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Australia’s selectors have identified eight fast bowlers in line for Ashes duty during the summer and told their states to prepare them accordingly. The bowlers themselves, however, have not been made aware of their status as the men most likely to share the new ball against England in the five Tests, starting in Brisbane on November 19.The team performance manager Pat Howard outlined the preparation of a rolling barrage of fast men for the series as he mapped out plans for the home Ashes series, an encounter that may cost him his job should Australia suffer another defeat. The concept of having eight fast bowlers identified, fit and ready for Test matches throughout the series is an upgrade from the five Howard and the former coach Mickey Arthur kept on hand at each Test last summer.”We’ll have eight bowlers available for every Test and these eight bowlers have already been communicated to the states,” Howard said. “They know who the watchlist is, they know their bowling loads every single day, it sits on Darren’s [Lehmann] desk, they’re known. We’ve said to the states as well that doesn’t mean if you have a cracker of a lead-up you won’t be considered. There’s always that pool for the selectors to call on and make informed decisions.”Given the injury-enforced absence of three Ashes tourists in James Pattinson, Jackson Bird and Mitchell Starc, and Pat Cummins now being on a far less rushed plan to bring him back into the international game after letting his body mature, the pace bowling options available are strong but not limitless.Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle and Mitchell Johnson are towards the top of the likely list, while Ben Hilfenhaus remains Cricket Australia contracted and Josh Hazlewood is making decent strides for New South Wales and Australia in limited-overs formats.Nathan Coulter-Nile, Clint McKay and Chadd Sayers are the others expected to be under consideration, having all played for Australia or Australia A in recent times. Others around the team include James Faulkner, who is considered an allrounder and more likely to be part of a five-man attack if chosen.

Eight horsemen of the apocalypse?

Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Clint McKay, Chadd Sayers

Howard stated that the official selection policy for the Ashes would be to choose the best XI at all times, fitness permitting, while striking a balance between rewarding performance and making the occasional selection hunch. The coach Darren Lehmann defended the decision to gamble on the teenage left-arm spinner Ashton Agar ahead of Nathan Lyon in the first two Tests in England, claiming performance had been a factor.”Where you’re playing and who you’re playing is the key to that,” Lehmann said. “We’re still performance based, and the Agar selection was done on a lot of right-handers, and he bowled better than Nathan on the A tour. You can’t just go on his performances in the last Test match which was four months before that, it was how he was bowling at the time.”Agar is now setting out on the season with the ambition of growing into an allrounder’s commission, and opened the batting for the Perth Scorchers on their recent Twenty20 Champions League expedition to India.

Edgbaston may be the most popular venue for T20 finals day but when Warwickshire host the occasion for a fifth time next month they will again do so without their own team

Jon Culley at Edgbaston31-Jul-2013
ScorecardCraig Kieswetter has been the batsman of the tournament•Getty Images

