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Nottinghamshire secured top spot in the North Group of the Friends Life t20 with a 25-run victory over Worcestershire, denying the visitors a place in the quarter-finals

15-Jul-2011
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Nottinghamshire secured top spot in the North Group of the Friends Life t20 with a 25-run victory over Worcestershire, denying the visitors a place in the quarter-finals.Overseas batsman Adam Voges hit 55 from 40 balls as the hosts posted 167 for 6, and quick bowlers Darren Pattinson (3 for 20) and Luke Fletcher (3 for 34) did the damage as Worcestershire were bowled out for 142.Voges held the Nottinghamshire batting together after the hosts stumbled to 35 for 3, putting on 63 with Riki Wessels (33), while Steven Mullaney made a sprightly 35 from 20 balls as the Outlaws hit 38 off the last four overs.Nottinghamshire were always in the box seat as Pattinson and Fletcher ripped out the top order in the opening powerplay and, despite 45 from skipper Daryl Mitchell, the Royals’ reply fell away in the final overs.Nottinghamshire’ record of 11 wins from their 16 group matches has been based on a formidable batting line-up, but Adam Shantry struck in each of his first three overs as Tamim Iqbal, Alex Hales and Samit Patel were all sent back to the pavilion to put the hosts on the back foot.Voges kept his cool and consecutive boundaries off Shakib Al Hasan saw the Australian bring up his third 50 in this year’s competition off 30 balls as he and Wessels consolidated through the middle overs.Mitchell’s medium pace brought the breakthrough as Voges got a leading edge to point, and Wessels followed in the next over as he holed out to deep midwicket off Shakib. Mullaney then thumped three fours and a six, with 17 coming off Shantry’s last over, as Nottinghamshire finished on a high, and Pattinson and Fletcher kept up the momentum with two wickets apiece inside the first five overs.Moeen Ali briefly threatened as the left-hander hit four fours and a six, but Pattinson was brought back to bowl his final over and duly removed Ali with a leading edge to point. That snuffed out Worcestershire’s hopes, with the last five wickets falling in the final four overs as the tail collapsed under the pressure.Nottinghamshire will now play their home quarter-final against Somerset, who finished fourth in the South Group, with the match to take place on August 6, 7 or 8.

Lancashire against a Yorkshire side deprived of key personnel will fancy themselves to make it three wins out of three this season

Jon Culley at Aigburth19-May-2011
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Lancashire’s popularity here continues. Warmer weather brought out a crowd of around 2,000 and dire police warnings about the fate of cars injudiciously parked along Riversdale Road provided regular employment for the PA announcer.The Lancashire team have no such problems but they enjoy coming here for the results they are securing rather than the parking arrangements. Against a Yorkshire side deprived of key personnel and showing signs of faltering confidence, they will fancy themselves to make it three wins out of three this season.Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire captain, arrived in chipper mood after watching Huddersfield Town secure their place in the League One play-off final but he had less cause for optimism by the end of the day as Lancashire established a lead of 186 that looks good enough to be the foundation for a victory that would reinstate them at the top of the Division One table.Glen Chapple, by contrast, would have been well pleased. He added the milestone of 7,000 first-class runs for Lancashire to the 800 wickets he notched up earlier in the season and played his part in a collective effort from his side’s supporting cast that ensured that Yorkshire’s occasional successes with the ball did not precipitate any major shifts of initiative.Steven Croft’s 41, Farveez Maharoof’s 34 and Luke Procter’s unbeaten 23 added value to a performance built around two solidly patient innings, from Paul Horton and Mark Chilton, that extolled the virtues of patient application that only Joe Sayers, really, had been able to summon when Yorkshire batted.A slow pitch that had proved such a struggle for Yorkshire on the opening day posed generally fewer problems but still demanded the appropriate concentration and good judgement and both Horton and Chilton for the most part won the battle.Horton, whose accent is still demonstrably Australian despite his Merseyside upbringing, set himself for a long occupation after the early loss of overnight partner Karl Brown and rarely looked in difficulty. Brown was leg before on the front foot to Steve Patterson but Yorkshire’s vain efforts to make further inroads before lunch only reminded Gale that Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad can leave big boots to fill.Scoring runs at was still difficult, certainly compared with the rate of progress at Whitgift School and Worcester in particular, but Horton is a batsman to whom patience comes naturally and he took his scoring chances well, collecting nine boundaries. A century looked his for the taking but after facing 198 balls spread over three and a half hours with rare discomfort he edged a leg break from Adil Rashid with a slightly hesitant push and was caught behind. It left him regretful on 93, knowing he should have done better.Rashid could never find the control that Gary Keedy had applied for Lancashire, nor bowl a consistently good line, and was to some degree upstaged by the rookie Joe Root, who at one stage took two wickets in two balls with his off breaks.He bowled Croft, who chopped on, and had Gareth Cross leg before, the latter falling first ball for the second time in as many innings. When Maharoof decided to sweep the hat-trick ball, Root thought for a moment he might have miscued it, but it ran along the ground to square leg.By then Mark Chilton, another who relishes getting his head down, had built on Horton’s foundations. The pair put on 81 for Lancashire’s third wicket and Chilton then anchored a 90-run partnership with Croft for the fourth. Like Horton, though, he perished to a stroke not in keeping with the tenor of what had gone before, edging loosely to Adam Lyth at slip.Gale did not take the new ball until it was 21 overs overdue, which seemed a curious decision. When Ryan Sidebottom did get his hands on it, he soon bowled Maharoof comprehensively, but by then the Sri Lankan all-rounder had been able to give Lancashire’s progress another surge, leading the way as he and Procter added another 55 potentially valuable runs.Sidebottom claimed Chapple as his second wicket but Lancashire will fancy themselves to stretch their advantage beyond 200 and Yorkshire will need to fight long and hard to avoid a heavy defeat.

