تقارير: طارق مصطفى مديرًا فنيًا لـ المغرب الفاسي

أكدت تقارير مغربية، أن إدارة نادي المغرب الفاسي توصلت إلى اتفاق مع مدرب منتخب مصر ونادي الزمالك السابق، طارق مصطفي لتولى تدريب الفريق.

طارق مصطفى يتولى تدريب فريق أوليمبك أسفي المغربي منذ مارس 2022، وقاد الفريق خلال 36 مباراة حقق الفوز في 15 وتعادل في مثلها وخسر 6.

ويحتل مع فريق أوليمبك أسفي المركز الرابع في جدول ترتيب الدوري المغربي برصيد 41 نقطة.

طالع | طارق مصطفى: لاعب الزمالك الأفضل أخلاقيًا في تاريخ مصر.. وأتمنى أن يواجه الأهلي ريال مدريد

ووفقاً لموقع “le360” المغربي، فإن مصدر مقرب من إدارة أولمبيك آسفي، أكد أن نادي المغرب الفاسي أنهى مفاوضاته مع طارق مصطفى، وتوصلا لاتفاق نهائي يقضي بتدريب فريقه الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي الموسم المقبل خلفًا للمدرب المؤقت عنر حاسي.

وأشار إلى أن الاتفاق المبدئي المذكور يُتيح لطارق مصطفى الإشراف على تدريب الفريق الفاسي، وفق عقد يمتد لموسمين.

طارق مصطفى كان ضمن الجهاز المعاون لحسام البدري في جهاز منتخب مصر السابق.

يذكر أن طارق مصطفى عمل كمدير فني في الدوري المغربي لأندية الدفاع الحسني الجديدي وسريع وادي زم والفجيرة.

Grant Flower in the mix for Pakistan batting coach

Pakistan are considering Grant Flower for the position of batting coach

George Dobell and Umar Farooq12-Apr-2013

Grant Flower is currently coaching Zimbabwe’s batsmen•Getty Images

Pakistan are considering Grant Flower for the position of batting coach. While Flower is currently fulfilling a similar role with the Zimbabwe team, ESPNcricinfo understands that he is out of contract in August and Zimbabwe Cricket are prevaricating over a new deal.ESPNcricinfo has learned that Flower is in the frame for the role, but he is still just one of a few candidates; the PCB might look to fill the position some time before Flower becomes available in August.In response to the PCB advert last year several former Pakistan Test batsmen, including Zaheer Abbas and Saleem Malik, applied for the role but the PCB was looking to hire a candidate with at least Level 3 coaching accreditation and a minimum of five years’ experience working with top cricketers.Flower, 42, the younger brother of England coach, Andy, has been Zimbabwe batting coach since October 2010. He applied for the head coach position but lost out to Andy Waller. Flower previously played 67 Tests and 221 ODIs for Zimbabwe.

No official word from Sahara yet – BCCI

The BCCI has said it hasn’t received any information from the franchise owner Sahara regarding the issue

ESPNcricinfo staff22-May-2013

The BCCI has encashed Pune Warriors’ bank guarantee•BCCI

A day after Pune Warriors announced its pullout from the IPL, the BCCI has said it hasn’t received any “direct communication” from the franchise owner Sahara India regarding the issue. The board also confirmed that it had cashed part of the franchise’s bank guarantee.On Tuesday, Sahara had issued a press release saying it was withdrawing from the IPL over financial differences with the BCCI stemming from the valuation of the annual franchise fee it has to pay. It appears it has not formally communicated that decision to the board.Sahara has repeatedly tried to get the board to revise its franchise fees – $370m over 10 years, the highest in the IPL – and had to pay Rs 120 crore (around $21.6m) this year before the start of the season.”Once the 3 April 2013 due date had passed, the Governing Council had two letters sent to Sahara Adventure Sports Limited – one on 12 April 2013 and the second on 24 April 2013 – requesting settlement of the overdue amount,” the BCCI’s release said. “No payment was made and no response was received to the second letter and so, in order to protect its interests, the BCCI was forced to encash the guarantee.”Sahara had also complained that the process of arbitration, which began soon after the franchise initially pulled out in February 2012, wasn’t progressing as the BCCI hadn’t agreed on any arbitrator. The BCCI, in turn, said it was Sahara which was stalling the negotiations.”The BCCI cannot be held responsible since every one of the eminent retired judges suggested by the BCCI was not found acceptable by the franchisee,” the board said. “In order to break this impasse, a letter was sent to Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, proposing that as the claimant to the arbitration, it should approach the court to appoint an arbitrator so that the process could move forward. Again, no response was received to this suggestion.”

