Joaquim relata importância de psicóloga em vitória do Santos e quer classificação: 'Vamos com tudo'

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O Santos conquistou uma importante vitória ao golear a Portuguesa, por 4 a 0, neste domingo, na Vila Belmiro. E quando os jogadores falam que esse tipo de resultado é fruto do trabalho do grupo, é porque tem muita gente envolvida nisso, inclusive a psicóloga do clube. Foi isso que o zagueiro Joaquim declarou após o jogo, que trouxe também a confiança para a classificação no Paulistão.

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Em entrevista depois de vencer a Lusa, o defensor recém-contratado pelo Peixe falou da importância do trabalho psicológico com o elenco, principalmente nesta fase em que havia uma dificuldade para buscar os resultado. Segundo ele, méritos da psicóloga Juliane Fechio, que conversou muito com os atletas antes da partida deste domingo, que acabou em goleada.

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-A nossa psicóloga vem conversando com a gente, vem nos preparando emocionalmente, vem dado resultado e isso foi muito importante para o nosso resultado aqui – declarou.

Com os três pontos, o Santos se aproximou dos líderes do Grupo A do Paulistão. Com 13 pontos, o Alvinegro agora está a um ponto do Red Bull Bragantino (vice-líder) e do Botafogo-SP. Ou seja, muito perto de entrar na zona de classificação para as quartas de final do Campeonato Paulista. Com a confiança que a vitória trouxe, o pensamento agora é grande e não mais em fugir da degola.

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-Essa vitória é muito importante para dar confiança, para ajudar a gente nos próximos jogos, a gente sabe o valor que uma vitória tem emocionalmente falando e graças a Deus a gente conseguiu e o grupo está motivado para buscar esses desafios – disse Joaquim antes de completar:

-A gente sabia da dificuldade pela permanência, mas o Santos é um time gigante, a gente tem que pensar em coisas grandes, título, a gente está pensando na classificação, estamos trabalhando para isso, temos dois jogos pela frente, vamos com tudo para buscar essa classificação.

Confira outros trechos da coletiva de Joaquim:

Felicidade pela vitória e pela adaptação ao clube
Sabíamos que precisávamos da vitória, muito importante para a sequência, a gente trabalhou bem durante a semana para sair com o resultado positivo, graças a Deus conseguimos. Estou muito feliz aqui no Santos, estou me adaptando bem e estou podendo ajudar da melhor maneira possível

Importância da bola parada
Nessa situação da bola parada, tem ajudado a gente, hoje contra a Portuguesa fizemos um gol, isso é importante, porque muitos jogos acabam se definindo assim. Importante estar bem preparado nesse quesito.

Qual lado joga melhor?
Lá no Cuiabá eu joguei mais pelo lado esquerdo, mas também jogo pelo direito. Me adapto bem, independentemente do lado. Tenho jogado pela esquerda e tenho me saído bem por ali.

Víctor Cuesta projeta clássico com Flamengo e minimiza posto de ídolo do Botafogo: 'Ainda falta muito'

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Víctor Cuesta chegou ao Botafogo em abril do ano passado e rapidamente caiu nas graças dos torcedores. Em entrevista concedida no Espaço Lonier na manhã desta quinta-feira, ele celebrou seu atual momento e afirmou que ainda precisa conquistar títulos para ser tornar ídolo do clube.

– Naquele momento, eu falei que não estava passando por um grande momento. Agora tenho que reconhecer que estou passando por um bom momento. Eu recuperei o futebol que eu queria. Agradeço ao Botafogo pela oportunidade, comissão técnica, meus companheiros e torcida pelo apoio.

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– Ídolo eu acho que ainda falta muito. Eu tenho que conquistar títulos primeiro, para se Deus quiser me tornar ídolo. Tento fazer meu melhor, pensando no dia a dia, treino a treino e jogo a jogo. Então, vou continuar treinando para dar meu melhor dentro de campo.

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Com Adryelson e Rafael suspensos, Cuesta terá a missão de comandar o sistema defensivo e conter os ataques rubro-negros no fim de semana. O zagueiro afirmou que os jogadores estão preparados para fazer um grande clássico em Brasília.

