IPL has plateaued but here to stay – Moody

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has said that the IPL, now in its seventh season, has reached a plateau in its growth as a product, which, he feels, will continue to be robust

ESPNcricinfo staff05-May-20143:55

Moody: IPL, a quality product that has plateaued

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has said that the IPL, now in its seventh season, has reached a plateau in its growth as a product, which, he feels, will continue to be robust. Moody was referring to the tournament’s resilience despite all the negative publicity and scandals over the years, most damagingly the corruption scandal of 2013 and the attendant court cases that threatened its future.”I think there’s been a number of things over the last few years that have potentially damaged the IPL as a product, but because it is a very good product and it is robust, it has been resilient to those external influences,” Moody told ESPNcricinfo. “And I think what we’re seeing is a quality product plateau and a show that it is here to stay. It is a terrific idea that was brought together from the day of its inception and I think it will only, if anything, have an upward curve going forward.”The IPL began in 2008 with eight teams and it expanded to ten for the 2011 season. Over seven seasons, three teams, including Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors have been dissolved due to ownership and financial issues. In addition, the future of Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals has also been threatened, the last two over the corruption scandal.Moody said the initial frenzy over the IPL was understandable, with sponsors looking for maximum mileage and fans thronging stadiums with the launch of a new concept. Moody gave credit to the ICC and the IPL for doing their bit to ensure the tournament is clean and that the players are honest.”At the end of the day you hope that anything you are involved in is policed well, whether it is the IPL, whether it is anything you do from day to day in any walk of life,” Moody said. “And I think the IPL and the ICC are doing their very best, in cricket in general, not just in the IPL, to police and make it as even a playing field as possible. I think education is very important in that regard, and the IPL and ICC are doing a very good job.”Sunrisers Hyderabad had entered the IPL in 2013 following the dissolution of the previous Hyderabad-based franchise Deccan Chargers. Moody was named Sunrisers coach in December 2012 when the team was launched. He said the corruption scandal had not affected his side.”Certainly with my exposure at Sunrisers Hyderabad over the last couple of years, it has had no influence whatsoever. We have been very focused on forming a unit and an environment that is a formidable one and an enjoyable one. We basically have a mantra of wanting to develop as players day in and day out. And what happens outside is not relevant to what we are as a group.”

القيعي: الأهلي قادر على مواجهة اتحاد جدة.. ولا يوجد فريق كعبه عالي على الآخر

علق عدلي القيعي رئيس شركة كرة القدم بالنادي الأهلي، على احتمالية مواجهة الأحمر مع اتحاد جدة السعودي في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية.

بطولة كأس العالم للأندية ستقام خلال الفترة من 12 ديسمبر بالدور التمهيدي، والنهائي 22 من نفس الشهر.

وأسفرت القرعة عن مواجهة الأهلي للفريق الفائز من مباراة الافتتاح بين اتحاد جدة وأوكلاند سيتي، المقرر لها يوم 12 ديسمبر المُقبل.

وقال القيعي في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية الأهلي: “أرى نغمة تراشق ومقارنات والتفاخر لا أحبها، وهي نغمة سواء إعلامية أو على السوشيال ميديا هنا أو هناك، لا يوجد شيء أسمه من كعبه عالي على من”.

وتابع: “في كرة القدم يبقى للحظة مع صافرة المباراة، من داخل أكثر جاهزية سواء نفسية وفنية وبدنية ومعنوية، وفي نفس الوقت معه التوفيق”.

وأكد: “الأهلي قادر على مواجهة اتحاد جدة لأنه واجه بايرن ميونخ والنتيجة كانت متقاربة وواجه أبطال أمريكا اللاتينية، فاز في مباريات وخسر بصعوبة في مواجهات أخرى”.

طالع أيضًا.. مواعيد مباريات الأهلي في كأس العالم للأندية 2023.. صدام عربي منتظر

وأردف: “ولعبنا أمام ريال مدريد وحتى اللحظة الأخيرة كنا ند قوي جدًا ونهدر الفرص والفارق كان هدف”.

