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Tom Maynard, the Surrey and England Lions batsman, whose death shocked the cricketing world on Monday, was electrocuted before he was hit by a train on London underground accotrding to

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jun-2012Tom Maynard, the Surrey and England Lions batsman, whose death shocked the cricketing world on Monday, was electrocuted before he was hit by a train on London underground, British Transport Police have confirmed.An inquest was formally opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner’s Court on Friday morning. The circumstances of Maynard’s death will be established later this year.British Transport Police have appealed for information from residents in Wimbledon Park and confirmed that Maynard, 23, had been electrocuted by the live rail on the District Line before he was struck by a train shortly after 5am.The initial results of a forensic post mortem, conducted by a Home Office pathologist have indicated that Maynard suffered burns as a result of coming into contact with the live rail as well as suffering multiple injuries from being hit by the train.Police stopped Maynard in Ryford Road, next to Wimbledon mosque, after reporting that he was driving “erratically”. Maynard then fled from the scene, leaving police and BTP officials anxious to discover information about a period of roughly 45 minutes between his escape and the report of the collision from the tube driver.The funeral will be held on Wednesday, July 4 at Llandaff Cathedral at 12 noon with a service at Thornhill Crematorium at 1.15pm. This will be followed by a gathering at Pentyrch Rugby Club where friends are encouraged by the Maynard family to bring personal photos of Tom to compile a montage. All three events are open to the public.Surrey will play their first match since Maynard’s death on Friday night against Essex at Chelmsford. The county postponed the Twenty20 game against Hampshire that was scheduled for The Oval on Wednesday.Rory Hamilton-Brown, Surrey’s captain, who shared a house with Maynard, has been left out of the squad on compassionate grounds, leaving Gareth Batty to lead the team.Chris Adams, the Surrey director of cricket, said: “It has obviously been an incredibly difficult few days for the club and the players but this game against the Essex Eagles is a step back into some sort of routine. Playing cricket is what we do and tonight will give the players a sense of normality in such a tragic situation.”

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Ocupando o topo da tabela de classificação da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Fortaleza retorna à campo nesta terça-feira, no Rei Pelé, para encarar o CRB em um clássico regional.

De olho neste confronto, o atacante do Leão, Éderson, destacou a importância da equipe fazer uma apresentação intensa durante os noventa minutos de partida.

– O CRB é sempre um adversário muito forte em sua casa, diante do seu torcedor. Temos que fazer um jogo perfeito, sem erros, para sairmos de lá com um resultado positivo. Vamos lutar muito durante os noventa minutos para que isso seja possível. Não faltará entrega e dedicação de todos para que isso aconteça”, disse o atacante.

Ainda de acordo com o jogador, a equipe vai fazer de tudo para colocar o Leão novamente na Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro. Fato esse que não acontece desde 2006:

– Estamos fazendo um grande campeonato, de alto nível, e isso é importante. A Série B é uma competição muito equilibrada. Precisamos manter essa intensidade agora para continuarmos firmes na briga pelo acesso. O desejo de todos aqui é que o clube volte ao seu lugar, que é a primeira divisão.

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وصف كايل ووكر، مدافع فريق مانشستر سيتي، تعادلهم في مباراة اليوم مع نوتينجهام فورست في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز بـ”غير المقبول”.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة الرابعة والعشرين من البطولة، على ملعب “سيتي جراوند”، حيث تعادلا بهدف لمثله.

وقال كايل ووكر في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “أن نذهب إلى ملعب الإمارات ونلعب تلك المباراة التي قدمناها ضد آرسنال، ثم نأتي إلى هنا بتلك الطريقة، فهذا غير مقبول”.

وأضاف: “إذا أردنا التنافس مع الفرق القريبة من القمة، فنحن نحتاج إلى الفوز، لقد أهدرنا بعض الفرص، نحن بحاجة إلى القيام بعمل أفضل كفريق واحد”.

وواصل: “في بعض الأحيان يكون الأمر يتعلق بكرة القدم وفي بعض الأحيان يتعلق بالعاطفة، يجب التعامل مع كل مباراة بنفس الطريقة، مثل نهائي كأس”.

