أعلن نادي المقاولون العرب، عن رحيل مدربه محمد مكي، بعد تمسك الأخير بقرار عدم الاستمرار في قيادة الفريق خلال الفترة القادمة.
المقاولون العرب الذي عاد إلى الدوري الممتاز، بداية الموسم الحالي، يعاني من سلسلة نتائج سلبية منذ انطلاق هذا الموسم، حيث يحتل المركز التاسع عشر في جدول ترتيب الدوري برصيد 5 نقاط بعد مرور 9 جولات.
ووفقًا للمركز الإعلامي لنادي المقاولون العرب، يتقدم مجلس إدارة نادي المقاولون العرب برئاسة المهندس محسن صلاح بخالص الشكر للكابتن محمد مكي المدير الفني للفريق على مجهوداته وعطائه اللا محدود الذي قدمه مع الفريق طوال فترة توليه مسئولية الفريق.
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وأشار إلى أن الكابتن محمد مكي تمسك باعتذاره عن عدم الاستمرار في قيادة الفريق الفترة المقبلة، نظرا لما يواجهه من سوء توفيق منذ بداية الموسم، وفي ظل اعتزاز مجلس إدارة النادي بما يقدمه منذ توليه المسئولية، إلا أنه وفي ظل تمسكه بالرحيل وطلبه ذلك للمرة الثانية فقد قبل المجلس اعتذاره.
وأكد المهندس محمد عادل فتحي عضو مجلس إدارة النادي والمشرف العام على الكرة أن الكابتن محمد مكي من أفضل المدربين المصريين وكتب اسمه بحروف مضيئة في تاريخ المقاولون العرب بصعوده السريع والعودة للدوري الممتاز وسط إخلاص غير مسبوق، وتعامل راق هو وجهازه المعاون منذ توليه المسئولية وحتى الآن متمنيا له التوفيق في المرحلة المقبلة.
وأوضح فتحي أن الكابتن طلعت محرم سيقود الفريق فنيًا خلال الفترة المقبلة، خلفًا لمكي.
da cassino online： Paulo Turra é o novo técnico do Santos. Uma semana após ser demitido do Athletico-PR, o profissional foi anunciado no Peixe, que dispensou Odair Hellmann nesta quinta-feira (22), após a derrota no clássico contra o Corinthians, no dia anterior. O vínculo do profissional com o Peixe será válido por um ano.
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da 888： O novo comandante santista se apresentará ao elenco neste sáabdo (24), véspera do confronto diante do Flamengo, pelo Campoeonato Brasileiro. A tendência é que ele estreie somente na quinta-feira (29), quando o Peixe encara o Blooming, pela Sul-Americana, mesmo já estando eliminado na fase de grupos da competição continental.
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Turra foi auxiliar-técnico de Luiz Felipe Scolari entre 2017 e 2022, tendo passado por Guangzhou Evergrande, da China, Palmeiras, Grêmio, Cruzeiro e Athletico-PR. com o pentacampeão mundial. Assumiu o comando do Furacão nesta temporada, após Felipão optar por abandonar a função de treinador e se tornar diretor técnico da equipe paranaense.No entanto, Scolari mudou de ideia na semana passada e aceitou uma proposta para dirigir o Atlético-MG. A direção do Athletico, então, optou por também demitir os profissionais levados por Felipão, incluindo Turra, que tinha 73% de aproveitamento à frente do CAP e vinha de um título do campeonato estadual no Paraná.
Paulo Turra é o sétimo técnico contratado pela atual administração santista, que iniciou em janeiro de 2020. Além do atual comandante, também foram trazidos pelas mãos do presidente Andres Rueda e as suas equipes: Ariel Holan, Fernando Diniz, Fábio Carille, Fabián Bustos, Lisca e Odair Hellmann.
Manchester United have been in contact to sign a “standout” £10m midfielder this summer ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.
Fernandes hints he could leave Man Utd after Europa League final
The nail in the Red Devils’ coffin for the season was hammered in by Spurs on Wednesday night, with Ange Postecoglou getting the better of Ruben Amorim in the Europa League final in Bilbao.
