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تلقى منتخب السعودية هزيمة صعبة على يد منافسه مالي بنتيجة 3-1 في المباراة الودية التي جمعت بينهما مساء اليوم في ختام فترة التوقف الدولي الجاري.

وأقيمت مباراة السعودية أمام مالي على أرضية الملعب البلدي بورتيماو، استعداداً لبطولة كأس أمم آسيا القادمة، ومنافسات تصفيات كأس العالم 2026.

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وسجل موسى دوبيا الهدف الأول لصالح مالي في الدقيقة 14 من تسديدة قوية، داخل منطقة الجزاء، بينما أضاف تراوري الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 43 بعدما سدد الكرة بقوة تجاه مرمى العويس حارس السعودية وسكنت الشباك.

بينما أحرز سالم الدوسري الهدف الأول للسعودية في الدقيقة 58 من تسديدة صاروخية خارج منطقة جزاء مالي ولكنها تسكن الزاوية البعيدة لحارس مالي.

وفي الدقيقة 71 أضاف سينا يوكو الهدف الثالث لصالح مالي بعدما انفرد بـ حارس السعودية وسدد الكرة بقوة تجاه المرمى. أهداف مباراة السعودية ومالي الودية

ويعاني منتخب السعودية، من سوء النتائج في الفترة الأخيرة بعد فوزه التاريخي على الأرجنتين في الجولة الأولي من كأس العالم قطر 2022.

ولم يحقق الفوز في 7 مباريات خاضها، بعدما هُزم أمام بولندا والمكسيك في ثاني وثالث مباريات كأس العالم، قبل الخروج من منافسات المسابقة العالمية.

ثم 4 هزائم ودية، الأولى أمام فنزويلا، والثانية مع بوليفيا، والثالثة ضد كوستاريكا والرابعة أمام كوريا الجنوبية، واخيراً حقق نتيجة التعادل مع نيجيريا.

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O presidente do Ceará, Robinson de Castro, deu uma entrevista interessante e de tom também provocativo ao canal Band Sports, mais precisamente ao programa Bola Rolando.

Na parte de análise, o mandatário do Vozão avalia que o clube chegou a uma maturidade administrativa nos últimos anos que pode o colocar, atualmente, como a equipe mais estruturada da região nordeste somente atrás do Bahia segundo avalia Robinson:

-Colocamos as contas em dia, estamos investindo em estrutura. Hoje só estamos atrás do Bahia, que também faz um belo trabalho. Clubes como Sport e Vitória têm tradição, mas perderam muito em não estar na Série A nesse ano. Tiveram 30 anos na nossa frente, e agora vão precisar remar.

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Já na parte voltada ao arquirrival Fortaleza, questionado sobre o recente crescimento do clube após a chegada de Rogério Ceni e a conquista de títulos importantes como a Série B do Brasileiro além do estadual e do Nordestão em 2019, o presidente do Ceará não perdeu a chance de “alfinetar”:

-Ele chegou e nós ainda ganhamos um estadual dele.Houve um momento em que as coisas até se confundiam, não sabíamos quem era maior, se o Fortaleza ou o Rogério Ceni.Nós tínhamos o Lisca, que também tem essa coisa midiática, é carismático.

Atualmente, o Alvinegro de Porangabuçu é o 11° colocado no Brasileirão e tem como próximo compromisso receber na Arena Castelão o Flamengo no domingo (25) às 19h.

أشاد ريو فرديناند أسطورة مانشستر يونايتد، بالنجم المصري محمد صلاح لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي ليفربول، مشيرًا إلى أنه أحد أفضل المهاجمين في تاريخ البريمرليج.

أظهر محمد صلاح قيمته مع ليفربول وحقق أرقامًا وألقابًا رائعة خلال السنوات الـ6 سنوات التي قضاها مع ليفربول منذ انضمامه من روما الإيطالي.

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هذا الموسم شارك في 10 أهداف، حيث صنع 4 وسجل 6، سواء في الدوري الإنجليزي أو الدوري الأوروبي مع ليفربول.

وقال فرديناند في تصريحات لشبكة “TNT” البريطانية: “إنه أحد أفضل الهدافين الذين شهدهم الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز عبر التاريخ”.

وأضاف: “أنا أقدره كثيرًا، أعتقد أنه لاعب رائع ولديه تلك الثقة بالنفس التي تميزه عن اللاعبين العاديين، وكذلك الثبات على المستوى في كل موسم”.

