State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar met with different stakeholders yesterday to discuss about the amended constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The minister first met with district, division and club officials, who talked in favour of approving the amended constitution as it
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Walton becomes women’s T20 series sponsor
Walton Mobile became the title sponsor of the Bangladesh-South Africa women’s Twenty20 series after the company signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday. Walton, a sister concern of RB Group, came forward to help the BCB as both the parties held fruitful talks regarding the sponsorship after the Board failed to find ... Read more
Hosts fall flat
If one were to measure the performance level of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team in the three-match ODI series against South Africa then the all-important last match, which South Africa won by seven wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday by chasing a paltry target of 61, would definitely be considered the
‘Not just a walk in the park’
South Africa’s tour of Bangladesh didn’t exactly start according to plan. They only managed to score 75 runs in the first game and had to work hard to win the second. The deciding game, however, brought the best out of the Proteas. Salma Khatun, captain of the Bangladeshi side, was expectedly disappointed about their performance in the ... Read more
Tigers lose final T20
Afghanistan emerge champions Bangladesh frittered away a golden opportunity to win the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition when they let Trinidad & Tobago escape from the perils of 12 for five to lose their last game of the competition by four wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday. Instead, it was ... Read more
Kamal wants BCB polls on time
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday that he would prefer to see the board elections taking place on time. “I want the elections to be held on time and I hope it will take place on time,” the BCB boss told the Daily Star Sport over telephone
Tigers notch second win
Mushfiqur Rahim’s men continued their winning spree as they cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their second match of the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain on Friday night. It was another rain-interrupted match after they won the first game against
South Africa draw level
The South Africa women’s cricket team bounced back to level the series with a four-wicket victory in the second one-day international at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The Bangladesh women’s cricket team, who won the low-scoring first game by two wickets, were thumped by the Proteas as their modest total of 179 runs ... Read more
Tigers top in short match
Mushfiqur Rahim’s men posted a comfortable seven-wicket victory in their rain-interrupted first match against Barbados in the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain on Thursday night. The match was reduced to an 8-over-a-side affair due to the delayed start following rain. In the curtailed over match, Barbados XI scored
Stunning win for BD women
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team pulled off a nerve-wracking two-wicket victory over the visiting South Africa women’s cricket team in the low-scoring first one-day international of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Ritu Moni drove pacer Ayabonga Khaka to the fence to confirm their first major victory against
‘Tough win is sweeter’
Bangladesh women’s team captain Salma Khatun said yesterday after her team’s two-wicket win over South Africa that sometimes a hard-fought victory is sweeter than an easy one. “We are happy that in the end we won the match. It was not at all easy but sometimes a hard-fought win is much sweeter than an easy ... Read more
BCB XI win warm-up
BCB XI got off to a good start with a 59-run victory in the lone T20 practice match against Tobago on Wednesday night. The Tigers, who are playing under the banner of BCB XI, were scheduled to play their first match in the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition against Barbados last night, then play against Afghanistan today ... Read more
BCB eases TV rights clause
The Bangladesh Cricket Board in an emergency meeting on Tuesday relaxed the clause for its television broadcast and marketing rights to attract new bidders, said BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal after the meeting. The BCB, earlier, had put a clause that a company with minimum five years experience in
NCL awaits first ever day-night affair
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday that it will introduce day-night first-class match in the forthcoming National Cricket League in line with the guideline of the International Cricket Council. ‘The opening game and the final match of National Cricket League will be a day-night affair and a pink ball will be used as per ... Read more
Ex-player Shariful banned on BPL spot-fixing charge
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said it has banned ex-national cricketer Shariful Haque for an indefinite period after an allegation made against him for spot-fixing has been substantiated. The decision against Shariful was taken following an allegation made by former Test captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza who had alleged that he was approached by the ... Read more
SA women touch down
The South Africa women’s cricket team arrived in Dhaka yesterday to play three one-day internationals and as many T20 internationals against their Bangladesh counterparts. All the matches will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur where cricket returns for the first time since the planting of the new
BCB reviewing clauses
Tender for Worldwide Media Rights BCB reviewing clauses The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is in the process of rethinking some tough clauses following a poor response to their international tender for worldwide media rights. The board has already extended the timeline for obtaining tender documents and submission of tenders by another seven days in order ... Read more
Kamal faces strong opposition over cricketers’ councillorship
With the election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board scheduled for November, the councillors of the board started to pull up their socks by raising their voice against the president AHM Mustafa Kamal at a meeting at the Nationals Sports Council recently. Kamal recently wrote a letter to the NSC for retaining the councillorships of 15 ... Read more
Salma happy with results
Bangladesh women’s cricket team captain Salma Khatun said yesterday that the Ireland trip greatly aided towards the improvement of their performance. The women’s team returned home on Friday after the Ireland tour where they won only one T20 game against the hosts but Salma was little bothered with the result of the tri-nation series, instead
Few buyers for BCB TV rights bid
The Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to attract too many companies to buy its television broadcast and marketing rights and extended time for purchasing the tender schedule for another seven days in the hope of roping in few more interested clients. The last date of buying the schedule for the TV rights ended on August 31 ... Read more