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Stats highlights from the second T20I between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Auckland, where Colin Munro made the second-fastest fifty in T20Is

Shiva Jayaraman and Bharath Seervi10-Jan-201614 Number of balls it took Colin Munro to make fifty – the second-fastest ever in T20 internationals and the fastest by a New Zealand batsman. New Zealand’s previous fastest had also come earlier in the innings: Martin Guptill had got to his fifty off 19 balls. Click here for the fastest fifties in T20Is.10 Overs New Zealand took to chase down the target of 143 – the least taken by any team to successfully chase a target of 120 or more in T20 internationals. The previous quickest such chase was South Africa’s running down of a target of 130 runs in 11.3 overs in a T20I against Pakistan in 2006-07.0 Number of instances before this when two batsmen had got their fifties in under 20 balls in the same T20 international. The closest two batsmen had come to this was in a T20I between India and Sri Lanka in 2009-10, when Kumar Sangakkara and Gautam Gambhir had made their fifties off 21 and 19 deliveries respectively.92.00 Percentage of runs scored by Munro in boundaries: 46 runs out of Munro’s 50 runs came from seven sixes and a four. This is the fifth-highest contribution in boundaries in a T20I innings of 50 or more, in terms of percentage. Shane Watson had made 54 (six fours and five sixes) of his 57 runs through just boundaries against the same opposition in a T20I in 2011, which is the highest boundary percentage.14.70 New Zealand’s scoring rate – the second-highest in any T20 international innings. The highest had also been by New Zealand, in a match against Scotland in the 2009 World T20, when they scored at 15 runs an over while chasing in a truncated game. This was also the most runs scored by a team in the first ten overs of a T20 international innings. The previous highest was Ireland’s 132 runs against Netherlands in the 2014 World T20.1 Number of scores in defeats by Sri Lanka batsmen higher than Angelo Mathews’ unbeaten 81 in this match: Mahela Jayawardene had made 89 against England in the 2014 World T20. Mathews’ 81 is the also the fourth-highest score by a No. 5 in T20 internationals.7 Number of sixes hit by Munro in his innings of 50 not out – the most by a batsman in an innings of 50 or less. The previous highest was Tom Cooper’s six sixes in a score of 45 for Netherlands against Ireland in the 2014 World T20.20.50 Bowling economy of Jeffrey Vandersay in this match – equals the worst for any bowler to bowl at least two overs in a T20 international. Two other bowlers – R Ashwin and Scotland’s Mark Watt – have gone at an economy of 20.50 in T20 internationals.17.40 Scoring rate of the stand between Munro and Kane Williamson – the fifth-highest for any partnership of 50 or more runs in a T20 international. A stand between Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson scored at a rate of 19.87 in the 2010 World T20 semi-final is the highest.12 Sixes hit by New Zealand batsmen in this match – the most they have hit in a T20 international. There are five other instances when New Zealand batsmen have totally hit 11 sixes in an innings, the last of which came last year against West Indies at the same venue.0 Number of times Grant Elliott had taken a four-wicket haul in any T20 game before this. His best before this was the 3 for 16 he took in a domestic T20 against Auckland in 2011-12. This was also only the second time he has taken three or more wickets in a T20 game. Eliott’s haul is also only the fourth time a New Zealand bowler had taken a four-for while bowling third change or later.1 This is the first time that all the four bowlers who have bowled for a team in an innings (minimum two overs each) have gone at 10.00 or more an over – all the Sri Lanka bowlers in this match went for 10 or worse.

