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أكد بوكايو ساكا أنه كان يشعر بالضغط قبل تنفيذ ركلة الترجيح الخاصة به في مباراة منتخب بلده إنجلترا أمام سويسرا في بطولة يورو 2024.

وتأهل منتخب إنجلترا على حساب سويسرا إلى نصف نهائي يورو 2024، بركلات الترجيح، بعدما انتهت المباراة بهدف لمثله، بتسجيل إمبولو التقدم، وتعادل بوكايو ساكا قبل 10 دقائق من النهاية.

وحصل بوكايو ساكا على جائزة رجل المباراة أمام سويسرا، بعد تسجيله الهدف الرائع في الدقيقة 80.

وقال ساكا في تصريحات لوسائل الإعلام عقب المباراة: “الضغط الناتج عن ركلات الترجيح؟ بالطبع هناك ضغط، ولكن شيء يمكنني أن أتقبله، تفشل مرة واحدة، ولكنني من النوع الذي يريد أن يضع نفسه في هذا الموقف مرة أخرى”.

ساكا كان أحد اللاعبين الذين أهدروا ركلات ترجيح في نهائي النسخة الماضية أمام إيطاليا، وخسرت إنجلترا حينها، ليتعرض بوكايو وزملائه لحملات عنصرية كبيرة من بعض الجماهير.

وأضاف: “أعلم أن هناك الكثير من الأشخاص كانوا متوترين عندما سددت ركلة الترجيح، مثل عائلتي في المقام الأول، لكنني حافظت على هدوئي وسجلت وتمكننا من الفوز”.

وعن مواساة زميله السابق في آرسنال، جرانيت تشاكا عقب المباراة، قال ساكا: “لقد فاز جرانيت بما يكفي من الألقاب ها الموسم. أعتقد أنه لاعب مذهل وشخص مذهل، التواضع الذي أظهره عقب المباراة عندما جاء لمصافحتنا يقول كل شيء”.

واختتم: “أنا أحترم منتخب سويسرا كثيرًا، لقد قدموا مباراة رائعة أمامنا، ولكن في النهاية نحن من تأهلنا إلى نصف النهائي”.

When Cristiano Ronaldo departed Manchester United in 2009 for a fee of £80m, it marked a landmark day in the world of football.

A new world-record price tag had been shelled out by the Spanish side in a deal that sent shockwaves throughout Europe.

Madrid meant business as they bought a global icon to the capital of Spain in the hope of rivalling the great Barcelona side of the time.

Remarakbly, such a price now would fetch you Harry Maguire. Even Moises Caicedo cost £35m this summer in a British record transfer.

Unsurprisingly United needed to find a replacement for Ronaldo but have very rarely ever come close.

It marks the tale of Gabriel Obertan then, a fascinating one.

How much did Man United sign Obertan for?

In a bid to replace a global superstar the summer Ronaldo left, Sir Alex Ferguson welcomed a certain Obertan to Old Trafford.

The riches that fell the way of the Red Devils were clearly being reserved for another time as a mere £3m was handed to Bordeaux in order to lure the French starlet away from Ligue 1.

He was very much a raw talent at the time, but coincidentally was also being eyed up by Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

The transfer was barely a risk at such a price, as he joined alongside Michael Owen and Antonio Valencia, only to see his career never reach the dizzy peaks that were expected.

What was said about Obertan when he joined?

Joining in the same summer as Ronaldo left was never going to be ideal for the budding French forward who did his utmost to ensure comparisons between the two were players were kept to a minimum.

Unfortuantely, expectations were high for the now 34-year-old. He allegedly boasted high potential at that period in his career and arrived at United after positive endorsements from Ferguson's former defender Laurent Blanc.

Aged 20 at the time, he signed a four year deal in the north of England and acknowledged that it would take some doing to emulate the great Portuguese that had gone before him, saying: "But I know I still have a lot of work to do to get to Ronaldo's level."

He was also keen to downplay any similarities, noting in a separate interview: "I am not Ronaldo's successor. For now there is no comparison, I am just trying to be Gabriel Obertan. I have only been here for six months and I cannot do what he did in that time.”

