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Shahryar Khan, the former PCB chairman, has cautioned the ICC against overturning the result of the controversial England-Pakistan Test at The Oval

Cricinfo staff30-Oct-2008
Shahryar Khan: “Maybe [David] Morgan was not happy when the decision was changed from a forfeit to a draw at the ICC board’s meeting, but then it was a unanimous decision and it should stay” © Getty Images
Shahryar Khan, the former PCB chairman, has cautioned the ICC against overturning the result of the controversial England-Pakistan Test at The Oval in 2006, now a draw, back to a forfeit.”The ICC will only make fun of itself and it will leave them in a very awkward position,” Shahryar told the . The Pakistan board is currently awaiting the ICC’s reaction to the MCC’s recommendation that the result of the Oval Test be reversed and awarded to England.The match was initially forfeited by Pakistan, after they refused to take the field, but the ICC changed the result to a draw at an executive board meeting in July this year. The series result was hence changed from 3-0 to 2-0 in favour of England.Following the MCC world cricket committee’s statement, ICC president David Morgan said it was a decision that he was not happy with and didn’t believe “it was appropriate to change the result.” Tony Lewis, the chairman of the MCC committee, said the reversal had set a “dangerous precedent and cricket would only be worse off for this decision”.Shahryar, who was the PCB chairman at the time of the Oval Test, however believed the decision to change the result was unanimous. “It’s not a matter that whether the changed decision was right or wrong. Maybe Morgan was not happy when the decision was changed from a forfeit to a draw at the ICC board’s meeting, but then it was a unanimous decision and it should stay.”He recommended the ICC should have a body in place to addresses such issues. “It’s better that the ICC should now form a high-profile committee that includes former Test players like Clive Lloyd and even invite representatives of MCC to address such issues once and for all. I had advised the ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed at that time [to form a committee], but it didn’t materialise.”Shahryar, who was at The Oval for the match, said the on-field umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove made a mistake in awarding the Test to England. “The umpires made a wrong decision at that time and even the referee [Mike Procter] was interested in resuming the play on the fifth day.”Pakistan were accused of ball-tampering by the umpires. Led by Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s captain then, the team staged a protest by refusing to play after tea on the fourth day. Hair and Doctrove, under the laws, ruled the match as a forfeit. Pakistan were later cleared of the ball-tampering charges but Inzamam was banned for four matches for bringing the game into disrepute.

Khurram Manzoor scored 123 but there was not much support from the other batsmen as Pakistan Cricket Academy conceded a first-innings lead of 95

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ScorecardKhurram Manzoor, the Pakistan Cricket Academy captain, scored 123 but there was not much support from the other batsmen as the visitors conceded a first-innings lead of 95 against Kenya in Nairobi. The second day of the four-day contest was also dominated by the captains. Manzoor’s hundred followed the 170 on Saturday from his Kenyan counterpart Tikolo, who took three wickets as Pakistan succumbed against spin.The day began on a bright note for Pakistan. Kenya, resuming on 344 for 7, were all out for 372. Anwar Ali added one more wicket to his six on the first day to end with figures of 7 for 97, and Mohammad Talha bagged the final two wickets.Peter Ongondo struck early in Pakistan’s reply, removing Umar Amin and Asad Shafiq with the score on 22. Manzoor and Fawad Alam added 67 for the third wicket before Alam became the first of four wickets for left-arm spinner Hiren Varaiya. Raheel Majeed scored 33 off 43 balls in a stand of 52, but his innings was cut short by Ongondo.Tikolo and Varaiya shared the remaining wickets to fall in the innings. Wicketkeeper Naeem Anjum and Talha got starts, but failed to build a big partnership with Manzoor, who was the ninth batsman out. Varaiya took 4 for 66 off 13.5 overs while Ongondo bowled economically, taking three wickets and conceding just 29 off 12 overs.Kennedy Otieno fell for the second time to Anwar as Kenya began their second innings. The hosts closed the day at 15 for 1, leading by 110 runs.

Aston Villa confirmed that they have reached an agreement with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for the signing of Leon Bailey.

And, as to be expected, a number of Villa supporters went wild at the club’s Saturday post on social media.

