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Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than-capacity crowd may be there to watch.Four 56-metre floodlights, complete with innovative “white rose” head frames, are being installed but the Rugby Stand may have seen its final spectators after concerns were raised over safety.Part of the stand, built in 1932, has been condemned due to corrosion and a structural engineer is due to report on the remainder of the somewhat iconic stand which doubles up to provide accommodation for spectators watching both the cricket and rugby on the opposite side.Rugby fans are unaffected by the corrosion because they use a separate entrance.If the stand was forced to be closed, Headingley’s capacity would reduce to around 14,000, around 3500 lower than present, and lost ticket sales could see the club lose around £130,000.The rugby stand was due to be developed anyway from 2017 and if the cost of repairs is too high, that side of the ground could remain empty until the renovations are completed in 2019.”If it’s going to cost over £100,000, we’re not going to spend that money and throw good money after bad,” Mark Arthur, Yorkshire chief executive, told the . “It’s a blow, but only potentially for two days of the year, which is for the one-day international and the T20 match against Lancashire, which are the only days that we really sell out.”It might be possible to just use the ground floor of the stand, the bottom tier, but when you get people in stands you get what’s known as vibration. It’s not just a question of roping an area off.”If you’ve got a lot of vibration, and suddenly a great lump of concrete comes off the front and bangs on somebody’s head…We simply wouldn’t open the stand unless it was absolutely safe to do so.”

علّق المدير الفني لفريق ليفربول، يورجن كلوب، على فوزهم المهم في مباراة اليوم ضد تولوز في الدوري الأوروبي 2023/24.

واستضاف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة الفريقين في الجولة الثالثة من دور مجموعات البطولة، حيث فاز ليفربول بخمسة أهداف مقابل هدف.

وقال كلوب في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “لقد رأينا كم هو صعب في لحظات من المباراة، ولكن كنا نسيطر بشكل كامل في معظم الأوقات، سجلنا أهدافًا جيدة، ولم يتعرض أحد لأذى، ليلة مثالية، كان بإمكاننا إشراك الأطفال”.

وأضاف: “لقد اعتقدنا أن الأولاد بحاجة حقًا إلى ذلك الآن، يمكنني أن أخبرهم بمدى إعجابي بهم، ولكن بعد ذلك من وقت لآخر، عليك إثبات ذلك”.

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وواصل: “في اللحظات الجيدة، يمكنك منح الأولاد الفرص، لقد استغلوا الأمر جميعًا، كان بن دواك سيحصل على دقائق بالتأكيد الليلة، لدينا الكثير من الأولاد الجيدين ونحن نثق بهم”.

وأردف: “جرافنبرخ؟ إنه لاعب جيد، أنا سعيد جدًا من أجله لأنه بدأ يستمتع حقًا بكرة القدم مرة أخرى، لمسته الأولى كانت مذهلة، وتسارعه مع الكرة، والشيء الجيد هو أنه لديه الكثير من الأشياء لتحسينها”.

واستكمل: “هدف واتارو إندو؟ كان قويًا حقًا، لقد سجل أهدافًا رائعة مع شتوتجارت، لقد لعب مباراة جيدة حقًا، وكسر الخطوط بتمريراته، إنها خطوة تالية رائعة بالنسبة له”.

Shrubsole capitalises on late swing

Being a quick bowler hasn’t prevented Anya Shrubsole from making her mark in Bangladesh. She is the leading wicket-taker at the women’s World T20 and made light of the combined workload of bowling on unresponsive pitches and spearheading the attack in the absence of Katherine Brunt.
“The advantage of having night games, the ball has swung around in Sylhet,” she said. “On the whole the wickets have been pretty good, they got a little bit slower and lower as more was played on them. But given any wicket, if you put enough balls in the right area you give yourself a chance.
“It’s really disappointing that Katherine isn’t here, she’s led our attack brilliantly for a number of years. Leading the attack is something I really enjoy, it really excites me. Any game of international cricket is a challenge too, it’s just another little challenge on top.”
The women’s tournament has enjoyed typically passionate Bangladeshi support in Sylhet and Shrubsole was looking forward to experiencing the atmosphere in the Sher-e-Bangla stadium for England’s semi-final on Friday.
“In Sylhet, the support we had, the crowds we had, were absolutely brilliant, so noisy you couldn’t hear yourself think when you’re out on the field,” she said. “It was really enjoyable to play in front of those crowds and hopefully a similar amount of people turn out in Dhaka.”