وأردف: “ما الذي يمكنني قوله بخلاف أن ما حدث غير مقبول، علينا أن نبقى معًا كمجموعة، علينا الإشادة بـ نوتينجهام فورست، لقد لعبوا بعمق وتماسكوا سويًا، علينا أن نفعل ما هو أفضل حقًا”.

Anil Kumble has reiterated that he sees no conflict of interest in being president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association and heading a firm Tenvic, whose business includes signing on upcoming cricketers

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Anil Kumble has reiterated that he sees no conflict of interest in being an administrator – he is president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) – and being head of a company, Tenvic, whose business includes signing upcoming cricketers. According to Kumble, “less than 2%” of Tenvic’s business was related to “mentoring cricketers”, and that too without any commercial benefit.Kumble said he was not in the talent management business and, if he was, he would have gone after top international stars rather than upcoming players. “If I wanted to benefit, or if the company wanted to benefit, I have access to the Sachin Tendulkars, the [MS] Dhonis, the Yuvraj Singhs and everyone else, so why should I look at a youngster?” Kumble told , an Indian television channel.”One thing I would like to certainly clarify, I am no player-manager, nor is my company a talent-management company. That needs to be very clear. The job of Tenvic is mentoring cricketers and we don’t have all the Karnataka players. It’s those two (S Aravind and Vinay Kumar). And as chief mentor of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, we do mentor Indian players who represent them [RCB].”Kumble’s partner Vasanth Bharadwaj had been quoted by magazine as saying that “it doesn’t make any sense for someone [Tenvic] to do the mentoring and someone else to do the commercial handling” of players. Kumble, however, maintained that whatever commercial interest Tenvic had was only “incidental” and there had been no transaction between the company and a player, wherein the company had benefited commercially.”In fact, at Tenvic, it’s an expense for the company in terms of mentoring these people,” Kumble said. “We have already conducted some psychometric tests, which incur a cost and that cost is to the company; it’s not to the player. And the benefit of all this goes to the player, nothing to the company.”Kumble said any talent management company was free to sign Vinay, Aravind or the other Indian players with Tenvic. “If that is what is against me, there is absolutely no conflict. The interest is the benefit of all these young cricketers. There is absolutely no commercial transaction that has ever happened so far. If commercially these cricketers have benefited, there is absolutely no fee that Tenvic has charged. And if somebody wants to take them up, please feel free.”I am looking at the best interest of that player and hopefully he will go on and represent (India). And it’s not just about cricket. I’ve been through all this and I know what it takes to represent at the international level, what are the challenges that you face. It’s just a sports mechanism for all these players and I think that’s the need of the hour. If you look at any sport, at least in cricket the world over, I don’t think anybody has attempted this.”Kumble said that he chose to delay speaking on the issue because of the Royal Challengers’ participation in the Champions League T20. “RCB were in a position where we could go on to win. I didn’t want any other distraction to take over from the focus of what was actually going on and winning the Champions League.”When asked a hypothetical question about whether a 17-year old upcoming batsman in Bangalore would choose a talent management company that offered him a good commercial deal, or go with one that was run by the president of his state association [Kumble], Kumble said that it was impossible to answer hypothetical questions.Kumble also explained his position in a detailed open letter addressed to the “Cricket Enthusiast”. The full text of the letter is available here.

Left-arm spinner David Wainwright has signed for Derbyshire after being allowed to leave Yorkshire in search of regular first-team action

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Sep-2011Left-arm spinner David Wainwright has signed for Derbyshire after being allowed to leave Yorkshire in search of regular first-team action.Wainwright, 26, spent a month on loan with the club during the 2011 season and will now try to revive his career having drifted down the pecking order at Yorkshire. In early 2010 Wainwright was an outside chance of making the England Twenty20 squad having been named in a Lions team to tour UAE but then suffered a loss of form before struggling to retain his place in four-day or one-day county cricket.For Wainwright previous experience of working with Karl Krikken, the Derbyshire head coach, helped make up his mind about where his future lies. “There was a little bit of interest from other counties but I’d worked with Karl before in India and got on really well with him, so he was a big influence,” he said.”I can see the club is going in the right direction and we have a good core of young players to take us forward over the next few years. The signs look good and it made the decision a lot easier.”Krikken, meanwhile, is looking forward to working with Wainwright. “First-team opportunities have sometimes been limited for him at Yorkshire,” he told the Derbyshire website. “But the move to Derbyshire will increase his chances of playing more regular cricket and I expect David to become an important player for us in all forms of the game.”In 35 first-class matches Wainwright has taken 82 wickets at 36.62 with a best of 6 for 40 while he has a batting average of 34.54 with two hundreds. In one-day cricket he has 43 wickets at 35.67 while in Twenty20 has 21 from 26 matches plus an economy rate of 7.26.

