Série C: Três partidas complementam a rodada do Brasileiro neste domingo

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A sétima rodada rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, da Série C, foi finalizada neste domingo, Três jogos complementaram a disputa da competição nacional. Náutico e Operário venceram seus respectivos jogos, e Joinville e Tupi apenas empatam. Nesta segunda-feira, Confiança e Santa Cruz finalizam a rodada. Confira os resultados.

Grupo A

NÁUTICO 2×0 GLOBO FC
Náutico e Globo fizeram um jogo dentro do esperado entre duas equipes que brigam contra o rebaixamento à Série D. As duas equipes não conseguiram produzir ofensivamente e mal se viu os goleiros Bruno e Camilo serem obrigados a fazer grandes defesas. Em um dos poucos lances de perigo, o Timbu conseguiu chegar ao gol com Ortigoza, que se aproveitou do bom posicionamento que sempre mostra. O Globo, por sua vez, sofreu muito para se lançar ao campo de ataque e se viu preso na falta de criatividade e na marcação alvirrubra. Com isso, o placar ficou sem alterações. E o Náutico somou mais três pontos.

Grupo B

OPERÁRIO-PR 3×1 BOTAFOGO-SP
O Operário-PR conseguiu se reabilitar na Série C do Brasileiro em grande estilo. Depois de levar 4 a 0 do Cuiabá, o Fantasma fez 3 a 1 no Botafogo-SP, na tarde deste domingo, no Germano Krüger, em Ponta Grossa, e assumiu a vice-liderança no Grupo 2 do nacional, com 13 pontos. De quebra, ainda derrubou o último invicto do campeonato.

JOINVILLE 1×1 TUPI
No duelo de times em crise na Série C, ninguém teve motivos para comemorar. Na tarde deste domingo, Joinville e Tupi empataram em 1 a 1 e chegam ao sexto jogo consecutivo sem vitória na competição. Em Santa Catarina, o Carijó saiu na frente, com Paulinho, mas Rafael Grampola buscou a igualdade e definiu o placar entre os dois últimos colocados do grupo B.

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Palladino skittles Glamorgan

Tony Palladino shattered Glamorgan with a five-wicket haul as Derbyshire completed the double over the Welsh outfit in the County Championship

14-Jul-2011
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Tony Palladino celebrates his fifth wicket against Glamorgan•PA Photos

Tony Palladino shattered Glamorgan with a five-wicket haul as Derbyshire completed the double over the Welsh outfit in the County Championship. The right-arm seamer was supported by Jon Clare and Mark Turner, who each took two wickets, as the visitors were dismissed for 167. Glamorgan’s rapid demise lifted the hosts to a resounding 186-run victory with more than 41 overs remaining.Palladino ended with figures of 5 for 50, including three maidens, as the hosts cantered to a 23-point win.Derbyshire’s second-innings mark of 438 left Glamorgan with an unlikely victory target of 354 from 82 overs, but any prospect of a successful run-chase vanished when three wickets tumbled in the first seven overs on Thursday morning. Only Gareth Rees offered any resistance with 52 after skipper Alviro Petersen went first ball to record a king pair in a game he will want to forget.Derbyshire had been marginal favourites at the start of the fourth day with a lead of 295 and two wickets intact, and they added another 57 before their tail was mopped up. Glamorgan needed a solid start in reply but were swiftly undone by the new ball.Petersen had fallen lbw playing no shot in the first innings and on this occasion the South African edged a good ball from Palladino to be caught behind in the opening over. William Bragg also went for nought, failing to deal with a short ball from Clare in the next over and lobbing back a gentle return catch to the bowler.And any victory hopes Glamorgan might have entertained all but vanished when Michael Powell was trapped lbw by Palladino for seven to leave the visitors on 25 for 3. Ben Wright was struck on the hand before the interval and went off injured, although he did resume his innings after lunch. By then, however, Glamorgan’s fate was sealed.Jim Allenby and Mark Wallace scored centuries and shared a double-hundred stand in the first innings but this time they managed only 8 apiece as the middle order continued to struggle.Allenby fell tamely when he chipped Palladino to midwicket in the 24th over and Wallace also went to a loose shot at Turner that was taken by Clare plunging forward at mid-on.When James Harris (4) was bowled by a ball from Turner that kept low, Glamorgan were 93 for 6 and any hopes of them clinging on for a draw disappeared when opener Rees was lbw to a full-length Palladino delivery. Dean Cosker (6) could do nothing with a lifter and after some defiant blows from Graham Wagg (29), the home side celebrated a notable win that keeps them in the hunt for promotion.Glamorgan’s misery was compounded when they were docked a point for a slow over rate.

