Shahriar Nafees continued his good form in the practice matches as the left-hander hit 72 against the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team in a rain-interrupted day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The national batsmen looked quite uncomfortable against the young academy bowlers and the 104-ball 72 from opener Nafees, who slammed a hundred ... Read more
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Sakib style of seeking leave
Sakib al Hasan thought a text message to cricket operations chief Enayet Hossain should be enough for him to take a leave from national team duty. Sakib sent a text message to Siraj on Thursday to justify his unauthorised absence from the team’s training camp, which came as the latest surprise after he had already ... Read more
Law starts work sans Sakib
New Bangladesh coach Stuart Law began his work with the Tigers on Sunday at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium without skipper Sakib al Hasan and his deputy Tamim Iqbal. Tamim was given a week’s rest to nurse his groin injury, but the absence of Sakib came as a mystery as he did not inform the ... Read more
Who is right?
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan came down heavily on the Akram Khan-led selection panel for not taking his opinion over the selection of the team for Zimbabwe. The all-rounder, who returned home from England on Sunday after playing county cricket, expressed his disappointment over the team selection while talking with the reporters at the
4 Indians & 4 Aussies in ICC’s all-time XI
In the week when England host India at Lord’s in the 2,000th Test match, there was no room for any English players in an International Cricket Council (ICC) poll to decide cricket fans’ greatest Test team of all time. Names like WG Grace, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Jim Laker, Fred Trueman and Ian Botham were ... Read more
Hesson new Kenya coach
Kenya have appointed New Zealander Michael Hesson as the new national cricket coach, officials said on Tuesday. The Dunedin-born Hesson, 36, is widely regarded as one of the best young coaches in the game, having been involved in coaching the New Zealand A side and the Otago Volts provincial team for six years
Law’s focus on teamwork
When Stuart Law met his new charges at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday, it was more than just smiles and handshakes. His brief with most of the national cricketers surrounding him centred on him being a hard, but fair guy. Later during his first official press conference, it was along a similar theme; the former ... Read more
New world order
Tests Through Time New world order Australia dominated through the latter part of the 1990s and into the first years of the new millennium. Nothing stood between them at that point, be it the Ashes, Frank Worrell Trophy or the World Cup. After Steve Waugh called winning in India the ‘final frontier’, the Adam Gilchrist-Ricky ... Read more
Nafees warms up with a ton
Shahriar Nafees took another step towards a return to the Test team when he struck 115 against the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy on Sunday. The two-day match was marred by rain yesterday with only nine overs of the Academy side’s innings possible (33 for one) but on Day One, it was Nafees who stood out ... Read more
The new Tiger on the block
Four years ago, Nasir Hossain took a big risk when he quit the BKSP to join Abahani for the Dhaka Premier League. BKSP were then playing in the league, so it was mandatory for every student to play for the sports academy side. Abahani had come up with a huge offer which was very tough ... Read more
Shuvogata’s dilemma
Conjecture has enough legs for a belief to travel a long-winded trail in Bangladesh cricket. It can lift an element within the circle to its highest peak and equally, it can dump him to the point where it remains an afterthought, reduced to a footnote. A player is often the centre of all the attention ... Read more
No more meddling in selection process
BCB reins in technical committee The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally decided to rein in the controversial technical evaluation committee, curtailing its power of meddling in the selection matters. The decision was taken at the marathon executive committee meeting in Sylhet, which started in the evening continued up to
Sakib caught by Tamim again
Tamim Iqbal tasted success against Sakib al Hasan in their friendly-rivalry for the second time in a row as his Nottinghamshire beat Worcestershire by 25 runs to finish top of the North Group of Friends Life Twenty20 competition on Friday. Tamim took the catch of Sakib as he did in their previous encounter to end ... Read more
Bangladesh call up uncapped Nasir for Zimbabwe tour
Uncapped batsmen Nasir Hossain and Shubhagata Hom found their places in the 15-member Bangladesh national cricket squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe featuring a Test and five one-day internationals. The team was announced late on Friday after a meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board in Sylhet. Roqibul Hasan, Alok Kapali and Sohrawardi Shuvo, who ... Read more
Sylhet to get int’l cricket venue by 2012
Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday announced that the Sylhet divisional stadium will be renovated to meet the standards of an international venue by 2012. The announcement came after a view-exchange meeting, chaired by finance minister Abul Maal Muhith, at the Rose Garden Hotel in Sylhet where the board’s directora are currently ... Read more
Decentralisation: BCB style
As part of its decentralisation plan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board will hold a meeting of its board of directors in Sylhet today. The meeting, which begins at 4:00pm, is expected to discuss a number of important issues including the appointment of national team management committee for the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour and
‘Technical committee creating pressure’
Former Bangladesh captain turned chief selector Akram Khan has voiced his concern over the so-called technical committee’s involvement in the selection procedure following the drama with the announcement of the national team for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. Akram found no reason to share the views with the technical committee before the team
Sakib, Tamim set for another friendly rivalry tonight
When Worcestershire play their final group match of the Friends Life Twenty20 against Nottinghamshire today, Sakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal are set to renew their friendly rivalry with a place in the quarter-final of the tournament at stake. The match at Nottingham will begin at 12:10am (Bangladesh Standard Time)
Drama puts Tigers’ squad on hold
Chief selector Akram Khan is already facing a severe first spell as he prepared to name the Bangladesh team for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe. After the 23-member skills training camp under Sarwar Imran ended yesterday, it was expected that the announcement of the squad will be made today with one new face, all-rounder
Back from wilderness at last
The short-term camp under Australian coach Geoff Lawson has given some pace bowlers, who were in the wilderness for several years, a renewed hope to revive their international career. Tapash Baishya, Talha Jubair, Tarek Aziz and Farhad Reza had lost their all hopes of returning to mainstream cricket after they were dumped from the national ... Read more