We've been told not to reveal secrets – Morkel

South African allrounder Albie Morkel will be pushing to take Chennai Super Kings to victory in the second season of the IPL but he isn’t about to reveal any secrets

Cricinfo staff22-Apr-2009

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South African allrounder Albie Morkel will be pushing hard to take Chennai Super Kings to victory in the second season of the IPL but he isn’t about to reveal secrets with the World Twenty20 around the corner.Graeme Smith, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Dale Steyn and Roelof van der Merwe are some of the South Africans who play for other teams in the IPL and Morkel said they had been given instructions not to reveal secrets with the World Twenty20 coming up in June.”We’ve been given specific instructions by our boards not to reveal all our secrets, especially with the World Twenty20 coming up in a couple of months’ time,” Albie told . “It’s not that we don’t talk, but we don’t reveal all our strategies. That is as per instructions from our boards. We cannot show off all our secret weapons and there’s not much we can do about it. It’s true not just for me, but for the others as well.”However, Morkel did not feel that it affected the competitiveness of the game. “Not quite. We try and innovate and find new facets to our game. That only helps us develop as cricketers,” he said. “For me, the last IPL was such a big help in my growth as a cricketer. I learnt a lot about playing in India, which in turn added something more to my game, especially the bowling.”

Denilson é vetado e São Paulo viaja com Júnior Tavares e jogador da base

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Na quinta-feira, Denilson fez seu primeiro gol pelo São Paulo, na derrota por 2 a 1 para o Coritiba, no Morumbi. Mas o atacante poderá embalar já: teve uma indisposição clínica e foi vetado da delegação que enfrenta o Bahia neste domingo, em Salvador, resultando em uma lista de relacionados com duas novidades.

Uma delas é o atacante Pedro Bortoluzo, de 21 anos, revelado nas categorias de base do clube e que atuou por empréstimo pelo Paraná no primeiro semestre da temporada. É a primeira vez que ele estará em uma partida com o elenco desde seu retorno.

Dorival Júnior teve de optar por Bortoluzo devido à falta de opções ofensivas. Além de Denilson, também não pode contar com outros cinco atletas do setor: Morato e Wellington Nem, que romperam ligamentos dos seus joelhos direitos, não devem mais jogar neste ano, enquanto Maicosuel segue em busca de melhor condição física, Gilberto tem contratura na panturrilha esquerda e até o meia Lucas Fernandes precisa se recuperar de estiramento na coxa esquerda.

Outra novidade entre os 23 escolhidos pelo técnico para viajar a Salvador é Júnior Tavares. O lateral-esquerdo foi desfalque nos dois últimos jogos por conta de um edema na coxa direita e só voltou a treinar normalmente nesta sexta-feira, mas mostrou condição de viajar com o elenco.

Além de todos os seis desfalques no setor ofensivo, Dorival Júnior também não contará com Rodrigo Caio, suspenso pelo terceiro cartão amarelo. O técnico não indicou um substituto, mas Militão sai na frente de Lugano na briga pela vaga na zaga neste domingo.

A lista de relacionados, novamente, também não tem Buffarini. O lateral-direito argentino fica fora porque a CBF só permite a inscrição de cinco estrangeiros por jogo, e Dorival levará para a Bahia os também argentinos Jonatan Gomez e Pratto, o uruguaio Lugano, o equatoriano Arboleda e o peruano Cueva,

Com 19 pontos, o São Paulo está um ponto e uma posição abaixo do Bahia, 16º colocado do Campeonato Brasileiro. Se vencer, o Tricolor paulista ultrapassa os baianos e termina o turno fora da zona de rebaixamento. O jogo será às 16h deste domingo, na Arena Fonte Nova.

Confira os jogadores relacionados pelo São Paulo para o jogo:

Goleiros: Renan Ribeiro e Sidão
Laterais: Bruno, Edimar e Júnior Tavares
Zagueiros: Arboleda, Douglas, Lugano e Éder Militão
Volantes: Jucilei, Petros, Araruna e Cícero
Meias: Cueva, Hernanes, Jonatan Gomez, Shaylon e Thomaz
Atacantes: Lucas Pratto, Marcinho, Marcos Guilherme, Brenner e Pedro Bortoluzo

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تشكيل آرسنال أمام ليستر سيتي في الدوري الإنجليزي.. محمد النني بديلًا

أعلن المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي آرسنال، ميكل أرتيتا، تشكيل اللاعبين الذين سيخوضون مباراة ليستر سيتي في الجولة الثانية من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي 2022/2023.

وتنطلق مباراة آرسنال وليستر سيتي في تمام الساعة الرابعة عصرًا بتوقيت “القاهرة” على ملعب “الإمارات” في العاصمة “لندن” بقيادة الحكم، ديفيد إنجلاند.