The comparisons duly came, however, notably from one Manchester Evening News contributor who revealed several years later than he thought Obertan was "the perfect replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo."

At the time, it was clear to see why some comparisons were there. This was a silky young winger with the world at his feet, one who had just been named the most valuable player at the prestigious Toulon international youth tournament.

How many goals did Obertan score for Man United?

The lofty expectations thrust upon the Frenchman clearly became too much as his career at Man United was nothing short of a nightmare.

He only scored once in 27 appearances for the senior side, contributing four assists in total over a two year stay. Obertan was, at least, more prolific for the reserve side at the time, finding the net on eight occasions in 22 U21 matches, while providing five assists.

That development and form may well have been exciting but the fact of the matter is that he never made the grade.

Next up on Obertan's agenda was a move to Newcastle United in 2011, although he didn't fare much better at St James' Park, scoring on only three occasions in 75 games.

Where is Gabriel Obertan now?

Obertan has seemingly been round the houses since setting foot in Manchester all those years ago.

The hope was that the young French star would replace Ronaldo but his career has taken him so far away from that remarkable comparison, it scarcely defies belief.

After Newcastle, the winger headed to Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala then back to England with Wigan, before joining Levski Sofia, then Turkish second division side Erzurumspor.

Rather strangely, the veteran attacker is now plying his trade in America. No, he's not in MLS, but instead the third tier of USA football where he dons the Charlotte Independence jersey.

Obertan may well be at the end of his career now but 14 years on, that is quite the fall from grace.

Even in the States he's struggled to find the net with too much regularity, netting 12 goals across 53 appearances.

Like many young footballers, this is a classic tale of what could have been. Either way, that £3m gamble back in 2009 never really paid off.

Aston Villa achieved a successful summer in the transfer window, bolstering the squad in a host of areas to better their chances at improving on last season's highs.

Five new faces have arrived on the scene during the window, with Moussa Diaby, Nicolo Zaniolo, Pau Torres, Youri Tielemans and Clement Lenglet joining Unai Emery on his quest to take Villa to the next level.

Making impressive signings would not have been possible without the Spaniard’s intervention following his arrival at Villa Park in October 2022, where he has since transformed the club in ways beyond in-play performance.

Aston Villa summer signings

Player

Club

Fee

Youri Tielemans

Leicester City

Free

Pau Torres

Villarreal

£33m

Moussa Diaby

Bayer Leverkusen

£51.9m

Nicolo Zaniolo

Galatasaray

Loan

Clement Lenglet

Barcelona

Loan

Figures via Sky Sports.

The Midlands club have been granted a new lease of life thanks to the 51-year-old’s objectives for his side, bringing with him a stellar CV that has ultimately helped to attract some star names to join his project.

Despite bringing in such a calibre of talent, as well as smashing the club's record transfer fee to obtain the £51.9m signature of Diaby, there were some targets that could not be collected by Emery and Monchi this summer.

Last month, one name was rumoured to be of interest to the Villans, as midfielder Tyler Adams was speculated to be on the manager’s and Monchi's radar, in a move that could have prevailed to have a strong outcome for Villa.

Did Aston Villa nearly sign Tyler Adams?

Reported by Football Insider in August, it was claimed that the Midlands side were ‘exploring a potential move’ for the former Leeds United midfielder, who joined a host of players who were hoping to depart Elland Road.

The Whites’ relegation to the Championship called time on a number of players’ futures at the club, with Adams being one of them eager to leave to avoid playing in the second tier.

Luckily for the United States international, a £20m relegation release clause was in place in his contract with the Yorkshire club, making him an affordable asset for interested parties to consider.

Villa looked to be in the race to sign the American, however, Chelsea seemed to get their first, as it was reported that the Blues were closing in on the 24-year-old.

Things took a quick turn, as Mauricio Pochettino’s side pulled the plug on the deal after the midfielder’s medical, with the Daily Mail reporting their concerns over his ongoing hamstring injury.

It didn’t take long for the former RB Leipzig star to find a new club after the west Londoners’ snub, as Bournemouth activated his release clause to secure his signature on a five-year deal.

