رسميًا.. لاعب ليفربول السابق ينتقل إلى بشكتاش

أعلن نادي بشكتاش المنافس في بطولة الدوري التركي، عن تعاقده مع جناح ليفربول السابق ومنتخب إنجلترا، أليكس أوكسلايد تشامبرلين.

وكان تشامبرلين قد سافر إلى تركيا في الأيام القليلة الماضية من أجل التفاوض مع إدارة بشكتاش وتمت المفاوضات بنجاح.

وكان الإنجليزي قد رحل عن ليفربول مع نهاية الموسم الماضي، بعد انتهاء عقده في قلعة “أنفيلد”، وعدم رغبة الريدز في التمديد معه لسنوات أخرى.

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وأبلغت إدارة بشكتاش من خلال بيانها الرسمي الشركة المالكة للنادي، بأن الصفقة حسمت بالفعل كما هو الحال المتبع في الانتقالات بالدوري التركي.

وسبق ولعب تشامبرلين مع أكثر من نادٍ إنجليزي مثل ساوثهامبتون وآرسنال، قبل الانتقال إلى ليفربول في عام 2017 ونجح في الفوز بالعديد من الألقاب.

حقق اللاعب الدوري الإنجليزي، دوري أبطال أوروبا، كأس العالم للأندية وكأس السوبر الأوروبي كأبرز البطولات مع ليفربول قبل المغادرة.

Felipão credita dificuldades no ataque à defesa do San Lorenzo

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A vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o San Lorenzo nesta quarta-feira, no Allianz Parque, fez o Palmeiras conquistar alguns objetivos na Copa Libertadores. O Alviverde entrou em campo já classificado para as oitavas de final, mas o triunfo garantiu o primeiro lugar do Grupo F e a melhor campanha geral da fase de grupos.

As notícias são boas, mas não vieram fácil. Em um jogo com poucas finalizações, a equipe paulista não fez um bom primeiro tempo, teve dificuldades de furar a defesa argentina, e após abrir o placar com o Gustavo Scarpa na segunda etapa, se fechou. Felipão justificou a dificuldade da equipe em criar chances:

– O outro time tinha cinco zagueiros. Os jogadores todos jogando do meio para trás. Faltou espaço, um pouco de criatividade. É difícil jogar contra essas equipes, que vem determinadas apenas a se defender, e nada mais. Eram oito atrás. O que acontece é que o nosso time teve pouco espaço, 40 ou 30 metros de campo para trabalhar, às vezes contra 10 jogadores adversários na defesa. Muito difícil.

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Findada a fase de grupos, a Copa Libertadores para por causa da Copa América, que será disputada em junho, no Brasil. Desta forma, o mata-mata da competição começa a ser disputado somente em julho. O comandante alviverde negou a preferência por um teórico início imediato das oitavas-de-final.

– Não. Não vejo como a gente ia ficar melhor ou pior. Tem a Copa América, não adianta, já estava definido assim. Eu prefiro pensar que, tendo os jogos que temos e o tempo que temos para se preparar para um adversário, é até melhor – disse.

Nesta quarta-feira, Gustavo Scarpa entrou aos 17 da segunda etapa, fez o gol da vitória palmeirense, e saiu aos 30, por precaução após sentir dores no joelho. Felipão falou sobre a condição do atleta e projetou o time para o duelo contra o Atlético-MG no próximo domingo, às 16h, em Belo Horizonte, pela quarta rodada do Brasileirão.

– Amanhã ele (Scarpa) vai fazer os exames que tem que fazer. Deve ter sido uma batida no joelho, atrás do joelho. Mas não se tem ideia do que pode ser. Vou trocar três a quatro (jogadores) certas para o jogo de domingo. É isso o que nós estamos fazendo em todos os jogos, então vamos continuar fazendo.

