TOURING Bangladesh batsman, Tamim Iqbal, says the Tigers are prepared to launch a strong offensive when they clash with Zimbabwe in a month-long tour that begins next Wednesday. Tamiml, who made his debut in Zimbabwe in 2007, is not expecting an easy outing against their close rivals and said Bangladesh are aware of the challenge
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Bangladesh could host Asia Cup next year
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is hoping to stage the Asia Cup 2014 after they received a green signal from India, which was originally scheduled to host the one-day tournament in February-March next year, said the officials on Saturday. The Asian Cricket Council had offered India to hosts the twelfth
‘Our inexperience was exposed’
Inexperience played a major role for the recent failure of the Bangladesh national women’s cricket team on their just concluded tour of India after they failed to grasp the opportunity on several occasions, said captain Salma Khatun on Saturday. The women cricketers returned home on Saturday
First U-19 four-day match ends in a draw
The first four-day match between the Bangladesh Under-19 team and Sri Lanka Under-19 side ended in a draw at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. The young Tigers, chasing an improbable target of 233 runs, were batting on 71-3 from 25 overs in their second innings when bails were drawn for
Champions League T20 sans Dhaka Gladiators
Two-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Gladiators were left out of the Champions League for the second season in a row as the organisers of the private Twenty20 tournament announced the line-up on Friday. Ten teams were divided into two groups with the top
Zimbabwe’s moment of truth
Zimbabwe national cricket team caretaker coach Steve Mangongo says he respects their opponents Bangladesh as the two teams at the basement of Test rankings prepare to renew their rivalry in a month-long tour that begins next week, according to report published in Zimbabwe’s daily Herald on Friday. The teams are set to clash in a ... Read more
Mehedy, Mosaddek make merry
Mehedy Hasan and captain Mosaddek Hossain blasted sparkling centuries to cap a fine comeback by the Bangladesh Under-19 team after the end of the third day’s play of the first four-day match against the Sri Lankan Under-19 team at Mirpur on Friday. Mehedy scored 105 from 171 balls while Mosaddek posted 107
So close yet so far for Bangladeshi women
The Bangladesh national women’s cricket team squandered a great opportunity to claim a morale-boosting win against their Indian counterparts after going down by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international in Ahmedabad on Friday. The Bangladeshi women bundled their experienced opponents
Zia back on winning track
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman Zia again return to the winning track as he beat WIM Olsarova Tereza of Czech Republic in the 5th round of the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Thursday. In the 5th round matches, Zia won with white pieces.
Games hit by controversy
The upcoming 8th Bangladesh Games was hit by the opening ceremony controversy that forced the ceremonies committee chairman Asaduzzaman Noor to step down from his post in order to avoid further chaos. Asiatic Events, a company of which Noor is
Shuktara reported for suspect action
The Bangladesh national women’s cricket team received a blow on their ongoing tour of India as spinner Ayesha Rahman Shuktara was reported to the International Cricket Council for a suspect bowling action, said an ICC press release on Thursday. The off-spinner was reported by on-field umpires
Mushfiq oozes confidence
15-member Bangladesh squad depart for Zimbabwe Bangladesh will look to cash in on the low confidence of the Zimbabwean cricketers after the Southern African country’s below-par performance against the West Indies recently, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim on Wednesday. Bangladesh boarded for Zimbabwe to feature in a two-match Test series,
Bangladesh fall short again
Rumana Ahmed fought hard but could only delay the inevitable as the Bangladesh women’s cricket team suffered a 46-run defeat against their Indian counterparts in the second one-day international in Ahmedabad on Wednesday to concede an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. In reply to India’s score of 256-6, Bangladesh
SL U-19 begin well
Sri Lankan under-19 cricket team made a solid start as they posted 331-5 at the end of the first day’s play of the first four-day match against the Bangladesh under-19 team at Mirpur on Wednesday. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the Sri Lankan U-19 team capitalised on the efforts of their opening ... Read more
Teletalk to sponsor Zimbabwe series
Teletalk, the state-run cell phone operator, has become the official title sponsor of the Bangladesh-Zimbabwe series, it was announced at a news conference on Wednesday. Teletalk will sponsor the two-match Test series beginning with the first Test at Harare on April 17, along with the three-match ODI series
Bangladesh depart for Harare with high hopes
The Bangladesh national cricket team will board for their crucial tour of Zimbabwe today with their sight firmly focused on ending their drought of winning a Test series with their confidence sky-high after their recent performances. Bangladesh defeated the West Indies
‘It is our Ashes’
Bangladesh’s Australian head coach Shane Jurgensen termed the rivalry between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh similar to the Ashes but asked his charges not to take any extra pressure on themselves ahead of the upcoming 33-day tour. ‘This is our Ashes,’ Jurgensen told New Age on Tuesday.
BD-SL U-19 series kicks off today
Hosts Bangladesh and the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team will begin their series today at Mirpur as both the age-level teams will be looking forward to prove their worth ahead of the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup next year. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will start the series
Mooney faces flak over Thatcher tweet
Ireland allrounder John Mooney faces the prospect of disciplinary action following a tweet made in response to Margaret Thatcher’s death. After news of Baroness Thatcher’s death broke on Monday, a tweet appearing from Mooney’s account, said: ‘I hope it was slow and painful.’
Saqlain rejoins Tigers
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq is expected to join the Bangladesh cricket team as a spin bowling consultant for the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday. This will be Saqlain’s second stint with the Tigers after his first assignment during the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka and the home series ... Read more