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ESPNcricinfo previews the 2012 season for teams in Division Two of the County Championship

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Apr-2012DerbyshireCaptain Wayne Madsen
Coach Karl Krikken
In David Wainwright (Yorks), Peter Burgoyne, Matt Lineker
Out Greg Smith (Essex), Luke Sutton (retired), Steffan Jones (retired)
Overseas players Martin Guptill (Apr-June), Usman Khawaja (June-Sep), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (T20)
Last year 5th in CC Div 2; 7th in FLt20 North Group; 3rd in CB40 Group A
Prospects
You have to hand it to Derbyshire, their stability repeatedly ridicules those who think that a pared-down county game would be better off without them. Their finances are stable, The County Ground is much improved – weddings are doing a roaring trade – and they produce England players at age-group level. But it is hard to see a squad now led by the South Africa-born opening batsman Wayne Madsen achieving much more than an occasional day to remember, especially if they overly commit to young players to bring in extra age-based incentives from the ECB. Former director of cricket David Houghton has returned to the county as a specialist batting coach.
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David Wainwright’s departure from Yorkshire disappointed many White Rose supporters. He was respected as a plucky cricketer, a lower-order batsman organised enough to make championship hundreds, a left-arm spinner – Yorkshire’s history makes that instantly respected – and a decent thinker on the game. But Wainwright’s slow left-arm faltered and chances for betterment were rare. Derbyshire is a good move for him; it would be no surprise to find him county captain one day.
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David HoppsEssexCaptain James Foster
Coach Paul Grayson
In Greg Smith (Derby), Charl Willoughby (Somerset), Ben Foakes
Out Chris Wright (Warwickshire), Max Osborne (released)
Overseas Alviro Peterson (until June), Peter Siddle (T20)
Last year 7th in CC Div 2; 6th in FLt20 South Group; 3rd in CB40 Group C
Prospects
Following an underwhelming 2011 on all fronts, and revelations during the trial of Mervyn Westfield that damaged the county’s image off the field, Essex need to retrench. The bowling, led by the Championship’s leading wicket-taker last year, David Masters, and supplemented by South African veteran Charl Willoughby, looks strong but a couple of the promising young batsmen in the squad need to fructify – nobody reached 1,000 runs in 2011 (wicketkeeper-captain Foster topped the list with 931) and Essex’s haul of 29 batting points was the second worst in the country. With T20 central to their finances, winning the competition for the first time must be an ambition.
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Fast bowler Tymal Mills is raw, having only taken up the game in his mid-teens, but showed enough talent after making his senior debut last summer to be drafted on to England’s Performance Programme and tour with the Lions. The 19-year-old is only likely to get quicker as he builds up his body strength and Essex fans may glimpse a potent future new-ball partnership in the making should he share the attack with fellow tyro Reece Topley.
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Alan GardnerGloucestershireCaptain Alex Gidman
Coach John Bracewell
In Dan Housego (Middlesex), Paul Muchall
Out Jon Lewis (Surrey), Chris Taylor (released), Vikram Banerjee (released)
Overseas players Kane Williamson (April-June) Muttiah Muralitharan (T20)
Last year 4th in CC Div 2; 8th in FLt20 South Group; 6th in CB40 Group C
Prospects
Gloucestershire may have punched above their weight in the Championship over the past three seasons, with their one-day form – which is miserable – perhaps a truer reflection of their squad. Doomsayers will also point to the loss of stalwart seamer Jon Lewis to Surrey and the release of batsman Chris Taylor as evidence that the wooden spoon is back on the radar. But they have a young batting line up – led by the very capable Chris Dent – who now have a couple of seasons under their belts. If they can find runs, there is still plenty of bowling to win enough matches and mount another promotion challenge.
