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Warwickshire allrounder hopes to represent Scotland after a change in the regulations allowing players to turn out for the country of their parents

George Dobell06-Sep-2012Neil Carter’s career with Warwickshire may be coming to an end, but his international career could be just beginning.Carter, the 37-year-old South Africa-born allrounder who is retiring from county cricket at the end of this season, is aiming to continue his career playing with Scotland after a change in recent regulations. He hopes to start his international career in the World Cup qualifiers in March.”There was a rule change about a month ago,” Carter told ESPNcricinfo. “In the past you either had to be born in the country or spend 100 days a year there. Now if your parent was Scottish – and my mum is – then you can qualify.”Carter, or “McCarter” as his team-mates have started to call him, has struggled to win a place in the Warwickshire team that won this season’s Championship title, but is expected to play in the CB40 final at Lord’s next week.He won Most Valuable Player of the 2010 domestic season and hopes that, by playing international limited-overs cricket for Scotland, he will be considered for short-term spells in T20 leagues around the worldIain Wardlaw, the Yorkshire seamer, is also thought to be considering making himself available for Scotland.

The large gathering of former Sussex players at Hove on Friday would not have been impressed by the efforts of the current crop to stave off defeat by County Championship title hopefuls Durham

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The large gathering of former Sussex players at Hove on Friday would not have been impressed by the efforts of the current crop to stave off defeat by County Championship title hopefuls Durham.The visitors batted on until tea before declaring on 366 for seven with a lead of 520, and at the close Sussex were 119 for 4. The old boys were present for a lunchtime ceremony which involved re-naming the pavilion and most of them stayed for a surreal evening session played mostly in a swirling mist.Durham could have been made to look foolish for batting on so long, but although the umpires consulted once they decided to stay on and the last few overs were played in sunshine. Chris Nash fell lbw to Callum Thorp for four in the second over after tea.In the fifth over Graham Onions pinned Luke Wells in front to make it 25 for two, but Ed Joyce and Murray Goodwin put on 46 with relative comfort before both surrendered to Ian Blackwell. Blackwell came on when the mist was at its worst and struck in his fourth over when he defeated Goodwin’s attempted sweep to gain the third lbw verdict.Six overs from the close Blackwell was handed a second wicket when Joyce pulled him to Scott Borthwick at deep square leg to depart for 57. Nightwatchman James Anyon kept Matt Prior company to the close, although the latter was lucky to survive an airy drive at Borthwick in the final over when on 21.All Durham’s top six, other than the injured Michael Di Venuto, earlier helped themselves to relatively easy runs. Resuming on 93 without loss, they added 107 in the morning and 166 in the afternoon. Although he was on the field throughout both sessions, South African Wayne Parnell was kept out of the Sussex attack as they looked ahead to Sunday’s Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final at The Oval.Durham face a four-hour trip to Taunton for their semi-final and will hope to wrap things up swiftly tomorrow. Occasional off-spinner Nash got through 27 overs to take four for 103 and Monty Panesar picked up his first two wickets of the match.Opener Will Smith, on 54 overnight, went on to complete his third century of the season off 192 balls. As soon as he reached his hundred he looked to accelerate and in trying to paddle Panesar to fine leg he fell lbw.Paul Collingwood drove Panesar for a big six over long-on, but in going for a repeat he fell slightly short and was caught by Amjad Khan for 51. Blackwell made 61 off 68 balls before he was stumped by Ben Brown off the bowling of Nash.

Sussex have signed the Danish-born paceman Amjad Khan from Kent on a three-year contract.

Cricinfo staff14-Sep-2010Sussex have signed the Danish-born paceman Amjad Khan from Kent on a three-year contract.Khan, 29, had been with Kent since his arrival on the county scene in 2002 but was unable to agree terms with the county for a new deal. He instead joins newly-promoted Sussex as their senior fast bowler, the day after Corey Collymore announced he was leaving Sussex for Middlesex.Khan was granted British citizenship in 2006 and attracted interest from the England selectors three years later, overcoming a career-threatening knee injury to make his Test debut against West Indies at Port of Spain in March 2009.Though he hasn’t played for England since, his reputation for pace and reverse-swing makes him an exciting prospect for Sussex coach Mark Robinson.”Amjad has genuine pace and is a potential match-winner in all formats of the game,” he said. “Having spoken at length with him, one thing that comes across is how hungry he is to re-establish himself as a potential England cricketer, and to make telling contributions to a winning team. His reasons for coming are all those, as a coach, that you want to hear. He will be a good spearhead to complement our other exciting young bowlers.”Khan has missed most of this season with injury and was sad to leave the county that had founded his career but he said he’s looking forward to a new challenge. “My nine years with Kent have been fantastic and it was a wrench to leave, but I have come to the point in my career where I need a new start and a fresh challenge.”Sussex has a great reputation for supporting and developing it’s squad and I am excited about the prospects for the rest of my career as I have no intention of being a one-cap Test cricketer.”

