder perguntas sobre o quesito bola aérea, decisivo para os dois lados – quatro gols saíram por cima na vitória do Glorioso por 3 a 2, no Estádio Nilton Santos.

O time de Valentim ainda saiu na frente, mas viu a zaga perder duas bolas pelo alto, uma vez com Igor Rabello e outra, com Marcelo, em ambas cobranças de escanteio da esquerda, via Paulinho. É uma dor de cabeça que já assolava Felipe Conceição.

– Comigo, eu acho que tomei só dois (gols de bola aérea). Contra o Flamengo, estava impedido. Vi um vídeo de 12 minutos e alguns segundos. Ficamos 45 minutos numa sala para corrigir a bola aérea. Não posso cobrar deles se o jogador está impedido. Falta lateral, a gente procura o máximo sair na batida da bola. Como corrigir? Só treinar, treinar e treinar – falou Valentim, em entrevista coletiva logo após a classificação à final.

Agora precisamos falar sobre Rabello, que vinha sendo vaiado no início, assim como Benevenuto. A torcida pedia Joel Carli, mas mal sabia ela que ia comemorar a classificação com o gol do General. O zagueiro esbanjou personalidade ao dar a primeira virada do Botafogo na temporada e o primeiro triunfo do time em clássicos – em quatro jogos, tinha empatado uma e perdido três. Ele refletiu bem o caráter determinado do time.

Rabello acabou sendo o destaque da partida, pois deu uma assistência, além do gol crucial e da homenagem a João. Sem João, aliás, o volante Marcelo foi a opção e esteve bem em campo, embora suas características fujam consideravelmente da do antigo capitão alvinegro.

Deixando um pouco a questão da bola aérea para escanteio, o Botafogo, tecnicamente, espirrou o taco em diversas ocasiões. Marcos Vinícius, por dentro, foi discreto, enquanto Valencia quase não foi efetivo, apesar do cruzamento para o gol de Brenner, que abriu o placar. Já Luiz Fernando, autor do segundo, mostrou que tem credencial de sobra para voltar ao time titular.

De resto, há de se apontar a pouca participação ofensiva dos laterais, justificada pela intensidade dos ariscos Paulinho e Riascos do outro lado. No entanto, o que fica da inédita virada em 2018 é um alento por dias melhores e os resquícios da equipe do ano passado, que tinha a garra e a superação como pontos fortes. Que venha o desafio da decisão da Taça Rio, no domingo.

-Tem que ter um time aguerrido e organizado. Em vez de fazer o gol, acabamos tomando se estiver desorganizado. Que são guerreiros, eu não estou mentindo – sinalizou Alberto Valentim.

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou overlooked a significant transfer overhaul at the Parkhead club during the previous summer transfer window.

Not only did the Hoops see a raft of new faces make their way to Celtic Park either on permanent or loan deals, but the club also cashed in on a number of players that made moves elsewhere.

Now that the Bhoys are on the verge of securing the SPFL title, it seems as though things have been going on behind the scenes at Lennoxtown in regards to one potential transfer deal that could take place during the next summer window.

What’s the news?

According to a recent report from the Daily Record, Celtic sent scouts to watch Hammarby full-back Mohanad Jeahze in action against Malmo on Monday as their interest in the defender intensifies.

The Hoops have been linked with a move for the left-back in recent weeks and now seem to very much have him on their radar in terms of a potential summer transfer move.

Since joining the Swedish club back in the 2020 summer transfer window, the Iraq international has gone on to make 56 appearances across all competitions, scoring two goals and providing 12 assists in the process.

Celtic fans will be buzzing

In terms of what the Celtic scouts saw from the defender in Monday’s 0-0 draw against Malmo, Jeahze ended up making two tackles, one interception and won three of the four duels he was involved in.

Not only did he show what a capable defensive figure he is, but he also made one key pass for his side and earned himself a solid overall match rating of 7.1/10 from SofaScore.

Looking at the season as a whole, the 25-year-old has the second-highest number of tackles (9) and crosses (25) for his side as well as the highest number of interceptions (14).

Taking all of this into account, it’s safe to suggest that a lot of Celtic fans will be delighted to hear that their club have sent scouts to watch Jeahze. Not only will the scouts have been left impressed with his display but it’s likely his all-action approach would be appreciated by supporters too.

If the club end up bringing the player to Celtic Park in the summer, this could kickstart yet another significant period of transfer business as Postecoglou will want his side to be as successful as possible moving forward.

In other news: £2.5m fee agreed, then snatched away: Celtic had Old Firm blinder on “unplayable” ace

سجل أحمد متعب لاعب طلائع الجيش، الهدف الأول أمام الأهلي في المباراة المقامة حاليًا في الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويواجه الأهلي نظيره طلائع الجيش في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة من عمر البطولة المحلية، على ملعب استاد الأهلي we السلام.

وأحرز متعب هدف فريق طلائع الجيش في مرمى الأهلي بالدقيقة 26 من عمر اللقاء. هدف طلائع الجيش في مرمى الأهلي

ويحتل الأهلي المركز الثالث برصيد 9 نقاط، ويتواجد فريق طلائع الجيش في المرتبة العاشرة برصيد 4 نقاط.