Former West Indies captain Gerry Alexander dies

Gerry Alexander, the former West Indies captain, has died aged 82 in Jamaica

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Apr-2011

Gerry Alexander captained West Indies in the late 1950s•Getty Images

Gerry Alexander, the former West Indies captain, has died at the age of 82 in Jamaica.Alexander was a wicketkeeper-batsman who represented West Indies in 25 Tests in a five-year career that began in 1957. He led the side in 18 of those matches, beginning with a home series against Pakistan in 1958 and stepping down after England’s visit in 1960.”He [Alexander] was a stalwart in Jamaica and West Indies cricket and made a tremendous contribution to the game as captain and a player on the field. He was an inspiration to many people off the field as well,” Julian Hunte, the WICB president, said. “He displayed a true love and passion for West Indies cricket and gave his all for the good of the game. He was a dignified and reliable leader of the West Indies team and a committed supporter of the game at all levels. He excelled in the 1960-61 Tied Test Series in Australia and will always be remembered for the fantastic role he played to help ‘save Test cricket’.”At a time when the West Indies and the world beyond it were undergoing great social change, Alexander was the last white captain of the team. He was replaced first temporarily and then permanently by Frank Worrell in time for the legendary 1960-61 series in Australia, which featured Test cricket’s first tie at Brisbane.Prior to that he courted controversy by choosing to send home the fast bowler Roy Gilchrist from the West Indies’ 1958-59 tour of India and Pakistan for reasons of indiscipline, including the bowling of repeated beamers. Gilchrist did not play for the West Indies again.In his final series as captain, before being succeeded by Worrell, Alexander equalled the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a series with 23 victims against England. He followed that up by supporting Worrell grandly with 484 runs at 60.50 in the 1960-61 series, scoring at least one half-century in each of the matches and his only first-class century in the third Test at the SCG, won by the West Indies. Alexander finished his Test career at the conclusion of the series with 961 runs at 30.03, and 90 dismissals.Away from cricket, Alexander studied and worked as a veterinarian, rising to the position of chief public sector veterinarian in his homeland.In 1982, he received the Order of Distinction from the Government of Jamaica for his outstanding contribution to sports. He was also a skilled footballer, winning an England amateur cap and an FA Amateur Cup winner’s medal.

مرتضى منصور يعلن صرف جزء من مستحقات لاعبي الزمالك.. ويوجه رسالة بشأن فارق النقاط مع الأهلي

أبلغ مرتضي منصور رئيس مجلس إدارة نادي الزمالك، لاعبي الفريق بحصولهم على جزء من مستحقاتهم وكشف لهم عن موعد باقي صرف المستحقات.

وقال منصور خلال الاجتماع مع لاعبي الزمالك وفيريرا في مقطع فيديو مذاع عبر قناة الزمالك: “هناك جزء من المستحقات دخلت في حساباتكم، وخلال يومين أو ثلاثة ستحصلون على باقي المستحقات”.

وعن المنافسة علي الدوري، أوضح: “الفارق أصبح نقطتين بينكم وبين الأهلي أمامكم مباراتين معه بـ6 نقاط، فوزوا بالمباراتين وسيكون الفارق 4 نقاط وستفوزون بالدوري”.

وتابع: “عرفنا قيمة أحمد فتوح بعد تعرضه للإصابة”.

وقال مرتضي منصور لأحمد سيد زيزو: “لماذا لم تحصل على جائزة أفضل لاعب في المباراة؟”، ليرد زيزو: “دخلت غرفة الملابس لكي أخذ (شاور)، ولا يوجد أحد أعطاني تعليمات لكي لا أحصل على الجائزة”.

وكان زيزو حصل علي جائزة أفضل لاعب في مباراة الزمالك وحرس الحدود التي أقيمت في منافسات الجولة الثامنة من عمر الدوري المصري الممتاز، حسمها الأبيض لصالحة برباعية نظيفة.