A 1-0 win for Tottenham ensured they’d win their first trophy in 17 years and qualify for the Champions League, whereas United will now have to make do with no European football and one of their worst seasons for more than 50 years.
Bruno Fernandes captained Man Utd in Bilbao but failed to take his side to glory, and with a summer of uncertainty at Old Trafford incoming, spoke about his future in Manchester.
“I will be here until the club tells me it is time to leave. I am available to make the club have great days again.
“The day the club thinks I am too much, or it is time to leave, football is like that and you never know. If the club thinks it is time to leave, because they want to make some money, that is what it is and football is like that sometimes.”
Bruno Fernandes
The Portuguese star is wanted in Saudi Arabia by Al-Hilal, and with the likes of Casemiro and Christian Eriksen also ageing and on big money, a new midfield gem could be on the to-do list for the Red Devils and Sir Jim Ratcliffe ahead of his first summer transfer window as co-owner.
Man Utd in contact to sign £10m midfielder ahead of Spurs
According to TBR Football, Man Utd are one of numerous clubs who have been in contact with Motherwell over a deal to sign midfielder Lennon Miller.
The 18-year-old is emerging as one of Scotland’s most exciting talents and has had approaches from the Red Devils, Spurs, Arsenal, Brighton, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham.
Games
39
Goals
4
Assists
8
Minutes played
3,398
Atalanta, Bologna and Como in Italy are all keen on Miller, as are French side Strasbourg and Scottish champions Celtic, with reports earlier this year claiming Motherwell would want £10m for the teenage gem.
Set to turn 19 in August, Miller has already made more than 75 senior appearances for Motherwell, even captaining them between November and December last year.
Talking during that time, Barry Ferguson called Miller a “standout” performer for Motherwell and said “he has the potential to play at the highest level”.
The Red Devils have already shown they are looking at the future with recent deals for Patrick Dorgu, Leny Yoro, Ayden Heaven and Chido Obi-Martin, and by the looks of things, Miller could be the next if they manage to win the huge race for his services.
تحدث دانيال ستوريدج، لاعب ليفربول السابق عن اللاعب الذي يفقتده الريدز في موسمه الجديد 2025/2026 في ظل التخبطات الأخيرة التي يعاني منها الفريق على مستوى النتائج.
وخسر ليفربول آخر 3 مباريات لعبها بعد تقديم أداء سيئ للغاية على عكس المعتاد من فريق آرني سلوت، رغم الميركاتو الصيفي الناري الذي قام به النادي.
وقال ستوريدج لشبكة “سكاي سبورتس”: “رحيل لويس دياز كان خيارًا خاطئًا بالنسبة لي، بالنظر إلى أداء ليفربول العام الماضي وكيفية ضغطهم، أعتقد أنه كان بلا شك من يفرض الضغط على الثلاثي الهجومي، أما سوبوسلاي فكان سيفعل ذلك في خط الوسط بقوة وحيوية”.
ورحل نجم منتخب كولومبيا عن صفوف الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ليفربول لينضم إلى بايرن ميونيخ في صفقة بلغت قيمتها نحو 60 مليون جنيه إسترليني.
وحقق دياز بداية رائعة في الدوري الألماني، مسجلًا 6 أهداف في 10 مباريات، أحدها جاء بعد 14 ثانية فقط من مباراة بايرن ميونخ وفرانكفورت عصر أمس، السبت.
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وأكمل ستوريدج: “بالنسبة لي، لويس دياز يتميز بمثابرته على الكرة وشغفه باسترجاعها لفريقه، لقد قدم لليفربول شيئًا يفتقده الآن، أعتقد أن إيكيتيكي وإيزاك وفيرتز يبذلون جهدًا كبيرًا، ولا أقول إنهم لا يفعلون ذلك، لا يمكننا التشكيك في مستوى عملهم أو جودتهم”.