Plays of the day from the second ODI between India and West Indies

Karthik Krishnaswamy11-Oct-2014Street-smart, over-smartMS Dhoni surprisingly did put a foot wrong during his half-century•BCCIThe final minutes of India’s innings were full of strike-rotating shenanigans, as MS Dhoni, batting with the lower order, sought to face the bowling for the majority of the last few deliveries. Fielding at long-on at the start of the 49th over, Kieron Pollard looked to test Dhoni’s resolve to remain on strike. Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit the ball straight towards Pollard, and the batsmen ran the single that was on offer. Having picked the ball up, though, Pollard didn’t throw it to the bowler, and chose instead to roll it away a few yards and entice the batsmen to run a second. It seemed as if he was punting on getting one of the two run out if they chose to take the bait, with the consolation that Dhoni would get off strike if the dismissal didn’t materialise. The batsmen hesitated for a couple of seconds, and then decided they would take the second. Pollard threw to the bowler, but Bhuvneshwar was home and dry well in time.The non-crossoverFacing the last ball of the 49th over, Bhuvneshwar miscued Dwayne Bravo high in the air, and scurried down the pitch by force of habit. Dhoni, at the non-striker’s end, had backed up a few steps out of his crease. As the ball fell towards Pollard’s cupped hands at long-on, Dhoni realised he would lose the strike for the start of the final over if he crossed over mid-pitch with Bhuvneshwar, and ran backwards, towards his crease, stopping Bhuvneshwar with his hand held aloft like a traffic policeman.The slipHaving thus kept the strike, Dhoni swung the first ball of the final over hard through midwicket. Long-on had a good distance to cover to his right, and two runs were on the cards. Just as he was turning at the non-striker’s end to go back for the second, however, Dhoni slipped and fell, and had to send Mohammed Shami, who had run three-quarters of the way down the pitch, all the way back to the keeper’s end. To add another disorienting element to the drama, the throw came in hard and flat, missed the bowler, and nearly struck the fallen Dhoni on his head.Kohli’s missileIn the tenth over of the West Indies innings, Dwayne Smith played a checked drive off Mohammed Shami towards Virat Kohli at mid-on, and did so with soft enough hands to run a quick single. Kohli attacked the ball, swooped down on it, and let rip a powerful low throw that missed the stumps at the bowler’s end. Fortunately for India, it also missed – narrowly – Amit Mishra, who had sprinted in from short cover to try and back up, and Shami, who was lying sprawled on the pitch, having dived to try and stop Smith’s shot.

India’s selectors have given themselves the chance to assess several opening options ahead of the tour of South Africa in December