– Obviamente que um clássico é diferente. Mas nosso grupo encara todo jogo como se fosse uma final. Estamos nos preparando muito bem para fazer um grande jogo. Esperamos conseguir uma vitória para dar sequência ao nosso trabalho.Sabemos que o grupo do Flamengo é muito qualificado, praticamente tem três times de grandes jogadores. É se preparar e pensar em nós.

Botafogo e Flamengo se enfrentam no próximo sábado, às 18h, no Mané Garrincha, em partida válida pelo Campeonato Carioca.

'Não movia o meu dia a dia', desabafa Raphael Veiga sobre 'espera' por chance na Seleção Brasileira

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Um dos nomes mais aguardados pelos torcedores em geral nesta renovada Seleção Brasileira que entrará em campo no próximo sábado (25), às 19h (de Brasília), em amistoso contra o Marrocos, será o do meia Raphael Veiga.

O jogador do Palmeiras foi quase uma unanimidade no país sobre merecer uma chance no selecionado nacional. Contudo, acabou ignorado por Tite. Recebe a chance agora com o interino Ramon Menezes.

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Em entrevista concedida nesta terça-feira (21), Veiga tirou de letra as questões sobre o seu sentimento e tratou de dizer que seu foco era no trabalho. Que sem a Seleção acabou ficando exclusivo para o Palmeiras.

– Eu também faço trabalho psicológico. Me ajuda muito. A gente tem sempre que gastar nossa energia com aquilo que a gente controla. O que eu controlava eras meu desempenho no Palmeiras, nos treinos, jogos.

Segundo o meia, existia uma vontade grande de ter uma oportunidade no selecionado nacional. Mas ele não deixou que isso o consumisse.

– Lógico que eu tinha expectativa, mas não era isso que movia meu dia a di. Eu trabalhava todos os dias pensando naquilo que eu podia melhorar, ajudar o Palmeiras e, em uma possível convocação ajudar a Seleção também. As coisas aconteceram agora, em seu tempo. Espero aproveitar essa oportunidade.

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Vale a pena ver de novo: ídolo do São Paulo, Palhinha age e força saída de Jamerson para o Morumbi

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O novelão mexicano sobre o futuro de Jamerson continua. E mais uma vez – a terceira conforme o LANCE! vem noticiando – há indícios de final feliz para o São Paulo. Qual a novidade? Que o jogador teria se recusado a defender o Coritiba, para quem o Guarani teria acertado a venda na última sexta-feira (31/3).

O principal responsável pelo feito tem nome: Palhinha. Ídolo são-paulino, ele continua trabalhando para colocar o lateral-esquerdo, que representa, no Morumbi.

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Ao L!, fontes do clube campineiro apontam que o ex-meia, bi-campeão mundial pelo Tricolor, está por trás da decisão do atleta em não aceitar as condições do negócio propostas pelo Coxa. O jogador era esperado desde segunda-feira (3) em Curitiba (PR) para exames médicos, mas treinou normalmente com o elenco bugrino nesta tarde.

– Não é uma decisão só nossa, pois envolve os clubes e os atletas. Ainda está sendo cogitada, sim, a vinda do Régis e a ida do Jamerson. Eles vão decidir ao longo da semana e espero que tenha um desfecho feliz para todo mundo – destacou o superintendente de futebol do Guarani, Rodrigo Pastana, à ‘Rádio Central de Campinas’.

A decisão do jogador não é o único empecilho para o Bugre negociá-lo com o Coxa. Pelo lado paranaense, o meia Régis, que seria envolvido no negócio em uma troca (junto com pagamento de R$ 4,5 milhões), também ofereceu resistência em o alviverde interiorano.

– O que não vai acontecer é o Jamerson ir para o Coritiba e o Régis não vir. Isso é a certeza que posso dar ao torcedor. Não há hipótese disso acontecer – completou Pastana.

Jamerson em contrato com o Guarani até 2025 e multa rescisória de R$ 34 milhões. São Paulo e Santos tentaram envolver jogadores mais novos como moedas de troca, além de um valor menor comparado ao do Coxa, mas não empolgaram nas conversas iniciais. O Peixe já deixou o negócio.

