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Overton twins compete for debut

Somerset’s twins Craig and Jamie Overton both have hopes of a championship debut against Lancashire at Taunton on Thursday – but only one of them is likely to be celebrating.

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Apr-2012Somerset’s twins Craig and Jamie Overton both have hopes of a championship debut against Lancashire at Taunton on Thursday – but only one of them is likely to be celebrating.The Overton twins, who have recently returned from an England U19 one-day tour of Australia, are likely to be vying for only one place, which will bring mixed family emotions when Somerset’s final X1 is announced shortly before the start of play.Brian Rose, Somerset’s director of cricket, has given no clues as to whether it will be Craig or Jamie who is preferred. Both have been named in a 12-man squad and a final decision on the team will be made on the morning of the match.”We have had good reports about them from the England U19s’ recent trip and they are in contention,” Rose said. “We will make a decision on which of the twins plays shortly before the game when we have assessed conditions.”Jamie, a fast bowler, looks the probable starter with Craig, an allrounder, as 12th man.The twins play for North Devon CC which is best known as the Instow base of David Shepherd, a former Gloucestershire cricketer and international umpire, and arguably Devon’s most famous cricketing son.Both Overton twins helped North Devon win the Devon Cricket League last summer and they played in the Devon team who became minor counties champions. They made their senior North Devon league debut at 13.If they progress into the Somerset side, they will follow the twins Keith and Kevin Parsons, who represented the county together in the mid-1990s.North Devon flourished during the 2011 season, though they were hit by the death of former player and umpire Bill Shepherd. He was the elder brother of David, who died in 2009 as the club’s most renowned member.

إسبانيا والبرتغال يرشحان دولة عربية بدلًا من أوكرانيا في ملف استضافة مونديال 2030

يدرس الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم ونظيره البرتغالي ضم دولة عربية للملف المشترك لتنظيم كأس العالم 2030.

يأتي ذلك بعد 5 أشهر فقط من الإعلان عن أن أوكرانيا ستضاف إلى إسبانيا والبرتغال في ملف التنظيم.

وتفيد صحيفة “ذا صن” البريطانية، أن نجاح المنتخب المغربي المذهل في كأس العالم بقطر 2022 وتواجده في نصف النهائي، شهد مزيدًا من المناقشات حول دعوة المملكة المغربية للانضمام للبرتغال وإسبانيا في استضافة مونديال 2030.

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ويشير التقرير إلى أن هذا الأمر أصبح جزءًا من مناقشات مستمرة مع اتحاد كرة القدم الإسباني والبرتغالي، للشعور بالقلق من ارتباط رئيس الاتحاد الأوكراني أندري بافيلكو بتهم الفساد والاحتيال وغسيل الأموال.

ورغم نفي بافيلكو بشدة جميع الادعاءات ضده، هناك ضغط متزايد على أوكرانيا لتعلن عن انسحابها من تنظيم المونديال مع البرتغال وإسبانيا، لترك الباب مفتوحًا لـ المغرب بدلًا منها.

عرض إسبانيا والبرتغال لاستضافة مونديال 2030 حظى بدعم الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم.

ويأتي هذا العرض في منافسة لملف مشترك محتمل بين مصر واليونان والمملكة العربية السعودية، بالإضافة إلى عرض من أمريكا الجنوبية من أوروجواي والأرجنتين وباراجواي وتشيلي.

Berrío sofre entorse no tornozelo e inicia tratamento no Ninho do Urubu

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No treino de segunda-feira, no Ninho do Urue, Orlando Berrío sofreu entorse no tornozelo direito e, após realizar exames que não constataram fratura no local, já iniciou o tratamento, A lesão adiará o retorno do atacante colombiano aos gramados. O Flamengo, no entanto, não trabalha com previsão de volta.

Berríosofreu uma grave lesão no joelho esquerdo e passou por um processo cirúrgico em outubro de 2017. Desde junho, o atacante estava realizando parte das atividades com o elenco e, nas últimas semanas, havia entrado na última fase da recuperação, totalmente integrado aos treinos da equipe principal.