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The county’s batting has struggled for some years and the departure of Taylor makes their line-up look even more fragile. Housego is a promising player who actually began his career at the academy in Bristol. At 23 he could be ready to come of age as a consistent run-getter after a prolific 2nd XI season last year for Middlesex where he was the topscorer. His new employers will certainly need runs from him for the club to find success.
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Alex WinterLeicestershire will attempt to defend their FLt20 crown•Getty ImagesHampshireCaptain Jimmy Adams
Coach Giles White
Overseas players Simon Katich, Shahid Afridi (T20)
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Out Dominic Cork (retired), Nic Pothas (released), Johan Myburgh (released), Friedel de Wet (released), Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Simon Jones (Glamorgan), Jamie Miller (released), Benny Howell (retired)
Last year: 9th in CC Div 1 (relegated); FLt20 semi-finalists; 4th in CB40 Group B
One to watch
Michael Carberry missed half of last season due to a series illness which, for a time, threatened his career but returned to play eight Championship matches and averaged 56.64, including an unbeaten triple hundred. Carberry had a brief taste of Test cricket in Bangladesh and was in the Lions squad when illness struck. Opener is one area where England do not have a clearly defined reserve and though not part of the current set-up Carberry can put his name back in contention.
Prospects
They paid the price for a horrid start to last year’s Championship campaign, which left them too much ground to make up. And they may not be able to bounce straight back. The bowling looks a little thin, a fit Kabir Ali is vital and Danny Briggs needs to bring his 2011 average of 36 down into the high 20s. The batting has plenty to offer, though, and should be able to post decent totals particularly now the Tiflex ball has been ditched. They should be a force in T20 with Shahid Afridi in the line up and it’s a format where Briggs excels.
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Andrew McGlashanKentCaptain Rob Key
Coach Jimmy Adams
In Charlie Shreck (Nottinghamshire), Michael Powell (Glamorgan), Ben Harmison (Durham), Scott Newman (Middlesex, loan), Mark Davies (Durham), Ivan Thomas, Fabian Cowdrey, Benedict Kemp
Out Joe Denly (Middlesex), Martin van Jaarsveld (retired), James Goodman (released), Robbie Joseph (Leicestershire)
Overseas Brendan Nash
Last year 8th in CC Div 2; FLt20 quarter-finalists; 4th in CB40 Group A
Prospects
There have been significant changes to the squad which finished second-bottom in 2011, with leading runscorer Joe Denly departing for Middlesex and Martin van Jaarsveld’s retirement. Rob Key remains, though, and Kent have replenished the squad with several financially shrewd signings; Charlie Shreck and Mark Davies could well have fun after dropping down a division, provided they stay fit. Daniel Bell-Drummond, who topped the batting averages in England Under-19s’ winter tour of Bangladesh, is Denly’s likely successor at the top of the order and, in a dogfight division, they could cause a surprise. Any team that can call on Azhar Mahmood is likely to be competitive in one-day cricket.
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Adams, the first West Indian to coach in county cricket, replaces Paul Farbrace with a remit to get Canterbury tails wagging once again. The former West Indies batsman knows he must make changes to turn around the fortunes of one England’s grand old counties and his fresh perspective may be just what Kent need. After working with West Indies Under-19s and a spell as Jamaica’s Technical Director, this is Adams first major coaching role – he won’t be short of challenges.
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Alan GardnerLeicestershireCoach Phil Whitticase
Captain Matthew Hoggard
In Robbie Joseph (Kent), Rob Taylor
Out Paul Nixon (retired), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Tom New (released)
Overseas Ramnaresh Sarwan, Abdul Razzaq (T20)
Last year 9th in CC Div 2; FLt20 winners; 6th in CB40 Group B
Prospects