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ANÁLISE: Palmeiras é o time da virada, do amor e do 'vício' por competir

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O torcedor do Palmeiras, por essência, é um pessimista, que jamais conta com a vitória antes de ela acontecer. Mas hoje, neste período vencedor e sob o comando de Abel Ferreira, o palmeirense passou a ser confiante. Foi assim que cada um deles encarou a decisão do Paulistão contra o Água Santa, mesmo com a derrota na ida. O time da virada e do amor é, sobretudo, um viciado em competir e precisa dessa intensidade para ganhar. A goleada e o título paulista são provas disso.

> Confira a tabela do Brasileirão-2023 clicando aqui

Quem viu o jogo na Arena Barueri, quando o Verdão foi derrotado por 2 a 1, não reconheceu aquela equipe. Uma postura conformada, sem intensidade, displicente, dispersa e sem a percepção de que era uma final. Ou seja, nada a ver com o Alviverde que acostumamos a ver nos últimos anos. Era justo pensar que o Paulistão poderia ser um título perdido pela atuação decepcionante na ida. No entanto, trata-se do time da virada e do time que dificilmente faz duas partidas de baixo nível. Até mesmo Abel, sabendo disso, classificou uma possível nova derrota como “vergonha” para o clube.

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-Eu falei em ‘vergonha’ para expressar o orgulho dos meus jogadores porque sei o que eles conseguem fazer e alguns começaram a confundir. Eu não confundo. Qual foi a minha intenção? Eu disse: ou ganhamos ou passamos vergonha, porque eu sei o que tenho em casa, eu conheço meus jogadores e sei o que eles podem dar. Há duas palavras que são mágicas para mim: amor e virada. Nós somos o time do amor e o time da virada – disse o treinador após a final no Allianz Parque.

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A virada aconteceu. Era nítida a superioridade palmeirense em relação ao Água Santa, os níveis técnicos são incomparáveis e uma goleada por 4 a 0 para garantir o título não foi surpresa se pensarmos na lógica. Contra o São Paulo, em 2022, já havia sido assim e as equipes eram muito mais equilibradas. O Verdão colocou logo 4 a 0 em um dos seus grandes rivais e levantou a taça.

O amor vem da conexão entre elenco, comissão técnica e clube, com cada um dos mais de 41 mil torcedores que estiveram no Allianz Parque. O estádio, definitivamente, tem jogado junto nesses jogos decisivos. É preciso que o adversário tenha um equilíbrio grande para suportar a pressão.

No entanto, ser o time da virada e do amor depende muito da alma competitiva para ter resultado. Se o nível de competição fosse igual ao apresentado em Barueri, certamente não existiria amor nem virada. Essa equipe do Palmeiras de Abel Ferreira parecer ser uma viciada em competir, em ganhar, em se motivar. Quanto mais desafios, quanto mais contestações, maiores as respostas que ela traz.

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É claro que o trabalho de campo de Abel Ferreira é muito bom, que o elenco oferece peças de muita qualidade e que a estrutura disponibilizada pelo clube faz diferença, no entanto o que realmente faz com que o Palmeiras se sobressaia no futebol brasileiro é a capacidade de se manter competitivo em cada jogo ou torneio que participar. Méritos dos jogadores, da comissão técnica e da direção, que conseguem manter essa chama acesa por tanto tempo. Até onde vai esse Alviverde de Abel?

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Bangladesh vs England dead rubber on the cards as ICC fall short of their aim

The ODI Super League was meant to bring context to every game. Market forces have not let that happen

