أدرك لاعبو فريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك التعادل أمام البنك الأهلي، في المباراة التي تجمع بين الفريقين، في الدوري المصري الممتاز. 

ويواجه فريق الزمالك نظيره البنك الأهلي، في الجولة الـ12 من عمر مسابقة الدوري الممتاز، على ملعب القاهرة الدولي. 

طالع.. فيديو | أسامة فيصل يسجل هدف البنك الأهلي الأول أمام الزمالك

وأحرز الأنجولي شيكوبانزا، هدف التعادل لصالح فريق الزمالك في الدقيقة 32 من عمر الشوط الأول، بعد جملة رائعة من لاعبي الزمالك داخل منطقىة جزاء البنك الأهلي، ويسددها شيكوبانزا ليتصدى لها حارس مرمى البنك الأهلي وينجح شيكوبانزا في متابعتها وإدراك التعادل. 

وكان فريق البنك الأهلي قد تقدم في الدقيقة 30 من عمر الشوط الأول من ركلة جزاء، ليتصدى لها أسامة فيصل مهاجم البنك الأهلي ويتقدم لصالح فريقه أمام الزمالك.  هدف شيكوبانزا أمام البنك الأهلي 

Highlights from Day 3 of the sixth round of Ranji Trophy matches

Shashank Kishore25-Jan-2025

J&K beat Mumbai after 11 years
Eleven years after they first beat them in the Ranji Trophy, Jammu & Kashmir pulled off another heist against Mumbai to strengthen their knockouts hope. Chasing 205, they wobbled at different times with Shams Mulani picking up four wickets, but starts from each of the top five helped J&K win by five wickets. Opener Shubham Khajuria top-scored with 45, while Abid Mushtaq, who had minimal contribution with the ball, hitting a crucial 32 not out to seal victory.Gill century in vain as Karnataka stay aliveShubman Gill struck a combative 102, but couldn’t prevent Karnataka from running through Punjab for a second time in three days. After being bowled out for 55, Punjab batted out a little more time in the second dig to make 213, but still went down by an innings and 207 runs. Outside of Gill’s innings, the second highest from the top seven was Anmolpreet Singh’s 14. The bulk of the damage was done by young seam-bowling allrounder Yashovardhan Parantap, who picked up 3 for 37.Related

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Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer put Madhya Pradesh on topHaving conceded the first-innings lead, Madhya Pradesh responded strongly in the second innings, declaring on 369 for 8 to set Kerala a target of 363. Rajat Patidar top scored with 92, while Venkatesh Iyer hit an unbeaten 70-ball 80 at No. 8 as MP recovered from 247 for 6. MP picked up one wicket by stumps to keep themselves in line for an outright win.Vijay Shankar scored a century•PTI

Vijay Shankar century powers Tamil NaduIn Salem, Vijay Shankar’s 14th first-class century, his second of the season, helped Tamil Nadu put themselves in line for six points against Chandigarh. Having taken a 97-run lead, Vijay Shankar helped extend TN’s lead with an unbeaten 150 after N Jagadeesan set the foundation of the innings with 89. By stumps, Chandigarh had slumped to 113 for 5, still needing 290 with the left-arm spinning duo of S Ajith Ram and R Sai Kishore picking up two apiece.Gaikwad among the runsBatting at No. 4 with an eye on being a top-order batter, instead of just playing a specialist opener, Maharashtra captain Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 89 in a marathon Maharashtra innings – they were 464 for 7 in the second innings, extending their lead to 616 by stumps against Group C toppers Baroda. This is only the third game Gaikwad has featured in this season, as he was away during the first half of the tournament to play for India A in Australia. With them out of knockouts contention, it remains to be seen if Maharashtra declare overnight and try for an outright.Wadkar leads Vidarbha’s fightVidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar hit an unbeaten 102 to revive a floundering innings. Vidarbha, who conceded a lead of 100, went to stumps with a lead of 258 with three wickets still remaining. At one stage, they had effectively been reduced to 44 for 5, before Wadkar stood tall to play a typically gritty knock to help last year’s runners-up take the fight into the final day. Vidarbha are currently Group B toppers and are primed to Mae the knockouts.Haryana through to knockoutsA game that was fought on an even keel in the first innings turned decisively in Haryana’s favour thanks to a massive second-innings batting effort, led by half-centuries from Himanshu Rana and Nishant Sindhu as they opened up a 32-run lead into a 369-run target. Bengal, sans the injured Abhimanyu Easwaran, were bowled out for 85 in 21.4 overs, with Wriddhiman Saha, playing in his penultimate first-class match, unbeaten on 25. Anshul Kamboj, who earlier in the season picked up a perfect ten, finished with four wickets./