Para 'economizar combustível', Verdão pode ter mudanças no time

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A possibilidade de cancelamento da rodada do fim de semana do Campeonato Brasileiro – devido à crise dos combustíveis – chegou a ser vista com bons olhos pela comissão técnica do Palmeiras, preocupada com a imensa maratona de jogos pré-Copa do Mundo. Como a CBF acabou não mexendo na tabela e confirmou o jogo contra o Sport para as 19h deste sábado, no Allianz Parque, o Verdão avalia a possibilidade de “poupar a gasolina” de alguns jogadores.

Quem apresentar desgaste elevado será preservado. Marcos Rocha, Bruno Henrique e Felipe Melo, que participam da maioria das partidas, são candidatos a descansar. Willian, que participou de 30 dos 32 jogos da equipe em 2018, é outro analisado cuidadosamente.

Os titulares do empate por 1 a 1 com o América-MG, na quarta-feira, não treinaram no gramado na quinta e na sexta-feira. O núcleo de saúde e performance do Palmeiras preferiu intensificar os trabalhos de recuperação e fortalecimento muscular. Dudu, que não atuou por uma regra da Fifa e agora está liberado para jogar, foi o único dos habituais titulares de linha a aparecer no campo da Academia nos últimos dois dias.

O jogo diante do Sport será o 11º de uma sequência de 16 partidas seguidas no ritmo quarta-domingo (veja o desempenho abaixo). A maratona começou no dia 22 de abril, com a vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Internacional, e só vai terminar no dia 13 de junho, contra o Flamengo, na última rodada antes da pausa para o Mundial da Rússia.

A maratona verde

22/4 – 1º jogo – Palmeiras 1 x 0 Internacional
Verdão usou força máxima no primeiro jogo desta maratona.

25/4 – 2º jogo – Boca Juniors 0 x 2 Palmeiras
Roger Machado usou força máxima na história vitória em La Bombonera.

29/4 – 3º jogo – Palmeiras 0 x 0 Chapecoense
Jailson, Edu Dracena e Bruno Henrique não atuaram no empate pelo Brasileirão.

3/4 – 4º jogo – Alianza Lima 1 x 3 Palmeiras
Jailson e Borja foram os únicos titulares escalados na vitória em Lima. Os demais descansaram.

6/5 – 5º jogo – Atlético-PR 1 x 3 Palmeiras
Verdão usou força máxima na vitória em Curitiba. Lucas Lima e Borja, habituais titulares, começaram no banco por opção tática de Roger.

9/5 – 6º jogo – América-MG 1 x 2 Palmeiras
Roger Machado escalou força máxima e o Palmeiras abriu vantagem na Copa do Brasil, no Independência.

13/5 – 7º jogo – Corinthians 1 x 0 Palmeiras
Felipe Melo, suspenso, foi a única baixa no Dérbi. Todos os demais titulares foram escalados na derrota em Itaquera.

16/5 – 8º jogo – Palmeiras 3 x 1 Junior Barranquilla
Dudu, que cumpriria suspensão na rodada seguinte do Brasileiro, e Borja, que logo se apresentaria à seleção colombiana, foram os únicos titulares escalados. O Verdão garantiu a primeira colocação geral da Libertadores.

19/5 – 9º jogo – Palmeira 3 x 0 Bahia
Verdão usou força máxima na convincente vitória pelo Brasileirão. A única exceção foi Dudu, que cumpriu suspensão.

23/5 – 10º jogo – Palmeiras 1 x 1 América-MG
Roger Machado escalou força máxima e garantiu vaga nas quartas da Copa do Brasil. Borja, na seleção colombiana, e Dudu, vetado pela Fifa, não puderam jogar.

