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Brian Lara has questioned the selectors’ decision to ignore the pair of Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of the India tour

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Nov-2013Brian Lara has questioned the selectors’ decision to ignore the pair of Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of West Indies’ India tour.According to Lara, Bravo had equal, if not stronger, credentials as an allrounder than West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who made only 25 runs in the series and went wicketless. More “baffling” was the omission of Sunil Narine, who, according to Lara, is the best spinner in Caribbean first-class cricket at the moment.Writing in his column for Lara made it clear that he had nothing against Sammy’s position and even had sympathy for the St Lucian, who he felt was unfairly dropped as ODI captain earlier this year.”I don’t need any confirmation from Sammy, I know for a fact that his confidence was shattered and he started to wonder what’s going to happen next,” Lara wrote. “Well what we saw in the Test series is a result of this chain of events. A captain that looked lost on the field and his personal display especially with the bat, was one even he would like to forget.”According to Lara the selectors had benched the wrong people and the consequences had badly hurt the team. “What about the Test squad selected for this tour? The very day that Sammy was elected as captain of the team it made it very difficult for someone like Dwayne Bravo to be considered. Dwayne hasn’t played Test cricket for about three years now and knowing him closely it pains him that the selectors seem to only require him for the shorter versions of the game.”A more baffling omission is Sunil Narine, the most successful bowler in West Indies regional 4-day cricket,” Lara said. “You would think that he knows Indian pitches like the back of his hand. Another one of world’s best cricketers labeled by our selectors as not good enough.”

Even though Zimbabwe dominated most parts of the third day by taking a 64-run lead and then building on it, three wickets in the last nine balls of the day brought the Pakistanis back and has given both the sides almost equal chances of winning the Test

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Even though Zimbabwe dominated most parts of the third day by taking a 64-run lead and then building on it, three wickets in the last nine balls of the day brought the Pakistanis back and has given both the sides chances of winning the Test. Pakistan’s bowling coach, Mohammad Akram, said they were confident of getting a few wickets by keeping their line and lengths tight to build the pressure.”Our plan was to keep it tight,” he said. “We knew that if we did that, at some point the door would open and then we could push through it.”Zimbabwe had taken a first-innings lead in the first Test too but they had to bat last which put added pressure on them when they were set a target of 342 with a little more than a day left. This time, Pakistan will be batting last and are already 185 runs behind with six Zimbabwe wickets remaining. The pitch, Akram said, has not been causing difficulty till now and said it is still a “good wicket” for both bowlers and batsmen.”So far the pitch has played well,” he said. “Everyone was thinking there would be too many snakes in it but it has been good for batting, once you are in. Stroke-making was not easy but there is still something in it for batsmen and bowlers and it’s been a good wicket.”‘Not a bad decision to open with Utseya’

Two of the four wickets Zimbabwe lost on the third day were of bowlers as Vusi Sibanda could not open due to illness and Prosper Utseya accompanied Tino Mawoyo at the top of the order in the second innings. Panyangara, the nightwatchman who fell for a duck, said Utseya was the right replacement to open with, instead of sending another top-order batsman. Even though Utseya scored only 5, Panyangara defended the decision of openng with him.
“He [Sibanda] was off the field after lunch because he was not feeling well,” Panyangara said. “The team decided Prosper would be the best one to go and open for us. If you look at it now, it wasn’t that bad. As much as we didn’t want to lose those wickets at the end, we are still in a good position because two of the guys who are out are not top order batsmen.”

