da pinnacle： O Santos encaminhou o empréstimo do volante Willian Maranhão ao Atlético-GO até o final da temporada. A informação foi inicialmente publicada pelo UOL. O jogador tem contrato com o Peixe até o final de 2024.
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da fezbet： Maranhão chegou ao Santos no final de março. Ele estava no Bahia e o Peixe pagou R$ 500 mil para adquirir cerca de 70% dos direitos econômicos do atleta. Sob a desconfiança por parte dos torcedores, jogador foi um “plano B” para contratação de Alison, frustrada após uma grave lesão joelho sofrida no jogo de despedida do Al-Hazem, da Arábia Saudita.
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O volante tem apenas 9 jogos pelo Peixe, que chegou a dar voto de confiança ao atleta, principalmente após enfrentar algumas vaias, como na vitória contra o América-MG por 3 a 0. O volante também passou por problemas pessoais que o tiraram de algumas partidas pelo Alvinegro.
Maranhão não foi relacionado nos jogos contra Cuiabá, Coritiba e Goiás. Desde que chegou ao Peixe, o jogador de 26 anos atuou em 8 jogos, sendo quatro no Brasileirão. Seu último jogo foi contra a Universidad Católica, pela Sul-Americana. Na oportunidade, foi titular.
Willian Maranhão tem passagens pelo próprio Atlético-GO, Boavista-RJ, Santa Cruz, Vasco, América-MG e Bahia. Ele chegou a estar no radar do Peixe em 2021, mas as negociação acabaram não avançando. O atleta é natural de São Luís, do Maranhão, e tem 1,79m.
da bet esporte： As the international break arrives, Everton have reportedly turned their attention towards the future and landing not one but two young stars from Scotland in a double swoop.
Everton transfer news
da bwin： The Toffees will welcome the international break with open arms having gone three games without victory in the Premier League after the ultimate stalemate against West Ham United. It had looked as though they finally turned a corner under Sean Dyche but recent results suggest that they’re far from out of trouble just yet, making further reinforcements all the more important.
On the transfer front, names such as Bright Osayi-Samuel and Tariq Lamptey have already been linked with a move to Goodison Park as The Friedkin Group look to make an instant impact on arrival.
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Lamptey would be a particularly interesting deal. Once the next talented right-back coming through English football, Lamptey struggles to break into the Brighton & Hove Albion side these days, leaving the door ajar for an exit in 2025. In pursuit of rediscovering his form through game time, Goodison Park could be an ideal location. It’s not just current stars that the Toffees are targeting, however.
According to Pete O’Rourke of Football Insider, Everton are now plotting a double swoop to sign Cole and Dylan Williams from Scottish side Airdrie after sending scouts to watch the twins in action.
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Two players for the future at just 16 years old, Everton’s focus on youth should benefit them in the long term, especially as they aim to push beyond relegation scraps and gradually back towards the top half where they belong. Already named on the bench for Scottish Championship side Airdrie, the Williams twins are certainly ones to watch.
Williams twins are ones for the future
There’s plenty of famous siblings in football – be it Gary and Phil Neville or more recently Inaki and Nico Williams – and now the Williams twins may well follow in suit should they complete a move to Everton. Both midfielders, their own dream will undoubtedly be to form a partnership at the heart of a top flight side, which Everton could pave the way for.
Still incredibly young players, they will have it all to think about if the Toffees come calling. A place in the academy would likely await, of course, before a path towards the first team is formed. With Crystal Palace also reportedly interested, however, the twins could yet deal those in Merseyside the ultimate blow.
Whether it would be a good time to be joining Everton remains to be seen. When Dan Friedkin arrives, the hope will be that one of England’s oldest clubs finally climb away from relegation concerns and become a go-to side for young players once again. As things stand, however, a move to Goodison Park is one with far too many risks for one young player to complete, let alone two already making their way in senior football.