Sourav Ganguly has welcomed the ICC’s decision to make the DRS mandatory, saying that there would only be more improvements ahead

Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong30-Jun-2011Sourav Ganguly has welcomed the ICC’s decision to make the DRS mandatory for international Tests and ODIs, saying that there would only be more improvements ahead for all the parties involved. Ganguly told ESPNcricinfo that he understood India’s reluctance to use the system because, “they had their reasons”.Ganguly was a part of the Indian team which played the first series in which the DRS was used, against Sri Lanka in 2008. In the immediate aftermath of that series, the Indian team had expressed its lack of confidence in the technology to the BCCI. “At the time we were not convinced by the camera angles in use at the time,” Ganguly said. “We were not convinced they were right. There was so much negativity around it that we didn’t think it worked. Hopefully there’s much more consistency around it now.”Ganguly, who left Sri Lanka after the Test series, said he did not know whether the Indian team had made its concerns about the camera angles known either to the match referee or the broadcasters.After the 2008 series, Ganguly got a first-hand view of the DRS during his television commentary stint at the 2011 World Cup. “The changes were huge, the technology was just far better this time,” he said.Making the DRS mandatory for Tests and ODIs, he said, was a step forward for the game itself. “Would I have liked to have played under the DRS? It’s hard to say now, but you accept technology and you get used to it – and that’s probably what would have happened. In the case of the DRS, players will get better using it as they go along.”Ganguly said it was important that players’ opinions on the technology that involves them directly are heard, and any changes and improvements also communicated to them.Ganguly was in Hong Kong on the invitation of the ICC to speak at its annual conference. Along with Shane Watson this morning, he addressed the Full Council’s members’ forum, the last event of its annual conference. On his first visit to Hong Kong, Ganguly held a clinic for young players at the Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday, where he was asked what he thought about cricket in Hong Kong. He glanced around at KCC’s small ground with its short boundaries and said with a smile, “When I played, I loved hitting sixes.”

Graeme Smith is ready to “leave it all out there” when he captains South Africa for the last time in an ODI tournament, starting on Thursday against the West Indies in Delhi. “I feel I am best prepared going into this tournament as I have been throughout my career. I am just excited to be able to lead the guys.”So ready is he that he almost left it all out there when a reporter persisted in asking if Smith thought the team would be able to drop the chokers tag, given their record under pressure. When Smith said that there is a “luck element” in tournaments such as this, the journalist went on to ask if South Africa’s nerves often undid any luck that the team may have secured. Smith sneered in reply. “So you have been out in the middle, you will understand that?”Silence.No one on the outside can really understand the unique kind of pressure that has weighed South Africa down, or how stoically they’ve had to deny that it’s had any effect on them. Every few years, when questions like the one above get asked, we get a small glimpse into the burden of underachievement South Africa cricketers carry. It’s why each tournament, for them, seems bigger and more important than the previous one and why this one is “the biggest tournament” for this group of players to date.”A lot of the guys who are here for the first time have definitely said that,” Smith said. “The expectation, the energy around India and before we left, the things that were going on around the group, especially compared to the other World Cups, this is a lot bigger.”The heightened importance of this tournament may stem from the fact that South Africa have brought their most dynamic line-up to a major competition, especially in the bowling department. “It’s the most variety that we have ever had,” Smith said. “We now have pace, we have bounce, we have left-armers, we have got a few spin options.” The variation means that South Africa hope they will be “a lot harder to prepare against” because their starting XI is going to be more elastic than it has been in the past. “Tactically we have got our ideas about how we would like to set up in this tournament. We have covered every base there and we are really excited to get going.”South Africa have been training in India for just over two weeks and although that time has allowed the squad to settle in, there is still an element of uncertainty going into their first game in the World Cup. The Feroz Shah Kotla stadium is hosting its first match after a 14-month ban it incurred in December 2009 for having a dangerous pitch. It has been since relaid, with a surface that promises even bounce, but Smith said neither side knows what to expect from it. “It’s an unknown factor for all of us. But I think you can see they have made a really big effort out here.”It’s also the first time Smith will use the Umpire Decision Review System in a one-day international and it may prove tricky when the team is in the field because “with our bowlers, every decision is out,” Smith said. “I’ll have to trust AB also because I am not always going to be in a position to really judge the lines and where the ball has pitched.”What’s not a first is coming up against the West Indies in the opening match of a World Cup. The last time that happened, South Africa were put to the sword by a blustering innings from Chris Gayle. Smith is wary of not allowing the same kind of flamboyant performance to undo South Africa again. “They have guys who on their day can really punish you and take the game away from you. That’s why in Cup competitions, they are a very dangerous opponent to come up against.”The West Indies struggle with consistency, as Smith noted, and often fall away in a four- or five-match series, but playing them in a one-off match is as much a competition as playing anyone else. Their strategy is based on a certain casual yet colourful flair. In many ways, on their day, they are side that leaves it all there. To see them come against a South African captain who hopes to do the same promises an explosion.