Edgbaston may be the most popular venue for Twenty20 finals day but when Warwickshire host the occasion for a fifth time next month they will again do so without their own team after Somerset beat them for a second time in 10 days to book their own place in the quarter-finals.The margin was closer — 10 runs as opposed to 10 wickets at Taunton — but that was of little consolation to Warwickshire and in particular to Darren Maddy, in his last match in the competition that has made his name, whose 67 not out was a brave effort in vain.For a while the home crowd could see Maddy, all of 39-years, earning himself another chance to hog the spotlight as he notched his 15th half-century in the format and took his career aggregate past 2,500 runs. Aided by Laurie Evans, who batted despite dislocating a finger in the field earlier in the evening, Maddy kept what had always looked a tall target just about in reach.After an expensive final over from Steve Kirby had cost 18 runs, 52 were needed from the final five overs, which clearly would have been achievable had the fourth-wicket pair been able to maintain that momentum. The requirement came down to 22 off the final 12 balls.But if Warwickshire had a man for the occasion in Maddy, then Somerset had a couple in Alfonso Thomas and Yasir Arafat, both in the all-time top five Twenty20 bowlers.Warwickshire needed boundaries but neither man conceded one in his final over, Arafat effectively ending the contest with two dot-ball yorkers from his first two deliveries. Evans completed his half-century when he took a single from the next ball but Warwickshire’s hopes were dashed. It was Arafat who brought about their downfall at Taunton on July 21, finishing with a staggering analysis of 3-0-5-4 as Warwickshire were dismissed for 73.Somerset – finalists for the last four years and runners-up in three of those – thus ensured that Craig Kieswetter remained man of the match after 76 provided the bedrock of their 175 for 5. If Maddy – twice a T20 Cup winner with Leicestershire – has been the man of the age in T20 then Kieswetter has been the star of this season. He hit four sixes and four fours in his 53-ball innings, passing fifty for the fourth time in this year’s competition and becoming the first man to pass 400 runs in total, overtaking Michael Carberry as the top scorer so far.Warwickshire had restricted Somerset to 36 from the Powerplay overs but Kieswetter had strong support first from Peter Trego and then Nick Compton, both of whom in their contrasting styles hit 32 off 23 balls, in setting up a challenging total after home captain Varun Chopra had opted to chase on winning the toss.For once, there was the odd question asked about Chopra’s decision-making. He has been an efficient stand-in for the injured Jim Troughton but it seemed odd that he should limit his leading T20 wicket-taker, Ateeq Javid, to one over at the start of the innings, while he somehow managed to get only three overs from his best bowler on the night, Boyd Rankin.It all went awry when Kieswetter launched a 24-run barrage against Maddy’s bowling in the 17th over, including consecutive sixes and two fours. Chopra could not have seen that coming – Maddy’s first two overs had gone for only 13 and would have contained a wicket had Evans not dropped Compton at deep midwicket – but in bringing Chris Woakes back on at the City End for the 18th he left himself with only one more from Rankin.It was an excellent over, too, which only compounded the error, Rankin bowling full and straight to dismiss Kieswetter and James Hildreth with consecutive balls before thumping Craig Meschede on the pad with the hat-trick delivery, although it was clearly missing leg stump. The last two balls conceded only a single each. Woakes, by contrast, went for 13 in his last over.

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A zebra passeou pela Fonte Nova. Na noite desta quinta-feira, o Liverpool surpreendeu o Bahia e abriu vantagem no duelo válido pela fase inicial da Copa Sul-Americana. O único gol do jogo saiu através de Ramírez. Com o placar, o time uruguaio pode jogar por um simples empate. Já o Tricolor tem que vencer por dois gols de diferença. A volta acontece no dia 21 de fevereiro, em Montevidéu.

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O jogo

Apoiado pela torcida, o Tricolor iniciou o duelo em cima do Liverpool. O time comandado por Enderson Moreira não dava chances ao rival e a primeira oportunidade veio na bola parada. Shaylon cobrou escanteio e Moisés, sozinho, cabeceou para fora.

O gol do Bahia amadurecia a cada minuto que passava e novamente a bola parada por muito pouco não resultou em alegria da torcida. Guilherme cobrou falta, a pelota desviou na barreira e carimbou o travessão de Jorge.

Na reta final da etapa inicial, o Tricolor voltou a apertar e o goleiro uruguaio brilhou. Nas finalizações de Artur e Gilberto, Jorge apareceu de maneira espetacular e evitou que o placar fosse alterado.

Tímido no campo ofensivo, o Liverpool demonstrava muita dificuldade e pouco ritmo de jogo. A prova disso é que a única chance foi criada na bola parada. Maureen bateu escanteio com veneno e obrigou Douglas a trabalhar.

No segundo tempo o Bahia voltou disposto a decidir o duelo e aplicou uma verdadeira blitz. Shaylon, o principal jogador da equipe, municiava seus companheiros e deu cruzamento açucarado para Guilherme, que novamente carimbou a trave. Na sequência, Gilberto bateu desequilibrado e mandou para fora.

Após a pressão inicial, o Liverpool conseguiu se soltar um pouco mais e tentava algumas decidas. Pelo lado mandante, o Tricolor teve uma grande queda de produção e praticamente não chegava com perigo.

Quando tudo parecia decidido, o time uruguaio abriu o placar. Pablo Caballero acertou um belo cruzamento e Ramírez cabeceou por cima do gol, 1 a 0.
No desespero, o Bahia partiu para o ataque nos minutos finais e Nino Paraíba assustou. Em passe de Artur, o lateral-direito soltou a bomba e triscou a trave.

