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O atacante Paixão foi um dos jovens da base que aproveitou a oportunidade no time profissional do Vasco. Titular nas duas primeiras rodadas do Carioca, o jogador mostrou personalidade e foi coroado com uma assistência para o gol de Galarza, no empate em 1 a 1 com o Audax Rio, na útlima quinta-feira.

+ Confira as movimentações do Vasco no Mercado da Bola

– A gente trabalha a vida inteira para ter oportunidades como essas. Temos que aproveitar. Fazer o máximo pelo Vasco e ajudar a conquistar coisas grandes, como o clube é. Fique feliz sim pela assistência, mas queria os três pontos. Agora é trabalhar mais forte e esperar as oportunidades – afirmou Paixão.

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O atacante de 18 anos usou a camisa 7, que pertence a Alex Teixeira, que assim como Paixão, é cria de São Januário. O jogador foi só elogios ao ídolo, mas evitou comparações.

– Sei da história do Teixeira, é um grande ídolo do Vasco e joga demais. Craque de bola. Minha responsabilidade só aumentou usando este número, mas me preparei para isso. Ainda tenho muito que aprender, tenho meus pés no chão, mas vamos evoluindo para ajudar o Vasco a conquistar os objetivos na temporada.

+ANÁLISE: Encostados do Vasco não aproveitam oportunidade em time alternativo

Com o retorno do grupo principal dos Estados Unidos na segunda-feira, o Vasco terá força máxima no jogo do Carioca, contra a Portuguesa, na quarta-feira, no Luso-Brasileiro. A tendência é de que Paixão perca espaço para Orellano e Gabriel Pec. No entanto, o atacante deixa claro que quer receber mais oportunidades.

– Caso o professor Emílio ou Barbieri precisarem, vou dar a minha vida pelo Vasco, como sempre fiz. Fomos muito bem recebidos, a adaptação foi fácil com a comissão técnica. Estarei sempre à disposição do Vasco. Seja no sub-20 ou na equipe principal – finalizou Paixão.

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O atacante Gabriel Pec não escondeu sua euforia por ter contribuído para o Vasco bater o Nova Iguaçu por 2 a 0, nesta terça-feira (7), pela sétima rodada da Taça Guanabara (primeira fase do Carioca).

Na saída do gramado do Mané Garrincha, o camisa 11 valorizou a sequência de quatro gols em quatro jogos.Em entrevista à BandSports, o atleta destacou a boa fase.

– Estou muito feliz. Novamente quero agradecer a Deus. Trabalhei muito, foi mais uma noite inspirada. Quero trabalhar muito – disse.

Pec também detalhou como têm sido os treinos de finalizações em São Januário.

– Todosos dias trabalho lá a “chapada”. Hoje não foi de “chapada”, mas vou continuar o meu trabalho para fazer mais gols – afirmou.

A equipe cruz-maltina foi a 11 pontos, dois a menos que o Volta Redonda. A equipe de Maurício Barbieri tem um jogo a menos.

O Vasco volta a campo no domingo (12), quando encara o Fluminense.

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Depois de dar adeus às chances de títulono Campeonato Carioca, Luís Castro entrou de vez na mira dos torcedores. O treinador agora busca corrigir os erros dos jogos anteriores e tentar encontrar um equilíbrio no time para disputa da Copa do Brasil.

O português não vem conseguindo encontrar um padrão tático na equipe alvinegra e isso resultou na eliminação do Estadual. Agora, os alvinegros concentram sua forças para evitar uma outra eliminação, que seria muito mais grave, comprometendo premiações generosas no torneio nacional.

+Federação internacional atualiza top 50 de melhores times do mundo; veja ranking

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+Luís Castro vive pressão no comando do Botafogo: confira os principais motivos

CORREÇÕES NO TIME

Um dos pontos que precisa ser corrigido por Luís Castro é o sistema defensivo, tendo em vista que Botafogo tem tido muitas falhas de posicionamento. Prova disso é que Lucas Perri tem sido cada vez mais exigido nos últimos jogos.