Ryan Harris has been alerted by the national selectors to be ready to return to the Australian Test attack against Sri Lanka in August.

Daniel Brettig02-Jun-2011Australia fast bowler Ryan Harris used the Indian Premier League as an elongated fitness test. Now he has been been alerted by the national selectors to be ready to return to the Australian Test attack against Sri Lanka in August.Given how well Harris combined with Mitchell Johnson to fire out England during the third Ashes Test in Perth, it is natural the selection chairman Andrew Hilditch wants to see more of him. A return of 20 wickets at 24.40 from his first five Tests showed Harris to be a valued member of an attack that now has a new bowling coach in Craig McDermott.”I’ve got an indication they’re still keen for me to play that longer form of the game, so now I’ve got six to eight weeks before Sri Lanka,” Harris told ESPNcricinfo. “Queensland are about to start in pre-season, so I’ll get into that, get into some serious gym work and fitness work. [I will] get myself fit and stronger, and by that time [in time for the Sri Lanka tour] I’ll have bowled a fair bit and hopefully I’ll be bowling well enough to get picked. I’m definitely aiming for that tour.”McDermott marked his promotion from the Centre of Excellence by indicating that he wanted his charges to be fitter and more capable of bowling consistently. Such a vision is in line with Harris’ own harsh assessments of himself.”I’ve seen some good reports about him and obviously the cricket that he’s played himself, he’s in a position where he can give good advice, and knows a bowling action,” Harris said. “It’s exciting; it’s going to be different but good. He’s worked with Troy Cooley as well so I guess he’s passed on some information, and it’s exciting to see him start.”My aim now is to get back to the level I was bowling. I’ve always got to try to improve, and to stay fit for the next two or three years before I finish my career. I just want to get back to feeling good, getting my pace back up and getting the shape of the ball back there.”I felt as though in the IPL I struggled with that and got a little frustrated with it. But that’s my goal in the next six to eight weeks, to get that really comfortable feeling; to run in and bowl fast and put the ball where I want to put it.”Harris, 31, posed the most consistent questions of any Australian bowler during the Ashes, before he was waylaid by an ankle fracture during the Melbourne Test. He is also constantly managing a battered knee that needs the addition of new cartilage. Harris has elected to avoid such a procedure due to the 18 months it would cost him in the latter days of a career that did not truly bloom until he was nearing 30.Playing for King’s XI Punjab, Harris plucked 16 wickets at 23.87 during the IPL, suffering the occasional collaring but overall doing enough to suggest he is capable of making an impression on the Sri Lankans in subcontinental climes. Any lingering discomfort in Harris’ ankle and knee dissipated as the tournament progressed.”Everything’s spot-on at the moment, which is good,” Harris said. “It took me probably four or five games to get into it again and get the body used to bowling. The ankle was a little bit tender from the surgery; not so much the break but just where the screws were inserted, so it probably took two or three weeks to get over that pain. Once I got over that everything was good.”The knee was a bit tender, but it never never really swelled up, and the pain or tenderness that was there, disappeared, the more I played. Everything on that front is going well, which is good because we weren’t sure how the knee was going to pull up after not playing for three or four months and then going into a tournament where you play games only two or three days apart.”I was a bit surprised myself to be honest how I went, but another test will come when I start playing the longer form again.”