وشهد تشكيل آرسنال غياب لاعب وسط منتخب مصر، محمد النني، وظهوره على مقاعد البدلاء فقط كما حدث في المباراة الأولى أمام كريستال بالاس.

ويحتل آرسنال المركز الثاني في ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز خلف توتنهام المتصدر برصيد 3 نقاط، بينما يأتي ليستر سيتي في المركز الثاني عشر برصيد نقطة واحدة.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ديلي ميل تتعجب من غياب محمد صلاح عن جائزة أفضل لاعب في أوروبا

تشكيل آرسنال أمام ليستر سيتي اليوم

حراسة المرمى: آرون رامسدال.

الدفاع: أوليكسندر زينتشينكو، جابريل، ويليام صاليبا، بن وايت.

الوسط: جرانيت تشاكا، توماس بارتي، بوكايو ساكا.

الهجوم: مارتن اوديجارد، جابريل جيسوس، جابريل مارتينيلي.

Hwang disappoints despite Villa comeback

With Bruno Lage’s Wolverhampton Wanderers side heading into Saturday’s Premier League clash on the back of a number of impressive results, winning three of their last four league fixtures, the 45-year-old manager would have undoubtedly been hoping for yet another promising performance in order to continue Wolves’ climb up the table.

And, despite being 2-0 down against Aston Villa with just ten minutes of the match remaining, three late goals from Romain Saiss, Conor Coady and Ruben Neves saw Wolves complete a famous comeback against their rivals, leaving Villa Park with a 3-2 win, all three points and local bragging rights.

However, despite the impressive result, there were nevertheless a number of Wolves players who turned in below bar performances in the clash, none more so than the hero of the club’s Premier League win against Newcastle United last time out, Hee-Chan Hwang.

Lost 90% duels

After somewhat surprisingly being started in a front two alongside Adama Traore, Hwang failed to have any real impact over his 88 minutes on the pitch against Villa.

Indeed, the 25-year-old managed just one shot at the Aston Villa goal, completed no dribbles and made no key passes, as well as touching the ball a total of 40 times – two times fewer than Jose Sa between the Wolves sticks.

The £9.9m-rated man also won just one of his ten attempted duels – a failure rate of 90% – gave away possession of the ball on 12 separate occasions and conceded three fouls, in addition to being dribbled past twice and making one error which led to a shot – with Tim Spiers’ describing this error as Hwang “carelessly” giving the ball away.

As a result of his returns – or lack thereof – the South Korea international received an extremely disappointing SofaScore match rating of 6.0, the lowest rating given to any Wolves player on the day.

As such, while the winger is clearly a much more talented player than his performance against Villa would suggest, Hwang nevertheless failed Lage in the comeback against Villa.

In other news: “Intent” Wolves dynamo who made just 5 passes proved Lage wrong in derby thriller

Zé Love quer Figueira ligado para iniciar boa sequência na Série B

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Depois de vencer o Paysandu fora de casa na última rodada da Série B, o Figueirense recebe o Goiás neste sábado, em Florianópolis, visando um triunfo para incluir uma boa sequência na competição. Para o atacante alvinegro Zé Love, a equipe está motivada para o segundo turno da disputa.

– Vamos procurar fazer um grande segundo turno para brigarmos lá na frente da tabela de classificação. Temos que acreditar até o fim. Não faltará luta e entrega da equipe até o último jogo da Série B. A torcida pode ter certeza a disso.

Ainda segundo o centroavante, desde seu retorno da cirurgia para correção de uma hérnia de disco, sua evolução foi grande – ele marcou um gol em duas partidas na segundona.

– Desde que retornei da cirurgia que fiz tive uma evolução muito grande. Espero continuar crescendo de produção para ajudar o Figueirense a conquistar seus objetivos na Série B. Estou muito motivado para isso.

Figueirense e Goiás entram em campo neste sábado, às 19h, no Orlando Scarpelli.

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KS Chatrapalsinhji dies aged 72

Former Indian domestic batsman KS Chatrapalsinhji has died aged 72

Cricinfo staff21-May-2009Former Indian domestic batsman KS Chatrapalsinhji has died aged 72.He represented Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Saurashtra over a first-class career that spanned 13 seasons. He was the first non-Delhi player to play for the Delhi Ranji side. In 37 matches Chatrapalsinhji scored 1363 runs at 23.10 with a personal best of 98.He was the uncle of former India batsman Ajay Jadeja.Milind Rege, secretary of the Cricket Club of India cricket, told the : “I remember him bringing all the Mumbai cricketers together for a great party at the CCI. I wonder why he did this probably because he had so much respect for all those who played for Mumbai. I have never seen an ever-smiling cricketer like him. Men like ‘Bapu’ don’t come any more.”

