Bangladesh are desperate to overcome their dead-ball woes when they start their World Cup qualifying campaign with two back-to-back matches at home in June. The Bangladesh Football Federation in a meeting on Sunday has instructed the coaching staff to address the issue immediately as Bangladesh are seeking to make an impact in the long campaign. The man ... Read more
Month: May 2015
F’ganj hold Ctg Abahani
Farashganj Sporting Club and Chittagong Abahani shared one point each after a 2-2 draw in their Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Farashganj, looking for their first win of the league, suffered an early jolt when Hemu put Chittagong Abahani ahead in the second minute of the match. But the old Dhaka outfit, ... Read more
Tigers unchanged for Dhaka Test
Selectors have retained an unchanged squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, beginning at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. The Tigers returned to Dhaka on Sunday after a creditable draw in the first Test in southern city of Khulna which kept Pakistan still in search of their maiden win in the ... Read more
East Zone win a thriller
Islami Bank East Zone held their nerves under pressure to race to a thrilling three-wicket win over Walton Central Zone in the second round Bangladesh Cricket League in Chittagong on Saturday. Set a target of 224 runs in just 31 overs on the fourth and final day, East Zone overcame dramatic late collapse to reach 227-7 ... Read more
Sakib, Wahab fined for breach
Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and Pakistani paceman Wahab Riaz were fined 30 per cent of their match fees on Sunday for breaching code of conduct during their drawn first Test in Khulna. The duo was found guilty for an incident happened in the 118th over of Bangladesh’s second innings when the two players unnecessarily halted ... Read more
Bangladesh line up for N Korea friendly
The Bangladesh national football team is likely to play a FIFA friendly match against North Korea on May 14 as part of their preparation for the World Cup qualifiers. The decision was revealed by the BFF president Kazi Salahuddin on Sunday after an hour-long meeting with the national team committee and national team coaching staff, led ... Read more
MSC held by Feni Soccer
Mohammedan Sporting Club lost a big opportunity to reduce the gap on table toppers Sheikh Jamal DC when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Feni Soccer Club in their Bangladesh Premier League match on Sunday. In the second match of the day, Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win ... Read more
Tamim explodes potential in full form
Opener Tamim Iqbal has come of his age by hitting career-best 206 runs to help Bangladesh earn their maiden draw against Pakistan in the opening Test match of two-match Test series at Khulna on Saturday. Tamim danced down the wicket against Junaid Khan to whack a six straight over his head bringing his double hundred that ... Read more
Opening pair touches new height
Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes put up record-breaking 312 runs in their second innings opening-stand against Pakistan that left the visitors awe-struck in the opening Test match of the two-match Test series at Khulna. They broke the highest opening pair stand in the second innings of the Test history, surpassing England’s Colin Cowdrey and ... Read more
Misbah hails Tamim, Imrul
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said on Saturday that Bangladeshi openers changed the course of the game altogether in their first Test match at Khulna. Any hope Pakistan had for quick kill after 296 runs first innings lead was dealt in ruthless manner as Tamim and Imrul race to 273-0 on the fourth day to slice through the ... Read more
Sunny’s 7-for keep Central in the game
Walton Central Zone finished on 212-5 at the end of the third day against Islami Bank East Zone to take their second innings lead to 90 runs in their Bangladesh Cricket League match at Fatullah on Saturday. The day belonged to the left arm Spinner Elias Sunny who picked up seven wickets for 124 runs to ... Read more
BFF out for more int’l friendlies
The Bangladesh national football team is set to play a host of warm up matches in their preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers and SAFF Championship, said the Bangladesh Football Federation officials on Saturday. Bangladesh will start their World Cup qualifying campaign against Kyrgyzstan on June 11 before taking on Tajikistan just five days later ... Read more
Draw order of the day
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club lost their first points of the Bangladesh Premier League when they were held to a goalless draw by Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. In the second match of the day, Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra were also held to a 1-1 draw by Rahmatganj MFS at the same venue. Jamal, ... Read more
Bangladesh overtake Pakistan in ODI rankings
Bangladesh overtook Pakistan in the ICC one-day international rankings to claim the eighth position after the world cricket’s governing body completed the annual update on Thursday. The updated rankings saw West Indies and Bangladesh have equal 88 points but the Tigers are lagging behind only by a fraction. Pakistan, who lost all three ODIs to Bangladesh in ... Read more
Pakistan in driving seat against Tigers
Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez hit a career best 224 to put tourists in a commanding position against Bangladesh in the opening of the two-match Test series at Khulna on Thursday. Pakistan piled up a mammoth 537 for 5 at stumps on the third day of the first Test in reply to Tigers 332 to take a ... Read more
Tigers now focus only on draw
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim admitted on Thursday that Bangladesh were far from winning the first Test match against Pakistan at Khulna and instead the hosts are now focusing for a draw. ‘We are quite far from winning this game,’ Mushfiq told reporters. ‘We have to think about the draw ‘, said the captain. ‘We are behind by ... Read more
Attack on Sakib key to our success: Hafeez
The reason for Pakistan’s dominant batting display in the ongoing Test match against Bangladesh was because the visitors succeeded in attacking the hosts’ main bowler Sakib al Hasan, said Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez on Thursday. Hafeez, resuming on 137, stroked a masterful maiden double-hundred to help the tourists get a grip over the hosts inside three ... Read more
Central Zone 179 all out
Walton Central Zone were all out for 179 in their first innings against Islami Bank East Zone in the second match of Bangladesh Cricket League in Chittagong on Thursday. Asked to bat first, the Walton outfit found themselves in a precarious position of 4-23 and lost another wicket at 57 to stare at a two-digit score. However, ... Read more
Farashganj earn first point
Farashganj Sporting Club and Feni Soccer Club shared one point each after playing out a goalless draw in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. With the draw, Farashganj earned their first point of the league after suffering four consecutive defeats. The stalemate did not change the position of the points table ... Read more