OUTROS TÓPICOS DA COLETIVA

Libertadores diferente
Sim. No início da Libertadores, se a gente fosse prever os candidatos ao título, as classificações, muito de nós escreveríamos A e B, mas A em primeiro. Em três ou quatro grupos não foi assim que aconteceu. É uma Libertadores um pouquinho diferente do que a gente imaginava. Vai ser uma disputa muito interessante

Influência do título da Libertadores de 1999 na carreira
Não sei o que mudou, sei que sou reconhecido pela torcida do Palmeiras pelo trabalho naquela época. É muito lembrada, a única que o clube conseguiu até agora. Vamos ver se conseguimos mais uma. As dificuldades, a alegria. Acredito que tenha mudado alguns aspectos da minha carreira, foi uma conquista com uma grande equipe. Mas eu não sei dimensionar o quanto foi importante, ou o quanto mudou. Só sei que foi maravilhoso.

Mata-mata ou pontos corridos?
Toda fase me agrada. Libertadores é interessante sempre. Mas tem algumas características que eu gosto mais que o campeonato de pontos corridos. Mas veja bem, o de pontos corridos também é interessante quando temos um grupo para trabalhar, montar um rodízio com os atletas, torna-se também a disputa muito interessante. Eu gosto de mata-mata, sim, mas também passei a gostar bastante de campeonato de pontos corridos. Desde quando fui para a China. Tínhamos que prever alguns detalhes. Vamos jogar o que tem pela frente, mas sempre visando chegar nas finais, para ver se conseguimos atingir os objetivos que traçamos no ano.

رسميًا | بعد انتهاء التحقيق معه.. مانشستر يونايتد يعلن رحيل جرينوود

أعلن نادي مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، رحيل لاعبه ماسون جرينوود خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، على خلفية القضية المتهم بها بالاعتداء على صديقته.

ولم يشارك جرينوود في أي مباراة رفقة مانشستر يونايتد منذ يناير 2022، عندما تمت إدانته بالتورط في الاغتصاب والاعتداء الجنسي القسري.

طالع أيضًا.. مانشستر يونايتد يتخذ قراره النهائي بشأن رحيل ليندلوف

ورغم إسقاط التهم في شهر فبراير من هذا العام، إلا أن جرينوود لم يشارك في أي مباراة بقميص مانشستر يونايتد.

النادي أصدر بيانًا رسميًا اليوم الإثنين، أكد من خلاله، رحيل ماسون جرينوود، بعد انتهاء التحقيقات الداخلية في الادعاءات الموجهة ضده.

وأشار النادي إلى أنه بعد إسقاط جميع التهم الموجهة للاعب، تم الأخذ في الاعتبار، رغبات وحقوق ومنظور الضحية، وسعي مانشستر يونايتد لجمع أكبر قدر ممكن من المعلومات.

وبناء على ذلك، أعلن النادي أن ماسون جرينوود لم يرتكب الجرائم التي اتُهم بارتكابها في الأصل، ولكن بعد الصعوبات التي واجهها، تم الاتفاق معه على أنه من الأنسب رحيله عن ملعب أولد ترافورد.

Guto Ferreira sofre com as lesões para montar o Sport

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Considerado um dos favoritos ao acesso na Série B, o Sport atravessa um momento complicado na temporada. Sem conquistar os resultados dentro de campo, o técnico Guto Ferreira encontra dificuldade para escalar seus principais jogadores devido as lesões.

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Uma das baixas está na lateral-esquerda. Guilherme Lazaroni sentiu uma lesão muscular no treino da semana passada e não deve retornar a tempo de encarar o América-MG, adversário que é considerado concorrente do Leão no torneio.

Retornos

Por outro lado, o Sport terá os retornos do lateral-esquerdo Sander e do volante Ronaldo, que estão recuperados de lesão muscular e voltam a trabalhar com os companheiros no treino da terça-feira.

Após três rodadas, o Leão está na 14ª colocação, com três pontos. O time empatou todos os jogos até o momento e busca a primeira vitória no domingo, diante do Coelho, no estádio Independência.

