Lack of cooperation from the key players that hindered the team-work prompted national captain Mushfiqur Rahim to resign, revealed Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Thursday. Mushfiq left the entire cricket fraternity shell-shocked
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Sakib falls from top ranking
Ace Bangladesh cricketer Sakib al Hasan was dethroned as the number one all-rounder in one-day internationals in the aftermath of his ordinary displays with both bat and ball in the just-concluded three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. Sakib lost top position to Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan
Tigers crash to series defeat
Bangladesh paid the price for their poor batting as they suffered their second successive series defeat against Zimbabwe after a crushing seven-wicket defeat in the third and final one-day international at Bulawayo on Wednesday. Vice-captain Mahmudullah and in-form Nasir Hossain
No panic as Tigers eye series
The Bangladeshi cricketers refused to press the panic button before taking on Zimbabwe in the do-or-die third one-day international today at Bulawayo as the three-match one-day series is all-square at 1-1. The tourists went 1-0 up after the first game with a crushing 121-run win before the home side crawled back to level the series ... Read more
Mominul struggles at one-down
Bangladesh are yet again encountering a crisis in the vital number three position in the one-day format after their experiment with left-handed batsman Mominul Haque backfired in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. It was filled by the experienced Mohammad Ashraful
Cricketers return to business
The local cricketers were back in business after spending much of their time without any cricketing activities as the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s high-performance unit began its fitness camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. On the first day only 22 cricketers reported from the 32-member
Sakib and Zimbabwe fined
Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision during the second one-day international against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Sakib was found to have breached Article 2.2.1 of ICC code of conduct after the charge had been laid by the on-field umpires Owen ... Read more
Tigers tamed as hosts level series
Zimbabwe bounced back in three-match one-day series against Bangladesh with an empathic six-wicket win in the second game as a heroic innings by Abdur Razzak went in vain at the Queens Sports Club at Bulawayo on Sunday. Razzak scored his maiden ODI half-century off just 21 balls,
Razzak achieves an unlikely feat
Abdur Razzak registered his name in the record books for an unexpected feat by sharing the achievement of hitting the quickest fifty by a Bangladeshi in a one-day international alongside Mohammad Ashraful after his heroics in the second ODI against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Sunday. Coming in to bat at number nine with his side struggling ... Read more
Tigers looking to wrap up series
A confident-looking Tigers will be eyeing to wrap up the three-match ODI series when they take on hosts Zimbabwe in the second one-dayer today at the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. Bangladesh have been on the ascendency and have gone from strength to strength since their first Test defeat by a massive 335 runs as ... Read more
Zia’s persistence pays off
Burly Bangladesh all-rounder Ziaur Rahman is garnering the benefits of continued perseverance. Not deemed good enough for selection for five long years, Zia is currently cashing in on his rich vein of form albeit not with the bat but with his gentle array of medium-fast bowling. The 26-year-old lad from Khulna, who made his bow in Tests ... Read more
BCB runs out of election deadline
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is running out of time to avoid a sanction by the International Cricket Council, who set a deadline for an elected body by June 2013. In the ICC’s annual general meeting in 2011, it was agreed that all member boards will have an independent elected body by June 2012. A further ... Read more
Zia bowls Tigers to victory
Medium pacer Ziaur Rahman picked up his maiden five-wicket haul to lead Bangladesh to a crushing 121-run win over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international of the three-match series at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club on Friday. Zia, playing only his second ODI, claimed 5-30 to wreak
Star Cricket Club begin its journey
Star Cricket Club Limited has begun its journey with the hope of producing future cricketers and creating playing opportunities for the talented ones, it was announced at a programme on Friday at the Shahjahanpur Railway High School field. Among the guests present in the inauguration ceremony
Starc Ashes warning for England
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists’ chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer, who left Australia’s calamitous tour of India early to have surgery on his ankle, is expected to play a key ... Read more
Tigers confident ahead of ODIs
Bangladesh will be eager to carry on the momentum they gained through the 143-run win in the second Test match when they take on Zimbabwe in the first one-day international today at Bulawayo. Considered as one of the luckiest venues for the visiting team, the Tigers will once again start as favourites as the three-match ... Read more
From outsider to spearhead?
Robiul Islam’s Man-of-the-Series performance in the Test series has made him the latest option available to the Bangladesh ODI side. In Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are on a quest to complete an unbeaten run in one-day series this season, having already defeated West Indies in December and drawn with Sri Lanka in March. If they can complete
Pacers prove a point in Harare
Bangladeshi pace bowlers can deliver similar performances in the future as they did in the just-concluded two-Test series against Zimbabwe provided they are managed in an organised approach, said Australian trainer Stuart Karppinen on Tuesday. Robiul Islam brought a breath of fresh air
Zimbabwe fined for slow over rate
The Zimbabwe cricket team were fined due to maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test match against Bangladesh as they were three overs short of its target at the end of the match in Harare, said an International Cricket Council press-release on Tuesday. ICC’s elite panel match referee Chris Broad
Ahad’s honest admission
State minister rewards hockey players for WHL performance State minister for youth and sports Ahad Ali Sarker on Monday admitted international and local media coverage for cricket prompted him to hand out more rewards to cricketers than other sportsmen. Sarker often appeared extremely generous while announcing cash awards for the cricketers as soon as they ... Read more