A round up of the Faysal Bank One-Day Cup matches on March 9, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Mar-2013Group AFile photo: Aizaz Cheema’s five-wicket haul gave Peshawar Panthers an 80-run win over Lahore Lions•AFPA maiden century by Mansoor Amjad took Sialkot Stallions to a five-wicket win – and thereby top of the points table – over Multan Tigers in Ghari Khuda Baksh.Multan’s innings of 234 revolved around Sohaib Maqsood’s 91. The rest of the batting, though, couldn’t last long enough to provide him much-needed support. Wickets fell regularly after a second-wicket stand of 96. From 122 for 2, they would be reduced to being bowled out in the last over. All six of the oppositions’ bowlers were among the wickets.In reply, Sialkot struggled at 27 for 3, with offspinner Aamer Yamin taking two of those wickets. But Amjad and opener Yasir Aziz staged a recover with 102 for the fourth wicket, before the later was dismissed for 66. Amjad found able support through Adeel Malik (44), which helped them get home in the 46th over.An all-round show from Bahawalpur Stags took them to a convincing six-wicket win over Quetta Bears in Karachi. The foundation for the win was laid by seamer Mohammad Mudassar and spinner Faisal Elahi, who shared seven wickets between them to bowl the Bears out for 144, and an aggressive career-best knock of 93 by opener Imranullah Aslam.Quetta were behind in the game from the outset, as they were 6 for 3. Although a recovery stand of 49 between Taimur Ali and Abid Ali followed, the lower order couldn’t follow it up with any resistance.They picked up an early wicket in Bahawalpur’s chase, but that proved to be a false dawn, as Imranullah punished the bowlers in his 88-ball knock with ten fours and four sixes, effectively taking the game away.A responsible 71 by Sami Aslam was backed up by a decent middle-order batting performance asLahore Eagles defeated Hyderabad Hawks by four wickets in Hyderabad. This was the Hawks’ first loss in the tournament, and the Eagles’ first win.They had a shaky start to their chase of 238, with two wickets falling early, but Jahangir Mirza, who scored 54, stuck with Aslam to put on a 111-run stand. Later, the captain and wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal also chipped in with a half-century, to help his side get home with two overs to spare.Hyderabad, with a 132-run stand for the third wicket between Taj Wasan and Rizwan Ahmed, got to a commanding 173 for 2 at one stage in their innings. But the next eight wickets fell for 64 runs, as the middle and lower order crumbled. Wasan finished on 69, while Rizwan finished on 73. Adnan Rasool was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 28.Group BKarachi Zebras won their rain-affected encounter with Faisalabad Wolves in Rawalpinidi by 1 run through D/L method, and moved to top spot in Group B.Karachi were put into bat, and started solidly to get to 105 for 2. The innings lost momentum thereafter, as Faisalabad struck regularly. Contributions from Tariq Haroon (37) and Anwar Ali (37) helped push the total to 215, as they were dismissed in 46 overs.Faisalabad, in reply, were in trouble at 18 for 3. They lost two more in quick succession to be reduced to 60 for 5. Zeeshan Butt’s unbeaten 67, along with Imran Khalid’s 42, did their best to steer the ship, as they put on a 97-run stand for the seventh wicket. However, once rain intervened, Faisalabad were 1 run short of the D/L comparative score.Islamabad Leopards won their rain-affected game against Abbottabad Falcons by 20 runs through D/L method, in Islamabad.Islamabad chose to bat, with opener Raheel Majeed scoring 47. A brace of wickets left Umair Khan batting with the rest of the tail as Islamabad struggled to string substantial partnerships. Khan’s unbeaten 91, supported by small contributions from other batsmen, and 31 extras, pushed their score to 275 for 9. Kamran Ghulam was the pick of the bowlers with a career-best 3 for 29.Abbottabad started strongly with a 102-run stand between Ghulam and Sajjad Ali. However, with the fall of regular wickets, they fell behind in the chase, which was revived by a 51-run stand for the seventh wicket. A late rally from Yasir Shah, with an unbeaten 66, tried to keep them abreast of the required run-rate. But once rain intervened they were found short by 20 runs on D/L.Peshawar Panthers comprehensively beat Lahore Lions by 80 runs at Gaddafi Stadium, to move up to second spot on the points table.Peshawar, after electing to bat, lost Israrullah for 4. Nawaz Ahmed and wicketkeeper Mohammed Rizwan combined for 118 runs for the second wicket to stage a recovery. Nawaz finished with 93, with further contributions from Rizwan (55), Iftikhar Ahmed (81) and Gauhar Ali (26). Aizaz Cheema took wickets both up front and towards the end of the innings, as Panthers finished with 294 for 7 in their fifty overs. Cheema had best figures of 5 for 61.Lahore Lions didn’t start assuredly well, as they lost opener Imran Butt for 10. They could not string together meaningful partnerships, as the top and middle-order struggled to keep pace with the soaring required run-rate. The innings was kept in check through the bowling of spinner Mohammad Adnan, who picked up 5 for 46, and Zohaib Khan, who picked up 3 for 33. Despite a late order hit-out from Asif Raza (30) and Agha Salman (42), Lahore folded for 214 in the 48th over.