Charlotte Edwards has been around the game long enough for it to hold few surprises but when an email landed to inform her that England women cricketers were to become full-time professionals it was still a shock.Edwards, who will lead England in the semi-final of the World T20 against South Africa on Friday, began her international career as a teenager nearly two decades ago. She can remember having to work in a shop selling cricket bats to subsidise her earnings and paying for her own blazer for a Test match. Soon she will become part of the first group of full-time contracted England women, thanks to a significant funding increase from the ECB.It has taken a long time to get here, after 80 years of England’s women playing international competitions. Edwards herself has taken part in five World Cups and four World T20s, as well as multiple Ashes campaigns. After back-to-back successes against Australia in 2013 and 2014, and as they attempt to claim a second World T20 title, England players will soon receive the rewards to match their success.”To know they can have a career in cricket is hopefully going to attract a lot of girls to the sport,” Edwards said. “Combined with the success the team’s having and the exposure of the women’s game to the whole world, the future certainly looks bright. As players we’re certainly excited about the next few years.”Edwards referred to winning the World Cup and World T20 five years ago as a recent benchmark. “Even the success of 2009, we saw a knock-on effect there. But the recent Ashes wins, and hopefully this, we’ll take another leap forward. It’s exciting for the game. I’ve never seen so much profile in my time as a player, so hopefully that will continue. From the Ashes last summer, to see some of the grounds packed full of people, to then have the support we had over the winter in the Ashes and hopefully now with this, I’ve seen a complete curve in people’s interests.”Edwards may be a figurehead for equality in the game – she is the only woman to sit on the MCC’s world cricket committee – but she is just as important with pads on and bat in hand. With 151 runs, she helped carry England through their group after a tricky start that involved losing the opening game to an increasingly dangerous West Indies side. They now face South Africa, a team they have never lost to in T20, but who surprised some by qualifying ahead of New Zealand with a gutsy win in their final group game.”In recent times, we’ve been pretty successful against them,” Edwards said of England’s semi-final opponents. “But two years ago, when we played them I said they would be a force to be reckoned with within the next few years, and to see them play so well the other night kind of backed up what I was thinking a couple of years ago.”Anyone can present a challenge in this form of the game. They’ve certainly got some good young players, a variety of bowlers, which we haven’t seen, so the unknown is there a little bit at the moment. I would say they’ve got the core five or six players, but they’ve got a couple of legspinners now who are quality bowlers, and a varied attack that could be quite threatening.”Intriguingly, England have yet to hit a six in the competition. Australia’s Meg Lanning has six of her own while South Africa have cleared the rope ten times but Edwards suggested England’s bowlers would make it hard for them to add to that tally. “They’ve got some big hitters up the top of the order. They’ve been playing well, and obviously it’s going to be a threat to us.”While England’s men endured a traumatic winter in Australia, culminating in defeat to Netherlands in their final World T20 game, Edwards and her side continue to sail smoothly on. As the ECB attempts to cultivate a new team ethic among the men, Giles Glarke and Paul Downton would doubtless have been pleased with Edwards’ assertion that there are “no egos within our dressing room”.Comparisons with the men may currently be favourable but does that mean they always want to share the same stage? The women’s World Cup is still held separately and Edwards suggested increasing popularity could also lead to greater independence. “We’re right to have standalone events, and the support we’ve had, especially at home, it’s been fantastic. There’s still a place for the double-headers, but equally as we saw from the summer – 8,000 at Chelmsford to watch a standalone game was fantastic.”Another sign of their raised profile was the minor brouhaha after Edwards said she would be celebrating England’s Ashes win earlier this year by getting “absolutely smashed”. That aim could be a little harder to achieve in Bangladesh, should England claim another title on Sunday, but Edwards recognises the added scrutiny a new era for the women’s game will bring.”We’re paid professionals now, and there’s going to be a huge expectation on us, without a doubt,” she said. And when England expects, Edwards usually delivers.