Neste sábado – 11º jogo – Palmeiras x Sport

30/5 – 12º jogo – Cruzeiro x Palmeiras

2/6 – 13º jogo – Palmeiras x São Paulo

6/6 -14º jogo – Grêmio x Palmeiras

10/6 – 15º jogo – Ceará x Palmeiras

13/6 – 16º jogo – Palmeiras x Flamengo

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كولر: اخترت مهاجم الأهلي الجديد.. ويوجه رسالة إلى كهربا

علق السويسري مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للنادي الأهلي، على فوز الفريق أمام سموحة بثلاثية والتأهل إلى نهائي كأس مصر.

الأهلي استطاع الفوز على سموحة بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف، في المباراة التي جمعتهما اليوم الثلاثاء، في دور نصف نهائي كأس مصر.

وقال كولر خلال المؤتمر الصحفي بعد المباراة: “سعيد بالتأهل للنهائي، لعبنا شوطًا أول ممتاز، كل ما طلبته تم تنفيذه، كل شيء كان منضبطًا، كهربا أدى كل ما طلبته منه وساعدنا على التقدم في الشوط الأول”.

وأضاف: “في الشوط الثاني كنا متحفظين أكثر وحاولنا السيطرة على المباراة، وبالفعل فعلنا ذلك ولم تأت علينا أي فرص حتى جاء الهدف للأسف من ركلة جزاء، في النهاية أرى أننا نستحق الفوز”.

وعن عدم شراء النادي الأهلي مهاجمًا حتى الآن قبل مشاركة الأهلي في مونديال العالم للأندية، أوضح: مازال لدينا وقت حتى آخر الشهر، المفاوضات مرهقة وبها أمور كثيرة، أن يوافق النادي على بيع اللاعب الذي نختاره والأمور المالية، كل هذا يستغرق وقتًا، لكني أؤكد قبل نهاية الشهر سيكون معنا مهاجمًا جديدًا، بالفعل اخترنا لاعبًا ولكن لن أتحدث عن المفاوضات”.

طالع | اتحاد الكرة يعلن تأجيل مباراة الأهلي وبيراميدز في نهائي كأس مصر

وواصل: “لكي أضم لاعبًا جديدًا لابد أن يكون أفضل من المتواجدين، لن أضم لاعبًا (كمالة عدد) ثانيًا يجب أن تكون عنده الرغبة في التواجد، وثالثُا يوافق ناديه، رابعًا أن يكون بمقابل مادي مناسب”. 

وعن الصفقات الجديدة التي تم التعاقد معها، قال: “الصفقات الجديدة معنا منذ وقت قصير، وسيحتاجون إلى وقت ليظهروا جميع إمكانياتهم، ولكنهم بدأوا بشكل جيد وينفذون التعليمات التي طلبتها منهم، وأي لاعب يحتاج وقتًا لفهم فلسفة النادي الجديد والمدرب الجديد”.

وحول أحمد نبيل كوكا ومصطفي سعد ميسي، قال كولر “هما في حالة حزن لأنهما لم يشاركا في مباراة اليوم، ولكن المستقبل أمامهما ويحتاجان إلى وقت وسيحصلان على فرصة في الملعب”.

وأردف: “حمدي فتحي دخل في 3 التحامات قوية جدًا مرة بالرأس ومرة في الركبة ومرة بأنكل القدم، الطبيب سيكشف عليه غدًا ونحدد الإصابة، هو لاعب مهم بالنسبة لي وأتمنى يكون متواجدًا معي، لكن لا أعرف حالته الآن”.

وعن محمد عبد المنعم، أكمل: “غدًا سيتدرب وسنتابع حالته ونرى إمكانية لحاقه بالمباراة القادمة”، وأضاف ضاحًكا: “أما علي معلول مثل الترس في المكنة عندما تضع له الزيت يركض ثم يركض”.

وبسؤاله هل كهربا ضمن مكانه في التشكيل الأساسي لمباراة الزمالك القادمة في الدوري، أتم تصريحاته: “لا يوجد لاعب حاجز مكان، كهربا خاض مباراة بعد فترة طويلة جدًا من الغياب، وسأرى غدًا هل حالته البدنية تسمح بمشاركته في مباراة أخرى قوية بعد يومين، لكن أنا أشكره على مجهوده ومساعدتنا في الفوز اليوم”.