“Playing one or two matches against India and Pakistan in top-level tournaments is not enough,” assistant coach says
Shashank Kishore09-Sep-20223:00
Raees Ahmadzai: Panic set in after the last match
Raees Ahmadzai, Afghanistan’s assistant coach, has implored the ICC and the Full Members to play them more often to help develop quality, improve game sense, and learn how to close out matches under pressure.”It’s important for a team like us to play against top-level teams,” Ahmadzai said after Afghanistan’s 101-run loss in their final Super 4s Asia Cup fixture against India on Thursday. “It’s not easy. I can’t remember when we last played India or Pakistan. Playing one or two matches against them in top-level tournaments is not enough. It will help if we play them more often.Related
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“Only then can our players learn to control their emotions, control pressure and learn from [the experience]. I feel we deserve that. The way we started in the Asia Cup, giving a tough time to the other teams, I think we did well. Our win over Sri Lanka was a one-sided win, we beat Bangladesh. But we have to improve on the basics. Our players realise where we should be more focused so that we can finish the way we started.”Since 2021, Afghanistan have only played Ireland, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in bilateral series. Their maiden tour to Australia, which was first postponed because of Covid-19 in 2020, was called off late last year.Their last opportunities against other Full Members prior to the Asia Cup were at the 2019 World Cup in England, where they came within touching distance of beating India and were well in control before slipping under pressure against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.At the Asia Cup Super 4s, after running Sri Lanka and Pakistan close, they unravelled quite spectacularly against India. Afghanistan reprieved Virat Kohli early and then saw him blast his first T20I century, which also helped break his long drought without an international hundred. India posted 212 for 2, and it was game over for Afghanistan six overs into their chase when they slipped to 20 for 5.Afghanistan had a tough schedule, having to turn up for the India game less than 24 hours after losing to Pakistan in an emotionally and physically sapping contest. Ahmadzai revealed the team had been “sleepless” following the Pakistan loss, because of how much it took out of them mentally, having lost a game they believed was theirs.Defending 130 on a ground with small dimensions, Pakistan had been reduced to 118 for 9 with seven balls left. Then Naseem Shah walloped two sixes off full tosses from fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi to finish the game.”To be honest, everyone panicked in that situation [when Pakistan were nine down],” Ahmadzai revealed. “But then we played back-to-back games, and we tried our best. The way we looked at the wicket, I thought we could restrict India to 170 or 180. But if you drop a catch of a good player like Kohli, he won’t give you too many opportunities.”Afghanistan can look back on some fine individual performances. They proved there was more to their attack than just their spin superstars Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Their young fast-bowling unit, led by Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fareed Ahmad, showed there was potential to work with.Afghanistan had to turn up for the India game less than 24 hours after their game against Pakistan ended•AFP/Getty Images
In the batting department, Najibullah Zadran smashed an unbeaten 17-ball 43 to help beat Bangladesh, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz impressed when he top-scored with 84 in their first Super 4s fixture against Sri Lanka. Ibrahim Zadran made scores of 42*, 40, 35 and 64*, showing the kind of consistency their batting has often lacked.For Ahmadzai, these were areas of encouragement as they build towards the T20 World Cup in Australia. “I think we did very well, especially our young boys,” he said. “We learnt a lot from our first two wins. Then the way we defended 130 against Pakistan was a good learning process for our players ahead of the World Cup.”If you’re playing against the big names, the big stars, you always get to learn a lot. We saw how Kohli or KL Rahul batted. During the tournament we spent some time with the Pakistani and Sri Lankan players also. It was a good experience, something our players can learn [from] and apply at the World Cup.”Overall, the biggest positive was the way we started this tournament with two wins. The way we beat Bangladesh, the way we gave a tough time to Pakistan. I’m happy to see our youngsters going a great job. These are things we will carry forward.”