Antes da lesão sofrida no tornozelo direito, a expectativa era de que Berrío voltasse a ficar à disposição do técnico Maurício Barbieri já em setembro. Retomar o ritmo de jogo, no entanto, deve ser um problema para o jogador, que tem como característica o drible e a velocidade pela ponta direita. No Fla, quem vem atuando por ali é Everton Ribeiro, um dos destaques da temporada.

Na Gávea desde janeiro de 2017, Berrío marcou seis gols em 46 jogos pelo Rubro-Negro. O colombiano vinha sendo um dos destaques do time na campanha da Copa do Brasil do ano passado, até se lesionar diante do São Paulo, no Brasileirão. O Fla foi vice-campeão da Copa, contra o Cruzeiro.

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جاري نيفيل: مانشستر يونايتد كانوا كالأشلاء أمام ليفربول.. وأداء فرنانديز وصمة عار

علق جاري نيفيل أسطورة نادي مانشستر يونايتد، على الهزيمة التي تلقاها الفريق الأول لكرة القدم من ليفربول بسباعية نظيفة في ملعب أنفيلد رود.

وفاز ليفربول بسباعية نظيفة على مانشستر يونايتد، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما على ملعب أنفيلد رود، كأكبر نتيجة في تاريخ الفريقين.

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وقال جاري نيفيل في تصريحات عبر شبكة “سكاي” البريطانية: “يا لها من ليلة كارثية، لقد شاهدت كل أنواع الخراب في طريقة لعب مانشستر يونايتد”.

وأضاف: “مانشستر يونايتد سقطوا كـ أشلاء، فقدوا كل شيء، وكانوا يخفضون رؤوسهم طوال المباراة، شكلهم كان سيئًا، وانضباطهم كان مروّعًا”.

وأكمل: “بعض تصرفات برنو فرنانديز ومستواه في الشوط الثاني كان وصمة عار، كان أكثر من يمثل العار الذي قدمه مانشستر يونايتد في الشوط الثاني”.

واختتم: “كان الأداء جيدًا في الشوط الأول، لكن برونو لخّص ما قدمه يونايتد، إنه ليس الأداء المعتاد منه ومن الفريق بشكل عام”.

Colvin helps cricket expand boundaries

Holly Colvin spent a fortnight in Kenya with the charity Cricket Without Boundaries, helping to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS through cricket

Luke Sellers30-Nov-2012

Holly Colvin said the opportunity to coach Kenyan children put the World T20 final defeat into perspective•Cricket without Boundaries

After the heartbreak of losing the Women’s World Twenty20 final to Australia you could forgive England spinner Holly Colvin for wanting to take some time away from the sport. But less than week after the four-run defeat in Colombo, Colvin packed her bags and headed off to Kenya to take on a very different kind of cricketing challenge.Colvin took two wickets before England Women failed to chase 143 against Australia but took her mind off the disappointment by joining a team of six other volunteers from all walks of life – including this journalist, a college student and a financial analyst – for a two-week trip with Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB), a UK charity using cricket to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.During an emotional and inspiring fortnight 56 new coaches were trained and more than 3,000 children took part in sessions from inner-city orphanages to schools in remote areas accessible only by four-wheel drive.”There were a lot of tears shed after the World T20 final defeat but coming to Kenya was the perfect distraction. It gave everything perspective and reminded me that it is only a game,” Colvin said. “Kenya was an incredible, humbling experience and one I will never forget. The people, the atmosphere, and seeing how much the children loved it was absolutely amazing.”Thousands of children were given their first taste of cricket in Nakuru, Kenya’s fourth-largest city, and the rural area of Laikipia – including 500 in one particularly epic session.”I think cricket can be a huge tool in educating people about HIV/AIDS,” Colvin said. “If you sit kids down and talk to them about it in a classroom it can go in one ear and out of the other. But to do it through cricket it really sticks in their minds.”CWB was founded in 2005 and first embarked on a seven-month trip coaching from Cairo to Cape Town. The charity works in partnership with the ICC’s Think Wise partnership, which has been run in collaboration with UNAIDS and UNICEF since 2003, who will use World Aids Day on December 1 to raise awareness around the cricketing world with players wearing red ribbons.CWB has delivered 37 projects in seven different African countries. Together with HIV/AIDS awareness, the project aims to empower women and promote equal opportunities, starting with boys and girls playing alongside each other. This brought Colvin one of her highlights of the trip, during the final of the schools festival in Nakuru.”This young girl called Faith clean bowled a boy twice her size and all her team-mates came rushing up to her,” Colvin said. “She wasn’t just a girl making up the team she was an integral part of it. She was respected by the boys in the team and they all just looked like they were in it together.”It reminded me of when I first started playing cricket. I was just one of the boys and treated like that, as equal. It was incredible to see that happen out in Kenya and I really think it would tackle some of the problems there.”CWB has also played a key role in supporting Cricket Kenya’s efforts to develop the game at grass roots level and has worked alongside ex-internationals Peter Ongondo and David Asiji. The charity may also have inspired a future Kenyan star. Quinta Aoko had never played cricket before CWB’s trip in 2011, but made her debut for the full women’s team earlier this year aged just 15.With the continuing commitment of volunteers, CWB wants to continue to inspire children to take up the sport and gain vital education of a disease that an estimated 1.5 million live with in Kenya alone. The charity is committed to delivering projects in at least five African countries on a twice-yearly basis and in 2013, they will be returning to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Botswana and Cameroon.To find out more about the charity, including how to volunteer, visit www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com.