The American is back in the Premier League, however after making such an impact in his debut campaign at Elland Road, it poses the question of just how much of a strong acquisition he would have been under Emery.

What is Tyler Adams’ market value?

Valued at €38.3m (£32.9m) by Football Transfers, Villa could have sealed a bargain in Adams, whose release clause was a price far lower than the figure reflective of his form.

At just 24, the combative midfielder has experience playing in his home nation in the MLS, as well as the Bundesliga and of course, the Premier League, where he made 24 appearances for Leeds.

Lauded as a “monster” by former defender and fellow countryman Alexi Lalas, the United States ace is highly-regarded back home, captaining his country at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar aged just 23.

With strong leadership ability and a rounded skill set in the engine room, the New York-born gem could have sparkled in Emery’s midfield, considering that the Spaniard recruited in such a position earlier in the window.

Who do Aston Villa have in that position?

Before the summer transfer window officially opened, Villa announced that they had reached an agreement to sign former Leicester City marvel Youri Tielemans, as the central midfielder’s contract expired with the Foxes.

A middle of the park maestro that had just suffered relegation from the Premier League, the Belgian had a similar claim to the club to their later rumoured target in Adams.

Deployed more typically in a slightly more advanced role to that inhabited by the American, Tielemans signed to seek relief from relegation, however, he hasn’t had a chance to show his worth yet under Emery.

Speaking in a recent press conference, relayed by Football 365, the former Anderlecht star admitted that his situation at Villa Park is “not pleasant”, as he still waits to earn his first Premier League start for the claret and blues.

The player believes the reason behind his absence to be down to the manager’s preference to play two in midfield, with enforcers Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara fitting the demographic of a combative presence better.

Should Aston Villa have signed Tyler Adams?

There were rumours in the summer that Luiz, Villa’s favoured midfielder, was attracting interest from the capital, with The Sun reporting that both Arsenal and Tottenham were eyeing his movements.

In the instance that the Brazilian was to leave Villa Park one day in the future, Tielemans would get a clearer path to being a crucial member of the midfield, which poses the question as to whether Adams would have been a better fit from the off.

Last season, the former Leeds dominator ranked in the top 3% of midfielders in the Premier League with reference to his rate of tackles per 90, in which he averaged a stellar 3.72 per 90, via FBref.

Tielemans, while eye-catching from a technical point of view is not so good at that part of the game, averaging below Adams but still impressively with 2.53 tackles per 90 in the same campaign with Leicester. However, his numbers fell glaringly short of those of Adams, telling of what Emery could have got in the American considering the role he wants his midfield duo to undertake.

Instead, the Belgian is heralded for his passing ability, but the Bournemouth man actually topped the Villa outsider in terms of his average pass completion rate per 90, recording 82.5% to his 80.3%.

There’s no denying the quality that Tielemans has in his locker, but with him missing out on minutes due to Emery’s preference to field the two holding midfielders, the Spaniard could have hired the player that fits his wishes better in Adams.

Adding in the fact that sides interested in Luiz may come knocking for the Brazilian again in the winter and beyond, the former Arsenal boss could have had a reassuring defensive presence in the American.

There are of course many factors to the reported interest, with the fact remaining that the Villans have got a seasoned midfielder in Tielemans despite missing out on Adams, however only time will tell if Emery lives to regret not pushing for the 24-year-old.

Atapattu will take over the captaincy from Inoka Ranaweera for the upcoming home ODIs against Pakistan

