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Only 22 wickets fall in four days as bad light brings contest to early end

ECB Reporters Network13-May-2024

Felix Organ and James Vince put on 53 to take Hampshire out of a mini-collapse to complete a Vitality County Championship stalemate with Durham which had been inescapable since Friday.Matthew Potts – two for 19 – reminded England of his skill by removing Hampshire’s openers to add a small amount of jeopardy back into the match.But Organ and Vince made it safe with risk-free blocking before bad light and rain brought about the inevitable result at 3.40pm.Hampshire are still winless after five matches in 2024 but picked up 13 points to Durham’s 11, while the visitors remain undefeated since their return to Division One.For three days, this had the feeling of a certain draw – and so it proved – but for a short spell in the morning Durham sensed an unlikely victory.They lost their last two first-innings wickets – Callum Parkinson bowled after the ball rolled back onto his stumps and Peter Siddle paddled to short fine leg – either side of Ben Raine picking up his 19th first-class fifty in 95 balls.It gave Hampshire a 71-run first-innings lead, having seen Liam Dawson and Organ bowl more overs than they ever had in an innings – 66 and 42.5 overs respectively – and were rewarded with five for 184 and four for 101. Dawson’s were the third-most ever in an innings by a Hampshire bowler.With rain around and a stone-dead pitch, that felt like that, but Potts had other ideas.The six-time capped Test fast bowler shook off his indifferent early season form to blast out Hampshire’s two openers.Ali Orr, who had scored a splendid first-innings century, was undone by a ball in a testing area, with perhaps a little lift, to edge behind to Ollie Robinson in the third over.Fletcha Middleton was unluckier as a good length delivery stayed low and slipped under his bat and into his stumps. Potts’ first five-over spell returned two for eight.With Nick Gubbins absent following the birth of his daughter – Ottilie Mae Haigh – on Sunday and a skittish start that had seen the ball replaced after the very first delivery and then at the start of the fifth over, Hampshire suddenly appeared startled.But Organ – jumping back up the order from No.8 to deputise for Gubbins – and captain Vince settled things back into the groove of the previous three days, albeit with zero intent to score runs.Organ took 30 balls to get off the mark before tickling off his hips for a boundary, as both batters soaked up deliveries to kill as much time as possible. Organ would end up with 18 off 99 balls, and Vince 35 from 108.Spinner Callum Parkinson remained unchanged from the Hotel End in the 37 overs bowled before bad light took the players off at 2:45pm, which proved terminal and meant only 22 wickets had fallen in the match for fewer than 1,000 runs.

نجح فريق بيراميدز في تحقيق فوز ثمين على منافسه الأهلي بهدفين دون رد، خلال المباراة التي جرت بينهما اليوم ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

والتقي الأهلي مع بيراميدز، على أرضية استاد السلام، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الخامسة من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري.

وجاء هدف بيراميدز الأول في الدقيقة الخامسة من عمر الشوط الأول، عن طريق وليد الكرتي بعد متابعة لتصويبة كريم حافظ من ركلة حرة مباشرة.

طالع أيضاً.. قائمة الزمالك لمباراة وادي دجلة في الدوري المصري.. استبعاد محمد شحاتة

وفي الدقيقة 68 من عمر المباراة أحرز وليد الكرتي الهدف الثاني من كرة رأسية بعد تمريرة من أحمد عاطف قطة قابلها برأسية سكنت الشباك.

وشهدت مباراة محاولات عديدة من لاعبي الأهلي على مدار شوطي اللقاء، إلا أن الحالة الدفاعية الصلبة لفريق بيراميدز حالت دون ذلك.

وتعرض مدافع الأهلي أشرف داري للإصابة خلال مشاركته مع فريقه حيث ظهر متألمًا بسبب العضلة الضامة ليغادر الملعب ويحل مصطفى العش بدلًا منه.