Tinashe Panyangara also said the pitch had not deteriorated much so far but hoped that it would on the last two days. “I hope so,” Panyangara said with a laugh when asked if he thought the pitch would get worse. “Every day we’ve thought it would get worse and it hasn’t really. But maybe on the final two days it will. It has been playing up a bit but I wouldn’t say it’s got much worse so far.”Just like Pakistan who had plans of bowling tight, Panyangara said they had planned to bowl around the off stump to keep Pakistan’s scoring rate down. Pakistan had started the day at 163 for 3 but collapsed to 230 after lunch, losing their last six wickets for 19 runs. Brian Vitori, who had not been picked for the first Test, claimed the last three wickets in two consecutive overs to take his first five-for in only his fourth Test.”Our plan was to stay around off stump all the time and keep the run-scoring down,” Panyangara said. “If you look at the run-scoring especially after lunch, they never scored at more than three an over. We knew if we did that right, we would get wickets.”Despite Pakistan’s lower-order collapse, Panyangara said they would need “a day at the least ” to bowl Pakistan out in the fourth innings after setting them a target. With six wickets in hand, he said they did not have any target in mind and would try to get “as many as possible” before bowling in the fourth innings.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJoe Root bided his time in the afternoon before moving to 178 after tea, showing all of his ability•Getty Images

Joe Root has shown an ability to adapt to any given match situation in his brief international career. The brief for England on a Lord’s Saturday was to take the heat out of the game and bat Australia into oblivion. And so Root did. Around the time that Australia were conscious only of the fact that there was no hope, he raised his bat to celebrate a maiden Test hundred as an England opener.”Grind them down, Joe” would have been the message. It is a rare young player who feels so comfortable with such an instruction. If an occasional back-foot drive was reminiscent of Michael Vaughan, in the first two sessions there was a touch of Geoffrey Boycott in his fastidiousness.The benefits then accrued in a rush as England, who made 141 off 58 overs against solid but uninspired bowling in the first two sessions, piled up a further 162 in 32 overs after tea. Root’s well-structured 97 blossomed into an unbeaten 178 which left his quality incontestable. England closed the third day with a lead of 566. No side has chased that to win in the fourth innings in the history of first-class cricket. Australia were not thinking about it. They were just thinking about bed.Root took five-and-three-quarter hours for his hundred, poring over it so intently that he might have replaced his helmet with gown and mortar board. He, too, has been in his year of graduation, and now he has emerged with honours, stilling the discussion surrounding his supplanting of Nick Compton as opener at the start of the Investec Ashes series.If he had been caught on Friday evening on 8, when wicketkeeper, Brad Haddin, and first slip Michael Clarke left the catch to each other, life might have felt different. Instead, once his hundred had been achieved and with England looking for impetus in the final session, he gambolled along, his inventiveness at its height, particularly against the left-arm spin of Ashton Agar.Australia’s quicks had shouldered a heavy workload over the past 11 days and, with Root’s hundred settled eight balls after the new ball was available, Clarke chose not to take it to spare his quicks further punishment. It became an increasingly perplexing call. Root and Ian Bell became increasingly carefree until a stand of 153 came to grief when Bell, on 74, hauled a long hop from Steve Smith to midwicket.Australia were aggrieved that Bell, when only 3, had not fallen to a catch by Smith at gully when Ryan Harris forced the edge. The umpires handed it to the TV umpire, Tony Hill, to determine if the ball had carried. It was a tough decision, as there was the vaguest suspicion that the ball might have burst through Smith’s hands, but the foreshortening of a TV lens notoriously can make good catches seem illegal and it was probably out.If Clarke was to bowl spinners so avidly in the final session, he could have done with a proven one. As Agar and Smith bowled in tandem, it felt like an educative process, the teaming up of a fledgling slow left-armer and a legspinner who has largely shelved the craft while putting more emphasis on his batting. There is nothing wrong with education. It just felt odd that it should be taking place in the middle of an Ashes series.Australia’s three-wicket burst at the close of the second day had lifted heartbeats, but as the match progressed past its mid-point, they were searching for a pulse. In the first two sessions, they took only one wicket, that of the nightwatchman, Tim Bresnan, whose disciplined innings ended when he flat-batted a pull against James Pattinson to midwicket, a reward for Pattinson, who had made the previous ball rear awkwardly.Bresnan’s batting and bowling statistics have declined markedly since his elbow operation, but he is having a decent Test. Two successive boundaries against Siddle possessed some fortune – an edge in front of Phil Hughes at third slip and a leg-side clip – but Australia were unable to maintain the threat.Australia’s collapse to 128 all out on the second day had been inexplicable, but the quick loss of three England wickets to the new ball had left the slightest unease. The ball was turning, and would turn more, and there was occasional uneven bounce, but nothing untoward. Root’s response was faultless.Only in the final session as the pace of the pitch lessened and the bounce of the ball became more erratic did it become a more challenging surface for batting and by then England’s batsman were in the mood to disregard it.England’s nightwatchman tactics do not please everybody, but twice in this Test their logic has been hard to fault. In the first innings, the use of James Anderson as a nightwatchman to protect Stuart Broad, a No . 9, was felt by some to be risible, but Broad and Graeme Swann embarked upon a crowd-pleasing last-wicket stand which lifted England’s mood.As Root walked onto the Lord’s outfield on Saturday morning, it seemed shrewd that this time the nightwatchman should be Bresnan, a fellow Yorkshireman able to offer a few words of counsel if his mood ran away itself, and with enough credentials with the bat to have the chance of making a contribution of his own.England settled carefully. It was six overs before Root risked a cover drive against Pattinson, not entirely securely. Pattinson, who has struggled to settle to the vagaries of the Lord’s slope, had a much more solid day. But Root met everything judiciously. Australia, recognising his strength on the back foot, sought to draw him forward, but two easeful straight drives against Siddle had suggested by lunch that his weaknesses are merely comparative.In the afternoon, he batted time. But he is a calculating batsman behind that smile and he would have liked his hundred before tea. Clarke challenged him to do just that in the last over before the break when he introduced the legspin of Smith. A cut boundary took him to 96, Agar dived at extra cover to prevent another boundary and he could only hack a full toss to mid-off. There had been no over with such incident all day.Back out again he came after tea, on 97. Shane Watson made one leap, Agar made one creep out of the footholds. Smith made a great diving stop at gully. Root grinned at the fun of it all. Then he cut Agar to reach his hundred. Immediately, the shackles were off and a quietly appreciative crowd sensed that things had become more frolicsome. In the penultimate over, he rounded things off by twice heaving Smith over midwicket for six, any inhibitions of the morning long since cast aside.Soon after his hundred, a member of the MCC groundstaff brought him a drink. It was his brother, Billy, not a bad player himself apparently. They shook hands formally and then broke into a quick hug. Life is going your way when the family can stroll on to congratulate you during a Lord’s Test match Saturday.