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Nos últimos anos, o futebol brasileiro ficou marcado por gastos exorbitantes e dívidas acumuladas. Agora, vê alguns clubes crescendo em termos econômicos, como Flamengo e Palmeiras. Para o executivo de futebol Felipe Ximenes, o poder financeiro será algo significante em relação à conquista de bons resultados.

– Cada vez mais dentro desse modelo de campeonato que disputamos hoje, que é baseado nos pontos corridos, ter um poderio econômico é um grande diferencial. Não é a única coisa que vai fazer diferença, é claro. Porém, é um grande diferencial – disse, em entrevista exclusiva ao LANCE!.

Por outro lado, a boa condição financeira também aumenta a pressão em torno do clube em relação a títulos e bons resultados de uma forma imediata.

– Como qualquer coisa, temos ônus e bônus. O bônus é contratar e ter dinheiro para ser agressivo no mercado. Já o ônus é a cobrança, que é muito mais alta, além do mercado.Quando há uma equipe com renda para investir, naturalmente aumenta o preço do ativo em questão – explicou Ximenes.

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Dirigente com experiência no futebol, Felipe Ximenes passou por diversos clubes ao redor do Brasil, com destaque para Fluminense e Flamengo. O dirigente ressaltou as diferenças de trabalhar em um clube do “G12”, grupo com os considerados os maiores do país, e em times de menor expressão, que, apesar da importância histórica no contexto do futebol brasileiro, não possuem as mesmas condições de competir.

– O grande desafio de um clube como Bahia, Vitória, Coritiba, Náutico e Criciúma, nos quais eu já trabalhei, é conseguir conscientizar o seu público interno da realidade naquele momento, porque a maioria dos torcedores e a mídia acabam exigindo que sejam tão competitivos com orçamentos completamente diferentes, como os de Palmeiras e Flamengo – argumentou.

Ximenes indicou um manual para se trabalhar em um clube longe dos holofotes de destaque no Brasil, afirmando que, justamente por essa diferença em relação aos grandes, é mais difícil de se chegar a um resultado positivo.

– Você precisa ter criatividade, agilidade, relacionamento e credibilidade junto ao mercado para conseguir, com muito menos munição, atingir os alvos que imagina. Sem dúvida, é um grande desafio. É um trabalho estimulante, até porque, num clube como esses, as vitórias devem ser sempre comemoradas – destacou.

كشف ميكيل أرتيتا، المدير الفني لفريق آرسنال، المسؤول عن تنفيذ ركلات الجزاء بعدما أهدر بوكايو ساكا ركلة جزاء مهمة في مباراة الجولة الماضية من الدوري الإنجليزي ضد وست هام.

وتعادل آرسنال مع وست هام، في الجولة الحادية والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي بهدفين لمثليهما.

وحصل آرسنال على ركلة جزاء في تلك المباراة، عندما كان الجانرز متقدمًا بهدفين مقابل هدف، ولكن بوكايو ساكا أهدرها مما أدى إلى تعرضه لسلسلة من الإساءات العنصرية عبر مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي.

ويلتقي آرسنال مع ساوثهامبتون في الجولة الثانية والثلاثين غدًا في الدوري الإنجليزي، وأكد أرتيتا في تصريحاته اليوم أن ساكا سيظل مسؤولًا عن تنفيذ ركلات الجزاء.