وأضاف: “لكن ما أرغب في قوله هو أنهم لاعبون ذو عقلية هجومية، أعتقد أن دياز كان يضحي بنفسه دفاعيًا، هذا ما عليهم فهمه الآن، من في هذا الهجوم سيضحي بنفسه قليلًا، في الثلاثي الهجومي، يجب أن يكون هناك دائمًا لاعب يقول لست متعطشًا للإحصائيات”.
وأردف: “ترى هذا العام أن جاكبو يُسجل أهدافًا أكثر، وصلاح يُسجل أهدافًا أقل، والمهاجمون الجدد يُريدون الانطلاق بقوة، لذلك أعتقد أن جيمي (كاراجر محلل سكاي سبورتس) شكك في توازن خط الوسط، لكنني أعتقد أيضًا أن التوازن في الثلاثي الهجومي هو السبب”.
وأتم: “من المهم أن نفهم أي من الثلاثة سيكون ركيزة أساسية في الفريق، ومن سيفعل ما يشاء، ومن سيجمع بين الاثنين، حاليًا لست متأكدًا من أن المدرب يعرف ما سيفعله”.
Granit Xhaka has been offered a return to the Premier League by recently promoted Sunderland, who are interested in the former Arsenal captain.
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According to , Sunderland have made an audacious approach for Xhaka, who is set to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer after just two years back in Germany. The reporter claims the Black Cats are in contact with the 2023-24 Bundesliga champions over a €10 million (£8.6 million) transfer and are willing to offer the 32-year-old Switzerland international a three-year contract.
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Sunderland aren't the only side interested in recruiting the midfielder. The former Gunner has reportedly been in talks with Saudi Arabian side Neom which would see Xhaka receive a significant pay rise, while AC Milan have been keen on him in recent months without making much progress in negotiations with Leverkusen.
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Sunderland were something of a surprise package last season as they won promotion to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs, but that hasn't stopped them investing heavily in their squad in anticipation of their first season back in the top flight since 2016-17. Enzo Le Fee's loan move has been made permanent, while Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi and Simon Adingra have all arrived at the Stadium of Light.
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If Xhaka were to move to Sunderland, he would be tasked with filling the boots of Jobe Bellingham, who left the club earlier in the summer to sign for German outfit Borussia Dortmund.
Twelve out of the 24 overseas players under contract in the Hundred could arrive late in the UK
Matt Roller07-May-2024Half of the overseas players in the men’s Hundred could arrive in the UK late this year after Major League Cricket (MLC) confirmed on Tuesday that the two leagues will overlap by six days in July.Last year, the inaugural season of MLC ended two days before the start of the Hundred but the leagues will clash this year. The Hundred’s group stage starts on July 23 while MLC will run until the final on July 28, with the knockout fixtures – which will feature four of the six franchises – starting July 24.Twelve out of the 24 overseas players under contract in the men’s Hundred have already been announced as signings or retentions in MLC and more could follow before the tournament starts on July 5. The vast majority of them will stay in the US until their respective franchises are eliminated.Related
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ESPNcricinfo understands that Stephen Fleming is likely to buck the trend by prioritising the Hundred. Fleming, who is in India with Chennai Super Kings, coaches Texas Super Kings in MLC but his Hundred team, Southern Brave, have received assurances that he will arrive in the UK before their opening fixture on July 24. Fleming did not respond when contacted.Depending on which MLC franchises reach the playoffs, some Hundred teams could be without two or even three overseas players for their opening fixture. Fleming’s Brave, for example, could be missing Kieron Pollard (MI New York), Akeal Hosein (Washington Freedom) and Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns) for their first match.Player wages in MLC were higher than in the men’s Hundred last year. The top salary in MLC was around US$175,000 (£135,000 approx.) for a minimum of five games across two-and-a-half weeks; in the men’s Hundred, the top salary was £125,000 (US$155,000 approx.) for a minimum of eight games across four weeks.The men’s Hundred is likely to be short on star power for the opening week, also clashing with the third England vs West Indies Test at Edgbaston which runs from July 26-30. Availability is much better in the women’s Hundred, where the only relevant clash