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O Fluminense dominou a posse de bola, criou mais chances, mas até os 48 do segundo tempo perdia em casa para um adversário que havia finalizado apenas uma vez no jogo. O empate com o Cruzeiro veio nos acréscimos com o garoto João Pedro, que saiu do banco, mas não deixou a atuação tricolor, na partida de ida das oitavas da Copa do Brasil, à prova de retoques.

– Jogamos contra um adversário que se defende muito bem. O Fluminense precisa ser muito elogiado, independente do resultado. Podíamos ter perdido e mesmo assim teríamos que ser elogiados. Estamos com um número alto de finalizações. A bola vai passar a entrar – projetou Diniz.

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VAIAS A RODOLFO E LUCIANO
A torcida tricolor deixou o Maracanã de sorriso aberto após o empate ao apagar das luzes, é claro. Mas durante os 90 minutos, satisfação não foi o principal sentimento. Rodolfo, após toque fraco na bola no gol de Pedro Rocha, e Luciano, foram alvo de vaias. O comandante do Fluminense saiu em defesa de seus atletas.

– O que eu tenho para falar é que os jogadores se empenham demais. Luciano teve um grande começo, é um jogador que eu acredito, o Rodolfo também – declarou o comandante tricolor.

PEDRO NA SELEÇÃO OLÍMPICA
Outro tema da coletiva do técnico foi a convocação de Pedro para a Seleção Olímpica. Nesta sexta-feira, o centroavante de 21 anos foi chamado por André Jardine para a disputa do Torneio de Toulon, na França. Se for liberado, o camisa 9 perde, entre outros jogos, a volta contra o Cruzeiro, pela Copa do Brasil, em Belo Horizonte. Perguntado sobre a situação do atleta, Diniz foi enfático.

– Se passasse por mim, ele jamais seria convocado. Se dependesse só de mim, o Pedro jamais iria para a Seleção Olímpica. Sobre a condição física dele, não é nada demais. Está se tratando, talvez possa jogar no sábado, não sei.

AGRADECIMENTOS AO TORCEDOR
Fernando Diniz dedicou o fim da coletiva ao torcedor do Fluminense. O treinador não economizou palavras para agradecer o apoio ao seu trabalho no comando técnico do clube das Laranjeiras.

– Quero parabenizar a torcida. No jogo contra o Botafogo a torcida ter aplaudido o time e reconhecido o trabalho é uma coisa muito difícil de acontecer no Brasil. Hoje (quarta-feira) fez a diferença também. Me sinto muito feliz de estar trabalhando no Fluminense. Muito mesmo – finalizou o orgulhoso treinador.

Com o empate em 1 a 1, e como não há gol qualificado, o Flu precisa de uma vitória simples sobre o Cruzeiro no dia 5 de junho, em Belo Horizonte, para avançar às quartas. Antes, porém, as equipes voltam a se enfrentar neste sábado, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, às 18h, novamente no maior palco do futebol brasileiro.

يلتقي فريق مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، ظهر اليوم الأربعاء، مع خصمه فريق بايرن ميونخ الألماني في مباراة ودية.

ويستضيف ملعب “اليابان الوطني” مباراة الفريقين في إطار الاستعدادات للموسم الجديد، 2023/24.

وسبق أن تواجه الفريقان في الموسم الماضي، وذلك في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا، حيث فاز مانشستر سيتي بنتيجة 4-1 (نتيجة المباراتين) في ربع النهائي.

وخاض مانشستر سيتي مباراة ودية ضد يوكوهاما الياباني، حيث فاز بخمسة أهداف لثلاثة.

بينما حقق بايرن ميونخ فوزًا كاسحًا على فريق روتاش إيجرن، بنتيجة 27-0، في مباراتهما الودية قبل أيام. موعد مباراة مانشستر سيتي وبايرن ميونخ

ستنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة 1:30 ظهرًا بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية.

ويمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة عبر مركز المباريات من هنا.