Villa revealed that Bailey needs to undergo a medical and sign off on personal terms before a transfer can be officially completed, with a move thought to be costing Villa £30m.

Bailey looks set to leave Leverkusen four-and-a-half years after joining from Genk for £12.15m.

The Jamaican, capable of playing anywhere across the front line, made 156 appearances for the German side, scoring 39 times and registering 26 assists.

Should a move be finalised for £30m, Bailey would become Villa’s third most expensive signing of all-time behind Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Buendia.

Villa fans react

Villa shared the news regarding Bailey with their fans on their official Twitter page. This is what these supporters had to say in reply, with one describing it as ‘great’.

“TEARS IN MY EYES VILLA ARE WINNING THE LEAGUE”Credit: @TB_AVFC”MADE MY DAY! UTV”Credit: @LukeKing_”OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD SOME GOOD NEWS OH MY GOD”Credit: @avfcdom2″Great signing that is”Credit: @CraigFudger”Great deal. Him and Buendia will light it up Sign that Jack is staying?”Credit: @bozzystuff”Now we’re talking”Credit: @SimonDa95862544

In other news: ‘That’s a deal breaker’ – Lots of Villa fans go wild at another club post. 

A cricket pavilion has been burnt to the ground following a confrontation between members of Hatch End Cricket Club and a mob of teenagers. The incident took place on Saturday at Shaftesbury Playing Fields near Harrow in North West London, and caused the match against Old Camdenians CC to be abandoned.”There were lots of youngsters hanging around the park,” a Hatch End player told The Harrow Observer. “They were really young – 14 or 15 – and they were drunk. They started to nick the boundary flags and we went over to them because of the disruption. It just escalated. It wasn’t a brawl, just pushing and shoving. No-one got hurt.”According to the newspaper, the incident escalated after the match had been abandoned midway through the afternoon. As the players returned to the pavilion, the youths gathered friends and even parents for a tense showdown.”Lots of people came down – 50 of them – and they came with lots of weapons: poles, sticks, logs and bricks. They came into the clubhouse causing aggravation and threw a couple of cricket balls, but didn’t hit anyone because they knew the police were coming.”It took four police officers to separate the two groups, but according to Hatch End officials, the police escorted the cricketers off the site by 7pm, but chose not to move the teenagers. Within an hour, the pavilion was on fire.”It’s the same kids because they didn’t leave the park,” said the player. “The firemen are saying the fire started from the inside so the youths must have broken in.”Graham Wild, a Hatch End CC committee member, told the newspaper: “There was a group of cricketers trying to defend the clubhouse – it was a siege mentality.”

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A noite que marcou a primeira vitória de Bruno no seu retorno ao futebol não foi de festa completa para o goleiro. Na mesma noite de quarta-feira que ele contribuiu para o Boa Esporte superar o Tupynambás, por 1 a 0, pelo Módulo 2 do Campeonato Mineiro, o procurador-geral da República, Rodrigo Janot, solicitou que o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) revogue o habeas corpus que liberou o goleiro da prisão.

Bruno deixou a cadeia em fevereiro de 2017, devido a uma liminar concedida pelo ministro Marco Aurélio Mello, que interpretou que o jogador poderia aguardar em liberdade a segunda instância do processo que o condenou a 22 anos e três meses de prisão. O goleiro foi condenado por assassinato e ocultação de cadáver de Eliza Samudio e por sequestro e cárcere privado do filho Bruninho.

De acordo com Janot, a análise do processo vem demorando devido aos recursos apresentados pela própria defesa. O julgamento vem sendo postergado, aos olhos do procurador. Após sua saída da prisão, Bruno assinou com o Boa Esporte.

Também nesta quarta-feira, o Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais (TJ-MG) manteve a absolvição do goleiro em relação a outro crime: ele era acusado de corrupção de menores, devido à presença de seu primo Jorge Luiz Rosa, no crime. Mesmo com a apelação do Ministério Público de Minas Gerais (MP-MG), a sentença da juíza Marixa Rodrigues foi mantida.

تشعر عائلة جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي باريس سان جيرمان، كيليان مبابي، بالغضب الشديد من ريال مدريد وهو ما أدى إلى قطع العلاقة بين الطرفين قبل التجديد.