It was all or nothing for Leicestershire last year and this season could be more of the same. Improving on 18th in the country in the Championship might seem a modest target but without James Taylor’s runs, much will be required of Ramnaresh Sarwan, who averaged just 31.57 during his previous spell in county cricket with Gloucestershire. The club’s financial position has improved significantly, though chief executive Mike Siddall has warned they can’t expect the windfall that came from winning the FLt20 again. No county has won England’s domestic T20 competition two years running but Abdul Razzaq’s return will boost Leicestershire’s chances of a defence.
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Nathan Buck suffered a difficult season in 2011 – after bursting on to the circuit with 49 Championship wickets the year before – but he was quietly effective for the Lions over the winter, taking 10 wickets at less than 20 apiece in 50-over cricket on slow, subcontinental pitches. With Matthew Hoggard to tutor him in the subtleties of right-arm swing, the 20-year-old could soon swell England’s plentiful pace bowling options even further.
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Alan GardnerNorthamptonshireCaptain Andrew Hall
Coach David Capel
Overseas players Chaminda Vaas, Cameron White (T20)
In Kyle Coetzer (Durham), Con de Lange
Out David Lucas (Worcestershire), Mal Loye (released), Tom Brett (released), Gavin Baker (released)
Last year 3rd in CC Div 2; 9th in FPt20 North Group; 3rd in CB40 Group B
Prospects
Bearing in mind how dramatically Northants snatched failure from the jaws of success last season, it would be a brave or foolish fellow who made too bold a prediction regarding their fortunes this year. Going into the T20 campaign, they stood top of the Division Two table and were unbeaten in the CB40. Indeed, in mid-June, they had won their first five CB40 games and five of their eight Championship matches. For some reason – maybe weariness, maybe a lack of unity, maybe injury – they won only one of their next seven Championship matches and one of their final seven CB40 games. They eventually missed out on promotion by a couple of points. Anything can happen this year, but achieving promotion will not be any easier. They may have blown their best chance.
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Jack Brooks had his pick of counties towards the end of last season. On the way to claiming 43 first-class wickets at 21.90, the 27-year-old seamer attracted the attention of several Test-hosting clubs, including Yorkshire and Warwickshire, but chose to remain with the club that gave him his opportunity having plucked him from minor counties cricket. He made a fine impression over the winter as part of the England Performance Programme and could, given some luck and another fine season, start to challenge for an international place.
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George DobellYorkshire hope to have Ajmal Shahzad fit and firing for their promotion campaign•PA PhotosYorkshireCaptain Andrew Gale
Coach Jason Gillespie
In Alex Lees, James Wainman, Callum Geldart, Alex Lilley, Dan Hodgson
Out David Wainwright (Derbyshire), Ben Sanderson (released), Lee Hodgson (released)
Overseas players Phil Jacques (applying for UK status)
Last year 8th in CC Div 1 (relegated); 6th in FLt20 North Group; 6th in CB40 Group A
Prospects
Jason Gillespie has already brought a new sense of optimism and purpose to a young Yorkshire squad still stung by an unexpected relegation from Division One of the Championship. A coaching clear-out was long overdue and with Martyn Moxon, the director of cricket, shifting his emphasis to a broader role, Gillespie will be left to plot the immediate promotion that is expected. Yorkshire have already won a pre-season tournament in Barbados, collecting an unusual trophy, depicting a fish out of water, that might have been designed to encapsulate their troubles last summer. Improvement in one-day cricket is overdue.
One to watch
Ajmal Shahzad had a dispiriting 2011. He was troubled for much of the season with a damaged ankle that required surgery in October and lost much of his bowling threat as a result. He is one of county cricket’s biggest triers so to be regarded one of those condemned for “unacceptable” performances by his chairman, Colin Graves, as Yorkshire were relegated, cut deep. A fit and firing Shahzad would go a long way to strengthening Yorkshire’s seam-bowling resources.
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Reactions to South Africa’s defeat in yet another ICC event