طالع | مرتضى منصور يوضح حقيقة الحجز على غرامة كهربا حال إيداعها في البنك

وأتم: “محمد عواد أغلى حارس مرمى في التاريخ، رئيس نادي الإسماعيلي في ذلك التوقيت قال لي أترك لي مصطفى محمد ومدبولي ودونجا ويريد الحصول على 30 مليون جنيه، قلت له: (تعالى خد فيلاتي)”.

Último jogo do Timão sem camisa 9? Carille adota cautela com Roger

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Roger estará à disposição do Corinthians para o jogo de domingo, contra o Atlético-MG, em Belo Horizonte, pela terceira rodada do Brasileirão. Mas engana-se quem pensa que o técnico Fábio Carille mudará o esquema tático da equipe para escalar o centroavante.

Como Roger não pode disputar a Copa do Brasil (já defendeu o Inter na competição) e só poderá ser inscrito na Libertadores caso o Corinthians avance para o mata-mata, Carille disse que terá cuidado com a formação da equipe até a parada para a Copa do Mundo.

– Vou ter muito cuidado com isso por conta de talvez desmontar o esquema para a Libertadores. Vou ter muito cuidado até a parada para a Copa do Mundo. Depois que classificar (na Libertadores), sei que posso contar com ele, e talvez mude um pouquinho o planejamento – afirmou Carille.

O Corinthians sofre com a falta de um camisa 9 desde a venda de Jô no fim do ano passado. Nesta temporada, Kazim e Júnior Dutra foram testados na função, mas não agradaram. Depois, Carille passou a escalar a equipe no 4-2-4, sem centroavante de referência.

– Desde a primeira vez que escalei o time assim, no jogo contra o Palmeiras (na fase de grupos do Paulista), ficamos muito satisfeitos. Foi acima do esperado no clássico, o entendimento foi ótimo, demos sequência e está indo muito bem. A chegada do Roger dá opção a mais, até para rodar, segurar o Rodriguinho ou o Jadson em algum jogo – analisou Carille.

– É muito importante essa opção, até a montagem passa por um jogador dessa característica. Se não tem um centroavante, a minha bola aérea fica muito ruim. Até por isso a escolha pelo Ralf em vez do Gabriel em alguns jogos. Todo técnico vai querer sempre muito mais, e eu também sempre vou querer. Mas entre querer mais e ficar lamentando, eu deixo de lamentar, vou com esse grupo que acredito bastante – acrescentou o treinador.

Aos 33 anos, Roger assinou contrato com o Corinthians até o fim de 2019. Como estava trabalhando normalmente no Inter, o atacante está bem fisicamente para ficar à disposição para o jogo de domingo. Antes disso, o Corinthians enfrenta o Vitória, nesta quarta-feira, às 19h30, pela ida das oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil.

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T&T edge ahead on topsy-turvy day

A round-up of the second day of the second round of the Regional Four Day Competition

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Feb-2011The game between Combined Campuses and Colleges and Trinidad & Tobago is headed for an early finish after 13 wickets tumbled on the second day in Trinidad. Kevin McClean and Raymon Reifer shared eight wickets between them as T&T lurched to 164. Daren Ganga’s 32 was the highest score and there were a couple of other twenties, but there were also six single-digit scores. CC&C conceded 25 extras, and that could prove crucial in this low-scoring match. They also managed to lose five second-innings wickets for 135, despite Kyle Corbin’s half-century, and lead only by 102 with not much batting left.Jade Dernbach’s five wickets helped England Lions claw their way back on the second day against Barbados at the Kensington Oval, after big hundreds from Kirk Edwards and Ryan Hinds had raised hopes of a total in excess of 600. Edwards and Hinds had carried on from the first day, putting on another 96 runs after having added 176 earlier. But Dernbach finally ended their marathon stand, having Edwards caught behind and bowling Hinds. The other batsmen could not do much after that, apart from Kyle Hope (41). Dernbach and left-arm spinner Danny Briggs brought an end to the Barbados innings at 471. Adam Lyth led with an unbeaten 48 as Lions ended on 101 for 1.Rain washed out the second day’s play between Windward Islands and Jamaica in Grenada, and also between Guyana and Leeward Islands in Georgetown.

