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A beautiful day, great atmosphere, raucous crowds and a match largely worthy of a final. A fan watches Pakistan’s players and fans take over Lord’s

Gautam Thakar22-Jun-2009Why I picked this match
I wanted to watch tradition versus the future at the Mecca of cricket. I was grudgingly sure Pakistan would win, as Sri Lanka were due to lose after six straight wins.Key performer
An outstanding big-game innings of 54 in 40 balls and a tight spell meant that Shahid Afridi was rightly the Man of the Match. However the unsung impact was by Abdul Razzaq, whose three key early wickets of Sanath Jaysuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Jehan Mubarak left Sri Lanka reeling at 32 for4 and sealed the game.One thing I’d have changed about the match
I believe Kumar Sangakarra made a tactical error in not giving Lasith Malinga the 18th over with 26 still needed. A wicket or a tight over at that stage would have changed the game, whereas Isuru Udana gave away 19 runs and the game was all over.Face-off I relished
Afridi won the battle with Muttiah Muralitharan when he smashed a six and a four off the first two balls to pillage 14 runs off the 14th over and change the trajectory of the game.Shot of the day
A striking straight drive from Angelo Mathews off Saeed Ajmal rocketed to the boundary. It was as crisp a straight drive as any you’ll ever see, but more important coming from a No. 8 under pressure it inspired confidence that Sri Lanka could make a game of it. They scored 29 runs in the two overs after that.Crowd meter
The sea of green meant that it may well have been the Gaddafi Stadium, and not a packed Lord’s. Constant chanting of “”, “” and “Boom Boom Afridi” reverberated across the ground. Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, his wife Sangeeta Bijlani, and news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai added some star power to my area of the stands.Entertainment
The PA system was pumping up the volume – the Rolling Stones seemed to be a favourite. This was coupled with “The Heat is On” and “”. The fireworks were no comparison to the IPL extravaganza, but thankfully the focus was on cricket and not long speeches by Lalit Modi equivalents.Pakistan’s fans spill out on to the streets•Getty ImagesBanner of the day
There were some wishing their dads a happy Father’s day. However, banners from Pakistanis on the streets of St John’s Wood asked what a billion Indians are asking – “Where are you now, India? Did you watch us win?” There was also a huge protest just outside Lord’s, with hundreds of people demanding the ICC ban Sri Lanka “for Tamil genocide”, adding a political aspect to the final.Marks out of 10

8. A beautiful day, great atmosphere, raucous crowds and, for the most part, the match was worthy of a final. However, if Sri Lanka had managed to get even 10-15 runs more it would have made it a real close game and a 10/10, irrespective of the outcome.Overall
The wild celebration on the streets with thousands of Pakistan fans chanting and creating a traffic jam reinforced the importance of this win for a country where the game has been devastated by security concerns. Hence this result was perhaps an apt outcome. Pakistan did after all beat the two best teams in the tournament – South Africa and Sri Lanka – to win the cup. And of course they are the only team to be finalists in the first two Twenty20 world cups.

Their pair replace Donald and Siddons, the last two permanent batting and bowling coaches appointed by the BCB

Mohammad Isam28-Feb-2024The BCB has appointed David Hemp and Andre Adams as the new Bangladesh batting and bowling coach, respectively, on two-year contracts. They will start from next month’s home series against Sri Lanka.Hemp, the county cricket giant who played 24 ODIs for Bermuda, was the team’s batting coach during their tour of New Zealand last year. He had joined the BCB in May 2023 as the high-performance head coach before this promotion to the senior side. He was the head coach of the Pakistan women’s team from 2020 to 2022.Adams meanwhile worked as the bowling coach for several teams including the New Zealand men’s and women’s teams. He was also Australia’s assistant coach in the 2022-23 series against South Africa. Adams has played 47 matches across formats for New Zealand.Allan Donald was Bangladesh’s previous permanent fast-bowling coach until he left the job following the ODI World Cup in India. Jamie Siddons was Bangladesh’s last batting coach, until the T20 World Cup in 2022. Chandika Hathurusinghe was overseeing the role of the batting coach; during the World Cup last year, he had S Sriram as technical consultant while Nic Pothas is the assistant coach.The BCB had put out an advertisement in January, for new batting and bowling coaches, as well as a performance analyst and a strength and conditioning coach.