India recall Latika Kumari, Sravanthi Naidu for Women's WT20

Opener Latika Kumari and left-arm spinner Sravanthi Naidu have been recalled to the India Women’s squad for three Twenty20s against Bangladesh and the Women’s World Twenty20

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Feb-2014

Left-arm spinner Gouher Sultana was the leading wicket-taker in the recent ODI series against Sri Lanka Women•BCCI

Opener Latika Kumari and left-arm spinner Sravanthi Naidu have been recalled to the India Women’s squad for three Twenty20s against Bangladesh and the Women’s World Twenty20. Both players last played for India in 2009 and are two of six changes to the squad from the one that played the T20 series against Sri Lanka Women last month.Kumari has played just one T20 for India, against England Women at the 2009 World T20, while Naidu, who has played one Test and four ODIs, is uncapped in the format.Left-arm spinner Gouher Sultana and legspinner Poonam Yadav were named in the T20 squad after their performances in the recent ODIs against Sri Lanka. While Sultana last played a T20 for India in June 2012, she finished as the leading wicket-taker against Sri Lanka, with eight dismissals from two games, including a haul of 4 for 4 in the first match. In the only ODI she played against Sri Lanka, Yadav took 4 for 13 in 10 overs.The other two inclusions are Madhuri Mehta and the uncapped Shikha Pandey. While Mehta’s last international game was in March 2012, both she and Pandey were part of the India A Women’s team that played a warm-up game against the visiting Sri Lankan side.The players from the Sri Lanka series who have been left out are Ekta Bisht, Anagha Deshpande, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Veda Krishnamurthy, Nagarajan Niranjana, Poonam Raut and Amita Sharma.The three-T20 series against Bangladesh will begin on March 9, followed by the Women’s World T20, where India will play their first match against Sri Lanka on March 24.India Women squad: Mithali Raj (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Vellaswamy Vanitha, Madhuri Mehta, Latika Kumari, Karu Jain, Jhulan Goswami, Gouher Sultana, Soniya Dabir, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Sravanthi Naidu, Shubhlakshmi Sharma

'West Indies tour is not a job interview' – Giles

Ashley Giles has insisted that he cannot conduct England’s limited-overs tour of the West Indies like a glorified job interview for the vacant role of England coach

George Dobell01-Mar-20140:00

#Politeenquiries: Should Ashley Giles be judged on results?

Ashley Giles has insisted he will not take his eyes off the long-term goals of the England team to aid his own short-term ambitions by treating the tour of the West Indies like a glorified job interview.Giles has made no secret of his desire to be appointed England coach in all formats of the game. But he knows that the team’s recent record – they slipped to their seventh defeat in nine ODIs in Antigua on Friday – is doing his case few favours.He hopes, however, that the ECB management and England supporters understand that the team is in a “development phase” and that the plans being put in place at present will bring long-term benefits.Giles has not been helped, in the short-term at least, by England’s decision to go into the ODI series against West Indies with their T20 team. A lack of experience and composure were obvious in the first match, with England dominating for the first 35 overs of each innings, before squandering their position with poor late-order batting and wretched death bowling.But Giles hopes the experience of such matches will aid his side going into the World T20 in Bangladesh in a couple of weeks and feels it is essential England focus on the process of improvement rather than chasing results.”I can’t coach and manage this side right now with the view of it being a job interview,” Giles said. “I’m here to create the right environment and of course to win games of cricket for England. That’s going to be a process as well. We are in a rebuilding and development phase.”If I was that concerned about results and this being my job interview, why wouldn’t Anderson, Cook and Bell be here during this one-day series? This is about preparing this side as best we can for Bangladesh and the World T20.”But Giles did admit that he was concerned that he might be judged harshly on results in Australia, in particular. An England side missing a host of senior players was beaten 4-1 in the ODIs and then 3-0 in the T20s leading Giles to remind supporters that, the last he had anything close from a full squad from which to select a side, England came within an ace of winning the Champions Trophy.”Being judged on results without having the best side available is a factor, yes,” Giles said. “Of course I’m going to be judged.”But I have to try and concentrate on the job I’m doing here and I think I’m doing that pretty well.Ashley Giles chats in Antigua with England’s MD, Paul Downton, but says the job interview comes later•Getty Images

