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تحدث إبراهيما كمارا المتحدث الرسمي لاتحاد سيراليون لكرة القدم، عن استعدادات منتخب بلاده إلى بدء مباريات التصفيات الإفريقية المؤهلة لكأس العالم 2026، ومواجهة مصر بالتحديد.

ويتواجد منتخب سيراليون مع مصر، في المجموعة الأولى لتصفيات كأس العالم 2026، بجانب كل من جيبوتي وبوركينا فاسو وغينيا بيساو وإثيوبيا.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي منتخب مصر مع سيراليون في الجولة الثانية من عمر مواجهات المجموعة في تصفيات كأس العالم ومحدد إقامتها يوم 19 نوفمبر المقبل على ملعب “صامويل كانيون دو” في ليبيريا.

وقال كمارا خلال تصريحات عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورت” لبرنامج “صباح أون تايم”: “نحن مستعدون ونتطلع لبدء المباريات في التصفيات وكل شيء على ما يرام لدينا”.

ويستهل منتخب سيراليون مبارياته في تصفيات كأس العالم بمواجهة إثيوبيا، يوم 15 نوفمبر المقبل.

طالع | رسميًا | قائمة محترفي منتخب مصر لمباراتي جيبوتي وسيراليون في تصفيات كأس العالم

وأضاف: “سنلعب أمام أحد المنتخبات الكبري في إفريقيا وهو منتخب مصر، هذا بناءً على الإنجازات والبطولات التي حققها في القارة الإفريقية”.

وتابع: “متحمسون للعب مع مصر ونعلم أنها مهمة كبيرة لنا ونحن نستعد بكل قوة وتركيز وسبنذل قصارى جهدنا لتحقيق أفضل النتائج”.

وأكد أن الاتحاد السيراليوني رفض مواجهة مصر في القاهرة، لبعد المسافة بين سيراليون ومصر، وسيتم خوض المباراة في ليبيريا.

وعن المنتخب المرشح للتأهل إلى كأس العالم من المجموعة، أوضح: “إذا نظرنا إلى المنتخبات، نتوقع أن مصر المرشح الأول للتأهل بناء على الخبرات والبطولات من وجهة نظري، لكن هذه كرة قدم ولا يمكن التوقع فيها، وسنرى ما يحدث في المباريات”.

ويتأهل المنتخب صاحب صدارة كل مجموعة من الـ9 مجموعات مباشرة إلى نهائيات كأس العالم 2026 بالإضافة إلى أفضل 4 منتخبات احتلت المركز الثاني تتأهل لخوض ملحق مع القارات الأخرى، ليتأهل منها منتخب واحد فقط.

يذكر، أن منتخب مصر يستهل مشواره بتصفيات كأس العالم 2026، بمواجهة جيبوتي، يوم 16 نوفمبر المقبل.

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O nome da classificação do Athletico-PR é Santos. O goleiro defendeu o pênalti de Pepê e colocou o Furacão na final da Copa do Brasil pela segunda vez na história.

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Eufórico pelo feito, o arqueiro explicou como decidiu escolher o canto e a frieza para esperar a definição do atacante gremista.

‘Eu já tinha tomado minha decisão, mas esperei o máximo possível para agir. Se por acaso mudasse alguma coisa na corrida dele, eu estava preparado. Mas tomei a decisão certa e a concentração foi fundamental’, destacou.

Após perder a ida por 2 a 0, o Furacão mostrou sua força dentro de casa e conseguiu reverter o resultado do Tricolor, façanha que acabou exaltada pelo herói da noite paranaense.

‘Nosso discurso era acreditar sempre. Sabíamos que não ia ser fácil, mas tínhamos que acreditar. Tínhamos que manter o foco até o final. Estivemos um bom tempo com um jogador a mais, tentamos e não conseguimos. Mas nas penalidades mais uma vez fomos felizes e conquistamos a vaga na decisão’, afirmou.