It all went to plan, and yet it was unpredictable right till the end. Lahore Qalandars’ death bowling was as unplayable as you might expect from a line-up that boasts Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan, while it was impossible to prevent Mohammad Rizwan from setting up a glorious chasing platform for Multan Sultans. But Sultans paid the price for leaving themselves just too much to do against a high-class bowling attack, falling short in the end by a solitary run.Qalandars had got themselves to 175 thanks to a 42-ball 66 from the reliably explosive Fakhar Zaman. It felt – at the time – they had left runs out there, but even though Sultans took them to the final ball, their bowling brilliance ensured they just about got away with it.Sultans had won the toss and inserted Qalandars in. Having lost Harry Brook and Kusal Mendis to unavailability, they required a significant contribution from Fakhar, and he duly delivered. He struck up a 61-run opening stand with Qalandars’ academy product Mirza Baig, but while run-scoring proved a challenge from the other end, Fakhar motored along.Sultans began to pick up regular wickets, while spinners Akeal Hosein and Usama Mir managed to sneak in eight economical overs, dragging the run rate back and slowly shifting momentum in their favour. But sloppiness at the death – both in the field and with the ball – proved costly with cameos from Sikandar Raza and Hussain Talat ensuring the last four overs yielded 45 runs.Sultans’ chase began as you might expect, with Rizwan and Shan Masood shepherding them through the powerplay with ease, if not explosiveness. Rizwan’s timing and placement were particularly sweet as he picked up regular boundaries through the Powerplay off pace, while expertly manipulating the field against the spin of Raza.But while Qalandars weren’t picking up wickets, they didn’t let Sultans run away. Shan was struggling to kick on, and Rizwan’s customary post-powerplay slowdown meant the asking rate began to creep up, almost imperceptibly at first. There were no boundaries scored for a five-over spell between the ninth and 14th overs, Masood had just fallen for a 31-ball 35, and the asking rate was over ten.ESPNcricinfo’s win predictor still put Sultans in control, but it’s difficult to account for Afridi and Rauf’s brilliance when they’re truly on fire at the death. With David Miller and Kieron Pollard at the crease during the final few overs – two players not exactly bereft of T20 pedigree – Rauf and Afridi dominated overs 15 to 19, during which the asking rate had careered out of Sultans’ control.By now, Sultans’ only hope lay in hoping that the nerves of young Zaman would fray in the 20th over, with 15 runs to win.However, that wasn’t to be, by a tiny margin in the end. The first three balls saw just two runs scored and as many wickets fall, and even though a boundary from Khushdil Shah took it to the final delivery, he could only get four, and not the six that the Sultans required to pull off the heist.The Qalandars begin the PSL as they finished the last one: with a win over the Sultans. But it would come in a thriller rather than a cakewalk, one that sets up the competition irresistibly.

Bayern Munich face a setback before the Bundesliga opener as their latest signing is ruled out for emergency surgery.

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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Bayern have been dealt an untimely blow ahead of their Bundesliga opener against RB Leipzig. New summer signing Tom Bischof, 20, has undergone emergency surgery to remove his appendix and will miss Friday night’s curtain-raiser at the Allianz Arena The midfielder, who joined from Hoffenheim and made his debut in the Supercup win over Stuttgart last weekend, was unexpectedly sidelined just hours after coach Vincent Kompany told reporters that his entire squad was fit. Bayern confirmed the operation on Tuesday evening, ruling Bischof out for the foreseeable future.

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  While an appendectomy is not a long-term injury in footballing terms, the timing is disruptive, as this is the second major injury for the Bavarians in a very short span of time after Jamal Musiala got injured. Kompany had been easing Bischof into Bayern’s star-studded midfield, seeing him as part of the club’s next generation alongside Musiala and Aleksandar Pavlovic. His absence may slightly limit Bayern’s rotation options against a physical Leipzig side that thrives in midfield battles. 

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  Bischof is one of Germany’s brightest midfield talents. A Hoffenheim academy graduate, he became their youngest-ever Bundesliga debutant in 2022 at just 16 years old, and by last season had racked up 25 Bundesliga appearances. He has also represented Germany at youth level and is already on the radar for a senior national team breakthrough. Off the pitch, the youngster has made headlines after recently confirming his relationship with Josefine Scholl, daughter of Bayern icon Mehmet Scholl. 

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  Bischof’s recovery timeline remains unclear, though appendix surgery usually sidelines players for a few weeks rather than months. Kompany will hope to reintegrate him by mid-September, when the season ramps up with Champions League group stages and Bundesliga clashes against Leverkusen and Dortmund. In the short term, the injury may open the door for Pavlovic to feature more prominently alongside Kimmich. For Bayern, Friday night’s opener against Leipzig is still about laying down a statement, but they’ll have to do it without their latest midfield prodigy.

