نوتينجهام فورست يسقط في فخ الهزيمة أمام برينتفورد بـ الدوري الإنجليزي

نجح فريق برينتفورد في تحقيق فوز مثير على مضيفه نوتينجهام فورست بهدفين دون رد، في إطار منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وواجه نوتينجهام نظيره برينتفورد، ضمن منافسات الجولة الـ34 من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “سيتي جراوند”.

اقرأ ايضاً.. ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي بعد فوز ليفربول على توتنهام

في الشوط الأول ومع الدقيقة 44، أحرز كيفن شايد الهدف الأول لصالح برينتفورد مستغلاً تمريرة عرضية حاسمة من ناثان كولينز.

وأضاف يوان ويسا ثاني أهداف برينتفورد بحلول الدقيقة 70 من عمر الشوط الثاني، وذلك بعدما تلقى تمريرة حاسمة من مارك فليكين حارس برينتفورد.

وعجز لاعبو نوتينجهام فورست عن تقليص نتيجة المباراة، حيث فشلوا في خلق فرصة حقيقية على مرمى برينتفورد.

وبهذه النتيجة، ارتفع رصيد برينتفورد إلى النقطة 49 في المركز الحادي عشر في ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي، بينما تجمد رصيد نوتينجهام عند النقطة 60 في المركز السادس.

ردود أفعال جماهير مانشستر سيتي على أداء مرموش أمام نوتينجهام: من لا يدرك جودته لا يفهم في كرة القدم

تفاعلت جماهير فريق مانشستر سيتي مع أداء النجم المصري عمر مرموش بعد مشاركته في مباراة اليوم ضد نوتينجهام فورست، في كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي.

واستضاف ملعب “ويمبلي” مباراة الفريقين في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، موسم 2024/25.

وحقق مانشستر سيتي فوزًا بهدفين دون رد، ليتأهل إلى نهائي كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي حيث سيواجه كريستال بالاس.

وشارك عمر مرموش في مباراة اليوم كأساسي، وصنع الهدف الثاني، وتم استبداله في الدقيقة 81. ملخص لمسات عمر مرموش أمام نوتينجهام فورست

وتحدثت جماهير مانشستر سيتي عن أداء عمر مرموش عبر موقع “إكس” على النحو التالي:

“ركنية لا تُصدق من الملك المصري”، في إشارة إلى الركنية التي نفذها عمر مرموش وصنع بها هدف مانشستر سيتي الثاني الذي سجله جفارديول برأسه.

“عمر مرموش دائمًا مؤثر! جفارديول رائع جدًا”.

“عمر مرموش يا له من لاعب”.

“من يشاهد مرموش ولا يدرك موهبته فهو لا يفهم شيئًا في كرة القدم”.

“طريقة تحرك مرموش مذهلة، مهاراته وحركته، إنه يتمتع بجودة عالية”.

“مرموش أحد المرشحين المحتملين للفوز بجائزة الكرة الذهبية، وأنا لا أبالغ”.

“مرموش ممتاز للغاية، لا أحد من لاعبينا يجيد اللعب بالهجمات المرتدة”.

Juventude x Internacional: prováveis escalações do duelo no Brasileirão

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da betsson: Um dos clássicos mais tradicionais do futebol do Rio Grande do Sul acontecerá no próximo domingo (8), às 19h (de Brasília), no Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, entre Juventude e Internacional pela quinta rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.

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da fezbet: >Confira as figurinhas antigas de veteranos do Brasileirão

JUVENTUDE

Mesmo concentrado unicamente no Campeonato Brasileiro, o Alviverde não conseguiu a sua primeira vitória na competição, vivendo a pressão de sair das últimas posições. Neste momento, os comandados de Eduardo Bapitsta empataram dois jogos e perderam outros dois, somando somente dois pontos e estando na 19ª colocação.

INTERNACIONAL

Invicto sob o comando de Mano Menezes no banco de reservas, o Colorado busca ascender na tabela depois de um frustante empate na Sul-Americana, fora de casa, contra o Guaireña. Até o momento, a equipe de Porto Alegre está em nono lugar com sete unidades.

