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COVID scare in Sri Lanka Suarez makes Barca pay the camp ahead of Dhaka ODI price for transfer gaffes NEW DELHI, MAY protests of Lionel Messi, NEW DELHI, MAY 23: Atletico Madrid's La who is close friends with 23: Bangladesh's one-day Liga title triumph had many Suarez and fiercely criti- series against Sri Lanka got protagonists but their two cised the move. underway on Sunday de- standout players were un- Suarez, who became spite COVID-19 scares in doubtedly Luis Suarez and Barca's third-highest the touring camp hours be- Marcos Llorente, who fell scorer with an astounding fore the start of the match in into their laps after being 198 goals and won four Dhaka. spurned by rivals Barcelona league titles there, re- According to media re- and Real Madrid. called his pain at being ports, uncapped Shiran Fer- Suarez, who joined from pushed out by his former nando tested positive, along Barca last summer for club. with fellow pace bowler around 6 million euros, fin- "It was a difficult situa- Isuru Udana and bowling ished Atletico's top scorer tion after being mis- coach Chaminda Vaas. with 21 goals and was deci- strength to strength, scor- at letting such a talented treated like that, but Sri Lanka Test sive right until the end, ing 12 goals and providing player join their neighbours Atletico opened a door to said grabbing the title-clinching 11 assists in the title-win- and help lead them to glory me so I could keep show- Udana and Vaas subse- strike in the 2-1 win at Real ning campaign. at their own expense. ing I'm good enough, they quently tested negative. Valladolid on Saturday as "This season has been a But at least they managed put their faith in me," he "Isuru udana & chaminda well as firing in an 88th- real struggle but now's the to pocket around 40 million said in an emotional post- Vaas tested negative (in) minute winner against Os- time to celebrate," Llorente euros for his transfer, and match interview. 2nd covid 19 PRC test..." ter Bangladesh captain dium.Sri Lanka did camp. asuna last week. said on Saturday. they were well covered in "This is very special be- tweeted Karunaratne. Tamim Iqbal won the toss not reply to a Reuters email The teams play the sec- Llorente, meanwhile, Between them, Llorente the holding midfield role cause of how much I suf- Udana went on to bowl and elected to bat at the seeking details of the ond match on Tuesday and joined Atletico the previous and Suarez scored almost thanks to the ever-reliable fered. My statistics show the first ball of the match af- Shere Bangla National Sta- COVID-19 cases in their final game on Friday year after being cast off by half of the 67 league goals Casemiro. I've won five league titles boyhood club Real. He got which saw Atletico become Barca, however, may be in seven years." off to a slow start at his new champions for the first time feeling particularly sore Atletico coach Diego side before transforming since 2014. about parting ways with Simeone added: "Suarez Multan sign Windies duo himself from a holding mid- Llorente's great uncle Suarez, who was forced is a competitive animal, a fielder into an explosive Paco Gento was one of Real out of the Camp Nou last born goalscorer. winger. Madrid's greatest ever play- summer as part of a "He's a defiant guy who The Spaniard made a ers, while his father and clearout of big earners had just left an extraordi- Hetmyer, Charles for rest of PSL name for himself in his new grandfather also played for over the age of 30 which nary club in Barcelona but role last year by scoring the club. also led to Arturo Vidal he said 'I want to continue NEW DELHI,MAY 23: twice to knock Liverpool Real, who finished two and Ivan Rakitic leaving. at the top' and joined a club Multan Sultans have signed out of the Champions points behind Atletico, may The Uruguayan's depar- which lives football just like the West Indies duo of League and has gone from now be kicking themselves ture came despite the he does." Shimron Hetmyer and Johnson Charles for the rest of this year's Pakistan Super League, set to resume in Portugal club luring Buffon with Abu Dhabi next month, the league said. The six-team tournament custard tarts, museum tickets was stopped after 14 games in March after seven peo- NEW DELHI, MAY ple, including six players, 23: Portuguese fifth-tier tested positive for COVID- side Os Belenenses are 19, and the franchises were hoping to tempt legendary allowed to add two more Juventus goalkeeper Gian- players to their squads in luigi