Telford Vice and Firdose Moonda13-May-2010South Africa were woefully short of runs and ideas at the ICC World Twenty20, but they aren’t lacking for compatriots offering harsh criticism, explanations for what went wrong, and remedies for the future.The Proteas crashed out of the tournament after losing three of their five matches. That continues a trend of South Africa entering ICC tournaments among the favourites, only to fail to live up to their billing. South Africa’s only success in ICC events was achieved at the Wills International Cup, also known as the ICC Knockout, in Dhaka in 1998. They have since faltered in two World Cup semi-finals and a quarter-final, three Champions Trophy (or ICC Knockout) semi-finals, and one World Twenty20 semi-final. In five other ICC tournaments, including all three they have played on home soil, South Africa have been eliminated before the sudden-death stages.All of which has earned them a reputation as chokers. But that’s not what happened in the Caribbean, according to Craig Matthews, who was on the selection panel that was sacked wholesale in January. “I don’t think we choked this time,” Matthews said. “We never played well enough to choke. South Africa should be able to pick half a team against Afghanistan and still win, and we didn’t beat them that comfortably. We were horrendous against India and ordinary against New Zealand, and comprehensively beaten by Pakistan.”Matthews laid some of the blame for South Africa’s poor showing at the door of the IPL. “The IPL doesn’t help other teams. The only South African who benefitted from playing in the IPL was Jacques Kallis. The rest of them all sat on the sidelines.”South Africa’s batting mindset was also part of the problem, Matthews said. “We were very tactically unaware. The Powerplay overs are absolutely vital, and we never made proper use of them.”South African batting legend Graeme Pollock was scathing in his criticism of the current crop. “The two run-chases, against England and Pakistan, were two of the most amateurish I’ve ever seen,” he said. “We were slow in getting off the mark, and consequently later in the innings we needed too many runs to stay in the game.”Pollock was alarmed at how far below their abilities South Africa had performed. “The days of carrying young players must be over; there is huge experience in that side now, and there are too many good players in the team for them to play this poorly.”The proof of the pudding that South Africa made of their challenge to win their first ICC silverware in 12 years, Pollock said, was in the preparation. “[Graeme] Smith was coming back from injury, and a lot of the guys who were playing in the IPL didn’t get many games.” He urged soul searching and change at the highest levels: “They’re going to have to take a good, long, hard look at the system after this.”Former selector Hugh Page also took a swipe at South Africa’s batsmen. “There seemed to be no urgency in the batting,” Page said. “You can’t not score a boundary in nine overs, as they did against Pakistan, and expect to win.”Page said South Africa’s batting tactics negated the edge they had in terms of talent, skill and experience. “We seem to have a conservative approach to Twenty20 cricket. I’d rather see us having a go, even if we end up losing. I hear a lot of talk from our guys about playing risk-free cricket. If you’re not going to take a few risks in a Twenty20 match, you’re going to lose.”