Paul Sheldon has announced that he is stepping down as Surrey chief executive at the end of March after 15 years in the position

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Feb-2011Paul Sheldon has announced that he is stepping down as Surrey chief executive at the end of March after 15 years in the position. During that time he has overseen the club’s rise to become the most financially successful county, although that has coincided with a long-term slump in form on the field.Surrey’s strong financial footing has come from a number of schemes which included selling the naming rights to the ground and the construction of the OCS stand at the Vauxhall End of the ground. The club also benefits from a long-term staging agreement with the ECB and in 2005 and 2009 hosted deciding Ashes Tests.It has allowed the county to spend large sums on attracting big-name players to The Oval including Steven Davies and Chris Tremlett. However, there has been no swift upturn in results with the club still stuck in the second division of the County Championship but Sheldon has many positive memories.”I have stood down because I believe I have taken the club as far as I can, and that now is the right time to hand over the reins,” Sheldon said. “I am very proud of what we have achieved at the club over the last fifteen years. Most especially, I remember the winning era of the great Adam Hollioake side; the building of the iconic OCS Stand and the historic Ashes winning years of 2005 and 2009.”It has been a privilege to have served as chief executive of one of the greatest cricket clubs in the world and to have worked with so many talented people both inside and outside the club. Many of them have become good friends along the way.”Richard Thompson, the Surrey chairman, said: “Paul’s service to the Club, from running our 150th celebrations in 1995, to then becoming our chief executive shortly afterwards has been outstanding. Both on and off the field, Paul leaves a tremendous legacy and many enduring friendships. Paul will always be part of the Surrey family.”

Crystal Palace are ‘close’ to agreeing a revised contract with 2021 signing Michael Olise, The Athletic’s David Ornstein has reported. 

The lowdown

The Eagles paid £8m to sign the French youngster from Reading last summer and committed him to a five-year, £34,000-per-week contract, but significantly, that initial deal reportedly included a release clause of £35m.

Furthermore, The Daily Mail revealed in February that the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Bayern Munich were all circling for the 20-year-old ahead of the summer transfer window.

The latest

Ornstein took to Twitter on Monday morning to share his report from The Athletic regarding Olise’s situation at Selhurst Park.

He posted: “EXCL: Crystal Palace in talks with Michael Olise over new contract. Agreement close. Extra year likely but no salary increase. Aim is to raise release clause (£35m) to ensure future sale breaks #CPFC record (£50m) & that would benefit all”.

The likelihood is that the agreement is only extended by 12 months and that the player’s salary will stay the same, but Palace’s main objective is to increase Olise’s release clause.

They want to take it past the £50m mark, potentially setting up a club-record departure. The 20-year-old would like to stay at Selhurst Park, and discussions between the two parties are nearly complete, with an agreement potentially being reached before the summer transfer window opens on 10 June.

The verdict

This is a smart move from Palace, as clubs would likely have pounced on a £35m opportunity off the back of a strong debut season in south London for Olise.

He has recorded more assists (eight) than anybody else in Patrick Vieira’s squad, while only Wilfried Zaha (16) and Conor Gallagher (13) have registered more goal involvements than his 12.

Those numbers are even more impressive when you consider that the 20-year-old has only started 12 Premier League matches. As per Transfermarkt, he’s either scoring a goal or setting one up every 120 minutes on average.

The £19.8m-rated attacker is a ‘special talent’ according to his manager, and he plays with ‘effortless confidence’ in the words of podcaster Dan Cook. Therefore, it must be music to the ears of Palace fans to hear that the club are moving swiftly to try and ward off prospective suitors for another while at least.

In other news, Sky Sports journalist raves about this ‘incredible’ Palace player against Watford

Wolves are reportedly interested in making a move for Tottenham’s on-loan centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers this summer.

The Lowdown: Carter-Vickers impressing at Celtic

The American couldn’t be promised regular playing time at Spurs last year, given the battle for game-time, so Celtic snapped him up on a season-long loan deal, with a £10m purchase option if they wish to avail of it.

Carter-Vickers has excelled for the Hoops in 2021/22, proving to be a rock at the heart of the defence and averaging 4.2 successful aerial duels per game across 29 Scottish Premiership appearances. For context, that is 50% more than Wolves’ best performer in this regard, Willy Boly with 2.8.

There looks set to be a fight for the 24-year-old’s signature this summer, with Celtic reportedly keen on making his temporary move a permanent one.