The Dodgers and Blue Jays battled in the most thrilling World Series in recent memory, with the championship ultimately coming down to extra innings in Game 7.

Unfortunately for Toronto, one side winds up the loser, no matter how good the fight is, and the Blue Jays wound up on the wrong side of the budding Los Angeles dynasty.

But Toronto’s season was still something wholly special, and star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. acknowledged as much in a heartfelt note he shared on Instagram alongside some photos of the Jays’ incredible run.

Guerrero put up one of the greatest postseasons we’ve ever seen from the plate, and his bat was nearly enough to bring Toronto the title.

While they came up just short in 2025, Guerrero is signed with the Jays through 2039, and as he said, plans to be with the team for life.

Former Test opener believes Smith should stay at the top against India after requesting the role last summer

Yash Jha08-Oct-2024Who will open for Australia? Who should open for Australia? Should Steven Smith continue at the top of the order or shift back to number four? These questions have surrounded the Australian Test set-up for a while, and are only gaining traction ahead of India’s visit to Australia next month.”Steve Smith made the call to be able to go and open, and I think he should stay there”. That’s the verdict from Shane Watson as the clock ticks down to the year-end Border-Gavaskar Trophy.”Obviously the safety blanket for him would be moving back to No. 4, but I would love to see him continue to take on the opening spot because he’s got the skill to be able to do it,” Watson said at the sidelines of the launch of the International Masters League in Mumbai on Tuesday.Related

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Smith’s move up the order following David Warner’s retirement after the New Year’s Test against Sydney has been a subject of widespread debate, with no clear winner. Watson himself had backed Cameron Green to succeed as Test opener before Smith’s promotion, but has been convinced otherwise by Green’s performances – headlined by a career-best match-winning 174 not out against New Zealand in Wellington.”Cameron Green came in and batted at No. 4 and did a brilliant job,” Watson said. “His hundred that he got in New Zealand was something very special and he’s the perfect No. 4 candidate now with the future, moving forward.”As if not tricky enough already, Australia’s situation has been further complicated as they sweat on Green’s availability for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which starts in Perth on November 22. The 25-year-old allrounder was flown home from the UK following the third ODI against England after complaining of soreness in his lower back. He has had four previous stress fractures prior to his Test debut in 2020 but the exact nature of his current injury has yet to be confirmed. Cricket Australia’s medical team have been carefully assessing scans over the past two weeks to map out a plan for his recovery with an announcement on his availability for the India series expected to come this week.Smith’s four-Test stint as opener so far has yielded 171 runs – over half of which came in one innings against West Indies – at an average of 28.50, but Watson thinks it’s not a problem caused by his batting position.”I believe the reason why he didn’t do so well over the previous couple of Test matches is just [that] he was a little bit off with his technique,” Watson said. “You see [saw] him getting out a couple of ways which I’ve never really seen him get out before.”I know he would’ve had time just to go away, make some little technical adjustments, and if he opens and he makes those little adjustments, he can be incredibly successful as an opening batter knowing the incredible skill that he’s got.”<Should Brisbane have been the venue for the first Test instead of Perth?The Gabba will not host the first Test this summer•Getty ImagesWatson also voiced his dissatisfaction with the decision to keep Perth as the venue for the opening game of the five-Test series and not Brisbane, traditionally the starting point of Australian Test summers."I'm a traditionalist at heart. Growing up, the Gabba was always the first Test match and that's the Test match I used to go to," the former Australia allrounder said before highlighting the challenge Gabba poses to visiting sides."The Gabba is a more challenging place to play for the foreign teams because there's bounce, there's seam, there's swing, and it's hot and humid. So it just provides a few more challenges, whereas Perth, for example, it's not humid, the ball doesn't swing as much, doesn't necessarily seam as much as well."I always just love the Gabba as being the place for the touring team to be able to come in and have to try and just take on the Australian conditions at their most challenging."The 'Gabbatoir' had been an Australian stronghold for decades, with Australia boasting a 16-2 win-loss record in Tests in Brisbane in the last 20 years. But the fortress has been breached of late. West Indies claimed an upset 8-run win in January, while India famously clinched the 2020-21 series by handing Australia their first Test defeat at the Gabba in 32 years. The ground is also coming towards the end of its use for life with CA only signing a two-year agreement to play Test matches there with doubts over the Gabba's viability beyond that as Brisbane requires upgraded infrastructure to host the 2032 Olympic games.