is a brief overlap with the Asia Cup.MLC will start on July 5 – a day later than initially planned – and the 21-match group stage will run until July 23. Each team will play seven group fixtures. The four knockout fixtures have been scheduled for July 24 (Eliminator), 25 (Qualifier), 26 (Challenger) and 28 (final). As well as the Hundred, it will directly clash with the Lanka Premier League which is due to run July 1-21.MLC 2024 will be played across two venues•SportzpicsLike last year, two venues will be used: Grand Prairie Stadium near Dallas, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The ICC said earlier this year that MLC were evaluating the possibility of using the ‘modular’ stadium in Eisenhower Park, near New York – which will host eight T20 World Cup matches in June – but those plans have been shelved.MLC has proved particularly attractive to Australian players this year, with Steven Smith, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell and Jake Fraser-McGurk all due to feature. Two MLC franchises have links with Australian states – Washington Freedom (New South Wales) and San Francisco Unicorns (Victorians) – while a Seattle Orcas squad recently toured Queensland.A desire to attract the best overseas players in the world is among several reasons underpinning the ECB’s plan to sell equity stakes in Hundred teams to private investors later this year. Richard Gould, the ECB’s chief executive, said last month that there is a “strong consensus that we would like to see private investment come into the Hundred”.The ECB has been meeting counties regularly and hope they will agree on a direction of travel this week. Under their latest proposals, they would gift a 51% share in each Hundred team to its host county (or MCC, in the case of London Spirit) and would sell the other 49% itself by the end of the year, sharing the revenue generated across the English game.”Who gets what within that 49%? That’s where the conversation will be over the next couple of weeks,” Stuart Cain, Warwickshire’s chief executive, told last week. “What’s the best way to spread that money around the 18 counties – if you include the MCC, 19 – to try and create a more sustainable, vibrant foundation for the county system?”
da pinnacle： Have you ever seen an end to the season like this? For Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side, it was more stressful than they ever hoped for.
da heads bet： After being sent out of the Champions League by PSG, they have been left to bemoan a run of awful results in the Premier League, putting their hopes of qualifying for a place at Europe’s top table next season in danger.
The 4-0 win over Ipswich Town aside, the Gunners have not picked up all three points in the top-flight since the very first day of April when they defeated Fulham.
So, their 1-0 win over Newcastle United, their top four rivals on Sunday, was rather timely. While Arteta’s side haven’t sewn up second place just yet, they have confirmed their participation in next season’s Champions League.
Behind them, there’s an almighty battle taking shape to finish inside the top five. Thankfully, Arsenal can go to Southampton next weekend with nothing riding on it.
The battle for a top five spot
Team
Games
Wins
Draws
Defeats
points
2. Arsenal
37
19
14
4
71
3. Newcastle
37
20
6
11
66
4. Chelsea
37
19
9
9
66
5. Aston Villa
37
19
9
9
66
6. Man City
36
19
8
9
65
7. Nottingham Forest
37
19
8
10
65
So, who stood out in the new red home strip on Sunday?
How Arsenal beat Newcastle United at the Emirates
When Alexander Isak, William Saliba’s nemesis, was not named on the Newcastle teamsheet due to injury, Arsenal knew they were in for an easier ride.
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Yet, during the first half, they had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping them in the game.
This certainly wasn’t a straightforward win, particularly for those at the back who worked tirelessly to preserve the club’s clean sheet.
While Raya’s passing was rather errant inside the opening half, he made up for it with a string of superb saves, the two most notable of which saw him the Spaniard sprawl down low to his left to deny Harvey Barnes and then again to his left to keep out Dan Burn’s header from a corner.
Handed the Player of the Match award by Sky Sports after the game, Raya certainly proved why he’s one of the division’s best stoppers.
That being said, it wasn’t Raya who had the most decisive of says. That was Declan Rice who with a swish effort from outside the box, gave Arsenal the win.