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The Latest: Wolves eye up Carter-Vickers move

According to 90min journalist Matt O’Connor-Simpson on Twitter, Wolves are among the clubs eyeing up a move for Carter-Vickers at the end of the season. Sharing a link to his corresponding article, he tweeted:

“Cameron Carter-Vickers is attracting plenty of interest. Fulham & Southampton are the latest to join the race but the likes of Crystal Palace, West Ham & Wolves are looking too.”

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The Verdict: Strong summer coup

Carter-Vickers could be a fantastic signing for Wolves ahead of next season, adding much-needed squad depth for Bruno Lage and coming in as a long-term acquisition.

Romain Saiss turns 32 this year and hasn’t yet signed a new deal ahead of its summer expiry date, while Conor Coady has been linked with a move away in recent months.

Carter-Vickers has been hailed as ‘immense’ by Chris Sutton and he is someone who, as outlined above, would add aerial dominance and hopefully makes Wolves even more well-drilled defensively.

In other news, Wolves are also eyeing up a move for another player. Read more here.

West Ham United journalist Roshane Thomas of The Athletic has shared a ‘dressing room’ belief involving defender Aaron Creswell after his sending off against Frankfurt.

The Lowdown: Irons bow out…

The Premier League side have been knocked out of Europe following their sensational run to the Europa League semi-finals, putting an end to their dream of clinching an unprecedented Europa League title.

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David Moyes’ side made West Ham supporters believe they could do the previously unthought of after impressively knocking out the likes of Sevilla and Lyon before facing off against Frankfurt over two legs.

The Bundesliga side eventually beat Moyes’ men 3-1 on aggregate with Rafael Borre sealing their place against Rangers in the final on Thursday – scoring the only goal of West Ham’s second leg tie away in Germany.

Cresswell’s early red card for a professional foul, his second in less than a month, played a major role in the complexion of the game with Thomas sharing his ‘dressing room’ belief.

The Latest: Thomas makes Cresswell claim…

The reporter, taking to Twitter, says West Ham’s left-back will have been ‘hurting in the dressing room’ and it is ‘concerning’ that Cresswell has been dismissed twice in a ‘matter of weeks’.

He explained:

“Cresswell will be hurting in the dressing room, but you can’t defend like that when you’re the last man. All the more concerning it’s happened twice in a matter of weeks.”

The Verdict: Big error…

The 32-year-old certainly didn’t cover himself in glory against Frankfurt and West Ham will be hurting, just like the player, after just missing out on a blockbuster final bout against Scottish giants Rangers.

However, Moyes and his squad can take pride in the fact they got that far and allowed Irons supporters to imagine the previously unthinkable.

Just two years ago, the east Londoners were in real danger of relegation from the English top flight and it is quite simply astonishing what West Ham have achieved since then with minimal investment off the field.

In other news: ‘Something special’ – Journalist says ‘massive player’ could be open to joining West Ham, find out more here.

Liverpool are set to reignite their interest in Sporting Braga defender David Carmo according to a report from Portuguese newspaper O Jogo (via Sport Witness).

The lowdown: A series of unfortunate events

The Reds were heavily linked with a move for the 22-year-old back in January 2021 when Jurgen Klopp’s squad was plagued by defensive injuries, with Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez all long-term absentees at the time.

Liverpool instead completed a double deadline day swoop for Ben Davies from Preston North End and Ozan Kabak on a loan deal from FC Schalke to join Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams as the only recognised centre-backs at Anfield.

Soon after missing out on a move to Merseyside, Carmo suffered a broken leg in the Taca de Portugal semi-final against FC Porto in an incident with now Kop favourite Luis Diaz.

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Having made a successful return to action, an interest could once again be arising from the Anfield club…

The latest: Contact made

As per O Jogo, translated by SW, Liverpool didn’t ‘erase the name’ of the Portuguese youth international following their initial interest.

It’s claimed that scouts from the club continue to ‘follow closely’ Carmo’s development and have already made contact following a ‘recommendation’ from Klopp. New sporting director Julian Ward could make the powerful defender an early transfer target ahead of the summer window.

The report also states that the 6 foot 5 powerhouse, who has been likened to Van Dijk no less, is ‘very likely’ to leave Braga should a €40million (£33.7million) release clause be met.

The verdict: Positional overkill?

After the arrival and subsequent instant impact of Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig, Klopp currently boasts four high quality central defensive options in the Liverpool squad.

Albeit both Matip and Van Dijk are over 30, neither are showing signs of an early demise and look set to play a huge role over the coming years.

