The two-day match between Under-15 teams of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and Bangladesh Cricket Board was drawn in Krishnanagar on Saturday. Facing 154 to win in the second innings, the visitors reached 95 for six before the umpires called time after 19 overs. Earlier on the first day, Sujat’s five-wicket haul helped the tourists ... Read more
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BCB celebrates 10 years of Test
The Bangladesh Cricket Board celebrated the nation’s 10 years of Test cricket with a colourful ceremony at the Bangladesh Army Stadium on Saturday. The programme turned out to be the biggest gathering of current and former cricketers who represented Bangladesh in Test and other forms of international
Salahuddin quits BCB
Mohammad Salahuddin, former fielding coach of the national cricket team and currently working with the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy, has resigned his BCB post on Saturday to join the University Kebangsaan of Malaysia. Salahuddin will work at the university, which is also the national university of Malaysia,
Mashrafee to fly to SL
Fans continue to protest Former skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza will fly for Sri Lanka today to meet David Young to have his injured knee checked by the Australian orthopaedic surgeon amid continuing protests for his inclusion in the World Cup squad. He will meet Young, who is a regular visitor to Sri Lanka since the ... Read more
WC opening ceremony tickets from early Feb
The tickets for the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup will go on sale on the first week of February. The opening ceremony for the 14-nation grand tournament will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 17. BCB’s ticket and seating committee chairman GS Hasan Tamim informed yesterday that the
Super League from Jan 25
League leaders Abahani take on Bangladesh Biman in one of three Super League matches of the Premier Cricket League on January 25 at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club, who are three points adrift of Abahani with 17 points, face Cricket Coaching School (CCS) at the BKSP while surprise package ... Read more
Footballer father, cricketer son
His action said is to have some similarity with South African Makhaya Ntini, but Nazmul Hossain reminded all of Australian legend Glen McGrath with his accuracy in a foggy January morning in 2009 when his three-wicket burst left Sri Lanka reeling at an unprecedented five for six in the tri-series one-day final in Dhaka. Until ... Read more
Street Cricket
Cricket Kids One and Kathalbagan Royals won their respective matches on the opening day of Polar Ice Cream Street Cricket Championship at the Dhanmondi cricket ground on Friday. Cricket Kids One defeated Street Boys by 78 runs while Kathalbagan Royals won by three wickets against Royal Champs in the day’s second match. Former captain and ... Read more
Protests all over for Mashrafee
Protes-ters in the hometown of pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza observed a half-day general strike on Thursday following the former captain’s omission from Bangladesh’s final 15-man World Cup squad. They also burnt an effigy of coach Jamie Siddons and vandalised some vehicles in the district town of Narail, 300kms (188 miles) southwest of
Dull ending of first phase
The first leg of the Dhaka Premier League ended with a mediocre performance as CCS lost to Gazi Tanks Cricketers by one wicket in the eleventh round match at the Fatullah stadium on Thursday. Although Bangladesh Biman, CCS and Kalabagan finished on equal 12 points after the completion of the eleventh round, Biman and CCS ... Read more
Street Cricket starts
A six-a-side cricket tournament called the Polar Ice Cream Street Cricket started at the Dhanmondi Club ground on Thursday to create the cricket hype among the youth ahead of the World Cup. The 13-day long tournament will follow the rules of street cricket and it is open to all and any team, composed of seven ... Read more
Hard-fought win for MSC
Holders Mohamme-dan fought back from 107-6 to score 245-8 to beat Bangladesh Biman by two wickets in the crucial Dhaka Premier League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. A brilliant all-round performance by Rajat Bhatia powered Abahani to a 39-run win over Prime Doleshwar at the Fatullah stadium while Kalabagan defeated Surjo Tarun ... Read more
Mr Dependable Roqibul
Born into a middle-class family in Jamalpur, Roqibul Hassan, the youngest one of nine siblings, burst onto the cricket scene when the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan held a camp for the under-16 batsmen in his home town early in 2001. Roqibul never got his chance to study at the BKSP, but showed his class in ... Read more
Mashrafe out
Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh allrounder, has not been included in the 15-man squad for the World Cup. Mortaza had injured his right knee while playing club cricket in Dhaka in December and was striving to recover in time for the tournament. He had begun bowling off a short run-up during net sessions in the last ... Read more
Mashrafe yes, Mashrafe no
All the talk has centred on the Mashrafe Bin Mortaza question and there seems to be no end to speculations ahead of today’s World Cup squad announcement. The three-member selection panel again sat with the technical committee last evening to deliberate the issue, but the feeling among many (including those who matter) was that the ... Read more
Malik arrives to play for Mohammedan
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to play for defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Dhaka Premier League. Malik joined compatriot Azhar Mahmud and is expected to play against Bangladesh Biman today. He will be the fifth Pakistani cricketer to play for Mohammedan
Tigers’ squad on hold
To be disclosed tomorrow after review The country will have to wait till the last day of deadline to know the Tigers’ World Cup squad after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided to announce the 15-member team on January 19. After a marathon meeting of the technical and evaluation committee that lasted more than three ... Read more
Much ado about nothing
The much talked-about match between arch-rivals Abahani and Mohammedan Sporting Club had an anti-climactic finish with the Dhanmondi outfit recording a 10-wicket victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Medium pacer Abul Hasan bowled a fierce spell to take four wickets, including three in
First win for Doleshwar
Prime Doleshwar registered their first win in the Dhaka Premier League when they shocked Kalabagan KC by four wickets at the Fatullah stadium on Sunday. Bangladesh Biman took a giant leap towards Super League after eking out a 12-run win over Orient SC in another match at the BKSP
Battle royal in doubt
The crucial Dhaka Premier League match between two giants Mohammedan Sporting Club and Abahani, scheduled to be held today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, has become uncertain after a dramatic decision by the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis. In an apparent move to favour Abahani, the CCDM convened an emergency meeting and