South Africa should be able to pick half a team against Afghanistan and still win, and we didn’t beat them that comfortably. We were horrendous against India and ordinary against New Zealand, and comprehensively beaten by PakistanFormer selector Craig Matthews

Other teams could teach South Africa important lessons about succeeding in the shortest format of the game. “In every other side, there’s a young player – sometimes two – who will go after the bowling early in the innings,” Page said. “South Africa put Loots Bosman up there in the first two matches, but he seemed to be batting to instructions. He wasn’t himself.”I’d like to more young players to be given an opportunity,” Page added, “players like [Dolphins batsman] David Miller. He might not have the experience, but in a place like Australia he’d probably be given a go.”For HD Ackerman, who played four Tests for South Africa, one of two things could have gone wrong: “Either we were woefully unprepared or we just didn’t know what we were doing.” He strengthened his argument for the latter, given that South Africa “changed their combinations with both bat and ball to the extent that it didn’t look as though every player knew what his specific role was”.Ackerman was critical of the batting, saying South Africa should have decided on a line-up before the World Twenty20 started. “If you win the tournament, you play a maximum of eight matches. So why did they take four opening batsmen? They should have settled on the opening pair before leaving, and taken one extra in case that didn’t work. “If the personnel are going to remain the same, Smith and Kallis should continue opening and de Villiers should come in at three.”The bowling didn’t escape Ackerman’s notice, particularly the omission of the in-form Rusty Theron. “Theron has done all he needs to do to get a game. He has won matches at provincial level, not just by getting people out but by defending runs in the final overs. Perhaps they didn’t use him because he has only ever played provincial cricket, but he deserved a chance.”Ackerman said South Africa should build a specialist Twenty20 squad, in the same way that teams like England and Australia have done. “We need to find a squad of about 14 guys, some of them straight out of provincial sides – such as David Miller from the Dolphins – and play them in every 20-over game until the next World Cup. Even if they lose games to Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and the West Indies, that’s the only way to build a side. We need players who can play without fear, like David Warner and Suresh Raina, and at the moment we don’t seem to have that.”Two such bravehearts who missed out on the selection for the World Twenty20 squad because of injury, Justin Kemp and Wayne Parnell, thought some of their team-mates were lacking in match practice, particularly because of limited opportunities during the IPL. “The main batters hardly got any game time,” said Parnell.”AB de Villiers only played at the beginning stages for the Delhi Daredevils and JP Duminy only played towards the end for Mumbai, while a lot of the rest didn’t play at all,” Kemp said. “Then take someone like Albie Morkel, who was a regular for the Chennai Super Kings. When he needed to perform with the bat, he did.”Both Parnell and Kemp singled out batting as the problem area, but Parnell said South Africa didn’t bowl as well they could have. However, he stopped short of saying he could have made a significant difference: “From a personal perspective, I was very disappointed that I wasn’t given opportunity to repeat the way I performed at last year’s World Twenty20.”Former South Africa batsman Boeta Dippenaar said the problems were largely mental. “They are one of the hardest working and practising teams,” Dippenaar said. “I have not seen a team train as hard as they do, but other teams spend a fair amount of time preparing in other ways. “Cricket is only 30% physical and 70% mental. South Africans train 120% physically but they neglect the psychological side of things.”South Africa roped in Henning Gericke, a respected sports psychologist, before the World Twenty20, but Dippenaar thought too much was expected of him in too short a time. He added that psychological training needed to be implemented from franchise level, so by the time players reached the international stage, they already had the right attitude. For that to happen, he thinks a mindset shift needs to occur in South African cricket.Jonty Rhodes has warned against making short-term personnel changes•Getty Images”Traditionally, South African coaches are quite rigid and are reluctant to appoint someone to take care of the mental side,” Dippenaar said. “Usually, psychologists are only appointed for crisis management and by then it’s too late.” Dippenaar said that without a real effort being made to change that attitude, personnel switches would have no effect. “We can, say, drop Jacques Kallis or drop Mark Boucher but that won’t solve the problem of the team’s non-performance at major tournaments time and time again.”Omar Henry, a former convenor of selectors, also said the problem lay between the players’ ears. “Everyone who wants to play for South Africa needs to take ownership of the responsibility that comes with that,” Henry told eNews, a television channel. “That responsibility involves mental toughness just as much as it does technique and the ability to score runs and take wickets.”Former batsman Jonty Rhodes cautioned against chopping and changing. “For us to sit back and say we need new faces to start up fresh is not the way to go,” Rhodes told eNews. “That’s the panic route.”

New Zealand had started the fourth day with hope but that soon evaporated once the offspinner got to work

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How Lyon and Co made it six out of six for Australia on NZ soil