Buffon to join them at Saturday's virtual players the end of the season with draft. an offer including custard Hard-hitting left-handed tarts and museum tickets. batsman Hetmyer will be Buffon said last week making his PSL debut, that he will leave Juve while wicketkeeper-bats- when his contract expires team after Bangladesh all- in an official statement. der of the tournament now man Charles had earlier at the end of the season, rounder Looking ahead to his ar- rescheduled as above. played for the Quetta and but the 43-year-old left the pulled out of the Abu Dhabi rival at The 1st Central Russell, Brathwaite Multan teams. door open to continuing leg of the tournament. County Ground, Rashid in among 7 players retained by Hetmyer plays for Delhi his career elsewhere. Sussex's Vitality Blast an official release said: "I Jamaica Tallawahs Capitals in the Indian Pre- "We heard that you are overseas star, Rashid Khan am really looking forward West Indies all-rounder mier League. looking for a new challenge will be joining the side for to joining up with my team- and Carlos Afghan spinner Rashid and are receptive to listen- this year's tournament once mates at Sussex upon com- Brathwaite are among the Khan returned to Lahore ing to a 'crazy and stimulat- his involvement in the re- pletion of the PSL. Whilst seven players who were on Qalandars, having exited ing' proposal," the Lisbon including an annual pass to were forced to start again with the most fans in Por- arranged Pakistan Super the travel restrictions in Saturday retained by Ja- the tournament in February club wrote in an open let- the Museum of Art, Archi- from the bottom of the Por- tugal, we are currently League concludes. place have been a big factor maica Tallawahs for the up- to honour international ter. tecture and Technology. tuguese football pyramid. competing at the fifth na- The remainder of the PSL in delaying my arrival, it is coming Caribbean Premier commitments. "Therefore, we decided They also offer "a pack of They have one Por- tional level. Do you re- is scheduled to take place in fortunate I am still able to League (CPL) 2021. "My effort will be to help to present you with some- six Pasteis de Belem (cus- tuguese title to their name member the route your the UAE and Rashid will play some high-level cricket The Jamaica Tallawahs the team win matches. I thing irresistible: how tard tarts) a week, one of and three Portuguese dear Parma took? Ours is travel to the UK directly af- before heading to Hove announced their retentions want to be the most eco- about moving to Lisbon the most popular speciali- Cups.They also tried to somehow similar," they ter the tournament con- later in June. I can't wait to for the 2021 CPL. The side nomical bowler and take as and helping us to quickly ties of Portuguese sweets, tempt Buffon by making a wrote.Considered one of cludes, or earlier if his side see everyone." has retained also Rovman many as possible," return to our place in Por- which you will certainly en- comparison with his first the greatest goalkeepers of - Lahore Qalandars - are The sixth edition of the Powell and Chadwick Wal- Rashid said in a video re- tuguese football, the I Liga joy without tweaking your club Parma, who were sent all time, Buffon won 10 Se- eliminated prior to the final. PSL began in Pakistan in ton and Fidel Edwards who leased by the franchise, (top flight)?" diet." to the fourth tier of Italian rie A titles and four Coppa "Rashid will then be avail- February and was due to be returned to the CPL in 2020 which lost to Karachi in last The club promised to in- Belenenses is one of Por- football in 2015 after going Italia trophies with Juve, as able for his third Vitality completed in March. Multi- has also been held on to for year's final. clude in their contract offer tugal’s oldest clubs, but bankrupt. well as achieving FIFA Blast stint with Sussex after ple COVID-19 cases forced the 2021 season after im- He will be expected to fill tickets to various tourist at- split with Belenenses SAD "Despite our rich history World Cup glory with Italy completing any quarantine its postponement after 14 pressing with his pace last an important void in the tractions around the city, in 2018 over a dispute and and being the fourth club in 2006. requirements," said Sussex matches, with the remain- year. Dukes ball preparation beneficial Chappell acknowledges skills ahead of WTC final: Conway in India's bowling reserves NEW DELHI, MAY numerous adjustments to he added. and bowling a lot in the NEW DELHI, MAY 