وأشار: “ما يقدمه خلال السنوات الماضية، يضع محمد صلاح ضمن نخبة اللاعبين في تاريخ الدوري الإنجليزي. ليفربول بالفعل يحتاج للحفاظ على مو لأطول فترة ممكنة، إذا أراد أن يظل الفريق ناجحًا”.

محمد صلاح توّج مع ليفربول بجميع البطولات الممكنة، وأعاد لقب الدوري الإنجليزي للريدز بعد غياب 30 عامًا، وكذلك دوري أبطال أوروبا بعد 14 عامًا.

Phil Whitticase is to leave Leicestershire after 31 years at the club as player and then coach

George Dobell18-Dec-2014

Phil Whitticase is to leave Leicestershire after 31 years at the club as player and then coach.Whitticase has effectively been head coach since 2010 but, with the club unable to compete with the salary offers of other clubs, has been unable to stem the flow of players from the ground or reverse a grim decline in results. Leicestershire have not won a Championship match since 2012 and their limited-overs form has been little better.The news is no surprise. The club have already appointed a new head coach, the Australian Andrew McDonald and it had become apparent that no vacancy remained for Whitticase. His official role, director of cricket, was made redundant in October.Whitticase made his Leicestershire first team debut as a wicketkeeper in 1984 and played for 12 years. Upon retiring as a player, he qualified as a Level Four coach and remained with the club in a variety of roles. He first took charge of the first team in 2002, when he succeeded Jack Birkenshaw, before he was named as head coach and academy director under James Whitaker at the end of 2003 and then under Tim Boon from 2006.He enjoyed notable success as a coach. Not only was he the academy coach responsible, in part, for the development of Stuart Broad, James Taylor and Harry Gurney, but he was head coach the last time the club won a trophy, the domestic T20 tournament in 2011. He was also part of the coaching team when Leicestershire won the tournament in 2004 and 2006.Whitticase also worked with the likes of Josh Cobb, Shiv Thakor, Greg Smith and Nathan Buck but, with all four joining the exodus from Grace Road, the club have decided it is time for a change. Whether the new management team will fare any better without a substantial injection of resources remains to be seen.”We would like to thank Phil for his fantastic service to Leicestershire over the last 31 years,” the club’s chairman, Paul Haywood, said. Phil has been a loyal servant of the Club and worked tirelessly for us over the years at Grace Road. We wish him every success in the future.”

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Os jogadores do Botafogo resolveram se pronunciar. Na última quinta-feira, antes do treino realizado no Estádio Nilton Santos, Carli, Gabriel e João Paulo falaram, em nome do elenco, que estão insatisfeitos com os atrasos salariais – que completam dois meses em débito nesta sexta-feira – e, mais ainda, com a situação dos funcionários do clube: muitos, sem receber, não possuem dinheiro para locomoção e buscam fontes de renda no trabalho informal.

Esta, porém, não foi a primeira vez que os jogadores se pronunciaram oficialmente em tom de protesto na atual temporada. Na verdade, o elenco do Glorioso já havia externado a insatisfação com a situação financeira vivida nas bandas de General Severiano e a falta de uma perspectiva por parte da diretoria em outras duas oportunidades.

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A primeira demonstração de insatisfação ocorreu em abril. Na ocasião, os jogadores resolveram não se concentrar para a partida contra o Juventude, pela terceira fase da Copa do Brasil, no Estádio Nilton Santos, por uma situação semelhante: dois meses de salários atrasados – à época, referentes aos meses de fevereiro e março.

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Dois meses depois, um movimento mais forte ocorreu. Perto dos três meses de atrasos salariais e sem nenhuma perspectiva de melhora por parte da diretoria, os jogadores adotaram uma “greve de silêncio”, sem dar nenhuma entrevista ou participar de ação de marketing. Três semanas depois, antes da partida contra o Santos, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, a diretoria quitou parte dos atrasados e os atletas voltaram a se pronunciar.

Talvez por reconhecerem a complicada situação do clube, os jogadores nunca realizaram os protestos propriamente pelos atrasos salariais, mas sim pela mínima perspectiva de melhora por parte da diretoria, que, por sua vez, afirma que procura alternativas. Em junho, a falta de uma resposta concreta dos dirigentes foi o estopim para o começo da greve de silêncio; agora, a questão dos funcionários, que também estão dois meses sem receber, veio à tona.

Antes de anunciarem o terceiro protesto, os jogadores tiveram uma reunião para debater a questão dos funcionários. Internamente, os atletas não gostam da forma como muitos trabalhadores estão e procuraram até em ajudar de forma independente, seja emprestando dinheiro ou doando cestas básicas. A questão é que, mais uma vez, os jogadores, chateados pela situação do clube, resolveram se pronunciar oficialmente.

Zimbabwe batsman Hamilton Masakadza has been picked in a World Cup squad for the first time despite having made his ODI debut in 2001

Firdose Moonda07-Jan-20151:53

Moonda: Zimbabwe squad a mix of experience and youth

Hamilton Masakadza will play in his first World Cup after 14 years as an international cricketer, having made his debut in 2001. He was included in Zimbabwe’s 15 for the first time, after missing out on the 2003, 2007 and 2011 events because of inexperience, injury and poor form.Zimbabwe also included Stuart Matsikenyeri, who last played for them in the 2012 World T20, Chamu Chibhabha, who has been overlooked since March 2013 and Prosper Utseya, even though he was banned from bowling his main discipline, offspin, because of an illegal action last year. There was also a recall for Sean Williams, who was not selected for the November tour to Bangladesh after a dispute with the selectors, but no space for the out-of-form Vusi Sibanda or left-arm seamer Brian Vitori.That gives Zimbabwe a well-balanced squad with experience at its foundation and youth to prop it up. Elton Chigumbura, who was in charge at the 2011 World Cup before being relieved of the role, will captain Zimbabwe again and head the experienced core. He will have Brendan Taylor, who is still Test captain, Masakadza and Utseya to form part of the think-tank.Utseya’s inclusion may strike as surprising because he will not be able to offer his main discipline – restrict opposition with offspin – but he has been working on other skills. He was recently on a tour to Uganda with Takashinga Cricket Club, coached by sacked Zimbabwe coach Stephen Mangongo, and resurrected his career as a medium-pacer. Peter Kirsten, who is in charge of Uganda and was at that series, said Utseya’s prospects of becoming a threatening medium-pacer are “promising” because of his ability to bowl cutters, which is what Zimbabwe hope he will do at the tournament. “He is our mystery spinner, bowling mediums and cutters and his experience will be vital for us,” Givemore Makoni, Zimbabwe’s selection convener said.Although Zimbabwe will miss Utseya’s spin, they have given themselves plenty of choice in that department. Legspinner Tafadzwa Kamungozi will be their attacking spinner while Sikandar Raza and Matsikenyeri will bowl offspin and Williams, left-arm spin. Given the conditions, their seam bowlers could prove more important to their chances of bowling teams out but Zimbabwe left out the man often referred to as their most threatening wicket-taker, Vitori.The left-armer has bounced in and out of the national squad as he battled injuries and interruptions in form and Zimbabwe decided his inconsistency was too risky for a major tournament. “The bowlers we have gone with have done better than him,” Makoni said when explaining why Tinashe Panyangara and Tendai Chatara will be asked to lead the attack.They will be joined by an additional quick in Tawanda Mupariwa, who has not played international cricket since 2009. Mupariwa was on Zimbabwe’s A tour to Bangladesh, where he took three wickets in two matches at 19.33.Other returning faces include Chibhabha, who made his case with 155 off 146 balls in a match between Zimbabwe A and Canada , which took place a day before the squad was announced. Matsikenyeri, who has spent time in South Africa before returning to try and resurrect his international career in Zimbabwe, also played in that match and scored 50 and Craig Ervine, is also involved in that series.Zimbabwe A are currently in the midst of a four-match series against Canada as part of their preparations for the World Cup. They will also hold a camp in Dubai with new coach Dav Whatmore, who said he was “happy with squad” and had “spoken to all those who missed out and assured them they are still part of the future.” The only member of the squad who will not be part of the preparations is Solomon Mire. He is playing in the Dhaka Premier League and will meet up with the team in New Zealand ahead of the tournament.Although Whatmore has not been given an official mandate for the World Cup, he has stated his goal is to get Zimbabwe out of the group stage and into the last eight. Whatmore’s deal with Zimbabwe will be renegotiated at the end of the tournament.Squad Elton Chigumbura (capt), Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Solomon Mire, Tawanda Mupariwa, Tinashe Panyangara, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams

اعلن زلاتكو داليتش، المدير الفني لمنتخب كرواتيا الأول لكرة القدم، عن قائمة اللاعبين لمعسكر نوفمبر، بتصفيات كأس الأمم الأوروبية 2024 المقامة في ألمانيا.