FICHA TÉCNICA DA PARTIDA
JUVENTUDE x INTERNACIONAL

Local: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, em Caxias do Sul (RS)
Data e hora: 08/05/2022 – 19h (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (RJ)
Assistentes: Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Correa e Luiz Claudio Regazone (ambos RJ)
VAR: Carlos Eduardo Nunes Braga (RJ)

JUVENTUDE (Técnico: Eduardo Baptista)

César; Rodrigo Soares, Vitor Mendes, Rafael Forster e William Matheus; Yuri, Jadson e Óscar Ruiz; Paulinho Moccelin, Guilherme Parede e Isidro Pitta.

INTERNACIONAL (Técnico: Mano Menezes)

Daniel; Bustos, Vitão, Bruno Méndez e Renê; Gabriel, Edenílson, De Pena, Wanderson e Maurício; Alemão.

Sold for £20m: Celtic struck gold selling ace who’s now worth millions less

da esoccer bet: Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers lost one of his top players in the recent summer transfer window when Matt O’Riley completed his exit from Parkhead.

da lvbet: Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion reportedly splashed out a Scottish transfer record fee of more than £25m to sign the Denmark international.

O’Riley produced 18 goals and 13 assists in the Scottish Premiership during the 2023//24 campaign, which attracted interest from elsewhere and eventually led to him leaving the club.

Rodgers is no stranger to losing some top talents at Parkhead and one player he struck gold with during his first spell at the club was Moussa Dembele.

How much Celtic sold Moussa Dembele for

In the summer of 2018, French side Lyon swooped in to sign the centre-forward from the Hoops for a reported fee of £20m, after he had joined from Fulham for an undisclosed compensation fee in 2016.

Dembele hit the ground running in Glasgow with a sensational debut season for the club. He plundered an eye-catching 32 goals and nine assists in 49 appearances for Rodgers.

His form did suffer, somewhat, in his second campaign at Paradise, though, with a return of 17 goals and nine assists in 39 outings in all competitions.

Former Celtic striker Moussa Dembele.

The French marksman then scored three goals in six games at the start of the 2018/19 season before Lyon secured his services for a staggering £20m fee.

That deal from Celtic has turned out to be a blinder as the 28-year-old marksman’s market value is now millions less than the fee the Scottish giants raked in for his signature.

Moussa Dembele's current market value

At the time of writing (25/09/2024), Dembele is currently valued at €12m (£10m) by Transfermarkt and this means that his value has halved since his exit from Parkhead.

That is despite his relatively impressive return of 70 goals and 19 assists in 172 matches for Lyon in all competitions during his time with the Ligue 1 club, which included three seasons with at least 15 league goals.

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This shows that the French did get plenty of quality out of the centre-forward, as he scored goals on a regular basis for a number of seasons, but they were never able to cash in on him for more than the £20m they spent in 2018.

Dembele went on to struggle in his final campaign with Lyon, scoring three goals in 23 Ligue 1 games during the 2022/23 season, before joining Al-Ettifaq on a free transfer in the summer of 2023.

23/24 Pro League

Moussa Dembele

Appearances

25

Goals

12

Big chances missed

20

Big chances created

2

Assists

1

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, Dembele endured a mixed campaign with Al-Ettifaq in his first year in the Saudi Pro League last term, with his wasteful finishing.

He scored 12 goals in 25 matches, less than one every other game, and also missed a staggering 20 ‘big chances’, which shows that the forward did not make the most of the quality opportunities that came his way.

Overall, Celtic struck gold by selling him for £20m as the striker has yet to be sold for more than that since and is now valued at half as much, despite being in what should be the prime years of his career at 28.

Sold for £10m: Celtic struck gold with star who's now worth millions less

The Hoops hit the jackpot by cashing in on the defender when they did.