بتلك النتيجة، يحتل بيراميدز المركز الثالث في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 8 نقاط، بينما يتواجد الأهلي بالمركز الثاني عشر، ولديه 5 نقاط. هدف بيراميدز الأول أمام الأهلي في الدوري المصري

هدف بيراميدز الثاني أمام الأهلي في الدوري المصري

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Já não é mais segredo que a indústria da aposta esportiva movimenta bilhões de reais por ano no Brasil. Atualmente, é possível ver diferentes marcas do segmento em comerciais de televisão, na camisa dos times dos maiores clubes do país, patrocinando grandes nomes do esporte e do jornalismo esportivo. A Copa do Mundo 2022 ratificou a importância das casas de apostas no espaço publicitário. Diante desse cenário, em 2023, a tendência é aumentar a procura pela aposta esportiva e, especificamente, pelos aplicativos de apostas.

O grande acesso do brasileiro a aparelhos celulares faz com que as casas de apostas invistam em aplicativos. Dessa forma, as empresas melhoram a experiência mobile do usuário. A maioria dos chamados aplicativos de apostas são para Android, que é o sistema operacional que a maioria dos brasileiros usa. Betano, Pixbet, Betnacional e Parimatch são exemplos de casas de apostas que lançaram apps apenas para Android.

As gigantes Bet365 e Betfair também disponibilizam apps para os usuários de iPhone. O sistema iOS está longe de ser o mais utilizado no Brasil, mas as tradicionais casas de apostas acreditam que também vale a pena agradar os usuários da maçã.

Porém, os aplicativos de apostas não podem ser achados na Apple Store ou Google Play Store. Pelo fato da aposta esportiva ainda não ser regulamentada no país, a política da Apple e do Google opta por não disponibilizar aplicativos relacionados à aposta esportiva nos resultados de pesquisa. Dessa forma, as casas de apostas precisaram criar alternativas para oferecer o download das plataformas móveis aos clientes brasileiros.

A saída foi criar arquivos APK e .IPA, que podem ser baixados diretamente do navegador. Um arquivo APK é um arquivo desenvolvido pelo próprio Google, já o .IPA é criado pela Apple. Ambos são alternativas criadas pelas empresas para disponibilizar aplicativos que não precisam das lojas de app.

A questão da regulamentação do setor da aposta esportiva é algo que está em debate há anos. Em 2022, acreditou-se que o governo fosse agilizar o processo para a Copa do Mundo. Porém, em ano de eleição presidencial, a pauta não foi prioridade e ficou para ser decidida no governo de Lula. As casas de apostas esperam que, em breve, a regulamentação seja assinada pelo presidente. Dessa forma, os aplicativos de apostas poderão ser facilmente baixados pelas lojas de app e, assim, atrair ainda mais usuários.

*Conteúdo patrocinado

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De 2020 para cá, o Palmeiras tem sido frequentador assíduo nas finais do Paulistão. São dois títulos e um vice nesse período, mostrando o quanto o time tem sido forte nesses últimos anos. No entanto, um adversário tem se mantido como “pedra no sapato” do clube: a Inter de Limeira, justamente o próximo compromisso alviverde na edição atual do estadual. Ou seja, nesta quinta-feira, às 19h30, no Allianz Parque, Abel Ferreira e seus comandados terão um tabu a quebrar.

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A última vitória do Verdão sobre a Inter foi em janeiro de 2005, um emocionante 5 a 3 pela primeira rodada do Paulistão daquele ano. Lá se vão 18 anos e nenhum resultado positivo dos palmeirenses no período. Verdade seja dita: foram apenas três confrontos de lá para cá (últimas três edições do estadual), o que transforma o cenário em apenas um pequeno jejum, mas que precisa ser quebrado.

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Foram dois empates e uma derrota alviverde nesses três jogos. Em 2020, quando voltaram a se enfrentar depois de 15 anos, Palmeiras e Inter de Limeira empataram em 0 a 0, naquele que ficou marcado como o último duelo dos times antes da paralisação por conta da pandemia de Covid-19. O técnico palmeirense ainda era Vanderlei Luxemburgo e nem se pensava em Abel Ferreira.