أمير مرتضى: أغلقنا ملف أبو جبل.. الزمالك ليس بديلًا بعد فشل انضمامه للنصر السعودي

قال أمير مرتضى منصور المشرف العام على قطاع الكرة بنادي الزمالك، إن الفوز الذي تحقق أمام الإسماعيلي في غاية الأهمية، نظرًا لما يمتلكه الدراويش من شخصية وما يعانيه الأبيض من إصابات لاعبين بالاجهاد.

وأضاف في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “صدى البلد” عبر برنامج “الماتش”: “نظرًا لهذا الإجهاد فطبيعي أن يكون الأداء بهذا الشكل، كما منح فيريرا بعض اللاعبين راحة وكان هناك تغييرات في التشكيل”.

طالع | أبو جبل يكشف أسباب رحيله عن الزمالك وحقيقة وجود أزمات مع عواد

وتابع: “لا أعرف سبب إقامة المباراة بدون جمهور، لقد نجحنا في استعادة الجماهير، لماذا نخوض مواجهات الكأس بدون جماهير! وارد أن يكون هذا سبب عدم ظهور الأداء على أفضل نحو”.

وواصل: “نحترم كل الفرق التي تواجه الزمالك، سواء في الدوري أو الكأس، لأنه بالتأكيد تلك الفرق سيتضاعف مجهودها أمام الأهلي والزمالك”.

وأكد: “مشاركة محمود علاء من عدمها في يد المدير الفني، وهو الذي يرى التشكيل الامثل بالنسبة له، وعلاء كان يشارك على مدار الـ5 سنوات الماضية وارد أن يغيب عنه التوفيق هذا الموسم، وفي نهاية الموسم يأتي عروض لبعض اللاعبين، ويكون القرار مشترك بين النادي واللاعب”.

وكشف: “ملف محمد أبو جبل مغلق، يوجد محاولات منه للاعتذار للإدارة او للجماهيرن ونحن بدورنا نرد عليه، احترامًا لأي لاعب يتواصل مع النادي وهذا لا يعني أنه سيعود للفريق، هذا قرار إدارى”.

واستكمل: “أما الجزء الفني وعودته كلاعب جديد معروض في السوق إذ نبحث عن حارس مرمى، فـ أبو جبل سيظل مستبعد، لأنه كان متواجدًا مع الفريق من قبل ونرى أننا أصدرنا القرار الصحيح بشأنه”.

واستطرد: “اللاعب الذي لا يريد الزمالك لن يكون له مكانًا معنا، حتى وإن كان لدينا حارس مرمى واحد، سنستمر في كل البطولات بهذ الشكل، ولن نخطو خطوة للوراء، و إذا كان هناك محاولات من أبو جبل نفسه للحديث مع المسؤولين حيث يشعر أنه تعرض لأزمة أو أنه كان مخطئًا”.

واستأنف: “محمد أبو جبل لجأ لمرتضى منصور ورئيس النادي أبلغه بأن هذا الملف مع إدارة الكرة والمدير الفني، كما أن الأزمة مع الحارس ليست شخصية، بدليل إننا سمحنا له بالرحيل، كان يمكن أن نبقيه حتى 30 أغسطس، ولكننا لم نكن نريد أن نضر اللاعب في مستقبله، ولكن اذا لم يوفق مع النصر السعودي فـ الزمالك ليس البديل”.

واختتم: “ما زالنا ننافس على الدوري ولم نستقبل أي شيء رسمي بشأن مباراة السوبر المصري السعودي، وحال فوزنا بالدوري فنحن مرحبين بالمشاركة،  وإذا شاركنا في أي بطولة فمن المؤكد أن فيريرا سيلعب على اللقب”.

Leeds: Bielsa must axe Harrison

Leeds United travel away to The Emirates tonight as they go in search of progress through to the fifth round of the competition.

They face Arsenal after holding Wolves to a 1-1 draw at the weekend in the Premier League, with the Whites sat just above the relegation zone as it stands.

Rodrigo scored a last-minute penalty for Leeds after Hee-Chan Hwang’s opening goal for Wolves and Marcelo Bielsa could make changes to his side to freshen things up for this cup clash.

Get Rid

One player he must ruthlessly axe from the team is left-winger Jack Harrison, as the forward struggled badly at the weekend and is having a difficult season.

Per SofaScore, he lost 100% of his duels against Bruno Lage’s Wolves. He failed in all seven of his individual battles and only completed 67% of his passes, whilst failing to complete either of his two attempted dribbles either.

His statistics over the course of the Premier League campaign do not make for much better reading. The winger is yet to contribute with a goal or assist in eight matches, losing 66% of his duels and giving away possession 15.9 times per match.