Manchester City star Alex Greenwood is fit to play in the Manchester derby on Sunday after recovering from a gut-wrenching head injury.

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Greenwood and Zelem fit for WSL derbyUnited host City at Old TraffordGreenwood suffered horrific head injury last monthWHAT HAPPENED?

Greenwood was given oxygen and stretchered off the pitch when she suffered a horrific clash of heads during England's 3-2 defeat to Belgium last month. She's now been given to the all-clear to return to action, just in time for Saturday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford. Man United midfielder Katie Zelem is also available after overcoming her own injury scare.

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United and City will go head-to-head in a huge WSL clash on Sunday. Old Trafford will host a women's Manchester derby for the very first time, quite the occasion for Greenwood to return for. Speaking to the media on Friday, City boss Gareth Taylor confirmed that Greenwood had passed all of the concussion protocols.

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On the red side of Manchester, United boss Marc Skinner revealed that midfielder Zelem is available for selection. "Katie [Zelem] wasn’t concussed, it was a cut," he said. "She’ll be fine, she’s been training this week. Evie Rabjohn has a small injury in her foot and won’t be available this weekend. Iri [Irene Guerrero] is probably a couple of weeks away. Aoife, obviously still. Everybody else [except ACLs] should be fit."

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United could open up a five-point gap on neighbours City with a win at Old Trafford, but the Sky Blues will leapfrog United if they return to winning ways. What is certain is that it promises to be an enthralling contest.

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Contratado no início do ano por empréstimo junto ao Grêmio, o meio-campista Michel é, nesse momento, o único nome do elenco do Fortaleza que carece de cuidados médicos por conta de lesão.

Isso porque os outros três nomes que chegaram a paralisação das competições no DM já passaram da recuperação clínica e, agora, apenas aprimoram a questão física respeitando o isolamento social por conta da pandemia do novo coronavírus.

O problema de Michel é uma contusão no joelho esquerdo que vem sendo analisada pelo atleta e a comissão médica sobre a necessidade ou não de passar por uma cirurgia, algo que naturalmente alargaria o tempo de recuperação.

No momento, o aconselhamento médico que ele teve após viagem ao Rio de Janeiro foi de fazer um tratamento convencional, porém sem descartar a necessidade de intervenção cirúrgica.

O zagueiro Roger Carvalho era quem tinha o quadro mais complexo dentre aqueles que estão clinicamente recuperados. Depois de passar sete meses em reabilitação de cirurgia justamente no joelho esquerdo, ele já está apto aos trabalhos físicos e voltar o mais próximo possível das condições de seus companheiros.

Já pensando nos casos do meio-campista Nenê Bonilha e do atacante David, as dores no joelho esquerdo do primeiro e a lesão muscular na coxa direita do segundo pareciam menos complexas e já foram plenamente reabilitadas do ponto de vista médico.

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Deve acabar essa semana a novela da contratação de Yaya Touré pelo Botafogo. O que, depois da chegada de Keisuke Honda parecia apenas um golpe de marketing, para atrair os holofotes da mídia, acabou se tornando uma negociação para valer. O contrato já está nas mãos dos representantes do marfinense para ser assinado, o clube aceitou o que seriam as últimas exigências do jogador como o pagamento de salários sem a incidência de impostos, um apartamento para a família morar no Rio e um carro blindado com motorista para atendê-los.

