Empresa de implantes dentários renova patrocínio com a dupla Atletiba

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A Neodent, empresa que atua na área de implantes dentários, renovou o acordo de patrocínio com Athletico-PR e Coritiba. Agora, o acordo entre as partes terá validade até o fim da temporada 2023 em vínculo que não teve valores divulgados.

Em 2021, a companhia natural de Curitiba que foi fundada em 1993 chegou a anunciar um acordo de tríplice patrocínio onde o Paraná Clube também foi incluso. Todavia, não houve a prolongação contratual junto ao Tricolor da Vila.

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Segundo apontou o Presidente em Exercício do Coxa, Glenn Stenger, é importante firmar acordos deste tipo pensando na valorização de marcas que reforçam o potencial da capital do estado:

-Estamos contentes e orgulhosos em acertar a renovação de uma parceria tão importante, pois continuamos fortalecendo ambas as marcas, que são genuinamente curitibanas.

Já na avaliação deMauro Holzmann, Diretor Comercial, Marketing e de Relações Institucionais do Athletico, o destaque ficou por conta da identidade existente entre Furacão e a Neodent no caráter de inovação:

-Para nós, do Athletico, é uma satisfação ter a Neodent mais um ano como nossa patrocinadora. Somos empresas parecidas nos objetivos e na forma de atuar no mercado, com competência e inovação.

CEO da Neodent, Matthias Schupp frisou a importância de manter em exposição a marca da companhia no que se refere ao amplo alcance proporcionado pelo esporte mais popular do país:

-Já tínhamos esse interesse de renovação porque sabemos do trabalho contínuo que demanda. É o esporte mais popular no Brasil, dessa forma, atingimos um enorme público, que verá a nossa marca durante as partidas.

Com gol contra o Palmeiras, Gil mira top 5 em lista pelo Corinthians

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O gol de empate do Corinthians no clássico contra o Palmeiras, na última quinta-feira (16), foi marcado pelo zagueiro Gil. Foi a primeira vez que o defensor foi às redes em 2023 e a 16ª com a camisa corintiana. Com isso, ele ultrapassou Fábio Luciano, que atuou pelo clube na década de 90, e se fixou como sétimo jogador da sua posição que mais marcou pelo Time do Povo.

O camisa 4 pode alcançar ainda este ano o posto entre os cinco zagueiros artilheiros da história do clube alvinegro. Mas para isso, ele precisará repetir a temporada que ele mais foi às redes desde que voltou ao Coringão. Em 2020, ano seguinte à sua volta, ele fez quatro gols, quantidade que hoje é necessária para ultrapassar Olavo, que defendeu o Timão na década de 50 e início dos anos 60. O veterano foi às redes 19 vezes.

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Se Gil igualar o número de gols que fez em 2014, então, poderá até mesmo ocupar o top-4, passando à frente de Célio Silva, que defendeu o Corinthians entre 1994 e 1998 e participou de campanhas históricas, como as dos títulos paulista de 1995 e 1997 e da Copa do Brasil de 1995. Célio tem 19 gols pelo Timão, enquanto Gil chegaria a 20.

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Chegar ao pódio será missão mais difícil, já que os três primeiros, Grané, Chicão e Goiano, possuem 50, 42 e 22 gols, respectivamente. Fora que Gil não é mais um menino. Aos 35 anos de idade, o defensor tem contrato com o Coringão até o fim desta temporada e ainda não foi procurado para conversar sobre uma possível renovação contratual.

Contratado pelo Timão em 2013, vindo do Cruzeiro, Gil terminou a sua primeira passagem pelo Corinthians em 2015. Ele esteve presente no elenco que venceu o Paulistão e a Recopa Sul-Americana em 2013 e do Brasileirão em 2015. Depois, o atleta passou quatro anos e meio defendendo o Shandong Luneng, da China, e voltou ao Timão no segundo semestre de 2019. Como chegou após a conquista corintiana do Estadual naquele ano, o camisa 4 ainda não ganhou títulos com a camisa corintiana na segunda passagem.

De olho no Ituano, Corinthians trabalha bolas paradas antes das quartas de final do Paulistão

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O Corinthians deu prosseguimento na preparação para o duelo contra o Ituano, válido pelas quartas de final do Paulistão, e novamente Renato Augusto não participou das atividades com bola no CT Joaquim Grava.