The dismissal of KL Rahul for 89 shifted the balance towards Baroda and the visitors were eyeing the lead against the defending champions

The Report by Alagappan Muthu in Mysore22-Jan-2015
ScorecardKL Rahul fell 11 short of his century•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Rahul keen for lower-order runs

KL Rahul is confident Karnataka’s bowling attack on a “very sporting” Mysore pitch can overcome Baroda in the second innings, but the key was reducing the deficit as much as possible.
“It is a bit two-paced and the odd ball is doing something. You’re never set on this wicket. Getting runs is a little hard as some balls are keeping low.
“We have to come back tomorrow and see the first hour off and then look to get those 100 runs. We have the firepower in the bowling to get them all out second time.”
Rahul, during his ninth first-class half-century, appeared quite comfortable even when Baroda were able to counterattack after lunch.
“That period for me is the easier part. When the opposition is coming at you and there is a lot of noise, it makes the game more energetic and alive.
“I love challenges and I was up to it. I focussed hard. There are times in the game when the opposition will be on top but you have to respect that and see that period off.
“On such wickets, you have to play close to the body and play straighter. The more you play, the more you learn. I’ve been in good touch lately and playing straight is something I like to do. That’s the most important thing according to me in a Test game.”

Noise. There was very little from Baroda in the morning and a whole lot from the crowd. The roles reversed after lunch, but the abiding sounds of the second day’s play in Mysore were the thump when the ball met the middle of KL Rahul’s bat and the silence when he was worked out for 89 off 160 balls. The visitors then found holes in the Karnataka middle order and shifted the balance to possibly contemplate a first-innings lead at stumps.”Yeaaahh,” cried Sagar Mangalorkar, five balls into his spell as Robin Uthappa was caught behind while driving away from the body. Baroda’s plan was to make the batsman play as much as possible, but they struggled to control their lengths in the process. Singles were found and leg-side deliveries were flicked to the boundary until Mangalorkar repeated the same cry when he had R Samarth edging to the keeper in the eighth over.Those two incidents aside, it was the fans, swarming a wide arc from third man to cover point and another clump at long-off, who were the most vocal in the first session. They expressed displeasure when Rahul’s flicks were hunted down before the boundary, demanded more sixes from him after he tonked one over the sightscreen and moved, as the score did, to a steady beat.Rahul was able to pick gaps off the front foot or the back foot, and his strength on the drive kept the bowlers from trying to explore for swing. His progress to fifty was almost matter-of-fact, off 96 balls. A similar feeling of inevitability hung around him reaching a century. “He is one of those batsmen who doesn’t get out unless it is to a really good ball,” J Arunkumar, the batting coach, had said.Swapnil Singh, the left-arm spinner, managed one of those in the last over before lunch, but there was no gully to exploit the outside edge off a flick. Baroda persevered and got lucky with three overs for tea. An innocuously wide delivery from Gangandeep Singh snagged the edge while Rahul tried to cut and went to the keeper. And a few of the crowd began to disperse.CM Gautam picked out short cover and Karnataka went from a strong 165 for 3 to a dicey 176 for 5.Baroda’s surge had begun late again. A hot day and the heavy roller had dulled the pitch and they seemed accepting of that. Irfan Pathan had been bowling, and fielding, well within himself. After lunch though, the close-in fielders drummed up appreciable encouragement for the fast bowlers. Irfan fed off the energy to produce a bouncer that trumped Manish Pandey’s hook. It rose above the batsman’s eyeline, had extra zip, cramped him up and broke the most accomplished stand of the day – 80 off 146 balls.The ball began beating bat more – Swapnil’s first ball jumped past the outside edge – and Baroda were keen on making up after Pandey had been let off by Deepak Hooda at third slip off Mangalorkar. Irfan’s second spell read 6-1-8-1.Karnataka needed 18 overs to get the 35 runs to their 200 after Rahul’s wicket and Karun Nair felt the brunt of that pressure. He was dropped by Yusuf Pathan on 20 and 27 and was finally stumped for 38 runs that had taken 177 painstaking minutes.Swapnil, with his high-arm action, was able to add enough revs on the ball to have it turning and bouncing sharply towards the end of the day. He and Gagandeep were the workhorses, bowling 42 overs for 104 runs and three wickets to strangle Karnataka. They ensured Baroda finished on top.

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O lateral-esquerdo Felipe Jonatan revelou uma conversa com o técnico Jorge Sampaoli. O treinador argentino espera que o atleta renda mais no meio-campo. Por isso, o camisa 36 deve seguir sendo escalado na posição nas próximas partidas do Santos.

Em entrevista coletiva nesta quarta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé, Felipe Jonatan relembrou todas as posições que já atuou desde a sua chegada ao Santos, em fevereiro. O defensor de 21 anos já jogou de lateral-esquerdo, volante e ponta esquerda.