Bumrah-less India pay for lax fielding and death bowling as Rahul and Hardik’s fifties go in vain
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Cameron Green blitzed a 26-ball half-century in his first innings as an opener in professional cricket and Matthew Wade provided the finishing kick as Australia hunted down 209 on a flat pitch in Mohali to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.Green unleashed some Mitchell Marsh-style slog-sweeps during his 30-ball 61 to lay the platform for Australia’s tall chase. Axar Patel then applied the brakes on Australia with figures of 3 for 17 in his four overs – he was the only bowler to go at under seven an over on the day – but Wade accelerated in the end overs to ice the chase, with four balls and four wickets to spare.It was Australia’s second-highest successful chase in T20I cricket. They made Jasprit Bumrah-less India pay for their lax fielding – they dropped at least three chances – and death bowling, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel ended with combined figures of 8-0-101-0India stay true to their attacking approach Although both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fell early, India kept attacking through KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Rahul took on the pace of Josh Hazlewood and Green while Suryakumar picked off 22 runs off nine balls from legspinner Adam Zampa.Rahul went on to notch up a half-century off 32 balls in the 11th over, but in the next, Hazlewood returned to dismiss him. Suryakumar unfurled some delightful pick-up shots and punches before Green found extra bounce and cut his innings short at 46 off 25 balls.Hardik Pandya struck a rapid 30-ball 71 not out•BCCI
Pandya-monium The placid track, a lighting-quick outfield and incredible ball-striking formed the ingredients of a Hardik special. He smashed an unbeaten 71 off 30 balls to propel India beyond 200.He set to work with a clubbed six over midwicket off Green in the 14th over and proceeded to even squeeze yorkers – or near yorkers – away for fours. That he often flitted around the crease also threw bowlers off their lines and lengths. He reached his own fifty off 25 balls at the end of the 19th over and with only No.8 Harshal for company, he farmed the strike in the last and closed out the innings with 6,6,6.Aaron Finch gambled with Green for the final over and the allrounder ended up conceding 21. Nathan Ellis, fresh off a stint with London Sprit in the Hundred, was more impressive with his pace and length variations, returning 3 for 30 in his four overs, including the key wickets of Kohli and Dinesh Karthik.Green shows his range with the bat Green might not have even played had Marsh or Marcus Stoinis been fit, but he seized his opportunity, giving Australia the blistering start they needed. He sent his first four balls – all from Umesh Yadav – for fours, with the third one demonstrating his firepower. Umesh took pace off and bowled a slower legcutter, but Green generated his own pace and flat-batted it back so hard that it burst through the hands of the bowler and sped into the straight boundary. Green was similarly strong against spin as well, taking Yuzvendra Chahal for 21 off a mere eight balls.Green got another life, on 42, when Axar dropped him at deep midwicket. He added 19 to his tally before Axar got him with the ball.The endgame Green’s dismissal triggered a wobble as Australia lost three wickets for 14 runs in 12 balls. When Josh Inglis was bowled by Axar, Australia still needed 64 off 35 balls. Wade alone hit 45 off 29 balls, to expose India’s death bowling, providing a throwback to his heroics against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup semi-finals last year in the UAE.At one stage, it looked like Wade would finish the game off with Tim David after having handed David his first Australia cap. However, David fell trying to clear the boundary. Pat Cummins, though, got the job done with a four off the next ball.
da roleta： Reliable journalist Craig Hope has claimed that a “wonderful” Newcastle United player could now miss the entire international break after picking up an injury.
Newcastle pick up huge win at Nottingham Forest
da dobrowin： The Magpies secured arguably their most important Premier League win of the season so far on Sunday afternoon due to the resilience on show, coming from behind to win 3-1 away to an in-form Nottingham Forest side.
There were plenty who understandably felt that Forest would prevail, considering they sat third in the table going into the weekend action, but Newcastle’s quality shone through, with Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes all scoring in the second half at the City Ground.
There are definite signs that the Magpies’ season is beginning to catch light, following some indifferent results and performances earlier in the campaign, especially having also beaten Arsenal 1-0 at St James’ Park in their previous league outing.