It was a peach of a goal from a man who is only going from strength to strength in the final third. He is the Granit Xhaka replacement everyone at the Emirates hoped they’d find.
Raya and Rice were certainly the best players in Arsenal red and will play a crucial part in rebuilding next season. That said, there are some who won’t be around to see the stadium again as a home player.
The players who featured in their last home game for Arsenal
The raucous reception that Kieran Tierney was given as a late second-half substitute was joyous. The Scot has had an injury-hit time in north London and this was sadly the last we will get to see of him as an Arsenal player at home.
The left-back’s contract is expiring at the conclusion of the campaign and it’s widely expected that he’ll head back to Celtic, the side who sold him for £25m.
Also likely playing their last home game was Jorginho. Another of Arsenal’s out-of-contract stars, it looks as though he’ll be going off to end his playing days in Brazil.
Jorginho’s fellow midfielder in Thomas Partey would also be fortunate to be back at the Emirates next season.
The £45m signing from Atletico Madrid has had his days in the famous red and white but Arsenal need fresh blood, and that was certainly evident against Newcastle.
Partey’s day certainly wasn’t disastrous, but it was a shoddy display nonetheless, with the Standard handing him a 5/10 match rating, writing that he was ‘one of Arsenal’s sloppiest players during a poor first half and he was caught in possession a few times’. Meanwhile, one content creator and podcaster, Le Grove, even suggested it looked like the midfielder “was already on the beach.”
His numbers certainly weren’t the finest either, chiefly losing four of his five battles in the air.
Partey vs Newcastle
Minutes played
90
Touches
61
Accurate passes
40/49 (82%)
Key passes
1
Long balls completed
4/8
Shots on target
1
Shots off target
0
Dribbles
0
Ground duels won
4/7
Aerial duels won
1/5
Possession lost
11x
Tackles
3
Interceptions
0
Stats via Sofascore.
The 31-year-old is usually a monster in the duel but his lack of pace and athleticism in the transitional phases of the game is becoming a concern.
He’s quick to get the ball out of his feat but he lacks the drive to get forward and then doesn’t have the speed required to track back if Arsenal get done in the press. He’s the polar opposite to Rice in that regard.
As a result, with Partey’s contract due to expire in a few months, now is surely the time to sever ties with a player who isn’t going to get any better.
There is a reason the club plans to sign Martin Zubimendi this summer. Let him be Rice’s partner next season, please Mikel.
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Bramley Moore looms large for those of an Everton persuasion. In fact, David Moyes will lead his troops out just twice more before hallowed Goodison Park will be consigned to history.
Time was when Everton would fail to mark this new era with impactful activity on the transfer front, in the planning room. But this is an exciting new project on Merseyside and Moyes is back to front it.
While the Scottish tactician will expect powers to bring in a wealth of fresh quality this summer, he will of course need to part with a few of the rusted-over parts of the Toffees make-up.
And he won’t be afraid to do it.
Why Moyes will get rid of Everton's deadwood
Everton have no less than 15 players reaching the conclusion of their contracts this summer – some are out on loan or indeed are reaching the end of their loan stints at Goodison Park.
Abdoulaye Doucoure, for example, is expected to leave. Sure, he scored the winning goal at the City Ground last weekend, but the 32-year-old isn’t popping up with such moments with the frequency to justify his £130k-per-week salary, the loftiest at the club.
Abdoulaye Doucoure
Moyes isn’t afraid to cut ties with his higher-profile stars, something he’s going to need to enact with another member of the squad, a player shaping up to be the 61-year-old’s next version of James Beattie.
Beattie spent two-and-a-half seasons under Moyes’ management at Everton, signed from Southampton for £6m in January 2005 after rejecting a move to Aston Villa.
Beattie was a talented centre-forward, hard to handle and powerful in the final third. He likely didn’t make too many friends with opposing defenders. He also didn’t make a friend out of Moyes, it would appear…
Across 85 appearances for the Merseysiders, Beattie only managed to score 15 goals, interestingly with 11 of them posted across the 2005/06 season before he provided a woeful product on his final term as a Toffee.