Surrey 289 (Solanki 93, Footitt 4-50) and 218-6 (Amla 88) beat Derbyshire 219 (Linley 4-59, Edwards 3-29) and 286 (Madsen 59, Wainwright 54*, Batty 5-71) by four wickets
ScorecardGareth Batty, a captain in crisis, unrecognised by the Surrey Honours Board, finally had reason to celebrate•Getty Images

Finally, at the twelfth attempt, Surrey have their first win of the 2013 County Championship, and one that keeps their fate in their own hands.That they are battling at the foot of the table is purely down to an inability to win games rather than a propensity to lose them. There are only so many crumbs of comfort you can take from draws (eight in total) until you are left with the remnants of a whole biscuit, with none of its consistency.Nothing nourishes quite like a win, and this one that sees Surrey leapfrog Derbyshire, with a game in hand on those around them.Gareth Batty was certainly as satisfied as he has been in a tough season for him, personally. Taking on the captaincy in place of Rory Hamilton-Brown after the Tom Maynard tragedy last year and then again this season after the injury to Graeme Smith, he has lead the side for the best part of two years, yet you won’t see his name on the captain’s honours board in the Pavilion.Given the character he is, he probably could not care less, but he deserves recognition for his work behind the scenes and out in the middle, even if he is reluctant to take it.He finished off the Derbyshire innings this morning, taking all three wickets to give him five in the innings and 500 first-class scalps in his career. Not that it mattered as much as victory.”I think everyone in the changing room know that at some point they are going to have to put their hands up and win a game of cricket. Today was my day; it was just one of those things. The wickets are irrelevant – we got the twenty-odd points and that’s the only thing that matters for me, certainly.”We were the ones forcing the game all the time, so we knew if we batted time, they would have to take it on. We had a plan on how we were going to knock off the runs and it served us well.”We’ve played some very good cricket but we just couldn’t force the wins. We can take a lot of confidence from this win. You can see the look in the boys’ eyes and can see the determination to get the win. We will come out against Middlesex next week and start on the front foot – I truly believe we have the skills to start forcing results.”The difference was Hashim Amla, Surrey’s third overseas reinforcement and the number one ranked Test batsmen in the world. He has taken little time integrating himself into the club, even using a day off to come in and pass on words of wisdom to their young batsmen, who have been spoiled for choice for world-class mentors this season.It certainly wasn’t a classic Amla knock, and it could have been a different story had Alex Hughes not dropped a routine catch at cover that spared him when he had just 24.That was the second of three reprieves. The first came ten minutes before lunch when he was hit on the pads by Footitt without a run to his name. It looked to have a lot going for it, but not according to the standing umpire.He was then nearly run out at the non-strikers end later in the afternoon after some brilliant work from Wayne Madsen, who stopped a straight drive from Zander de Bruyn before managing to get in a throw while sprawled on the floor that just missed the stumps. It was rather sloppy from Amla, who had been dawdling back to his crease on a few occasions after walking in with the bowler. From then on, he was more cautious.It wasn’t so much of a masterclass, more of a taster session enticing you to sign on for more. Those here to witness the powerful shots through cover or the checked straight drives – all powered by those snappy wrists – may now subscribe to the idea that Surrey can avoid the drop. Derbyshire played their part in an engrossing encounter, but the hosts, as Batty said, were superior during vital periods.Every run David Wainwright and Tim Poynton added this morning was valuable and risk free, as their fifty partnership was brought up early on, as they continued their careful accumulation. They ran decisively, picking up a couple of threes on their way to taking Derbyshire’s lead passed 200.Poynton, who was the more fluent of the two, fell one short of a deserved half century when a delivery from Batty ballooned up off his glove, with Zafar Ansari under the helmet at bat-pad diving toward leg slip to take a smart catch. Wainwright survived through to the end of the innings to bring up his third first class fifty for the county.The chase was set – Surrey needed 217 off a minimum of 73 overs. It could not have got off to a worse start when just four runs in, Rory Burns fell in the third over thanks to a brilliant catch from Madsen at cover; Burns met it well, as he does, but the Derbyshire skipper managed to dive to his right and clutch on to the ball with his right hand, before landing safely on his side without losing it. Two balls later, Arun Harinath was also back in the dressing room when he nicked Higginbottom to Chanderpaul at second slip, for a seven-ball duck.A long-form specialist, Harinath played just two games in the YB40 and did not feature at all in Surrey’s FLt20 programme; instead, tiding himself over with 2nd XI cricket. The Championship break has done him no good, as his binary return of 1,0,1,0 in the last four innings indicates.But with Amla bearing the brunt of the run-scoring, all that was required were contributions around him. Vikram Solanki was the first to share the burden with 44 of an 84-run partnership before he was adjudged lbw.De Bruyn played well for 31 before needlessly swiping at a wide ball from Hughes, who was trying desperately to make amends for his costly drop. An 18 for Steven Davies took them to 200 leaving Ansari and Batty to pick off the remaining 17 runs – each greeted with cheers. When Ansari completed the run chase with a boundary off a Burgoyne full toss, cheers turned to song.By Batty’s calculations – he admits he is no mathematician – a win away to Somerset and one from games against Middlesex next week, Warwickshire or Yorkshire should be enough.Derbyshire travel to Taunton first, before meeting Durham who have emerged later as a big threat to Yorkshire at the top of Division One. Having shown immense character to beat Sussex and Middlesex, this defeat is a big setback and leaves them at the mercy of others. The fight-back, as impressive as it was, was probably too late. Surrey might have timed theirs just right.