Newcastle are now up into eighth place in the Premier League and just one point adrift of the Champions League places, with belief growing that they could make a return to Europe’s top club competition after a couple of seasons away from it. Eddie Howe isn’t short of injury problems at the moment, however, and a new update has emerged on the fitness of one key player.
"Wonderful" Newcastle player an injury doubt
According to Hope on X, Newcastle star Anthony Gordon could now miss international duty with England over the next few weeks, having suffered a hip injury in the win over Forest.
This will immediately concern some Magpies supporters, seeing as the £60,000-a-week Gordon has grown into a vital attacking figure since arriving from Everton, being lauded by Troy Deeney recently.
“Newcastle are a better team when he is involved. He got an assist for Alexander Isak’s winner against Arsenal, but the way he drives with the ball and carries the team forward means he’s always a threat. He can be on the right, left or the middle – he’s just a wonderful football player for Newcastle and England. Getting injured and then missing a penalty against Everton could have knocked his confidence but didn’t.”
From a Newcastle perspective, the hope is that the club are simply being cautious with Gordon, potentially removing him from England action in order not to risk him. It does feel like an international break where players from many clubs will be withdrawn, even though they could probably still be deemed fit enough to go and represent their respective countries.
While some may not like the idea of clubs behaving in that way, the importance of keeping players fresh for club duties is huge, so if Gordon has any kind of issue, he shouldn’t be going anywhere near the Three Lions setup.
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The 23-year-old may still be waiting for his season to fully ignite, with only two goals coming his way in the Premier League, but his inch-perfect assist for Isak’s winner against Arsenal summed up his ability.
da dobrowin： Sunderland are now without a win in their last six games in the Championship after a Friday night defeat to new league leaders Sheffield United.
da apostaganha： The 1-0 loss that closed out a drab November for the Black Cats also meant that Regis Le Bris’ men had fired blanks in four out of six league contests in the harrowing month, as the strain of being near the top of the second tier pile continues to trouble the Wearside outfit.
Ultimately, the Frenchman will hope this is just a blip on the way to Sunderland rediscovering their best form down the line, as he attempts to get more out of his young squad across a hectic December.
The best of Sunderland's young team this season
Sunderland boasted the youngest average age of a lineup this season in the Championship, with the Black Cats XI that took to the field against Burnley at the end of August having an average age of just 22.7.
This approach of fielding up-and-coming youngsters paid off at the start of the campaign too, with the second-tier side’s only goal of the game against the Clarets coming courtesy of Romaine Mundle, as the 21-year-old went about breathing life back into his Sunderland playing days.
The former Tottenham Hotspur man has ended up being a shrewd replacement for Jack Clarke, with Mundle equally as tricky and slick for Le Bris’ men as their former star once was, having amassed four goals and two assists in the league before a recent injury setback.
Mundle has also been joined in midfield this season by Chris Rigg and Jobe Bellingham – who are only 17 and 19 years of age respectively – but are important parts of the jigsaw under the former Lorient boss’ guidance nonetheless.
That amazing back-heel finish is just one of three strikes Rigg has managed in Championship action, whilst Bellingham has two goals and one assist next to his name as another dangerous midfield presence.
Le Bris could be looking at what he has at his disposal in the U21 fold soon to try and uncover another young gem at the Stadium of Light, with a striker potentially the next in line for a senior opportunity.
Sunderland's next Maja is ready to be unleashed
Of course, unlike the examples above where Sunderland have managed to keep hold of the cream of the crop that come up the ranks, Josh Maja is one that left the Stadium of Light before he had fully blossomed.
The now 24-year-old departed Wearside in the summer of 2019 after an explosive vain of form saw him net 15 strikes during the 2018/19 season in League One from just 24 encounters, with his golden touch in front of goal not letting up this campaign for West Bromwich Albion.