“I’m not going to change the way I go about things because of what people think. My job here is to create a culture, to create an environment, where these guys can learn and they can flourish, but at the same time is really challenging as well, because we are in the business of winning games of cricket.”We’re always judged on those results, but as I’ve always done as a coach, it’s about working from bottom-up. If you get the other stuff right first – environment and culture – then the outcome will take care of itself.”At the moment, I am the only England coach. I’m doing that job to the best of my abilities. Everyone will have a view about how good a coach I am or I am not. I just have to get on with my job, look after these guys and my management team and together we go forward and try and win games for England. Whether I get the job or not is in other peoples’ hands.”The England camp remain confident that both Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan – referred to by Giles as “one of the best one-day players in the world” – will have recovered ahead of the T20 games in Barbados, with Giles accepting that is was not their absence so much was some poor death bowling that cost England in the first ODI. He also hinted that, while Stuart Broad had done a fine job as captain in ODI cricket for the first time, that the decision not to bowl Ravi Bopara was a mistake.”For 35 overs with the ball, that was as good as I’ve seen us in my time,” Giles said. “We probably played the best cricket for 70 or 80 overs of the game. It’s disappointing to lose a game from there, but there’s obvious areas where we need to improve. We got it wrong at various times with the bat and the ball. We can learn from the ways the West Indies did things at the back end of their innings and our innings.”I thought Broady captained the side really well. It’s always easy in hindsight to think of a couple of things you’d like to do differently and bowling Ravi might have been one of them. It might be different tomorrow.”But I think our bowlers would be honest and admit that at the end of the innings, we didn’t get our skills quite right. If you execute really well all the time, it’s really difficult to score that amount of runs in the last 10 overs. If you don’t then against good players you risk going out of the park.”

فيديو | بتسجيل لاعب الأهلي الأسبق.. الرائد يفوز على الرياض بثلاثية في الدوري السعودي

نجح فريق الكرة الأول بنادي الرائد في تحقيق الفوز على نظيره الرياض الصاعد هذا الموسم إلى الدوري السعودي للمحترفين “روشن”، بثلاثية دون رد.

المباراة التي أقيمت على ملعب استاد مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية، في إطار منافسات الجولة الرابعة من عمر البطولة المحلية.

فيديو | كريم بنزيما يغادر مباراة اتحاد جدة والوحدة مصابًا

افتتح التسجيل محمد فوزير في الدقيقة الرابعة عشر، قبل أن يضيف اللاعب ذاته الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 47 من عمر الشوط الأول.

وفي الدقيقة الثامنة والستين من عمر اللقاء سجل لاعب الأهلي الأسبق أمير سعيود هدف الرائد الثالث.

بتلك النتيجة يحصد الرائد أول ثلاثة نقاط هذا الموسم بعد تلقيه 3 خسائر أمام الاتحاد وأبها والهلال، ويحتل المركز الثالث عشر.

أما الرياض فيتجمد رصيده عند 4 نقاط محتلًا المركز العاشر في ترتيب الدوري السعودي بعد تحقيقه انتصار وتعادل وتلقيه هزيمتين. أهداف مباراة الرائد والرياض في الدوري السعودي

Em recuperação na etapa final, Ceará vira sobre o Avaí na Ressacada

MatériaMais Notícias

Em jogo de tempos absolutamente diferentes, o Avaí até começou ganhando frente ao Ceará no estádio da Ressacada, mas quem acabou com o triunfo por 2 a 1 foram os visitantes em noite inspirada do meia Thiago Galhardo e seus dois gols.

Graças a essa vitória, o time da capital cearense está agora em nono com nova pontos e os catarinenses, com três unidades, só não amargam a última posição na tabela por terem saldo melhor do que o Vasco.

BOLA TEIMOSA!

O exercício do domínio em casa por parte do Avaí se traduziu rapidamente em como a equipe praticamente “acuava” o já intencionado em aproveitar os contra-ataques Ceará.

Porém, enquanto o Vozão penava para sair da forte marcação catarinense, a Azzurra conseguiu desenvolver pelo menos quatro boas jogadas concluídas por Caio Paulista e Brenner. Além do chute que passou perto da trave esquerda de Diogo Silva logo com um minuto, nos outros lances o arqueiro do Ceará foi protagonista de lindas e salvadoras intervenções.

DESENGASGOU! PORÉM…

Somente aos 35 minutos o torcedor da casa teve a impressão de que finalmente gritaria gol na Ressacada quando Brenner fez bem o pivô ajeitando para a rápida infiltração de Igor Fernandes que chegou batendo para fugir do alcance de Diogo Silva. Mas, após marcação imediata de impedimento e consulta do VAR, o tento foi anulado porque o centroavante do Avaí estava à frente do penúltimo defensor quando deu a assistência.