Madushka Balasuriya 19-Mar-2018

Chamari Atapattu, fresh from her excursion in the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia, will take over the captaincy from Inoka Ranaweera for Sri Lanka in the upcoming home series against Pakistan. Nipuni Hansika was named vice-captain.All eyes will be on 17-year old Kavisha Dilhari, who was discovered through an island-wide talent hunt. Dilhari was recently described by Sri Lanka’s high performance manager Simon Willis – who was a part of the talent search team – as a “very competitive beast,” having been playing cricket domestically since she was 15 years of age.”She came to some trials I was at and showed great potential. She showed great maturity for someone her age. Even in match situations she’s a very competitive beast,” he told ESPNcricinfo.”Hence, why we’ve given her the opportunity here. We believe she’s someone we need to back and give the experience and play alongside fantastic players like her captain. And learn from her.”Dilhari is among four changes to the squad from the one that toured the West Indies late last year, with Chamari Polgampola, Sugandika Kumari and Inoshi Fernando the other additions. Making way are Chandima Gunaratne, Hansima Karunaratne, Yashoda Mendis, and Udeshika Prabodhani.Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and three T20Is. All three ODIs will take place in Dambulla on March 20, 22, and 24, and will count for the ICC Women’s Championship. The T20 series will shift the action to Colombo with the first match taking place at the SSC on the 28th, the second at the NCC on 30th, and the final game back at the SSC on the 31st.Sri Lanka and Pakistan have played three matches each in the current cycle of the ICC Women’s Championship. Sri Lanka are placed at the bottom – the only team without a win yet – while Pakistan are sixth with one win to their name.Sri Lanka ODI squad: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Prasadani Weerakkody, Dilani Manodara, Nipuni Hansika, Hasini Perera, Rebecca Vandort, Chamari Polgampola, Shashikala Siriwardena, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasooriya, Sripali Weerakkody, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Fernando, Kavishka Dilhani

أثار اختيار أحمد حسن، قائد منتخب مصر السابق، سفيرًا للاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم، غضب البعض داخل الوسط الرياضي المصري.

وعبر قناة “صدى البلد”، ردّ حسن على منتقديه، مؤكدًا أن اختياره جاء بناءً على مسيرته الحافلة بالإنجازات، وأنه بعيد عن المنافسة مع أي شخص آخر.

وقال أحمد حسن في تصريحات عبر قناة “صدى البلد”: “كل التوفيق لمنتخبنا بقيادة حسام حسن وجهازه، مباراتان هامتان سيحددان بنسبة كبيرة تأهلنا لكأس العالم، وأيضًا أمامنا أمر مهم جدًا وهو التتويج بكأس أمم إفريقيا 2025”.

وأضاف: “معسكر منتخب مصر الحالي مهم والاستعداد مهم، والمدرب طلب أن يبدأ المعسكر مُبكرًا وتمت الموافقة على ذلك، والحالة المعنوية مرتفعة بعد فوز الأهلي والزمالك ببطولتي دوري الأبطال والكونفدرالية، ويبقى توفيق الله واجتهاد الجميع”.

وتابع: “من فترة تم اختياري كسفير للاتحاد الإفريقي، ممثلًا لكرة القدم المصرية، هناك ناس تنزعج وتقول (اشمعنى) لكن أنا عندما تم اختياري من قبل الكاف، كان بناءً على أرقام كثيرة جدًا، قبل ذلك في السوبر المصري مجلس أبو ظبي طلب مني أن أضع الكأس، وكنت موجودًا لتسليم جائزة أفضل لاعب في حفل جوائز الكاف في المغرب”.

طالع أيضًا | شيكابالا: لا أحب الانضمام لمنتخب مصر.. وأحذر حسام حسن

وأشار: “من يقول (اشمعنى أحمد حسن) أقول له هذا لأسباب كثيرة، بلغة الأرقام والتاريخ أنا بعيد عن ناس كثيرة لو تحدثنا بلغة الأرقام والبطولات وعدد المباريات، بالتأكيد سأكون في مكانة بعيدة عن الجميع”.

وأوضح: “التحديد لا يكون من مصر، لأن لو من مصر لن يذكر أحد اسمي، لكن التحديد يأتي من الخارج (من يقول اشمعنى) في النهاية أنا أمثل الكرة المصرية، وتجد ناس منزعجة من ذلك”.

واختتم: “واضح أن عندما تكون متواضعًا الناس تفهم ذلك بشكل خاطئ، وأن من المفترض أن أي أحد يتحدث عن نفسه وتاريخه وأرقامه، أشخاص من الذين يديرون الرياضة في مصر استفسروا من الاتحاد الإفريقي عن سبب تواجدي في المحافل”.