O Botafogo não é o único a investir em veteranos com passagem pelo futebol europeu. O Olímpia, tetracampeão paraguaio, anunciou no mês passado a contratação do atacante togolês Emmanuel Adebayor, de 36 anos, ex-Real Madrid e astro da Premier League onde atuou por mais de 10 anos em clubes como o Arsenal, o Manchester City, o Tottenham e o Crystal Palace, de onde saiu para o futebol turco. O objetivo do Olímpia é fazer bonito na Libertadores deste ano onde os paraguaios estão no Grupo G , o mesmo do Santos, ao lado de Defensa y Justicia da Argentina e Delfín do Equador. Vale lembrar que o clube foi vice em 2013 perdendo a final para o Atlético-MG.

Mas qual o efeito real dessas contratações? Até onde trazer jogadores estrangeiros em fim de carreira, que necessitam de um período de adaptação à cultura e ao estilo do futebol sul-americano pode dar resultados em campo, além de render fora dele atraindo patrocinadores, aumentando a venda de camisas e o público nas arquibancadas – o Olímpia, por exemplo, duplicou o número de sócios torcedores desde a chegada de Adebayor.

Essa semana, Honda postou um vídeo em suas redes sociais, mesmo com toda a dificuldade que tem em se expressar em português, afirmando que o Alvinegro não vai se arrepender de trazê-lo. “Estou com 33 anos e acho que minha imagem no Japão é de um jogador que está para se aposentar. Entendo que eles pensem, assim, que não serei convocado para a Olimpíada. Gostaria, contudo, de mostrar para eles que não desisti. Por isso que acho que posso me desafiar a jogar bem e com frequência no Brasil. Acho que é minha obrigação. O preço de correr o risco e jogar bem vai valer a pena, afirmou o japonês, por anos titular da seleção de seu país.

“Adebayor não vem a passeio”, garantiu o presidente do Olímpia, Marcos Trovato, ao anunciar a contratação do congolês. É o que esperam os torcedores do time que fizeram, no aeroporto de Assunção, a maior festa de recepção que um atleta já teve no país. O fiador da contratação do atacante foi outro veterano do Olimpia, o paraguaio Roque Santa Cruz com quem Adebayor formou dupla no Manchester City. Roque, hoje com 38 anos, depois de voltar para casa, em 2016, ganhou todos os títulos que disputou no Paraguai e, no ano passado, foi artilheiro absoluto do campeonato nacional.

Caso Honda e Adebayor vinguem de fato, repetindo assim o êxito da marcante passagem do holandês Clarence Seedorf pelo Botafogo, entre 2012 e 2013, a América do Sul tem tudo para se transformar, digamos, no último refúgio de astros em fim de carreira. Um movimento que seria bem diferente – até aqui, o que se via era apenas o repatriamento de jogadores que faziam fama na Europa e voltavam para o país de origem, muitos deles para os clubes de onde saíram. Foi o que aconteceu com geração de ouro dos anos 80, com Zico, Sócrates, Junior, Falcão, Toninho Cerezo e outros cracaços que voltaram para cá e continuaram a jogar algum tempo em alto nível.

O time atual do Flamengo tem outros dois bons exemplos disso: Rafinha e Filipe Luís, ambos com 34 anos, deram o equilíbrio que o time precisava na defesa e são peças fundamentais no esquema do português Jorge Jesus, apoiando o ataque e participando intensamente dos 90 minutos como se fossem jovens moleques. Vale lembrar que ambos têm 15 anos de futebol europeu, em ligas altamente competitivas como a espanhola e a alemã.

Estrangeiros ou brazucas, esses veteranos são bem-vindos. Têm muito a acrescentar, desde que, como Seedorf e a dupla rubro-negra, estejam dispostos a jogar para valer. Simples assim.

