The two Melbourne teams finished in the bottom two positions on the points table

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Wet weather brought an end to drab WBBL campaigns from both Melbourne sides in Stars’ rain-affected derby win at the MCG on Saturday night.Annabel Sutherland top-scored as Stars were bowled out for 118, and Kim Garth’s early wickets in Renegades’ run chase gave Stars, the hosts for the game, the upper hand.Garth reduced Renegades to 12 for 2 inside three overs before rain temporarily forced players off the field and sent most fans in a crowd of 5933 heading for cover. Play returned for only another nine balls as Hayley Matthews (17 not out off ten balls) tried valiantly to put Renegades in front on the DLS chart.But Renegades’ 27 for 2 from 5.3 overs was still eight runs short of a par score when rain ended the match for good.The result left Stars (six wins in 14 games) and Renegades (two wins in 14) filling the bottom two places on the table. It was Stars’ fourth win from their last five matches, giving them an idea of what might have been had they started the season in better form.That’s that – the umpires break the news to the two captains•Getty Images

Garth, who returned figures of 2 for 2 in her two overs, dismissed Renegades openers Tammy Beaumont and Emma de Broughe within three balls in the third over of the innings after stand-in captain Sutherland (36) lifted Stars to a respectable total batting first.Sutherland smacked six boundaries in her 36 off 28 balls and put on a club-record fourth-wicket stand of 45 with Tess Flintoff (22 off 23 balls).Both Sutherland and de Broughe were out caught off Harmanpreet Kaur, who returned 2 for 13. Matthews (2 for 20), Georgia Prestwidge (2 for 27) and Georgia Wareham (2 for 18) were the other main wicket-takers.The rain-affected match was a disappointing end to former Australian international Jess Duffin’s professional career after the cross-code athlete announced her retirement before the match. Duffin didn’t bat or bowl but claimed he catch that dismissed Alice Capsey for a second-ball duck off Georgia Prestwidge’s bowling.Stars were again without regular captain Meg Lanning, who sat out the final three games of the season for personal reasons. Lanning announced her retirement from international cricket earlier this month, saying she had lost the hunger to perform at the international level.

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Por conta da decisão, o Furacão montou um telão gigante no centro de campo com quadro lados para o torcedor assistir ao jogo do estádio.

Apesar do resultado não ser considerado positivo, já que o time acabou derrotado por 1 a 0 pelo Flamengo, a diretoria do Athletico comemorou a presença do público.

Mesmo com pequenos incidentes com torcedores ao longo da partida, a definição interna é que a ‘Furacão Fast’ foi um sucesso.

Maior público do estádio

Desde a reforma para a Copa do Mundo, esta foi a vez que a Arena da Baixada recebeu mais público no estádio. Antes da final da Libertadores, um evento evangélico tinha o recorde de 45.925 pessoas.

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The Sylhet Test will be NZ’s first in eight months and first in Bangladesh in ten years

Mohammad Isam26-Nov-2023Daryl Mitchell is looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet, after the World Cup humdrum, when New Zealand return to Test cricket after eight months in Sylhet. It will also be the first Test for both New Zealand and Bangladesh in the third cycle of the World Test Championship. Mitchell is coming off a strong run in the World Cup where he struck two centuries, both against India.”A bit more patience is required going from white ball to Test cricket,” Mitchell said. “You can breathe and relax a little bit. The surfaces are turning. We will keep adapting. We will see what we get on day one.”It is always special to play in that tournament in front of millions of people. It is also about recognising what an opportunity we have here at the start of the World Test Championship. How much it means to wear that baggy with the silver fern on.”He also said that New Zealand are focussing on short-term goals rather than thinking about the ultimate goal of reaching the WTC final.”We obviously know it is the end goal,” Mitchell said. “That’s what every country taking part in the World Test Championship wants to do. For us, it is about making small goals. Trying to tick off games as we go. First, we have to take on Bangladesh. It is always a tough challenge in Bangladesh.”Conditions are foreign to us as Kiwis so it is about adapting as quickly as we can to these surfaces, and getting stuck to win little moments. It is what we are speaking about. We are not looking too far ahead. At the same time, you want to be part of those big games. That’s why you play Test cricket.”Related