A five-cap England international, Beattie moved on to Sheffield United in 2007, the Blades breaking their transfer record and paying £4m for a player who had fallen by the wayside at Everton.
James Beattie
In fact, Moyes and his number nine had come to blows on numerous occasions, having to discipline his man after a headbutt on William Gallas in 2005 and Beattie later suggesting Everton didn’t treat him with respect while he played there.
His talent and focal presence got him far, but Moyes showed that he’s willing to make a tough decision for his team, and he’s going to have to make a similar one in the weeks ahead, with Everton needing to part ways with their new version of Beattie.
Moyes' new James Beattie
While he’s served at the club for a long time, Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s best days appear to be long past, with The Athletic’s Paddy Boyland noting he has been “struggling” through the 2024/25 season.
Out of contract at the end of the season, Calvert-Lewin – who the Toffees signed from Sheffield United in 2016 – has toiled through what looks to be his final campaign as an Everton player, with a cruel injury picked up in January stunting any budding rebirth hinted at after Moyes’ return.
Still out of action, the 27-year-old surely needs to be axed this summer, with his inconsistencies and past successes suggesting that he is in a similar boat to Beattie way back when, albeit the older man being actively shoved out to sign for the Blades.
Calvert-Lewin – Scoring Stats in Premier League (past 3 seasons)
Season
Apps
Goals
xG (+/-)
24/25
22
3
6.11 (-3.11)
23/24
32
7
12.93 (-5.93)
22/23
17
2
5.84 (-3.84)
Data via Sofascore
Though DCL doesn’t share Beattie’s supposedly volatile temperment, he has been chained down by injuries and consequent issues, with his wasteful finishing and heavy wage rubber-stamping the expected decision to cut ties.
Calvert-Lewin has given Goodison Park so many fond memories. In his pomp, the long-discarded England international was among the most dangerous strikers in the Premier League, leading talent scout Jacek Kulig to remark in 2020 that “Carlo Ancelotti created a monster.”
Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates against Liverpool
But the truth is Calvert-Lewin’s finest days are behind him, at least in Evertonian Blue. With Beto looking like twice the player he was since Moyes came along and funding being handed ahead of the summer window, parting with the striker is sure to be the right decision.
Moyes proved before, with Beattie, that he’s not afraid to make a cut for the greater good of the team, and he must maintain this approach now.
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Batter Jemimah Rodrigues and allrounder Pooja Vastrakar have been named in India’s Test and white-ball squads for the upcoming home series against South Africa, but their selection is subject to fitness.Rodrigues had missed the five-match T20I series in Bangladesh in April-May with a back injury and underwent rehab at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Vastrakar, however, had played all five games in Bangladesh and the BCCI media statement did not specify the nature of her injury.Uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Uma Chetry was also included in all three squads. She replaced Yastika Bhatia who was out injured after playing just one T20I in Bangladesh. Chetry had also been part of the India’s Asian Games squad that beat Sri Lanka to win gold in Hangzhou in 2023.
