National Cricket League Twin tons bring Dhaka back in it Anamul Haque and Mehrab Hossain applied themselves brilliantly on way to hitting twin hundreds as Dhaka staged a fightback against Rajshahi on the fourth day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Riding on a 165-run fifth wicket ... Read more
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Rajshahi edge ahead on Naeem ton
Naeem Islam scored a laborious century to put Rajshahi on top against Dhaka on the third day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The seven-hour long marathon innings under humid conditions from Naeem, who made 112 off 281 balls with fifteen boundaries, helped Rajshahi take a small ... Read more
Ex-captains wade in on game development
A number of former national cricket captains have given their opinions on a long-term strategic plan which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has prepared to improve the standard of the game in the country. They put their suggestion while exchanging views with BCB’s chief executive officer (CEO) Manzur Ahmed, who placed a four-year long plan, ... Read more
Big-hitting Gayle blasts 37 in one IPL over
Chris Gayle blasted an astonishing 37 off one seven-ball over to set Royal Challengers Bangalore on their way to a nine-wicket romp over Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. The former West Indies captain plundered paceman Prasanth Parameswaran for four sixes and three fours in the second over of Bangalore’s reply ... Read more
Different routes to success
The moment Nasiruddin Faruque chose to stop thinking too much about his game, he reaped the rewards. On the other hand, a deeply motivated Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is also on his way to reaching his pre-season target. “I used to think too much about everything,” Faruque said. “There is less negativity now
KKR playing well without Dada: SRK
Taking a mild dig at Sourav Ganguly who joined Pune Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders’ co-owner Shah Rukh Khan said they have done well without Dada. Shah Rukh also said that KKR had offered Ganguly a role in the team but he was not really game with the assignment that the franchise had in mind for
An obituary
Cricket is dead in the National Cricket League (NCL). And how. When you take a sweeping view of what goes on during four-day games in this country, it would be hardly surprising if you find out players just waiting for the game to be over. After having surveyed through players in the competition, it has ... Read more
Murali wants Hashan to prove allegations
Retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan wants his former team-mate Hashan Tillakaratne to either furnish proof of match-fixing by the country’s cricketers or stop making such allegations as he might just end up being sued. “I don’t know why he has said this. If somebody is making such claims, he should first give
Tillakaratne to take fixing claims to ICC
Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne said on Tuesday he was ready to share information on alleged match-fixing with the International Cricket Council, the game’s world governing body. Tillakaratne, now an opposition politician, said he will name those involved in match-fixing to ICC officials, after claiming last week that Sri Lanka players had been fixing ... Read more
Surgery beckons Mashrafe again
Pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will fly to Australia next Saturday for another surgery on his right knee. The “Narail Express” made his return to international cricket in the home series against Australia last month after injuring his right knee in December last year but never looked hundred percent fit during the three-match
Tillekaratne to talk about match fixing
Former Sri Lanka Test captain Hashan Tillekaratne will be making a special statement tomorrow at the Western Province Provincial Council regarding the match fixing allegations made by him. The former Sri Lanka cricket captain Hashan Tillekaratne made a sensational revelation that match fixing has been common in Sri Lanka’s cricket and promised that he would ... Read more
It’s dangerous to just drop names in match-fixing: Sangakkar
Former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara reacting sharply to Hashan Tillakaratne’s allegation that Sri Lankan players have been fixing matches since 1992, said instead of throwing names around, the ex-player should work with the ICC’s anti-corruption unit to rout out the menace if it is there. Speaking in the post match media conference after his ... Read more
Sourav brought luck for us: Shah Rukh Khan
After Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a handsome victory over Kings XI Punjab, KKR owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Saturday said former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly who came to see the match at Eden Gardens had brought luck for the team. “Sourav had brought luck for the team. Sourav was sitting at a ... Read more
Lone hand from Nafees
Shahriar Nafees continued his good form with a century for Barisal in their last National Cricket League game against Sylhet at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi yesterday. It was a captain’s knock from the left-hander as his side crumbled in front of Alok Kapali’s leg-spin to be bowled out for 257, Sylhet replying with ... Read more
Ashraful’s blast from the past
Mohammad Ashraful shone with both ball and bat to lead his Bangladesh A side to a six-wicket victory against South Africa A on Tuesday night at Buffalo Park in East London, in the first of five unofficial ODIs. Only ten days ago South Africa had been battering Bangladesh in a four-day match, and in their ... Read more
BCB bids farewell to Siddons
The Bangladesh Cricket Board bade farewell to the outgoing national coach Jamie Siddons on Tuesday after it had decided not to renew the contract of the Australian. The board president, AHM Mustafa Kamal, hosted a lunch at the BCB office in his honour, before an executive committee meeting, where members of the press were
Rafiqul era ends
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided to terminate the contract of the national selection committee led by Rafiqul Alam yesterday in its 29th meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium headquarters. “It was decided in the meeting that their contract will not be renewed after April 30,” said BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus. “We will prepare ... Read more
Fountain likely to stay as fielding coach
While Bangladesh Cricket Board is thinking to ring changes in the entire national team set-up, fielding coach Julien Fountain is one exception, not to be ruled out completely. The BCB is still negotiating with Fountain despite them stating they will place fresh advertisement for coaches in the newspapers and on the
Shakib misses treble narrowly
Shakib Al Hasan’s left-arm spin was again the star for Kolkata Knight Riders as his two wickets sunk Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League encounter at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last night. After bowling three tight overs during Kolkata’s dominant display, Shakib got into the act with two late strikes to restrict the ... Read more
Sakib loses top all-rounder spot
Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan finally lost his number one place in the ICC rankings for one-day all-rounders after a string of poor performances in the World Cup and the one-day series against Australia. Australia’s Shane Watson displaced Sakib after Wednesday’s third and final one-dayer, ending his long reign of 115 weeks and four days ... Read more