Maja has ten strikes next to his name from 18 second-tier contests, with Wilson Isidor five goals off that total at the moment in league action as one of Sunderland’s main outlets.
Therefore, Le Bris might well want to experiment with his options up top and chuck 17-year-old Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi in at the deep end soon, hoping he can be the club’s goalscoring sensation from the academy, just like Maja.
Samuel-Ogunsuyi’s goal record for Sunderland
Age bracket
Games
Goals scored
U18s
25
9
U21s
16
7
Senior team
0
0
Sourced by Transfermarkt
Appearing on the bench here and there under the Frenchman, his first-ever appearance in the senior fold might well come about shortly, with Samuel-Ogunsuyi helping himself to eight goals from his last seven games playing for both the U18s and the U21s.
With Maja also helping himself to seven goals for the U21s before being bumped up to the first team, that could be what comes next for the “super” youngster – as he was labelled by football talent scout Antonio Mango recently.
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He reflects on how things went wrong for him in 2016 and the challenges in the conditions
Alex Malcolm27-Jun-2022Stick to your plans. That will be the message to Australia’s batters as they head to Sri Lanka for their biggest batting examination in three years of Test cricket.Pakistan did not quite throw up the batting challenges against spin that were anticipated in March, particularly in the first two Tests, where Australia secured a 1-0 win led with the bat by the prolific Usman Khawaja. However, not every Australian batter prospered, with some losing the patience battle in conditions that demanded diligence and discipline more so than technical prowess against spin.Sri Lanka will pose a different challenge, with two Tests in Galle on what are likely to be big turners from early in the game.Former Australia batter and current Western Australian coach Adam Voges found out how challenging Sri Lanka can be both technically and mentally on Australia’s disastrous tour in 2016.Voges went to Sri Lanka as Australia’s oldest player at 35 and was averaging 95.50 after his first 15 Tests, including five centuries and two doubles. He also went as one of Australia’s best players of spin. But he averaged just 19.66 for the series in three Tests, falling to spin five times including four times to the left-arm orthodox of Rangana Herath, who took 28 wickets at 12.75 for the series to dismantle Australia in a 3-0 Sri Lankan sweep.Related
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Voges regrets abandoning his plans to use his sweep shot following the tour game prior to the Test series.”I’d do a few things differently,” Voges told ESPNcricinfo. “It was a disappointing tour from a team point of view, but certainly from my point of view, it certainly wasn’t the tour that I wanted to have.”I had a very clear plan on how I wanted to play over in Sri Lanka going into that series and worked a lot on my sweep shot, knowing that we were going to face a lot of spin in those conditions. The disappointing thing on reflection was that I went away from those plans.”I got out sweeping in our practice game and sort of put the conventional sweep shot away during the Test series and it probably really limited what I was able to do from a scoring and rotation of strike point of view.”If I had my time again, I would have stuck to my guns and backed my plan in and who knows, it may not have made any difference to what I was able to produce, but I would have been a lot more comfortable knowing that I’d stuck with something that I’d worked so hard on in the lead-up to that series.”‘I got out sweeping in our practice game and sort of put the conventional swipe shot away…it probably really limited what I was able to do’•AFP