علقت جماهير فريق ليفربول على أداء المصري محمد صلاح، في مباراة ولفرهامبتون اليوم بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وشارك محمد صلاح أساسيًا في مباراة ولفرهامبتون والتي انتهت بفوز ليفربول بهدفين مقابل لا شيء، والتي أقيمت على ملعب “أنفيلد” في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

اقرأ ايضاً.. تقييم محمد صلاح في مباراة ليفربول وولفرهامبتون بالدوري الإنجليزي

وكالعادة عبرت جماهير ليفربول عن آرائها في أداء النجم المصري، خلال مباراة ولفرهامبتون، بالإضافة إلى وصوله إلى 250 مباراة مع ليفربول في الدوري الإنجليزي عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي المختلفة.  ردود أفعال جماهير ليفربول على أداء محمد صلاح بعد الفوز أمام ولفرهامبتون

“أحتاج لهدف محمد صلاح لإنهاء هذه الحقبة”.

Necesito el gol de Mohamed Salah, para culminar esta era. — Lisbet 🍁 (@mixel_9) May 19, 2024

“تاريخ خالص لمحمد صلاح، 250 مباراة مع ليفربول”.

Historia pura la de Mohamed Salah, 250 partidos con el Liverpool pic.twitter.com/spTitqSzQa — Luis Abuelo Vázquez (@abuelovazquez) May 19, 2024

بالتوفيق لأحسن لاعب ♥ — Ahmed Salama (@mokaelmasry) May 19, 2024

“صلاح سيسجل ويصنع هدفاً الليلة”.

Salah will score and assist today🅰️⚽️ — Timmybow7🇬🇭 (@Bow7Timmy) May 19, 2024

“الملك المصري، أعظم لاعب إفريقي في تاريخ الدوري الإنجليزي”.

The Egyptian King
The Greatest African player ever in EPL pic.twitter.com/dmGG5TFQ2O — Kwabena (@_Kwabena_Kodua) May 19, 2024

“محمد صلاح لاعب عظيم”.

Mohammad Salah great player — Ravi Saxena🇮🇳 (@Saxena_Ravi1) May 19, 2024

“أفضل جناح في الدوري الإنجليزي”.

The best Winger in EPL 💯 — METIU_2022 (@METIU_2022) May 19, 2024

“الملك المصري رائع”.

The Egyptian king is fantastic — Enzo Richie (@baahrichard5) May 19, 2024

The Indian board intends to schedule home matches in February-March as well as in October-November every year

Nagraj Gollapudi16-Nov-2017

As the ICC gets ready to fine-tune a schedule for the Test and ODI leagues next month, the BCCI has made it clear that any new international calendar would need to account for a fixed Indian home season, played across two windows: October-November and February-March.In October, the BCCI – along with the other Full Members – approved in-principle a nine-team Test and 13-team ODI league, due to start in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Members have been working on drawing up a workable calendar for the leagues and, in December, board chief executives will meet to flesh out a week-by-week schedule at a workshop in Singapore.Earlier this month, the BCCI invited Geoff Allardice, the ICC general manager (cricket) and the organisation’s point man on scheduling discussions, to let him know these were the lines they were thinking along. Although it is the members who negotiate with each other and draw up the final schedule, the ICC facilitates the discussions.”The BCCI’s stance has been that these are our windows we will play at home,” a BCCI member told ESPNcricinfo. “We have been building on this for a while now.”The BCCI has only started to push for a fixed home-season – the likes of which England and Australia have had forever – over the last four years, and specifically when N Srinivasan was board president. Srinivasan, however, wanted a home season stretching from October to March, followed by the IPL, which can stretch to nearly two months.Since 2013 India have played nine Tests in February and March – eight Tests against Australia (in 2013 and 2017) and one against Bangladesh. Between 2014 and 2016 they did not play any Test series in these months. Historically, in 83 years since 1934, India has played 54 Tests at home in those months.Since the 2011 World Cup, India have not hosted any ODIs in February or March. At most of these times, India have been playing away from home on tours to South Africa, Australia or New Zealand.October-November is much more a fixed home-season for India. They have scheduled a Test series every year in those months since 2013; even in 2014 they were scheduled to play against West Indies but the series was abandoned. Nine Tests have been played over the last four years in these months and 31 ODIs; since 1934, they have played 93 Tests at home in October-November and 149 ODIs since they hosted their first in that period in 1981.The real challenge for India over the last four-year cycle has been the long stretches where India play only at home or only away. Most of their major away-tours are now scheduled one after another in a span of 12 months; they had one stretch starting from November 2013 till February 2015, and another looms from December 2017 to February 2019.Led by its chief executive officer, Rahul Johri, the BCCI is now keen on splitting the home season across two windows. And it is something Johri and the late MV Sridhar, who was the BCCI’s GM (cricket operations), have stressed upon right from when discussions began on the leagues. The BCCI is happy to tour overseas during the rest of the year and outside of the IPL season, which now has an established window between April and May.An official from another Full Member said he understood the BCCI’s decision, given that other major teams had similar home seasons. Barring England, who have a home season spanning from May to September, other countries are happy to split their home seasons into shorter windows.”It is completely logical,” the Full-Member official said. “After the IPL they want to travel. And then they want to kick off the domestic season with Indian content. And then later in February-March they again want some home content. It is only fair. Lots of boards want a balance. They don’t have five months of intense home cricket and then nothing for the next 12 months. And India have always been very clear about their aims and objectives.”