Reinaldo completa quatro partidas seguidas levando cartão no São Paulo

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Nos últimos quatro jogos do São Paulo, todos decisivos em fases eliminatórias, o time alternou resultados, mas houve uma semelhança: Reinaldo levou cartão amarelo. Todas as vezes em que entrou em campo sob o comando do técnico Diego Aguirre, o lateral-esquerdo acabou advertido.

Essa sequência do camisa 14 começou na vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o São Caetano, pelas quartas de final do Paulista (Reinaldo desfalcou o time na ida por estar machucado). Depois, o jogador de 28 anos recebeu amarelo nos dois clássicos contra o Corinthians, pelas semifinais do Estadual, e voltou a ver o cartão mostrado para si na derrota por 2 a 1 para o Atlético-PR, nessa quarta-feira, na Arena da Baixada, pela Copa do Brasil.

Três desses cartões ocorreram por faltas cometidas. Na vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Corinthians, na ida da semifinal, Reinaldo segurou um adversário aos 42 minutos do primeiro tempo, “por motivo tático”, segundo descreveu o árbitro na súmula. No Majestoso da volta, logo aos 35 minutos da etapa inicial, foi o primeiro a levar amarelo. Já nessa quarta-feira, em Curitiba, deu entrada dura em Nikão, do Atlético-PR, aos 14 minutos do segundo tempo.

Nessa sequência de advertências, a única que Reinaldo recebeu por questões disciplinares foi a primeira, no triunfo por 2 a 0 sobre o São Caetano, no Morumbi. A arbitragem registrou na súmula que exibiu o amarelo por troca de empurrões com a bola fora de jogo por parte do lateral-esquerdo e de Diego Rosa, também alvo de cartão, aos21 minutos do segundo tempo, dois minutos depois do gol de Tréllez, que abriu o placar para o Tricolor.

Mas não é justo relacionar somente a contratação de Diego Aguirre aos cartões mostrados a Reinaldo. O lateral-esquerdo tem sido frequentemente advertido na temporada. Atuou em 13 partidas e recebeu sete amarelos – no Paulista, também levou na vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o Botafogo-SP, em seu primeiro jogo como titular absoluto na posição no ano, e nas derrotas por 2 a 1 para o Ituano e por 1 a 0 diante do Santos.

Aos 28 anos, apesar dos cartões, Reinaldo tem vivido em 2018 seu melhor momento com a camisa do São Paulo. Depois de sair em 2015 sob intensas críticas da torcida, passando 2016 e 2017 emprestado a Ponte Preta e Chapecoense, respectivamente, o lateral-esquerdo ouviu cantos da arquibancada pedindo seu nome, superou a concorrência com Edimar e Júnior Tavares e vem recebendo elogios por seu amadurecimento técnico.

USA squad departs despite threat of pull-outs

Despite the threat of two players skipping the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Hong Kong over non-payment of a bonus promised by USACA, the entire USA squad departed as scheduled

Peter Della Penna16-Jan-2011

The USA squad departed from JFK airport for Hong Kong as scheduled on Saturday•Peter Della Penna