A parte de criação da equipe alvinegra também vem pecando. Apesar das atuações regulares de Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Pires e Víctor Sá caíram de rendimento. Matheus Nascimento, que entrou na vaga de Tiquinho Soares no ataque, também não está dando conta do recado.

Se Glorioso não apresentar uma evolução na Taça Rio, Luís Castro ficará cada vez mais pressionado dentro do clube. Uma eliminação precoce na Copa do Brasil também deixaria um clima insustentável para a continuidade do treinador.

+Próximos jogos do Botafogo: veja calendário com datas, horários e onde assistir às partidas

COPA DO BRASIL

Botafogo e Brasiliense se enfrentam na próxima quarta-feira, às 20h, pela segunda fase da Copa do Brasil. Nesta etapa, não há vantagem do empate para nenhum dos lados. A tendência é que a partida seja disputada no Kléber Andrade, em Cariacica (Espirito Santo).

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O Santos oficializou a saída do meio-campista Vinícius Zanocelo para o Fortaleza. O jogador, de 22 anos, será emprestado para o time cearense até o final de 2023, com valor de compra fixado. O Leão do Pici pagará 100% dos vencimentos do atleta.

Caso o Fortaleza queira ficar com Zanocelo de forma definitiva, o time pode exercer a compra com valor fixado em R$ 4 milhões.

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Em 2023, o meio-campista não estava sendo tão utilizado pelo Santos, com apenas 3 jogos disputados na temporada. Fora dos planos do técnico Odair Hellmann, o jogador solicitou sua saída do clube.

Com a camisa do Alvinegro Praiano,Zanocelo participou de79 partidas pelo clube, com cinco gols marcados e duas assistências.

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Ypiranga e Botafogo se enfrentam nesta quarta-feira (12/04), às 21h30, no Colosso da Lagoa, pelo jogo de ida da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil. O confronto terá transmissão da Amazon Prime e em tempo real no LANCE!. Saiba como comprar ingressos.

O Glorioso chega pressionado para partida após os recentes resultados. Luís Castro tem sido muito criticado pelos torcedores em virtude das recentes atuações da equipe alvinegra e um resultado negativo em Erechim pode prejudicar ainda mais seu trabalho no clube.

+Vítor Pereira demitido: confira outros 30 treinadores estrangeiros livres no mercado

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+ Lesões frequentes, críticas da torcida e volta por cima marcam primeiro ano de Gustavo Sauer no Botafogo; relembre

O Ypiranga, por outro lado, vem realizando um início de temporada bem digno para às pretensões do clube. O time de Luizinho Vieira foi derrotado pela primeira vez no Colosso da Lagoa em 2023 no último sábado. A equipe canarinho aposta no retrospecto positivo para vencer os alvinegros dentro de casa.

+Botafogo encerra participação no Estadual: relembre jogos, confira números e veja artilheiros

YPIRANGA X BOTAFOGO – JOGO DE IDA DA TERCEIRA FASE DA COPA DO BRASIL

Estádio: Colosso da Lagoa (Erechim)
​Data e Hora: 12 de abril, às 21h30
Árbitro: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva (FIFA-MG)
VAR: Igor Junio Benevenuto de Oliveira (FIFA-MG)
Onde assistir: Amazon Prime e tempo real do LANCE!

+Botafogo entra em momento decisivo da temporada sob aprovação de Luís Castro e insatisfação da torcida

YPIRANGA (Técnico: Luizinho Vieira)

Provável Escalação:Caique; Ivan, Windson, Ronald, Islan e Patric Calmon; Lorran, João Pedro, Mossoró e Clayton; Bruno Baio.

Desfalques: Nenhum

BOTAFOGO (Técnico: Luís Castro)

Provável Escalação: Lucas Perri; Di Plácido, Adryelson, Víctor Cuesta e Marçal; Tchê Tchê, Marlon Freitas (Lucas Fernandes) e Eduardo; Gustavo Sauer, Víctor Sá e Tiquinho Soares.