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Sylhet, incidentally, has hosted just one Test previously but while conditions will be alien to both sets of players, New Zealand coach Luke Ronchi said that his side has developed their skills in the sub-continent. This, despite New Zealand having last played a Test in Bangladesh in 2013.”Ten years is a long, long time,” Ronchi said. “That’s when Ish Sodhi made his Test debut. Some of the guys were young so their style of play would have changed a lot. We played a lot of cricket in the sub-continent. We have toured Pakistan as well. The guys have their own tactics to play around the world.”You can see the reverse-sweep coming into it a lot more now. It makes life difficult for bowlers. But that’s how guys want to play. They need to adapt to that surface whichever way they think is the best way for them to score.”Ronchi said that the ODI World Cup in India on slow pitches has prepared them for the Test series on similar tracks in Bangladesh. “It would have been a big change if we came from the green wickets of New Zealand straight to Bangladesh,” he said. “But for the majority of our group here, they have been in the World Cup. They have been practicing on slower and turning surfaces so that it helps us in this Test series.”As for Mitchell, he put the World Cup behind him, though he savoured his presence in the ICC’s team of the tournament. “It is cool to be recognised with [a place in the World Cup team of the tournament]. It means you are contributing to the team and helping to win games,” Mitchell said. “There’s not much time to reflect. We are straight into Test cricket. You want to stay present, and be ready to go for the Test team. But also, a very special eight weeks in India. Those memories will last a lifetime.”

كشفت تقارير صحفية، تطورات جديدة بشأن إصابة الأسطورة الأرجنتينية ليونيل ميسي بعد غيابه عن مباراة بوماس في كأس الدوريات الأمريكي.

وكان إنتر ميامي حقق الفوز على بوماس بثلاثية لهدف واحد، حيث اكتفى الأسطورة الأرجنتينية بمتابعة اللقاء من خارج الملعب وحرص على مساندة ودعم زملائه.

أقرأ أيضاً.. “أمر سري”.. ماسكيرانو يكشف آخر تطورات مستقبل ميسي مع إنتر ميامي

وأستأنف انتر ميامي تدريباته أمس استعداداً لمباراته القادمة، وشهدت عودة ليونيل ميسي حيث تدرب على انفراد بشكل يدعو للتفاؤل على اقترابه من العودة.

وكان ميسي خضع لفحوصات طبية لتقييم مدى الألم العضلي الذي عانى منه خلال مباراة كأس الدوريات والذي أجبره على مغادرة الملعب، ليكشف عن تعرضه لإصابة عضلية بسيطة في الساق اليمنى ضد نيكاكسا.

وسيلتقي إنتر ميامي مع تيجريس أونال المكسيكي في دور ربع النهائي من بطولة كأس الدوريات يوم الأربعاء 20 أغسطس.

جدير بالذكر أن ليونيل ميسي تم استبعاده من إعلان مجلة فرانس فوتبول للمرشحين ال30 المتنافسين على الجائزة، إلى جانب كريستيانو رونالدو مهاجم النصر السعودي.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick will inform Marc-Andre ter Stegen that he will be the third choice goalkeeper next season.

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• Hansi Flick to begin pre-season preparations early
• Coach to meet sporting director to discuss plans
• Ter Stegen will be Blaugrana's third-choice goalkeeper

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  According to , the Barcelona head coach has planned to cut short his summer trip and join the club early to discuss and review some important matters with sporting director Deco. The manager plans to tell Ter Stegen about his upcoming role at the club, confirming the long-awaited news that he will not receive much, if any, playing time next season.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  The players will be arriving soon for medical and lab tests at Barca's training centre. There are major things to be discussed with Deco regarding the arrival of new players and the upcoming plans for the squad. With the arrival of Joan Garcia from Espanyol and Wojciech Szczesny's contract extension, the German has dropped down the rankings and will be told he has not future in the Catalan team.

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  The goalkeeper's problems in Catalunya began last season when he was ruled out with an injury, prompting the club to bring Szczesny out of retirement. That long spell out resulted in Ter Stegen losing his starting spot, with the Polish veteran and now Joan Garcia ahead of him.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR TER STEGEN?

  Ter Stegen, who has three years left on his contract, reacted furiously after it was confirmed Barca would be signing Joan Garcia in the summer and he has since been linked with Monaco and Chelsea. However, the 33-year-old still wants to fight for his position at the club and vows not to leave Spotify Camp Nou anytime soon.

South Africa’s national team will have to “find a way to co-exist” with the SA20 and not fight against its primacy in the calendar, according to Test coach Shukri Conrad.His concession comes after South Africa announced a makeshift squad including an uncapped captain to play two Tests in New Zealand next month, sparking criticism, particularly from Australia, that they were disrespecting the oldest format. But Conrad called for a more nuanced understanding and indicated both he and the players have accepted the necessity of the SA20 to secure the game’s financial sustainability in South Africa.Asked to respond to Steve Waugh’s Instagram post on the South African squad, which questioned if it was a defining moment for Test cricket, Conrad did not hold back. “I don’t think Steve Waugh is going to really care what I say but I love how everybody outside South Africa have become experts on South African cricket,” he said. “Our hand has been forced. Everybody understands the SA20 has to happen. SA20 has to happen because it is the lifeblood of South African cricket. If it doesn’t happen, we are not going to have Test cricket anyway. We’ve got to find a way to coexist with the league, we’ve got to co-exist with leagues around the world to ensure the sustainability of the game.”