The four-team provincial Twenty20 tournament that replaces this year’s cancelled Sri Lanka Premier League, will run from August 10 to 17

Andrew Fidel Fernando07-Aug-2013The four-team provincial Twenty20 tournament that replaces this year’s Sri Lanka Premier League will run from August 10 to 17, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. All seven matches in the league will take place at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, and the winning side will earn a trip to India for the Champions League qualifiers in September.The tournament will also give Sri Lanka’s young batting group further leadership experience. Angelo Mathews will captain the Basnahira Greens, Dinesh Chandimal the Uthura Yellows, Lahiru Thirimanne the Kandurata Maroons and Lasith Malinga will lead the Ruhuna Reds. Each team plays each other once, before the two top sides qualify for the final.The selectors have chosen preliminary squads of 17-18 players for each team, with the final 15-man squads to be named in the next two days.The SLPL had been scheduled to be played from August 10 to September 7, but was called off after all eight franchises refused to pay their tournament fee, and also failed to guarantee player payments.Preliminary Squads
Basnahira Greens: Angelo Mathews (capt), Udara Jayasundara, Dilshan Munaweera, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Sachithra Senanayake, Chaturanga de Silva, Kosala Kulasekara, Kanishka Alvitigala, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Gamage, Isuru Udana, Janaka Gunaratne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sameera Soyza, Gihan Rupasinghe, Kaushal Silva
Coach: Marvan Atapattu
Uthura Yellows: Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Mahela Udawatte, Chamara Kapugedera, Ashan Priyanjan, Mahela Jayawardene, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Shaminda Eranga, Vimukthi Perera, Ramith Rambukwella, Rangana Herath, Akila Dananjaya, Rumesh Buddika, Chathura Peiris, Alankara Asanka, Madushanka Ekanayake, Chaminda Vidanapathirana
Coach: Ruwan Kalpage
Kandurata Maroons: Lahiru Thirimanne (capt), Upul Tharanga, Shehan Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Chamara Silva, Thilina Kandamby, Milinda Siriwardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru Jayaratne, Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Dananjaya de Silva, Dasun Chanaka, Malinga Bandara
Coach: Chaminda Vaas
Ruhuna Reds: Lasith Malinga (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Angelo Perera, Jehan Mubarak, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilruwan Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ishan Jayaratne, Farveez Maharoof, Madura Lakmal, Binara Fernando, Yashoda Lanka, Sadun Weerakkody, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Thilina Thushara
Coach: Romesh Kaluwitharana