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O meia segue tratamento após sofrer um estiramento no joelho direito. Com tempo estimado de duas a três semanas de recuperação, o camisa 8 está praticamente vetado do duelo contra o Galo de Itu, e tem presença incerta em uma possível semifinal do estadual.

Fernando Lázaro está fazendo testes na equipe titular e contará com o treino de sábado para definir o substituto de Renato Augusto. Maycon, Paulinho, Du Queiroz e Matheus Araújo disputam a posição do camisa 8, enquanto Roni e Fausto Vera brigam pela vaga de primeiro volante.

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Uma provável escalação conta com: Cássio, Fagner, Bruno Méndez, Gil e Fábio Santos; Roni (Fausto Vera), Giuliano, Paulinho (Matheus Araújo) e Adson; Róger Guedes e Yuri Alberto.

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Nesta sexta-feira (10), os atletas foram ao gramado para o aquecimento e Lázaro promoveu repetições de bolas paradas ofensivas e defensivas. Houve também treino de finalizações, além de cobranças e pênaltis.

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O goleiro Kauê e o atacante Pedrinho, das categorias de base do clube, completaram o treinamento do dia.

O Corinthians terá casa cheia no duelo contra o Ituano, já que todos os ingressos colocados à venda foram comercializados. Em caso de empate no tempo normal, o vencedor será decidido nos pênaltis.

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Eleições no Corinthians: Andrés Sanchez nega candidatura e coloca data para situação definir candidato

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As eleições que irão definir o próximo presidente do Corinthians são apenas em novembro, mas os bastidores estão mais quentes do que nunca. Figura importante na política corintiana, o ex-presidente Andrés Sanchez negou categoricamente que irá concorrer ao pleito em novembro, mas não fechou as portas para um retorno no futuro.

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– Impossível (a candidatura). A minha decepção foi tão grande com o Corinthians e com os corinthianos que frequentam o clube, torcida organizada… Fora do clube, torcedor normal, se eu ando na rua eu tiro 50 fotos, eu não consigo andar três quarteirões na Paulista. Mas a política do clube, das torcidas, é óbvio que vão dizer que eu sou ladrão, bandido, filho da p*… Eu respeito, mas é muito decepcionante. Então tem começo, meio e fim. O meu começo com o Corinthians foi em 2007, como presidente, e acabou em 2020, e eu não volto mais. Não vou falar que não volto mais, porque é muito pesado, mas vou fazer de tudo para não voltar. Eu não sou candidato nesse ano não – afirmou durante participação ao podcast Casal Coringão.

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Se a oposição já definiu Augusto Melo como candidato, Andrés acredita que a situação deva esperar mais alguns meses, entre junho e julho, para definir o nome que irá representar o grupo. Na última eleição, Augusto ficou em segundo lugar, atrás de Duílio Monteiro Alves.

– Acho que a situação tem que esperar três, quatro meses antes do pleito e lançar seu candidato, porque atrapalha muito o time de futebol, o presidente. Eu sei como é isso. Vamos esperar o máximo possível para anunciar o nosso candidato – ponderou.

+ Veja tabela e simule o mata-mata do Campeonato Paulista

A chapa “Renovação e Transparência está no poder desde 2007 e quer a manutenção por mais três anos. Até o momento, André Luiz Oliveira, popularmente conhecido como André Negão, é o nome mais forte, mas enfrenta rejeição dentro do próprio conjunto.

Já Ronaldo Giovanelli, ídolo e ex-goleiro do Timão, postou em suas redes sociais que concorreria ao cargo pela chapa 33, a “Corinthians com Respeito”. Contudo, ele apagou a publicação e não deixou claro se a candidatura terá continuidade ou se desistiu do pleito.

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Botafogo acerta contratação de goleiro para equipe sub-20

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O Botafogo acertou a contratação de Matheus Oliveira para equipe sub-20. O goleiro tem 20 anos e chega para as disputas do Brasileirão e do Estadual nesta temporada. O contrato é válido até o término da Copinha de 2024.

O arqueiro teve passagens peloCRB e Atlético-GO. Nas redes sociais, ele revelou que estar no Glorioso é um “sonho de criança”. Matheus agora se junta aos goleirosHeitor, Tomate eVictor Darub para dar qualidade nas traves alvinegras.

