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Gold will be on Andy Murrays mind when he plays in a second successive Olympic final on Sunday.The world No. 2 is the first man ever to achieve the feat and, should he retain the title he won so gloriously in 2012, he would become the first tennis player to win back to back singles golds.In an era dominated by three all-time greats, to accomplish something Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have not done first is a huge feather in Murrays cap.The goal is to just try and win a gold medal, he said. Im not really thinking about any of the stuff that goes with that just now.Its obviously a very difficult thing to do, hence why its not been done before. Ill go out there, hopefully play a good match, fight as hard as I can, give it everything and see what happens.If Murray can find the same form he showed in a 6-1, 6-4 demolition of fourth seed Kei Nishikori then he will be tough to beat.The 29-year-old knew he needed to step things up after surviving tight, tense tussles against Fabio Fognini and Steve Johnson and he did just that.Murray served superbly and dominated off the ground, with Nishikori failing to create a break point during the match.The Scot said: I served very well and I had no lulls in the match. I made most of the games really tough for him. Even the ones that I lost he was having to work hard for.I knew after yesterday, both of us had long matches. His singles was physically probably tougher than mine but I also had to play mixed [doubles].I knew if I could get off to a good start, make it physically tough for him after that then it would be hard and thats what happened.The one big disappointment was the crowd, with the stadium half full at best by the end and significantly less than that for much of it.But they were all on their feet at the end of the remarkable penultimate point, which ended with Murray sat on his backside with arm aloft after somehow conjuring a winning passing shot.He said: I just came up with a bit of a lucky shot down the line. I didnt even see it bounce so I didnt know whether it was in or not. Thankfully it was good.I was obviously pumped because if he turns that around and potentially breaks its a totally different match. It was a huge point.One thing Murray certainly should not lack, when he plays Juan Martin Del Potro in the final, is confidence.He extended his career-best winning streak to 17 matches and has now won 28 of his last 29, winning titles in Rome, at Queens Club and Wimbledon and reaching the final of the French Open.Murray was rewarded for his achievements both Olympic and otherwise by being given the honour of carrying the British flag at the opening ceremony and is pleased to have ensured he will contribute to the medals table.He can at worst leave Rio with silver, adding to the singles gold and mixed doubles silver he won in London.The last four months definitely have been the best period of my career, said Murray.My job is to try to keep that going now and keep up the consistency Ive had.Ive played not my best tennis this week but found a way to win. Often in events you have matches like the one yesterday or the one against Fognini that if you can get through you start to find your form and feel better.When youre competing for your country you do feel a bit of extra responsibility, obviously.After carrying the flag, I didnt want to go and bomb out in the first round and not play well. Im glad I was able to win a medal and to win gold would cap off a special 10 days for me. Dallas Mavericks Jerseys . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. Jose Juan Barea Mavericks Jersey . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. http://www.mavericksteamofficial.info/luka-doncic-mavericks-jersey/ . 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He was comforted by how the fast bowler, playing his first international series since his bowling action was cleared by the ICC, was ticking through his check-list smoothly, and looked prepared for bigger battles in the coming weeks.I am really proud of him, Zaki says, four days after Taskin finished as the joint highest wicket-taker in the ODI series. I helped a guy who was facing a major threat in his international career come back to where he belongs, after correcting his suspect bowling action. He was delivering the bouncer and yorker at high speed.I think we didnt have to make too many changes to his action but certainly he looked like a refreshed bowler. I didnt see any speedgun in the Afghanistan series but Taskin later told me that he felt that he was bowling at his old speeds.The 50-year old Zaki is a former fast bowler who is now employed by the BCB as a specialist bowling coach. In April this year he was asked by Heath Streak, Bangladeshs bowling coach at the time, to record videos of Taskins action while Streak was away with the IPL side Gujarat Lions. After Streak quit the Bangladesh job, Taskins rehabilitation had to be monitored solely by