أكد مرتضى منصور رئيس نادي الزمالك، على تقديم شكوى ضد الأهلي في لجنة الانضباط بسبب الحديث عن توقيع لاعب الفريق الأول للمارد الأحمر.

وأعلن نادي الزمالك أنه قرر ذلك بعد نبأ توقيع أحمد فتوح ظهير أيسر الفريق الكروي لـ النادي الأهلي وحصوله على مقدم التعاقد.

وقال مرتضى منصور في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “الزمالك”: “أي فرد سيتحدث عن أخبار أو صفقات لـ الزمالك سنتقدم ببلاغ ضده لأن لا يوجد مصدر بالنادي سوى مرتضى منصور وأنا لا أتحدث مع أحد”.

طالع | الزمالك يتقدم بشكوى للمجلس الأعلى للإعلام بسبب أخبار توقيع فتوح لـ الأهلي

وأضاف: “ما في صالح الزمالك سأفعله، تقدمت بشكوتين ضد البرنامج الذي قال إن أحمد فتوح وقع مع الأهلي، الشكوى الأولى عند كرم جبر في المجلس الأعلى للإعلام ضد البرنامج”.

وأكمل: “والثانية ضد النادي الأهلي في اتحاد الكرة للجنة الانضباط للتعاقد مع لاعب وعقده ساري مع ناديه وهو في فترة الحماية والأحمر سيرد ويقول هذا الخبر كاذب ولم يحدث، وسنغلق البرنامج والمذيع يتعرض للإيقاف”.

وأردف: “نجلس مع أحمد فتوح لكي نجدد له، اللاعب متبقي له شهرين وموسم كامل”.

واستطرد: “فتحنا حساب بالأمس لنادي الزمالك، وأمير مرتضى منصور سافر لمقابلة المحامي الإيطالي وخلال 24 ساعة سنذهب للجنة الانضباط وفيفا بشأن شكوى كهربا لعدم سداد الغرامة”.

وواصل: “(غصب عن كهربا ونادي كهربا) سيتم دفع الغرامة بعد ما فيفا يرسل للنادي للأهلي ويسأل لماذا لم تدفعوها، وسيدخل حساب الزمالك 100 مليون جنيه قيمة غرامة كهربا، إلى جانب أموال مصطفى فتحي من نادي التعاون وإمام عاشور من النادي الدنماركي و750 ألف دولار من الاتحاد الإفريقي والخير يتدفق وسنتعاقد مع صفقات”.

وأستطرد: “يوجد قرار من الإدارة أن اللجنة الفنية بالزمالك ممنوع أن تتحدث عن أي صفقات، عمرو أدهم عضو الزمالك السابق، خرج وقال ان عقد دونجا 120 مليون جنية وهذا غير صحيح، عقده 7 مليون جنية في الموسم، في 4 سنوات يحصل على 28 مليون جنية، وله نسبة مشاركة لو أشترك في جميع المباريات يحصل على 9 مليون جنية”.

علق عدلي القيعي رئيس شركة كرة القدم بالنادي الأهلي على الهجوم الذي تم ضد المعلق الرياضي عصام الشوالي عقب مباراة القلعة الحمراء أمام الوداد في ذهاب نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وكان الأهلي قد فاز على الوداد بهدفين مقابل هدف في المواجهة التي جمعت بينهما بذهاب نهائي المسابقة القارية مساء الأحد الماضي.