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Em 2021, com os títulos da Libertadores e da Copa do Brasil nas costas, o técnico português já era um personagem importante no clube e vinha tentando adaptar o time à nova temporada, uma vez que a transição de 2020 para 2021 praticamente não teve pausa. Nessa entressafra, o Verdão enfrentou a Inter no Allianz Parque e foi surpreendido com uma derrota por 1 a 0 nos acréscimos.

No ano de 2022, com o status do time e de Abel Ferreira ainda mais nas nuvens pelo bicampeonato da Libertadores, o duelo potencializava um gigante contra uma modesta equipe do interior. No entanto, o Palmeiras foi para Limeira com uma formação reserva, pois estava no meio da disputa da Recopa Sul-Americana contra o Athletico-PR. Resultado: novo empate em 0 a 0 e tabu mantido.

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Em resumo, o Verdão não venceu e nem balançou a rede da Inter de Limeira nesses últimos três anos e três jogos. Sendo assim, o último gol palmeirense em cima da equipe do interior foi em 2005, marcado pelo meia Diego Souza, originário da base alviverde, que venceu a Série B de 2003. Portanto, trabalho para os comandados de Abel Ferreira tirarem essa “pedra no sapato” e manterem a melhor campanha da fase de grupos do Paulistão-2023 até aqui. Será que o tabu cai na quinta?

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Os representantes dos clubes envolvidos na semifinal do Campeonato Carioca estão reunidos com o governador do Rio, Cláudio Castro, com neste momento, no Palácio Guanabara, em Laranjeiras. Em pauta, questões relacionadas à segurança dos jogos. Volta Redonda e Fluminense se enfrentam no domingo, no Raulino de Oliveira, enquanto Flamengo e Vasco jogam segunda-feira, no Maracanã.

Devido aos incidentes de violência no Clássico dos Milhões no último domingo, o Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ), que também está presente na reunião, avalia pedir torcida única nos jogos. Os clubes e a Ferj são contrários à medida.

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Além de promotores e dirigentes do futebol carioca, o Tribunal de Justiça e a Polícia Militar também participam da reunião. Os clubes estão representados pelo presidente do Flamengo, Rodolfo Landim, o vice-presidente do Fluminense, Matheus Montenegro, o CEO e o vice-presidente do Vasco, Luiz Mello e Carlos Osório, e o presidente do Volta Redonda, Flavio Horta.

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Nesta quinta-feira (16), o lateral Joaquín Piquerez teve sua convocação para a seleção uruguaia confirmada para os amistosos contra Japão e Coreia do Sul, ambos disputados na Ásia, no fim de março. O jogador comemorou o seu retorno à seleção na próxima Data Fifa, agradecendo também ao Palmeiras pela confiança.

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O camisa 22 do Palmeiras, que foi ausência do Uruguai na Copa do Mundo do Catar, já estava na pré-lista do técnico Marcelo Broli, que comandou a seleção sub-20 no recente vice-campeonato do Sul-Americano da categoria.

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– Defender o Uruguai é sempre um orgulho e uma honra muito grande. Todo jogador tem o objetivo de atuar pela seleção do seu país e comigo, claro, não é diferente. Quero agradecer a confiança do treinador e, em especial, ao Palmeiras e a todos os meus companheiros e funcionários de clube. A minha família também é fundamental para eu poder desempenhar o meu trabalho da melhor maneira possível e sem preocupação – disse Piquerez.

-Todos têm uma parcela muito grande de contribuição não somente nessa convocação, mas no momento que estou vivendo. Continuarei trabalhando com muita dedicação para poder representar o meu país mais e mais vezes – finalizou.

Piquerez está no Verdão desde 2021 e é o uruguaio com mais títulos (cinco) e terceiro com mais vitórias (50) pelo clube. Antes de vestir a Celeste, o lateral tem compromissos com o Palmeiras. O Alviverde enfrenta o Ituano neste domingo (19), às 16h (horário de Brasília), no Allianz Parque, pela semifinal do Campeonato Paulista.