ByDan Emery Sep 23, 2024

Ryan Campbell remains critical in hospital nearly a week on from heart attack

Cambell’s family released a statement on Friday updating the current Netherlands coach and former Australia ODI player’s condition

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Apr-2022

Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell hits a skier during fielding practice•Peter Della Penna

Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell remains in a critical condition and under heavy sedation in Royal Stoke hospital in the UK following a heart attack last weekend.Campbell’s family released a statement to the public on Friday morning AWST updating his condition after the former Australia ODI and Western Australia wicketkeeper-batter suffered a heart attack last Saturday in Stoke-on-Trent.”Ryan suffered a series of cardiac arrests last weekend and remains critically ill in the Royal Stoke University Hospital in the UK where he is being closely monitored 24 hours a day,” the family statement said.”He remains heavily sedated which is likely to continue through this weekend.”It is impossible to state our gratitude to the truly incredible staff at the hospital whose skill, care and compassion knows no bounds.”The family would like to take this opportunity to thank all of his friends and supporters around the world for their love and support. As we are sure you can understand it is impossible to respond to all of the messages but we truly appreciate you keeping him in your thoughts and prayers.”We will update you again when we have more news but, in the meantime, we will be grateful if you could give the family some privacy at this immensely difficult time.”

Campbell was put in an induced coma for several days following his heart attack but his brother Mark Campbell told on Wednesday that he had come out of the coma and had made several successful attempts to breathe on his own. However, doctors were concerned about his ongoing arrhythmia.Campbell has been the coach of the Netherlands since 2017. He played two ODIs for Australia in 2002 and had a long and successful career for WA. He also played for Hong Kong in the 2016 T20 World Cup at the age of 44.

لاوتارو مارتينيز يقود الهجوم.. التشكيل المثالي لدور الـ8 من دوري أبطال أوروبا

كشف الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم “يويفا” عن تشكيل دور ربع نهائي المثالي في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا موسم 2024/2025.

وأقيمت مباريات إياب دور ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا خلال يومي الثلاثاء والأربعاء، وشهدت تأهل كل من برشلونة وآرسنال وإنتر ميلان وباريس سان جيرمان إلى نصف نهائي البطولة، على حساب ريال مدريد وبوروسيا دورتموند وأستون فيلا بالإضافة إلى بايرن ميونخ.

وستلعب مواجهات الذهاب خلال أبريل الجاري، قبل تكرار نفس المباريات في الإياب خلال الأسبوع الأول من مايو المقبل.

وسيلاقي برشلونة نظيره إنتر ميلان في نصف نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا، بينما سيواجه آرسنال فريق باريس سان جيرمان الفرنسي في الدور ذاته.

اقرأ أيضاً.. مواعيد مباريات نصف نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا 2025

وشهد التشكيل المثالي لـ إياب دور ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا تواجد لاعبين من أندية إنتر ميلان وبوروسيا دورتموند وآرسنال وأستون فيلا وباريس سان جيرمان، ولاعب وحيد من بايرن ميونخ. تشكيل دور ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا

حراسة المرمى: جيانلويجي دوناروما (باريس سان جيرمان).

خط الدفاع: كيفيور (آرسنال)، كونسا (أستون فيلا)، بافارد (إنتر ميلان)، نونو مينديز (باريس سان جيرمان).

خط الوسط: جون ماكجين (أستون فيلا)، مايكل أوليسي (بايرن ميونخ)، ديكلان رايس (آرسنال)، باسكال جروس (بوروسيا دورتموند).

خط الهجوم: سيرهو جيراسي (بوروسيا دورتموند)، لاوتارو مارتينيز (إنتر ميلان).

Com 'saúde alterada', Abel reclama de calendário e de 'olé' da torcida após vitória em clássico do Palmeiras

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da bet7k: Era de se imaginar que uma vitória por 3 a 0 sobre o maior rival alegrasse o humor de qualquer treinador. Mas Abel Ferreira mostrou mais uma vez que não segue normas. Após o baile do Palmeiras sobre o Corinthians neste sábado, na Arena Barueri, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, o português aproveitou os microfones para fazer algumas críticas que vinha guardando nos últimos dias.

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da dobrowin: Nos vestiários após a partida, Abel se disse ‘com a saúde alterada’, cansado de dar entrevistas e criticou o calendário do futebol brasileiro, fato que usualmente faz desde o início do ano nas coletivas pós-partidas.