وعندما سُئل أرتيتا عما إذا كان ساكا سيظل الخيار الأول لفريق آرسنال في تنفيذ ركلات الجزاء، قال: “نعم! ذا لم يكن الأمر كذلك، فسوف أذهب إلى أرض الملعب وأرمي الكرة له وأتأكد من أنه يأخذ الكرة التالية”.

وعن خيبة الأمل التي شعر بها ساكا، قال أرتيتا في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ديلي ميل” الإنجليزية: “هذا هو الأمر، هو يحب المسؤولية، ولكنه أيضًا يضع الكثير على كتفيه”.

وأردف: “مرة أخرى إذا كان لديه أي شك حول مدى حب الناس له والاحترام الإعجاب الذي لديهم تجاه، فقد كان لديه رد فعل كبير للغاية من الجميع في الفريق والنادي”.

واستكمل: “يمكن أن يصبح شيئًا إيجابيًا للغاية يمنحه دفعة كبيرة لأن الجميع كان لديه رد فعل تجاهه بطريقة لا تصدق لأنه يستحق ذلك، بسبب ما هو عليه”.

Graeme Smith has revealed that he considered stepping down from all forms of leadership last year but was talked out of quitting the Test captaincy by Gary Kirsten. Smith led South Africa in all three formats for eight years but relinquished captaincy of the Twenty20 and ODI teams in August 2010 and April 2011 respectively. The latter was timed to coincide with the end of the fifty-over World Cup and it was then that Smith also considered giving up the Test captaincy.”After the World Cup, when things were tough, it certainly was something that was on my mind,” Smith told ESPNcricinfo ahead of the team’s departure to England. “Gary played a role in me keeping the captaincy. He talked me into doing it for longer and he was the reason I decided to carry on.”The World Cup was a massive turning point in Smith’s career. It seemed to change him on many levels. South Africa were knocked out in the quarter-finals, after failing to chase down a modest total against New Zealand in Dhaka. Having chosen a squad suited to subcontinental conditions, beaten India in a thriller in Nagpur to top their group, and been the only team to bowl out their opposition in all six matches, South Africa appeared set for a run to the final. With expectations growing, they were on track to finally lift an ICC trophy for the first time since 1998, only to run into a tenacious New Zealand, who forced a choke out of South Africa.The whole squad was shell-shocked by the defeat but Smith was particularly affected. He addressed the media almost in tears as he explained how he had wanted his last act as one-day captain to be a victory. He did not return home with the rest of the team but flew to Ireland to propose to the woman who is now his wife, Morgan Deane. A fickle public rejected him and his profile nosedived. Smith was criticised in many forums, for his lack of both leadership and form.When he eventually returned home in June, he apologised to fans for the World Cup defeat and his subsequent no-show. It was only through his match-winning century against Australia in the Newlands Test in November that Smith began to win back hearts and minds, although negative sentiment still surrounded his inclusion in the one-day team. Again, it was through a gritty innings, a century against Sri Lanka in January, that Smith regained the faith of the cricketing masses.He described the period that followed the World Cup as “the most difficult” of his career, because he was also going through a run drought. He thought reducing his load would allow him to concentrate on batting.However, without any clear replacement available, even though AB de Villiers was appointed limited-overs captain, Smith was asked to stay on and provide continuity at a time when everything, including the coaching staff, was changing. “Gary was a big instigator in me carrying on captaining the Test side,” Smith said. “I’ve certainly enjoyed working with him and the management team, which has also helped. As long as I can keep enjoying it and keep adding value then I will captain.”It is not a job Smith wants to do forever, though. “I don’t know if I will captain the Test side for as long as I play. I’ve only just turned 31 and I feel I still have a lot to offer from a batting perspective but I certainly don’t see myself captaining until the time I retire.”Retirement, however, is not in Smith’s current plans. “In the long run, I’m going to concentrate on performance. I’m still hungry, I’ve got a lot of things that I want to achieve.”First on his list of things to do, is captain the side successfully on the tour to England. With South Africa competing for the No.1 ranking in Tests, Smith said he will be required to contribute both with the bat and as a leader if they hope to topple England. He feels he has matured since his first visit to the country in 2003, as a 23-year-old novice captain.”In the early days I didn’t know who I needed to be and what was important from a leadership role. I wanted to come across as a strong leader,” Smith said, explaining why he was sometimes perceived as cocky. “But now I’m at peace with things and I think that comes through. I’m more relaxed in showing my personality and how I feel, and I’m much more at peace with understanding what I need to do.”