Vale ressaltar que o uruguaio não irá desfalcar o Palmeiras mesmo se o time avançar para grande decisão do Paulistão, já que a primeira partida das finais do está marcada para 2 de abril, não havendo conflito de datas.

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Em sua primeira fala como jogador de Seleção Brasileira, o meia Raphael Veiga não teve como fugir de um assunto que soa óbvio para qualquer jogador do Palmeiras que chegar ao time nacional: Abel Ferreira.

O português que dirige o Verdão é um dos nomes cogitados para assumir a vaga de Tite, que saiu após a última Copa do Mundo. O posto será ocupado interinamente por Ramon Menezes neste sábado (25), às 19h (de Brasília), no amistoso contra Marrocos.

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Em entrevista concedida nesta terça-feira (21), Veiga enfatizou que entre brincadeiras, os palmeirenses deixaram claro a seu treinador que o queriam comandar o time da CBF.

– A brincadeira lá no Palmeiras já existiu, o pessoal comentando e brincando com ele, mas ele sempre deixou claro a permanência dele no Palmeiras. Essa questão agora sobre o treinador que vai vir, se é o Abel, estrangeiro, não sei, não cabe a nós. O que sei é que o Abel é um grande técnico.

Depois do ‘lobby’ informal, o meia do Alviverde foi mais direto ainda em sua propaganda do homem que o dirige no dia-a-dia.

– O Abel, para mim, foi o melhor técnico que eu tive, o que mais me passou informações. Também os títulos que a gente ganhou fizeram com que eu crescesse muito. O Abel é um cara muito simples para passar as ideias dele, muito didático, você consegue entender muito bem aquilo que ele quer, os objetivos que ele quer. E o dia a dia de treinamentos também é muito bom. Caso o Abel viesse, a Seleção ia ganhar nisso, nos feedbacks e no dia a dia também, ele é um cara muito bom, melhor do que alguns da imprensa imaginam.

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Charles’ 39-ball ton powered WI to 258 but de Kock’s hundred helped the hosts win with seven balls to spare

Firdose Moonda26-Mar-2023

Quinton de Kock’s first T20I hundred – and joint sixth-fastest in the format off 43 balls – helped South Africa complete the highest successful chase in T20Is. De Kock’s knock innings came in the second half of a run-fest on a belter of a pitch at SuperSport Park.In total, 517 runs were scored, the most in a T20 game, including 35 sixes, the most in a T20 international and two fewer than the most in any T20 match.Related

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Johnson Charles was responsible for 11 of those sixes as he blasted his way to the joint second-fastest T20I century, and fastest by a West Indian, as they posted their highest score in the format. In the end, it was not enough.It was a tough day for bowlers on both sides, who struggled to get their lengths right. Only Kagiso Rabada conceded at under ten runs an over and there were poor disciplines on both sides, especially by West Indies. They bowled 10 wides and a no-ball compared to South Africa’s four wides and may see that as an important difference in the final result.The series decider will be played about 40 kilometres away, at the Wanderers, on Tuesday.Charles and Mayers do a demolition job The early dismissal of Brandon King dissolved into a footnote when Kyle Mayers and Charles got together for an exhibition of power-hitting that dismantled the home attack. Marco Jansen’s opening over cost 20, as Charles peppered the off side and Sisanda Magala’s first over went for 21 runs thanks to a merciless Mayers. He hit the biggest six of the innings when he sent Sisanda Magala 114 metres over midwicket, with the ball carrying over the hospitality suite roofs and into the practice nets. Charles brought up his fifty off 23 balls when he hit Tabraiz Shamsi over square leg, Mayers followed with a 24-ball fifty, and also brought his milestone up against Shamsi.West Indies were 62 for1 after the powerplay and 137 for 1 after the first 10 overs, which was their fastest start in a T20I. The openers were separated at the start of the 11th over, when Mayers miscued a pull off Jansen but by then, they had shared the third-highest stand for West Indies in T20I cricket – and all three of them have come against South Africa – and plundered 135 runs in 58 balls at a scoring rate of just under 14 runs an over.The carnage continues Charles was 18 runs away from his century when both Mayers and Nicholas Pooran fell to Jansen but he was undeterred. He sent Kagiso Rabada for six over square leg, then hit a Magala full toss over point for four and reached his century with a drive over extra-cover. Jansen was brought back and Charles sent him for sixes over extra-cover and long-off and then four through fine leg before he was bowled by a yorker that he seemed to have kept out but trickled onto his stumps. Charles scored 73 of his 118 runs on the leg side, including eight of his 11 sixes, and when he was bowled, West Indies still had six overs to bat.Johnson Charles’ 39-ball hundred ended in vain for West Indies•AFP/Getty Images