Desfalques:Gatito Fernández, Patrick de Paula e Kayque.

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O Botafogo venceu o Vasco por 2 a 0, no Nilton Santos, em jogo válido pela 13ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O Glorioso deteve o controle das ações do primeiro ao último minuto, e teve em Luis Henrique e Carlos Alberto os gols da vitória. O Cruz-maltino, por sua vez, tentou se defender, mas não criou para conseguir o empate.

Com o resultado, o Botafogo segue líder do Brasileirão com 33 pontos e manteve margem considerável de oito para o segundo colocado, Grêmio. Enquanto isso, o Vasco da Gama seguiu na zona de rebaixamento, com os mesmos nove pontos conquistados.

+ Veja a tabela do Campeonato Brasileiro

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Cinco lances que marcaram a partida

> !FALTOU MUITO POUCO! Em lance de altíssima plasticidade, Tiquinho Soares recebeu cruzamento de Luis Henrique e virou uma linda bicicleta, no canto do goleiro Léo Jardim. A bola passou triscando a trave. Foi a melhor chance da primeira etapa

> !LUIS HENRIQUE ABRE O PLACAR! Grande tabela entre o camisa 11 com Tiquinho Soares, que deixou na medida. O cria do Botafogo invadiu a área e, aos 8 minutos da etapa final, venceu Léo Jardim com chute seco, por baixo do goleiro do Vasco.

> I-N-A-C-R-E-D-I-T-Á-V-E-L! Adryelson falha na defesa e entrega de presente para Alex Teixeira, que sai sozinho, cara a cara com Lucas Perri. O camisa 7 do Vasco, no entanto, chutou em cima do goleiro e desperdiçou a única chance do Cruz-maltino na partida.

> O público recorde da torcida do Botafogo no Nilton Santos merece ser citado. Ao todo, 38.798 torcedores do Glorioso estiveram nas arquibancadas e fizeram linda festa.

> !2 A 0 E FESTA NO NILTON SANTOS! Já nos minutos finais da partida, o Botafogo conseguiu ampliar com Carlos Alberto. O atacante, que entrou no segundo tempo, recebeu belo passe em profundidade, passou fácil por Puma Rodríguez e venceu Léo Jardim com chute colocado.

Como foi o primeiro tempo?

A etapa inicial ficou marcada por excelente volume do Botafogo. A equipe de Claudio Caçapa dominou totalmente as ações, criou diversas oportunidades e poderia ter saído com o resultado positivo. O Vasco, por sua vez, foi dentro de sua proposta e se defendeu. Nem sempre bem, ou organizado, mas conseguiu levar a igualdade para o intervalo.

+ Luís Castro se pronuncia pela primeira vez desde saída do Botafogo

E a etapa final?

O segundo tempo trouxe mais do mesmo: Botafogo em cima, e o Vasco tentando se defender. Aos 8 minutos, no entanto, a zaga do Cruz-maltino foi vazada por Luis Henrique, após bela assistência de Tiquinho. Os visitantes até tiveram uma grande chance com Alex Teixeira, mas foi só. No fim, ainda deu tempo do Glorioso ampliar, com Carlos Alberto.

+ Confira aqui mais detalhes da partida

O que vem por aí?

Líder do Brasileirão, o Botafogo volta a campo só no domimgo (09), às 18h30 (de Brasília), para enfrentar o Grêmio. O Vasco joga no sábado (08), no mesmo horário, diante do Cruzeiro. Ambos os jogos são válidos pela 14ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.