None of Australia’s Test batters will have had any red-ball cricket heading into the first Test starting on Wednesday. David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green and Alex Carey have all played in the ODI series, as has Glenn Maxwell, who has also been drafted into the Test squad as cover for Head after his hamstring injury.Maxwell has not played a first-class match with a red ball since 2019. Khawaja has played no cricket at all since his phenomenal performance in Pakistan, having spent a couple of months at home with his family in the lead-up to this series.Voges stressed the importance of Australia’s batters having a clear plan going into the two-Test series and backing those plans under pressure.”You’ve got to be fast on your feet and you’ve got to be able to create length, either full or short to provide scoring options. I think that’s the absolute key,” Voges said. “It’s generally not the one that spins and beats your outside edge that is the dangerous one. It’s the one that goes straight on the next ball and being able to understand that you definitely have to cover that one and being okay with playing and missing at the odd one that spins past you.”But then if you are going to use your feet and come out of your crease, committing to making sure you’re getting as close to the ball as you possibly can. All easy when you’re sitting down talking about it. It’s being able to go out there and execute it under pressure.”Voges spent some time with Green in Perth in the lead-up to his departure for the ODI series, although preparations were a mixture of white-ball and red-ball, and a lot of it was done indoors using spin mats because of the winter weather in WA in early June.Green employed the sweep shot during the ODI series far more than he ever has previously, but Voges believes he does not need it as much as others because of his size.Usman Khawaja’s improvement against spin could again come to the fore•AFP/Getty Images
“Greeny is different,” Voges said. “He’s so big. He’s got such a big reach and so it’s a little bit different for him. His forward defence and his drives are probably further down the wicket than what shorter players are. So I think that gives him an advantage.”Again, him working out how he wants to go about it, making sure that he’s really strong in his defence and he’s trusting his defence, but being clear about how he’s going to look to score as well.”Ultimately, a lot of the prep work I think gets done over in those conditions. And I think that’s where you truly start to adapt to what you’re going to be playing on.”Khawaja is heading to Sri Lanka for the third time, having played two Tests in 2011 and two more on the 2016 tour. He has scored a total of 115 runs in seven innings in Sri Lanka, with a highest score of 26. But like Voges, he learned some valuable lessons.”I just have a lot more shots now to spin than I did back then,” Khawaja said. “I use my crease better. I score in different parts of the ground. It’s just about trying to make the best decisions now.”I felt like I was a very good player of spinners in 2015 back in Australia. But overseas I still struggled, I just didn’t have enough options.”In Australia, you are taught to go forward, forward, forward. I had to learn how to play off the back foot. So now I can play off the front and back.”
تحدث تشيزني حارس مرمى برشلونة عقب الفوز المثير لفريقه أمام ريال مدريد، وتطرق للحديث عن مستقبله مع البلوجرانا.
وقلب برشلونة النتيجة وحول تأخره أمام ريال مدريد إلى فوز بنتيجة 4-3، في إطار مباريات الدوري الإسباني “الليجا”.
وقال تشيزني في تصريحات إلى “كانال بلس”: “لا أخفي أنني تمكنت من السيطرة على مشاعري حتى الدقيقة الأخيرة، بعد ذلك، شعرت بتعب شديد، وسأحتاج إلى تجميع نفسي بعد هذه المباراة”.
وواصل: “كانت هناك الكثير من المشاعر، دعونا فقط نحاول أن نكون سعداء لأنه بعد الهدف الملغي بنتيجة 5-3، لم تطير الكرة نحو المرمى، لأنني لا أعرف ماذا كنت سأفعل، بصراحة، عقليًا لم أعد موجودًا في الملعب، من الجيد أن الأمر انتهى بهذه الطريقة”.
وعن ضربة جزاء ريال مدريد، علّق: “هل يجب أن أتجادل وأقول إنه لم يكن هناك ركلة جزاء؟ باو حاول “دفع” الكرة نحوي، لكنها كانت قصيرة قليلاً، كانت هناك بالفعل فرصة انفراد، وقلت لنفسي إما أنني سأصل إليها، أو لن أتمكن من الوصول، لم أتمكن من الوصول، وكانت ركلة جزاء”.
وفيما يتعلق بمستقبله، أفاد: “لا أخفي أنني حصلت على عرض لتمديد عقدي لمدة عامين، يجب علي أن أقرر مع عائلتي ما هو الأفضل لنا، لم تعد حياة عائلتنا تدور حولي فقط، لقد كان الأمر على هذا النحو منذ اثني عشر عامًا أو نحو ذلك، ولكن أعتقد أنني مدين لزوجتي باتخاذ مثل هذه القرارات معًا”.