وقال عدلي القيعي في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة الحدث اليوم: “المعلق عصام الشوالي يبحث عن بطل جديد، فهو حصل على ما يريده من الأهلي، ويبدو أنه الآن يبحث عن تكرار التجربة مع نموذج آخر وهو فريق الوداد”.

طالع.. فيديو | مدرب الوداد: أمتلك ميزة عن كولر.. والأهلي يريد الانتقام في نهائي إفريقيا

وأكمل: “الشوالي عظم من الأهلي في وقت سابق لأن المارد الأحمر يستحق ذلك، فهو يأكل الأخضر واليابس، وكان يستحق تلك المكانة الكبيرة من المعلق التونسي”.

واختتم: “لو كان الشوالي قد منح كل فريق حقه، كان ذلك سيصبح أمرًا مقبولًا، ولكن أنت تغازل فريق الوداد، والله أعلم ما أسباب ذلك”.

Ben Charlesworth sparks Kent collapse but hosts need steady hand to reach target of 162

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay19-May-2025Cameron Green held his nerve to steer Gloucestershire to a hard-earned three-wicket victory over Kent on the final day of a thrilling Rothesay County Championship Division Two match at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.Set a modest 162 to win in a minimum 57 overs, the home side made heavy weather of the chase as they were reduced to 57 for 4 and 138 for 7, Nathan Gilchrist claiming 4 for 43 to threaten an unlikely Kent comeback. But Australia international Green performed admirably under pressure to post a crucial match-winning innings of 67 not out from 90 balls, including a six and six fours, as the hosts dug in to reach their target with 13.5 overs to spare.Ben Charlesworth had earlier produced a startling cameo with the ball to set up Gloucestershire’s first home win in nearly three years. Regarded as an occasional bowler after being restricted by injury in recent times, the right arm seamer took three wickets in a devastating 14-ball burst as Kent were dismissed for 253 inside 89 overs in their second innings.Chris Benjamin and Grant Stewart appeared to be making a decent fist of saving the game when staging a half century partnership for the fifth wicket, only for the latter to fall to Charlesworth shortly before lunch and spark a collapse in which the visitors lost their last five wickets for 20 runs in 10.5 overs.This was Gloucestershire’s first home win in 16 attempts since beating Warwickshire at Bristol in September 2022 and this first victory of the season was greeted with glee by long-suffering supporters. The home side banked 24 points to climb the table, while Kent took six after suffering a second defeat in as many outings.Resuming on 135 for 4, a slender lead of 43, Kent batters Benjamin and Jack Leaning extended their defiant partnership to 82 in the face of a probing examination from Gloucestershire’s seamers, who bowled well as a unit to build pressure.Imaginative in his field settings, Gloucestershire skipper Cameron Bancroft deployed a short midwicket and invited a mistake. Leaning fell into the trap, attempting to force a ball from Josh Shaw into the on side and looping a catch up to Ollie Price to afford Gloucestershire the breakthrough they craved. He had contributed a patient 34 from 86 balls and frustrated the home bowlers for best part of an hour on the final morning.Ahead by 88, Kent were now pinning their hopes on Stewart and Benjamin mustering a repeat of the huge partnership that formed the basis of their first-innings total on day one. Benjamin upheld his end of the bargain, going to a watchful half-century from 129 deliveries. Rather more robust in his approach, Stewart played his natural game, taking on the seamers and scoring 41 at better than a run a ball to dominate a progressive stand of 53.That was the cue for Bancroft to throw the ball to Charlesworth, who effected a crucial double breakthrough shortly before lunch. Stewart’s high-risk strategy backfired, the Italy international dragging the ball on to his stumps, and when Charlesworth bowled Jaydn Denly for 5 soon afterwards, Kent were 241 for 7, and in trouble. The lead was 149, but the new ball was two overs away and Gloucestershire sensed an opportunity.Before even the new ball could be taken, Charlesworth made a further intervention, inducing Jake Ball to send a leading edge to point where a full-length Miles Hammond took a startling catch on the run to reduce the visitors to 243 for 8. Having previously sent down a mere 33 overs and taken three wickets at an average of 47.3 this season, the 24-year-old allrounder had doubled his tally in the space of six overs from the Ashley Down Road end to utterly transform his team’s prospects.The rout continued after Gloucestershire took the new ball, Ajeet Singh Dale dismissing Kashif Ali lbw for three on his way to career-best match figures of 9 for 179, eclipsing the 7 for 41 he took against Worcestershire at New Road in April 2023. Benjamin was last man out, edging Tom Price to second slip after chiseling 58 from 149 balls.If Gloucestershire believed the route to victory would be straightforward, they were made to think again, losing both openers inside three overs. Pushing half forward to a length ball from Gilchrist, Charlesworth was brilliantly caught by Leaning at second slip, while Ball produced an excellent delivery to have Bancroft caught behind as the hosts slipped to 12 for 2. Gilchrist then held a return catch off his own bowling after squaring up Ollie Price to further reduce Gloucestershire to 37 for 3.It was 57 for 4 soon afterwards, Hammond inexplicably playing at a wide delivery from Stewart and nicking off to Tawanda Muyeye at first slip for 18. Their nerves jangling, Gloucestershire then received a crucial let-off when the diving Leaning put down a sharp chance at second slip off the bowling of Kashif, affording Green a life on 3. Gloucestershire managed to reach the tea interval without further loss on 65 for 4, requiring 97 more to win in 38 overs.A period of stability was called for and Green and James Bracey calmed any nerves, raising a 50 partnership from 58 deliveries, and then accelerating as the ball softened and Kent’s bowlers wavered. Making good his earlier escape, Green hoisted Kashif over midwicket for an imposing six and mustered five fours on his way to a 71-ball half century.But Kent still fancied their chances when Gilchrist returned to take two wickets in as many balls, Bracey holing out to deep midwicket for 19 and Graeme van Buuren offering a catch behind to bag a pair as Gloucestershire slipped to 121 for 6 with 41 still needed. Tom Price pursued a ball down the leg side and was caught behind off the bowling of Stewart to set-up a tense finale, but the indomitable Green and Zaman Akhter carried the home side over the line.