وبحسب شبكة “كواترو” الإسبانية أن عائلة مبابي ترى أن هناك كذبًا من قبل ريال مدريد وعليهم الخروج أمام الإعلام لإنكار بعض المعلومات.

أكدت العائلة أنه لم يكن هناك أي اتفاق قد حدث بين ريال مدريد ومبابي، عكس ما كان يروح له النادي الملكي وهذا ما تسبب في تدهور العلاقة بين الطرفين.

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وكشف صحفي شبكة “كواترو” عن تفاصيل لقائه مع عائلة مبابي، وقال: “لقد جئت من باريس، هناك تحدثت مع بعض المقربين من مبابي، هم غاضبون، يعتقدون أنهم لم يخدعوا ريال مدريد”.

وتابع: “يريدون من فلورنتينو بيريز التحدث والكشف عن الحقيقة، وهي أنه لم يكن هناك أي اتفاق قد حدث في الأيام الماضية، حاليا علاقتهم مقطوعة مع رئيس ريال مدريد”.

وأضاف: “سنرى ما سيحدث في غضون السنوات الثلاث المقبلة”.

ويلتزم نادي ريال مدريد الصمت في الوقت الحالي حول صفقة مبابي التي فشلت بمجرد توقيع الفرنسي على عقده الجديد مع باريس سان جيرمان.

Ange Postecoglou wasn’t backed early in his Celtic reign on the transfer front but you can’t accuse the club of not working hard.

They’ve been dealt a tough hand in pre-season, with James Forrest having to isolate and a number of injuries rocking the camp.

However, in the last week or so, they have completed some shrewd moves. Liel Abada put pen to paper and scored an all-important goal in the Champions League, while Carl Starfelt has arrived as their Kristoffer Ajer replacement.

Liam Shaw and Osaze Urhoghide were early acquisitions, while we’re still awaiting images of Kyogo Furuhashi in Celtic colours after he completed a switch.

Next on their radar could be a record-breaking swoop. Not since Odsonne Edouard signed from PSG in 2018 for £9m have they usurped such a price tag but they may have to shell out more than that to land Aaron Boupendza.

After selling Ajer for £13.5m, the finances are certainly there, and their coffers could be boosted further by the exit of Edouard. If the Frenchman does take his leave. then Postecoglou would seal his best deal yet by moving for Boupendza.

He is reportedly the Hoops’ top priority but Turkish club Hatayspor want a fee of around €12m (£10.4m) for his services.

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The following quote describes in a nutshell why they must bring him to Glasgow:

“He’s a very good footballer, a goal machine, the top scorer in the championship. And we won’t be sorry if he stays with us. If he stays, he will be top scorer in the championship again, and we’ll sell him twice as much,” said Hatayspor president Nihat Tazearslan.

Boupendza was on fire in the top flight of Turkish football last term, finding the net on 22 occasions and providing one assist.

Being compared to Kylian Mbappe, the forward has been given the nickname of a “panther”, something which illustrates his dangerous qualities and scintillating speed.

He fired a mighty 3.1 shots per game towards goal last term and completed an eye-catching 2.6 dribbles per match.

Not only did he replicate Edouard’s goal tally from 2020/21, he did so with fewer shots per match than the Frenchman. His dribble tally was also more than any other player in Celtic’s ranks.

Possessing a ruthless streak in the penalty area, he can also stroll past players with absolute ease.

It’s clear to see why Postecoglou must break the bank to acquire Boupendza’s signature this summer. He is a fabulous player and, at the age of 24, still has plenty of room to grow.