Ashish Bagai, the Canada captain, was “boggled” by some of the decisions made by the DRS (Decision Review System) in his side’s tense 43-run loss to Pakistan at the Premadasa on Thursday

Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa Stadium04-Mar-2011Ashish Bagai, the Canada captain, was “boggled” by some of the decisions made by the DRS (Decision Review System) in his side’s tense 43-run loss to Pakistan at the Premadasa on Thursday. Bagai experienced the best and worst of the system; reprieved once after being given out and sent back later after being given not out.Those two calls were part of a total of five referrals in Canada’s chase in which the on-field umpires’ decisions were eventually reversed. Bagai was first given out leg-before to Umar Gul in the 8th over. He asked for a referral – prompted by signals from the dressing room to do so, which was spotted by Pakistani fielders – before replays showed the ball to be going comfortably over leg-stump. Later, he was given not out by Daryl Harper off Shahid Afridi on another leg-before shout, only for Pakistan to refer the decision and be awarded.Three other decisions, against Ravindu Gunasekera and Zubin Surkari, also prompted decision-changing referrals, rounding off a bad day at the office for Harper and Nigel Llong. Bagai was asked about the decisions and indicated his displeasure with the system. “I’m not sure I can answer that before I speak with the umpires today,” said Bagai. “There was a bit of controversy over the use of it. Some go your way, some don’t. They’ve [ICC] kept a mantra of relying on technology blindly and that is their decision. We got a couple today that we were boggled with but that’s what they’ve chosen, we can’t do anything about that now.”Pakistan’s own experiences with the DRS have been hit and miss. Against Sri Lanka last week, they wasted two reviews in the field on decisions that, to the naked eye, seemed not out, including one for an edge. But Afridi insisted there were benefits from its use. “I think it is good because one decision can change the match, a not out or an out,” he said.Perhaps flippantly, he added, “it should be there and I think the number of referrals allowed should be raised to four from two, because two are not proving enough.”In the wake of the Ian Bell incident in the Bangalore tie with India, much of the focus has been on one particular clause of the system, the 2.5m rule. Earlier in the tournament, however, Mahela Jayawardene had raised the issue of the capacity of a DRS without Hot Spot technology. During his opening game century in Hambantota, against Canada incidentally, Jayawardene survived two appeals and fielding referrals for caught-behind decisions, when slo-mo cameras couldn’t provide a definitive assessment.The same concern was raised by Ricky Ponting ahead of Saturday’s clash with Sri Lanka at the Premadasa, though Ponting did give broad support to technology. “I was a bit surprised at the start of the tournament when we found out we were using the DRS without Hot Spot, that was a bit of a shock to me because Hot Spot part of it is probably as big a part of the system as anything,” Ponting said.”At the end of the day, players always have to understand that it’s not going to be perfect. But we’re still going to be getting more correct decisions at the end of a game, which is obviously beneficial for the game. It’s like it’s been used in Test cricket, you can walk off at the end of the day and feel you’ve been aggrieved by a couple of decisions that have gone either for you or against you in that game, but as long as you’re getting more correct decisions then it’s got to be good for the game.”