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De volta após ser desfalque diante do Sport, Saulo teve a infelicidade de ver o Botafogo levar um sonoro 4 a 0 no último sábado, em Porto Alegre. E ainda protagonizou, ao lado de Yago, um lance bizarro que culminou no primeiro gol tricolor, anotado por Jael, de pênalti.

Em entrevista depois da goleada sofrida, Saulo tentou explicar o que ocorreu no tal instante em que o zagueiro alvinegro recuou de forma equivocada e deixou o goleiro na fogueira. Em seguida, projetou o próximo desafio.

-A gente (ele e Yago) se comunicou, mas às vezes pelo barulho alto acaba um não escutando o outro. Tentei evitar que a bola não passasse, depois aconteceu o pênalti e o gol, infelizmente. Agora é levantar a cabeça, trabalhar e se preparar para o próximo jogo – comentou, na zona mista, completando:

-Uma derrota como essa é difícil. Vínhamos de um resultado bom no meio de semana. Agora não tem outro jeito a não ser trabalhar para encontrar o caminho das vitórias novamente e sair dessa situação indesejável.

Saulo referiu-se ao jogo contra o Cruzeiro, nesta quarta-feira, às 19h30 (de Brasília), pela 23ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, no Nilton Santos.

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Two of the players named in court evidence against Chris Cairns have stood by their statements about his involvement in match-fixing during live video link evidence from India

Alan Gardner at the High Court12-Mar-2012Three of the players named in court evidence against Chris Cairns have stood by their statements about the former New Zealand international’s involvement in match-fixing during live video link evidence from India. Their testimony formed part of the sixth day of hearings in Cairns’ libel case against Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the IPL, at the High Court in London.Cairns is suing Modi for defamation over a 2010 tweet that implicated him in fixing. Cairns denies the reason for his dismissal from the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2008 was in linked to alleged corruption, maintaining that failing to disclose an ankle injury was behind his suspension.Gaurav Gupta, Karanveer Singh and Rajesh Sharma, three of Cairns’ former Chandigarh Lions team-mates who have made separate accusations against him, appeared via a video link-up from Delhi. Gupta, a batsman who played first-class cricket for Punjab, has alleged that Cairns told him to score “no more than five runs” during a match between Chandigarh and Mumbai Champs.Questioned about evidence given by Andrew Hall, the former South Africa international who succeeded Cairns as captain of Chandigarh, Gupta denied telling Hall that the instruction had been given by Dinesh Mongia.”No, Chris Cairns told me between the innings and on the pitch as well,” Gupta said. It has previously been claimed in court that Cairns joined Gupta in the middle, with the latter on 4, and told him to “Get out now”.Karanveer, a legspinner who was 19 at the time, described a meeting in which Mongia, a former India international, allegedly told him and his father that everyone within the ICL, from “top to bottom” knew about fixing. He said that he was “shocked” and “broken from inside” to hear the Mongia’s claims.He described a subsequent conversation with Cairns that took place during training, in which Karanveer was asked if he had spoken to Mongia.”This talk was about match-fixing, I was very much convinced,” Karanveer said, though Cairns did not refer to any specific instructions. Karanveer added that he did not report either Mongia or Cairns to the ICL because he was scared that the blame would be shifted on to him.The court also heard from Rajesh Sharma, another witness for Modi, who required the assistance of a Hindi translator to give evidence. He restated his claim that Cairns told him to “keep quiet” about match-fixing and said that he had concluded from this conversation that Cairns was involved. Cairns denies discussing fixing with Sharma.Sharma, who has admitted to receiving money from spot-fixing, said he did not report Cairns’ name to ICL executives or Hall, when questioned, because it would have become a “bigger problem” for him.The judge, David Bean, has allowed for a break in proceedings on Tuesday before summing up speeches on behalf of the claimant and the defence begin on Wednesday. Bean will then retire to consider his verdict.