Nathan Lyon crushed New Zealand’s hopes early on day four to complete a 10-wicket match haul as Australia recorded a convincing 172-run first Test victory at the Basin Reserve.After a stirring fightback on day three, New Zealand resumed at 111 for 3 as they eyed the daunting target of 369 with a near capacity crowd hopeful of a rearguard.But after a sedate start, with the surface appearing to be playing a little easier than the opening three days, Lyon claimed the wickets of Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips in two overs to effectively end New Zealand’s resistance.Watching wickets tumble at the other end, Daryl Mitchell held firm in vain and was the last batter dismissed for 38 off 130 balls.On a surface that turned and bounced sharply, Lyon always loomed large and once again he was Australia’s match-winner to finish with 6 for 65 and match figures of 10-108. It was the first 10-wicket haul by a spinner in New Zealand since 2006.Lyon, who also top-scored in Australia’s second innings with 41, was the standout performer alongside Cameron Green, whose masterful unbeaten 174 in the first innings was remarkable on a bowler-friendly surface. It was just the fifth Test match where 13 bowlers took a wicket and the first since 1966.With just one Test victory over Australia since 1993, New Zealand’s misery continued having struggled to muster much resistance with the bat after being bowled out for under 200 runs in both innings.After starting well having sent Australia in, New Zealand rued a wayward bowling effort where they watched helplessly as Green and Josh Hazlewood combined for a record 116-run last-wicket partnership. New Zealand also were left to lament not selecting frontline spinner Mitchell Santner as the surface increasingly offered bite as the match wore on.New Zealand’s capitulation early on day four was an anti-climax after an impressive fightback gave them some belief. But New Zealand needed to rewrite the record books if they were to take the lead in this series with their highest successful fourth-innings run chase being 324 against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1994.Needing a further 258 runs, there were no alarms in the first 30 minutes for Ravindra and Mitchell, who had combined for a calm half-century partnership late on day three.Cameron Green added his name to the wicket taking•Getty Images

They defended well and looked to be proactive although it almost proved their undoing when they took off for a tight single with Mitchell relieved after Marnus Labuschagne’s shy at the stumps missed.Having played watchfully late on day three given the precarious situation, Mitchell started to show glimpses of his innate aggressiveness when on his 82nd delivery he hit his first boundary of the innings after slashing a short delivery from Mitchell Starc.After flowing to a fifty off 77 balls before the close, Ravindra was shackled and started to look anxious in his bid for runs. Australia sensed this and packed the off-side field as Lyon changed to the southern end of the ground.It did the trick with Ravindra falling for the trap as he miss-hit a cut shot to point to trigger a collapse. Later in the over, Lyon dismissed Blundell for a duck after he tentatively pressed forward and inside edged to short-leg much like his soft dismissal in the first innings.New Zealand’s hopes entirely rested on Mitchell and Phillips, who had been their star in this match with a 70-ball 71 in the first inning before claiming his first five-wicket Test haul in Australia’s second innings.But Phillips was no match for Lyon after being trapped lbw on the back foot as he reviewed unsuccessfully. It was Lyon’s first five-wicket haul in New Zealand as he joined Shane Warne and Muthiah Muralidaran as the only bowlers to have reached that feat in nine countries.After his marathon knock, Green had not bowled in the match until day four and showed off his prowess with the ball as he delivered a brute of a delivery that ballooned off the gloves of Scott Kuggeleijn to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.Green’s wicket meant seven Australian bowlers took wickets for the match, which was the most for them since 2012 against West Indies in Roseau.Fittingly, given their heroic performances, Green, Lyon and Hazlewood claimed the final wickets as Australia’s stranglehold over New Zealand continued.

Liverpool are in advanced talks to sign Bayer Leverkusen full-back Jeremie Frimpong in the summer transfer window.

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A Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte (CMBH) votou e aprovou na tarde de terça-feira (28) o projeto de lei que muda o nome da Avenida C, uma das vias de acesso ao Mineirão, para Avenida Rei Pelé.

O projeto foi encampado pela Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte em homenagem ao Rei do Futebol e maior jogador da história, que morreu aos 82 anos no dia 29 de dezembro de 2022.

O prefeito de BH, Fuad Norman, sancionou a lei que mudou o nome da avenida assim que a CMBH votou e aprovou o projeto.

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O Rei Pelé agora está eternizado em Belo Horizonte. Após a aprovação da nossa proposição na Câmara de Vereadores, a antiga Avenida C, na Pampulha, agora leva o nome do mineiro que encantou o mundo com o seu futebol. Viva o Rei! 👑

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— Fuad Noman (@fuadnoman) March 1, 2023

A avenida C, que dá acesso ao estádio, fica entre a rua Coronel Oscar Paschoal e a avenida Antônio Abrahão Caram, no Bairro São Luiz, região da Pampulha da capital mineira.