وأختتم: “اتحاد جدة سيشارك بداوفع مختلفة، ننسى مباراة الهلال السعودي ولا أحد يذكرها، نحن ليس في وقت (نعلي فيه على بعض)، هذا لن يفيد الفريقين سواء الأهلي أو الاتحاد”.

Big Three attempt to reassure Associates

The Big Three boards of BCCI, CA and the ECB attempted to assure the Associate and Affiliate Members that they would lead cricket with more benevolence than belligerence

Daniel Brettig24-Jun-2014

Cricket Ireland’s chief executive Warren Deutrom at the ICC meeting with PCB’s COO, Subhan Ahmed•AFP

USACA put on notice

Cricket’s ongoing power struggles in the United States have resulted in USACA being placed officially on notice for failing to meet the ICC’s membership criteria. Disputes between USACA and the American Cricket Federation mean the former body cannot claim to be the sole organisation representing the game in the USA. This has resulted in a warning that the board could be suspended if the matter is not cleared within the year.
“They are up to be put on notice, however that issue is going to be discussed at the governance committee meeting and by the ICC board on Thursday before the annual conference,” ICC global development head Tim Anderson said. “USACA have been suspended in the past but these criteria weren’t in place then. This is a new process that hasn’t been tested yet. That’s one of the things the governance committee has to talk about.”

Wally Edwards and Giles Clarke turned on the charm at the MCG on Tuesday as they attempted to reassure Associate and Affiliate nations that the “Big Three” will lead cricket with more benevolence than belligerence.Edwards and Clarke spoke on behalf of the boards of Australia and England at an informal meeting ahead of the official Associates & Affiliates gathering in the Jim Stynes Room. Alongside India’s BCCI, they have hatched plans for the game’s strongest nations to lead the rest.The third member of their triumvirate, the barred BCCI president and yet ICC chairman-elect N Srinivasan, was not at the MCG, relying instead on his colleagues to articulate the new landscape they have created together, stressing meritocracy and closer bilateral links between nations.Edwards told members that the path was now open for cricket’s second- and third-tier nations to earn their way up the ladder through success on the field and sound governance off it. Tim Anderson, the ICC’s head of global development, said the management of the governing body in Dubai had grown more at ease with plans for the next eight years after working at turning broad resolutions into more detailed blueprints.”ICC management didn’t have a large role in the proposals when they were first put up four or five months ago, but as we’ve moved through this phase we have been able to get more involved and talk to our full members about what’s important, and as far as I can gather a lot of that’s been taken on board,” Anderson said.”I’ve had conversations with CA, ECB and the BCCI over the past couple of months along with our own development committee, and all of those discussions have been really positive about what the future might look like. I feel pretty good about the future even though there are some changes to come. The fact that our full members seem to be engaging more and more with other countries is a very good thing.”Among the major concerns raised by Associate and Affiliate members are changed financial modelling, which will offer nations a reduced percentage of ICC revenues when lined up against the previous plan, even if the next set of television rights is set to fetch an appreciably larger price and thus an increased injection of cash for all.According to an insider, the ICC is showing a “lack of care for Associate cricket,” underlined by their narrower focus on the tier below Test members. The High Performance Program will, for the next few months, concentrate on the four teams participating in next year’s World Cup – Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan and the UAE – leaving the rest wondering how they will keep cash flow going and whether their teams will get sufficient game time.They have managed to attain some certainty in terms of the new financial model. Associate and Affiliate members will receive a total amount of US$225 million but it will be divided according to a new model. Half of that money (US$112.5 million) will go to top performing Associates but it is yet to be decided who those teams will be while. The other half will be shared among the rest. There is also the possibility of another tier of Associate countries who will be classed as high-performing countries, who may not benefit from the high performance program but will receive additional financial support.”Change is difficult at any stage, and we go through a process of change every eight years given our new rights and events cycle, different structures and funding models come through,” Anderson said. “I think what’s been good for this group today is Wally Edwards and Giles Clarke came in and spoke to them this morning and talked to them about the background of some of the changes.”Some of them who were involved in our committees have a broader understanding of what’s been happening, but this has really helped get their head around what’s going on and maybe more why it’s happening. I think they understand that the rights for world cricket are going to be sold very well, the international game’s in a good place and we expect our media rights will go for significantly more than they have in the past, which will mean more money will flow down.”I would imagine that coming into this meeting there would have been uncertainty, but now there’s a bit more comfort with what’s going on.”Also a source of disquiet is the plan to reduce the number of competing teams at the World Cup from 14 to 10 from 2019, though two qualification places will still be open. “One of the things they are perhaps understandably worried about is the World Cup and why are we going from 14 teams to 10 teams,” Anderson said. “As a member that’s a fair enough question, and in isolation I can understand where they’re coming from – you don’t want to lose something because you don’t want to lose something.”As a package though if you look at the opportunities coming in T20, opening up Test cricket and a big shift is the fact that up until now Full Members have by right received an automatic spot in the World Cup. At 2019 that won’t happen anymore. If they play well at the next World Cup they can put forward a case to say it should probably be more than 10, and if I were them I’d do the same thing.”Thirdly the game’s smaller nations have wondered aloud about a wider philosophical shift from expansion to consolidation, with Edwards, Clarke and Srinivasan eager to improve the performances of numerous existing Full Members. However Anderson suggested that targeted expansion into cricket’s major untapped markets – namely China and the USA – was now more likely than before.”There might be more of a focus on that moving forward as opposed to having a wide strategy to try to grow everybody, to really target some of those key countries and say ‘We really want to have a go there because we think they’ll make a big impact moving forward’,” he said. “Even though there’s been a lot of talk about China and the USA, there hasn’t necessarily been a huge amount of investment or events haven’t been put in those places.”I’m not sure the action has backed up some of the words, but moving forward I think that’s one of the things that’ll probably happen.”The three Associate and Affiliate positions on the ICC board will be taken up by Imran Khawaja of Singapore, Neil Speight from Bermuda and Francois Erasmus of Namibia. There was no room for Keith Oliver from Scotland which is believed to have caused consternation among the European Associate and Affiliate members who were lobbying for Oliver to get a position on the board. Oliver was instrumental in winning the right for Associate nations to have a pathway to play in international and many Associate members believed he would continue to champion their cause.The day was rounded off by the first installment of the two-day Chief Executives Committee meeting, at which recommendations from the cricket committee’s discussions in Bangalore were to be discussed. The Associate and Affiliate nations also discussed their situation with regard to the Big Three administrative and revamp of the ICC and arrived at the conclusion that “rebellious” postures would not help their cause at a time when “logical” thought was required.