ويلتقي الأهلي مع الزمالك، يوم السبت المقبل 21 يناير في قمة الأسبوع الرابع عشر من بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

تسوبيل: سأشجع الأهلي في القمة.. ولكن الزمالك أفضل

أكد الألماني راينر تسوبيل مدرب الأهلي السابق أنه سيساند الأحمر في مباراة القمة أمام الزمالك في إطار الجولة 14 من الدوري المصري مساء اليوم السبت على ملعب استاد القاهرة.

تسوبيل، صاحب الـ73 عامًا، سبق له تدريب الأهلي من 1997 وحتى 2000، وتوج بلقب الدوري المصري، ثلاث مرات على التوالي، كما درّب إنبي في موسم 2005/2006، والجونة من 2013 حتى 2015.

اقرأ أيضا..موعد والقنوات الناقلة ومعلقي مباراة الأهلي والزمالك اليوم في الدوري المصري

وقال تسوبيل لقناة النهار التلفزيونية: “حتى الآن أنا أهلاوي وسوف أشجع الأهلي في القمة وفخور كوني أنتمي لهذا النادي، لكن الزمالك في الوقت الحالي أفضل”.

وأكمل: “فخور للغاية بتدريب الأهلي يوما ما وأتمنى أن يحقق الفوز في مواجهة الزمالك”.

ويحتل الأهلي صدارة ترتيب جدول الدوري المصري برصيد 31 نقطة، بينما يأتي الزمالك رابعًا بـ26 نقطة.

وكانت آخر مواجهة بين الفريقين انتهت في الإمارات في كأس السوبر المصري بتفوق الأهلي بثنائية دون رد.

Palmeiras deve homenagear time campeão do Mundial sub-17 na 4ª

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O Palmeiras vai homenagear o time que conquistou o Mundial sub-17 com duas ações. A primeira é a exposição da taça do torneio para sócios na sede social do clube, neste sábado e no domingo, das 10h às 17h, no saguão social. A outra está prevista para a quarta-feira, no Allianz Parque.

O clube planeja parabenizar os garotos diante de sua torcida, no último jogo da equipe profissional antes da pausa para a Copa do Mundo, contra o Flamengo, líder do Brasileiro, às 21h, na arena.

Neste fim de semana, o associado que estiver na sede do Verdão poderá ver, além da taça do Mundial, os troféus de melhor jogador e de artilheiro do torneio – os dois prêmios foram entregues ao atacante palmeirense Gabriel Veron, que marcou nove gols na competição.

O Verdão levou o Mundial sub-17 após vencer o Real Madrid na final, por 4 a 2. Esta é a principal conquista até o momento em 2018 da base alviverde, que já levantou 12 taças no primeiro semestre. Destas, sete são internacionais.

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Croft ton boosts Lancashire

Steven Croft’s second successive century and some devastating new-ball bowling helped Lancashire seize control of their Championship match against Worcestershire at Blackpool