Despite the threat of two players skipping the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Hong Kong over non-payment of a bonus promised by USACA, the USA squad departed as scheduled on Saturday morning from JFK Airport in New York. The only player missing was Rashard Marshall, who was excused due to a death in his wife’s family according to USACA vice president of operations Manaf Mohamed. Marshall is reportedly in Trinidad and will leave on Monday to join the squad for the tournament which starts on January 22.Two anonymous players had told ESPNcricinfo last week that they were considering staying home unless they received an overdue bonus for winning Division Four in Italy last August. Everyone came to the airport, even though it is understood that the bonus still hasn’t been paid.USA coach Clayton Lambert is hoping the team will now be able to focus on the task at hand, finishing in the top two to advance to Division Two in the UAE this April.”For us, it’s all about playing well,” Lambert said. “Once we play as a team, there’s no infighting; everybody kind of rallies around each other. Most of our guys have a bit of first class or international experience so that helps. All we need to really do is go and execute because our talent-level can match any team that is in this particular Division Three. So what we need to do is go and execute and play better than they do.”Several of the teams in the tournament have had solid preparation for Division Three. Oman and Hong Kong both went to Sri Lanka to play a series of warm-up matches against local sides while a number of Papua New Guinea’s players participated in the Australian Country Championships. Denmark also planned a five-day camp in Sri Lanka so it appears that USA and Italy are the only teams entering the tournament without any significant preparation prior to arriving in Hong Kong. Lambert acknowledged that that but said he hoped the team’s early arrival in Hong Kong could make up for it.”Of course it’s a concern. The last time we played any decent cricket was a month ago. I’m hoping that all of the guys are serious enough to keep up their training. I just have to see where we are. The good thing is that we have one week prior to the tournament. We should be able to adjust by then.”USA has one warm-up game scheduled against Hong Kong on Monday, less than 24 hours after they land, followed by four days of practices ahead of the first official match against Hong Kong on Saturday. Lambert hopes the squad will make good use of the next five days in order to start the tournament right.”The most important thing is to see how well the guys acclimatise, how well their bodies adjust. The game that we’re going to play, it’s the very first full day after we get to Hong Kong. I would have liked it to be a couple of days later so we could sort of get ourselves acclimatised. I’m just looking to see how well they adjust to the new conditions. We want to have a feel of how the wickets are going to play.”The USACA board meeting scheduled to take place in New York this weekend in conjunction with the team’s departure was cancelled due to “inclement weather.” New York received about six inches of snow on Tuesday, but has had no weather problems since. A decision was due to be taken at the meeting regarding the announcement of the date for this year’s USACA general elections. It is unknown when the board meeting will be rescheduled.

الإصابات تضرب ليفربول.. فيرمينو يضع كلوب في ورطة هجومية قبل "البوكسينج داي"

ودع فريق ليفربول منافسات كأس رابطة المحترفين الإنجليزية، بعد الخسارة أمام مانشستر سيتي 3-2 في دور الـ16 من البطولة.

وبشكل مفاجئ، غاب روبرتو فيرمينو عن مباراة الأمس، وأوضح يورجن كلوب، المدير الفني للريدز أن الغياب يأتي بسبب إصابة في المران.

اقرأ أيضًا.. قرعة ربع نهائي كأس رابطة المحترفين الإنجليزية

وبحسب الصحفي نيل جونز، مراسل ليفربول في موقع جول العالمي، فإن لويس دياز سيغيب حتى مارس المقبل، وربما لن يعود ديوجو جوتا قبل فبراير.

وأخيرا قد يغيب روبرتو فيرمينو عن مباريات “بوكسينج داي” بعد أن تلقى ركلة في ربلة الساق في التدريبات هذا الأسبوع، مما يضع يورجن كلوب في ورطة بشأن الخيارات الهجومية المتاحة له.

ويواجه ليفربول فريق أستون فيلا، 26 ديسمبر، قبل أن يواجه ليستر سيتي في 30 من الشهر ذاته.

يحتل ليفربول المركز السادس في الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 22 نقطة، بفارق 15 نقطة عن المتصدر آرسنال صاحب 35 نقطة.