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O Campeonato Carioca se aproxima. Pensando nisso, o LANCE! disponibiliza a tabela para você não perder nada. O torneio terá início no dia 12 de janeiro, no duelo entre Flamengo x Audax, no Maracanã. O jogo será transmitido pela Band. A partida é válida pela quinta rodada do Estadual, mas foi antecipada por causa da participação do Rubro-Negro no Mundial de Clubes.

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O Campeonato Carioca terá 12 participantes: Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco, Audax, Bangu, Boavista, Madureira, Nova Iguaçu, Portuguesa, Resende e Volta Redonda.

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12/01 – quinta-feira, 21h30 – Flamengo x Audax – Onde assistir: Band
14/01 – sábado, 16h – Resende x Fluminense – Onde assistir: Band
15/01 – domingo, 18h – Flamengo x Portuguesa – Onde assistir: Band
​17/01 – terça-feira, 21h10 – Fluminense x Nova Iguaçu – Onde assistir: Band
19/01 – quinta-feira, 21h10 – Audax x Vasco – Onde assistir: Band
​21/01 – sábado, 16h – Flamengo x Nova Iguaçu – Onde assistir: Band
22/01 – domingo, 18h – Madureira x Fluminense – Onde assistir: Band
​24/01 – terça-feira, 21h10 – Bangu x Flamengo – Onde assistir: Band
​25/01 – quarta-feira, 21h10 – Fluminense x Boavista – Onde assistir: Band
29/01 – domingo, 18h – Fluminense x Botafogo – Onde assistir: Band
​01/02 – quarta-feira, 21h10 – Flamengo x Boavista – Onde assistir: Band
​02/02 – quinta-feira, 21h10 – Volta Redonda x Fluminense – Onde assistir: Band
05/02 – domingo, 18h – Fluminense x Audax – Onde assistir: Band
07/02 – terça-feira, 21h10 – Nova Iguaçu x Vasco – Onde assistir: Band
​12/02 – domingo, 18h – Fluminense x Vasco – Onde assistir: Band
15/02 – quarta-feira, 21h10 – Volta Redonda x Flamengo – Onde assistir: Band
​18/02 – sábado, 16h – Resende x Flamengo – Onde assistir: Band
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A fórmula de disputa do Carioca 2023 será a mesma das duas últimas edições: as equipes se enfrentam em sistema de pontos corridos na Taça Guanabara e, em seguida, disputam semifinal e final – ambas em duelos de ida e volta.

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Taça Guanabara (11 rodadas)
12 de janeiro a 12 de março

Semifinais (ida e volta)
15 a 26 de março

Final (ida e volta)
2 e 9 de abril

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Afghanistan and Nepal had everything to play for in East London on Friday, and play they did, toe-to-toe, inch-for-inch, all the way to a thrilling finish amid gripping drama. Nepal won by one wicket in the end, and entered the Super Six stage of the men’s Under-19 World Cup at the expense of Afghanistan; but the game was, perhaps, more than just the result and the make-up of the next stage of the tournament.Nepal seemed to have it in the bag at various stages, when first Aakash Chand was running through the Afghanistan batting, and then when Dev Khanal, the captain, was stroking his way to an 89-ball 58. But if there’s one thing Afghanistan don’t do – at any level of the game – it’s to give up. They took it deep, before Subash Bhandari, who had earlier returned 1 for 15 from 8.1 overs, poked at one outside off to the legspin of Arab Gul, got a healthy edge and sent it through a packed off-side field for four. Deal done. The celebrations were as wild as the game itself was.The win was set up by Chand, later named Player of the Match. By the tenth over, Afghanistan were tottering at 34 for 5 after having opted to bat. Chand had four of those wickets. The fightback came courtesy Hassan Eisakhil (20) and Naseer Khan Maroofkhil (31), and then Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (37); but all Afghanistan could put up was 145. Chand finished with 5 for 34, his fifth wicket that of Eisakhil.Nepal’s reply started almost as shakily, with Khalil Ahmed and Faridoon Dawoodzai reducing them to 24 for 3. But a dominant Khanal and a sedate Aakash Tripathi appeared to take the game away from Afghanistan with a 49-run stand, the best of the innings.A twist had to come, and it came in the form of Maroofkhil sending Tripathi back in the 24th over, with the target still 73 runs away. Khanal wasn’t going anywhere, though, even as a couple more wickets fell at the other end, before being felled by Ghazanfar for 58.The total then was 127 for 7. Overs were not an issue, but Afghanistan were into Nepal’s tail. Dipak Bohora ensured it wagged enough to take Nepal to within a shot of victory, but he too fell with six runs still to get. The fielders were all around the bat at that stage, and the dot balls piled up; but somehow, in the end, Bhandari found a way out.Nathan Edward’s all-round performance helped West Indies beat England by two wickets in Potchefstroom and qualify for the Super Six round. He picked up 3 for 28 with his left-arm seam as England folded for 192, and then scored an unbeaten 49 to take his side home.After West Indies opted to bowl, Nathan Edward castled Jaydn Denly in the first over of the match. England captain Ben McKinney and Noah Thain added 50 for the second wicket, before he sent McKinney back. Thain and Hamza Shaikh, who scored 54 off 83, took England to 97 for 2 in the 21st over, but once offspinner Tarrique Edward removed Thain, the innings collapsed. At one stage, England were 146 for 7, but the lower order dragged them close to 200.West Indies, too, lost a wicket in the first over, and were 31 for 2 in the sixth. But their captain Stephan Pascal absorbed all the pressure and scored 58 off 84.Legspinner Tazeem Chaudry Ali tried to keep England in the contest with his three wickets, including that of Pascal. When West Indies lost their seventh, the target was still 37 runs away, though the asking rate was never a concern.But Nathan Edward stood up once again with an unbeaten 49 off 80 balls. He added 36 off 32 deliveries with Tarrique Edward, in which the latter’s contribution was 5, before hitting the winning boundary.Ariful Islam made a run-a-ball 103•ICC via Getty Images