-Eu já disse que não temos tempo para treinar, temos tempo para recuperar. Vou ter que começar a ser mais curto nas conferências de imprensa. Falo seis vezes por semana: duas com Goiás, duas com Flamengo e agora estou a falar duas. Minha saúde está completamente alterada, tenho de ter muito cuidado porque a parte física e mental é determinante. Aqui é insano para os jogadores, para os treinadores.

Abel ainda fez questão de questionar e protestar contra o sistema que tanto exige dos treinadores no Brasil e elogiou os profissionais brasileiros.

– Eu nunca disse isso, mas quero dar parabéns aos treinadores brasileiros porque é muito difícil jogar esse campeonato, pela insanidade. Não dão tempo para que o treinador brasileiro possa impor suas ideias. Felizmente, e às custas dos meus jogadores, fui ganhando e me mantendo. Da forma como o calendário está feito é impossível ver a qualidade dos treinadores. Impossível.

Mas as queixas não ficaram somente no calendário. O português aproveitou para criticar a própria torcida, insatisfeito com os gritos de ‘olé’ proferidos pelas arquibancadas em Barueri no decorrer do Dérbi.

– Vejo o futebol da minha maneira. Eu quero que nossos torcedores a apoiar a equipe, quando o Zé (Rafael) faz aqueles cortes, quando fazemos gol, festejar. Olhar para nossa equipe. Para mim o ‘olé’ é faltar respeito com o adversário. Nós precisamos de todos os adversários. Por isso que eu estava a dizer para puxar para nossa equipe, esqueça esse ‘olé’. Isso acontece em Portugal em outro esporte, não no futebol.

Por fim, claro, sobrou para o elenco palmeirense. Para Abel, o Palmeiras poderia ter feito uma goleada sobre o maior rival neste sábado.

-Se vocês virem o jogo as duas primeiras bolas em profundidade são do nosso adversário. Nós temos três rotas de ataque, desde o primeiro dia aqui já disse. Ou vamos por dentro, ou por fora ou em profundidade. Hoje fomos de todas as maneiras. Fizemos um jogo muito bom, criamos oportunidades, fizemos três e poderíamos ter feito mais.Foi um jogo dentro da nossa linha. O que fizemos neste jogo foi o que fizemos contra o Goiás. É a mesma equipe que perdeu contra o Ceará.

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Suryakumar, Cummins add spice to a lopsided Mumbai-KKR rivalry

Mumbai are coming off two losses in two games and will be keen to get off the mark against in-form KKR

Shashank Kishore05-Apr-20222:01

Does Cummins walk into the KKR XI straightaway?

Big pictureOver time, Mumbai Indians have made it a habit. Starting slowly, before revving up as mid-season approaches and then pouncing on teams at the back end. They have started poorly this time as well, but the margin for error could be smaller in a 10-team pool. Therefore, they need to get up and running quickly. There’s just one problem. They’re going up against IPL 2021’s runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders, whose firebrand approach to batting, has lent a dazzling touch to the season so far.Live in the USA

You can watch the match live on ESPN+ in English and in Hindi.

In both their losses so far, Mumbai have failed to capitalise on their batters putting them in strong positions. Against Delhi Capitals, both Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan struck half-centuries in a robust opening stand to set up the game, but the middle order came a cropper. Against Rajasthan Royals, they couldn’t close the game out despite going into the final six overs needing 65 runs with seven wickets in hand.Mumbai also have concerns over one bowling spot, currently occupied by Basil Thampi. In the opening game, Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel took him to the cleaners. In the second, he was carted for 26 in his only over. It might be time for a change. There’s plenty of experience in the form of Jaydev Unadkat, but the only hitch is he’s nearly like-for-like to Tymal Mills, in terms of his slower variations and left-arm variety.0:51

Tim David: Rohit Sharma has been ‘a fun captain’