Sharda Ugra07-Mar-2013The Indian selectors’ decision to drop Virender Sehwag for the last two Tests against Australia cannot be argued with, if cricketing logic and the weight of lack of runs is applied against sentiment and possibility.It is in many ways a far simpler decision to take at this stage, with India 2-0 up against an Australian side whose transition roadmap in all departments has disintegrated in the middle of a series. No replacement was announced for Sehwag either, an oddity and a signal in itself. Even in home series, the Indians travel in large squads -15 usually – which has long been treated as a fall out of zonal selection but has become a hard habit to break. Today, it was broken. The signal is that Shikhar Dhawan could get his big break after a first-class season with six centuries and five fifties.The Sehwag omission is an indication the selectors are treading on the straight and narrow directive of the ‘youth policy.’ It works particularly well in Indian conditions but to gauge whether it can succeed overseas – well, that’s what selectors are paid for. Sandeep Patil’s panel should be complimented for doing much of the dirty work sidestepped by the Kris Srikkanth panel that preceded it and lived off the 2011 World Cup victory for one year too long.After the announcement, Sehwag said he was going to find a way back and that he trusts his game. In the last five years, at his best and even his most mercurial, he produced, by a guesstimate, one in three innings of weight and influence on the state of the game. If he is able to find his way back to that state of mind and batsmanship, India will be pleased. If the new openers are beating him on that ratio, then Sehwag can do nothing but work and wait.Yet, the opportunities for Sehwag to work his way into runs and Test form are on the slender side. The IPL will take all of April and most of May, by which time the Indian summer will set in, in its energy-sapping force. The only avenue is an unusual one: a four-month window in the monsoon, set up for the first time by the BCCI, for A-teams to tour. This July, a proposed India A tour could act as a recce with beanies and thermals, for the full tour that is to follow in the South African summer.While nothing is final – all India tours appear to materialise at the last hour after mysterious agreements – the A tour is expected to contain three four-day matches and a bag of T20 and 50-over games. What both Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir do in the interim, post-IPL, will give clues about intention and effort.There was another option for Sehwag, but no one knows if was discussed: for him to slot into the middle order, where he has always said he really belongs. After all, he made his debut at No. 6 as it happens, in South Africa. It is the position where a specialist batsman, if the rest have gone, must bat with those that follow, maybe face the second new ball, farm the strike and push the innings along.The idea of Sehwag coming in at 44 for 4, batting alongside Dhoni and the bowlers, is a delicious one. But the No. 6 is more of an aggressive anchor and less of a pinch-hitter, more VVS Laxman than Sehwag, and most certainly not a Sehwag without runs. When Sehwag moved to open for India, he had scored a century and two fifties in his first seven Test innings in the middle order and was averaging more than 50. Not now.The decision to drop Sehwag makes Dhawan the first in line to open the innings with M Vijay in Mohali. Dhoni has by and large been rather fond of left-right hand combinations, particularly in ODI cricket. Dhawan may turn out to be an extension into Test cricket, particularly against the shaken confidence of the Australian bowling attack.The only thing that could come between Dhawan and a Test place will be the Rahane Reversal. Ever since he was picked for the 2011-12 tour of Australia, Ajinkya Rahane’s fledgling Test cricket career was turned into the Otis Redding song. Maybe Rahane’s time sittin’ around in the Indian dressing room, like Otis said, , may actually be over.The performance of the openers in Mohali and Delhi will give the selectors tips on who stands a better chance of making it to the XI in South Africa. By freeing up two openers’ slots, the selectors have given themselves a reasonable number to choose from, once the IPL is done with and the injury roster is up. But if anything, Australia’s struggles have proved that no matter how well intentioned a youth policy is, replacing skills is tough. If for the short term, it means going back to an older hand for tours of South Africa and then England in 2014, then so be it. The selectors have shown focus; they must also be ready to be flexible.If there is a blot on today’s events it is that, once again, the reasoning and thought process of the selection panel, the rationale behind Sehwag’s omission or where he stood in the succession-planning business, was left behind closed doors. It is one thing for the selection committee chairman to have to dodge bullets at one of our rowdy press conferences. It is another to infect silence onto the BCCI’s Twitter handle, website and its Facebook page. It can only be hoped that Sehwag, a batsman who is both rare and influential in Indian cricket in the best possible way, had been spoken to by the selectors.For a board that is extremely 21st century in the protection of its commercial interests, its communication with those that are responsible for the generation of that commerce – the public, the Indian team’s fans – belongs to the age when pigeons carried messages and telephones had not been invented.

In a series where neither team enjoyed a sustained dominance, Australia’s disciplined performance with both bat and ball proved to be the crucial difference in the end

Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan21-Sep-2011Like his predecessor Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke started his Test captaincy with a series win in Sri Lanka. Although the end result was not as convincing as the 3-0 win in 2004, a new-look Australia were much more disciplined and aggressive than Sri Lanka throughout the series. Following a terrible run in 2010 when they lost 2-0 in India and 3-1 in the Ashes, Australia entered the first Test in Galle as underdogs considering Sri Lanka’s excellent home record. Michael Hussey’s resolute 95 pushed Australia to 273 after they were in trouble at 112 for 4. Nathan Lyon’s five-wicket haul on debut helped the visitors to bowl Sri Lanka out for just 105. Sri Lanka, faced with a target of 379, briefly threatened to make a match of it, but eventually went down by 125 runs. Following the success in the first Test, Australia dominated the rain-affected second Test and comfortably drew the third at the SSC to consign Sri Lanka to their first home-series defeat since 2006.Hussey’s remarkable resurgence in Tests continued in the series as he amassed 463 runs in the three Tests. With 570 runs, he was also Australia’s highest run-getter in the disastrous Ashes campaign. Between his debut and the end of 2007, Hussey had made a terrific start to his Test career with seven centuries in his first 19 Tests at an average of 80.58. His form fell drastically over the next two years as he averaged just 37.04 in 27 Tests. Following his outstanding century in the Sydney Test against Pakistan in 2010, Hussey came back to form and has now scored four centuries in his last eight Tests. In five innings in the series, Hussey scored two centuries and was out twice in the nineties thus narrowly missing out on Brian Lara’s record for the most centuries by an overseas player in a Test series in Sri Lanka.