FICHA TÉCNICA
Campeonato Brasileiro – 13ª rodada
Botafogo 2 x 0 Vasco

Local:Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Data:01 de julho, às 18h30 (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Raphael Claus (FIFA-SP)
Assistentes: Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis (FIFA-SP) e Daniel Paulo Ziolli (SP)
VAR: Rodolpho Toski Marques (FIFA-PR)
Público e Renda: 38.798 presentes e R$ 2.019.825,00 de renda

Cartões amarelos: Robson, Léo, Rayan, Lucas Piton e Orellano (VAS); Adryelson e Matías Segovia (BOT)
Cartões vermelhos: –

GOLS: Luis Henrique (1-0, aos 8′ do 2ºT) e Carlos Alberto (2-0, aos 50′ do 2ºT)

BOTAFOGO (Técnico: Cláudio Caçapa)
Lucas Perri; Rafael (Di Plácido, aos 31′ do 1ºT), Adryelson, Cuesta, Hugo; Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê (Danilo Barbosa, aos 27′ do 2ºT), Eduardo (Kayque, aos 39′ do 2ºT); Júnior Santos, Luis Henrique (Matías Segovia, aos 27′ do 2ºT) e Tiquinho Soares (Carlos Alberto, aos 39′ do 2ºT).

VASCO (Técnico: William Batista)
Léo Jardim; Puma Rodríguez, Robson (Manuel Capasso, aos 20′ do 1ºT), Léo e Lucas Piton; Zé Gabriel (Eguinaldo, aos 43′ do 2ºT), Marlon Gomes e Alex Teixeira (Rayan, aos 25′ do 2ºT), Luca Orellano (Carabajal, aos 25′ do 2ºT), Figueiredo (Erick Marcus, no intervalo) e Pedro Raul.

Brisbane Heat will also be missing Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw for the Challenger final at the SCG

Tristan Lavalette31-Jan-2023

Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers have been left pondering the sizeable batting holes of their departed Test players ahead of Thursday’s clash at the SCG with a grand final spot up for grabs.Heat captain Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw, along with Sixers opener Steven Smith, will be unavailable for the ‘Challenger’ final due to being part of Australia’s Test tour of India.The Heat trio sparked a resurgence with the team winning six of their last seven matches after being mired for much of the season near the bottom of the ladder.They each made important contributions in finals victories on the road against Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades to have Heat positioned for an unlikely tilt at a second BBL title.Related

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But without three of their top four, Heat’s batting depth will be tested as they recalled Nathan McSweeney, Max Bryant and Sam Heazlett to curb an expected fired-up Sixers attack, who were clobbered by Scorchers batters Ashton Turner and Cameron Bancroft in the qualifying final.McSweeney has only played three matches this season, but notably smashed 84 off 51 balls against Sixers in Heat’s 15-run victory at the Gabba in a high-scoring contest on January 1.Once part of a devastating opening partnership with Chris Lynn, big-hitter Bryant failed to fire from seven matches this season and averaged just 15.71.The 27-year-old Heazlett has not played this season, but the bright finals lights shouldn’t faze him having mustered 48 BBL matches over the past seven seasons.”We have lost some of our Australian players but the guys we are bringing in have played the format before so I don’t have a problem with it,” said Heat coach Wade Seccombe. “They have performed when they came in.”Sixers don’t have as many holes to fill, but nonetheless need to replace Smith, who lit up the BBL with ballistic batting marked by consecutive centuries.Nathan McSweeney will return to Brisbane Heat’s line-up•Getty Images

“We’ve played 10 games without Steve and had a few wins along the way so we’re familiar with this group,” said veteran batter Jordan Silk, who re-signed with Sixers on a three-year deal.Sixers appear to have a ready made replacement in stalwart Daniel Hughes, who has been a reliable batter for Sixers over the years but restricted to just three matches this season.”[Hughes] has trained well, he’s been great around the group all year. He’s probably one of the more unlucky players in the competition to not be playing,” Silk said. “He’s been a reliable performer at the Sixers for a number of years.”There are other options with Kurtis Patterson, who starred as an opener during Perth Scorchers’ title-winning run last season, possibly being considered to move up the order having batted at No. 3 since Smith’s return.While allrounder Hayden Kerr could rekindle his elevation from last season’s corresponding match, where he memorably hit an unbeaten 98 as an opener to lift Sixers past Adelaide Strikers in a last-ball thriller.”[Kerr] is a vital piece for us down in that middle to lower order,” Silk said. “Whether we’d see his value at the top in a game like this, I’m not sure what’ll happen there. He’s almost been probably too good at the role he’s played at six to warrant moving him.”As they eye a seventh grand final appearance, Silk said Sixers would target Heat’s new-look batting line-up.”They have some big holes from a batting sense,” Silk said. “Looking back to the game at the Gabba, where they were without those [Test] batters, [Josh] Brown and McSweeney stepped up. Queensland produce very good cricketers. We will do our research so we can stop them.”The winner plays Perth Scorchers on Saturday at Optus Stadium with a crowd of more than 50,000 expected.