Com um a menos, Internacional derrota o Caxias no Beira-Rio

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No Beira-Rio, o Internacional sofreu, mas conseguiu derrotar o Caxias por 2 a 1. O resultado deixou o Colorado na vice-liderança, com 13 pontos. Enquanto isso, o time da Serra é o quinto, com 10 pontos.

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Na próxima rodada, o Internacional encara o Avenida, fora de casa. O Caxias recebe o Pelotas.

O confronto

O jogo era na casa do Internacional, mas parecia que o mandante era o Caxias. O time da Serra atacava pelo lado esquerdo e dava trabalho ao Colorado, que tinha dificuldade para travar a marcação.

Aos 11 minutos, em lance confuso, o Inter marcou. Em bate-rebate, Dourado achou Pottker, que encheu o pé e balançou a rede.

Com a vantagem, os comandados de Odair Hellmann exploravam os contra-ataques e davam campo o Caxias, que por muito pouco não empatou em chute de Bruno Alves.

No segundo tempo não teve jeito. O Caxias voltou melhor e abriu o placar em jogada de almanaque. Após uma bela troca de passes, Bruno Alves cruzou, Dourado não afastou e Rafael Gava, sem ângulo, estufou as redes do Inter.

O que estava difícil para o Colorado ficou pior ainda aos 17 minutos. Edenilson precisou impedir um contra-ataque do Caxias, levou o segundo amarelo e foi expulso.

A partir daí, o Caxias teve o domínio do meio-campo, mas não era agudo quando tinha a posse de bola. A equipe preferia trocar passes ao invés de agredir.

Nos minutos finais, quando tudo parecia decidido e a torcida soltava a raiva contra Odair Hellmann, Patrick, que veio do banco, decidiu. Rafael Sóbis bateu escanteio e o volante cabeceou. Sem chances para o goleiro.

INTERNACIONAL 2 X 1 PELOTAS
Local: Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)
Data-Hora: 24/1/2019 – 21h15
Árbitro: Douglas Silva (RS)
Auxiliares: Rafael da Silva Alves (RS) e Michel Stanislau (RS)
Público/renda: 16.512 pagantes/R$ 494.095,00
Cartões amarelos: D’Alessandro, Edenilson, (INT), Muriel, Thiago Sales, Eduardo Grasson, Bruno Alves (CAX)
Cartões vermelhos: –
Gols: William Pottker (10’/1ºT) Rafael Gava (10’/2ºT) Edenilson (43’/2ºT)

INTERNACIONAL: Marcelo Lomba; Zeca, Rodrigo Moledo, Victor Cuesta e Uendel; Rodrigo Dourado, Edenilson e Nonato (Patrick, aos 30/2ºT); Neilton (d’Alessandro, aos 23/2ºT), William Pottker e Pedro Lucas (Pedro Lucas, aos 37/2ºT). Técnico: Odair Hellmann.

CAXIAS: Lee; Muriel (Alex Henrique, aos 29/2ºT), Júnior Alves, Thiago Sales e Samuel Balbino; Juliano (Júnior Juazeiro, aos 45/2ºT), Foguinho (Eduardo Grasson, aos 33/2ºT), Diego Miranda e Rafael Gava; Ruan e Bruno Alves. Técnico: Pingo

وريث زيدان.. بيلينجهام يوقع على عقوده الرسمية مع ريال مدريد

وقع لاعب وسط منتخب إنجلترا، جود بيلينجهام، على عقوده الرسمية للانتقال إلى صفوف ريال مدريد منذ قليل في حضور الرئيس، فلورنتينو بيريز.

وكان ريال مدريد قد اتفق مع بوروسيا دورتموند على انتقال بيلينجهام إلى قلعة “سانتياجو برنابيو” مقابل 103 ملايين يورو، بعقد لمدة 6 سنوات حتى يونيو 2029.