On the most difficult day to bat in the Investec Ashes series so far, with Stuart Broad breathing fire in the sorts of spells he can occasionally conjure, Chris Rogers scrapped, scraped, nudged and edged his way to a vital century

The Report by Daniel Brettig10-Aug-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsChris Rogers made his maiden Test century to put Australia in a strong position at the close of day two•Getty ImagesUgly was beautiful for Chris Rogers and Australia. On the most difficult day to bat in the Investec Ashes series so far, with Stuart Broad breathing fire in the sorts of spells he can occasionally conjure, Rogers scrapped, scraped, nudged and edged his way to a century few who witnessed it will forget.From a position early in the day where it looked as though a team total of around 100 was not out of the question, the tourists reached the close only 16 runs shy of England’s total with five wickets in hand. For that they had to thank Rogers and his erstwhile opening partner, Shane Watson.So long spurned as a Test batting option, Rogers has had to wait until the shadows of his 36th birthday for a genuine chance, and by playing so confidently in Manchester and now so doggedly in Durham he has taken it grandly. Only one Australian, Arthur Richardson, has been older at the time of his maiden century. Rogers himself seemed to age another few years as he spent 19 nervous balls on 96, but he summoned a sweep to go to 100. A few moments later the umpires ended play for bad light, leaving Australia to dream of building a significant advantage on Sunday.It was fitting too that the day’s key stand was notched by Rogers and Watson, a pair who have found themselves ideally suited to bat together, even though the latter’s starts in the series so far had flattered to deceive and pushed him down the batting order. Their union of 129 was by a distance the highest of the match, and neutralised much of the near unplayable stuff served up by Broad.A Rogers reprieve in complicated circumstances also proved critical to proceedings. Australia were 34 for 2 when he was given out caught behind by Tony Hill. On Rogers’ referral the ball was found to be missing the bat but clipping the top of the stumps on Hawk Eye’s projection. England’s players assumed Rogers would remain out, but had to be reminded of the regulations of the DRS by the umpires. As Rogers had not been given out lbw on the field, Hawk Eye needed to show three reds for the lbw decision.Jackson Bird had plucked James Anderson’s middle stump to end England’s innings without addition to their overnight total. When England took to the field, it was immediately apparent that the ball would continue to deviate. Anderson bent the ball back towards Rogers’ pads with some menace, but it was Broad who found the right combination of swing, seam and bounce to confound the top order. Returned to open, David Warner’s lack of certainty about the location of his off stump was exposed by late movement, and he was bowled offering a shot so late it was almost retrospective.Similarly, Usman Khawaja was unsure whether to play or leave, and was too late in withdrawing his bat from harm as a Broad delivery whizzed across him. It touched the toe of the bat, and Matt Prior held a catch more difficult than it appeared down low to his right.Michael Clarke and Rogers then showed a greater intent to score, though Broad continued to pose problems, even if he burned one decision referral with an lbw appeal against Rogers that pitched clearly outside leg stump.It was with another ball moving back towards Rogers that the morning’s most fevered moment arrived. The ball brushed the back pad on its way through to Prior, and England went up in appeal for a catch at the wicket. Hill raised his finger, and Rogers referred, shaking his head as he did so. It proved a successful referral.Clarke threw his hands unwisely at a ball moving away and bouncing, edging a sharp chance to Cook, who held it neatly above his head. If the shot was poor, it was still a just reward for Broad, who was then withdrawn from the attack after seven red-blooded overs that had reaped 3 for 23. Steve Smith fought gamely to the interval, but was defeated soon after it, prodding forward to Tim Bresnan and snicking behind.At 76 for 4, Watson walked to the middle in the role he had been given on his debut as far back as 2005. He has shuffled through plenty of commissions since, and after a poor start to this series might have been pondering whether this would be the last. He began solidly, keeping out the lbw seekers arrowed towards his pads by Bresnan, Anderson and Broad, while at the same time rotating the strike better than he has sometimes managed.He and Rogers both had reprieves, Bresnan dropping a difficult return catch from Watson and Graeme Swann turfing a one-handed chance at second slip from Rogers. But they steadily wrested back some of England’s earlier supremacy. Rogers was never wholly comfortable, living on his nerves and his top order technique, but doing enough to mount the tally.The stand went deep into the evening session, Watson opening up slightly with a pair of drives redolent of his Twenty20 destructor mode and Rogers inching ever closer to a century. It was ultimately the encroachment of that milestone that seemed to disrupt the rhythm of the pair. Becalmed against Swann, Rogers was unable to break up the strike, and a persevering Broad eventually had Watson falling across to the offside, but glancing a catch down leg side to Prior rather than falling lbw.Rogers’ battle to reach three figures was as compelling as the innings itself. Having punched his 12th boundary through the covers, he then agonised over more than three scoreless overs against Swann. One fell inches short of Broad at mid-on, another spun narrowly past the outside edge, and a third was centimetres from off stump as Rogers went back to cut. Cook had brought the field up to starve the single, but left gaps for a boundary.And so from his 20th ball on 96, Rogers went for the sweep, a stroke he seldom uses. It may have been a shot played as a last resort, but the timing was sweet, and the square leg rope was hit. Australia’s team balcony erupted in adulation and relief, but Rogers was understatement itself, removing his helmet, raising his bat and sharing the moment with Brad Haddin. It was a classical way to meet a century, and also an acknowledgement that more remains to be done. Based on the resolve he showed on the second evening, Rogers is far from satisfied.