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– Não tem palavras que descreva o sentimento que estou sentindo. Um sonho de criança sendo realizado, meu primeiro contrato profissional com o Botafogo. Só Deus, minha família, minha noiva e minha sogra sabe o que passei principalmente o último ano que passou. Muitos tentaram me derrubar me desanimar, mas Deus nunca me deixou desamparado, sempre me deu força principalmente nos momentos que estava na lama querendo desistir.Aqui fica a minha gratidão ao Btafogo por essa oportunidade única, gratidão aos meus empresários por todo apoio, por todo suporte. Só o começo de uma história escrita por Deus – publicou Matheus no Instagram.

Mumbai and Capitals bring the best of the best to WPL final

The two most dominant batting line-ups will take aim at each other at Brabourne stadium

S Sudarshanan25-Mar-20232:58

Will Harmanpreet get past Lanning this time?

Big picture: A WPL final befitting the hypeLong before the Women’s Premier League opener got underway, there were winding queues outside the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Many in the crowd wore the Mumbai Indians’ blue jerseys from the past years.Few teams in franchise cricket command crowd support like Mumbai. And quite aptly, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led has made it to the title-clash, even if they had to take the scenic route. Mumbai began the WPL on a high with five wins in five games before losing two matches on the trot. That blip was enough to rob them of direct entry to the final.Mumbai’s charge with the bat has been led by Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews. When surfaces have been flat, Matthews has cashed in; and even when they have taken turn, she has looked in little trouble thanks to playing on similar surfaces at home back in West Indies. She has also chipped in regularly with her offspin and has 13 wickets to show. Consistency from Harmanpreet has only helped matters.Related

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Mumbai have used a set top four – in Matthews, Yastika Bhatia, Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet – which is the least number of players used by any team for these spots. The 984 runs they’ve scored is comfortably the highest out of all teams in this WPL with Delhi Capitals’ top four a distant second with 838.Any team with Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues and Marizanne Kapp poses serious threat. But having gained a direct entry to the final, Capitals have had a longish break heading into Sunday. All that said, the inaugural WPL couldn’t have hoped for a better final. It will feature two teams known for their batting might but who fight every inch with the ball. Expect another run-fest at Brabourne.Form guideDelhi Capitals WWLWW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Mumbai Indians WWLLWIn the spotlight: Meg Lanning and Amelia KerrMeg Lanning has not just led Capitals with aplomb but in the process, also ensured that runs continue to flow from her bat at the top of the order. She began the WPL with a couple of half-centuries and has not looked back. That she has had a strike rate in excess of 140 despite not really going hammer and tongs has stood out. Lanning is no stranger to big finals and will be key on Sunday.0:50

Ponting: Performance of Lanning’s Delhi Capitals will motivate our side too

Allrounder Amelia Kerr has fit into the overseas puzzle quite seamlessly for Mumbai. She has owned the No. 5 spot and has had a couple of match-winning performances with the bat – a 45 not out in the opener and 29 off just 19 in the Eliminator. With the ball, Kerr has had a telling effect and has been wicketless in only three of her nine games.Team newsCapitals did not use Poonam Yadav at all despite playing her in their last league game. They might consider leaving her out for USA’s Tara Norris (teams can play five overseas players if one of them is from an Associate nation), Minnu Mani or Jasia Akhter.Delhi Capitals: 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Alice Capsey, 6 Jess Jonassen, 7 Arundhati Reddy, 8 Shikha Pandey, 9 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Poonam Yadav/Minnu ManiHarmanpreet seldom likes to change a side, especially when they are winning.Mumbai Indians 1 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 2 Hayley Matthews, 3 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Amelia Kerr, 6 Pooja Vastrakar, 7 Issy Wong, 8 Amanjot Kaur, 9 Humaira Kazi, 10 Jintimani Kalita, 11 Saika IshaquePitch and conditions: Brabourne favours battersThe lowest score by a team batting first at Brabourne stadium is 138. Ten games have already been played here and the final will be the 11th. It is true that the pitches have tired up a touch – the overall economy rate of the bowlers has come down from 9.09 in the first five games (till March 12) at the venue to 8.07 for the last five (since March 14). But the batters have hit 42 sixes in the second half as compared to 34 in the first. The pace of run-scoring at Brabourne has tended to be a tad quicker than at DY Patil stadium.Stats and trivia Mumbai and Capitals have only ever faced each other at DY Patil stadium. In fact, both teams have only played three matches at Brabourne this entire season. Capitals have posted the highest total at Brabourne in the WPL – 223 for 2 against Royal Challengers BangaloreQuotes”Batting with her has been great fun. She has got a unique style which works for her. She takes the game on and turns it in our favour. Hopefully she comes in with a clear mind and is ready to take the game on and I can watch from the other end.”
“We have a lot of experience from overseas players, who have led their teams and have done well. Our local players have enough experience of domestic cricket. The team combination allows you to express yourself than thinking about too many things.”