-Tenho evoluído na nova posição (meio-campo). Sampaoli fala que tenho mais a dar ali que como lateral. Acho que serei mais aproveitado assim. É o clichê: quero ajudar sempre o Santos, a equipe, na lateral, volante ou qualquer posição. Tentarei ajudar o Santos em busca das vitórias – explicou o jogador.

Na lateral, Felipe Jonatan tinha a concorrência de Jorge. O camisa 3 fez boas partidas, agradou Sampaoli e foi convocado para a Seleção Brasileira, em agosto. O zagueiro Luan Peres também tem sido testado no setor.

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O Santos volta aos trabalhos na manhã desta quarta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé, visando o duelo contra o Grêmio, neste sábado, às 21h, na Vila Belmiro, pela 20ª rodada do Brasileirão.

O camisa 36 analisou a partida e deixou claro que Sampaoli já passou vídeos sobre o Grêmio desde segunda-feira.

-A gente vem estudando o Grêmio desde segunda-feira. Será jogo difícil, eles estão numa crescente, semifinal da Libertadores. Têm Everton, Alisson e Tardelli na frente. Muita velocidade entre as laterais, professor prepara time bem, focado, como foi na semana do Flamengo. Semana antes do Flamengo foi bem focada, não que as outras não tenham sido, mas Flamengo e Grêmio é briga direto pelo título. Grêmio está chegando, é jogo crucial no campeonato – afirmou Felipe Jonatan.

O Santos é o terceiro colocado, com 37 pontos, dois a menos que o Palmeiras e cinco do Flamengo.

* Sob supervisão de Vinícius Perazzini

Round-up of the President’s Silver Cup matches on February 1, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Feb-2015

Group IA hundred from Faisal Athar and an unbeaten 44-ball 63 from Shoaib Laghari confirmed a knockout berth for Hyderabad Hawks with a last-over four-wicket win against Quetta Bears. Hyderabad chased down 311 with three balls to spare for their third successive win and finished on top of Group I.The chase was led initially by Zeeshan Gul’s 96 after they were reeling at 26 for 3. Gul and Athar put on 170 runs, and Athar and Laghari combined to score 101 runs together. Athar’s career-best 129 featured 13 fours and a six and no other batsman apart from Gul, Athar and Laghari scored in double digits.Earlier, Quetta Bears were asked to bat and several batsmen got starts but only three scored fifties. Opener Zubair Khan scored a run-a-ball 54 and middle-order batsmen Mirwais Tareen and Rameez Raja scored 51 and 53 respectively. Late contributions from their lower order propelled them to 309 for 9 as offspinner Nasir Awais finished with 4 for 57.Pakistan International Airlines’ six-wicket win over United Bank Limited was not enough to take them to the next round as they finished second with two wins from three matches. After dismissing United Bank for 180, PIA chased down the target with fifties from Sheharyar Ghani (63) and Fahad Iqbal (51*).United Bank could not capitalise on their decision, being reduced to 41 for 3 and 125 for 6 later on. Only No. 4 Saeed Bin Nasir could resist with a 81-ball 71 as left-arm spinner Rafaiy Safdar took 5 for 38, his maiden five-for in List A matches, which helped bowl out United Bank in 41.4 overs. In reply, solid contributions from Ghani, Kamran Sajid (43) and Fahad meant PIA hardly stuttered in their chase to wrap up the win in under 30 overs.Group IIA second List A century from Iftikhar Ahmed built on a six-wicket haul from Zulfiqar Babar as Water and Power Development Authority cruised to a six-wicket win and remained unbeaten in the opening round of the President’s Silver Cup One Day tournament. Habib Bank Limited, despite the loss, progress to the next round along with WAPDA.Put in to bat, Habib Bank got off to a good start with a 93-run opening stand, Imran Farhat made a rapid 70 off 68 balls, which included six fours and two sixes. However, Habib Bank’s middle and lower orders collapsed to Babar’s left-arm spin as he picked up 6 for 57. It was Asad Shafiq’s unbeaten 81 off 84 that helped Habib Bank reach 268.The WAPDA batsmen scored at a brisk rate and reached the target with seven balls to spare. Iftikhar remained unbeaten on 118 off 135 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes while Rafatullah Mohamand’s 55 from 61 and Mohammad Fayyaz 49 off 56 were other notable contributions.Imranullah Aslam cracked a rapid fifty as Bahawalpur Stags held on for a one-wicket victory over Sialkot Stallions. The victory moved them to four points, joined with Habib Bank Limited and Abbottabad Falcons. but Bahwalpur were knocked out as Habib Bank had a better net run rate.In pursuit of 218, Bahawalpur stumbled to 149 for 6 as offspinner Bilal Asif tripped up the middle-order with career-best figures of 4 for 40. Imranullah then took charge with 60 off 49 deliveries and was key in a last-wicket partnership worth 43 runs as Bahawalpur wrapped up the chase with 25 balls to spare.Sialkot ended up winless and would rue their top-order’s failure in the morning. Faisal Khan launched a middle-order revival, making 71 off 86 balls and despite some late impetus from Bilal Asif and Faisal Rasheed Siakot could only reach 217. Afraseem Hussain collected three wickets while Ali Ahmed accounted for two.Group IIIFaisalabad Wolves secured a comfortable 60-run win and progressed into the next round through allrounder Jahandad Khan’s maiden five-for and a collective batting performance. Lahore Eagles, though, exit from the tournament with a solitary win in four matches.Invited to bat, Hamza Zaheer was removed by Ahmed Bashir for 1. However, a 46-run partnership for the second wicket between Iftikhar Ahmed and Ali Shan, and four twenty-plus scores from Nos. 7 to 10 steered Faisalabad to 256. Bashir was the most successful bowler with figures of 3 for 36.In reply, Lahore’s only saving grace was a 77-run association for the second wicket between Tayyab Tahir and Mohammad Waheed as they sunk to 196 all out in 45 overs. Waheed progressed to his third List-A fifty but it had very little impact against Jahanand’s 5 for 46.Pakistan Television missed out on moving to the next round despite their five-wicket win against Sui Southern Gas Corporation, as their net run rate of 0.160 was marginally behind Faisalabad Wolves’ 0.466, with both teams on six points. PTV tried hard to qualify by dismissing SSGC for 216 and then chasing it down in 42 overs, but it wasn’t enough.SSGC were asked to bat and struggled throughout their innings after Mohammad Sami struck early. No. 3 Awais Zia struck a hundred, his fourth in List A, which led them to a respectable score despite a lower-order collapse of losing six wickets for 18 runs. Sami finished with 5 for 35, not letting any other batsman score 20.PTV’s openers could not score any runs but the trio of Hasan Raza (78), Nawaz Ahmed (69) and Zeeshan Mushtaq (41) counterattacked to deliver a comfortable win.