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Ed Joyce delivered a batting masterclass as he and Luke Wells enjoyed a record-breaking day at Derby to put Sussex in a position of total dominance over Derbyshire.Joyce, the former Sussex captain, scored 250 from 327 balls, the highest of his first-class career, while Wells made 116 and shared a second-wicket stand of 310 in 85 overs.It was the highest for any wicket by Sussex against Derbyshire with Joyce plundering 34 fours and two sixes before he was lbw to the offspin of Wes Durston who also dismissed Wells but the visitors ended day two on 468 for 5, a lead of 277.Derbyshire knew they had to strike early to get back in the game and the chance came and went in the seventh over of the morning when Joyce was put down in the covers.He was on 47 out of 103 when he mistimed a drive at Andy Carter but Hamish Rutherford spilled a low chance and Joyce made them pay a high price as he and Wells batted through the first two sessions.At least Derbyshire made them work harder for their runs before lunch when they scored only 70 in 32 overs but the pitch had eased considerably and the watchful accumulation in the morning allowed the pair to step on the gas in the afternoon.Billy Godleman used six bowlers before lunch and even turned to the occasional spin of former captain Wayne Madsen but, the occasional false shot apart, there was little to encourage the home side after that early miss.The tone for the rest of the day was set shortly after lunch when a top-edged pull by Joyce off Carter cleared the ropes and he reached his century when he nudged his 180th ball into the covers for a single.Derbyshire claimed the new ball immediately but it made little impression as Joyce pulled and cut Luke Fletcher for boundaries before Wells whipped Andy Carter through midwicket to bring up the 200 stand.There was no sign of nerves as Wells moved quickly through the nineties with two fours from Shiv Thakor and reached his century shortly before the end of the second session which had seen Sussex double their morning’s output.What came after tea was carnage as Joyce smashed Fletcher out of the attack with five consecutive fours before taking another four boundaries from a Carter over.He survived another dropped catch on 170 when Durston could not cling onto a sharp chance at second slip and after pulling Carter for two more fours, raised his bat to acknowledge a superb double century which had come from 286 balls.His fourth fifty came off only 26 balls and although Derbyshire finally broke through when Wells drove at Durston and was smartly taken by Madsen at slip, Joyce passed his previous best first-class score of 231 and scored 107 in gthe evening session before Durston trapped him lbw.Thakor removed Ross Taylor and Matt Machan chaeply but unless rain intervenes, it is hard to see Derbyshire denying Sussex victory.

The ICC board has suspended the membership of the USA Cricket Association with immediate effect. The ICC made its decision based on the findings of a review group it had constituted to look into the status and activities of the USACA, and after meeting USACA representatives during the ongoing ICC annual conference week.According to an ICC release, the review group “had expressed significant concerns about the governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities of USACA”.The suspension will cut the USACA off from ICC funding, and rule it ineligible to determine whether events staged in the USA are given approved status or not. As per the ICC operating manual, the ICC will take over that function.Despite the USACA’s suspension, the USA national team will be allowed to take part in next month’s World T20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. The USA Under-19 team will also be eligible to participate in the Americas U-19 Championship in Bermuda.”The ICC Board has made this difficult decision after careful consideration and in the best interest of the game and all cricketers in the USA,” the ICC chairman N Srinivasan said. “The country has tremendous potential but because of governance, financial and cricketing challenges, the opportunity to grow the game is not being properly nurtured.”The ICC Board had put USACA on notice in its January meeting this year and had hoped that it would show some urgency to address and improve in the areas that were identified as weaknesses. Unfortunately, the response to date has been inadequate and it has proved necessary for the ICC Board to take further action.”To have its membership reinstated, the USACA will need to show the ICC board that it has addressed “conditions relating to governance, finance and its cricket activities”, with the ICC chief executive David Richardson – assisted by representatives from the BCCI, ECB, CA and WICB – monitoring its progress.

A round-up of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League matches on April 1, 2015