Royal Challengers have now lost nine playoff matches, the joint-most in IPL history

Sampath Bandarupalli27-May-20224 Centuries for Jos Buttler in IPL 2022, the joint-most for any player in a T20 series or tournament. Virat Kohli also scored four centuries during the 2016 edition of the IPL.2 Players to score more runs in a T20 competition than Buttler’s 824 runs in this IPL season. (And he still has one more innings left) Kohli and David Warner scored 973 and 848 runs, respectively, in the 2016 IPL.ESPNcricinfo Ltd5 Hundreds by Buttler in the IPL, including one in 2021. He is one of three players with five or more centuries in the IPL. Kohli also has five hundreds, while Chris Gayle tops the list with six.195 Runs scored by Buttler in the playoffs this season, a new IPL record, surpassing Warner’s tally of 190 in 2016. Rajat Patidar is third on the list with 170 runs across the Eliminator and Qualifier 2.Most hundreds in IPL•ESPNcricinfo Ltd2 Buttler’s hundred is only the second in an IPL playoff match, while chasing. Shane Watson scored an unbeaten 117 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 final. It is also only the sixth century recorded in an IPL playoff match and the first for Rajasthan Royals.8 Hundreds in IPL 2022, including the unbeaten 106 by Buttler on Friday. This is also a new tournament record, surpassing the seven that were made in 2016.ESPNcricinfo Ltd31 Sixes conceded by Mohammed Siraj, the most by a bowler in any edition of the IPL. Wanindu Hasaranga is second (30) on this list; both Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers going past Dwayne Bravo, who held the record previously with the 29 sixes conceded in 2018.10.07 Siraj’s economy rate this year is the worst for a bowler across IPL history (min 50 overs). Siraj is also only the third bowler to finish with an economy rate in excess of ten in any T20 tournament (Min: 300 balls).9 Playoff losses for Royal Challengers, the joint-most in the IPL. Chennai Super Kings have also lost nine playoff matches, although they played 11 more than the Bangalore franchise. Delhi Capitals have lost nine out of 11. Royal Challengers have lost 11 playoff matches in all T20s, also the joint-most defeats for a team.

Also, how did Delhi Capitals bat so freely on that pitch?