'Nice to blow the cobwebs out', says Lance Morris after fired-up show on day one of Shield final

His 2 for 52 set the tone for Western Australia reducing Victoria to 194 for 8 on the opening day of the finale

Tristan Lavalette23-Mar-2023

File photo: Lance Morris’ pace proved troublesome for Victoria•Getty Images

After almost two months on the sidelines, having been overlooked during Australia’s Test tour of India, speedster Lance Morris sparked a sedate opening day of the Sheffield Shield final between Western Australia and Victoria with trademark fiery quick bowling.Introduced in the eighth over, a fired-up Morris started with a nasty bouncer aimed at the body of dogged opener Ashley Chandrasinghe who wisely swayed out of the way.Even though the renowned pace-friendly WACA surface, which has been a minefield for most of this season, was somewhat subdued, Morris made his presence felt with sharp bowling that appeared too hot to handle for 21-year-old Chandrasinghe.He then engaged in a riveting battle with former Test opener Marcus Harris, who relishes the big stage having hit three tons in four previous finals. Morris dismissed Harris in his second over caught at second slip only to have overstepped before snaring him lbw two balls later.Used in short bursts, bowling from the Lillee-Marsh end with the aid of the famed ‘Freo doctor’ seabreeze, Morris finished with 2 for 52 from 18 overs.He also claimed wicketkeeper-batter Sam Harper later in the day to cap a successful return in his first match since the BBL in late January.Morris’ last red-ball game was against Queensland at the Gabba in early December before his elevation into Australia’s Test squad against West Indies for the second Test in Adelaide.”Certainly felt like it’s been two months, that’s for sure. A little bit of rust. Nice to blow the cobwebs out,” Morris said after the day’s play with Victoria reaching stumps at 8 for 194 in their first innings.Morris was locked in an absorbing battle with a gutsy Chandrasinghe, who repeatedly stonewalled in a 266-ball innings to bat through the day and finish 46 not out.He bowled one thunderous delivery that went over Chandrasinghe’s head though was left frustrated when he had the left-handed batter caught behind just before tea but it was ruled a no ball.Morris finished with six front no balls due in some part to technical changes to his run-up.”I’ve been working on technical stuff with run-ups… thrown me off. [I need to] find a way around it, will look to do that tomorrow,” Morris said. “It could have been a better day, but overall we shot ourselves in the foot…probably on my part.”Even though he has yet to crack a Test debut, Morris has soaked in a wealth of knowledge being around Australia’s stock of star-studded quicks.”Leading into the summer, never thought I would be near that [Test] level,” he said. “To be able to get knowledge off them and just watch them go about their business…is a huge learning experience.”Morris has been bandied around as a possible Mumbai Indians replacement for injured WA teammate Jhye Richardson. While hosing down those reports, Morris did say that he was eyeing a County deal in the U.K. ahead of Australia’s Ashes tour.That’s all down the track as Morris ,right now, remains focused on helping WA secure a historic treble of domestic titles for the second straight season.”[The wicket’s a] touch slow. If we can bowl them out for around 200, I think we’ll be pretty happy,” he said.

Australia survive a staggering 155 from Stokes to take 2-0 Ashes lead

The visitors had been in control of the Lord’s Test for long periods but then everything changed on the final day

Andrew McGlashan02-Jul-2023

Ben Stokes heartbroken, Josh Hazlewood jubilant•Getty Images

Australia survived an anger-fuelled and astonishing century from Ben Stokes, ignited by the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow, to take a 43-run victory at Lord’s and hold a 2-0 lead in the Ashes.What was a hard-fought but reasonably sedate final day, erupted into controversy and raw emotion when Bairstow wandered out of his crease before over had been called having avoided a bouncer from Cameron Green in the 52nd over with Alex Carey then throwing down the stumps. Australia appealed and the third umpire upheld the decision with Bairstow well out of his ground.