A timeline of Chris Adams’ tenure at The Oval as he is sacked after five years

Alex Winter17-Jun-2013The signing of Steven Davies was perhaps Chris Adams’ best acquisition at Surrey•PA Photos

September 2008
Ends first-class career, 20 years after his debut in 1988 with over 19,000 runs at 38.68.December 2008
Appointed Surrey professional cricket manager, succeeding Alan Butcher who was sacked after Surrey were relegated in a season where Shoaib Akhtar and Chris Lewis played for the club.March 2009
Ian Salisbury appointed second XI coach.June 2009
Surrey beat Northamptonshire by an innings at Wantage Road. It would be their only victory of the season.September 2009
Adams’ first season ends with Surrey seventh in Division Two of the Championship, bottom of Pro40 Division Two and with only two wins in the Friends Life t20.December 2009
Appoints 22-year-old Rory Hamilton-Brown as captain. Wicketkeeper Steven Davies signs from Worcestershire.January 2010
Brings in Chris Tremlett from Hampshire and nurses him back to form ahead of the Ashes in AustraliaMay 2010
Surrey record only their second Championship victory since September 2007.September 2010
Victory in a contrived result at Bristol in the final match of the season saves Surrey from the wooden spoon.April 2011
Richard Gould arrives as Surrey’s chief executive, describing the job as “one of the biggest challenges in UK sport”.May 2011
Adams criticised for missing Surrey’s match at Fenners to commentate for Sky Sports. Surrey lost to Cambridge MCCU by 10 wickets.The Clydesdale Bank 40 success in 2011 should have been the start of greater things for a talented Surrey side•Getty Images

