With the 2011 World Cup only eleven days away, the confidence levels of fans and players alike will have been boosted by Bangladesh’s recent elevation to number eight in the pecking order of ODI cricket. The Tigers’ ODI team have overtaken the West Indies, whose 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankans in ... Read more
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Siddons not interested in ‘unfit’ Mashrafee
The return of paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza to competitive cricket hardly impressed coach Jamie Siddons despite the injury-prone bowler performing decently in his comeback match for Abahani in the Dhaka Premier League on Saturday. Mashrafee bowled all 10 overs of his quota to return with a wicket conceding 55 runs and
Opening ceremony tickets from Feb 10
The tickets for the ICC World Cup 2011 opening ceremony will go on sale from February 10 at different branches of Dhaka Bank, Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday. Around 10,000 tickets for the opening ceremony will be sold through the bank while the rest 15,000 will be distributed among the ... Read more
Shakib champions Think Wise
Bangladesh cricket captain and Think Wise Champion Shakib Al Hasan said it becomes his duty to inform the youth about the horrors of HIV and AIDs and to make others informed about the human rights the afflicted people are entitled to. “I have recently joined Think Wise Campaign as a part of my social responsibility. ... Read more
Mini World Cup begins
Mirpur Bangla School and College beat Scholastica in the opening match of the Mini Cricket World Cup, a tournament for the different schools of Dhaka and Chittagong, at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. In the other matches, Dhaka Ideal School, Willes Little Flower School and Rayer Bazar High School won their respective
17th time for Abahani
Abahani regained the most coveted domestic title despite losing the prestige battle against their traditional rivals Mohammedan by just one wicket in the exciting last round match of the Premier Cricket Super League at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday. Young paceman Abul Hasan’s brilliant bowling of 6 for 31 and the presence of the
Mashrafee happy at return
Out-of-favour paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned to competitive cricket with a decent performance with the ball during the Dhaka Premier League title deciding match between Abahani and Mohammedan SC at the Fatullah stadium on Saturday. Mashrafee, playing for Abahani, claimed a wicket for 55 runs in his 10 overs and also took
Spin is king
There is little doubt that the effort of the spinners was the key behind the Tigers success in the last two series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe. The slow bowlers took 56 wickets amongst them in the last eight matches; a statistic, which clearly shows how heavily the Bangladesh team are dependant on them. Nobody ... Read more
Title to be decided today
Mashrafee expected to play for Abahani The title of Dhaka Premier League will be decided today when the last round of Super League will be held with arch-rivals Abahani and Mohammedan Sporting Club facing off at the Fatullah stadium. Abahani will take their fourth title in five seasons if they can beat Mohammedan as they ... Read more
Rubel aims to be among top three
Pacer Rubel Hossain has set himself a target to be among the best three bowlers at the upcoming World Cup as the Bangladesh national team finished their three-day preparation camp in Chittagong on Friday. Rubel, who injured his right-hand index finger while trying to catch a ball coming from Tamim’s bat during practice at the ... Read more
Good luck Tigers
Another World Cup is round the corner and it is another exciting occasion for me. I was the captain of Bangladesh in their first two ICC trophies in 1979 and 1982 and at that time our only aim was to play the World Cup. We were close in ’82 when we reached the semi-final. But ... Read more
WC trophy takes a trip in city
Cricket fans in Dhaka had their first glimpse of the ICC World Cup 2011 trophy, the game’s ultimate prize, when it was paraded in different parts of city on Thursday. Hero Honda, a global partner of the ICC, hosted a series of progammes with the trophy, which arrived in Dhaka a day earlier amid tight ... Read more
Fountain tweaking Tigers’ fielding
It has often been said that a good fielding team adds runs to the total. This means that, for instance, when defending a score of 220 a fielding side, by being alert to every run-saving opportunity, can actually make the batting side feel that the total they are pursuing is, say, 20 runs higher. This ... Read more
Tamim hungry for century
When Tamim Iqbal is on song, the Bangladeshi fans hardly have any chance to be disappointed. Expectations run very high whenever the Chittagong lad gets going but the irony is that despite his master blaster reputation Tamim has never scored a century in his own ground. Before the beginning of his practice session on Thursday ... Read more
WC trophy in town
The trophy of the World Cup 2011 arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday and will remain here until the opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 17. The Bangladesh Cricket Board, the Local Organising Committee and the ICC sponsors have planned a massive promotional campaign with the trophy beginning today with a
Tigers’ training at Chittagong gets underway
The Bangladesh cricket team began a three-day long practice camp in Chittagong on Wednesday ahead of the World Cup 2011, which gets under way with the opening ceremony in Dhaka on February 17. The training camp at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, however, raised quite a few eyebrows as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is scheduled ... Read more
Abahani to the fore
Abahani bounced back strongly and brightened their chances of regaining the Premier Cricket League title when they beat Old DOHS by 39 runs in the penultimate Super League match at BKSP yesterday. Although the popular Dhanmondi side did their part by winning the match with apparent ease, they were done the most-needed favour by Cricket ... Read more
The Iceman
It is sheer bad luck for Bangladesh football that it lost Sakib al Hasan to cricket despite the stage was set for him to become a footballer. His father Khondoker Masroor Reza, who was an eminent footballer in his home town Magura, played football at the divisional level and a cousin Mehedi Hasan Ujjal went ... Read more
Amigos Street Cricket champs
Amigos became champions of the Polar Street Cricket tournament yesterday at the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club ground. They defeated Cricket Kids in the final by 10 runs. Rubaiyat Haque was awarded the man of the match for picking up two wickets for the Amigos. Former national skipper Shafiqul Haq handed over the trophy to the ... Read more
Afridi praises Misbah, bowlers after tight finish
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi once again singled out his bowlers after their thrilling two-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth one-day international in Napier. Pakistan, losing the toss and fielding first, sliced through the top half of the Kiwi batting lineup inside 25 overs to set the tone for the match, with left-arm pacer ... Read more