Suryakumar Yadav is “learning the 50-over game a little bit” and the team needs to “be patient with him”, Dravid says

Deivarayan Muthu21-Mar-20233:59

Dravid: ‘Suryakumar is learning the ODI game a little bit’

Rahul Dravid reckons that India have narrowed down “17-18 players” for the forthcoming ODI World Cup at home, regardless of the result in the bilateral series decider against Australia at Chepauk on Wednesday. For India, the third match against Australia is their last ODI until the tour of the Caribbean in August, and they may only have three more in India before the World Cup begins.”I think, to a large extent, we are pretty clear about the squad and players we want,” Dravid said at a press conference. “We have almost sort of narrowed it down to 17-18 players. We have a few guys who are sort of recovering from injuries and might come into the mix, depending on the timeframe of their recoveries and how long it takes for them to come back.Related

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“But all in all, we are pretty much in a good space, we are pretty clear about the kind of team we want to play. Hopefully, we are able to give these guys who we have zeroed in as many playing opportunities as we can. If in India, great, but even if not in India, it’s just [a matter of ensuring that] they get as many opportunities as you can [give them] to build a side.”Dravid, though, suggested that the team management was open to trying out different combinations and adopting a horses-for-courses approach even during the World Cup in October-November. The course in Chennai on Wednesday is likely to be spin-friendly, but India’s spin combination is a bit of a guessing game, with all of Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar in the mix.”Within our 15 or 16 players, there are a couple of different combinations that we’d like to try and see which one’s working,” Dravid said. “It [World Cup] is a big tournament, it’s a long tournament in India, and we are playing in nine different cities and nine different conditions. So you just want to have that flexibility in your squad as well, to be able to play sometimes four fast bowlers, sometimes three spinners. Just you want to have that flexibility. Within the squad we’d like to sort of look at different options, just to ensure that we have covered all our bases for all conditions.1:37

Finch: Suryakumar needs to be sharper in the first few balls

“To a large extent, I think we have got a lot more clarity at the end of these nine games, irrespective of whatever happens tomorrow. I think we will just keep building on that clarity. We are quite clear about the kind of squad we want. For us now, it’s really just about the different playing XI combinations and just ensuring that we play different combinations at times just to ensure that we are able to do that in the World Cup and we are not surprised by anything in the World Cup.”Dravid ‘not really concerned so much about Suryakumar’Dravid shrugged off any concerns around the recent form of Suryakumar Yadav, who bagged ducks in the first two ODIs against Australia and only averages 25.47 across 20 innings in ODI cricket. He said that Suryakumar was still adjusting to the tempo of 50-over cricket, and backed him to get better with experience.”Not really concerned so much about Suryakumar,” Dravid said. “He got two first-ballers against two pretty good balls. One of the things about Surya is he is also learning the 50-over game a little bit. The T20 game is slightly different.”Even though he hadn’t played for India for a long time, in T20 cricket, he played nearly ten years of IPL, and a lot of IPL cricket, which is a tournament which is like international cricket. He has played a lot of high-pressure T20 games but in one-day cricket, there’s no equivalent tournament in domestic cricket, you’ll have to play Vijay Hazare [Trophy] and all that. Even though he has played a lot of T20 cricket, I think he has not played a lot of one-day cricket. We just need to give him some time and be patient with him. We certainly see the upside of him doing well, which is very good for the side.”