In scenes unlike any witnessed at this ground, even in its long history of epic matches, the game was then played out in a febrile atmosphere where Australia were jeered endlessly by a full final-day crowd and MCC members had to reminded about their behaviour after incidents when the players left the field for lunch.When Bairstow was dismissed, England needed 178. Stokes then unleashed an assault on Australia’s attack, adding 108 in 21 overs with Stuart Broad, with an innings that included nine sixes. He was given a life on 114 when Steven Smith spilled a chance at deep square leg. This was Headingly 2019 on steroids, if that’s possible. Australia were rattled; England got to a point where they looked favourites.But straight after the afternoon drinks break Stokes top-edged Josh Hazlewood into the off side with 70 runs still needed. It was too much for the lower order who succumbed to the short ball, both Ollie Robinson and Broad hooking into the deep. Josh Tongue and James Anderson hung on for a while, briefly teasing the outlandish possibility of a final twist, before Mitchell Starc got one at leg stump as Tongue gave himself room.Australia celebrate a win at Lord’s•Getty Images

England had started the fifth day needing a distant 257 but Stokes and Ben Duckett made solid progress as they built a fifth-wicket stand of 132. When play began, all the talk was still of Duckett’s reprieve the night before to Starc’s catch at fine leg – if only everyone knew what was to come.Stokes went to his first half-century since the Old Trafford Test against South Africa last year and Duckett, for the second time in the match, was approaching three-figures when he top-edged a chance to Carey who caught it brilliantly, one handed above his head, to continue a fine series behind the stumps. However, his main part in the drama was soon to arrive.Five overs later, mayhem ensued. As he so often does, Bairstow let a ball through to the keeper, tapped his back foot quickly into the crease and immediately walked out of his ground. The ball had barely reached Carey, who gathered and under-armed at the stumps in one motion. Australia immediately celebrated as Stokes and Bairstow converged on the umpires. The third umpire Marais Erasmus deemed the ball not to have been dead and Pat Cummins saw no reason to withdraw the appeal.When Broad joined Stokes in the middle, England’s anger was clear. Broad was in the face of Australia’s fielders from the moment he took guard, while Stokes was obviously fuming but channelled his emotions into one of the most awe-inspiring displays of ball-striking Lord’s has seen.Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes argue with Australians•AFP/Getty Images

He tore into Green with three boundaries in an over through the leg side, then in Green’s next over went further with a trio of consecutive sixes, the second of them palmed over the rope by Starc at long leg. He reached his century from 142 balls with the third of them and there was barely a celebration, just a brief raise of the bat in acknowledgement.The fifty partnership came up in 4.4 overs moments before the players took lunch. Words were exchanged between Broad and David Warner as they walked off the pitch, while footage soon emerged of MCC members in the Long Room confronting Australia’s players. It was later claimed by Cricket Australia that physical contact was made and MCC apologised.Would the 40-minute break take the sting out the situation? The second ball of the afternoon session was launched over long-on by Stokes and two deliveries later he was spilled by a sprawling Smith who could not gather the top edge. By and large, Stokes tried to farm the strike although occasionally was happy to give Broad a few balls to face, and he joined in the heady atmosphere by pulling Hazlewood through the leg side to end an over where Stokes had already taken two further sixes.Hazlewood was withdrawn from the attack after a three-over spell which cost 30 as memories of Headingley came flooding back at every turn. Cummins had no frontline spin to turn to after Nathan Lyon’s calf injury on the second day and opted not to throw to ball to Travis Head.Stokes took another brace of sixes over the leg side, this time from Starc, before a summit meeting between Australia’s senior players saw Green return to the attack and he bowled two good overs which cost just three.By now, Australia had nine fielders on the fence to Stokes and the boundaries dried up. Nine runs came in six overs. Hazlewood returned, Stokes swiped across the line and Carey settled under the catch. Australian fielders ran from all corners of the ground. Cummins and Smith gave Stokes an appreciative tap on the back. They had stopped him in the nick of time. The Ashes were within their grasp but the events of the final day at Lord’s are likely to reverberate across both nations for a long time to come.