Perto do Racing, Montoya rescinde contrato com o Grêmio

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Chegou ao fim a passagem de Walter Montoya ao Grêmio. Na tarde desta quarta-feira, o jogador se reuniu com a diretoria do Tricolor e acertou a rescisão do seu vínculo. Agora, ele é aguardado em Buenos Aires para realizar exames e assinar com o Racing, atual campeão da Argentina.

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Os rumores sobre a saída do argentino começaram a ganhar força nas últimas semanas. Sem empolgar no clube gaúcho, o meio-campista recebeu um telefonema de Eduardo Coudet, técnico da equipe de Avellaneda com quem Montoya trabalhou na época de Rosario Central.

O desejo de voltar ao país natal e trabalhar com o ex-comandante pesaram na hora da decisão e o jogador de 25 não teve dúvidas na hora de escolher o Racing.

Contratado para substituir Ramiro, que saiu no começo do ano, Montoya nunca embalou como era esperado em Porto Alegre. Apesar da moral com Renato Gaúcho, a diretoria não fez muita questão de segura-lo.

No total, o argentino deixa o Tricolor com 26 jogos, duas assistências e o título do Campeonato Gaúcho na bagagem.

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الزمالك يعلن صرف جزء كبير من مستحقات اللاعبين

أعلنت اللجنة المكلفة بإدارة نادي الزمالك برئاسة الدكتور عماد البناني المدير التنفيذي وعضوية أيمن شعراوي مدير النشاط الرياضي وأحمد فؤاد الوطن المدير المالي عن صرف جزء كبير من مستحقات جميع اللاعبين بالفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي قبل سفر الفريق إلى تنزانيا مساء اليوم استعدادًا لخوض لقاء أرتا سولار بطل جيبوتي في ذهاب دور الـ32 لبطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية .

اقرأ أيضًا.. بطولات يوضح سبب غضب زيزو من حسين لبيب مرشح رئاسة الزمالك

ونجحت اللجنة الثلاثية في توفير مستحقات الفريق وصرفها لجميع اللاعبين قبل السفر لتحفيزهم من أجل تحقيق الفوز والعودة من تنزانيا باول انتصار في البطولة الأفريقية.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الزمالك أمام أرتا سولار في إطار منافسات جولة الذهاب لدور الـ32 من بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية، يوم السبت المقبل، الموافق 16 سبتمبر الجاري.

ويشارك الزمالك في بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية بعدما احتل المركز الثالث في الدوري المصري عن الموسم الماضي.

كريستيانو رونالدو: أستمتع بكرة القدم مهما كان عمري.. ونعلم أن الأهلي قوي جدًا

أعرب البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو لاعب النصر السعودي، عن سعادته بالفوز على الأهلي برباعية مقابل هدفين، خلال المباراة التي جمعت بينهما مساء أمس الجمعة ببطولة دوري روشن.

والتقى النصر مع الأهلي، على أرضية ملعب جامعة الملك سعود، في إطار مباريات الجولة السابعة من بطولة الدوري السعودي.

وقال كريستيانو رونالدو في تصريحات تليفزيونية عبر قناة “SSC”: “مباراة كانت قوية، نعلم أن فريق الأهلي قوي جدًا، الجمهور سعيد بالأداء، حققنا الفوز وهو الأهم وصعدنا في الترتيب”.

طالع | فيديو | رونالدو يقود النصر للفوز على الأهلي برباعية مثيرة في الدوري السعودي

وتابع: “أحب لعبة كرة القدم، مهما كان عمري أنا أستمتع بها، أهم شيء بالنسبة لي فريقي يفوز”.

وأتم: “السعودية بلد جميل يحبون كرة القدم وسعيد بالتواجد معهم، وأعدهم بالأفضل دائمًا”.

Pathirana stars in opening Sri Lanka A win

Sri Lanka A have opened their campaign in England with a five-wicket win over the Unicorns in a 50-over warm-up, as slow-bowling allrounder Sachith Pathirana made significant contributions in both disciplines

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jul-2014ScorecardDanushka Gunathilaka gave Sri Lanka A’s pace a good tempo•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo

Sri Lanka A have opened their campaign in England with a five-wicket win over the Unicorns in a 50-over warm-up, as slow-bowling allrounder Sachith Pathirana made significant contributions in both disciplines.Unicorns batted first at Gosford but despite a steady opening stand of 61, were hamstrung by the breakthroughs Sri Lanka A’s spinners regularly effected.Pathirana’s left-arm spin and Ramith Rambukwella’s offspin accounted for five scalps in total, including the top four, as Unicorns were reduced to 138 for 5 by the 34th over.The seam bowlers took wickets through the middle overs, with legspinner Seekkuge Prasanna also taking one scalp. Unicorns were all out for 237 in the 48th over. Rambukwella finished with the innings’ best figures of 3 for 34, and Tom Burton top scored with 44.Sri Lanka A began their chase with a 95-run opening stand, driven primarily by Danushka Gunathilaka’s 57 off 67 balls. Left-arm spinner Toby Bulcock turned that wicket into a mini-collapse – taking three of the four wickets that fell for 15 runs, but Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Pathirana were on hand to right Sri Lanka A’s course.Rajapaksa made 52 off 62, and though he fell with over 50 runs still to get, Pathirana’s 52 not out saw Sri Lanka A over the line in the penultimate over.Unicorns are a one-day outfit comprised of uncontracted players. They were part of England’s one-day domestic competition until this year.

Thiago Ribeiro elogia inter-temporada e projeta Bragantino mais forte no retorno

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Com início avassalador na Série B do Brasileirão, o Bragantino chegou ao recesso para a disputa da Copa América na liderança isolada da competição, com 19 pontos em 24 disputados.