ويواجه منتخب كرواتيا، لاتفيا يوم 18 نوفمبر خارج ملعبه، قبل أن يستضيف أرمينيا في 21 من الشهر ذاته.

وشهدت قائمة المنتخب الكرواتي استدعاء نجم ريال مدريد لوكا مودريتش، بالإضافة إلى ماتيو كوفاسيتش لاعب وسط مانشستر سيتي، وزميلهم الثالث في وسط الملعب من النصر السعودي، مارسيلو بروزوفيتش.

طالع أيضًا.. ريال مدريد يوضح موقفه من رحيل مودريتش إلى الدوري السعودي في يناير

المنتخب الكرواتي لم يضمن صعوده إلى يورو 2024، حيث يحتل المركز الثالث خلف ويلز بفارق الأهداف، وفي حالة الفوز أمام لاتفيا يضمن ثالث العالم في النسخة الماضية من المونديال، التأهل بشكل رسمي إلى نهائيات اليورو. قائمة منتخب كرواتيا لمعسكر نوفمبر

حراسة المرمى: ليفاكوفيتش، إيفيكا إيفوسليتش، لابروفيتش.

خط الدفاع: فيدا، يورانوفيتش، جفارديول، سوسا، ستاناسيتش، جوسيب ستولو، إيرليتش، بونجراتشتيش.

وسط الملعب: لوكا مودريتش، ماتيو كوفاسيتش، مارسيلو بروزوفيتش، ماريو باساليتش، لوفرو ماير، لوكا إيفانوسيتش، سوتشيتش، نيكولو مورو.

الهجوم: أندريه كراماريتش، برونو ميتكوفتش، ماركو بياتسا، أنتي بودمير.

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Não é de hoje que o São Paulo sofre com desfalques, mas somente para a partida contra o Internacional, no próximo sábado, Cuca deverá ter oito baixas, sete delas jogadores ofensivos: quatro atacantes e três meias. No entanto, é o ataque o setor que mais melhorou depois da pausa para a Copa América. Antes cobrado por números mais expressivos, hoje supera problemas para evoluir.

Até o clube sair de folga em decorrência da parada do meio do ano, havia feito 31 jogos oficiais e marcado apenas 25 gols, ou seja, média de 0,81 gol por jogo. Era o pior ataque entre os times de Série A na temporada e o único que tinha índice abaixo de um tento por partida. Estatística bem baixa para a grandeza do Tricolor, cujo artilheiro, Pablo, passou boa parte do semestre machucado.

Para o Brasileirão, os dirigentes são-paulinos trouxeram Alexandre Pato e ele conseguiu corresponder em meio às dificuldades da equipe em engrenar no setor. Após a pausa, Cuca ainda receberia Raniel, o recuperado Pablo e, mais recentemente, a estrela Daniel Alves. Depois de um período de treinos bem feitos durante a parada para a Copa América, o objetivo era marcar mais gols.

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Olhando para os números atuais, a meta de aumentar as bolas na rede foi atingida e houve melhora significativa em relação ao primeiro semestre. Até aqui são 12 gols em 8 partidas, média de 1,5 gol por jogo, quase o dobro daquele 0,81 do período pré-pausa. Se comparado com os índices de defesa, foi o setor que mais evoluiu. Antes, o time sofria 0,71 gol por partida, depois da pausa sofre 0,75, ou seja, praticamente conservou a estatística que já era boa.

A impressão é de que esse números poderiam ser ainda melhores, caso a equipe não tivesse sofrido com tantas baixas no setor nessas últimas semanas. Pablo, que havia acabado de voltar de lesão, sofreu outra logo no primeiro jogo da volta, contra o Palmeiras, no qual tinha sido autor do gol são-paulino. Nos jogos seguintes foram as vezes Antony, Pato e Toró desfalcarem o time. E se aumentarmos o leque, daria para incluir Hernanes, Igor Gomes e Daniel Alves.

Se há um ponto positivo nessas ausências, certamente é capacidade de Cuca e de seus comandados de se reinventarem para manter essa evolução. É verdade que a avalanche de desfalques foi diretamente responsável pelo empate sem gols contra o Grêmio, no último sábado, quando todas as opções para centroavante (Pablo, Pato, Raniel e Toró) estavam fora por diferentes motivos, no entanto isso tem feito com que outros jogadores apareçam e marquem.

Já são duas partidas sem balançar a rede e na próxima o Tricolor terá as baixas de Antony, Daniel Alves, Pablo, Pato, Toró, Igor Gomes e Hernanes, jogadores que atuam no setor ofensivo. Mais uma vez, Cuca e sua comissão técnica precisarão quebrar a cabeça para montar um ataque de forma criativa para bater o Internacional, às 19h, no próximo sábado, no Beira-Rio, em jogo válido pela 18ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro de 2019.

Números do São Paulo Antes e Depois da Pausa:

Média de Gols Marcados
​Antes: 0,81 gol por jogo (25 tentos em 31 partidas)
​Após: 1,50 gol por jogo (12 tentos em 8 partidas)
Atual: 0,95 gol por jogo (37 tentos em 39 partidas)
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Média de Gols Sofridos
Antes: 0,71 gol sofrido por jogo (22 tentos sofridos em 31 partidas)
Após: 0,75 gol sofrido por jogo (6 tentos em 8 partidas)
Atual: 0,72 gol sofrido por jogo (28 tentos em 39 partidas)

أكد كريم نيدفيد، لاعب فريق الكرة بالنادي الأهلي، جاهزية الأحمر قبل مباراة صن داونز المقرر لها بينهما ضمن منافسات بطولة دوري السوبر الإفريقي (الدوري الإفريقي).

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الأهلي أمام صن داونز مساء غد الأربعاء على استاد القاهرة في إياب الدور نصف النهائي للمسابقة القارية.

وقال نيدفيد في تصريحات عبر الموقع الرسمي لـ الأهلي: “مباريات الحسم في أي بطولة لا تحتاج إلى الكثير من الكلام عنها، جميع اللاعبين يعلمون جيدًا الدور المطلوب منهم”.

طالع | معلق مباراة الأهلي وصن داونز في إياب نصف نهائي دوري السوبر الإفريقي

وتابع: “مثل هذه المباريات تحتاج إلى التركيز الشديد من جميع اللاعبين”، مشددًا على ثقته في لاعبي الفريق وقدرتهم على التأهل إلى نهائي البطولة، خلال مباراة الغد.

واختتم كريم نيدفيد تصريحاته مشددا على أن الحضور الجماهيري في مباراة صن داونز غدًا دافع قوي للاعبين لتحقيق النتيجة التي تؤهل الأهلي إلى نهائي البطولة التي تقام لأول مرة داخل قارة إفريقيا.

يذكر، أن الأهلي تلقى هزيمة صعبة أمام صن داونز في مواجهة الذهاب يوم الأحد الماضي بهدف وحيد باللقاء الذي أقيم في جنوب إفريقي

Steven Smith radiated certainty, adapting to the idiosyncrasies of the MCG’s drop-in pitch and India’s persevering bowlers to ensure his side ended the day on level terms with the visitors

The Report by Daniel Brettig25-Dec-2014
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‘Surprised Rahul – and not Raina – played for Rohit’

Smart Stats

223.50 Steven Smith’s batting average in this series by the end of the first day’s play at the MCG. He has scored 447 runs with two centuries and two half-centuries in five innings. This is the most he has scored in any Test series.

500 Runs Watson has scored at the MCG – the most he has scored at any venue. His eight innings here have produced one hundred and five fifties at an average of 83.33. The last time Watson got a fifty in Tests, which was nine innings ago, was also at the same venue against England last year.

251 Number of catches MS Dhoni has taken in Tests – the sixth highest by a wicketkeeper. He is one of seven wicketkeepers to take 250 or more catches in Tests. Mark Boucher leads this list with 532. Dhoni’s catch to dismiss Shaun Marsh in this innings was his 50th catch against Australia.

4 Number of times Umesh Yadav has dismissed David Warner in seven Test innings. However, Warner has managed to score rapidly off Yadav – 80 runs off 78 deliveries.

3 Number of consecutive fifties Chris Rogers has scored. He hasn’t been able convert them though, having been dismissed on 55 twice and on 57 in this innings. This was also Rogers’ third fifty-plus score in three innings at the MCG. He had scored 61 and 116 against England last year at the MCG.