شاهد أيضًا.. فيديو وصور | ريال مدريد يُعلن عن قميص الموسم الجديد في وجود بنزيما

وظهر بيلينجهام صباح اليوم في العيادة الخاصة بنادي ريال مدريد، وأجرى كافة الفحوصات الطبية ونجح فيها قبل التوقيع على العقود الرسمية.

وحصل بيلينجهام على القميص رقم 5 في الموسم الجديد مع ريال مدريد، وهو الرقم الذي كان يحمله في الموسم الماضي المدافع، خيسوس فاييخو، وهو قميص سبق وحمله زين الدين زيدان أسطورة الفريق.

والتقط لاعب بيرمنجهام سيتي الأسبق صورة رسمية مع ألقاب نادي ريال مدريد الأربعة عشر في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا، ليبدأ مغامرة جديدة ومثيرة مع الملكي تحت قيادة المدرب، كارلو أنشيلوتي.

ورحب بيريز بلاعبه الجديد في المؤتمر الصحفي، وقال: “اليوم، انضم بيلينجهام لنا لأنه اختارنا رغم كل الأندية المهتمة بالتعاقد معه”.

وأضاف: “جود أحد أفضل اللاعبين في العالم، أهلًا بك في ريال مدريد النادي الأفضل في العالم الذي لا يستسلم أبدًا وهذا ما ستتعلمه هنا وسانتياجو برنابيو وجماهيره في انتظارك وهذه اللحظة التي لطالما حلمت أنت بها”.

وأتم: “شعارنا هو الجهد والعطاء والتعلم، سيكون لديك القدرة على تعلم قدرة التحمل للضغوط والصعوبات التي نواجها في كل موسم، لقد أتيت من نادٍ صديق ونتمتع معه بعلاقة جيدة للغاية وهو بوروسيا دورتموند، أنت أحد الموهوبين والمميزين في منتخب إنجلترا ونلت جائزة أصغر أفضل لاعب في كأس أمم أوروبا”. أول تعليق من بيلينجهام بعد انتقاله الرسمي إلى ريال مدريد

“مرحبًا مدريديستا، أردت أن أشكر كل من هو هنا في أهم يوم في حياتي، في اليوم الأول في أكبر نادٍ في العالم، أود أن أشكر جوني كالافات (رئيس الكشافين في ريال مدريد)، خوسيه آنخل سانشيز (المدير الرياضي)، الرئيس فلورنتينو بيريز لكل الذين ساهموا في انتقال إلى هنا، شكرًا لعائلتي وأخيرًا هلا مدريد”.

منذر الكبير: الأهلي يعرف كيف يسجل خارج أرضه.. والوداد يمتلك 3 مميزات

تحدث منذر الكبير المدير الفني لفريق الرجاء المغربي، عن مواجهة الأهلي والوداد، التي تجمع بينهما ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الأهلي يواجه الوداد، على ملعب مركب محمد الخامس، في إياب نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، بعد فوز المارد الأحمر بثنائية مقابل هدف، في لقاء الذهاب.

وقال منذر الكبير في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “الحياة”: “كنا نتمنى أن يكون الرجاء المغربي متواجدًا في النهائي، ولكن خرجنا أمام الأهلي بسبب تفاصيل صغيرة، والنهائي سيكون صعبًا على الفريقين، لكنهما يمتلكان أدوات قوة”.

طالع | موعد والقناة الناقلة ومعلق مباراة الأهلي والوداد اليوم في نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وأضاف: “الأهلي يفرض سيطرته في المواجهات ولديه لاعبين قادرين أن يدافعوا بشكل جيد في وسط الملعب، الأحمر يمتلك لاعبين ناضجين تكتيكيًا، ويعرف كيف يسجل خارج أرضه ويخلق الكثير من الفرص”.

وأوضح: “الوداد فاز في كل المباريات التي خاضها على أرضه في دوري أبطال إفريقيا، لأنه فريق قادر على عمل ضغط وتحركات سريعة على الأطراف وإجادة الكرات الثابتة”.