Steven Patterson and Jack Brooks took three wickets each to help Yorkshire secure their Division One place for another year on the first day of their last Specsavers County Championship match of the season.Yorkshire started the day knowing that a six-point swing with Somerset would finally allay any lingering fears they had of joining Warwickshire in Division Two next season. When Somerset collapsed to 236 all out at Taunton against Middlesex, and lost batting points in the process, Yorkshire knew that a decent bowling display at Chelmsford would ensure their safety.There was a similar sigh in the Essex ranks that it was announced Tom Westley had suffered no more than bruising to his right thumb when rapped on the glove trying to fend off one that reared up unexpectedly from Patterson. The ball looped to second slip, but the Essex No 3 did not hang around to wait for the umpire’s raised finger.Never has a batsman dashed quite so quickly from the scene of his demise. Westley barely broke stride as he bounded up the pavilion steps straight into the physio’s room. With England’s party for the Ashes due to be named on Wednesday morning, the sizeable Chelmsford crowd awaited news of the injury. Westley went for a precautionary X-ray that showed no break; he will bat in the second innings.It was the first of Patterson’s three wickets. Later he would dismiss both Ryan ten Doeschate and James Foster after the sixth-wicket pair that lifted Essex from the depths of 80 for five. That the county champions would take one batting point for their 227 all out was largely due to some lusty late hitting by Neil Wagner and Simon Harmer, who recorded his maiden fifty for Essex.The day started half-an-hour late and ended with 24 overs unbowled because of combination of drizzle and bad light. Varun Chopra made up for lost time, taking 10 runs off Brooks’s first over. He found the pitch sufficiently slow that he was moving several yards down the wicket before the bowler was in his delivery stride. He connected with one from Patterson which sailed so far over long leg that there was a delay while another ball was found.Nick Browne settled into characteristic studiously mode. He took 18 balls to get off the mark before denting Coad’s parsimonious start with an imperious straight-drive to the boundary. Coad gained his reward, however, when he had Chopra, on 28, hanging his bat outside offstump to give Alex Lees the catch at first slip.Westley cover-drove Patterson gloriously for one of three boundaries in his 13 before the same bowler caused him his discomfort.Westley’s departure precipitated a collapse with four wickets in the 11 overs that preceded lunch as the pitch suddenly became spiteful and Essex fell from 63 for one. Dan Lawrence, centurion in the morale-boosting victory at Hampshire last week, was third to go, playing across one from Brooks for eight.Browne, having faced 92 balls, became Coad’s second victim when he played down the wrong line and was bowled for 29, and Ravi Bopara was trapped plumb to Brooks in similar fashion to Lawrence for just for one.Ten Doeschate and Foster set about post-lunch reparations with a stand of 55 in 16 overs that was full of typical sharp singles and some lusty blows. Foster swept Coad effortlessly for six, but the ball after lofting Patterson straight past the bowler for a one-bounce four, the veteran pair were separated.Foster attempted to hammer Patterson over the midwicket boundary but failed to clear Kraigg Brathwaite stationed there for that eventuality, and departed for 25. Ten Doesechate followed seven runs later, nicking behind to give Patterson his third scalp. The Essex captain had faced 50 balls for his 30.Wagner weighed in with a crucial 44 at Southampton, and he carried on in the same vein. He bounced down the wicket and arced Coad over midwicket for six before his big-hitting came to a premature end when he miscued to mid-off to give Brooks a third wicket. The eight-wicket stand with Harmer was worth 41 in nine overs.Harmer was also nimble on his feet to drive spinner Karl Carver through mid-on for four and his eighth boundary, a straight-drive off Patterson, took him to his maiden fifty for Essex from 63 balls. He finally went lbw sweeping at Carver for 64. Jamie Porter’s contribution to a ninth-wicket stand of 39 was a single, and he was last man out when heaving Carver to long-off.

Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope crafted an extraordinary tale for West Indies at Headingley, leading their side to a five-wicket win that helped them draw level in the series

The Report by Andrew McGlashan29-Aug-2017
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsIt was one of the great Test matches. Headingley has seen some remarkable final days and West Indies created their own extraordinary tale by chasing down 322 to level the series. Shai Hope achieved what Kraigg Brathwaite narrowly missed, becoming the first batsman to score twin hundreds on the ground in first-class cricket and, at 6.43pm, with the floodlights illuminating the ground almost as much as the day-night Test last week, Hope tucked the ball through square to complete one of the most unexpected redemption stories in the game’s history.Such was the application and skill of West Indies’ batting, anchored by the 144-run third-wicket stand between Brathwaite and Hope that, once they got through the morning session, the prospect of victory was closer than many would accept. There was constantly talk of how quickly it could change, but the collapse never came. At tea, moments after losing Brathwaite for 95, they needed 123 off 35 overs; when Roston Chase was superbly caught by substitute Mason Crane at mid-on, 76 off 19.5 overs.There was a chance with the new ball looming and the light fading that it could still unravel for West Indies, but Chase’s wicket may actually have helped. He was finding the old ball hard to time, and it brought in Jermaine Blackwood who chanced his arm (or batted normally for himself). He clubbed two tension-easing fours before, in brilliantly brazen style, hammering James Anderson’s second ball with the new ball straight for six. He was stumped with two runs needed, but his 41 off 45 balls ensured England never regained a foothold. From losing 19 wickets in a day, to this. Their first win in England since Edgbaston in 2000.Hope brought up his century from 175 balls – the second fifty proving much harder work off 105 deliveries – and on 106, with 37 runs required, he benefited from the 13th drop catch of the match when Alastair Cook at first slip spilled a top-edged cut. The last West Indies batsman to score two centuries in a Test was Kieran Powell, against Bangladesh in 2012, and Hope’s performance – from a man who averaged 19 before this Test – epitomised more than anything the team’s revival. Those who paid £10 to get in witnessed an ‘I-was-there’ moment.It was the second-highest successful chase at the ground behind Bradman’s 1948 Australians, slotting in ahead of England’s final-day hunt against Australia in 2001. Joe Root became the fourth England captain to declare and lose a Test but it was a perfectly reasonable target to set and it needs to be hoped a streak of positiveness isn’t knocked from Root’s mindset. England did not bowl badly, although Chris Woakes wasn’t at his best, on a surface that behaved far better than expected.Missed chances, though, proved costly from early in the day. In the fourth over, Cook had also dropped Brathwaite when he had 4. Another chance came from Brathwaite, on 29, amid bizarre circumstances when he popped a return catch to Broad which burst through the hands and cannoned into the non-striker’s stumps with Kyle Hope well out of his crease. A wicket, but the more valuable one would have been Brathwaite’s, as one of the players with the ability to defy England for long periods. It was 40 overs before he offered another chance, edging Moeen Ali to slip, and by then the groundwork for victory had been laid.Hope’s innings was magnificent. His first boundary was a rifled back-foot straight from a short-of-a-length delivery by Woakes and his fifty came off 70 balls, a slightly quicker rate than Brathwaite and he ensured Root could never dry up the scoring. As in the first session of the second day, it was an examination of both batsman’s techniques against a moving ball and the pair also played Moeen smartly to nullify his threat. After their 246-run partnership in the first innings, it was the first time since Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan at Colombo in 2000-01 that the same West Indian batsmen had shared two hundred stands in a match.In mid-afternoon, England tried to conjure something with forceful spells from Broad and Ben Stokes, the latter not used until the 47th over of the innings, but both batsmen withstood everything, including a few zipping deliveries from Broad and the occasional ball which jumped off a length. England grew increasingly frustrated, especially Broad who took a kick at one of the followthrough marks which brought a rebuke from umpire S Ravi and may interest the ICC.Eventually it was spin which brought the breakthrough, Brathwaite driving away from his body to give Stokes a catch at slip. England would have had expectations of making further inroads into the middle order, but Hope and Chase sensibly soaked up the pressure after tea as Root gave Anderson an extended 10-over spell either side of the break which gave him precious little time to rest before the new ball.The harder ball zipped under the lights, but also came quicker off the bat – the middle and edges – as it dawned on England that the game had escaped them. With the target closing in Blackwood swung fiercely at Broad, edging a boundary and then clearing third man for six. There was still time for one more dropped catch – Stokes, of all people, shelling Blackwood at deep midwicket – but by then West Indies were all-but home. Lord’s, next week, is one of the more unexpected deciders.