Shepherding the finish Romario Shepherd picked up from where Charles’ left off when he flicked a Parnell full toss off his pads for his first boundary. Then he tucked into Magala and took two sixes off his third over, prompting Aiden Markram to bring Rabada back. He wasn’t spared either as Shepherd and Rovman Powell hit 18 runs of his final over. Magala returned to deliver the last over and could not find his yorker. His full tosses were slammed over midwicket and long-on as West Indies scored 79 runs off the last six overs. Shepherd was unbeaten on 41 off 18 balls and Magala ended with the sixth most-expensive T20I figures.De Kock and SA break recordsThere’s probably no better batter to get a record chase underway than de Kock and he responded in exactly the way South Africa would have wanted. He started with consecutive fours off Akeal Hosein before slamming three successive sixes off Sheldon Cottrell in an over that cost 29. De Kock was then dropped on 32, when he tried to reverse-sweep Hosein and got a thin edge but Nicholas Pooran could not hold on, and he went on to make West Indies pay. In that over, South Africa equalled the quickest fifty by a Full Member team in T20Is and de Kock hit Hosein back over his head for six and then for back-to-back fours.De Kock then notched up South Africa’s fastest T20I fifty, off 15 balls. In the process, South Africa broke the record for the most runs by a Full Member team in a powerplay – 102 – and the fastest hundred by a Full Member in T20Is. They went on to score the most runs in the first 10 overs of a men’s T20I – 149 – and the 152-run stand between de Kock and Reeza Hendricks was South Africa’s fourth-highest of all time. De Kock brought up his hundred in the 11th over with a single.Hendricks helps himself With 46 runs off 21 balls in the first-wicket stand it would seem unfair to call Hendricks’ role merely a supporting act and he soon had the chance to take centre stage. After de Kock’s dismissal, Hendricks scored his first six when he sent Odean Smith over extra-cover and brought up his half-century off 22 balls. It was his fifth fifty in his last seven T20I innings and he was intent on moving through the gears from there. He scored 16 runs off the next five balls he faced including a scoop for six off Powell before he top-edged a slower bouncer and was caught behind. South Africa still needed 66 runs off 44 balls at that stage.Markram and Klaasen take it home West Indies pulled things back a touch after seeing the back of Hendricks. There were only two boundaries between the 14th and 16th over and David Miller was caught on the long-off boundary before Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen came together to finish things off. Markram destroyed Raymon Reifer’s figures when he scored 17 runs off his fourth over, including a six over long-on, and Klaasen took successive fours off Jason Holder to take the asking rate to less than a run a ball. South Africa won with seven deliveries to spare.

Australian batter will look to press his case for Test selection ahead of the WTC final and the Ashes