RCB spinners and Perry stun Mumbai to seal berth in WPL 2024 final

Sobhana defended 12 runs in the final over to seal RCB’s final spot against Delhi Capitals

Srinidhi Ramanujam15-Mar-20243:23

Takeaways: Gutsy RCB show why you never say never

Royal Challengers Bangalore stormed into the WPL final for the first time after beating defending champions Mumbai Indians by five runs in Friday’s Eliminator in Delhi. After Ellyse Perry’s magnificent 66 propelled RCB to 135 for 6, a calm and clinical bowling display – especially at the death – knocked Mumbai out.The low-scoring, momentum-shifting game appeared to be in Mumbai’s grasp when they needed 20 runs in three overs with seven wickets remaining. However, RCB’s spin trio of Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Molineux and Asha Sobhana dented Mumbai at a crucial time by plugging the runs and picking up three wickets.When the equation came down to 12 runs off six balls, the uncapped Asha then held her nerve and bowled a boundary-less final over to put RCB in the final against Delhi Capitals.Related

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Harmanpreet: 'Batters couldn't hold nerve after my wicket'

Mumbai make early inroads with ballEven though Mumbai started with a 14-run first over by Shabnim Ismail, they returned strongly to take three RCB wickets in an action-packed powerplay. It began with some drama in the opening over when Sophie Devine got an inside edge onto the stumps, but the bails refused to budge. The next over, bowled by Hayley Matthews, began with Smriti Mandhana lofting one over mid-off for her second boundary. But Matthews was back in the contest soon, knocking off Devine with a length ball that drifted away from the right-hand batter after she played the wrong line.Harmanpreet Kaur then brought in Nat Sciver-Brunt, and it worked. She struck with her second ball as Mandhana miscued a length delivery pitched outside off to deep cover. With the right-hand batter Disha Kasat in at No. 4, Harmanpreet called on left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque instead of continuing with the offspinner Matthews. Ishaque understood the assignment and dismissed Kasat, who after six dot balls tried to manufacture a lofted stroke only to be caught at cover point. RCB slipped from 20 for no loss to end the powerplay at 34 for 3.Ellyse Perry helped RCB get to a respectable 135•BCCI

Perry lifts RCB, againRicha Ghosh struggled during her 19-ball 14, and when she was dismissed in the 10th over by Matthews, RCB were reeling at 49 for 4. However, Perry was unfazed by the wickets falling. She picked up lengths early, accelerated when required and played a calculative knock. The Mumbai bowlers didn’t offer many loose deliveries, but even then, the orange-cap holder found a way to score.After patiently playing out 21 deliveries to get to 17, she broke free when Vastrakar went short and smashed her over deep midwicket for six. After stitching a run-a-ball stand of 35 with Molineux (11 off 17) for the fifth wicket, Perry upped the rate with Wareham (18* off 10) and played as many balls as possible at the death overs. Perry and Wareham put on 42 off just 26, with RCB scoring 51 runs in the last five overs.Perry eventually moved to 50 off 40 deliveries in Ismail’s final over and 17th of the innings after smashing the seamer for a couple of fours. She then hit Amelia Kerr for two more boundaries in the 18th. In her 50-ball stay, Perry hit eight fours and a six but was out in the deep off Ishaque in the final over.Mumbai’s cautious startThe target seemed below par but Mumbai lost Matthews early for 15 when Patil dismissed her in the fourth over. Mumbai played cautiously after that dismissal, and wanted to see out the powerplay without another wicket. RCB also exerted pressure by bowling dot balls on a pitch where the ball was turning and sticking to the surface. At the end of six overs, Mumbai had huffed and puffed to 37 for 1.Soon after, Yastika Bhatia, who was back in the XI after missing the previous game due to illness, was bowled by Perry for a 27-ball 19. A few overs later, Sciver-Brunt’s cameo of 23 was ended by Wareham when she smashed the stumps. At the end of 11 overs, the equation came down to 67 runs from 54 balls.Harmanpreet-Kerr put on fifty standDespite their slowish start, Mumbai didn’t need to press the panic button since Harmanpreet and Kerr were still there. They aimed to keep getting the singles and finding the odd boundary per over. Molineux and Patil made run-scoring tough for the Mumbai pair but they found ways to ease the pressure. Harmanpreet, who was on 21 off 22 at one point, smashed Perry for two fours in the partnership while Kerr also went hard on Wareham for two fours. The duo shared a 52-run stand in 44 balls.Asha Sobhana stunned Mumbai Indians in the last over•BCCI