Zaki.Here was Bangladeshs most promising fast bowler since Mashrafe Mortaza and Talha Jubair, and it was up to little-known Zaki to get him ready for his second independent assessment. Zaki now says he knew that Taskin was a special bowler who needed to be dealt with differently.I quickly understood that I was dealing with a young fast bowler, he says. If I took him as a general example among such bowlers then I would have to make lots of biomechanical changes to his action. Taskin the cricketer isnt the same without his pace and bounce, so we focused on keeping his pace while making those subtle adjustments to his action.To the naked eye, there is hardly any discernible change to how he runs in and bowls.The point where his action differs from most other fast bowlers is when he loads up, when he brings his arm up just as he lands on his back foot prior to his delivery stride. Here, his wrist points towards midwicket (to the right-hand batsman) rather than down the pitch.Now, this unusual positioning of his wrist is possibly even more pronounced, but the rest of his action remains more or less what it was earlier. Footage confirms that Taskins load-up remains consistent with how it was even as far back in 2012, when he bowled in the nets in front of Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen and Academy head Richard McInnes, or a few months later when he played his first BPL match, or even when he made his international debut two years later.Coaches love a consistent bowling action, especially if it works for the bowler. Taskin was certainly one of Jurgensens favourites, and he pushed for the fast bowlers debut during the 2014 World T20. After Jurgensen left the Bangladesh job, Taskins ODI debut produced a five-wicket haul and he didnt look back, performing well until the 2016 World T20 when he was reported for a suspect action after Bangladeshs first match.Since being reported in March, Taskin has unddergone two independent bowling-action assessments in Chennai and Brisbane, the latter clearing him to bowl again in international cricket.dddddddddddd The report obtained by ESPNcricinfo says that Taskin did not go past an average of five degrees, upon ball release, in an over at the Brisbane assessment. Out of the 24 deliveries he bowled, only four went up to seven degrees while some others touched six degrees.Arafat Sunny, who was reported and suspended at the same time as Taskin, also underwent a reassessment in Brisbane. His highest average for ball release in an over was 11 degrees, and the lowest was six degrees.If not among all current bowlers, Taskinss action is being regarded as technically one of the better bowling actions among bowlers who have been reported for suspect actions or suspended for illegal actions.To get to this point, where the straightening of his elbow is well within the prescribed 15-degree limit, Taskin required minor changes to be ironed into his action. Zaki says keeping his pace intact was the major challenge. To record what he was doing, he used eight different camera angles to ensure everything was captured and he had the necessary data.It was certainly one of the most challenging projects of my coaching career, Zaki says. I was trying to help a kid whose career was on the line. My initial target was to take him back to his old rhythm, which was to ensure that he bowls between 138 to 148kph. We couldnt afford to lose his pace.I recorded his action from eight angles in total and only after I was totally convinced from one of the angles did I move to the next one. The angles were the usual four TV camera angles and then I did some from 45 and 35 degrees. I also used a fire-service ladder to get an overhead shot of his action. I recorded him every week from mid-April to the end of August.Next, Zaki installed large mirrors to provide Taskin a personal perspective whenever he had some downtime at the Shere Bangla National Stadium or at home.Inside the dressing room where the coaches often sit, I set up a nine-foot mirror for Taskin, Zaki says. I did a similar thing in his home where I put up a 6x4 foot mirror so that he can try out his action in front of it. We tried the action thousands of times.The work put in by Taskin has certainly been praised by those who saw him from April to August, when he also helped Abahani Limited to their 18th Dhaka Premier League title. But Zakis efforts shouldnt go unnoticed.Zaki replicated what Mohammad Salahuddin did with Abdur Razzak when he was suspended from December 1, 2008 to March 12, 2009. Salahuddin is regarded as one of the most technically sound coaches in Bangladesh. Now, given Zakis success with Taskin, the BCB should use him regularly to spot defects in the actions of a number of bowlers in domestic cricket.My eyes have become experienced now with Taskins action, Zaki says. When he bowled towards the end of the third ODI against Afghanistan, I felt that he was at his best. His action didnt have any chinks whatsoever. It was a very fair action. ' ' '