Alagappan Muthu17-Oct-2020Is Jadeja the Super Kings’ new finisher?Ravindra Jadeja’s batting has come on big time. So much so that his contributions down the order have been the cornerstones of a few Test match wins for India.But aggressive batting? Being able to walk in and start hitting out? That’s a very difficult skill to pull off.Jadeja was in that zone against the Capitals, smoking Anrich Nortje, the fastest bowler in the IPL, to all parts. After his unbeaten 33 off 13 balls, he has, in total, 136 runs off 63 balls in the 16 to 20 over phase. That puts him behind only AB de Villiers, Rahul Tewatia and Kieron Pollard in this year’s IPL.ESPNcricinfo LtdWhy did Super Kings pick Jadeja over Bravo for the final over?MS Dhoni had hidden Jadeja away all through the chase, presumably because of Shikhar Dhawan and his left-handedness. Because of Dhawan, the Super Kings could use only two overs of spin in the first ten. They could only bowl five overs of spin all innings.And yet, with the match on the line, with 16 to defend off the last over, Dhoni went to Jadeja. Even though death-overs specialist Dwayne Bravo had an over left.In real time, it felt like Dhoni was gambling. But at the presentation he said, “Bravo was not fit. So he went out and he was not really able to come back. That was the reason. The option was Karn [Sharma] or Jaddu so I went ahead with Jaddu.”The Super Kings might have hoped the batsmen would go for big shots and get caught at the boundary. Axar Patel did… and cleared the boundary three times to seal the victory.Was the Sharjah pitch really that slow?Prithvi Shaw fell to a new ball that was holding up in the pitch. An in-form Faf du Plessis found it hard to hit Patel off his length.It felt like, even though the ground has short boundaries, the wear on the pitch might hamper batsmen.The Super Kings certainly worked on that assumption. They touched a scoring rate of seven an over for the first time off the last ball of tenth over – the second-latest for any team in Sharjah in this IPL.But the Capitals, in the second innings, hit 7.71 runs an over, as the powerplay ended and kept ramping it up.Ricky Ponting, in his mid-match interview, said there was some dew on the pitch. Dhoni also said it was easier to bat in the second innings.Why is du Plessis looking so much better than his colleagues?He is one of the few at the Super Kings who like data. One would guess he sits down with the analyst and looks up match-ups and that sort of thing, and he’s the one leading their faltering top order.The reason he has been able to do that is perhaps because he has been looking to attack first.He moves around in his crease to create his own angles. He’s very good at lifting balls over the infield, especially over cover (60 off 35) and midwicket (55 off 27). He’s very good on the slog (47 off 17). He knows these strengths. He’s maximising on them.ESPNcricinfo LtdWhat’s the secret to Rayudu’s big hitting?Shane Watson said India missed out by not using Ambati Rayudu as their No. 4 at the World Cup. That was after Rayudu took down Jasprit Bumrah in the opening game of the IPL. And again, against the pace of Nortje and Kagiso Rabada, he looked like a boss.A large part of his success is because he is a batsman who targets the off side for boundaries. He’d hit 17 fours and five sixes before Saturday. Fourteen of those have come on the off side: mid-off – 2 sixes, 3 fours; covers – 5 fours; point – 2 fours; third man – 2 fours.Most teams put three men on the boundary on the leg side when the field restrictions are done, and if anyone makes that mistake against Rayudu, he takes full toll.

Record-breaking performance ‘makes it worthwhile’ after years of pain

Vithushan Ehantharajah16-Jul-2022Even after taking the best ODI figures by an Englishman to help his country defeat India at Lord’s on Thursday, Reece Topley is not taking anything for granted.Understandably so, perhaps. The series will be up for grabs in Sunday’s third ODI after Topley’s six for 24 helped defend England’s total of 246 by 100 runs. The reaction from Rohit Sharma’s side will be fierce, and the winner-takes-all nature of the fixture is exactly the sort of situation in which players’ temperaments will be scrutinised ahead of the T20 World Cup, and next year’s 50-over edition.”I’ve got an end goal of ‘I want to be at the World Cup’,” said Topley, matter-of-factly. “I want to contribute and be in the team. It’s taking each day as it comes and trying to get better to attain that goal.”Then there’s Topley’s injury history, the kind which would give anyone reason not to take the good days for granted. Among the two stress fractures of his back were an array of other related and unrelated ailments that not only curtailed his career from 2016, but suggested days like Lord’s were beyond him.And yet at the same time, the three years in the wilderness, consumed by feelings of anxiety and irrelevance, make these moments much more special. Even with such laser focus on what’s ahead, immediately in this India series, then South Africa, Pakistan and onto Australia for the T20 World Cup, he can afford a quick step back to take it all in.”It’s pretty crazy,” Topley said of his six-wicket haul, which were also the best figures by any ODI bowler at Lord’s. “It’s not something that you necessarily set out at the start of your career to do. If anything, from a professional view on things, it’s amazing they come to fruition on days like this.”These are the moments that make it all sort of worthwhile. I don’t know – it’s just nice to be playing for England and obviously you want to perform for your country whenever you get the opportunity. You want to take opportunities like this. But at the end of the day, we’re in a series and it’s 1-1. I enjoy it, I ride the wave, but there’s everything to play for at the weekend.”The last seven days have showcased Topley’s qualities with the white ball. The previous Sunday saw him emerge with three for 22 from England’s consolation win against India in the final T20I at Trent Bridge, comfortably the most economical bowler in a match where 413 runs were scored.It speaks of an all-round healthiness to the 28-year-old. He is no longer focussed on getting his body right and thus can focus on honing his skills, such as his slower deliveries and full-pace deliveries which leap at the bat thanks to his imposing frame. In turn, he is coming into matches full of belief reinforced by a philosophical stance that he has done everything in his power to succeed, regardless of whether he fills up the wickets column or not.”I came into the game [at Lord’s] and left no stone unturned, so there was almost no reason why I shouldn’t have success. That’s the way I view it. I’ll do the same for the weekend, but I might not necessarily get the rewards, it might be someone else’s day. But everything I’ve done in my processes I’m happy with.”I wouldn’t say it’s coming out any better or worse. Like I said, it’s the processes I’ve always believed in and things like that. You can be in form but not taking wickets.Related