Visitors cash in after captain lays foundations to build 104-run first-innings lead

Paul Edwards05-May-2023

At its best, the batting of Cheteshwar Pujara reminds one of the building of cathedrals. There is a monumental patience about the business, an alliance of forbearance with time that makes any major achievement all the more admirable. There is purpose, too, and aggression where possible, and these qualities were apparent as Pujara made his third century of the season at New Road this afternoon. But above all there was method and a resolve to ride out the mettlesome duels with Worcestershire’s seamers in the morning session, thereby gaining increasing licence to attack them later in the day.The result of Pujara’s tough-minded devotion was plain in the evening session when he put on 117 in 20 overs with Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who made 59, and a further 38 in six with Ollie Robinson, whose 21-ball 33 came straight from the McCullum-Stokes school of tactical thinking. Those partnerships gave Sussex a lead of 104, which was a fine effort given they had been 213 for 6 when Oli Carter had his off stump rumbled by a fine outswinger from Matthew Waite. Pujara eventually fell for 136 to the worst shot of his innings, a tired waft off Josh Tongue, but by then it was testing to recall the first session of the day when he and Steven Smith had worked hard for 75 minutes to put on 61, a partnership that did little but keep their side in the game after Worcestershire had taken two early wickets.Ah yes, Smith, I wondered when we would get to him. Once again, the interest of sports editors had been sufficiently piqued by the near certainty of the Australian batting to send their very best writers to New Road and perhaps Saturday will be another morning on which Smith will be the context for another international cricketer’s fine achievement. But Pujara made over a hundred runs more than his team mate in this innings and it must be a curious world in which one decides what is important about a day’s cricket before one discovers whether it has truly mattered very much.We only had to wait ten balls before we got our chance to assess Smith’s form, for the day had begun in grisly fashion for Sussex, who lost Tom Alsop leg before wicket to Joe Leach’s sixth delivery of the morning when succumbing to the virus of trying to work the ball just in front of square instead of playing it to mid-on. Next over, Ali Orr was dropped by Jack Haynes off Ben Gibbon and then caught by Gareth Roderick three balls later. Those dismissals more or less restored the game to parity and they also brought Smith out to join Pujara, thus uniting two of the best and most contrasting batters in the world.Pujara and Steven Smith bump fists during their partnership•Getty Images

Smith’s innings of 30 off 57 balls was interesting but unexceptional, although that latter quality will have little to do with the number of column inches it commands on Saturday. This is an Australian summer, after all, and we should be grateful that still matters amid the slew of competitions that pay riches yet count for nowt. So Smith began with a characteristic light-sabre leave and followed it with a sinless forward defensive. There were five fours but they were balanced with about as many false shots, a lovely ease through midwicket off Tongue making up for a swish to an off-side bouncer off Gibbon. The most typical boundary was a pull off Tongue in which Smith’s whole body pivoted on the stroke and the bat made as if to follow the ball to the rope. The innings itself offered glimmers of unconventional greatness but they might have been apparent only to those who knew this batsman had made 30 Test centuries, some of which had defined Ashes series.Anyway, Smith had batted 88 minutes when he faced the final delivery of the innings’ 39th over, which was bowled by Tongue from the Diglis End. The ball seamed back and hit Smith just above the knee-roll of his pad in line with middle and leg stump at best. Peter Hartley’s decision to give the batsman out was therefore neither a near-formality nor a shocker. In a Test match, the batter would surely have reviewed the decision and the technology might well have suggested umpire’s call. There was, though, an equal chance that Smith would have got away with it.Tongue was untroubled by such speculation. He gave the dismissal a double salute with his clenched fists and was quickly mobbed by his delighted colleagues. Before lunch, James Coles’ ten-cent drive to a ball from Gibbon saw him caught behind for 14 and Worcestershire supporters’ enjoyment of their lunch might then have been enhanced by New Road’s gracious assumption of its May splendour. The horse chestnut in front of the corporate hospitality marquee has been giving it large on the catwalk for a couple of weeks but now the poplars, limes and beeches at the Diglis End and in front of the cathedral are also buying their new-season frocks.The ruthlessness of Pujara’s batting frequently punctures such blithe optimism. During his stand with Smith, he had already eased the ball backward of square off his legs and played a cover drive. Both strokes outshone his partner. Either side of a 45-minute break for rain, he now added back cuts and pulls that took the game away from Worcestershire, one or two of whose bowlers suffered under the strain of it all. Pujara has now reached fifty for Sussex eight times in two-and-a-bit seasons and on each occasion he has gone on to make a century. Nor were his delights quite over. Eight balls before bad light interrupted play deep into evensong, he moved himself to sixth slip and next ball he grabbed a thick-edged catch off Jake Libby, a cricketer whose adhesion is his trademark. Ed Pollock and Azhar Ali took their side safely to stumps, which were finally drawn past seven o’clock, but there is serious work ahead for Brett D’Oliveira’s top order this weekend.