O Rei esteve 17 vezes no Mineirão, entre 1966 e 1974, conseguindo sete vitórias, dois empates e oito derrotas, marcando cinco vezes, sendo duas pela Seleção Brasileira e três pelo Santos.

Quando marcou o gol 1.000, anotado no Maracanã em 19 de novembro de 1969, na vitória do Santos por 2 a 1 sobre o Vasco, Pelé recebeu, quatro dias depois, em jogo contra o Atlético-MG, uma homenagem do Mineirão.

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رينجرز: روما، بورتو، براجا، فرينكفاروسي، لودوجوريتس، شتورم جراتس، جينك، بران.

أستون فيلا: سالزبورج، فينورد، مكابي تل أبيب، فناربخشة، يونج بويز، بازل، بولونيا، جو أهيد إيجلز. 

سيلتيك: روما، فينورد، براجا، النجم الأحمر، شتورم جراتس، ميتلايند، أوتريخت، بولونيا.

نوتينجهام فورست: بورتو، ريال بيتيس، فرينكفاروسي، براجا، ميتلايند، شتورم جراتس، مالمو، أوتريخت.

روما: ليل، رينجرز، فيكتوريا بلزن، سيلتيك، ميتلايند، نيس، شتوتجارت، باناثينايكوس.

فينورد: أستون فيلا، ريال بيتيس، سيلتيك، براجا، شتورم جراتس، إف سي إس بي، باناثينايكوس، شتوتجارت.

سالزبورج: بورتو، أستون فيلا، فرينكفاروسي، ليون، بازل، فرايبورج، جو أهيد إيجلز، بولونيا.

بولونيا: سالزبورج، أستون فيلا، سيلتيك، مكابي تل أبيب، فرايبورج، إف سي إس بي، بران، سيلتا فيجو. 

بورتو: رينجرز، النجم الأحمر، نيس، مالمو، سالزبورج، فيكتوريا بلزن، نوتينجهام فورست، أوتريخت.

ليل: دينامو زغرب، باوك، فرايبورج، بران، روما، النجم الأحمر، يونج بويز، سيلتا فيجو.

فناربخشة: أستون فيلا، فرينكفاروسي، نيس، شتوتجارت، دينامو زغرب، فيكتوريا بلزن، إف سي إس بي، بران.

ريال بيتيس، فينورد، ليون، نوتينجهام فورست، أوتريخت، دينامو زغرب، باوك، لودوجورتس، جينك.

نيس: روما، بورتو، براجا، فناربخشة، فرايبورج، لودوجورتس، جو أهيد إيجلز، سيلتا فيجو.

دينامو زغرب: ريال بيتيس، ليل، فناربخشة، مكابي تل أبيب، إف سي إس بي، ميتلايند، سيلتا فيجو، مالمو.

براجا: فينورد، رينجرز، النجم الأحمر، سيلتيك، نوتينجهام فورست، نيس، جينك، جو أهيد إيجلز.

النجم الأحمر: ليل، بورتو، سيلتيك، براجا، إف سي إس بي، شتورم جراتس، سيلتا فيجو، مالمو.

ليون: سالزبورج، ريال بيتيس، باوك، مكابي تل أبيب، بازل، يونج بويز، جو أهيد إيجلز، أوتريخت.

باوك: ريال بيتيس، ليل، مكابي تل أبيب، ليون، يونج بويز، لودوجورتس، بران، سيلتا فيجو. 

فيكتوريا بلزن: بورتو، روما، فناربخشة، فرينكفاروسي، فرايبورج، بازل، مالمو، باناثينايكوس.

فرينكفاروسي: رينجرز، سالزبورج، فيكتوريا بلزن، فناربخشة، لودوجورتس، نونتينجهام فورست، باناثينايكوس، جينك.

يونج بويز: ليل، أستون فيلا، باوك، ليون، لودوجورتس، إف سي إس بي، باناثينايكوس، شتوتجارت.

بازل: أستون فيلا، سالزبورج، فيكتوريا بلزن، ليون، إف سي إس بي، فرايبورج، شتوتجارت، جينك.