23: New "It has been a massive learning 23: Former Australia skip- be made because of the ex- Talking about the effect nets to gain their match fit- Zealand batsman Devon Conway feels curve for me, in terms of how the pro- per Ian Chappell believes tra formats that are now Covid-19 has had on play- ness," he added. preparing with the Dukes ball back tocols are all set in place, and just try- that the life of a modern played and the resultant ers and international The former Australia home has helped his side immensely as ing to adhere through all that. You cricketer is becoming crowding of the schedule," cricket, Chappell said: skipper also wondered it gears up for three Tests in England, know, just seeing the guys being harder and harder with the Chappell wrote in his col- "The Covid-ravaged world whether retired players including the World Test Champi- around the group for an extended pe- creation of bio-bubbles umn for ESPNcricinfo. has meant cricketers would want to earn same onship final against India in riod, it's been fun. And, yeah, a lot of due to the Covid-19 pan- "This was highlighted in spend extended periods in rewards as the current Southampton.Conway, who is among memories created already in the short demic. the last Australia-India se- bubbles, which challenges crop of cricketers does or the three uncapped players in the 20- period. He also cited the India- ries, where the home side their skills and their mental whether it is now the cur- man squad, feels the camp back home "In the Test set up the guys have Australia Test series on used the same fast-bowl- health. It has also resulted rent players missing being in Lincoln ahead of the tour was ideal. been here for a very long time. So you how the hosts got worn out ing trio in all four Tests. As in scheduling that has Test part of a different era. New Zealand play with the Kook- know, it's good to sort of learn from in the bowling department the Australian pace matches crammed to- "It would be interesting aburra at home. it," said the South Africa-born player, the experience of players that have while India somehow bowlers wore down in the gether, which is physically to discover if retired crick- "That was very beneficial for us, you who made the team after impressing in been at this level, they've been play- managed to stay fresh even final stages of the series, and mentally demanding, eters envied the rewards know, having that opportunity to play limited overs cricket.During the camp ing at this level for a long period. though they were ham- their Indian counterparts especially for the fast paid their modern coun- amongst the Dukes ball, get to learn back home, Conway sprinkled cat litter Adjusting to the cold weather in pered by injuries. may have caught a break as bowlers." terparts or whether cur- how it works, and try and formulate a England is a challenge though, feels on practice wickets to simulate spin "The modern cricketer is injuries meant they had to "Modern fast bowlers do rent players would swap game plan, how to go about things," bowling on the rough, hoping it will Conway."...it's about adapting to the substantially better re- constantly change person- a lot of varied training in today's whirling merry-go- Conway said in an online press interac- help him counter the likes of lower degrees. I think that's a slight warded than players of the nel. India is one of the few order to prepare for the de- round for the casual ap- tion."But yeah, I think not a lot Ravichandran Ashwin during the challenge in itself but I think, you previous century. How- teams who have enough mands of constant cricket, proach of the past. I sus- changes. We understand that the WTC final. know, once the body acclimatised to skilled quick bowlers in re- but still the injuries con- pect most international Dukes ball does swing a little bit more On his first Test tour, the 29-year- that, it's about just really understand- ever, like with all such than what the kookaburra does, but old is trying to soak in as much as he ing what you want to do and not over- things in life, there is a serve to meet the chal- tinue to pile up. Fast cricketers are just happy to you've just got to face the ball and can from established names like Tom complicate things...," the southpaw downside involved. This lenges of the schedule and bowlers in the past con- have played," said Chap- come up with a game plan and stick by Latham and Ross Taylor in his team. added. comes in the form of the still remain competitive," centrated more on running pell.