سيد معوض يرد على أنباء هروب نجله من الأهلي للاحتراف في البرتغال

رد سيد معوض مدرب الأهلي السابق، على الأنباء التي ترددت بشأن هروب نجله عمر لاعب الأهلي 2006، من النادي لخوضه تجربة معايشة في البرتغال، كما تحدث عن تعادل المارد الأحمر مع صن داونز في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وتعادل الأهلي أمام صن داونز بهدفين لمثلهما في المباراة التي أقيمت يوم السبت الماضي في دوري أبطال أفريقيا.

وقال معوض في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “etc”: “نجلي عمر لاعب فريق الأهلي مواليد 2006، خضع لفترة معايشة في البرتغال، ولكن حدث ذلك بعد الاتفاق مع رئيس النادي محمود الخطيب، وخالد بيبو رئيس قطاع الناشئين”.

وأكد: “عمر ليس متعاقدًا مع الأهلي، ولكننا نحترم النادي وشرف كبير لنا ارتباطه بالقلعة الحمراء، نسعى للاحتراف الخارجي بكل تأكيد، نجلي خضع لفترة معايشة في البرتغال، لن أكشف عن اسم النادي أو أي تفاصيل حالياً”.

واستكمل: “الفترة التي خضع خلالها للمعايشة كانت إيجابية للغاية، ومن الوارد احترافه مستقبلًا، لدينا مواهب ويتم التعامل معها بشكل خاطئ، وعدم إدارتها جيدًا”.

وأردف: “هناك فرق في الدوري تقوم ببيع فرق الناشئين لمستثمرين في مقابل جلب لاعبين وقيدهم بمقابل مالي، وصلنا لأزمات عديدة بسبب أخطاء عشر سنوات ماضية”.

وعن تعادل الأهلي أمام صن داونز، قال: “صن داونز يستحق الإشادة بما قدمه أمام الأهلي، الفريق لعب بشكل رائع للغاية وبشكل هجومي شرس، والأهلي كان سيئًا في الشوط الأول”.

وتابع: “الأهلي كان أفضل في الشوط الثاني، وتم تسجيل هدفين وإضاعة ركلة جزاء، فيما شهد أداء الأحمر تراجعا غريبا في الربع ساعة الأخيرة من المباراة”.

وتطرق للحديث عن بيرسي تاو قائلا: “بيرسي تاو كان بعيدًا عن مستواه في هذه المباراة، وكان يجب سحبه من اللقاء بشكل مبكر، وأيضًا كان يجب البدء بحمدي فتحي على حساب ديانج”.

وواصل: “أيضًا كان هناك عدة لاعبين بعيدين عن مستواهم وبالتحديد أحمد عبد القادر، وكان هناك تذبذب في أداء لاعبين من الأهلي بشكل غريب للغاية في الفترة الماضية”.

وزاد: “مارسيل كولر المدير الفني، كان يريد الفوز لأن المباراة على ملعبه ولا يريد اللعب بثلاثي في خط الوسط”.

وتطرق للحديث عن محمد هاني قائلا: “لم يتوقع أحد تسديد محمد هاني لركلة الجزاء، وأي شخص يتابع الأهلي يعلم جيدًا أن علي معلول هو المتخصص الأول، وهاني نال إشادة كبيرة في الفترة الماضية”.