AGORA SEM ‘MAS’

Se minutos antes Brenner não tinha aproveitado bola enfiada na medida pelo meio-campista Matheus Barbosa batendo pra fora, quando o lateral-direito Lourenço cruzou, ele não hesitou. Após matar no peito, ele girou batendo forte, sem possibilidade para defesa de Diogo Silva, e inaugurando a contagem em Florianópolis.

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CENÁRIO DIFERENTE

Nos primeiros cinco minutos até parecia que o time anfitrião manteria o ritmo mais elevado em relação a estar sempre com a marcação mais elevada e pressionando o oponente em seu campo. Porém, aos poucos o Vozão foi conseguindo se desvencilhar do bloqueio adversário e cresceu bastante já nos 10 minutos subsequentes com direito a exigir uma ótima intervenção do até então sumido Vladimir em chute de Thiago Galhardo.

APROVEITAMENTO MÁXIMO

Foi justamente quando o momento do jogo já tinha se reequilibrado e o Ceará precisava “resolver” a situação de perder justamente uma de suas válvulas de escape, o atacante Rick, na bola parada o Alvinegro de Porangabuçu conseguiu empatar por meio de Thiago Galhardo. João Lucas bateu falta, o zagueiro Marquinhos Silva cortou de maneira parcial e o meia do Vozão bateu forte, no cantinho de Vladimir, deixando tudo igual na Ressacada.

TUDO OU NADA

Até então sem movimentar as suas opções do banco de reservas, pouco tempo após o empate o técnico Geninho gastou, em um intervalo de apenas cinco minutos, as três alterações com direito a entrada do veterano meia Douglas. Porém, quem novamente foi determinante para a virada do marcador foi novamente Thiago Galhardo ao entrar na grande área após o desvio no alto de Ricardo Bueno e encher o pé com chute cruzado.

FICHA TÉCNICA
AVAÍ 1 X 2 CEARÁ

Local: Ressacada, Florianópolis (SC)
Data-Hora: 27/05/2019 – 20 h (horário de Brasília)
​Árbitro:Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda (CBF-RJ)
Assistentes:Michael Correia e Silbert Faria Sisquim (ambos CBF-RJ)
VAR: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (CBF-RJ)
​Cartões amarelos: Igor Fernandes, Brenner, João Paulo, Lorenço (AVA);Leandro Carvalho, Bergson, Luiz Otávio (CEA)
​Cartões vermelhos:
​Gols: Brenner (43’/1°T) (1-0), Thiago Galhardo (27′ e aos 41’/2°T) (2-1)

AVAÍ:Vladimir; Lourenço, Ricardo, Marquinhos Silva e Igor Fernandes; Pedro Castro, Matheus Barbosa (Douglas, aos 39’/2°T), Gegê (Luan Pereira, aos 35’/2°T) e João Paulo; Caio Paulista e Brenner (Daniel Amorim, aos 35’/2°T). Técnico: Geninho.

CEARÁ:Diogo Silva; Samuel Xavier, Valdo, Luiz Otávio e João Lucas; Fabinho, Ricardinho (Pedro Ken, aos 17’/2°T) e Thiago Galhardo; Fernando Sobral, Leandro Carvalho (Rick, no intervalo e Ricardo Bueno, aos 25’/2°T) e Bergson. Técnico: Enderson Moreira.

القناة الناقلة لمباراة مصر وليتوانيا اليوم في كأس العالم لكرة السلة

يخوض المنتخب الأول لكرة السلة رجال، مباراته الأولى في بطولة كأس العالم لكرة السلة 2023 أمام ليتوانيا في الجولة الأولى من منافسات المجموعة الرابعة في الدور التمهيدي.

وأسفرت القرعة عن وجود منتخب مصر ضمن المجموعة الرابعة لبطولة كأس العالم لكرة السلة مع منتخبات المكسيك – مونتينيجرو – ليتوانيا.

إقرأ أيضا..منتخب مصر لكرة السلة يضم لاعبًا أمريكيًا استعدادًا لكأس العالم

وجاءت قائمة منتخب مصر في البطولة على النحو التالي: آدم موسى – أنس أسامة – إيهاب أمين – باتريك يوسف – خالد عبد الناصر – عاصم مرعي – عمر عرابي – عمر هشام – عمرو الجندي – عمرو زهران – كريم حاتم – يوسف شوشة.