Matt Roller05-Mar-2023

Jos Buttler soaks in England’s series victory•Gareth Copley/Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Big picture – England’s Super League endsEngland arrived in Chattogram on Saturday ahead of their final fixture in the inaugural – and only – edition of the ICC’s ODI Super League. On Monday, they are looking to secure a three-nil series win, thereby becoming the first team to secure an away ODI series whitewash in Bangladesh since Sri Lanka in 2014.The Super League, the qualifying process for the 2023 World Cup in India, launched in 2020 with the lofty, noble aim to “raise the stakes of bilateral 50-over games”, according to the ICC at the time.The idea was simple enough. World Cup qualification had generally been decided on the opaque rankings system. Commercially-driven boards had no competitive incentive to schedule ODI series evenly, so top teams scheduled long series which were largely devoid of context against one another, rarely deigning to play emerging nations.The fixture list was imperfect – each team was scheduled to play eight opponents out of a possible twelve – but still generated series that might never have happened otherwise. The Netherlands hosted West Indies, England, Pakistan and New Zealand in a single summer. Ireland turned West Indies over in the Caribbean. Zimbabwe played Australia in a bilateral ODI series for the first time in 18 years – and won the third game.For Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka – who, along with West Indies, are jostling to avoid June’s qualification tournament in Zimbabwe by securing the final automatic World Cup spot – the final months of the Super League represent a vital opportunity.But for the rest, they are an irrelevance. As the qualification cycle draws towards a close, it is clear that market forces have overtaken the ICC’s ambitions: several series have now been abandoned as a result of franchise cricket’s squeeze on the international calendar, and the Super League has been scrapped altogether.”Since each point matters, there will be no dead rubbers and teams will always have to be at their very best,” the ICC said in 2020. Monday’s game in Chattogram is a direct refutation of that claim.Form guideBangladesh LLLWW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
England WWWLLIn the spotlight: Litton Das and Rehan AhmedLitton Das was the leading run-scorer for BPL champions Comilla Victorians and is long established as Tamim Iqbal’s opening partner in ODIs. But he has not got going in this series, scratching around for 7 off 15 in the first game before chopping his first ball to point in the second. He has now gone five ODI innings in a row without reaching 50, and could do with a score in Chattogram.Litton Das has been unable to reprise his BPL form•AFP/Getty Images

If not now, when? Rehan Ahmed, the 18-year-old legspinning allrounder, is England’s long-term replacement for Adil Rashid and could win his first white-ball cap on Monday. The deadest of rubbers provides the ideal low-stakes opportunity for him to make his debut, and his ability with the bat means he could even play alongside Rashid if conditions suit.Team news: Will Buttler rest himself?Mustafizur Rahman looked out of sorts and short on confidence in Mirpur, bowling 18 wicketless overs and leaking 5.83 an over, making him the most expensive bowler on either side. If Bangladesh decide to change things up, he could give way for Ebadot Hossain or Hasan Mahmud. The uncapped Towhid Hridoy is the squad’s spare batter.Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain/Hasan Mahmud.Rehan Ahmed is in line for an ODI debut•AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi

Reece Topley is likely to play for the first time in the series, with England rotating their seam attack throughout the tour. Will Jacks has been ruled out of the rest of the tour with a quad injury; with no spare batter in the squad, England will change their balance somewhat.England (possible): 1 Jason Roy, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 James Vince, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid/Saqib Mahmood, 11 Reece Topley.Pitch and conditions: Expect it to spin againThe weather in Chattogram has been warm and dry. The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium pitches tend to be significantly better for batting than Mirpur; in the most recent game at the venue, India piled on 408 for 9. But this one could assist spinners for a change, as it looks quite dry. “The block, just walking over the square, definitely feels a bit harder; the one in Mirpur felt a little bit tacky, a bit softer,” Mark Wood said on Sunday.Stats and trivia Jason Roy’s hundred on Friday was his 12th in ODIs, taking him joint-third in England’s all-time list. He is one behind Eoin Morgan, and four behind Joe Root. Shakib Al Hasan needs four wickets to reach 300 in men’s ODIs. He would be the first Bangladesh bowler to reach that landmark, and the third left-arm spinner after Sanath Jayasuriya and Daniel Vettori. England have only played seven men’s fixtures across formats in 2023 but have already used 27 players, the joint-most of any team this year. Friday’s victory saw England leapfrog New Zealand at the top of the Super League table. They could extend their lead to 15 points on Sunday.Quotes”There’s nothing called an automatic choice. Nobody is an automatic choice. I will not be in the team if I am not performing regularly, even though I am the captain. A player’s performance graph will go up and down all the time, but we believe he will turn his form around.”
“He’s impressed everybody, not just me. The whole team have said how well he’s bowled. He’s bowling quickly, hitting good lengths. In the first game, he showed our seam-bowling group where to bowl, really.”