August 2011
A thumping defeat by Kent leaves Surrey 57 points off promotion with four games to play. Adams signs Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha.September 2011
Season ends with a golden flourish as Surrey lift their first trophy for eight years, winning the Clydesdale Bank 40 and four Ojha-inspired victories lead them to promotion in the ChampionshipApril 2012
Surrey begin the season as an outside bet for the Championship and show why with an opening round victory over Sussex.June 2012
The death of young batsman Tom Maynard rocks the club. Maynard’s best friend, Hamilton-Brown, takes a break from the game.July 2012
Adams says that Mark Ramprakash won’t play again in the season, which prompts Ramprakash’s retirement. Surrey announce signing of Vikram Solanki, one of a number of elder statesmen that Surrey bring in, attempting to find stability in the dressing room.August 2012
Hamilton-Brown resigns the Surrey captaincy and leaves the club at the end of the season. Gareth Batty takes over and the county rally to avoid relegation.November 2012
South African Graeme Smith appointed captain on a three-year deal. He would make just one half-century in five Championship innings before being ruled out for the season with injury.February 2013
Surrey unveil Ricky Ponting who signed a two-month contract to include Twenty20.May 2013
Surrey lose to Durham and Nottinghamshire inside nine days on their way to a winless first eight matches of the season.June 2013
Adams sacked as team director, first team coach Salisbury also leaves the club

Jamaica’s Sabina Park is set to get floodlights, according to Jamaica Cricket Association officials

ESPNcricinfo staff12-May-2013

Jamaica’s Sabina Park is set to get floodlights, according to Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) officials. JCA president Lyndel Wright told Jamaica newspapers that the board has entered into partnership with Consolidated Energy Partners, while treasurer Nigel Logan said the fixtures should be ready in time for Jamaica’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) matches.”Sabina Park Holdings has entered into an agreement with Consolidated Energy Partners, a member of the Genco Group Of Companies, for the provisioning of floodlights at Sabina Park,” Wright was quoted as saying by the .Logan, who is also director of Sabina Park Holdings and the chairman of its lights committee, said the project will be financed by Consolidated Energy Partners. “The funding, it’s going to be financed by the supplier. The lights will be GE lights and they will be excellent for cricket and have definition similar to what you see in the IPL.” The lights should be ready by August 5, he said, ahead of Sabina Park’s opening CPL match.The idea of floodlights had been mooted earlier this year with the CPL in mind, as Jamaica was the only center among the tournament’s six venues that did not meet the requirements to host day-night matches – reportedly a criterion for hosting CPL games.

يعود فريق الكرة الأول بالنادي الأهلي، لاستئناف مشواره المحلي بخوض مباراة قوية أمام إنبي، مساء غد الثلاثاء، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وتقام مباراة الأهلي وإنبي على أرضية استاد القاهرة الدولي ضمن منافسات الجولة الـ29 من المسابقة المحلية.

ويرغب الأهلي في الحفاظ على تصدره لجدول ترتيب الدوري ورغبته في استعادة اللقب من جديد بعدما ابتعد عن جدران القلعة الحمراء في الموسمين الماضيين لصالح غريمه التقليدي الزمالك.

طالع | الأهلي يكشف عبر “بطولات” موقفه من عرض الوكرة لضم حمدي فتحي

ويمتلك الأهلي في رصيده 53 نقطة جمعها من الفوز في 16 مواجهة بجانب تعادله خلال 5 لقاءات بالدوري المصري.

ويدخل الأهلي المباراة وهو منتشي بعد تأهله إلى نهائي بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا للمرة الرابعة على التوالي والـ16 تاريخه بعدما تخطى عقبة الترجي التونسي في دور نصف النهائي من البطولة القارية.

وفي المقابل يأمل فريق إنبي في تحقيق نتيجة إيجابية أمام الأهلي من أجل تحسين مركزه بجدول ترتيب الدوري المصري.

ويتواجد فريق إنبي في المركز التاسع بترتيب جدول الدوري، برصيد 36 نقطة.

وكانت مباراة الدور الأول بين الأهلي وإنبي قد انتهت بفوز الأحمر بثنائية نظيفة سجلها محمد مجدي أفشة وأليو ديانج.