E, se para alguns clubes, a parada pode atrapalhar o ritmo de jogo, o clube do interior paulista não deu espaço para o azar e viajou para a Áustria para realizar amistosos contra times do exterior e o resultado foi mais que positivo: quatro vitória em quatro jogos.

Um dos destaques do Massa Bruta em 2019, o atacante Thiago Ribeiro celebrou os resultados do clube fora do país.

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– Com certeza foi importante para mantermos o ritmo de jogo e a confiança, além de dar a chance do Zago acertar alguns pontos para essa sequência de temporada. O grupo absorveu muito bem esse período, pudemos aproveitar os treinamentos e agora é colocar em prática já a partir deste sábado. Para mim, voltamos ainda mais fortes do que no primeiro semestre – analisou.

No exterior, o Bragantino bateu o Levski Sofia (BUL) (1 a 0), Ferencvaros (HUN) (2 a 1), Légia Varsóvia (POL) (3 a 1) e Honvéd (HUN) (2 a 1). De volta ao Brasil para a disputa da Série B nacional, o Alvinegro terá dois desafios fora de casa: primeiro visita o Paraná neste sábado (13), a partir das 19 h (horário de Brasília) na Vila Capanema e na sequência encara o Oeste no Estádio José Liberatti, em Osasco, no outro sábado (20), às 11 h.

Junaid and Wahab defy flat track

The SSC is usually a batting paradise, but Pakistan’s fast bowlers flourished despite the challenging conditions

Umar Farooq at the SSC14-Aug-2014

Wahab Riaz made an impact on his first day of Test cricket in three years•AFP

Junaid Khan, the Pakistan fast bowler, has said that having Wahab Riaz at the other end provided him with the perfect partner to hurt Sri Lanka. He said that Wahab’s fearsome bowling from the other end helped him to counter the dead first-day pitch at the SSC. Wahab took the place of the inexperienced Mohammad Talha, and his express pace provided an added dimension to the attack.Wahab had a five-for on Test debut at The Oval in 2010 against England but faded away a year later. Since 2011, he has been out of the Test equation but Junaid Khan said a legendary fast bowler like Waqar Younis, who took over as national coach in May, knew exactly how to get the best out of a pacer.Waqar once said Wahab is “wayward, but indeed a genuine pacer”, adding that he was someone Pakistan should have in the team. On the first day at SSC, Wahab made a small but powerful impact to revive his stop-start career. Defying the typically docile nature of the SSC track, Wahab and Junaid posed plenty of problems for Sri Lanka – Wahab finished the day with slightly expensive figures of 3 for 66 while Junaid had 4 for 69.”The wicket was dead,” Junaid said, after the first day’s play. “We knew we had to be disciplined on such a track, otherwise we would be punished, but the combination with Wahab proved exceptional as I was depending on swing and he was pushing with pace. He was regularly threatening the batsman, allowing me to get the best out of it from the other end.”We earlier had a conventional plan to go and block runs on such a pitch but in the second session we shifted to an attacking mode to push the Sri Lanka batsmen to the back foot and the plan worked well. Although we weren’t able to get all the 10 wickets, tomorrow morning our first target is to get them as soon as possible, under 300 runs, to remain on top.”Junaid said the presence of Waqar in the dressing room is something that is a big motivator. Wahab’s best bowling also came during Waqar’s reign as head coach in his previous stint. “He is a legend and the whole world recognises him. In his previous stint as coach he had the same bunch of bowlers and he just started right from where he left [in 2011]. Whatever the case is, he himself has been a fast bowler with vast experience under his belt which is actually the factor benefitting us.”Pakistan had lost the Galle Test despite four evenly matched days of mostly dour cricket on a pitch that had nothing for the bowlers. Junaid insisted the difference between Galle and SSC is the difference of the spirit as Pakistan, being already one down in the series, need to win this game. “We are here to win and that’s the only difference, otherwise pitches are almost same. We are positive and when you think positive, things automatically go your way.”We are satisfied with the day’s play and have reduced Sri Lanka [to eight-down] under 300, that will give our batsman ample confidence when they come out to bat. I know our batters didn’t do well in the second innings at Galle but these are the same batsmen who had scored 450 runs in the first innings. So I am not worried about our batsmen, they are good and being a bowler we have done our work.”

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