Gladiators face Royals in race-to-final, BPL play-off today Dhaka Gladiators’ new recruit Chris Gayle and Sylhet Royals’ off-spinner Sohag Gazi will resume their rivalry once again when the two teams clash with each other in the race-to-final qualifier of the Bangladesh Premier League on Friday. Gayle and Gazi recently faced off in a bilateral series when ... Read more
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Kings avoid drama, join last-four
Rubel Hossain atoned for his poor last-over show in the previous match to bowl Chittagong Kings to a 33-run win over Duronto Rajshahi and send them to the play-off in the Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday. Rubel was Kings’ villain in their last match against Rangpur Riders when he conceded 16 runs in the final over ... Read more
Royals knock Burners out
A late assault by Mohammad Nabi and Elton Chigumbura guided Sylhet Royals to a one-wicket win over Barisal Burners at Mirpur which virtually ended the Burners’ campaign in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League. Nabi made an unbeaten 16 while Chigumbura scored 19 as the Royals reached
Abahani end Jamal’s unbeaten run
Abahani Limited finally put an end to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club’s unbeaten run in the league to regain top spot while Sheikh Russell KC were easy winners over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday. Jamal’s unbeaten run included seven wins and four draws prior to their game against
The old Rubel is back ahead of SL series
Pace bowler Rubel Hossain felt he is finally getting back his old rhythm ahead of the upcoming series against Sri Lanka after putting in a match-winning performance for Chittagong Kings against Duronto Rajshahi in the Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday. Rubel had let Kings down in the previous match by conceding 16 runs in the ... Read more
Tamim declared fit for SL series
Bangladesh Cricket Board can breathe a sigh of relief as their opener Tamim Iqbal will be fit ahead of the series against Sri Lanka after having a two-week rest for a hair-line crack in his injured hand. Tamim sustained the injury during the match between Duronto Rajshahi and Sylhet Royals in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
It’s do-or-die for Kings, Duronto
Chittagong Kings and Duronto Rajshahi will engage in a do-or-die clash today that will go a long way in determining which teams will go through to the play offs of the Bangladesh Premier League 2013. The encounter between the Kings and Duronto has been rightly billed as a knockout clash as the winners of the ... Read more
Burners shock holders to stay alive
Barisal Burners kept their hopes alive for a place in the last four of the Bangladesh Premier League when they handed holders Dhaka Gladiators a seven-wicket thrashing in Dhaka on Tuesday. Azhar Mahmood and Alauddin Babu shared six wickets between them to dismiss Gladiators for a bellow-par 114 before Brad Hodge smashed an unbeaten 70 off ... Read more
Royals thrash KRB to confirm top-two finish
Sylhet Royals joined Dhaka Gladiators in the qualifiers for the final in the Bangladesh Premier League after they trounced Khulna Royal Bengals by a huge 61-run margin at Mirpur on Tuesday. The win, which was backed by two half centuries from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Paul Sterling, took the Royals’ tally to 16 points from 11 ... Read more
Ton-up Ashraful takes Gladiators to top-two
Mohammad Ashraful returned to his best to score his first ever Twenty20 century and guide Dhaka Gladiators to a six-wicket win over Khulna Royal Bengals in the Bangladesh Premier League in Dhaka on Monday. Gladiators, riding on Ashraful’s unbeaten 103 from 58 balls, raced to 180-4 to confirm their top-two finish in league phase, which ... Read more
Riders move to fourth
Rangpur Riders prevailed over Duronto Rajshahi by 20 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday to move to fourth place in the standings – the last semi-final spot. The Riders have played the same number of matches as Rajshahi and have accumulated the same number of points but leapfrog ... Read more
Ashraful puts his name in the hat ahead of SL tour
Mohammad Ashraful boosted his chance of making a comeback in the national side for the upcoming Sri Lanka with an impressive century in the Bangladesh Premier League in Dhaka on Monday. With his four of five Test centuries coming against the island nation, Ashraful is hopeful that the selectors would consider him for the two-Test ... Read more
10-year ban on Nadir Shah likely
Tainted umpire Nadir Shah could be banned for up to 10 years after he was found guilty by an inquiry committee formed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, said the officials on Monday. The committee quizzed Nadir and fellow umpire Sharafudoullah Ibne Saikat after a sting operation carried out by an Indian television channel exposed them ... Read more
Tigers join Shahbagh protest
The members of the Bangladesh national cricket team took their time off on Sunday to join the popular youth protest at the Shahbagh Square demanding death sentence for the war criminals of 1971. Senior cricketers Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafee bin Murtaza, Mohammad Ashraful and Abdur Razzak accompanied by top officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board arrived ... Read more
Jurgensen eyes SL success
Shane Jurgensen was pleasantly surprised to learn of the BCB’s decision to continue with him as Bangladesh’s head coach but knows he has a challenging assignment ahead. ‘I have a lot of feelings at the moment,’ he told ESPNcricinfo. ‘I am surprised, excited and honoured to be given the responsibility to look after the team. ... Read more
Crucial phase from today
BPL T20 Crucial phase from today The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will enter its most crucial segment today with just four more days to go before the next round of the competition, officially known as the Race to the Final. The way things stand at the moment, Dhaka Gladiators and Sylhet Royals with 14 points ... Read more
Khulna and Chittagong face off in U-18 final
Khulna Division and Chittagong Division reached the final of the Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket after overcoming Sylhet Division and Rajshahi Division respectively. The final will be played at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi from February 13-15. Khulna defeated Sylhet by seven wickets in their semi-final encounter at the
Riders down Kings in nail-biting finish
Rangpur Riders brought high-flying Chittagong Kings down to earth with a thrilling five-wicket win in the last over of their Bangladesh Premier League encounter at Mirpur on Saturday. Set a target of 161 runs, Riders needed 16 runs in the final over and they got exactly that to record their first win in five matches, ... Read more
Sakib show sinks Burners
Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan produced a masterful performance with both bat and ball to enable Dhaka Gladiators to a straightforward eight-wicket win over Barisal Burners in the Bangladesh Premier League at Mirpur on Saturday. Besides grabbing 2-22 with the leather, Sakib blasted 54 runs from 31 balls as Dhaka
Jurgensen confirmed as new Tigers coach
Saqlain may return, no decision on local assistant coach, six-players told to take proper rest before SL series Bowling coach Shane Jurgensen was confirmed as the new head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team for one year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. The decision was made at a meeting of the cricket operations ... Read more