However, should Gomez become restless with his own spot in the pecking order and seek pastures new, the Reds would need a replacement and that is where Carmo may come in.

Possessing strong aerial, tackling and passing ability (WhoScored), the talented seven-cap Portugal Under 20 starlet appears ready-made to enhance Klopp’s defensive department and at the mooted release clause would represent supreme value for money.

In other news, Dominic King confirms Liverpool transfer interest. Read more here.

England’s former Ashes-winning captain, Michael Vaughan, believes that Ricky Ponting’s reign as Australia skipper will be over if he fails to recapture the urn in the forthcoming series

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Nov-2010England’s former Ashes-winning captain, Michael Vaughan, believes that Ricky Ponting’s reign as Australia skipper will be over if he fails to recapture the urn in the forthcoming series.Australia’s troubled build-up to the Ashes received another setback on Wednesday night, as they succumbed to a remarkable one-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Melbourne, despite having at one stage had their opponents on the ropes at 107 for 8.Although Ponting was not involved in that match, having passed the captaincy over to Michael Clarke, the result was nevertheless their sixth consecutive defeat in all international cricket, dating back to Pakistan’s victory at Headingley in the second Test back in July, and also encompassing last month’s barren tour of India.Vaughan, who has been as vocal in the build-up to this year’s Ashes as he was silent ahead of the last tour in 2006-07, when injury forced him onto the sidelines during Australia’s 5-0 whitewash, believes that every new set-back is a boost for England, who have been quietly building towards Friday’s first warm-up match against Western Australia, having arrived in Perth over the weekend.”Another knock of confidence,” wrote Vaughan on Twitter in the aftermath of the MCG match. “Lots of people seem to be taking great pleasure from the fact Australia keep losing… long may it continue…”Ponting was in charge during the whitewash four years ago, but his reputation was badly dented last summer, as he became the first Australian captain since Billy Murdoch in the 19th Century to lose two Ashes series in England. In Vaughan’s opinion, there is no way he can stay in the job if he fails to make amends in the coming series.”If he loses the series he will go,” said Vaughan. “He has lost the Ashes twice and hasn’t won an Ashes in England either. Obviously he won the 06-07 Ashes 5-0 but he had a better team to manage those days but now he has a team that is almost back in the ranks of normal cricket teams.”His record in Australia is phenomenal but he will have to be at his best, both as a captain and as a batsman, to put England under pressure,” added Vaughan. “It’s harder being a captain when you don’t have the ammunition in your bowling attack that includes the likes of Warne, McGrath and Gillespie.”He doesn’t have the X-factor bowlers who can change games. That puts your batsmen under a lot more pressure because they know that you have to get lots more runs to give your bowlers something to bowl at. If they’d have got 300 a few years ago, they knew that Warne and McGrath would get them back in the game, but now they need 400 plus to really put England under pressure.”Warne, for his part, hit back in the war of words when he suggested to Vaughan, via Twitter, that he shouldn’t get too carried away just yet. “yeah yeah yeah, whatever bud [sic],” he wrote. “Your ( poms ) are very cocky at present , Mmmmm could end in tears for you all, just chill !”

India’s Supreme Court has asked former India captain Sourav Ganguly to explain how he got government land worth $ 9.69 million for approximately $ 136,000

Cricinfo staff16-Sep-2010Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been asked by the Supreme Court to respond to a petition alleging that land worth US$9.69 million was given to him by the West Bengal state government for approximately $136,000 so he can build a school.An appeal challenging an earlier Calcutta High Court order approving the allocation was filed by a society called Humanity, and heard on Monday, according to the . The Supreme Court has given Ganguly four weeks to file his response.A bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly said that “a major source of corruption in our country lies in our habit to make exceptions”, and has also asked the West Bengal government’s urban development department, its secretary and the secretary of the law department to file responses to the petition within eight weeks.The society has alleged that the allocation of land to Ganguly is “bad in law” and that the High Court upheld the transfer despite a number of violations of the rules for allotment and school affiliations. According to the petition, 24 applications from a number of schools, societies and trusts were submitted to the government in response to an advertisement to set up a school in Salt Lake City, a satellite township on the outskirts of Kolkata. Yet Ganguly’s application was the one accepted.After taking possession of three-fourths of an acre, Ganguly reportedly asked state urban development minister Ashok Bhattacharya for more land as the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) requires a school to have a minimum of one acre. The state promptly gave him the additional land, according to the petition.ICSE rules also state that one person cannot be in control of a school, so Ganguly formed a society made up of his mother, father, sister, brother, wife and other relatives, the petition claims.