من المقرر أن تقام مباراة مصر ضد ليتوانيا في تمام الثالثة والنصف عصر غد الجمعة، ضمن منافسات الجولة الأولى من الدور التمهيدي لبطولة كأس العالم.

وتأهل منتخب مصر من التصفيات الإفريقية المؤهلة لبطولة كأس العالم لكرة السلة وصيفًا لمجموعته خلف منتخب جنوب السودان. القنوات الناقلة لمباراة مصر وليتوانيا اليوم في كأس العالم لكرة السلة

ينتظر أن تنقل المواجهة عبر قناة beIN sports 4 الناقل الحصري للبطولة في الشرق الأوسط. 

Bowlers give India easy win

West Indies have been in Bangladesh for a week, but they still looked jetlagged in a bizarre innings of 129 for 7, which set up another comprehensive win for India

The Report by Sidharth Monga23-Mar-2014
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Chris Gayle played his slowest 30-ball innings•Getty Images

West Indies have been in Bangladesh for a week, but they still looked jetlagged in a bizarre innings of 129 for 7, which set up another comprehensive win for India, who were excellent with the ball. From the moment Bhuvneshwar Kumar surprised Dwayne Smith with a first over full of outswingers, West Indies sleepwalked through most of their innings, failing to make India pay for some sloppy fielding. India will be only mildly annoyed with that because of the stupendous work done by their bowlers.Bhuvneshwar set the template with the most economical figures in Twenty20 internationals – 3-0-3-0, Shami kept the pressure up at the other end, R Ashwin bowled out pretty early to make sure that pressure pushed West Indies to the breaking point, and then Amit Mishra applied the coup de grâce with the wickets of Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo off successive deliveries.Without taking away from how well India bowled, it was an incredibly passive effort from West Indies. Despite a generous helping of extras, West Indies were 46 for 1 after 10 overs, Chris Gayle’s 34 off 33 was his slowest 30-or-more-ball knock, Dwayne Smith prodded and fumbled around for 11 off 29, and the rest crumbled under the pressure of needing more than 100 in the last 10 to even be competitive when the dew would come in. All this despite two dropped catches: Gayle on 0 and 19.There was something special about India’s bowling at the top, especially Bhuvneshwar. Every time he bowled full to Smith, he looked like he would get a wicket. In the lead-up to the match, Suresh Raina had spoken about how West Indies struggle to get the runs when the big sixes are not forthcoming. Darren Sammy said, okay stop us hitting the sixes. Only six sixes were hit in the innings, and the singles were miserably low.When those sixes were hit, as Gayle did as soon as legspinner Mishra was introduced, it involved a huge risk. Be that as it may, when you are 24 after six overs, with your partner struggling to get bat on ball, you are under the pressure to take those risks. The first one brought Gayle a six, but Mishra’s wrong’un next ball should have had him. Yuvraj Singh joined Ashwin as Gayle’s benefactor, but an extended spell of disciplined bowling from Ashwin – overs 6, 8, 10 and 12 for 24 runs – made sure Gayle didn’t benefit much at all.With no bad balls on offer, both Gayle and Marlon Samuels were handcuffed. The two are the last pair you want in the middle when you are hoping for quick running because boundaries are not available. Quite a few twos were turned into ones before Gayle was run out not even trying to make it to the striker’s end. Dhoni could have gone off and finished his media interviews and come back to take the bails off; Gayle would still have not made it. At 62 for 2 in 13 overs, with Samuels struggling, they may as well have finished the interviews then.Mishra put paid to all hopes of a Colombo-final-like comeback with a sharp legbreak that provided his captain his 127th stumping in all international cricket. Nobody has more. Bravo was next beaten comprehensively by the googly, and the game was practically over.Some indiscipline from India towards the end took West Indies to 129, and despite a poorly called lbw of Shikhar Dhawan, this wasn’t going to challenge India. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma saw India through with calm half-centuries, even though a struggling Yuvraj Singh manufactured some late drama. The only thing missing on another satisfying night for India was a push for a big net run-rate boost. If they play like they have been playing, they might not even need to think of the net run-rate.

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