Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Prior to the T20 World Cup, captain Dasun Shanaka on Sunday, hailed the Asia Cup victory as a “true turnaround” for Sri Lankan cricket and dedicated the win to the crisis-hit nation. Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s unbroken 71-run innings and Wanindu Hasaranga’s outstanding performance with bat and ball guided Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan ... Read more
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Sri Lanka deservedly won the title
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com It was indeed a team effort that resulted in a young Sri Lankan side becoming Asian champions. Sri Lanka outclassed Pakistan, registering a 23-run win, to ensure their sixth Asia Cup title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium ‘It was a team effort’, said very proud Sri Lankan coach Chris Silverwood ... Read more
Irrepressible Marufa ticks all the boxes, chooses Pandya as role model
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Marufa Akter, the new face of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team, appears to be a star in the making. Simplicity just sparkles in her eyes and the young woman exudes the confidence of an athlete brimming with supreme confidence and aspirations at the highest level. It is quite common for every ... Read more
Tigresses look confident of clearing the qualifier hurdle
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh seems confident of securing their spot in next year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup by finishing top of the four-team group at their qualifying tournament, to be held in the United Arab Emirates from September 18-25 target. The USA, Scotland, Ireland, and the Tigresses are placed in the same group. ... Read more
Mushfiq leaves T20Is with modest legacy
Nafis Almas Siam After retiring from Twenty20 Internationals, when people will look back on Mushfiqur Rahim’s 16-year career in this format, they will remember him more for the runs he could not score rather than for the runs he scored. Mushfiq ended his T20I career with the Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, with 102 ... Read more
Mushfiqur retires from T20Is
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh’s veteran wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. The announcement came from its official Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. Mushfiqur’s Facebook post read: “As salaa mualaikum to all, hope you are doing well. “I have been grateful to have you all beside me throughout my long ... Read more
Domingo left out of the T20 strategy
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Russell Domingo was released by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday from his position as the Twenty20 international team’s head coach, but the South African will continue in that position for the Test and one-day international teams. However, Nazmul Hasan, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board stated this following a meeting ... Read more
Warner desires CA to speak about his captaincy ban
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Following his confirmation of a return to the BBL with the Sydney Thunder, David Warner wants to speak with Cricket Australia’s board regarding his leadership suspension. Warner said on Sunday that his nine-year exile from the BBL was ended after agreeing to a two-year contract with the Thunder, which would allow ... Read more
Mustafizur climbs into the top 10 ODI bowlers
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com With 640 rating points, Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman has climbed six spots to tie for 10th place with Chris Woakes of England in the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers.Although Mehidy Hasan Miraz still holds the best position by a Bangladeshi bowler for ODIs, he slipped two places to eighth in the ... Read more
Tigers head coach Domingo to arrive tomorrow
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Russell Domingo, the head coach of Bangladesh, is scheduled to arrive in the country on Friday before the team departs on August 23 for the UAE to participate in the forthcoming Asia Cup.On August 30, Bangladesh will play Afghanistan in their opening game of the tournament, which is set to start ... Read more
Tigers to play 150 international matches in the new FTP
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh will be playing all other full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during the next cycle of the ICC Men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period 2023-27, the details of which were confirmed by ICC on Wednesday.According to the fresh announcement of the FTP, The Tigers are set ... Read more
Bangladesh women cricketers get roadmap
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team will play a total of 50 matches over the course of the next three years, according to the first women’s Future Tour Plan [FTP] released by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.10 international women’s teams will play 301 games during the 2022–2025 FTP cycle. In the cycle, Bangladesh ... Read more
“Shakib and Mushfiqur could open if necessary”
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh team management is considering Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim as openers for the upcoming Asia Cup, said the national team’s director Khaled Mahmud on Monday. The selectors have picked just two recognised openers-Anamul Haque and Parvez Emon- in the 17-man squad for the Asia Cup. Regular opener Liton Das ... Read more
Zim clinch ODI series
Sikandar Raza and skipper Regis Chakabva’s 201-run stand took Zimbabwe in the lead to seal the second ODI win by a commanding margin of five wickets in Harare on Sunday, resulting them braced their first ODI series win against Bangladesh since 2013. With two early dismissals, Hasan Mahmud gave the Tigers a strong start with ... Read more
Asia Cup schedule released
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The schedule for upcoming Asia Cup 2022 is out and Bangladesh will play against Afghanistan in their opening Group B fixture on August 30th at Sharjah.Sri Lanka are the other team in Group B. The Tigers play their second game on September 1 against the Lankans at Dubai. The tournament will ... Read more
Tigers lost the series after a 10-run defeat to Zim in the third T20I
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh suffered their first-ever bileteral series defeat to Zimbabwe, as the hosts won the third and final series-deciding T20 international at the Harare Sports Club Ground by 10 runs on Tuesday. Mahmudullah, returning to the T20I side following injury to skipper Nurul Hasan, failed to inspire the side to victory after ... Read more
Tigers’ seven-wicket victory in the second T20I levels the series
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com In the second Twenty20 international of the three-match series on Sunday at the Harare Sports Club Ground, off-spinner Mosaddek Hossain’s brilliant opening stint drove Bangladesh to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Zimbabwe. The part-time bowler claimed his first five-wicket haul in T20I play in the seventh over, reducing the hosts to ... Read more
Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar’s strong biopic ‘Rawalpindi Express’ in 2022
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Pakistan cricketer and holder of the world record for fastest bowling Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that “Rawalpindi Express,” his biography, is currently under development. Akhtar posted the movie’s motion poster while announcing the news on his social media accounts. Beginning of this beautiful journey. Announcing the launch of my story, ... Read more
In 2024, Bangladesh will host the Women’s T20 World Cup
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The International Cricket Council announced on Tuesday that Bangladesh will host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024. The four nations chosen to host women’s white ball competitions from 2024 to 2027 are Bangladesh, India, England, and Sri Lanka, according to the ICC Board. Bangladesh will host its second Women’s ... Read more
South Africa withdraws from the ODI series against Australia which was scheduled for 2023
South Africa have withdrawn from the One-Day International series against Australia earmarked for next January, putting the Proteas hopes of automatic qualification for the 50 over World Cup in India in major jeopardy.Abandoning the series, which forms part of the Super League, hurts South Africa’s chances of direct qualification for the 2023 men’s ODI World ... Read more