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وأضاف معوض: “كان يجب عليه الابتعاد عن التسديد منعًا لأي انتكاسة قد تقلل ثقة الجماهير في قدراته مرة آخرى، وهناك لاعبين آخرين كان يجب عليهم التقدم للتسديد وليس هاني”.

واختتم: “الأهلي تعرض لهجمات كثيرة في المباراة وكان لابد من وجود لاعب ثالث في الوسط خلال الشوط الثاني”.

Fora do título de 2012, Pacaembu será 1ª casa de Felipão na busca pelo penta

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Luiz Felipe Scolari é o técnico com mais títulos de Copa do Brasil: são quatro taças em 11 participações. Nesta quinta-feira, ele começa sua 12ª campanha no torneio tentando chegar à oitava semifinal. Às 19h15, o Palmeiras joga por uma vitória simples para eliminar o Bahia, no Pacaembu.

O duelo acontecerá no Estádio Municipal, pois o Allianz Parque vai receber nesta semana o show dos Tribalistas. Quando ganhou a Copa pela última vez com Felipão, em 2012, o Palmeiras não jogou nenhuma partida no Pacaembu, mesmo com o Palestra Itália em reforma.

Na época, o time vinha de algumas eliminações no local, por exemplo a Sul-Americana de 2010, o Paulista de 2011 e a Copa do Brasil de 2011. Outro ponto, é que como o Corinthians também não tinha arena, o estádio ainda era muito relacionado ao maior rival.

Naquela campanha, que acabou com o título invicto, o Verdão teve como base a Arena Barueri. Foi ali onde o time venceu Paraná, Atlético-PR e Coritiba e ainda empatou com o Grêmio. O único jogo como mandante em 2012 que não ocorreu em Barueri foi contra o Coruripe (AL), disputado no Jayme Cintra, em Jundiaí (SP).

O Verdão foi começar a jogar com mais frequência no Pacaembu durante o período sem o Palestra após a saída de Felipão, no fim de 2012. Ainda assim, o duelo com o Bahia nesta noite será o 50º do treinador com o Palmeiras no estádio paulistano. O retrospecto é de20 vitórias, 16 empates e 13 derrotas.

Scolari é quem mais treinou o Verdão na Copa do Brasil: 44 vezes, com26 vitórias, 12 empates e 6 derrotas. Ele comandou o time também no título de 1998. Só não esteve, portanto, na campanha campeã de 2015.

Para conseguir a vaga nesta noite, o Palmeiras precisa de uma vitória simples – a partida de ida foi 0 a 0. Como gol fora de casa não é mais critério de desempate, qualquer empate levará a decisão para os pênaltis.

Confira o retrospecto de Felipão na Copa do Brasil:
11 participações -85 jogos – 50 vitórias, 24 empates e 11 derrotas. Aproveitamento: 68%

2015 – Saiu do Grêmio com o time classificado à terceira fase
2014 – Grêmio foi eliminado no STJD por conta de injúrias racistas contra Aranha
2012 – Campeão com o Palmeiras
2011 – Eliminado nas quartas de final com o Palmeiras
2000 -Eliminado nas quartas de final com o Palmeiras
1999 – Semifinalista com o Palmeiras
1998 – Campeão com o Palmeiras
1996 -Semifinalista com o Grêmio
1995 – Vice-campeão com o Grêmio
1994 – Campeão com o Grêmio
1991 – Campeão com o Criciúma

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سامي قمصان: كهربا أصيب بشد أمام أسوان.. والفوز مهم لاستعادة الثقة بعد هزيمة الهلال

قال سامي قمصان المدرب العام لفريق الكرة الأول بالنادي الأهلي، إن المارد الأحمر يسعى لاستعادة بطولة الدوري الغائبة عن القلعة الحمراء، بالإضافة إلى أهمية استرجاع ثقة الجماهير بعد مباراة الهلال السوداني.

وأضاف قمصان في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “النهار” ببرنامج “+90”: “قدمنا أداءً مميزًا من حيث النتيجة والأداء، الإعداد النفسي كان مهمًا لكل اللاعبين قبل مباراة أسوان وسيد عبد الحفيظ يفعل هذا بشكل جيد”.