17-Aug-2011
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Steven Croft’s second successive century and some devastating new-ball bowling helped Lancashire seize control of their Championship match against Worcestershire at Blackpool. Returning to his home club, Croft made 107 off 111 balls as Glen Chapple’s batsmen scored 282 in their first innings. That total looked formidable as Worcestershire slumped to 21 for 5 before Aneesh Kapil and Gareth Andrew guided their side to 77 for 5 at the close.In a dramatic last 90 minutes of the day, Chapple took three wickets and Kyle Hogg two more as the visitors’ top order had no answer to late swing and sharp movement off the Stanley Park wicket. Matt Pardoe, Vikram Solanki and Alexei Kervezee all fell to slip catches whileMoeen Ali was lbw first ball and skipper Daryl Mitchell played on.The performance of the Lancashire seamers almost overshadowed the achievementof 26-year-old Croft, who had come to the wicket with his side on 62 for 3. He soon lost Paul Horton before adding 87 with Farveez Maharoof, who made 29, and 90 in under 14 overs wicket with his sixth-wicket partner Gareth Cross.Croft dominated both stands, reaching his 50 in 60 balls and then hitting four big sixes as he reached his century off only 38 further deliveries. The Worcestershire spinners came in for rough treatment, Ali being dispatched for two leg-side sixes and Shaaiq Choudhry conceding 25 runs off two overs as Croft reached his hundred with a six over long on.Croft’s destruction of the Worcestershire bowling left Mitchell’s team deeply regretting the escape they had given him on 33 when the sun’s reflection off a window prevented substitute fielder Nick Harrison even getting a hand to a straightforward chance at long leg off Alan Richardson.The Worcestershire attack eventually got their man when Croft fended a vicious Kapil delivery straight to Mitchell at slip and that wicket sparked a collapse as Lancashire lost their last five wickets for 26 runs in just 53 balls. Richard Jones finished with 3 for 62 and Andrew 3 for 47.The afternoon’s rapid dramas were in sharp contrast to a tough morning session in which Mitchell’s bowlers had made reasonable use of winning the toss to reduce Lancashire to 97 for 4 at lunch. On a wicket offering the visitors’ attack plenty of early help, Horton made a watchful 47 but the opener was fourth out 10 minutes before lunch when he edged Ali to Mitchell at slip.The Worcestershire seamers had controlled the rest of the session, Jones taking two wickets and Richardson the other as the Red Rose top order sought to see off the new ball.

موعد والقناة الناقلة لمباراة مدغشقر وموزمبيق اليوم في كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين

يواجه منتخب مدغشقر نظيره موزمبيق، اليوم السبت، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين.

منتخب مدغشقر يلاقي موزمبيق، على ملعب محمد حملاوي، في دور ربع النهائي من مباريات البطولة القارية.

طالع أيضًا.. فيديو | السنغال تفوز على موريتانيا وتتأهل إلى نصف نهائي كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين

وصعد منتخب مدغشقر إلى هذا الدور محتلًا صدارة المجموعة الثالثة، بينما تأهل منتخب موزمبيق إلى دور الثمانية بعد أن احتل المركز الثاني في المجموعة الأولى. موعد مباراة مدغشقر وموزمبيق اليوم

تنطلق مباراة مدغشقر وموزمبيق في تمام السادسة مساءً بتوقيت مصر، السابعة بتوقيت السعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة مدغشقر وموزمبيق في كأس أمم إفريقيا للمحليين

تنقل مباراة مدغشقر وموزمبيق عبر فضائية Bein sports hd 4.

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Para Cruzeiro, recuperação de Fred é surpreendente, mas adota cautela

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Recuperação surpreendente! As duas lesões graves no joelho direito não afetou o ânimo do atacante Fred, do Cruzeiro, que tem acelerado o ritmo de sua recuperação e retornar o mais rápido possível aos gramados e balançar as redes. Segundo o chefe do Departamento Médico da Raposa, Sérgio Campolina, a situação do atacante é animadora, entretanto, manteve prazo de volta do jogador.

– O Fred surpreende em sua recuperação. O grande problema do atleta que se lesiona são as alterações hormonais, fica deprimido, não dorme bem, e isso atrapalha a recuperação. Ele está respondendo muito bem, tanto no ponto de vista biológico como fisiológico. Está superando todos os desafios impostos, está adiantado em sua recuperação. Muitas vezes nós temos que freá-lo porque ele está à frente do que se é esperado. Os resultados práticos são muito animadores -disse Sérgio Campolina, em entrevista à Rádio Itatiaia.

O primeiro problema foi na estreia pela Libertadores, quando o jogador foi diagnosticado com estiramento na panturrilha direita. Em seu retorno, se machucou novamente e foi para o DM com previsão de retorno de seis meses a oito meses

– Está dentro desse prazo. Às vezes temos que controlar um pouco a ansiedade. O atleta, quando tem uma evolução rápida, quer mostrar isso para todos, não só nas redes sociais, mas jogando. A grande questão é que você tem que atingiros parâmetros para retornar. Hoje a gente não se preocupa tanto com a cronologia, mas com os dados. Se a gente tiver esses dados antes de seis meses, ele pode ser liberado tranquilamente. Mas temos que ter uma confirmação que tudoestá indo bem, e não apenas uma informação visual – acrescentou o médico.

