South African skipper Faf du Plessis showed his content by bringing down high-flying Bangladesh into earth as the hosts were clean swept in the two-match Twenty20 series on Tuesday. South Africa clinched the series cleanly when they defeated Bangladesh by 31 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium following their 52-run win in the opener. The ... Read more
Month: July 2015
Proteas shrug off phone threat to Parnell
Visiting South Africa cricket team on Tuesday played down the significance of a reported threat made to their cricketer Wayne Parnell by anonymous caller, saying it was nothing serious and maybe a mere prank or a hoax call. Parnell reported the threat hours before the first Twenty20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday after he had ... Read more
BFF halts naturalisation of African trio
Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday backed off from their previous decision of naturalising three African footballers after facing a huge criticism from the footballing fraternity. BFF earlier decided to give Bangladeshi citizenship to African trio — Guinean forward Ismail Bangoura, Nigerian forward Kingsley Chigozi and Ghanaian defender Samad Yussif — in
Jr Tigers keep on winning
Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team continued their winning run as they beat their South African counterparts by 29 runs in their second match of the youth one-day international series in Durban on Tuesday. The junior Tigers who smashed the African side 6-1 in their home series early in the year extended their lead to 2-0 in ... Read more
Mamudullah, Anamul return for South Africa ODIs
Batsmen Mahmudullah and Anamul Haque have been recalled as Bangladesh on Tuesday named 14-man squad for the first two one-day internationals of three-match series against South Africa. Mahmudullah had missed Bangladesh’s previous series against India at home after he sustained a fracture on his left index finger. Anamul had injured himself during
South Africa complete T20 sweep
Spinners Eddie Leie and Aaron Phangiso shared six wickets between them as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by 31 runs in the second Twenty20 international to take two-match series 2-0 in Dhaka on Tuesday. Debutant leg-spinner Leie claimed 3-16 while left-arm spinner Phangiso claimed 3-30, Bangladesh were all out for 138 runs with five balls remaining,
Bangladesh investigates threat to South African cricketer
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said that it has asked the intelligence agencies to investigate a threat issued to South African cricketer Wayne Parnell by an anonymous caller at the weekend in Dhaka. Parnell reported the threat hours before the first Twenty20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday when received a phone call in his hotel ... Read more
Tigers bolster batting today
Bangladesh look to bolster their batting strength when they take on South Africa in the second Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Opener Rony Talukdar is expected to make his international debut in place of Sohag Gazi for the game, scheduled to start at 1:00 pm. Bangladesh will play the game to save ... Read more
Soumya promises an improved show
Bangladesh promised to give an improved show in the second Twenty20 International against South Africa today, saying that their bowlers are not as unplayable as it may have looked. Opener Soumya Sarkar said that the batsmen are confident of implementing their plans in a better way than the first game when they were folded for ... Read more
Langeveldt wary of Tigers backlash
South African bowling coach Charl Langeveldt said on Monday that he believes Bangladesh will come out hard in the second and final Twenty20 international match after their heavy loss in the opening match. The 40-year old former seamer, who recently replaced legendary paceman Allan Donald as Proteas bowling coach, however, has full faith on his ... Read more
Ctg Abahani to host Int’l Club Cup next year
Chittagong Abahani Limited said on Monday that it is willing to host an international club tournament with eight teams next year under the name of Sheikh Kamal. Club president Shamsul Haque Chowdhury disclosed the news while introducing their new football committee chairman Tarafder Mohammad Ruhul Amin at the Bangladesh Football Federation.
Shakil finishes 86th in World Open Chess
Bangladeshi International Master Abu Sufian Shakil, a player of Dhaka Mohammedan SC, finished 86th in the World Open Chess held in Arlington, Virginia in USA. Shakil earned 4.5 points from eight matches. In 8th round match, Shakil lost to
Jamal back to winning ways
Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club returned to the winning ways with a 6-2 drubbing of Feni Soccer Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. Nigerian forward Emeka Darlington struck his maiden hat-trick of the campaign while Gambian Landing Derboe scored a brace with Haitian Wedson Anselme adding the other goal for the winners.
Amla arrives in Dhaka with four
Batsman Hashim Amla along with four other South African players arrived in Dhaka on Monday to join the visiting side, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials. Amla was accompanied by pace bowler Morné Morkel, leg spinner Imran Tahir all-rounder Ryan Mclaren and Farhaan Behardien through a flight of Emirates Airlines. Amla and Morkel are part of ... Read more
Messi refuses to accept Copa America best player award
After initial speculation on Sunday morning’s broadcast, reports from Argentina suggest that the Copa America’s best player of the tournament award was removed from the stage and not awarded after Messi turned it down following his country’s penalty shootout defeat to Chile. There was criticism and cynicism after Messi won the Golden Ball at the ... Read more
Art show explores influence of folklore
Artists Afzalur Rahim and Samina Nafies are displaying their experimental artworks at an exhibition at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro art gallery in Dhaka. The exhibition, simply titled Exhibition, is a tribute to folk art and features works including paintings, terracotta pieces, hand-woven textiles and an installation – all inspired by folklore and motifs. Samina Nafies ... Read more
Bangladeshi prints amazing: Ajit Seal
Ajit Seal, a noted Indian artist and also graphic arts teacher at the Visva Bharati University, said he was surprised to see the superior quality of the works of Bangladeshi printmakers. Ajit came to Bangladesh on a three-day visit to conduct a demonstration of plate lithography printmaking during an exhibition at the National Art Gallery ... Read more
Tigers get a dose of own medicine
South Africa gave Bangladesh a dose of their own medicine, putting them on a spin to record a crushing 52-run win in the first Twenty20 International in Dhaka on Sunday. Bangladesh had prepared a turning pitch for the Proteas as expectedly and appeared to have gotten some successes restricting the formidable batting line up of ... Read more
Mashrafee blames irresponsible batting
Of South Africa’s all qualities, the one thing that did not intimidate Bangladesh is their spin bowling. And this is where they faltered in the first Twenty20 international as the visitors recorded a crushing 52-run at Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said his batsmen’s inability to handle South African spinners proved to ... Read more
FIRST T20 IN NUMBERS
1 Mustafizur Rahman became the first bowler in history to concede a free-hit off a no-ball that is not from the foot-over-stepping. The International Cricket Council in its recent annual conference changed the rule of no-ball, allowing a free-hit after all kinds of no-ball. The rule came in effect with the Sunday’s first Twenty20 International ... Read more