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“I think I bowled well but then with cricket there are so many variables. You don’t necessarily control the grass on the wicket or what shot the batsman’s going to play, so you can only control what you do as a bowler. And it almost hedges things in your favour.”It’s not about ‘I’m going to get five today’. It’s like, at the top of my mark each ball, it’s how I’m getting in the game. But then you need a lot of things at the other end to go your way.”At any other time, Topley might have to roll his sleeves up and fight with the other left-arm seamers at England’s disposal for a spot in the squads. But this summer has seen the limited overs side under Matthew Mott take a somewhat refreshing stance in regarding all quicks the same.In the six white-ball matches Topley has played this summer, he has bowled alongside at least one other left-armer. On Thursday, his opening spell with David Willey restricted India to just 28 in the first 10 overs, with four maidens between them. Topley emerged from the Powerplay with two for 17 from his five, while Willey was unlucky to register no dismissals having bowled so miserly with just six scored off his five. The 32-year-old eventually finished with one for 27 from nine overs to go with a handy 41 that helped England reach 246 in the first innings.For Topley, however, the change of tack, if it is overdue more broadly, is merely in line with how he has regarded that conversation to do with himself.”I’ve always had that question quite a lot to be honest,” he said, when asked of the shift from lefties being “a useful option to have”. “The biggest thing to answer it is to say you still need to be a quality bowler, regardless of left- or right-arm. I don’t think positions in teams are given away like that. If you are left-arm, you’ve still got to be very good at the craft.”Sunday is another opportunity for Topley to show just how good at it he is.

To hang in there or go for broke, they’ll know soon enough

Alan Gardner30-Nov-2022It is 17 years since England last played Test cricket in Pakistan, and more than two decades since they managed to win a game there (one of only two victories in 24 attempts). In 2000-01, Nasser Hussain wanted his team to “stay in the series for as long as possible”, a plan which came together beautifully as they stole the spoils under cover of dusk in Karachi.This time around, Brendon McCullum has made it clear that draws are very much the last refuge of this England side – and even suggested that the tourists would accept being beaten as a result of pushing for the win. Their “Bazball” approach has been well documented, but will it pay off in conditions associated much more closely with grinding out results? And even if their batters can capitalise on what may be docile surfaces, do they have the tools to take 20 wickets, as Australia achieved during their 1-0 series win earlier this year?Batters up
With Test cricket only having returned to Pakistan three years ago, due to the security situation and the reluctance of teams to tour, there is obviously a limited sample size on which to base assumptions about the style of cricket that might succeed. “I’ve told guys to not go in there with too many preconceived notions,” Usman Khawaja said before Australia flew into the country in February. “We’ve toured India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but I wouldn’t be going over to Pakistan thinking they’re going to be exactly the same wickets.”As Khawaja was to discover, on his way to a series-leading aggregate of 496 runs at 165.33, Pakistan can be very hospitable for batters. In fact, since December 2019, no Test-playing country has a higher average runs per wicket than the 37.28 achieved in Pakistan.!function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var a in e.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data["datawrapper-height"][a]+"px"}}}))}();