Michael Hussey’s Test record

PeriodMatchesRunsAverage100/50Overall62511353.2615/26Debut – Dec 200719193480.587/8Jan 2008 – Dec 200927170437.043/11Jan 2010 – present16147556.735/7During the course of the series, Hussey went past the 5000-run mark in Tests and also became the eighth Australia batsman to score over 1000 runs in the subcontinent. Hussey’s average of 63.05 is the highest among all Australia batsmen to score over 1000 runs in Asia. His aggregate of 463 runs in the three-Test series is the second-highest by a visiting batsman in Sri Lanka after Brian Lara’s 688 runs in the 2001-02 series. With his impressive performances, he also achieved the remarkable feat of winning three consecutive player-of-the-match awards.

Australia’s top batsmen in the subcontinent (minimum 1000 runs scored)

BatsmanMatchesRunsAverage100/50Michael Hussey11119863.054/5Allan Border22179954.516/8Matthew Hayden19166350.394/8Mark Taylor13102048.572/3Ricky Ponting28188941.975/10Australia proved to be much more consistent than Sri Lanka in both the batting and bowling departments. They averaged 36.12 runs per wicket as compared to Sri Lanka, who averaged 28.89. The Australia batsmen also had a much better conversion rate of fifties to centuries. They scored five hundreds and four fifties (hundreds-to-fifties ratio of 1.25) while Sri Lanka managed only two centuries and eight fifties (hundreds-to-fifties ratio of 0.25). Australia’s positive approach was also reflected in the fact that they scored at a quicker rate than Sri Lanka in both the first and second innings. Although Sri Lanka’s average (36.06) in the second innings was marginally better than Australia’s (34.90), they were disappointing in the first innings of the first two Tests averaging just 25.60. Sri Lanka had two more century partnerships than Australia, but the visitors had 12 fifty-plus stands as compared to the home side’s eight. .

Performance of the two teams in the series

TeamInningsRuns per wicketRuns per over100/50100/50 partnershipsAustraliaOverall36.123.255/42/10Sri LankaOverall28.892.652/84/4Australia1st37.033.093/21/5Sri Lanka1st25.062.601/42/3Australia2nd34.903.522/21/5Sri Lanka2nd36.062.711/42/1Australia featured a new opening combination for the series with the return of Phillip Hughes. Hughes endured a tough time in the first two Tests before bouncing back with a fine century in the third Test at the SSC. It was Hughes’ first century since his twin centuries in his second Test against South Africa in March 2009. His more established opening partner Shane Watson, however, had a an ordinary series by his recent high standards managing just 87 runs in five innings. Australia’s biggest gain in the batting department was Shaun Marsh, who made his debut in the second Test, scoring a century batting at No. 3. In the first innings in Pallekele, Marsh, together with Hussey, was involved in the highest fourth-wicket partnership for Australia against Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka had their own problems at the top of the order with Tillakaratne Dilshan struggling for consistency. Incidentally, both teams scored nearly the same number of runs for the first and second-wicket partnerships. The Kumar Sangakkara-Mahela Jayawardene pairing, which had aggregated only 117 runs in five innings against Australia before the start of the series, found some form in the final two Tests with two century partnerships. However, the star for Sri Lanka was Angelo Mathews, who scored 274 runs in five innings with a century and two fifties. Mathews forged useful partnerships in the middle-order in the second Test and kept Sri Lanka alive in the series. The Australian middle-order batsmen applied themselves better than their Sri Lankan counterparts across the three Tests, and their positive batting proved to be the crucial difference in the end.