Knight Riders have unlocked magic from Umesh Yadav. Throw Pat Cummins into the mix and their pace attack looks mean. Their spinners are always bound to ask interesting questions, provided there isn’t too much dew around.So far with the bat, the Knight Riders have expressed their desire to play an aggressive brand of T20 cricket. It can look spectacular, like when Andre Russell went after Punjab Kings in a small chase, or fall flat, like when they got bundled out by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Going forward, they will expect a lot more from the likes of Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane.In the newsCummins has completed his mandatory three-day quarantine upon arrival and even trained with the team on match eve, which means he is all set to take Sam Billings’ place in the Knight Riders XI. This means the wicketkeeper’s slot will be taken up once again by Sheldon Jackson, whose glovework has been impressive. Sunil Narine, Russell, and Tim Southee are likely to take up the other overseas slots.Mumbai have their entire complement of players to choose from. It remains to be seen if they will finally unleash Suryakumar Yadav, who has only just recovered from a wrist injury. If he is able to handle to workload of batting in the IPL, Mumbai will likely pick him in place of Anmolpreet Singh.1:18

McCullum: ‘We utilise Russell in the role which we see as his strongest suit’

Likely XIs Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav/Anmolpreet Singh, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Tim David, 7 Daniel Sams, 8 M Ashwin, 9 Tymal Mills, 10 Jaydev Unadkat/Basil Thampi, 11 Jasprit Bumrah Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Venkatesh Iyer, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Sheldon Jackson, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Sunil Narine, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Varun ChakravarthyStrategy PuntCummins vs Kishan: three innings, five balls, three wickets. Rohit vs Narine: 18 innings, seven dismissals, average 19.6. How can anyone ignore stats like that? The Knight Riders just have to open with Cummins and Narine to try and take on Mumbai’s in-form batters. More so because Rohit, who has started this IPL differently – striking at 147 off his first 10 balls, will immediately be face-to-face with the bowler who has dismissed him the most times in the IPL.Stats and trivia Since IPL 2018, teams winning the toss have opted to bowl every single time at MCA Stadium in Pune. But there’s no significant difference in terms of results as teams batting first and second have won four games each. In 16 IPL games here, pacers have picked up 3.8 wickets per innings as compared to spinners, who have managed just 1.6. Spinners have been fractionally more economical, though, conceding at 8.3 an over to the 8.6 by pacers.This has been a lopsided IPL rivalry so far. Mumbai’s win percentage of 75.8% is the highest win percentage for a team against an opponent in all IPL.

West Ham racing Man Utd to sign "great" £292k-p/w star unhappy at UCL club

da heads bet: After a busy summer transfer window, West Ham United are reportedly racing alongside Manchester United to sign a Champions League midfielder who’s unhappy at his current club.

West Ham transfer news

da brdice: Despite welcoming a plethora of quality in the summer, West Ham are still feeling their way into the Premier League campaign with Danny Ings, amid all those new faces, becoming the last-minute hero against Fulham last time out. There’s no doubt that Julen Lopetegui will need time to find the perfect balance in his new squad, however, which may well come at the perfect time in a London derby against Chelsea this weekend.

When looking back on their summer window, there may even be names that Tim Steidten feels the Hammers missed out on, with Jhon Duran likely among those following his excellent start to the season at Aston Villa.

In the end, West Ham welcomed Niclas Fullkrug as a short-term solution, but are yet to see the former Borussia Dortmund star open his account. What could help the forward in January is the addition of another top Bundesliga talent.

He's now unemployed: West Ham struck gold selling Bilic signing for £18m

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According to The Sun, West Ham are now racing Manchester United to sign Leon Goretzka from Bayern Munich in the January transfer window, with the midfielder reportedly unhappy at the Bavarian giants.

Losing his place under Vincent Kompany to new man Joao Palhinha, Goretzka may well be on the move in the winter window to leave West Ham in place to take full advantage. Earning a reported £292k-p/w at Bayern though, the deal won’t exactly come cheap.

Bayern’s director of sport Max Eberl recently spoke about Goretzka’s place in Kompany’s squad, saying as quoted by The Sun: “We communicated very clearly from the start. Leon knew that we were relying on Pavlo [Aleksandar Pavlovic], and that we would bring in with Palhinha and that Josh [Kimmich] would play more in the centre again.