وبسؤاله ما هي توقعاتك لنتيجة المباراة النهائية؟: “الأهلي فاز في الذهاب، الوداد مطالب بالفوز لكي يتوج باللقب، ولكن صعب التكهن بنتيجة اللقاء”.

واختتم: “الأهلي فريق رزين ولديه لاعبين دوليين معتادين على النهائيات، ولديهم الفكر والعقلية الانتصارية”.

Queimaduras 'respondem bem aos curativos' e Jhonata segue estável

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único dos três atletas feridos no incêndio do Ninho do Urubu, Jhonata Ventura segue em estado estável e teve o quadro de saúde atualizado neste sábado. De acordo com o boletim médico, o jogador de 15 anos “permanece acordado, atendendo a comandos simples ao exame clínico e com máscara de oxigênio”.

O atleta das divisões de base do Flamengo teve de 30 a 40% do corpo queimado no incêndio que atingou o alojamento do CT na última sexta-feira e, desde então, está internado noCentro de Tratamento de Queimados do Hospital Municipal Pedro II, em Santa Cruz. As queimaduras do garoto “estão respondendo bem aos curativos”, informou o clube da Gávea neste sábado.

O incêndio no Ninho do Urubu vitimou 10 atletas das categorias de base do Flamengo. Além de Jhonata Ventura, Francisco Dyogo e Cauan Emanuel ficaram feridos e foram internados, mas receberam alta médica na última semana. As atividades das categorias de base do Fla no CT foram suspensas pela Justiça.

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Confira, na íntegra, o boletim médico divulgado pelo Flamengo neste sábado:

“O atleta Jhonata Ventura permanece acordado, atendendo a comandos simples ao exame clínico e com máscara de oxigênio. As queimaduras estão respondendo bem aos curativos; lesões em face já cicatrizadas.

Ele segue tratamento com antibiótico e permanece estável hemodinamicamente.

Já foi iniciada dieta oral.

Jhonata segue aos cuidados do Centro de Tratamento de Queimados (CTQ) do hospital municipal Pedro II.”

Botham hails 'terrific' Anderson

Sir Ian Botham has added his voice to those praising James Anderson as one of the leading bowlers in world cricket and suggested Anderson will “sail past” his England record.

George Dobell24-May-2013

Sir Ian Botham said James Anderson was up there with the great England swing bowlers•AFP

Sir Ian Botham has added his voice to those praising James Anderson as one of the leading bowlers in world cricket and suggested Anderson will “sail past” his England record.Earlier in the week, England bowling coach David Saker praised Anderson as “the most skilful bowler in the world”. Botham, England’s leading Test wicket-taker with 383 victims, largely agreed with Saker and also backed Anderson to take well in excess of 400 Test wickets.”He and Dale Steyn are ahead of the competition,” Botham told ESPNcricinfo. “It’s no surprise that the two best sides in world cricket have the two best bowling attacks in world cricket. South Africa have Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander and England have Anderson, Stuart Broad and, at the moment, Steven Finn with lots of competition waiting to get in.”Anderson is right up there with the great England swing bowlers. Right up there. He’s a terrific bowler. He’s only 30 and he’s kept himself very fit so he can easily play another 40 or 50 Tests. If you think that he will take, on average four wickets a match, well, he will sail past my record and he’ll sail past 400, too. I think he can get up to 450 and beyond.”Anderson has his got his own action. They tried to change him, but thank goodness he booted all that into touch and got on with bowling his way. He has his own style. He works on his other skills and fine-tuning his natural skills”There is a lot of skill in what he does. Anyone can bowl an inswinger, but to do it as subtly as he does it with the slightest of movements becomes very difficult for the batsman to pick.”Botham also welcomed the success of Broad at Lord’s and suggested that the Broad-Anderson partnership could yet develop into one of the most challenging in world cricket.”That’s the frustrating thing with Stuart,” Botham said. “He’s very much a rhythm bowler. When he gets it right, he is capable of those spells. You think of that spell against Australia at The Oval. He has height, the bounce and the pace to complement Anderson in the way that Morkel complements Steyn and like other partnerships of the past: like Willis, who had the pace, and Botham, or Lillee and Thompson, who was the one with the outright pace. That’s the perfect combination: swing at one end; pace and bounce at the other.”Such confidence in the bowling attack and a firm belief that Kevin Pietersen will be fit for the Ashes had led Botham to the conclusion that poor weather presents Australia’s best chance of avoiding a 5-0 Ashes whitewash.”I actually do think England, if the weather does stay fine, could whitewash them,” Botham said. “But they need the weather. That’ll be the only thing, I think, that stops them.”I don’t see Australia competing with England for a little while, a few years yet. They appear, to me, to be struggling in quite a few departments at this stage. They’ve brought back players that are 35 years of age; never even heard of in Australia before. They even approached – we believe – Hussey and Ponting to see if they would come back and consider playing. Well, that’s not the Australia I know. That’s panic.”