Matt Roller21-Mar-2023

Peter Handscomb will press his case for inclusion in Australia’s squads for the World Test Championship final and the Ashes after signing a deal with Leicestershire to play the first two months of the County Championship season.Handscomb, who missed out on Ashes selection in 2019, was recalled to the Test side after a four-year absence for Australia’s recent tour of India. He made 145 runs at 29.00 across the series, including one half-century.He has pulled out of Australia A’s upcoming tour to New Zealand and will travel to the UK after playing for Victoria in this week’s Sheffield Shield final. He has previously played county cricket for Durham, Gloucestershire, Middlesex (as captain) and Yorkshire.Handscomb will fill in for Ajinkya Rahane, and is likely to be available for the first six rounds of the Championship season. Rahane is not available until early June due to his involvement in the IPL, where he has a INR 50 lakh (£50,000 approx.) contract with Chennai Super Kings, and will play both four-day and 50-over cricket in the second half of the county season.Leicestershire had previously agreed a deal with Abdullah Shafique, the Pakistan opener, to cover the period while Rahane is unavailable. But his likely selection for their upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand meant he became unavailable, hours before his contract was due to be announced by the club.Cricket Australia confirmed that Caleb Jewell, the left-handed Tasmania batter, would replace Handscomb in the Australia A squad on Tuesday. “Players with upcoming County Cricket deals were not considered for Australia A selection as they will already be subject to English conditions prior to the Ashes,” a CA spokesperson confirmed.Cameron Bancroft and Todd Murphy have also lined up county deals which are yet to be announced, which are understood to be with Yorkshire and Durham respectively.A number of Australia players will use the early months of the county season as a chance to acclimatise to English conditions ahead of their six Tests in the country this summer.Chief among them are Marnus Labuschagne (Glamorgan) and Steven Smith (Sussex), whose deals have prompted some pundits to question why counties are willing to provide red-ball preparation to England’s summer opponents.The ECB is unconcerned by the situation, but has expressed a desire for more English players to win reciprocal opportunities in the off-season. “I’d love to get more of our players in first-class cricket overseas,” Mo Bobat, the ECB’s performance director, said earlier this year.

David commits to Hurricanes until the end of 2024-25 while McDermott signs until the end of 2025-26 despite moving to Queensland

Alex Malcolm06-Jul-2023

Hobart Hurricanes have been able to shore up their BBL list by re-signing in-demand power hitters Tim David and Ben McDermott beyond next season.David, 27, has signed a one-year extension to take his contract through until the end of the 2024-25 season. McDermott, 28, has committed to the Hurricanes until the end of 2025-26.David has become a global T20 phenomenon since making his name at Hurricanes in 2020 after starting his career as a fringe player with Perth Scorchers. He has become a mainstay in Australia’s T20I side over the last 12 months.Related

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Despite being part of the Mumbai Indians franchise and playing for MI Cape Town in the SA T20 last year, after he had completed his BBL commitments, as well as MI New York in the upcoming Major League Cricket in the United States, David will continue to commit to the BBL with Hurricanes for the next two seasons.”I am very happy to be extending with the Hurricanes for the next couple of years,” David said.”While I am playing a lot of my cricket overseas, I feel at home among my teammates and support staff in the Hurricanes setup, and I am hopeful that I can contribute more to this group going forward.”Ben McDermott goes on the attack•Getty Images

McDermott has committed to Hurricanes long-term despite leaving Tasmania after eight years to relocate to Queensland with his young family to play his domestic cricket for the Bulls.McDermott said it was difficult to leave Tasmania but remaining with Hurricanes provided a silver lining.”I haven’t spoken a whole lot publicly about it, but it was genuinely a really difficult decision to make,” McDermott said. “Ultimately, family comes before everything, which I know everyone down in Tassie was really understanding and supportive of, but it was a really hard decision given how long I was down there, how much I grew as a cricketer during my time in that program, and the fact that a lot of the guys I played with for all of those years are some of my best mates.”The fact that competitions like the Big Bash allow players to move around a little bit is perfect for me – there’s a lot of similarity between the Tigers and Hurricanes squads, so I’m rapt that I will still have the opportunity to play with a lot of those guys and spend some quality time down in Tassie over the next few years.”Plus, on-field, I really believe we have a great team that can make history for the Hurricanes. We had pretty much all of the ingredients last year, and things just didn’t quite go our way when it counted. With a couple of tweaks here and there, I’m really excited about what we can achieve not just in BBL 13, but beyond that as well.”Hobart Hurricanes squad: Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade