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Former Sri Lanka cricketer and administrator Abu Fuard died in Colombo on July 28 at the age of 75

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Jul-2012

Former Sri Lanka cricketer and administrator Abu Fuard died in Colombo on July 28 at the age of 75. He was suffering from a kidney disease for the past few years. Fuard represented Ceylon in first-class cricket between 1956 and 1970. He later served Sri Lanka cricket as an administrator and was the manager and coach when Sri Lanka won their first Test match against India in 1985.An offspinner, who also opened the batting, Fuard took 51 first-class wickets from 19 matches and score 406 runs. But his major contribution to Sri Lankan cricket came as an administrator, manager, curator, coach and as a national selector. Fuard was manager and coach for Sri Lanka during the 1975 World Cup and assistant manager when Sri Lanka recorded their first win over a Test playing nation during 1979 World Cup.

ScorecardGloucestershire recovered from their narrow home defeat to Netherlands on Saturday to beat Middlesex by five wickets at Lord’s in a match reduced to 26 overs by rain.A target of 158 seemed a tall order for an inexperienced side low on confidence, but they won with 22 balls to spare with Hamish Marshall setting the pace with 33 off 22 balls and Benny Howell seeing them home with an unbeaten 45.Joe Denly and Dawid Malan gave Middlesex a brisk enough start with 45 off the first eight overs before Graeme McCarter, the 19-year-old Ireland fast-medium bowler making his Gloucestershire debut, made the breakthrough.McCarter went on to finish with 3 for 41 from his five overs while Ed Young, the 22-year-old left arm spinner, stifled Middlesex’s middle-order with 3 for 26 in six overs, his best figures in one-day cricket.McCarter, who has made one appearance for Ireland in the ICC InterContinental Cup, took his first wicket when Denly, who had made 25 at a run a ball, had his stumps spread-eagled as he tried to drive.Young then had Malan caught at long on for 22 and, after Chris Rogers had been caught behind off Howell, he picked up two more important wickets when he had Neil Dexter caught at long-off and Paul Stirling caught behind.Middlesex were struggling at 90 for 5 but they were revived by Gareth Berg and John Simpson, who put on 47 in seven overs for the seventh wicket before McCarter had Simpson caught at long-on.Gloucestershire made their intention plain from the start with Chris Dent hitting two fours off the first three balls from Tim Murtagh and then falling leg before. Undeterred, Marshall and Howell then took 22 in two overs from Corey Collymore and had added 53 in six overs when Marshall was lbw trying to sweep Ollie Rayner’s second ball.Kane Williamson did not get very far before he was lbw to Steven Crook but Alex Gidman kept up the momentum with 26 off 21 balls and Ian Cockbain weighed in with 18 off 19.At the other end, Howell kept a cool head, stroking 45 off 48 balls with a six and three fours and settling the match with a boundary through midwicket. It had been a strangely low key performance by Middlesex, who were pipped for the semi-finals on net run rate last season.

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A noite desta quinta-feira foi especial para os torcedores do Vasco. O clube conseguiu autorização junto ao Grupamento Especial de Policiamento em Estádios (Gepe) para a liberação dos instrumentos musicais no jogo diante da LDU, em São Januário – foi a primeira vez este ano que baterias foram usadas para animar as arquibancadas do estádio do Cruz-Maltino.

Por volta de 1h antes de a bola rolar, os instrumentos foram levados para a arquibancada que fica localizada atrás do gol de São Januário. Na primeira batida, os torcedores já fizeram a festa e em coro gritaram o nome do Vasco (assista o vídeo abaixo). A vascaína Magali Fernandes, de 25 anos, se emocionou com a volta da tradição dos instrumentos no clube.

– Este jogo é marcante para nós, torcedores, que fazemos de tudo pelo Vasco. Os instrumentos nas arquibancadas elevam o patamar de nossa festa. Fico muito feliz que o presidente Alexandre Campello conseguiu a liberação para usarmos neste jogo importante, sendo televisionado para fora do Brasil, para que todos saibam da nossa tradição – exaltou.

Vasco e Gepe ainda vão conversar sobre a utilização dos instrumentos para os próximos jogos. No jogo diante da LDU, os equipamentos utilizados foram do clube e não de organizadas, como era o costume antes da proibição de que fossem usados. A expectativa é que não ocorrendo incidentes, o Gepe libere um maior número de instrumentos no decorrer das partidas até o fim deste ano.

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— David Nascimento (@daviddcn) 9 de agosto de 2018

Vasco conseguiu a liberação de instrumentos musicais dos torcedores para o jogo desta noite. Acabaram de chegar! #lanceCOLINA pic.twitter.com/pXyi8gUt5h

— David Nascimento (@daviddcn) 9 de agosto de 2018

Group B

Sanjay Bangar hit an unbeaten 77•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Ashok Dinda’s aggressive fast bowling fetched him his maiden ten-wicket haul in a first-class match and set up a thrilling final day on which fourteen wickets fell at the Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Rohtak. Haryana succumbed to the accuracy and pace of Dinda to be bowled out for 169 in their second innings, setting Bengal a target of 189 from 37 overs. The visitors made a good first of the chase, but bad light stopped play 30 minutes before the scheduled end of play, at which point Bengal were 128 for 5, needing 61 runs from 54 balls. Haryana had begun the day on 42 for 1, 61 ahead of Bengal, with a draw looming. But Dinda ran through the line-up to finish with career-best figures of 7 for 44, giving him 12 for 142 for the match, also a career best. Though Bengal lost opener Arindam Das early on, the second-wicket pair of Rohan Banerjee and Abhishk Jhunjunwalla injected the required urgency into the chase with a 55-run stand before Sourav Ganguly cracked a brisk 22-ball 21 that included the only six of the innings to set up what looked like exciting finish until the light decided to play spoilsport.Bengal have five points from three games, while Haryana are slightly better off, in fifth place with eight points from four. Bengal had missed a golden opportunity to overtake Haryana’s first-innings score on Thursday by the small margin of 19 runs when their lower order folded in feeble fashion. Dinda summed up the hurt in the dressing room: “I am happy with my effort but I can’t forget that we fell short,”In Delhi, the fast bowling pair of Parvinder Awana and Ashish Nehra rattled Baroda with speed and movement at the Feroz Shah Kotla, sharing the final six wickets, to help the hosts to a ten-wicket victory. Baroda resumed on 81 for 4, still trailing Delhi’s first-innings score by 16. On the final day, Nehra picked up three quick wickets: the engine room of Baroda’s batting in Rakesh Solanki, Pinal Shah and Ambati Rayudu, who played with a swollen thumb. Awana, who had taken two wickets on Thursday , then polished off the lower order and the tail to pick his fourth five-for of his career. Baroda had been shot out inside 20 overs on the final morning and a target of 48 runs was knocked by the Delhi openers easily. The six points (including the bonus) helped Delhi register their first outright win of the season and jump atop Group B.Awana later told the that during the IPL, Shaun Pollock, the Mumbai Indians’ consultant, had told him not to give up on bowling fast and to “develop” his fast bowling muscles. He also thanked Nehra, who finished with nine wickets, for inspiring hims. “Ashish bowling with so much of effort spurred me a lot. He told me to keep bowling my heart out and the wickets will flow.”Udit Birla’s maiden first-class fifty, in his third match, helped Madhya Pradesh register a five-wicket win over Gujarat on a final day devoid of drama at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore. MP began the day needing 91 to win, with six wickets in hand on a pitch that had offered the seamers good purchase on the previous three days. The overnight pair of Abbas Ali and Harpreet Singh started confidently before Ishwar Chaudhary induced an edge from Ali. The 22-year-old Birla then took charge of the chase – MP were 70 runs away from victory when he came in, and he scored 52 of them.”It was my third match and it’s a special feeling to score [my] maiden Ranji fifty in a winning cause,” Birla told .Niraj Patel, Gujarat’s captain, did not hide his disappointment, though he praised his fast bowlers. “Our top-order did not stand up and be counted on both the occasions. However, I am really pleased with our bowling and fielding efforts.”Madhya Pradesh are tied on eight points with Baroda, Tamil Nadu and Haryana, but they have played three games to Baroda and Haryana’s four.

Group A

It took Mumbai an hour to bundle out Orissa at the DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack and secure an easy innings-and-210 runs win. Orissa began the final day on 163 for 7, and lost Basant Mohanty off the second ball of the day for 41. The dismissal gave Ramesh Powar his 23rd first-class five-for. The last two wickets put up brief resistance, with partnerships of 41 and 22, but Mumbai eventually bowled out Orissa for 226 with plenty of time to spare. Zaheer Khan, who bowled 22 overs in the entire match, picking four wickets, did not bowl at all on the final morning. The six points Mumbai take from the match put them at the top of Group A, while Orissa are still at rock bottom.Coach Sulakshan Kulkarni praised his team for not getting distracted following Ajit Agarkar’s decision to head back to Mumbai on the first day of the match because he was not included in the playing eleven. “We did not expect it to be so easy, for Orissa have been in the Elite division for some years now, and have scored well in excess of 400 in their last two matches,” Kulkarni said. “So their collapse came as a bit of a surprise. But then, a victory is a victory. Our bowlers bowled beautifully. Our batsmen, particularly Kaustubh Pawar and Suryakumar Yadav, set the tone of the match by posting a big total. It was total team effort.”Aakash Chopra celebrated going past 10,000 first-class runs on the third day by converting his start into a century on the fourth, to help Rajasthan earn a draw against Uttar Pradesh at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Rajasthan were made to follow on and started the fourth day still 127 runs behind. Chopra and Vineet Saxena took their opening stand from 91 to 166, with Chopra registering his 28th first-class century of his career. Uttar Pradesh bowlers were finding it hard to create any sort of impact on a lifeless pitch. Robin Bist, who had got a century in Mumbai, took advantage of the bowlers’ predicament, scoring exactly 100 not out as Rajasthan reached 349 for 2, enough to earn a point. Rajasthan have managed just one point from each of their four games now, while UP have taken three from each of their games.Karnataka secured three points for the first-innings lead against Saurashtra at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Saurashtra started the day on 179 for 5, facing Karnataka’s 503. It was a question of how long they could bat; they lasted 49 overs – not enough to deny Karnataka three points but just about enough to avoid an outright loss. S Aravind dismissed Pratik Mehta in the second over, but veteran Shitanshu Kotak and Sandip Maniar batted time to prevent a collapse. Kotak, one of the more determined dead-bat batsman in domestic cricket, was let off in the very first over of the day by Stuart Binny in the slips and then again by KB Pavan in the eighth over. He stuck on for the next two hours, virtually snatching Karnataka’s hopes of an outright victory. Aravind eventually dismissed Maniar and offspinner Sunil Raju took a wicket to finish with four in the innings.Though the hosts picked three quick wickets in Saurashtra second innings, Cheteshwar Pujara made a patient, unbeaten 52 to ensure there was no collapse.Punjab‘s lower order made handy contributions to prevent Railways from making a comeback at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. The hosts had started the day 144 runs ahead but were four wickets down in their second innings. They slipped to 83 for 6 on the fourth day and needed the lower order to step up to avoid giving Railways a gettable target. Amitoze Singh scored 68, Mayank Sidhana got 49, and Manpreet Gony smashed 45 off 39 balls including two sixes. That took Punjab to 242 for 9. They declared and left Railways with 35.3 overs to bat, which they negotiated thanks to Sanjay Bangar’s unbeaten 77. Punjab took three points from the game to go to fourth in the table.

Former selectors such as Glenn Turner and Mark Greatbatch could still be involved in advising New Zealand’s new national selection manager, Kim Littlejohn, despite having been overlooked for the role themselves

Brydon Coverdale09-Sep-2011

Former selectors such as Glenn Turner and Mark Greatbatch could still be involved in advising New Zealand’s new national selection manager, Kim Littlejohn, despite having been overlooked for the role themselves. New Zealand Cricket raised eyebrows on Friday with the appointment of Littlejohn, a former high-performance manager with Bowls Australia with only a small-time cricket background, to the newly-created role.However, NZC’s director of cricket, John Buchanan, wants to revolutionise the way teams are chosen in New Zealand, with Littlejohn set to centrally manage the selection process. Littlejohn and the coach John Wright will form a two-man selection panel, with Wright given the final decision on starting line-ups, while a network of coaches and experts will be put in place to help Littlejohn keep track of player form in domestic competitions.”If we talk about pulling together a New Zealand squad and then a team, basically it will require Kim to consult with all the provincial coaches, and also he will have an additional network of people which he’ll determine,” Buchanan told ESPNcricinfo. “That could be former selectors of the likes of Glenn Turner and Mark Greatbatch.”He may talk to other coaches or indeed umpires that he believes can provide him with current information on players, which will assist him and the current coach John Wright to select a squad for a tour. Once that squad is chosen by those two, it is then in the hands of the head coach to make the final team selections.”It is a bold move away from the traditional selection panel, which generally involved three former players watching domestic cricket and choosing squads themselves. The New Zealand board ratified Buchanan’s plan, and while he said there had been some initial reservations, he was pleased they had taken the chance to embrace change.”It’s only natural [to encounter doubts],” Buchanan said. “The board, like most people in cricket, are so used to how teams have been selected in the past, through selection panels. That’s understandable. But I think this person will demonstrate over time that through better systems and better processes we can provide a far more reliable and consistent selection process, selection feedback and assessment of playing performance.”I have to applaud my board for backing me on this one, because it is a leap of faith for them. It hasn’t been tried before. But I really am pretty confident in how it should work; that’s why I needed to find the right person to ensure that it will work, and I believe that Kim is the man that can do the job for us.”Buchanan said Littlejohn’s experience at lower levels of cricket – he played in Perth’s first-grade competition and professionally in England, as well as coaching with Melbourne University – was adequate for the managerial role. He compared Littlejohn’s appointment to his own surprise nomination as Australia’s head coach in 1999, despite having played only seven first-class games.”I was asked to coach an international cricket team without any international cricket experience. We’re now asking Kim to run a national selection system where he has great experience in high performance and systems and process management, but less experience in cricket. For me, one of the reasons I was chosen for the job was that I brought some objectivity; I brought some planning. That’s what I see in Kim, and that’s exactly what this role will require.”I think [his cricket background] is sufficient. He can have good conversations with coaches or former selectors or former players because of the amount of cricket background that he has. I think that is sufficient for the job. One of his key roles is his ability to harness the knowledge and experience of so many experts over here. I think he’s excellent at doing that.”Littlejohn had been a leading candidate for the role of New Zealand’s team manager, a job that instead went to Mike Sandle. He was also considered by Cricket Australia as a potential replacement for their team manager Steve Bernard, who stepped down earlier this year. Littlejohn is set to begin his new role on September 19.

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Localizada na Zona Leste da cidade de São Paulo, a Arena Corinthians completa quatro anos nesta sexta-feira desde sua inauguração oficial. Data que não ficará marcada apenas por boas lembranças, mas também pela derrota contra o Figueirense por 1 a 0, gol marcado pelo Giovanni Augusto. Porém, foram apenas os primeiros 90 minutos de uma nova jornada alvinegra. E para contar melhor essa história repleta de emoções, o LANCE! conversou com Marcelo Garber, torcedor fanático do clube, que teve a oportunidade de comparecer em todos os jogos do Corinthians na Arena.

Com um ótimo retrospecto jogando em seu estádio, o Timão saiu derrotado apenas 11 vezes, em 133 partidas disputadas. Além de quatro títulos conquistados atuando em Itaquera: dois Campeonatos Paulistas (2017 e 2018) e dois Campeonatos Brasileiros (2015 e 2017). Residente do bairro Vila Mariana, Marcelo conta como alcançou este feito, o que a nova casa lhe proporcionou e sobre todas as emoções sentidas na Arena.

Amor ao Corinthians
Eu tenho o hábito de acompanhar o Corinthians há décadas e o último jogo que eu não fui em que o clube fosse mandante foi em uma partida contra o Internacional, no Pacaembu, em 17 de julho de 2011. Não pude comparecer apenas porque eu estava viajando, fora isso eu fui em todos os jogos dessa data em diante. Nesse período fui à Arena, Pacaembu, Canindé e alguns no interior. Eu tento ir em todos que eu posso, desde que eu tenha tempo e dinheiro, e nas últimas duas décadas eu programei minha vida para que isso fosse possível.

Arena Corinthians e os momentos mais marcantes
Jogar dentro de casa é outra coisa, você tem toda referência de localização, conhece todas as característica do gramado e a acústica da Arena é muito legal, favorece muito a torcida. Eu acho que nossa casa é fundamental nesse retrospecto que o Corinthians tem como mandante e apesar de tudo que passamos dentro do Pacaembu, hoje eu vejo que lá não tínhamos essa força. A Arena Corinthians é infinitamente superior.

Eu não me lembro de nenhum momento negativo, teve uma ou outra derrota, mas nada grave. Agora positivamente é difícil de escolher, o 6 a 1 contra o São Paulo foi bem legal, os títulos foram inesquecíveis, mas para mim o jogo mais marcante foi o 1 a 0 contra o Palmeiras, no Paulistão de 2017, em que estávamos com um a menos por conta de uma expulsão injusta e eles achavam que iriam nos golear. Até que Jô marcou no último minuto e fez com que esse fosse um dos melhores dias da minha vida.

Jogos fora de casa
Acompanho bastante como visitante também, em 2017 eu perdi cinco jogos no ano inteiro. Os que acontecem no exterior geralmente são mais complicados de ir devido a toda a parte econômica envolvida. Esse ano eu só perdi um jogo até agora, mas infelizmente não vou conseguir ir para a Venezuela. Eu tenho mantido uma média de 85% a 90% de presenças em jogos do Corinthians na última década e essa é a minha primeira opção de lazer, sempre que tenho tempo e dinheiro eu vou ao jogo do Corinthians.

Fiel Torcedor
Esse programa facilitou muito, se juntar todo tempo que passei em filas para comprar ingressos, acho que seria mais de um mês de espera. Desde a época em que comecei a acompanhar mesmo o clube, eu ia buscar ingressos na Federação Paulista de Futebol, na Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, pois a bilheteria abria de madrugada e eu tinha que chegar cedo lá, perdi muita aula. O Fiel Torcedor é uma maravilha especialmente para aqueles que priorizam o Corinthians, pois acabam tendo uma pontuação maior e alguns benefícios, como comprar ingressos antecipadamente. Então eu consigo escolher meu setor, mas não é que me sortearam para ir aos jogos, eu vou por conta própria e pela vantagem que o site me oferece. Eu priorizo o Corinthians e ele me prioriza, isso é fantástico, espero que esse programa se mantenha por muitos anos.

Preços dos ingressos
Geralmente quem reclama é o torcedor que quer ir apenas em jogo bom, mas quando é Corinthians e algum clube do interior, quarta-feira às 21h45 na Arena, não vai levantar do sofá. Quem reclama são aqueles que não conseguem comprar ingresso no preço mais popular por não serem sócios do Fiel Torcedor e optam apenas pelos jogos importantes. Justamente, os ingressos mais baratos vão para aqueles que acompanham sempre o Corinthians, quem não comparece com frequência deve pagar mais caro.

Qual sentimento a Arena te proporciona?
A Arena me proporciona algo que eu não conseguia ter no Pacaembu ou em outros estados que o Corinthians fosse mandante. Minha mãe tem 80 anos e eu há uns três anos, perguntei para ela o que gostaria de fazer nessa reta final de vida e a resposta dela me surpreendeu: “Eu quero ir a todos os jogos do Corinthians”. No Pacaembu não era possível pois o estacionamento ficava longe e por algum motivo a Polícia Militar impede de usar o espaço oferecido pelo próprio estádio para deixar o carro em dia de jogos. Já a Arena me proporciona estacionar lá dentro, com facilidade de acesso, banheiro bem localizados e assim, minha mãe assiste as partidas com todo conforto. Estamos sempre no Setor Sul, então nos últimos três anos eu tive a oportunidade de levar minha mãe em quase todos os jogos e isso para mim é um motivo de imensa alegria. Não sei quanto tempo vamos fazer isso juntos, mas é um ponto a ser ressaltado na Arena. A acessibilidade e a facilidade de locomoção.

*Sob supervisão de Marcio Monteiro

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A round-up of the third round of games

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Apr-2011

UAE have all but wrapped up their place in the finals of the World Cricket League Division 2, after a third straight victory. Their 19-run victory against Hong Kong at the Global Cricket Academy puts them on six points, and with a net run-rate of +1.090 it would take a dramatic turn of events to see two sides overtake them. On Monday, Amjad Ali and Saqib Ali scored half-centuries to help UAE get to 227.Hong Kong lost early wickets in their chase, before 16-year-old Mark Chapman got them back in the match with his second half-century of the tournament. His partnership with Irfan Ahmed helped Hong Kong recover from 52 for 5 to 148 for 6, but the two were dismissed in the space of five overs and they fell short by 19 runs. Shadeep Silva caused the early damage, and finished with figures of 4 for 17 in his ten overs.Hong Kong are stuck on two points and coach Charlie Burke said the next game, against Papa New Guniea, was a must-win. “It’s the final for us,” he said. “There’s no doubt, we need to learn from today; chasing is never easy. Today, we didn’t have one of the top six batsmen in the final overs of the game. Some crucial decision making in regards to running between wickets, coupled with losing wickets at the start of the innings meant we threw it away at the end.”

Namibia completed a comprehensive eight-wicket thumping of Papua New Guinea with all of 34.4 overs to spare, on the back of an explosive half-century by Craig Williams, in the World Cricket League Division Two in Dubai.Choosing to bat, Papua New Guinea began poorly, losing half their side by the time they had 33 on the board. The right-arm/left-arm opening bowling combination of Louis Klazinga and Kola Burger caused most of the damage upfront. While the batsmen didn’t recover from the early blows, left-arm spinner Louis van der Westhuizen built on Namibia’s good start with the ball, stifling the middle order with figures of 3 for 4 off 5 overs. Jason Kila with 23 was the top scorer for Papua New Guinea, as they folded for 92.Namibia threatened to make heavy weather of the paltry chase, being reduced to 5 for 2, before an unbeaten 90-run stand between Williams and Sarel Burger took them home. While Burger was patient to the point of being over-cautious, scoring 14 off 41 balls, Williams took the opposite approach. He smashed the bowlers around, stroking 10 fours and three sixes to bring the match to an early close.PNG, who came up from Division 3 started with a win in the tournament, but after two losses, their coach Greg Campbell admitted their lack of experience was showing. “I think today they showed us how much more experienced they are than us,” he said. “We’ll go home tonight and work on what went wrong and try to come back bigger and better than before.”Namibia were the only side to win while chasing on Monday, and their coach Johan Rudolph said it ended up being a good toss to lose. “We always like to bat first but it was probably the best thing today for us to lose the toss as it meant our bowlers could do a really good job,” Rudolph said. “I’m pleased with the way Craig performed today, he is always an aggressive batsman and plays his own game out there. He had a great time with the bat during the I-Shield and has been the second highest-scoring batsman in the South African amateur league we play in; so his performance today was no surprise.”

Uganda produced a fine all-round performance to beat Bermuda by 74 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Uganda’s top-order batsmen all got starts, after captain Davis Arinaitwe chose to bat, but none of them could go on to score big. Wicketkeeper Lawrence Sematimba top scored with an unbeaten 66, putting on a 91-run fourth-wicket stand with Benjamin Musoke to steer his side to a competitive 249. The Bermuda bowlers did not have a stand-out performer, sharing the seven wickets that fell in the innings around.Bermuda lost wickets in a hurry early on in their chase, with Charles Waiswa, Danniel Ruyange and Deusdedit Muhumuza combining to reduce them to 41 for 4 in the 13th over. Jason Anderson and Lionel Cann briefly steadied the innings with a 74-run partnership, but once the pair was dismissed by seamer Roger Mukasa, there was not much resistance on offer. Mukasa went on to pick up two more wickets, to finish with figures of 4 for 21 off seven overs, as the innings folded on 175.