بيل عن انتقال ميسي لـ إنتر ميامي: يحتفلون بكل فوز كأنه لقب دوري الأبطال

تحدث الويلزي جاريث بيل، لاعب ريال مدريد السابق، عن قرار النجم الأرجنتيني ليونيل ميسي، بالانتقال إلى إنتر ميامي الأمريكي.

وقرر ميسي اللعب لـ إنتر ميامي، بعد نهاية عقده مع باريس سان جيرمان الفرنسي، حيث قضى موسمين في حديقة الأمراء، عقب رحيله المجاني عن برشلونة.

بيل سبق ولعب في الدوري الأمريكي لصفوف لوس أنجلوس في عام 2022 وعلّق على قرار ميسي.

وقال بيل في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “في أمريكا الأمر أكثر هدوءًا، عندما خسرت مباراة مع ريال مدريد بدا الأمر وكأنها نهاية العالم، يصلبونك، تعد إلى المنزل ولا تكن سعيدًا”.

اقرأ أيضًا | جريميو يضع شرطًا لرحيل سواريز إلى إنتر ميامي

وأضاف: “في الولايات المتحدة، يقبلون الهزيمة بشكل أفضل قليلًا، ولا توجد عواقب، ولا يتركونك على مقاعد البدلاء.. تخسر مباراة وتفكر في المباراة التالية”.

أتم: “يقبلون الهزيمة بشكل أفضل ويحتفلون بكل انتصار على أنه إذا كان دوري أبطال أوروبا، فأنا استمتعت حقًا هناك”.

Bell's groundwork sets up Anderson record

England and Australia were locking horns for the first time this summer and Edgbaston, basking in golden sunshine for its 100th international match, was able to celebrate the start of the sequence with an emphatic England victory

The report by David Hopps08-Jun-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsEngland’s bowlers dominated Australia•ICC

England and Australia locked horns for the first time this summer and Edgbaston, basking in golden sunshine for its 100th international match, was able to celebrate the start of the sequence with an emphatic England victory. The Champions Trophy tie – or Ashes prelim, if you prefer – fell to England by 48 runs.Until England took control, it was a cagey, tactical affair – for the neutral perhaps the least enthralling match in the tournament so far. But who knows, it might be that England have already made an impact on the Ashes summer.Australia had imagined that a powerful statement in the Champions Trophy might be a catalyst, but their performance was limp, their captain Michael Clarke is injured, and their hold on the Champions Trophy – as ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary put it “the last trinket on Australia’s mantelpiece” – is now in danger of falling into the fireplace.For much of the day the Edgbaston crowd was able to soak up the pleasurable sight of two of its own proceeding calmly along, although it was only when victory was achieved that confidence reigned that Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott, as two Warwickshire batsmen should, had perfectly assessed batting requirements.When Trott was caught at the wicket for 43 from 56 balls, chasing a wide one delivered around the wicket by the left-armer, Mitchell Starc, England’s second-wicket pair had put on 111 in 22 overs and uncertainty hung around the ground about whether their programmed approach, on a day when Alastair Cook’s decision to bat first was a straightforward one, would yield the desired outcome.Bell departed four overs later, his 91 occupying 115 balls, as James Faulkner bowled him with a straight ball which kept a little low, a fact the batsman communicated somewhat theatrically by falling to his knees after his stumps were broken. He has seemed slightly out of sorts in recent months, but this proved to be a match-winning innings of consummate judgment.Australia fined

Australia were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in their defeat to England in their Group A encounter at Edgbaston. Javagal Srinath, the match referee, found the side to be one over of the target at the end of the game, taking allowances into consideration. The captain George Bailey, who accepted the penalty without contest, was fined 20% of his match fee while his team-mates were docked 10%.