RCB’s knockout punchWith 18 balls left, Mumbai needed only 20 more But the match-changing 18th over from Patil was to follow. After Ghosh missed a massive stumping chance to dismiss Harmanpreet with the first ball, Patil forced Harmapreet to step out again off her final delivery but this time she holed out to long-on for 33.Molineux bowled the penultimate over with Mumbai needing 16 off 12. She mixed up her lengths and bowled from both sides of the wicket. She dismissed S Sajana off the fifth ball when she skipped down and missed a wild swing. Ghosh made no mistake this time behind the stumps and left 12 for the final over.With two right-hand batters, Kerr and Vastrakar, at the crease, Mandhana handed the ball to legspinner Asha ahead of Devine and Renuka Singh. She conceded only four runs off the first three balls and also got the wicket of Vastrakar. Eventually, Kerr needed a six off the final ball to take the game into a super over, but all she managed was a miscued shot for one.

Tom Haines ends century drought with stylish 133

Opener finally converts after six half-centuries last term as Northamptonshire’s attack toil by the sea

ECB Reporters Network07-Apr-2024

Tom Haines’ previous red-ball century came for England Lions in January 2023•Getty Images

Sussex opener Tom Haines made 133 – his first hundred in the Vitality County Championship since September 2022 – although their game against Northamptonshire at the 1st Central County Ground looks likely to end in a draw.The 25-year-old left-hander – who hit six fifties last season without converting any of them into a century – eased to the tenth first-class hundred of his career as Sussex reached 351 for 6 at stumps on day three, trailing by 20.They had been in a spot of bother at 94 for 3 but James Coles, who celebrated his 20th birthday last week, embellished his burgeoning reputation with a stylish 78 in a fourth-wicket stand of 137 to go with his three wickets.Left-arm spinner Saif Zaib checked Sussex’s progress by removing both set batters and Sussex captain John Simpson, but in the final hour Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Danny Lamb wrested back the initiative with some aggressive batting, Hudson-Prentice thrashing a 38-ball fifty as they added 93 from 70 balls before bad light intervened with 7.4 overs remaining.It was Haines’ day though. He offered one difficult chance on 107 which was put down by wicketkeeper Lewis McManus diving to his left, but otherwise looked comfortable driving or accumulating steadily off the back foot.Haines and his new opening partner Tom Clark had launched Sussex’s reply with an untroubled stand of 55 before Clark was leg before pushing forward to off-spinner Rob Keogh, who struck again when Tom Alsop missed a delivery down the leg side which went between his legs and Lewis McManus completed an easy stumping.The persevering Ben Sanderson – the pick of the Northants’ attack – knocked back Oli Carter’s off stump with a no ball and did so again (this time with a legitimate delivery) two balls later. But with the Kookaburra offering little movement and only gentle turn Haines and Coles turned things around.Haines pulled Australian Chris Tremain for four to reach his fifty and Coles, demonstrating his strengths through the leg side, was soon into his stride, skipping down the pitch to loft Zaib over long-on for six. He offered a chance on 38 which the diving Bartlett shelled at mid-on but otherwise made serene progress. It wasn’t Bartlett’s day as deep into the final session he was hit on the helmet by Haines and had to go off.Haines reached his second hundred against Northants with a single off Sanderson and Coles seemed certain to follow him but both gifted their wickets to Zaib. Coles drove a long hop to mid-on and Haines drilled a full toss to mid-off after facing 183 balls and hitting 19 fours. In between Simpson played on as Zaib collected three wickets in a Championship innings for the first time since 2016.At the start of the day, Northants added 78 runs in an hour before being dismissed for 371. Sussex made an early breakthrough when Michael Finan drove loosely to extra cover to give Jayden Seales his fourth wicket. He would have had a debut five-for had Jack Carson not put down a regulation chance at fourth slip to reprieve Sanderson when he had yet to score.It was to prove costly when Sanderson cut loose. He greeted Ollie Robinson by hitting two boundaries off his first over and put on 41 at more than a run a ball for the ninth wicket with McManus.Robinson eventually got his man when Sanderson (27) top-edged an attempted pull but McManus progressed on to a well-made fifty before he was caught off a top-edge to give left-arm spinner Coles his third wicket. Seales, with 4 for 86, was the pick of the attack but Robinson would have been pleased to get 22 overs under his belt which included seven maidens in his 2 for 67.

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