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Group APrasanth Kumar put in a an all-round show, picking up 2 for 39 and then scoring 51 to help Andhra to a six wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in Bhubaneshwar.Put in by Andhra, Himachal managed 122 from their 20 overs. Only three batsman managed double-digit scores as they were helped mainly by Prashant Chopra’s 43 and Rishi Dhawan’s 37. Cheepurapalli Stephen snared 2 for 14 and Bandaru Ayyappa had figures of 2 for 19 .Andhra’s reply started with a 42-run opening stand, which was broken with the fall of AG Pradeep’s wicket. Prasanth then compiled 65 with Ashwin Hebbar but fell to Rahul Singh soon after reaching his fifty.Rahul also dismissed the captain Mohammed Kaif for 6, and Akshay Chauhan got rid of Ricky Bhui for 1, but Hebbar remained unbeaten on 44 and saw his side home with four balls to spare.Gujarat beat Jharkand by six wickets in a low-scoring game in Bhubaneshwar in which only five batsmen from both sides put together managed double figure scores.Put in, Jharkand lost Shiv Gautam on the fifth ball of the first over. Jasprit Bumrah then dismissed Virat Singh for 4, leaving them at 10 for 2. Ishank Jaggi and Ishan Kisan were soon dismissed by Rohit Dahiya putting Jharkand on 31 for 4. Dahiya ended with figures of 3 for 7.Jharkand couldn’t arrest the fall of wickets as Jasprit Bumrah, Rush Kalaria and Jesal Karia picked up two wickets each as Jharkand’s innings folded in for a paltry 78 in 19.2 overs.Vikash Kumar picked up two wickets to reduce Gujarat to 25 for 2 inside four overs a 19-run stand between Smit Patel and Rujul Bhatt before Bhatt was bowled by Rituraj Singh leaving Gujarat at 44 for 3.They lost one more wicket before an unbeaten 29-run fifth wicket stand between Chirag Gandhi and Himalaya Barad saw them over the line with 46 balls to spare.Group BMandeep Singh starred with the bat in a tense 147-run chase for Punjab as they beat Hyderabad by 1 wicket in Cuttack.Put in to bat, Hyderabad made 146 for 5 in their 20 overs. Tirumalasetti Suman and Tanmay Agarwal put on a 60-run opening stand before Taruwar Kohli picked up Suman for 31 off the last ball of the ninth over. Two balls later, Kaul had Agarwal caught for 22. Andhra lost three more wickets and managed 50 runs in the final five overs.Punjab began their chase briskly making 23 in 2.5 overs before Ravi Kiran had Jaskaranveer Singh caught behind for 7 on the final ball of the third over. Off his next ball – at the start of the fifth over – the bowler got rid of Manan Vohra, leaving Punjab at 30 for 2. Inder Singh and Mandeep added 44 for the third wicket as Punjab went past 50 before the partnership was broken by Akash Bhandari in the 11th over.They soon slid from 114 for 3 to 144 for 9, and Mandeep was one of the batsmen to fall after making 63 off 43 balls, with eight fours and a six. Chama Milind did most of the damage taking 4 for 24, including the wickets of Brainder Sran and Gurinder Singh off the first two balls of the final over. Punjab needed only two runs to win at the start of the over and they secured a win off the third ball of the final over.Debutant left-arm spinner Shesdeep Patra picked up 5 for 18 in three overs to help Odisha beat Mumbai by 17 runs in a 15-over-a-side game in Cuttack.Chasing 126, Mumbai lost two wickets in the first over – of Akhil Herwadkar and Jay Bista for ducks – to Deepak Behera, leaving the score at 1 for 2. Shoaib Shaikh (34) was then part of two 30-plus partnerships which steadied the innings, until Patra struck. He picked three wickets in the 12th over, of Shoaib, Abhishekh Raut and Rohan Raje, reducing them to 85 for 7. Patra then ran through the middle and lower order, as Mumbai were bowled out for 108 in 14.4 overs. Behera finished with 2 for 9 from two overs.Earlier, Odisha chose to bat and raced to 33 in 3.3 overs before Akash Parkar broke the opening stand. Odisha, however, didn’t lose momentum and Govinda Podder added 48 with Roshan Kumar Rao before Podder fell in the 10th over, leaving Odisha at 81 for 2.They then lost three wickets within a space of six balls. Raut dismissed Arabind Singh in the 12th over, then Rao was run-out by Herwadkar four balls later, for a 34-ball 48, and Raje then cleaned up Biplab Samantaray to leave Odisha at 95 for 5. Raje picked up two more wickets as Suryakant Pradhan made a seven-ball 20 to help Odisha to 125 for 8.

استطاع فريق طلائع الجيش الفوز على نظيره سيراميكا كليوباترا بهدف دون رد، خلال المباراة التي جمعت بينهما اليوم ببطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

والتقى طلائع الجيش مع سيراميكا كليوباترا على أرضية استاد جهاز الرياضة العسكري، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الخامسة من عمر بطولة الدوري.

وسجل شيكا أوكوارا هدف فوز طلائع الجيش في الدقيقة 41 من عمر اللقاء، بعد استقباله عرضية من داخل منطقة الجزاء برأسية سكنت الشباك.

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بهذا الفوز، يحتل طلائع الجيش المركز التاسع في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 7 نقاط، بينما يتواجد فريق سيراميكا كليوباترا في المركز الثالث عشر ولديه 4 نقاط. هدف فوز طلائع الجيش على سيراميكا كليوباترا في الدوري المصري