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وأردف: “لدينا لاعبين أصحاب خبرات تساعدنا في غرفة الملابس مثل محمد الشناوي وأيمن أشرف، وأنا وسيد عبد الحفيظ العنصر المصري في الجهاز الفني نحاول نقوم بدورنا ونساعد اللاعبين”.

وواصل: “حسين الشحات لاعب مميز لديه إمكانيات وقدرات، ولديه هدف يسعى إليه وهو أن يستعيد مستواه وثقة الجماهير فيه مرة أخرى، ولاعبين قلائل جدًا يحافظون على مستواهم، طبيعي أن يكون هناك هبوط في المستوى”.

واستكمل: “محمد الشناوي قدم أداءً مميزًا اليوم، إذا وقع خطأ وهذا وارد في كرة القدم، نسعى لعلاجه والحارس لديه خبرات جبارة وعامل مشترك في كل نجاحات الفريق، وكان هناك خطأ فني في التمركز أو الشمس وميشيل يانكون تحدث معه في كل ذلك، هو قادر على تحمل الضغوطات، وكرة القدم لعبة أخطاء”.

واستطرد: “أما عن إصابة محمود كهربا، فنحن كجهاز فني نتفاجأ بمثل هذه الأمور التي تقال عنه، اللاعب كان مصابًا في المباراة الماضية بنزلة برد ولم نستطع الدفع به، كهربا مؤثر منذ عودته في كل المباريات التي شارك بها ويساعدنا فنيًا في الملعب، وهو تعرض لشد خفيف اليوم”.

واستأنف: “كولر يكون في تفكيره أشياء كثيرة جدًا ولا ينظر تحت قدميه، ولديه من الخبرات ما يستطيع به تحقيق نتائج إيجابية وقدم المطلوب منه في الدوري والاخفاق الوحيد كان مباراة الهلال السوداني ونستطيع التعويض، ومشاركة أي لاعب في التشكيل الأساسي قرار المدير الفني”.

وأشار قمصات: “العلاقة بين مصر والسودان قوية جدًا ونحن نحترمهم ونحترم كل الأندية السودانية وكنا نتمنى أن تكون الأجواء أفضل من ذلك، نريدها أن تكون كرة قدم فقط، وكان من المفترض أن تقام المباراة بدون جماهير”.

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وأتم: “جمهور الأهلي شيء كبير جدًا يعطي لك قوة، بعد الله تشعر أن هناك سند معك، جمهور الأهلي كان شيء مشرفا وكان سببًا من أسباب تركيز اللاعبين أمام أسوان، نحتاج إلى جماهيرنا في مباراة صن داونز”.

South Africa pull off heist to win series

South Africa performed the ultimate anti-choke as 21-year-old tearaway Marchant de Lange defended seven runs off the last over to clinch the Twenty20 series 2-1

Firdose Moonda22-Feb-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMarchant de Lange’s last-over heroics gave South Africa an unlikely win•Getty Images