Ariful Islam’s 103, followed by Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby’s four-wicket haul helped Bangladesh thump USA by 121 runs in Bloemfontein. With two wins in three matches, Bangladesh finished second in their group, and advanced to the Super Six stage of the tournament.USA had Bangladesh at 94 for 3 after opting to bowl first, but a 122-run fourth-wicket stand between Ariful and Ahrar Amin, who scored 44, took Bangladesh to 291. Ariful notched up nine boundaries, and kept the scoring rate healthy. But left-arm seamer Arya Garg continued his fine form for USA, taking 3 for 68 to finish the competition with five wickets.USA started the chase steadily, with opener Prannav Chettipalayam scoring 57. But he didn’t find much support from the other end, as USA lost track towards the halfway mark. What was 86 for 1 became 112 for 4, while from the 40th over onwards, they lost 6 for 16 to get bowled out for 170. Left-arm spinner Rabby was the star of the Bangladesh bowling attack, as he got 4 for 31 from ten overs.

Victoria jumped to top of the domestic one-day table after securing a convincing six-wicket win over Tasmania in a low-scoring contest in Launceston.After captain Peter Handscomb won the toss and elected to bowl first, Victoria knocked over the home side for 156 with quick Sam Elliott taking 4 for 26.In just his eighth 50-over game for his state, Elliott, the son of former Test opener Matthew, skittled the lower-order to finish with career-best figures.Elliott also claimed the crucial wicket of Beau Webster, with the dangerman dismissed for an innings-best of 47.In-form opening bowler Fergus O’Neill did the damage early, cleaning up the Tasmania top-order of Matthew Wade, Caleb Jewell and Charlie Wakim.They were left reeling at 42 for 4 following those breakthroughs and the hosts were never able to recover to post a defendable total.Victoria, led by star opener Matthew Short, took their time in the chase but were able to bring up their fourth win of the season with 14 overs to spare.They had briefly wobbled on 105 for 4 when Peter Handscomb and Sam Harper fell in quick succession, the latter bowled by a beauty from left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley who had taken a good catch at fine leg to remove Handscomb.But Short made batting look easy as he brought up the victory with a four down the ground, finishing unbeaten on 81 off 88 balls. In the 28-year-old’s last one-day match, he pounded 134 against Queensland in Mackay.Short will soon join the Australian squad for the five-match T20 series against India after the completion of the ODI World Cup.Victoria leapfrogged defending champions Western Australia into top spot, while Tasmania remain fourth with a 2-3 record.Victoria will be back in action on Thursday when they host Queensland in an important Sheffield Shield match at the MCG.Tasmania will stay put at home to host the resurgent NSW next Saturday in a four-day game.

Sean Dyche has revealed that Everton missed out on signing prolific Sporting CP star Viktor Gyokeres back when the striker was in the Championship.