ميتلاند: دينامو زغرب، روما، سيلتيك، مكابي تل أبيب، شتورم جراتس، نوتينجهام فورست، جينك، بران.

فرايبورج: سالزبورج، ليل، مكابي تل أبيب، فيكتوريا بلزن، بازل، نيس، أوتريخت، بولونيا.

لودوجورتس: ريال بيتيس، رينجرز، باوك، فرينكفاروسي، نيس، يونج بويز، سيلتا فيجو، مالمو.

شتورم جراتس: رينجرز، فينورد، النجم الأحمر، سيلتيك، نوتينجهام فورست، ميتلايند، بران، باناثينايكوس.

إف سي أس بي: فينورد، دينامو زغرب، فناربخشة، النجم الأحمر، يونج بويز، بازل، بولونيا، جو أهيد إيجلز.

سيلتا فيجو: ليل، دينامو زغرب، باوك، النجم الأحمر، نيس، لودوجورتس، بولونيا، شتوتجارت.

شتوتجارت: فينورد، روما، مكابي تل أبيب، فناربخشة، يونج بويز، بازل، سيلتا فيجو، جو أهيد إيجلز.

باناثينايكوس: روما، فينورد، فيكتوريا بلزن، فرينكفاروسي، شتورم جراتس، يونج بويز، جو أهيد إيجلز، مالمو.

مالمو: دينامو زغرب، بورتو، النجم الأحمر، فيكتوريا بلزن، لودوجورتس، نوتينجهام فورست، باناثينايكوس، جينك. 

جو أهيد إيجلز: أستون فيلا، سالزبورج، براجا، ليون، نيس، إف سي أس بي، شتوتجارت، باناثينايكوس.

أوتريخت: بورتو، ريال بيتيس، ليون، سيلتيك، نوتينجهام فورست، فرايبورج، جينك، بران.

جينك: ريال بيتيس، رينجرز، فرينكفاروسي، براجا، بازل، ميتلايند، مالمو، أوتريخت.

بران: رينجرز، ليل، فناربخشة، باوك، ميتلاند، شتورم جراتس، أوتريخت، بولونيا.

In a chat with Star Sports, Pant talks about the accident, his state of mind, the joy of watching the 2023 Ashes, and whether he will drive a car again

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Feb-20241:31

Pant: ‘Don’t know why I was compared to Dhoni’

The first thought that came to Rishabh Pant immediately after his life-threatening car crash on December 30, 2022 was that his “time in this world was over.” Having been “fortunate to have a second life”, Pant, who is expected to play in IPL 2024, said the biggest lesson he has learned from this experience is to always have self-belief.That was the theme of his revealing conversation with Star Sports, titled . Pant talked about the accident, his state of mind, the joy of watching the 2023 Ashes, and whether he will drive a car again.”First time in my life I had that feeling of letting it go. I felt my time in this world was over,” Pant said in the interview, which was conducted in Bengaluru on August 24, 2023, roughly eight months after the accident occurred when Pant was driving from Delhi to Roorkee to meet his family and crashed his car into the median divider on the road. “It was the first time I had such a feeling in life. At the time of the accident, I was aware of the wounds, but I was lucky as it could have been even more serious.”Related

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After undergoing initial treatment at a hospital in Dehradun, Pant was airlifted to Mumbai where he was under the care of the BCCI’s specialist consultant. After undergoing surgeries to reconstruct all three ligaments in his right knee, Pant did his rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.”I am focusing on recovery cut off from the world,” he said. “It helps me in recovering fast, especially when the injury is so serious. For recovery, you have to do the same thing every day. It’s boring, it’s irritating, it’s frustrating, but you have to do it.”Till the time I start playing cricket, I don’t want to plan much for the future. I asked the doctor how long it would take for me to recover. I told him that everybody is speaking different things, but you will give me the most clarity about it. He said it would take 16 to 18 months. I told the doctor that whatever timeline he gave me, I would reduce six months from it.”