Bell’s contribution was neat and discerning, studded by occasionally pleasing drives, Trott occupied himself diligently in that self-absorbed way of his, his innings containing a solitary boundary.He was shaken out of his cocoon of contentment only once when he seemed entirely taken aback to find Australia’s keeper, Matthew Wade, raging at him after the pair got in a tangle as Wade chased an inaccurate return. A few minutes later, having contemplated the mix up, he allowed himself a slightly disturbing smile.England’s plan was to take advantage of the last 15 overs, beginning with the batting Powerplay. But batting Powerplays are not often to England’s tastes. It is as if they are contrary to the national character, resented for artificially intruding on the normal order of things, about as popular as a wind turbine in a Cotswold village, both having the potential to bring energy but often bringing resentment.Instead, they stalled. The late-order marauders, Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler, fell cheaply within three balls of each other and it took a judicious 46 not out from 37 balls from Ravi Bopara to heal the breach. The average score at Edgbaston in ODIs was 224 but as the sun blazed down, this was not an average batting day.Things might have turned out differently if Bell had been run-out without scoring. When Cook played Starc to backward point, David Warner pulled off a diving stop and sprung to his feet to throw down the stumps, with both batsmen at the wicketkeeper’s end. Cook was just in his ground and Bell was a yard alongside him, but the ball careered into the leg side and, much kerfuffle later, England had stolen two overthrows.Australia’s bowling attack sorely lacked a specialist spinner on such a gripping surface and, among the pace bowlers, Mitchell Starc was a disappointment.Then with the bat they never got going. David Warner and Shane Watson constitute as destructive an opening pair as exists in one-day cricket, but there was barely a whimper from either as they fell by the 15th over with the scoring rate barely three runs an over.Warner’s feet were fast as he carved at a ball angled across him from Stuart Broad and presented a diving catch to Buttler. Broad almost removed Watson, too, as a leading edge flew beyond Cook’s grasp, diving to his left at slip. But Watson soon fell, his inside edge caught by Cook at gully, after the ball arced gently off the pad.The balance of England’s side gave Australia a chance with fifth-bowling duties to be shared between Ravi Bopara and the callow offspin of Joe Root, the latter with only one ODI wicket to his name. But this was a somewhat abrasive pitch which aided their chances of survival release and Hughes, losing patience, tried to pull Root off a length and was lbw.The wicket which as good as confirmed England’s victory – Mitchell Marsh rattling one into Eoin Morgan’s midriff at backward point – also took James Anderson past Darren Gough as England’s leading wicket-taker in ODIs. Five balls later, Matthew Wade followed, albeit reluctantly, initially hoping that Hot Spot would not reveal his thin edge, then plotting an escape because the ball might have dropped short of Buttler’s gloves, but umpire Dharmasena’s decision was upheld.Bailey’s half-century tried to hold Australia together, but he was wading through sand and his desperate attempt to go big against James Tredwell’s offspin caused his downfall at long-on.No Finn, no Swann. It was easy to believe that England were deliberately keeping two of their most potent bowlers out of sight of the Australians ahead of the Investec Ashes series.England insisted that it was not the case. But they would, wouldn’t they?Swann had a none-too-serious sore back which had not prevented him bowling in the nets; Finn was omitted purely for reasons of form, perhaps influenced by the fact that now he is back on his long run, and comfortable with it, and the last thing England need is any long run, short run confusion ahead of the Ashes. Tim Bresnan’s ability to draw life from the dry surface, most marked when he cut one back to bowl Adam Voges, justified the choice.The Champions Trophy is a valid tournament in itself, not just some sort of Ashes points-scoring contest. That said, when Australia began their minimum of 13 meetings against England this summer with a gentle leg-stump half volley from Starc, which Cook flipped through backward square for four.The roars of approval from the Eric Hollies Stand possessed a significance that England supporters hoped would last all summer long. By the end of the day they were even more convinced that it would.

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