South Africa performed the ultimate anti-choke as 21-year-old tearaway Marchant de Lange defended six runs off the last over to clinch the Twenty20 series 2-1. After keeping South Africa to a below-par score on a small ground with short boundaries, New Zealand were on track to cruise to victory and needed less than a-run-a-ball by the 15th over. However, tight bowling from Johan Botha and Morne Morkel dragged New Zealand back, before de Lange’s last-over heroics gave South Africa an unlikely win.Jesse Ryder, who made his return after a calf injury, scored a typically meaty half-century to take New Zealand to the brink. He slowed down as he approached his fifty and looked to bring it up – and the win closer – with an adventurous shot against Johan Botha. With New Zealand requiring eight, he walked across his stumps to scoop over fine leg but was caught by Morne Morkel on the edge of the circle. That meant the 19th over had cost just three runs and left New Zealand with a new batsman at the crease with seven needed of the last over.De Lange, playing in just the third twenty-over match of his career, was brought on. His first ball was full. James Franklin drilled the ball to long-off and raced through. Nathan McCullum faced the next ball. It was short and wide but he let it through, expecting it to be called wide – it wasn’t. Then, he panicked. Nathan tried to pull the third ball but only succeeded in gloving it high, to give AB de Villiers a catch.As de Lange’s confidence grew, New Zealand’s shrank and he banged in a bouncer to new batsman Doug Bracewell, who swung hard but missed. The next ball was full and Bracewell slogged but found Hashim Amla, diving forward at point. So New Zealand needed six runs off the last ball and there would be one more twist. De Lange overstepped and Franklin scurried through. The equation changed and four were required of the final delivery but Tim Southee’s swing found only fresh air as de Lange held his nerve to bowl full outside off. And so he had inflicted an unlikely defeat on an opposition, the type of which has so often been experienced by South Africa.De Lange’s performance turned around a largely uninspired performance from the rest of the seamers, who veered too often on the leg-side line. It was up to Botha, who was his usual wily, miserly self, to apply the brakes after New Zealand’s openers were off to a speedy start – Rob Nicol and Martin Guptill shared a stand of 65 in six overs. Nicol regularly took the ball from outside off and planted on the leg side but, eventually, he did that one too many times and was caught in the deep.With Guptill also falling for a misjudged aerial shot, the stage was set for Ryder to take New Zealand home. He started with a streaky boundary off a thick outside edge that flew through the vacant second slip area but then he pulled, charged down the track to loft and slapped through the offside with his usual power. His display of disdain put pressure on South Africa, who made careless errors in the field, dropped him once and sent down 12 wides.Despite the visitors lapses, New Zealand committed even more with bat in hand. Brendon McCullum swung at a short ball and was caught behind and Kane Williamson had no control over a shot he skied to mid-wicket. It left the middle-order with too much to do after a controlled performance from New Zealand in the field should have been enough to win them the match.They struck three times in the first eight overs to remove Richard Levi, makeshift No.3 Albie Morkel and Amla. de Villiers and Duminy built a partnership in the old-fashioned way, taking two overs to establish themselves before Duminy struck a glorious, high-elbowed six into the stands.The pair had found good rhythm when Duminy was run out by Nicol against the run of play, backing up too far at the non-striker’s end. Nicol had created an opening and he prised it apart even further in the next over. He bowled de Villiers when the South Africa captain missed a slog-sweep and struck Justin Ontong on the thigh to have him out lbw. The wickets forced South Africa to slow down and allowed Bracewell and Southee to put together a string of ten dot balls that ended with the wicket of Johan Botha – a one-handed snatch out of the sky by Martin Guptill.Wayne Parnell and Robin Peterson rallied to take 27 runs off the last three overs but South Africa still ended up with a total that would take a disciplined effort, or a few moments of magic, to defend. Between Botha and de Lange, they provided enough of that.

Haddin feels he has been dropped from ODIs

Australia’s wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said he feels like he has been dropped from the ODI side rather than rested

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2012

It hasn’t been a great summer for Brad Haddin•Getty Images

Australia’s wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said he feels like he has been dropped from the ODI side rather than rested. And Haddin believes that he could find it hard to force his way back into the one-day squad if his replacement Matthew Wade performs strongly in the first few games of the tri-series with India and Sri Lanka.Australia’s national selector John Inverarity said on Monday that Haddin deserved to put his feet up after a gruelling schedule of Tests over the past few months. However, he also said the selection panel had an open mind about who would keep wicket for the remainder of the one-day series, the squad having only been named for the first three matches.”I think anytime you’re out of the Australian Cricket team you’re dropped,” Haddin said on the Sydney radio station . “You give another guy an opportunity to take your spot. If they do well you could find it hard to get back in the team but that’s the way it is and I’ve just got to deal with that.”We need to see how young Matty Wade goes at this level. It’s seen as a good opportunity to play him and from my point of view, if he does well there’s no guarantee you’ll get your spot. Once you’ve given it up you give someone an opportunity and you might not play again … If you give your spot up, you’ve got no right to walk straight back in.”Haddin, 34, last year retired from Twenty20 internationals but remained part of Australia’s Test and one-day setup. However, a summer in which he failed to have a major impact with the bat and initially made some errors behind the stumps has left Haddin under pressure to hold his place, although he is expected to be one of the two keepers who will take part in the Test tour of the West Indies in April.He will captain the Prime Minister’s XI in a one-day game against Sri Lanka in Canberra on Friday. Wade, 24, will make his ODI debut against India at the MCG on Sunday.

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