“We’ve also said that when Leon is there and ready to face the situation, he’ll be treated completely normally. Leon’s a great guy. I like him a lot, even though he’s obviously upset at the moment. I understand that too. But that’s part of life in football.”

"Great" Goretzka could take Premier League by storm

A serial winner at Bayern Munich and now 29 years old, Goretzka may well get one last big move and the chance to make his mark on arguably the biggest league in European football. What’s more, the prospect of a partnership between the German and Lucas Paqueta is mouth-watering enough to believe that this is a deal that West Ham should be pursuing.

Tomas Soucek Lucas Paqueta Antonio Coufal West Ham-1

Fending off interest from Manchester United will be key, of course, but if the summer window proved anything, it is West Ham’s new-found ability to compete against the very top clubs in the transfer market. As Goretzka’s unhappiness grows, he’ll be more and more one to watch, particularly when the January transfer window swings open in a matter of months.

Mohammad Rizwan, Tim David demolish Peshawar Zalmi

Imran Tahir and Shahnawaz Dahani picked up three wickets each as Zalmi crumbled against the scoreboard pressure

Danyal Rasool05-Feb-2022

Mohammad Rizwan struck a classy 53-ball 82•PSL

The last few days have seen the six PSL teams split down the middle, and this was another instance of the top three pulling away. Multan Sultans made it five wins in five with a demolition of Peshawar Zalmi, amassing 222 batting first. There was yet another masterclass from Mohammad Rizwan, who struck a classy 53-ball 82, and yet another knock of brute force from Tim David, who bludgeoned an unbeaten 51 off 19 balls to rocket his side to the second-highest score of the tournament. The scoreboard pressure meant Zalmi were never really in the chase, and as the asking rate climbed in the middle overs, Wahab Riaz’s side imploded. Almost invariably, Imran Tahir sliced through Zalmi in the middle overs, his three wickets helping keep Zalmi to 165 and inflict a 57-run defeat.Wahab had said he might bat first after winning the toss, but put in that position, he opted to insert Sultans in. Four of the first six overs saw two boundaries scored each as Shan Masood and Rizwan powered their side to 61 by the end of the powerplay. When Shoaib Malik finally had Masood carve to backward point, Sultans had built the perfect platform with 85 in nine overs. It gave the incoming batters the freedom to attack from the get-go, but Sohaib Maqsood’s little cameo was only a warm-up act for what David was about to unleash.A six and a four off the first two balls set the tempo, and when he mauled Wahab into the sightscreen, forcing the bowler to go around the wicket, the skies were darkening around the men in yellow. Rizwan was now the support act, and within a blink, David had surged to 50 off 18 balls, the joint-fastest in this year’s PSL. Even Rizwan’s dismissal in the penultimate over brought little respite to Zalmi as Khushdil Shah took Wahab to the cleaners with three successive sixes in the 20th over as Sultans smashed 127 in the last nine overs.For the briefest time – the first five overs to be specific – it appeared we might have the semblance of a game on as Hazratullah Zazai and Haider Ali got off to a brisk start. Shahnawaz Dahani – who had a splendid comeback game after being dropped earlier in the season – struck early to remove Kamran Akmal. But Haider Ali took a shine to Anwar Ali, smacking 17 off his second over. He even targeted Dahani with a couple of blows but last year’s leading wicket-taker had the last laugh, getting his outside edge as he attempted an uppercut. Despite 55 runs after five overs, the two wickets meant Sultans had had the better of the opening stages.The runs dried up through the following overs as Tahir and Abbas Afridi applied the brakes, and like a boa constrictor, Sultans were squeezing the life out of the opponent. That made Zalmi frantic, and in that chaos, Tahir invariably shone. Malik holed out to long-on before Tahir got two off successive balls in the following over, sending Sherfane Rutherford and, more importantly, Zazai with some beautiful variations of flight.It was left to Ben Cutting to restore some measure of respectability to the scoreline, in addition to getting his form back. A nasty blow to the head by Dahani was followed up by smashing his last three legal deliveries for six, ruining his figures as he surged towards a 29-ball half-century. But to claim that as a positive for Zalmi would be to clutch at straws on a night when the side from Peshawar was little more than fodder for the Multan juggernaut.

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