This shows that he is currently in poor form and the performance against Wolves was simply the tip of the iceberg, which is why Bielsa must axe him. He should be dropped from the XI for this cup tie with Arsenal to give others a chance to impress.

On the one hand, you can look at it as a ruthless axing from the team in the sense that his performances do not warrant a place in the starting line-up. He has not shown enough consistently this season to prove that he deserves to start and that is one of the reasons why the manager should name him on the substitute’s bench.

On the other hand, it could be a tactic to motivate Harrison to up his game. He may spend his time on the bench wondering what he could do to improve and then put that into place in training in an attempt to impress Bielsa and win his starting berth back for Sunday’s trip to Carrow Road to face 20th-placed Norwich.

Therefore, Bielsa must drop Harrison down to the bench to, firstly, improve the team in the immediate future and, secondly, to motivate him to train harder and get back to his best.

AND in other news, “From what I’ve gauged”: Leeds journo makes key transfer claim that should excite fans…

مدرب النصر السعودي يوافق على رحيل هدف الأهلي لخلافة بدر بانون

قرر نادي النصر السعودي التخلص من لاعبه الأوزبكي جلال الدين مشاريبوف في فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية.

تعاقد النصر مع عبد الرحمن غريب قادمًا من الأهلي مع استمرار الأرجنتيني بيتي مارتينيز، الأمر الذي دفع المدرب رودي جارسيا للتوصية برحيل مشاريبوف مع تعويضه بضم لاعب أجنبي آخر.

وبحسب تقارير سعودية فإن مشاريبوف لديه 3 عروض من بينها عرضين من الدوري الإماراتي وعرض من الأهلي المصري، والنادي السعودي سوف ينتظر قرار اللاعب بشأن اختيار وجهته القادمة.

ويبحث الأهلي المصري عن ضم لاعب أجنبي لتعويض رحيل لاعبه المغربي بدر بانون للدوري القطري وكانت صحيفة “سبورت” السعودية أكدت أنه الأحمر تقدم بعرض لإدارة النصر للحصول على خدمات مشاريبوف.

اقرأ أيضا..راتب عبد الرحمن غريب يثير الجدل في السعودية 

وكان النصر نجح في ضم مشاريبوف في يناير 2021 قادمًا من صفوف باختاكور الأوزبكي، وقرر إعارته لصفوف شباب الأهلي دبي الإماراتي حتى صيف 2021، بسبب عدم حصول النادي على شهادة الكفاءة المالية، لينضم للفريق بصفة رسمية في صيف 2021.

وفي موسمه الأول مع النصر لعب مشاريبوف البالغ من العمر 28 عاما في 29 مباراة بمختلف المسابقات وسجل 4 أهداف وصنع 6، بينما في رحلة إعارته لشباب أهلي دبي الإماراتي لعب 21 مباراة وساهم في 10 أهداف من خلال تسجيل هدفين وصناعة 8 وحقق مع الفريق 3 ألقاب، وهي كأس الخليج العربي وكأس السوبر الإماراتي وكأس رئيس الدولة.

Keith Downie drops Newcastle update on Howe

Sky Sports journalist Keith Downie has revealed the latest on Newcastle United’s talks with Eddie Howe to become their new manager.

What’s the story?

Reports in recent days had pointed towards Villareal manager Unai Emery being the man the new owners wanted in place for this weekend’s Premier League game against Brighton, but after that fell through on Wednesday, attentions have quickly towards elsewhere.

Writing on Twitter, Downie said: “Talks are on-going between Newcastle and Eddie Howe over their vacant manager’s position. Howe is under serious consideration following Unai Emery’s rejection yesterday. Understand he also held talks previously with Newcastle pre-takeover.”

Newcastle’s search could finally be over

In what has been a roller-coaster of a couple of days, it appears the Magpies finally look set to end this managerial saga and appoint Howe as the man to permanently replace Steve Bruce in the dugout at St James’ Park.

While missing out on Emery is no doubt a big blow to the new ownership, getting someone in place for the clash against Brighton was absolutely critical.

Though the Premier League campaign may still be in its early days, the Tyneside club’s wretched start has seen them firmly fixed in the bottom three of the table with just four points – they remain six points off safety.

Howe’s appointment would at least give the Newcastle players and the fans as a whole a sense of relief and clarity about things going forward, instead of the state of uncertainty currently clouding the club.

Though Howe may not be everybody’s first-choice, the fact Downie claims that talks are ongoing with the former Bournemouth boss and that he is “under serious consideration” should delight fans who must be getting tired of all this managerial drama already. All they want is a manager, and that dream could finally be realised in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Craig Hope has dropped a late-night twist on Newcastle’s manager hunt…

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