Hardik on Titans' loss: We lost because I could not get my rhythm

Titans captain takes “full ownership” for not closing the game out, and feels “sorry” for Shami

ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-20232:02

Did Hardik Pandya struggle to shift gears?

Captain Hardik Pandya has taken “full ownership” for Gujarat Titans’ last-over loss against Delhi Capitals in Ahmedabad as the hosts fell short by just five runs while he remained unbeaten on 59 off 53.Chasing 131, Titans needed 33 off the last 12 balls and then 12 off six, thanks to Rahul Tewatia, who hit three sixes off Anrich Nortje in the penultimate over. But when Hardik got strike in the last over against Ishant Sharma, he managed only a double and a single before Tewatia fell on the fourth ball, and Ishant brought it down to seven needed off the last ball before giving Capitals their third win.”I tried my best but could not capitalise. It boils down to me,” Hardik said. “Obviously, we would have taken 129 [131-run target] on any given day. [We] just lost a couple of wickets and at the end, Rahul got us back in the game.”Hardik struck seven fours in his knock but not a single six, and no boundaries in his last 13 balls when the asking rate kept shooting up.Titans had lost three wickets inside the powerplay and soon lost David Miller too in the seventh over to be 32 for 4. Despite not being explosive, Titans were steady thanks to a 62-run partnership between Hardik and Abhinav Manohar. However, the pair consumed 63 balls in the process with Manohar falling for 26 off 33.Hardik said that Manohar’s inexperience showed and once again asserted that it was his own inability to close the game that cost them.”We were hoping to get a couple of big overs in the middle but at that point of time we could not get rhythm,” he said. “It was new for Abhinav as well. It boils down to how I was not able to finish the game. Full marks to their bowlers as well and full ownership on my side where I could not finish the game I should’ve.”Hardik also said that the pressure on them was due to the early loss of wickets and that made it difficult for them to keep going with intent.”It was more about the pressure of [losing] wickets,” he said. “I don’t think the [track] played much role. It was a tad slower than what we are used to here. But they bowled really well. We lost a couple of early wickets and then we had to take some time. We could not get the rhythm in the middle. Rahul brought us back into the game. Otherwise, they were quite ahead.”Intent had to be there. It’s just that we lost a couple of wickets where if you keep losing wickets, it’s difficult to keep the intent as well. We lost because I could not get my rhythm and we kept losing wickets at the start and that put us under pressure. We like to take it deep and hope to get a couple of big overs which we could not get.”Three of Mohammed Shami’s four wickets in the powerplay were caught behind•Associated Press

Titans had restricted Capitals to a mere 130 for 8, led largely by a four-wicket haul from Mohammed Shami. The fast bowler picked up all four of those inside the powerplay to return with second-best figures in the phase in the IPL. Hardik felt sorry for Shami, who was adjudged Player of the Match, and said the batters couldn’t back the bowlers on the night.”I feel sorry for [Shami],” Hardik said. “If you bowl like that, then you restrict the team to 129 [130], I think [our] batters disappointed. I don’t think the ball did a lot. It’s just that Mohammed Shami’s skillset he has and he made the ball talk. Otherwise, I think for fast bowlers, the wicket did not have much assistance. But the way he bowled four on the trot and got us in the game, full credit [to him].”As I said, batters and particularly myself did not finish and we disappointed him.”