علق نجم ليفربول السابق ومحلل قنوات “سكاي سبورتس”، جيمي كاراجر، على تعثر نادي ليفربول في مواجهة اليوم أمام لوتون تاون.

وتعادل نادي ليفربول مع مضيفه لوتون تاون بنتيجة 1/1، ضمن منافسات الجولة الحادية عشر من مسابقة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “كينيلورث رود”.

اقرأ أيضاً.. ردود أفعال جماهير ليفربول على أداء محمد صلاح بعد التعادل مع لوتون تاون في الدوري الإنجليزي

‏وقال جيمي كاراجر: “ليفربول ليس جاهزًا للفوز بالدوري، ‏حيث تعامل الفريق مع الكرة ليس جيدًا مثل مانشستر سيتي”.

وتابع كاراجر: “خط وسط ليفربول تطور كثيرًا عن الموسم الماضي، ولكن ماك أليستر ليس لاعب ارتكاز”.

وارتقى ليفربول إلى المركز الثالث في سلم الترتيب العام للدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، برصيد 24 نقطة، بالتساوي مع آرسنال.

Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than capacity crowd may be there to watch after safety concerns were raised about the rugby stand at Headingley

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Feb-2015

Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than-capacity crowd may be there to watch.Four 56-metre floodlights, complete with innovative “white rose” head frames, are being installed but the Rugby Stand may have seen its final spectators after concerns were raised over safety.Part of the stand, built in 1932, has been condemned due to corrosion and a structural engineer is due to report on the remainder of the somewhat iconic stand which doubles up to provide accommodation for spectators watching both the cricket and rugby on the opposite side.Rugby fans are unaffected by the corrosion because they use a separate entrance.If the stand was forced to be closed, Headingley’s capacity would reduce to around 14,000, around 3500 lower than present, and lost ticket sales could see the club lose around £130,000.The rugby stand was due to be developed anyway from 2017 and if the cost of repairs is too high, that side of the ground could remain empty until the renovations are completed in 2019.”If it’s going to cost over £100,000, we’re not going to spend that money and throw good money after bad,” Mark Arthur, Yorkshire chief executive, told the . “It’s a blow, but only potentially for two days of the year, which is for the one-day international and the T20 match against Lancashire, which are the only days that we really sell out.”It might be possible to just use the ground floor of the stand, the bottom tier, but when you get people in stands you get what’s known as vibration. It’s not just a question of roping an area off.”If you’ve got a lot of vibration, and suddenly a great lump of concrete comes off the front and bangs on somebody’s head…We simply wouldn’t open the stand unless it was absolutely safe to do so.”