Central Zone clinched the first-ever Bangladesh Cricket League first-class competition title, beating North Zone by 31 runs on the fourth day of the final in Mirpur on Monday

Mohammad Isam25-Feb-2013
ScorecardCentral Zone poses after clinching the BCL title•Bangladesh Cricket Board

Central Zone clinched the first-ever Bangladesh Cricket League first-class competition title, beating North Zone by 31 runs on the fourth day of the final in Mirpur on Monday.In an evenly matched contest, Central Zone had a few standout performances. Dropped from the Bangladesh side, batsman Raqibul Hasan scored 125 and 68, guiding his team to positions of strength after shaky starts.In the first innings, Central Zone started poorly after being asked to bat first. Raqibul took charge, scoring a century in just under four hours. He made 125 off 204 balls, hitting 18 fours and a six in the process. Despite the big score, Central Zone only made 277 runs in the first innings and North Zone responded well.Four runs short of conceding a lead, Mohammad Ashraful struck for Central Zone with a hat-trick. He had Farhad Reza caught at midwicket, Sajidul Islam out leg-before and Saqlain Sajib caught behind in the 79th over to hasten the end of North Zone’s first innings at 274.Central Zone, too were in trouble in their second innings as left-arm spinner Sanjamul Islam took career-best figures of 8 for 73. A valuable, 74-run eighth-wicket stand between Ashraful and Nurul Hassan swung the game in Central Zone’s favour, giving them a fighting chance.North Zone were set a target of 251 to win and it was within their grasp as long as Jahurul Islam was at the crease. Coming in to bat at No. 6 in the second innings, Jahurul added 106 runs for the sixth wicket with nightwatchman Sanjamul Islam after his side were struggling at 71 for 5 on the third evening. Once the partnership was broken on the fourth day, with the target still 74 away, it was an uphill battle against the accuracy of Mosharraf Hossain and Elias Sunny.Jahurul remained defiant and attempted to pull his side through. But, with 32 runs needed, tail-ender Saqlain Sajib was trapped leg-before by Mohammad Ashraful. Jahurul was out one ball later, caught at midwicket off Mosharraf, giving Central Zone the title.The final was a game of many firsts. This first-class match was played under lights and featured a pink ball, both firsts for Bangladesh cricket. The game was a culmination of a four-team competition in a season where two first-class tournaments were held for the first time. The only downer in this competitive match was the lack of longevity, as the game ended with a day to spare.