New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag wants to be in charge of incoming and outgoing transfers at the club, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke.

The Lowdown: New era at Old Trafford

The 52-year-old will head to Old Trafford at the end of the season, looking to bring the glory days back to United after a dismal few years for the Red Devils.

Ten Hag enjoyed great success during his time with Ajax, winning two Eredivisie titles, along with reaching the Champions League semi-finals back in 2018/19.

It is now nine years since United won a Premier League title and it is imperative that the rot stops sooner rather than later, with the 52-year-old hopefully the man to fix the club’s issues.

The Latest: Ten Hag makes key demand

Speaking to GiveMeSport, O’Rourke claimed that Ten Hag wants to have a big say in which players leave and which individuals arrive this summer. The journalist outlined:

“He wants to be involved in the incomings and outgoings at Old Trafford, alongside Richard Arnold.

“If Ralf Rangnick is still there in an advisory capacity as well, I’m sure they’ll all be working together to see if they can get the best players to Manchester United because it’s going to take a bit of a rebuild at Old Trafford this summer.”

The Verdict: Makes complete sense

Part of United’s failure in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era is that it doesn’t always feel as though managers have had the final say over new signings.

That is something which simply has to change now, with Manchester City and Liverpool both perfect examples of allowing their managers to have a big say on transfer dealings. Painful as it is to admit for United, those two clubs are proof of that setup working.

It makes complete sense for Ten Hag to have exactly the players that he wants to work with, which could leave quite a few current Old Trafford individuals sweating going into the summer, given this season’s ineptitude.

In other news, United are expected to make an offer for a La Liga star. Find out who it is here.

A major Newcastle United update has emerged on Matt Targett and his future at St. James’ Park.

What’s the talk?

Transfer insider Dean Jones has revealed that Eddie Howe has made a decision on whether or not he wants to keep the left-back at the club beyond the end of his loan spell.

90Min recently reported that the Toon have an agreement in place with Aston Villa to sign him permanently for £15m, whilst Leicester, Wolves and Leeds are also keen on his services.

The head coach has now given the green light for PIF to complete this deal. Jones told GIVEMESPORT: “Newcastle were always open-minded about it. They weren’t sure whether they would want him long-term or not.

“From what I’m told, Eddie Howe has now decided, along with the recruitment team, that this is a good addition to this team.”

Supporters will be buzzing

The Newcastle supporters will surely be buzzing with this news as Targett will be an excellent addition to the squad ahead of next season.

Left-back was a problem position for the club in the first-half of the campaign as Matt Ritchie struggled badly in the back four. The Scot averaged a dismal WhoScored rating of 6.42 across 14 starts in the division as he failed to prove that he is a reliable option to call upon at this point in his career.

It was an area that PIF had to address in the January transfer window and they opted to bring Targett in on loan from fellow top-flight side Aston Villa. Since coming through the door, he has started 12 matches and averaged a superb WhoScored rating of 6.99.

Ritchie has averaged 2.0 tackles and interceptions per game this term and his English teammate has proven himself to be a major upgrade with 3.9 per match. The ex-Southampton defender has performed to a higher standard than the former Cherries winger and been more active defensively, helping to build a solid base at the back for the likes of Allan Saint-Maximin and Bruno Guimaraes to work their magic in the final third.

This shows that Targett has made an instant impact at St. James’ Park since joining on loan and that is why the fans will be keen to see him sign on a permanent basis. Therefore, they will be buzzing with Howe’s decision to push for the £15m agreement to be completed as the full-back will be able to kick on again next season and continue to prove that he is a solid option at Premier League level.

AND in other news, “Newcastle have been told..”: Huge transfer claim emerges that’ll leave Howe delighted…