انتقد المدير الفني لفريق ليفربول الإنجليزي، يورجن كلوب، حكم مباراة تولوز بعدما رفض احتساب ركلة جزاء لصالح الريدز في الدقائق الأخيرة من عمر اللقاء.

ونجح نادي تولوز الفرنسي في الفوز على ضيفه ليفربول الإنجليزي بنتيجة 3/2 في مباراة مثيرة، ضمن منافسات الجولة الرابعة من مسابقة الدوري الاوروبي.

وحل نادي ليفربول ضيفاً على فريق تولوز الفرنسي ضمن منافسات الجولة الرابعة من دور المجموعات لمسابقة الدوري الاوروبي اليوروباليج على ملعب “تولوز”.

اقرأ ايضاً.. تقييم محمد صلاح بعد هزيمة ليفربول أمام تولوز في الدوري الأوروبي

وقال كلوب في تصريحات صحفية عقب المباراة: “كان هناك ركلة جزاء لنا، لقد سمعت بذلك لكن لم أُشاهد الحالة، بصراحة أنا مهتم وقَلِق أكثر بشأن اللعب بصورة أفضل مما قدمناه – بدل الحديث عن التحكيم- فقد كان ذلك [أداء الفريق] هو المشكلة الرئيسية بالنسبة لي”.

وتابع كلوب: “قدمنا كل شيء لكن في كرة القدم عليك القيام بالتدخلات الحاسمة بالوقت المناسب.. لايمكن تلقي الأهداف التي تلقيّناها، يمكن أن يحدث ذلك مع الهدف الأول لكن -تولوز- سجل هدفين آخرين وتم إلغاؤهما [بداعي التسلل] لذا تلقّينا عدة أهداف الليلة وهذا غير جيد”.

وأشار: “النتيجة ليست جيدة لكن الاداء لم يكن كذلك، أنا لست قلقًا، فعليًا سنقوم بتغيير ذلك بكل تأكيد”.

وتجمد رصيد ليفربول عند النقطة 9 في صدارة المجموعة الخامسة، فيما أرتقي رصيد تولوز إلى النقطة 7 في المركز الثاني.

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O Flamengo não cansa de empilhar vítimas no Campeonato Brasileiro. Na noite desta quarta-feira, o time de Jorge Jesus recebeu o Internacional e venceu por 3 a 1, chegando a oito vitórias consecutivas na competição, na qual lidera com ainda mais folga – ao menos por enquanto – e igualando um recorde. Os gols rubro-negros foram de Gabigol, Arrascaeta e Bruno Henrique.

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O Flamengo teve a sua missão facilitada por conta das expulsões de Bruno e Guerrero (este último perdeu a cabeça). Confira outros aspectos relevantes para o histórico triunfo do Rubro-Negro, em duelo válido pela 21ª rodada:

O ESQUEMA ‘IDEAL’

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Pela terceira vez, Jorge Jesus teve a possibilidade e pôs a sua equipe no esquema considerado o “ideal”, após a saída de Cuéllar. Willian Arão e Gerson na saída de bola. Arrascaeta e Everton Ribeiro flutuando das pontas para o meio e, no ataque, Bruno Henrique e Gabigol, também não posicionais.

As outras duas oportunidades haviam sido contra Palmeiras e Santos, no mesmo Maracanã desta noite. E o cenário positivo, contra outro time da parte de cima da tabela, foi visto novamente. Desde o primeiro minuto, bem compactado, o esquadrão de Jesus impôs volume ataque e, na base do talento individual, logo abriu o placar.

O MAIOR ‘CLICHÊ’ DO FUTEBOL BRASILEIRO

Uma simples definição de clichê no dicionário: “um fato muito batido, algo previsível e repetido”. Pois bem. Gabigol não leva o apelido para as súmulas à toa. E cada vez mais justifica tal escolha. Quando o jogo contra o Internacional ainda estava na fase de buscas por espaços, o talento do camisa 9 apareceu.