Partnership stats for the top order (1-6) of both teams

Partnership wicketRuns/Avg (Australia)Runs/Avg (Sri Lanka)100/50 (Australia)100/50 (Sri Lanka)1150, 30.00150, 30.000/20/22130, 26.00131, 26.200/10/03277, 55.40263, 52.600/42/04379, 75.80150, 30.001/00/05308, 61.60176, 35.201/11/06178, 35.60282, 56.400/21/2In the first two Tests, Ryan Harris was the key bowler for Australia. He constantly troubled all Sri Lanka’s batsmen with his movement and was particularly effective against the right handers by bringing the ball back sharply into them. He picked up Dilshan and Prasanna Jayawardene on two occasions and crucially dismissed Mahela Jayawardene in the second innings of the first Test giving Australia the victory. Harris, the highest wicket-taker for Australia with 11 wickets at an average of just 14.54, was missed in the third Test as Australia’s attack looked less incisive. Trent Copeland, who made his debut in the first Test, also tasted significant success against Dilshan dismissing the batsman three times. Mitchell Johnson’s form will, however, continue to be a cause for concern for Australia. Johnson picked up six wickets at an average of 52.16 and struggled for impact in all games.For Sri Lanka, Rangana Herath was the standout bowler with 16 wickets at an average of 23.00. Although he leaked runs while bowling to Clarke, Herath picked up the Australian captain’s wicket three times. Brad Haddin, who had an ordinary series with the bat, struggled to score off Herath and was dismissed twice scoring 24 runs.

Batsman v bowlers in the series

BatsmanBowlerRunsBalls facedScoring rateDismissalsAverageBalls/DismissalMichael ClarkeRangana Herath981364.32332.6645.33Tillakaratne DilshanTrent Copeland26523.0038.6617.33Tillakaratne DilshanRyan Harris18274.0029.0013.50Brad HaddinRangana Herath24751.92212.0037.50Mahela JayawardeneTrent Copeland22801.65211.0040.00Prasanna JayawardeneRyan Harris0160.0020.008.00More than the batting quality, it was Muttiah Muralitharan’s extraordinary bowling that had transformed Sri Lanka into a competitive Test team away and a daunting opponent in home Tests. In home matches in which Muralitharan played (Tests since 2000), Sri Lanka were well and truly dominant winning 28 Tests and losing just 11. They had a bowling average of 26.36 as compared to visiting teams who averaged nearly 42.11. Although there have been only six Tests played in Sri Lanka since Muralitharan’s retirement, the drastic drop in the bowling quality is highly evident. Sri Lanka have failed to win even one of the six Tests and struggled to bowl out even a weak West Indies team. In recent home Tests, while Sri Lanka’s bowling average has shot up to 37.31, the corresponding figure for visiting teams is 34.17. In home Tests featuring Muralitharan, Sri Lanka picked up 18 wickets per match on an average, but since his retirement, the corresponding number has dropped to less than 13.

Sri Lanka in home Tests with and without Muttiah Muralitharan (Tests since 2000)

PeriodMatchesWinsLossesW/L ratioBowling runs/wicket (Sri Lanka)Bowling runs/wicket (visiting team)Avg diff2000 – 2010 (with Muralitharan)4928112.5426.3642.1115.752010 – present (without Muralitharan)6010.0037.3134.17-3.34

The Australians have been put on notice that they are in a contest and they will be bolstered by the return of Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke, two of their major batsmen