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• Dyche tried to sign him at Everton
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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Sweden international is currently one of the most sought-after strikers in world football due to his goal-scoring exploits at the Portuguese side. Amid links with Arsenal and Manchester United, ex-Everton boss Dyche has revealed how close the Toffees came to signing the 27-year-old when he was at Coventry City in 2023.

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  WHAT DYCHE SAID

  The former Burnley manager saw Gyokeres first-hand in a pre-season friendly between Everton and Sporting in the summer of 2023 and was left mightily impressed.

  He told talkSPORT: "The boy Gyokeres, I've got to be honest, I think he's a real player. I saw him in the Championship. Then we played him in pre-season and I thought, 'Strong, honest'. Not just the fact he was scoring goals by the way, there's more to his game I think."

  Dyche added that he wanted to sign Gyokeres prior to his Sporting switch but "the numbers kept growing".

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Gyokeres was at a crossroads in his career after leaving Brighton in 2021. But he found his feet at Coventry and then made an eye-catching move to Sporting for £17 million ($23m). But very few would have expected him to score 97 goals in 102 games and be coveted by top teams across the planet.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  It remains to be seen which team Gyokeres, who has a £85m ($114m) release clause but could be sold for around £60m ($81m) this summer, will join ahead of next season but it seems his time with Sporting is set to end.

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A partida entre Palmeiras e Flamengo, pela 23ª rodada do Brasileirão, é considerada uma “final antecipada” do campeonato. Não é à toa que a procura pelos ingressos é alta e promete um Allianz Parque lotado com palmeirenses e flamenguistas. Até o fim da tarde desta quinta-feira, mais de 37,5 mil entradas já haviam sido vendidas.

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Os sócios-torcedores palmeirenses possuem os descontos previstos em cada plano e tiveram exclusividade na compra dos ingressos via internet até a manhã da última quarta-feira, quando começou a comercialização para o público geral. A venda para os sócios Avanti foi dividida de acordo com a pontuação do rating de cada associado, classificados de zero a cinco estrelas.

Para este jogo, não haverá o Setor Família, que geralmente oferece gratuidade para crianças de 0 a 5 anos de idade.

Caso ainda haja disponibilidade de ingressos, a venda física no Allianz Parque acontecerá nos dias 19 (sexta) e 20 de agosto (sábado), das 12h às 19h, nas bilheterias do Portão B (Avenida Francisco Matarazzo). Já no dia 21, data do jogo, também se ainda tiver entradas disponíveis, os palmeirenses poderão adquirir os seus ingressos nas bilheterias dos portões A (Rua Palestra Italia), B e D (Rua Padre Antônio Tomás), das 12h até o intervalo da partida.

Associados e donos de cadeiras cativas terão à disposição o setor de cobrança, localizado no 1º andar do prédio administrativo do clube social, para adquirir as entradas. O atendimento também será nos dias 19 e 20 de agosto, das 12h às 19h, e no dia 21, das 12h até o intervalo da partida.

Confira o valor dos ingressos:

Gol Norte – R$ 180
Superior Norte e Sul – R$ 230
Superior Leste e Oeste – R$ 250
Gol Sul – R$ 300
Central Leste – R$ 320
Central Oeste – R$ 400

تحدث أحمد سيد زيزو، لاعب الأهلي، عن مباراة فريقه أمام بورتو البرتغالي في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية 2025.

ويستعد الأهلي لمواجهة بورتو البرتغالي في الجولة الثالثة من منافسات المجموعة الأولى لبطولة كأس العالم للأندية، في الرابعة فجر الثلاثاء القادم بتوقيت مصر، على ملعب ميتلايف في نيوجيرسي.

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وكان الأهلي قد خاض مواجهتين في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، أمام إنتر ميامي الأمريكي وانتهت 0-0، ثم بالميراس البرازيلي وخسر 0-2.

وقال أحمد سيد زيزو، في تصريحات لبرنامج “الكورة مع فايق”، على “إم بي سي مصر”: “حق جمهور الأهلي يحزن، مباراة بالميراس كانت صعبة، إن شاء الله نقاتل المباراة القادمة، عندنا فرصة في التأهل وسنقاتل لتحقيق ذلك”.

وأضاف: “هذه هي الكرة في الأول والآخر، كرة من خطأ دخلت مرمانا، لا يوجد شيء أقوله سوى إننا سنستعد للمباراة القادمة، سنركز أكثر من ذلك وإن شاء الله التوفيق يحالفنا واللاعبون يجتهدون ويخرجون 200% من طاقتهم ونفوز ونتأهل”.