Na casa dos 20 minutos do primeiro, Gabigol recebeu a bola de costas e, numa bela finta de corpo em Klaus, que havia entrado na vaga de Rodrigo Moledo, com dores, sofreu o pênalti de Bruno – expulso na jogada. Na cobrança, fez o seu 32º gol na temporada e o 18º no Brasileirão. Em suma: “Hoje tem gol do Gabigol” virou o maior “clichê” do futebol brasileiro. Quem segura?

DESCONTROLE IGUAL A MAIS CONTROLE

Com um jogador a mais e a vantagem no marcador, o Flamengo espremeu o Internacional em seu campo de defesa. A supremacia do ataque rubro-negro levou os visitantes às cordas. E Paolo Guerrero, hostilizado desde o aquecimento no gramado, perdeu o controle com a arbitragem.

Conhecido por ser “pilhado” com certa facilidade, o peruano reclamou com o juizLuiz Flávio de Oliveira, após dividida com Rodrigo Caio, e foi expulso direto. Virou uma conta simples: descontrole do Inter igual a mais controle do Fla. Prejuízo tremendo para o Colorado, que ficou na bronca.

BREVE COCHILO

Não é comum assistir ao Flamengo de Jesus ser displicente. E numa bola que parecia perdida em linha de fundo, Rodrigo Caio cochilou e proporcionou ao Inter, que contou com uma disposição admirável de Patrick, o empate através de Edenílson. O gol da igualdade saiu ainda nos minutos iniciais da etapa final.

Mas a engrenagem voltou à sua normalidade instantes depois. E foi pela direita, onde Rafinha se destacou no apoio durante todos os 90 minutos – sobretudo quando Patrick não pôde cobrir com a mesma intensidade do início. De lá, surgiram os gols de Arrascaeta e Bruno Henrique, com naturalidade e em levantamentos precisos, aproveitando dois terços de campo livre.

RECORDE, ‘OLÉ’ E ‘MISTER, MISTER’…

Os últimos dez minutos foram de apreciação e reconhecimento. A torcida começou a cantar “olé” e a enaltecer Jorge Jesus com gritos de “Olê, Olê, Mister, Mister”. Em campo, o time passou a rodar a bola até o apito final, com destaque para a entrada da joia Reinier – que foi bem, embora não brilhante.

A vitória desta noite foi a oitava consecutiva no Brasileirão, o que o deixa no mesmo patamar do recorde que pertencia somente ao Cruzeiro, que chegou à tal sequência em 2003 e 2013. Detalhe: foi campeão em ambas. Um “spoiler”?

Dinesh Karthik completed his 22nd first-class century, while Vijay Shankar narrowly missed out on his third, as Tamil Nadu marched on to a big score, losing only two wickets on the second day

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Feb-2015
File photo: Dinesh Karthik’s 113 came off 304 balls in 455 minutes•Sivaraman Kitta

Dinesh Karthik completed his 22nd first-class century, while Vijay Shankar narrowly missed out on his third, as Tamil Nadu marched on to a big score, losing only two wickets on the second day.There was little respite for Maharashtra until the 32nd over of the day when Chirag Khurana ended Shankar’s resistance. But he had by then raised 190 runs with Karthik for the fourth wicket.It took Maharashtra 20.5 overs to pick up another wicket, that of Karthik, who had completed his third century of the tournament. He was caught behind for 113 off Shrikant Mundhe, who sent down 40 overs.R Prasanna and B Indrajith made sure they built on the base, and proceeded to add 107 undefeated runs. Despite a marginal improvement from Wednesday, Tamil Nadu’s scoring-rate was still less than 2.5 runs per over. Apart from Mundhe, three other Maharashtra seamers bowled more than 30 overs.Karthik defended the approach, pointing to the “slow” nature of the surface. “It still has a little bit in it for fast bowlers,” he told ESPNcricinfo. “They [Maharashtra] are not bowling on the stumps, but are bowling far outside, and waiting for you to play a bad shot. Yesterday, the wicket was fresh, and it was a bold decision by Abhi [Abhinav Mukund] to bat first, and it was a good decision.”Karthik said the intention was to bat Maharashtra out of the game. “You can say that. We want to keep playing for as long as we can. The format itself is such that there is no hurry at all. I don’t think we have any target in mind.”