Tony Cozier27-May-2008
Ramnaresh Sarwan, in the pivotal No. 3 spot, has reverted to surrendering his wicket with loose strokes © AFP
Disappointed but not despondent over their defeat at Sabina Park yesterday, West Indies have immediately substantiated the advance they have made over the past six months.In pressing Australia hard, they showed that the victories over South Africa in December and Sri Lanka last month were no flukes but genuine evidence that confidence crushed by years of humiliation is returning. The fightback to take six wickets for 130 on the second day after Australia accumulated 301 for 4 on the first was the first sign of the revival.The battling fourth-wicket partnership of 128 after the loss of the top three for 68 in the first innings was another, not so much because of Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s reliability, that is taken for granted, but more specifically because Runako Morton was one half of it. It should be an innings that convinces him, and others, that he belongs at this level.Above all, the fiery hostility of Fidel Edwards throughout and Daren Powell on the third evening, when they blew away Australia’s top four, along with the exceptional standard of the catching and fielding revealed that two vital elements are falling into place. Seven quite exceptional catches were snared. In England a year earlier, they seemed unable to catch a cold, even in a damp and chilly summer.For the third time in six Tests, all 20 opposition wickets were taken, a rarity since the end of the Ambrose-Walsh era. And Jerome Taylor is reportedly ready to return to add further punch to the attack for the second Test on Friday. Weaknesses were still exposed. The result, after all, was defeat.Even on Chris Gayle’s return, the top of the order is unsettled and there remains an over-reliance on Chanderpaul in the middle order, especially when Ramnaresh Sarwan, the rock of the previous series against Sri Lanka, and in the pivotal No.3 spot, reverts to surrendering his wicket with loose strokes, as he did twice in this match.Dwayne Bravo, as exciting a cricketer as there is in world cricket at present, needs to apply Brian Lara’s advice of a couple of years back that he is a batting, more than a bowling, allrounder. More consistent runs are also required from Denesh Ramdin at No.7. He has reached standards behind the stumps to match any contemporary keeper but apart from the new Australian keeper Brad Haddin, Ramdin is the only one of the present lot without a hundred after 26 Tests.The going is sure to get tougher over the remaining two Tests. The Australians have been put on notice that they are in a contest and they will be bolstered by the return of Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke, two of their major batsmen. For the third time in six Tests, all 20 opposition wickets were taken, a rarity since the end of the Ambrose-Walsh era. And Jerome Taylor is reportedly ready to return to add further punch to the attack for the second Test on Friday. Weaknesses were still exposed. The result, after all, was defeat Optional caption below quoteTheir energy and endeavour that scuttled West Indies’ chances within an hour and a half yesterday were of a champion team whose status is at risk. It was reminiscent of West Indies’ efforts as their long-established dominance was coming to an end in the 1990s. Stuart Clark and Brett Lee were to Australia what Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh were to West Indies when they turned back South Africa in the one-off Test in Barbados in 1992 and England in Trinidad in 1994.South Africa were 122 for 2 entering the last day, in sight of 202 for an historic triumph. Ambrose and Walsh brushed aside their last eight wickets for 26. England needed 194 to level the series two years later. Ambrose and Walsh demolished them for 46.In 1997, in Walsh’s absence, India (Tendulkar, Dravid, Azharuddin, Ganguly and all) felt the same pressure from Ambrose, Ian Bishop and Franklyn Rose and folded for 81 when requiring only 119.Champions do not easily yield their crown. But, with time, they get harder and harder to defend. Like the West Indies did, Australia are now finding that out.

Chloe Kelly says she "doesn't miss penalties twice" after firing the Lionesses to Euro 2025 glory in a dramatic final shootout.

Kelly misses penalty against ItalyScores winning spot-kick in Euro 2025 finalSays she "doesn't miss penalties twice"Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Substitute Kelly scored the winning spot-kick as England beat Spain to defend their Euros title in Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday night. This came days after the winger, who scored the winner at Wembley in the Euro 2022 final, missed her penalty in extra-time against Italy in the semi-finals, before ultimately tapping in the rebound that sent the Lionesses into the final. Following the victory, the 27-year-old revelled in her team's triumph.