Australia are able to get the best of both worlds when it comes to Bazball – they can praise it, and they know the scoreline is in their favour

Andrew McGlashan26-Jun-2023After one match of the men’s Ashes 2023, Australia are able to get the best of both worlds when it comes to Bazball. They can praise its ambitions, while England do much of the combative talking, knowing the scoreline reads 1-0 in Australia’s favour heading to Lord’s and promising there is much better to come from them than was shown at Edgbaston.Such were the fine margins in the opening Test that any number of little moments could be looked back on as proving the difference, the last of them Ben Stokes’ very tough missed chance with 37 runs still needed. In the end, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon carried them to a famous victory, but the batting in particular has room for improvement with the outstanding exception of Usman Khawaja and an honourable mention to Alex Carey – the only two Australians to pass fifty in the Test.Related

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Heading the list of where there is an expectation of much greater returns is from Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith who made just 35 runs between them at Edgbaston. There is also a strong possibility that Mitchell Starc will replace Scott Boland, who went at nearly six-an-over.”I really enjoy the way they [England] play, I’m not going to lie,” Labuschagne said. “As a cricket watcher watching the series prior, I’ve loved it. I think it’s exciting, it’s entertaining, it’s good to watch, but at the end of the day, we played pretty under par to what I think the standard of our team is at.”The thought was how are they going to do it against our bowlers and they showed they can do it, but with a wicket that might have a little bit more in it [at Lord’s], what’s it going to look like? We walked away from the first Test 1-0 up and that’s a positive sign for us because I don’t think we played at our best.”Marnus Labuschagne praised Joe Root, but also said he kept Australia in the game•Getty Images

England, unsurprisingly, have promised to attack even more, with Stuart Broad the latest to proclaim the “go harder” approach to follow Ollie Robinson’s claims that Australia were “unwilling to go toe-to-toe” and Zak Crawley’s view that England will win at Lord’s by 150 runs.The home side certainly set the tone at Edgbaston, scoring at more than five-an-over on the opening day before Stokes’ surprise declaration, but it was the extraordinary start to the fourth day, with Joe Root failing to connect to a first-ball reverse scoop and then sending Boland for a six a short while later, that was the most outlandish period of play.However, Labuschagne viewed Root’s approach as keeping Australia in the game and he duly ran past one from Lyon for 46, to follow an unbeaten 118 on the opening day, as none of England’s batters reach fifty in the second innings.”The way he’s batting I think is exquisite…I’m just talking about when he’s batting normally, I think he’s playing really well,” Labuschagne said. “I think from my perspective, him playing that method and those [reverse] shots are keeping us in the game.”I use that second innings as an example. He probably had an opportunity to shut us out and take the game away from us completely. But the method and the way he was playing kept us in the game. He played an unbelievable innings, but he ended up getting 40 [46] and if turns that into 80-plus we’re chasing 300 and that’s going to be a pretty big effort.”So I think that’s the benefit for us the way they’re playing. They’re playing aggressive cricket and he’s doing it with a different method, which is great, but it brings in other opportunities for us. Hopefully, at some point in the series, that will keep paying off.”