AND in other news, Imagine him & Starfelt: Celtic must swoop for 6ft1 tank who’s “one of the very best”…

Martin Love today led an Australia A onslaught which demonstrated England had done nothing to solve its bowling problems

Don Woolford15-Nov-2002Martin Love today led an Australia A onslaught which demonstrated England had done nothing to solve its bowling problems.Love, who’s become a serial tormentor of the tourists, hit an unbeaten 201 as the Australians cruised to 3-353 declared on the first day of the three-day match, England’s only opportunity to find form before the second Test in Adelaide.The tourists were 1-50 in reply at stumps.After hitting an unbeaten 250 for Queensland against England a fortnight ago, Love continued to underline his status as the best top order batsman outside the Test team.Admittedly England rested two of its frontline bowlers, Andy Caddick and Ashley Giles.But it did use two of its formerly walking wounded, Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff, and replacement Alex Tudor. Two of the three are likely to be picked for Adelaide.Oddly Chris Silverwood, who was flown out from England this week as another replacement, was made 12th man and is presumably not in the Test frame.The pace attack’s performance left assistant coach Graham Dilley exasperated.”On a flat track you have very little margin for error,” the former England fast bowler said.”You need discipline, patience and luck and we’re nowhere near any of those.”Love agreed the English bowlers didn’t make the most of the early conditions, bowling too short and wide.However he warned that Harmison, with whom he’s played at Durham, could turn matches on his good days.Harmison was by far the quickest, but consistency was not his forte.Love said he didn’t know how close he was to a Test debut.”All I can do is keep scoring runs and putting pressure on the guys in the team,” said Love, who faced 243 balls and hit 25 fours in just 301 minutes.Acting captain Marcus Trescothick continued the English habit of sending the Australians in and, as usual, lived to regret it.In a willing opening burst on an initially lively Bellerive Oval wicket, Tudor and Harmison gave England early heart.Matthew Elliott had an unhappy return to this level when a rising Tudor delivery crunched into his right elbow on the first ball of the match.He needed stitches, but an x-ray cleared him of serious injury and he could have returned to the crease.Shortly afterwards Tudor caught Jimmy Maher’s edge and the Australia A captain was gone for six.But once the first hour was weathered, the bowling attack fell away and Love and Greg Blewett, who was not at his fluent best, put on 140.Blewett was bowled by Craig White for only 25 but England’s woes continued when 21-year-old Michael Clarke arrived.Clarke played beautifully, at times contemptuously, and will surely play for Australia one day.Love and Clarke piled on 123 in 112 minutes before the NSW batsman, having rushed to his half century with two fours off Tudor, skied a slog.The appearance of Marcus North simply lifted the scoring rate further and it was the Western Australian lefthander who provided the final fireworks.Before the declaration ended the slaughter, he rushed to 33 with an on-drive over the boundary followed by a reverse sweep for four.England lost Michael Vaughan for eight when he inside edged Brad Williams onto his stumps.But Trescothick (5) and the aggressive Mark Butcher (30) survived until stumps without serious alarms.

Former Scotland manager Alex McLeish has described Marcelo Bielsa as ‘incredible’, following a revelation which sums up his dedication at Leeds United.

The Lowdown: Bielsa transforms Leeds

The 65-year-old has arguably been the most influential figure at Elland Road for many years, transforming the Whites’ fortunes and guiding them back into the Premier League.

Bielsa has got Leeds playing some of the most entertaining football in the club’s history and his down-to-earth nature means he is adored by supporters – he recently stopped by a local youth team for an impromptu coaching session.

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The Latest: McLeish hails ‘incredible’ Argentine

It has now emerged that the Argentine hasn’t even taken a summer holiday after a gruelling season, instead overseeing upgrades being made at Thorp Arch.

Speaking to Football Insider after that news, McLeish waxed lyrical over Bielsa, lauding his all-round brilliance:

“The guy just lives and breathes football, doesn’t he? The Leeds fans adore him. It would be like losing a family member if he was to leave Leeds.

“That is why they are acquiescing to a lot of his visions for the club. A pure football genius. He’s an incredible man in terms of the nature he goes about things.

“He is certainly an awesome coach when you consider the improvement to the many teams he’s been at.”

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The Verdict: Please stay, Marcelo

This story perfectly sums up Bielsa’s remarkable work ethic and obsession with football, highlighting why Leeds need him to stay on for as long as possible.

He is a truly an enchanting character, much in the way Jurgen Klopp is at Liverpool, and it will be a desperately sad day when he eventually leaves the club.

The hope is that is still a long way away, however, with a new deal potentially being signed imminently.

In other news, a pundit has revealed who he thinks would be a perfect fit at Leeds this summer. Find out who it is here.