27 Number of overs bowled by R Ashwin in the first day’s play – the second-most by any spinner on the first day of a Test at the MCG since 2009. Ashwin had sent in 26 overs on the first day the last time he played here too. Saeed Ajmal’s 32 overs in the 2009 Boxing Day Test are the most by a spinner on the first day’s play at this venue in this period.

“Just give me a start.”It can’t be known for sure whether or not Steven Smith has said this to his team yet, but on the evidence of the summer so far Australia’s new captain could be forgiven for uttering just such an instruction. Once again, Smith radiated certainty, adapting to the idiosyncrasies of the MCG’s drop-in pitch, India’s persevering bowlers and the occasion of Boxing Day, the biggest on the national cricket calendar.He did not walk to the wicket until the day’s 37th over due to important early innings from Chris Rogers and Shane Watson. Both men failed to go on from starts, and compounded the missed opportunity by falling in successive overs, but their work against the new ball was critical after David Warner fell to the ball angled across him as India belatedly abandoned their around the wicket brainstorm.Shaun Marsh helped Smith steady the innings and Joe Burns made a brief debut appearance, before Brad Haddin shrugged off another concerted short-pitched attack on his body – wearing one hefty blow on the back – to accompany Smith to the close. On a surface that has offered variable pace and bounce plus a modicum of movement for the pacemen, Australia’s tally is already useful, and they can rely on Smith to add to it on day two.Recalled in place of Varun Aaron, Mohammed Shami bowled neatly for the visitors, while R Ashwin delivered long and teasing spells from the Great Southern Stand end of the ground. He was rewarded only with the wicket of Watson, who followed a familiar pattern by starting fluently, losing momentum then losing his wicket to a somewhat ambitious stroke.The weather at the MCG was fair, and the pitch provided some early assistance for India’s seamers. Rogers was struck amidships by an Ishant Sharma delivery that cut back at him in the first over of the morning, and in the second Umesh Yadav found the perfect delivery from over the wicket, fast and seaming, to coax an outside edge from Warner.Shikhar Dhawan held a fine catch, and amid India’s celebrations they might have wondered why this was the first time in the series that Warner was asked to face a ball angled across him rather than moving in from around the wicket before he had found his bearings. A sore thumb cannot have helped either.Ishant, Shami and Umesh all delivered some vexing overs to follow-up, but found Rogers well attuned to the challenges of day-one batting at the MCG through his vast experience for Victoria. Watson was also fluent and alert, though fortunate that a few edges either did not carry or bisected MS Dhoni’s cordon.Together, they took shine from the new ball while also scoring with a good degree of freedom – Rogers strong down the ground and through point, while Watson prospered through the pull shot and also manoeuvred the ball through midwicket without quite so much apparent risk of lbw as spectators have become used to.Captain Steven Smith held his team’s innings together with an unbeaten 72•Getty Images

Dhawan went from 100% to 50% when he dropped Watson’s edge from Shami 10 minutes before the lunch interval, taking three bites at the ball before guiding it to ground. This reprieve, and a few other misfields, left Rogers and Watson to amble to lunch in happier circumstances than they might have imagined when Warner was dismissed.A boundary to Watson from the final ball of the second over after lunch seemed to herald more free-scoring, but it was in fact the last such scoring shot for more than 16 overs. Australian progress was stymied by Shami and, particularly, Ashwin, who used his height and variations in pace to good effect.Rogers went to his 50, as did Watson, but neither would go on. A Shami delivery of teasing line and in-between length found Rogers’ outside edge on 57, and in the following over Watson swept across a straight ball from Ashwin and was lbw.Understandably, Smith and Marsh took their time to avert further loss, but as tea loomed both had found something approaching a decent batting rhythm. Smith opened up the final session by sallying forth to deposit Ashwin into the long-off seats, but lost Marsh when he snicked Shami, firm-footed, through to Dhoni.Burns was greeted by an optimistic MCG ovation, and looked compact and sure on his way to 13. But Umesh cramped an attempted pull shot and found the thinnest of bottom edges to send Burns on his way, no doubt hoping to improve on a first innings all too brief. Haddin weathered the short ball without looking entirely comfortable – he often turned his head away – but a straight six off Ashwin signalled he was feeling more relaxed at the crease.Smith and Haddin negotiated the final few overs safely enough, and the day ended on the stroke of scheduled stumps. In its own way, this instance of timeliness was as notable as the rich vein Smith is currently mining.