أعلن حسام عاشور لاعب خط وسط فريق الكرة أنه سيبدأ مسار التدريب بعد اعتزاله كرة القدم رسميًا خلال الفترة الماضية، كما كشف عن تفاصيل مكالمته مع إمام عاشور ووجه رسالة إلى محمود الخطيب رئيس النادي الأهلي.

وقال عاشور في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “أون تايم سبورتس1” : “الفترة المقبلة سأحصل على دراسات من أجل خوض تجربة في مجال التدريب، وأشعر أنني سأحقق شيئًا جيدًا في التدريب”.

وصول بعثة الأهلي إلى الكونغو استعدادًا لمواجهة مازيمبي.. وبيبو يجتمع مع محمد شوقي

وأضاف: “أعتذر لكل فرد حزين مني، الجميع يعلم أن عمري ما افتعلت أزمة داخل الأهلي، أنا اللاعب الوحيد الذي كان يوقع عقود تجديده في يومين وبدون أي شروط”.

وواصل: “لا أنكر أنني حزين بسبب نهاية مشواري مع الأهلي بهذا الشكل لكن قدر الله وما شاء فعل، الأهلي ما زال بيتي، حصلت على 39 بطولة مع النادي الأهلي”،

وتابع: “أحب أشاهد مباريات الأهلي بمفردي بسبب العصبية والتوتر، كنت حزينا جدًا من خسارة الأهلي أمام الزمالك، وحزنت جدًا من لاعبي الأحمر، وتشكيل اللاعبين الذي بدأ به كولر مباراة القمة، لا يصلح أن يكون بهذا الشكل، حتى وإن كان يعاني من غيابات”.

واستكمل: “أتمنى أن يدرب على ماهر النادي الأهلي وأرغب في العمل معه، مدرب شخصية وصاحب كلمة وجميع اللاعبين يحبونه ويحترمونه”.

واستأنف: “إذا جرى حوار بيني وبين محمود الخطيب، سأقول له انا أحترمك وأقدرك وأحبك، وجميع الناس ترتكب الأخطاء”.

واستطرد: “تحدثت مع إمام عاشور هاتفيًا، هو لاعب كبير وما زال لديه الكثير كي يقدمه، وقلت له أنت وارد أن تتسبب في إصابة لك، وهذا الحديث كان قبل إصابته، عندما يسقط يجب أن يفعل ذلك بـ فن”.

وأتم: “كل شيء قلته لـ مروان عطية فعله، وعندما أخبرني بعرض النادي الأهلي قلت له لا تفكر، ونصحته بأن يجب أن يكون له رؤية في الملعب”.

واختتم: “الأهلي يحتاج إلى التعاقد مع ظهير أيسر”.