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'Never seen so many injuries'

England have beaten India on the field and in the mind. Yet MS Dhoni removes positive, looking ahead to the future

Nagraj Gollapudi in Cardiff17-Sep-2011In the end it felt somewhat ridiculous to face MS Dhoni. To sit in front of a proud man, who went 10 matches without a win, in three different formats, during the last two months in England. To ask questions of a man who had seen incredibly ten of his players get injured including two – Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel – on the eve of, and during the final match of the series? What could he really say that had not been said before? Yet within six months after becoming World Champions, India have slid to No. 5 five in the ICC ODI rankings. And so Dhoni faced the media scrutiny for one last time on a tour that he admitted he would forget.”I have never seen so many injuries in the last five years. To lose nine to eleven players in one series is something I can never forget,” Dhoni said at the post-match conference. Praveen, his best bowler on the tour, had picked an ankle injury while playing football on Thursday afternoon. And about 24 hours later Munaf, India’s senior-most bowler in the game, slipped on the wet outfield, badly injuring his ankle. India started the summer with Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma leading their bowling attack. They finished it with relying on part-timers like Virat Kohli being forced to fill their boots.Unfortunately for the Indian bowlers, despite having a good score to defend, they were handicapped by the combined forces of an incessant mild drizzle, and dew which made it difficult to grip the ball. At the time Munaf got injured, the game still hung in balance with England needing a further 139 runs from the remaining 17 overs. “Munaf got injured and we had to bowl his remaining four overs by someone else. Virat bowled well but his last over was expensive. We lost five tosses and we bowled second in nearly the same conditions, which were wet and that made it tough for our spinners,” Dhoni said.Unlike England who had the luxury of playing five specialist fast bowlers across the summer and blooding young talent like Jade Dernbach, in addition to possessing a formidable group of allrounders, Dhoni was forced to manage resources that depleted after every match. The frailty of his bowling attack only added pressure on the batting order, which featured just three of the players from the World Cup team.”We had a tough series and lost quite badly. Being a team sport you need to do well in all three departments and you can’t really carry the team for a consistent period of time just on one department. Playing with three bowlers in these conditions was tough to manoeuvre,” Dhoni said.Yet all is not lost. The most heartening facet about the youngsters, some who were called up at short notice and forced to play hours after landing in England, was their positive attitude and openness. “They are up for a fight,” Dhoni said. “Each time they turn up on a field, whether for a practice session or a game, they want to give their best, they love challenges and that makes it interesting for me. You do not have to motivate them. You can then put in that effort in some other areas. We lost a few games due to the weather not [being] on our side, luck not [being on our] side, but it is not about thinking too much about things not in our control. Am glad to see the team has reacted in a similar fashion.”Scenes like this were commonplace for India right through the England tour•Associated Press

Kohli is a good example of this grit and determination of the new generation of Indian players, who are hungry and willing to work hard despite all the easy riches that have come their way through the IPL. Today Kohli, often criticised in the past for his temperament and a loud lifestyle outside cricket, showed the maturity to stand up and deliver when it mattered for his team. It was a matter of pride for him, and India, that he was the solitary centurion on both sides in the one-day series. Many times during the summer, England’s players have highlighted the advantages of a happy dressing room. Despites various setbacks the Indians have shown willingness to learn from, and, contribute to the success of their teammates. They also have been fortunate to be led by an individual who believes in keeping things simple, and does not get swayed by the swinging fortunes of victory and defeat.For 66 days Dhoni’s captaincy came under the most severe scrutiny. England had beaten India on the field and in the mind. There was never a moment in the series when England appeared within reach. Yet Dhoni kept going even as his most trusted generals and lieutenants started falling one after the other. In the end he finished as the Man of the Series in the five-match ODI series. It was the fifth time in his career he had earned this honour, the only difference this being it was the first time it had come in defeat.On Friday Dhoni was asked if the series would have taken a different course for the Indians, who fly back home early Saturday morning empty-handed, if they had cashed in on the openings that came their way during England’s first innings in the first two Tests at Lord’s and then Trent Bridge. “What is important is what you did exactly when the opportunity came your way,” Dhoni said. “I have always believed it is not about sulking as to what could have been done. It is more often about what actually went wrong.”

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