South Africa tour of India
June 13: tour game vs Board President’s XI, Bengaluru June 16: 1st ODI, Bengaluru June 19: 2nd ODI, Bengaluru June 23: 3rd ODI, Bengaluru June 28 – July 1: One-off Test, Chennai July 5: 1st T20I, Chennai July 7: 2nd T20I, Chennai July 9: 3rd T20I, Chennai
Top-order batter Priya Punia, who last played for India in July 2023, earned a call-up to the Test side. Medium-pacer Arundhati Reddy, who has played 26 T20Is so far, was called up to the Test and ODI squads as well. However, fast bowler Titas Sadhu, who was part of the T20Is against Bangladesh as well as India’s last ODI and Test assignments (against Australia last year), missed out.Punia had linked up with the India squad ahead of the one-off Test against Australia last year as cover for Shubha Satheesh.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Following a decent run in the WPL 2024, where she picked up eight wickets in nine games for Delhi Capitals, Reddy impressed with both ball and bat in the Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy in April. She scored 174 runs, including two fifties, and took two wickets, in two games for South Zone.Legspinner S Asha, who had made her T20I debut in Bangladesh, earned her maiden ODI call-up while D Hemalatha, who had made her comeback in that series in Bangladesh, could return to ODI action after almost two years. Hemalatha also retained her place in the T20I squad.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Harleen Deol, who was part of the squad for the ODIs and one-off Test against Australia in December-January, was left out. She had picked up a knee injury early in WPL 2024 and underwent surgery in March. The other absentee from the ODI squad against Australia is left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap.Related
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South Africa’s all-format women’s tour of India will begin with a three-match ODI series, then move to the one-off Test, and end with the three T20Is. The ODIs, as well as a one-day warm-up game for the visiting side against a Board President’s XI side, will be played in Bengaluru, while the rest of the games will take place in Chennai.The one-off Test wasn’t part of the ICC’s FTP originally. It was added since BCCI and CSA have both been trying to promote women’s Tests of late. This will be India’s third Test in seven months, having played against England and Australia in December last year, both at home.
He played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975 and 1987, before becoming a selector, and later, the coach of the national team
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Aunshuman Gaekwad was head coach of India in two separate stints between 1997 and 2000•Getty Images
Aunshuman Gaekwad, the former India batter and national head coach, has died aged 71, following a long battle with blood cancer. Gaekwad, who was in London till last month, died in Baroda after a brief time in the ICU due to various health complications.Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975 and 1987, before becoming a selector, and later, the coach of the national team.As a batter, Gaekwad scored 1985 runs from 70 Test innings, with a highest score of 201 against Pakistan in 1982-83, where he patiently batted for 671 minutes – then the slowest ever double-century in first-class cricket.
He also famously made 81 in Jamaica against a West Indies side boasting the likes of Michael Holding in its attack – a feat rendered doubly impressive by the fact that it came in an era when there were neither helmets nor restrictions on bouncers. Gaekwad had to have an operation after he was stung on the ear by a Holding bouncer that punctured his eardrum.
India captain Rohit Sharma said he was “absolutely devastated” to hear the news. “I was lucky to have a few conversations with him during the BCCI awards, and on a personal note as well,” Rohit said in Colombo, on the eve of the first ODI against Sri Lanka. “When I was playing Ranji Trophy, he was there and I had a chance to speak to him when he had a few things to talk about my game as well, which was overwhelming for me because he was such a great cricketer for us. It’s always nice when you learn from your seniors, understand how cricket was played back in the day, how tough it was and then to pass on his experiences on cricket and what his visions are about cricket. For me, to understand that was a great learning at that point. Condolences to his family, it’s not a good time when you lose your loved ones, it’s always tough. I was lucky that I had a few chances to meet him and talk to him on a personal level.”1:31
Rohit: ‘Was absolutely devastated’ to hear about Gaekwad’s death
Gaekwad had two separate stints as India coach between 1997 and 2000. He first took over in the Sachin Tendulkar era where he oversaw a period of transition, and later came back in the middle of the match-fixing saga, after Kapil Dev’s resignation for a brief time while a permanent appointee was being finalised.Among India’s high points during his tenure were the Independence Cup triumph, a 2-1 home series win against Australia, Anil Kumble’s 10-wicket haul against Pakistan to level the Test series at home, and a drawn ODI series in New Zealand. He came back at the request of the then BCCI president AC Muthiah, to take them to the final of the ICC Knockout Trophy in 2000, where they lost to New Zealand in the final.Roger Binny, the BCCI president, said in tribute: “Anshuman Gaekwad’s passing is a great loss for Indian cricket. His dedication, resilience, and love for the game were unparalleled. He was not just a cricketer but a mentor and a friend to many. The cricketing community will miss him dearly, and his contributions will always be remembered.”Earlier this month, the BCCI had released INR 1 crore towards Gaekwad’s treatment, after Kapil and Sandeep Patil urged the board to help him.