Former West Indies batsman and selector Joey Carew has died at his home in Port of Spain at the age of 73.An attractive left-hand opener, Carew scored one hundred in his 19 Tests, his 1127 runs coming at an average of 34.15. He also took eight wickets with his part-time legspin, and captained Trinidad & Tobago, becoming the first person to lead them to back-to-back Shell Shield titles.He had only played 13 first-class matches in eight years when picked to tour England in 1963, and despite a moderate start to the summer, a century against Glamorgan was enough for him to be picked for the first and third Test of the series.He did not manage a hundred between the end of that tour and the next trip to England three years later, but still made the squad and another timely hundred earned him a call-up for the second Test, but after making 0 and 2 he was immediately dropped.Ten fifties and a hundred on the tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1968-69 helped him secure a regular place in the side, and it was against New Zealand he made his only Test hundred – 109 at Auckland.A third tour of England followed but it was no more successful than the others. He made three hundreds, including a career-best 172 against Leicestershire in a second-wicket stand of 324 with Roy Fredericks, but his form otherwise was indifferent. Generally he struggled in English conditions and in four Tests over the three summers he made only 104 runs.He was in and out of the side thereafter – in seven Tests between 1969 and 1972 he failed to pass fifty – and his final appearance came against New Zealand in Barbados.Carew went on to become a selector for West Indies cricket for 20 years, on and off, retiring from the post in 2006. He was the West Indies’ longest-serving selector.Christopher Martin-Jenkins once wrote of Carew: “Perhaps his greatest legacy to West Indies cricket, however, lies in the advice and encouragement he gave to a young left-hander from Santa Cruz in Trinidad. Brian Lara rewarded Joey Carew richly for the interest he showed in him.” Ironically, it was over a public dispute with Lara, when Lara was captain, over team selection that Carew stepped down from his post as selector.President of the West Indies Cricket Board Julian Hunte paid tribute to Carew, saying he had remained passionate about the game at all levels until the end of his life. “He reached the very top as a cricketer and remained astute and feisty in his assessment of the game and cricketers for the decades he served as West Indies selector,” Hunte said. “He was responsible for selecting some of the greats of West Indies cricket.”Carew’s old opening partner Stephen Camacho, who is now secretary to the board of directors for the WICB, said his contribution as a selector was his most notable one to West Indies cricket. “He was a particularly fine captain and an astute tactician. Joey was a great friend of mine and his passing is an immense loss to West Indies cricket.”

Wolverhampton Wanderers could be without their Portuguese winger Daniel Podence for their trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

What’s the latest?

That is according to a recent report from Nathan Judah, who claimed via Twitter: “Podence is a bit of a grey area, has an injury and potentially could play through injections, but he’s unwilling at the moment because he might aggravate that problem.”

Lage will be worried

The latest news comes as a big worry for Lage and Wolves, who have registered their worst run of the season over the last three games. Their three-match losing streak has seen them leak five goals with no reply.

Coincidentally or otherwise, Podence has been absent for all three of those games in which Wolves have failed to score, evidence of his creative importance for the Old Gold.

Despite struggling to boost his end product for what is now a second consecutive season, the 26-year-old is the most creative outlet in Lage’s side, having registered seven big chances out of Wolves’ entire tally of 35 as a team this season.

His defensive acumen in the side is also overlooked all too often, with Podence topping the charts out of the Wolves squad for possession won in the final third with an average of 1.3 per game. This metric places him as high as joint-sixth for the entire Premier League, tied with Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne.

His average of 2.1 successful dribbles per 90 could have presented an opportunity for Lage’s side to attack in a more direct manner against what will likely be a close-knit Chelsea backline, so the news of his continued absence comes as a big blow for Wolves and Podence, who may not feature again this season.

However, if he wants to hit the ground running next season, his decision to not play through injections and instead let his injury heal over the summer could most certainly turn out to be the best move for everyone involved.

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