John Turner leads destructive bowling performance as Hawks thrash Gloucestershire

Vince passes fifty again with Hampshire assured of a finals berth

ECB Reporters Network02-Jul-2023

John Turner celebrates a wicket•Getty Images

John Turner led a destructive bowling performance as defending champions Hampshire Hawks thrashed Gloucestershire by eight wickets and booked their place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.Fast bowler Turner took his Blast wicket tally to 18 with 3 for 15, with Chris Wood’s 3 for 18, Benny Howell’s 2 for 18 and miserly spells from Nathan Ellis and Liam Dawson restricting Gloucestershire to 105.Despite losing two early wickets, James Vince returned to the top of the scoring charts with 55 not out – his eighth fifty of the season – as he and Joe Weatherley knocked off the runs with 33 balls to spare.Hampshire will face Worcestershire at home on Friday after Essex sensationally chased down 195 at the Kia Oval. Hampshire have only faced Worcestershire once before in the Blast – the 2015 quarter-final – which they won due to bad light. Despite reaching Finals Day a record nine times, it will only be the first time since 2013 that the Ageas Bowl has played host to a quarter-final.Other than Grant Roelofsen’s promising 26 and Zaman Akhter’s tail-end 11, no other Gloucestershire batter reached double figures against some intelligent bowling on a slow pitch.Turner, in his debut Blast season, struck with his fifth ball as a zipping delivery found Miles Hammond’s edge before Ben Charlesworth chopped Wood to cover.Ben Wells was brilliantly caught at mid-off two balls after Benny Howell brought him up as Gloucestershire fell to 32 for 3 in the powerplay.South African overseas Roelofsen dispatched the only six of the innings over midwicket but from that point the visitors lost their fluency and wickets tumbled.Howell, against his former county, had Roelofsen slicing to deep point, Ellis had James Bracey picking out long on, and Graeme van Buuren’s attempted slog sweep of Dawson messed up his stumps.Turner returned to knock back Zafar Gohar and Jack Taylor’s leg stumps with virtually identical deliveries, with Wood seeing off David Payne and Tom Smith in the final over.Ben McDermott and Tom Prest didn’t get the memo about attempting to overhit the ball as both fell attempting to muscle the ball to the ropes.But Vince played the pitch and wasn’t scared for his strike-rate to dip below 100. There were moments of aggression; an advance and swing back over van Buuren’s head and a pair of swats through the covers.His half-century came in 37 balls as he passed 600 runs for the season for the third time in his career – he now has 638 runs in this year’s Blast which is already the eighth most in a single series with potentially three more innings to go.Weatherley was equally sensible with his approach in his unbeaten 29 off 26, in the unbeaten 81 run stand, as he minimised his risk-taking and ran hard – although it was Vince who sweetly struck the winning runs through the covers.

Taylor on Wagner: 'I think it's a forced retirement'

Finch says New Zealand could have used Wagner in Wellington where Australia pulled ahead thanks to a century 10th wicket partnership

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Mar-20242:04

Taylor on Wagner: ‘I think it’s a forced retirement’

New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner announced his retirement after learning that he would not be part of the ongoing Test series against Australia and his former team-mate Ross Taylor feels the decision was “forced”.Responding to a question on ESPN’s Around The Wicket podcast about Wagner’s finger-on-the-mouth celebration after dismissing Zubayr Hamza in his final Test appearance, against South Africa in Hamilton, and a visual of him showing someone the middle finger as the team got in a huddle to celebrate another wicket, Taylor said, “I think it all makes sense a little bit now. There’s no sugarcoating it: I think it’s a forced retirement. If you listen to Wagner’s press conference, he was retiring, but it was after this last Test match [against Australia]. So he did make himself available.”Related

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Wagner was to be released from the squad after the first Test in Wellington. But an injury to William O’Rourke sparked talk of a potential recall for the second Test in Christchurch. New Zealand haven’t gone down that road though, picking the uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears instead.”And to see that he isn’t selected… I think you do need to plan for the future, but a one-off Test against Australia in a must-win situation, I wouldn’t be looking much further than Neil Wagner. And I’m sure the Australian batters are sleeping easy that he’s not in the side,” Taylor said.Aaron Finch, also on the podcast, said Wagner would have likely stopped Australia from posting as big a total as they did in their first innings at the Basin Reserve, which laid down the platform for their 172-run win.