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She told BBC One: "I am so proud of this team. So grateful to wear this badge. So proud to be English. I was cool, I was composed. I knew I was going to hit the back of the net. I don't miss penalties twice. Unbelievable. All the staff behind us and Sarina Wiegman – she has done it again! Unbelievable. It is going to be crazy. I hope the whole of England comes out to support us and shows their love to these girls as they deserve it."

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The Lionesses' triumph cemented Sarina Wiegman's status as one of the world's best managers, and this was the first time an England team has won a major trophy on foreign soil. To beat the tournament favourites, two years on from their World Cup final loss to Spain, makes this achievement all the sweeter.

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Kelly and her fellow Lionesses will now celebrate this victory long into the night, before enjoying a well-earned rest in the coming weeks. But in not too long, many will be back for pre-season as they prepare for the new domestic season.

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  A change of scenery for Grealish continues to be speculated on after making just seven starts in the 2024-25 Premier League campaign. The England international has only found the target on three occasions across 31 appearances in all competitions.

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  It is claimed that Grealish would favour a move abroad over an extended stay in England. German giants Borussia Dortmund are also said to be keen, along with AC Milan – who currently have Manchester City loanee Kyle Walker on their books.

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O técnico Luís Castro terá a baixa de Daniel Borges no confronto do Botafogo com o Boavista neste domingo (5), no Mané Garrincha. A assessoria de imprensa do lateral-direito confirmou que ele está liberado da viagem para Brasília.

O jogador de 29 anos está de fora do duelo, válido pela sétima rodada da Taça Guanabara (primeira fase do Carioca), para acompanhar o nascimento da sua filha Luiza.

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Luís Castro tende a escalar Rafael como titular do Alvinegro pela lateral direita. O Botafogo está com dez pontos em cinco jogos no Estadual.

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O Botafogo iniciou a venda de ingressos para a partida contra o Madureira, às 19h30, desta quinta-feira, no Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, pela quarta rodada do Campeonato Carioca. Com isso, a comercialização dos tickets contará com promoção para sócios-torcedores e o preço-base dos bilhetes varia entre R$ 30 e R$ 60.

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Vale destacar que a partida não será realizada noNilton Santos, pois o estádio passa por reformas no gramado, que será sintético a partir do Campeonato Brasileiro. Dessa forma, o Alvinegro definiu o estádio da Portuguesa-RJ para reacolocar o duelo contra o Tricolor Suburbano.

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Sendo assim, o valor dos ingressos das arquibancadas, mandante e visitante, gira em torno de R$ 60 (inteira) e R$ 30 (meia). Os bilhetes começaram a ser vendidos, de forma on-line, nesta terça-feira, enquanto as vendas físicas iniciam na quarta-feira e vão até o começo do segundo tempo.

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O Botafogo tem interesse na contratação do lateral-direitoMichael Murillo. O jogador é panamenho, tem 26 anos e pertence aoAnderlecht, time da primeira divisão da Bélgica. A informação foi publicada primeiramente pelo “ge” e confirmada pelo LANCE!.

Assim como na negociação comGiovanni González, do Mallorca, Botafogo também deseja adquirirMichael Murillo por empréstimo. Os dirigentes alvinegros estão com ambas as negociações em andamento e esperam acertar com um dos nomes nos próximos dias.

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Ao contrário de Giovanni González, que é reserva do Mallorca e disputou apenas sete jogos nesta temporada,Michael Murillo é titular absoluto doAnderlecht. Antes de chegar ao clube belga, ele teve passagens por San Francisco,New York Red Bulls e atuações na Seleção Panamenha.

No momento, Luís Castro conta somente com Rafael e Daniel Borges na posição. Após um período de férias, os jogadores alvinegros retornam para as atividades no dia 9 de janeiro para iniciarem a pré-temporada.