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وأضاف: “لم أقرر بعد زوجتي هي التي تتخذ معظم القرارات في منزلي ولا أشعر بالخجل من ذلك على الإطلاق، عادةً ما كانت المواضيع المتعلقة بكرة القدم هي خياري، ولكن هذا وضع غير معتاد”.
واسترسل تشيزني: “كنا جميعًا عازمين على المجيء إلى هنا لمدة عام لتحقيق أحلامنا ثم العودة للعب الجولف”.
وأردف: “أنا لا أعرف بصراحة، سأقرر في الأسابيع المقبلة، لأن هناك أيضًا أمورًا تتعلق بالمدرسة والانتقال”.
واختتم تشيزني حديثه قائلا: “دعوني أستمتع بما حدث اليوم ولا أفكر فيما إذا كنت سأبقى هنا أم لا”.
Gurbaz and Zazai racked up 83 runs, out of a target of 106, in the powerplay itself
Danyal Rasool27-Aug-20221:31
Jaffer: Farooqi sets up batters by swinging the ball both ways
A thrilling all-round performance saw Afghanistan crush Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first game of the 2022 Asia Cup. The bowlers set the foundation, reducing Sri Lanka to 5 for 3, with Fazalhaq Farooqi responsible for most of the carnage. Despite a brief resurgence in the middle thanks to a 44-run stand between Danushka Gunathilaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Afghanistan struck back hard, running through the lower order.Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb ur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi were all among the wickets, and despite late resistance from Chamika Karunaratne, the 105 Sri Lanka managed was woefully inadequate. It took the Afghan openers just 10.1 overs to take it down; Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai racked up 83 runs in the Powerplay itself effectively ending the game as a contest right there.The first three overs There was chaos and controversy to kick off the Asia Cup, but by the time the fog of the first three overs lifted, Afghanistan had a vice-like grip on the game. Farooqi struck twice in two balls in the first over to remove Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka, but it was Pathum Nissanka’s wicket that raised eyebrows. The umpire deemed the batter to have nicked off to the keeper, only for Sri Lanka to review immediately. In a baffling bit of third umpiring, the on-field umpire was advised to stand by his decision despite UltraEdge showing almost no deviation. It caused consternation among the Sri Lanka camp, but Afghanistan had the rub of the green. Over the next three hours. They made it count.Rajapaksa revival There was the briefest glimmer of hope for Sri Lanka just after that destructive start that saw them lose three early wickets. It came in the form of a classy little stand between Gunathilaka and Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa lifted Naveen ul Haq over the mid-off boundary for a glorious six to kickstart that passage of play, with his team-mate joining in later in the over. The real carnage took place in the final Powerplay over that saw the pair plunder four boundaries in an over that cost 20 to undo some of the damage that had happened early on. But when Gunathilaka sent a reverse sweep straight down deep cover’s throat, things began to unravel for Sri Lanka once more. Rajapaksa soldiered on briefly, but was ultimately done by some shocking running that saw two wickets fall in that fashion in two balls.Karunaratne’s resistance It was probably much too late by the 15th over, but Karunaratne wasn’t to know that. Farming the strike adroitly for the final five overs, he almost single-handedly added 30 to the final partnership to ensure Sri Lanka recovered from 75 for 9 to post a three-figure total. It was an engrossing period of play in many ways, with almost every delivery struck to a deep fielder and ending up as a dot ball. There were occasions where the running might have been sharper, but after two run-outs that could only be described as brain freezes, Karunaratne wasn’t taking any chances.Gurbazball? A low-scoring game in the UAE against Sri Lanka has the potential to become a horrid second-innings scrap, but Gurbaz wasn’t having any of it. In a whirwind of a cameo, he would thump 40 off 18 balls to help Afghanistan rack up 83 in the Powerplay, breaking the back of the chase before Sri Lanka’s spinners could even get into their work. Matheesha Pathirana and Maheesh Theekshana were singled out for punishment, tonked for 16 and 21 respectively in a no-holds barred display of pure power.