“I couldn’t believe Neil Wagner wasn’t in the XI. I just genuinely thought that he must have been out through a niggle,” Finch said. “The success he’s had against Australia, particularly [against] Steven Smith over a period of time, you can guarantee that the last wicket partnership wouldn’t have happened if Wagner was there.”Because he would have intimidated Josh Hazlewood at least. He might have stopped Cameron Green from scoring as well. I thought that was a really interesting decision,” Finch said.Green and Hazlewood put on a record 116-run partnership – the highest 10th-wicket stand for Australia against New Zealand – to take Australia from 267 for 9 to an imposing total of 383.”It’s not only his experience and the way he goes about it, but you know, the opposition, you heard [Pat] Cummins talking about the plans that they had for him,” Taylor said.”Experience plays a lot, but no, I agree with Finchy. If he comes around the wicket to Hazlewood, he might have got him away for a couple of boundaries or even a six. But I think for the prolonged time he would have attacked him for, I don’t think they would have got a 100-run partnership.”

Hardik Pandya: 'We needed just one win, and today is just the start'

The Mumbai Indians captain said there was no issue with his fitness even though he did not bowl against Delhi Capitals

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Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma celebrate Mumbai Indians’ first win of the season•BCCI

“Clearing a lot of minds”, handling players with “love and care”, along with the belief that they could bounce back, helped Mumbai Indians end their run of three successive losses in IPL 2024.After beating Delhi Capitals by 29 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Hardik Pandya and the Mumbai squad gave the crowd, a majority of them schoolchildren, a lap of honour to acknowledge their support.”It was a lot of hard work,” Hardik said after the game. “We cleared a lot of minds, made sure our plans are right, the intent is right, and today was one of the days where everything clicked. There has been a lot of love and care going around. Everyone knows we lost three games, but the belief and attitude of backing each other was there, which has been fantastic. We needed just one win, and today is just the start.”Related

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Hardik said the team finally had a settled look to it. On Sunday, they welcomed Suryakumar Yadav back into the XI after he missed the start of the season because he was recovering from injury. While his innings lasted only two deliveries, the start Mumbai made in the powerplay through Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan – 75 for 0 in six overs – helped lay the foundation for 234 for 5, their third-highest total.”It was amazing,” Hardik said of the powerplay onslaught. “To get 77 or 80 after six was wonderful. The way everyone is batting, we needed to find the rhythm to bat. The way everyone’s chipping in with their opportunities coming was fantastic.”Kishan, who made 42 from 23 balls and added 80 with Rohit in seven overs, said it was a conscious decision to attack in the powerplay.”We’ve played enough games here; we know how the wicket plays,” he said. “Because it’s not easy after six overs when the fielders go back. It’s more of a rotation game [after six overs] and choosing the right balls [to hit]. We both felt that powerplay was really important time for both of us, where we can take the bowlers on and that’s what our plan was. And we think we executed in a very good way.”Hardik Pandya: “To get 77 or 80 runs after six [overs] was wonderful”•BCCI

Rishabh Pant, the Capitals captain, was not happy with his team’s powerplay approach. Delhi scored 46 for 1 in the first six overs in a chase of 235.”Definitely we were in contention, but I feel we didn’t have enough runs during the powerplay,” Pant said. “Especially on a flat wicket like that, yes, we tried to chase it afterwards. But when the pressure mounts on you and the required run rate goes over 14-15, it’s very difficult to do that for 10-15 overs.”Capitals got past 200 after Shaw made 66 off 40 and Tristan Stubbs clobbered 71 off 25 but the asking rate had got too high by the end.That Capitals were chasing so much was down to West Indian allrounder Romario Shepherd’s cameo. He came into bat at the fall of Hardik’s wicket in the 18th over and hit 32 off his 39 runs in the last over off Anrich Nortje. The stunning sequence read 4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6.”Some hitting, nah? The way he came in and won us the game, amazing,” Hark said. “The difference between us and Delhi Capitals was Romario. The way he batted, I like him. He always has a smile on his face, doesn’t run away, and has been in the circuit for quite long. I’m proud of the way he played.”Shepherd also contributed with the ball by dismissing David Warner in the fourth over of the chase. Hardik didn’t bowl but put any concerns over his fitness to rest.”All good [with me],” Hardik said. “I will be bowling at the right time. We kind of had everything covered today, so I didn’t need to roll my arm over.”

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