North Zone and Central Zone will meet in the final of the Bangaldesh Cricket League after they ended at the top of the table at the end of the third round

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Jan-2013
ScorecardNorth Zone players celebrate their victory over South Zone•Bangladesh Cricket Board

North Zone qualified for the Bangladesh Cricket League final after a 170-run win over South Zone in Mirpur. The game would have shaped into a thrilling finish but it tapered into a one-sided contest after the South Zone batsmen capitulated on the final morning.In fact, the game had been in North’s control after they had bowled out South for 205 runs in the first innings, taking a lead of 86 runs. Saqlain Sajib took 6 for 74, and the impressive left-arm spinner added four more in the second innings as South were skittled out for 278 runs.North had a better second innings than the first, with Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain contributing with eighties while Farhad Reza blasted an unbeaten 75. In the first innings, it was Sajidul Islam and Sanjamul Islam’s 127-run ninth wicket stand that gave North a total to bowl at after they had slipped to 125 for 8 on the first day.
ScorecardMarshall Ayub made the second highest score in Bangladesh first-class history when he made 289 in Central Zone’s drawn game against East Zone in Bogra, which also helped his team to the final of the competition against North Zone. But strikingly, Ayub is now part of the highest-ever partnership in the country by adding 494 runs for the fifth wicket with Mehrab Hossain jnr, the second highest of all-time fifth-wicket stands.Left-handed Mehrab also scored a double-hundred on the featherbed at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium but the pair joined at the crease after Central slipped to 56 for 4 in the 22nd over of their first innings. They slowly batted out the first day, and then the second before falling in the first session of the third day. Mehrab made 218 with 27 fours and two sixes while the right-handed Ayub struck 30 boundaries and four sixes in his 289.Ayub was also part of the 420-run partnership that this pair broke, and has also crossed the 1,000-run mark in first-class cricket this season. Mehrab too has been among the runs, making 500-plus in the National Cricket League and is now second behind Ayub in the scorers’ list in this tournament.Apart from individual records, Central got what they needed from this game – enough points – to make it to the final. East Zone’s first innings did not end as they made 396 for 8 on the final day with Faisal Hossain top-scoring with 92.The final of the tournament will be held after the Bangladesh Premier League concludes on February 19.

ينتظر عشاق كرة الطائرة، اليوم الأحد، ختام الموسم المحلي على مستوى الرجال بمباراة فاصلة بين الأهلي والزمالك في نهائي كأس مصر.

وكان الزمالك تقدم 1-0 في سلسلة دور نصف النهائي بالفوز على حساب الأهلي بنتيجة 3-2 مساء الخميس.

اقرأ أيضا..اتحاد الطائرة يعلن موعد مباراة الأهلي والزمالك الفاصلة في نهائي كأس مصر

ونجح الأهلي في معادلة النتيجة بالفوز 3-2 مساء الجمعة ليتجه الفريقان نحو لقاء فاصل لحسم الفائز باللقب.

ويأمل الزمالك في الحفاظ على الثنائية “الدوري والكأس” للموسم الثاني تواليًا بينما يخطط الأهلي لتحقيق اللقب لا سيما أنه حقق هذا الموسم بطولتي كأس السوبر المصري والبطولة العربية. موعد مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في نهائي كأس مصر لكرة الطائرة

تقام المباراة اليوم الأحد في تمام التاسعة مساء بتوقيت مصر والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الأهلي والزمالك في نهائي كأس مصر لكرة الطائرة

تنقل المباراة عبر قناة أون تايم سبورتس 2 بتعليق محمد عبد العظيم.