Coyte stars in Australia win

Australia women beat New Zealand women by four wickets in the second Twenty20 of the Rose Bowl series at the Saxton Oval

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Dec-2010Australia women beat New Zealand women by four wickets in the second Twenty20 of the Rose Bowl series at the Saxton Oval in Nelson. New Zealand elected to bat and started rapidly with openers Aimee Watkins and Sarah Tsukigawa adding 21 runs inside the first three overs before Tsukigawa was dismissed. A third-wicket partnership of 29 between Watkins and Sara McGlashan took New Zealand to 62 before Watkins was dismissed. That triggered a collapse as New Zealand lost seven wickets for 60 runs. Debutant Sarah Coyte picked up two middle-order wickets and was involved in two run-outs as New Zealand managed to reach a below-par 122 for 9.Australia got off to a solid start, reaching 38 for 1 in just under six overs. Shelley Nitschke was run out on the same score and Australia lost momentum after that. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and at 79 for 6, it looked like New Zealand would defend their total. However, an unbeaten 44-run partnership for the seventh wicket between wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy (28) and Coyte (14) carried Australia home. Australia now lead the eight-match Rose Bowl series, that comprises five Twenty20 and three ODIs, 1-0. The first Twenty20 in Hamilton was abandoned due to rain. The third T20 will be played on February 18 in Invercargill.

حمد إبراهيم: إيهاب جلال بصحة جيدة رغم إصابته.. ويعمل مع المصري بمنتهي الجدية

تحدث حمد إبراهيم المدرب العام لفريق الكرة الأول بالنادي المصري البورسعيدي، عقب انتهاء المباراة التي جمعت بين فريقه مع الزمالك، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز. وتواجه الزمالك والمصري ضمن منافسات الجولة الخامسة من الدوري على أرضية ملعب الجيش باستاد برج العرب في الإسكندرية، وتعادل الفريقان إيجابيًا. وتعادل الزمالك والمصري إيجابيًا بهدفين لمثليهما اليوم الخميس، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز. وقال حمد في تصريحات تليفزيونية عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورتس”: الحمد لله على التعادل، كنا نواجه الزمالك بطل الدوري وفريق من الفرق الكبيرة وينافس على الدوري باستمرار، سير المباراتين سواء في الكأس أو الدوري نخرج بنتيجة أفضل ولكن هو توفيق من الله”. وبسؤاله عن إصابة إيهاب جلال بارتفاع في ضغط الدم، أجاب: “هو بصحة جيدة وإن شاء الله يكون بخير، هو بني آدم مثل الجميع ينفعل ويعمل بمنتهى الحدية والجدية في المصري لكي يخدم فريقه وجماهيره”.

فرديناند: إنجلترا ستفوز بكأس العالم.. ومنتخب واحد يمكنه إيقافنا

يرى ريو فرديناند، أسطورة مانشستر يونايتد، أن منتخبه الإنجليزي هو الأقرب للفوز ببطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022، ولا يوجد سوى فريق واحد فقط قادر على إيقافهم.

منتخب إنجلترا يواجه فرنسا في ربع نهائي كأس العالم، بعد اكتساح السنغال بثلاثية نظيفة، عقب تصدره المجموعة الثانية.

طالع أيضًا.. فان جال يقلل من فوز البرازيل على كوريا الجنوبية: ينتقدوننا عندما نقدم نفس الأداء

ريو فرديناند في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “مترو” البريطانية، قال: “لا أخشى أي شيء من فرنسا، وأرى بأننا قادرون على تخطي هذه المباراة”.

وأضاف: “لقد شاهدت مباراة فرنسا أمام بولندا قبل مواجهة إنجلترا، وكان من بين المرشحين المفضلين لدي بالتأكيد، ولكن لا أشعر بالخوف منهم، باستثناء كيليان مبابي”.

وأكمل: “لم يظهر منتخب فرنسا أي شيء لي، يعتمدون على الفرديات أكثر، وإذا تمكننا من احتواء مبابي، فأنا لا أرى أي مشكلة ضد فرنسا”.

وشدد: “إنجلترا هي الفريق الأفضل في كأس العالم، ويمكننا التتويج بالبطولة، ولا أخشى أي فريق باستثناء البرازيل، الذين يمكنهم فقط أن يوقفوا إنجلترا، لديهم الشخصية وعدد كبير من اللاعبين الرائعين في كل مكان”.

واختتم: “سنرى ما سيحدث، تلك المباراة قد تجمع بينهما في النهائي، وحينها ستكون كل الحسابات مختلفة تمامًا”.

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