Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday came up with a new breakdown of World Cup tickets, which indicates that the number of tickets for public consumption might be lesser than what was anticipated earlier. The tickets of the World Cup will go on sale from today at 80 booths of two banks – The City ... Read more

Cricket lovers flocked to the entrances of “The City Bank” for the tickets of the World Cup Cricket Saturday evening though the sale of tickets was scheduled to start from 10:00am on Sunday. All the premises of the branches of the bank declared earlier as ticket outlets saw hundreds of people taking position at the ... Read more

With the World Cup 2011 tickets for the matches in Bangladesh going on sale across the country today the World Cup captains have hailed the passion of the local fans and the unique atmosphere for playing cricket in this part of the world. Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan said the home fans are an integral ... Read more

The domestic cricket continued to lose its discipline as yet another unsavoury incident marred a Premier League match on Friday. Surjo Tarun’s Rajin Saleh and Asif Hossain of Orient Sporting Club were handed one-match suspensions each after they were involved in an ugly scuffle at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in

Residents of port city Chittagong have been asked to give their homes and shop a new lick of paint to make a bright, colourful impression on cricket World Cup visitors. Gearing up to host two group and a warm-up match, the Chittagong City Corporation has asked for fresh painting of the houses and shops along ... Read more

World’s number one all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named as the captain while hard-hitting opener Tamim Iqbal was named as the vice-captain for the year 2011, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) revealed yesterday. The announcement of Shakib’s captaincy on a permanent basis was expected, but it is Tamim’s

Tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 matches in Bangladesh will go on sale across the country from tomorrow but City Bank yesterday pointed the finger of blame at the BCB for not effectively communicating ticketing procedures to the public in due time. The alarming information came from City Bank’s chief communicating officer Mashrur ... Read more

Ton-fest continued in the Ispahani Premier Division Cricket League matches yesterday as young batsman Asif Hossain slammed a big hundred in a losing cause for Orient Sporting, and Mominul Haque slammed one in a winning cause for Victoria. Another youngster Asif Ahmed shone with both bat and ball to give BKSP a hard-fought victory

Shahriar Nafees smashed his second successive century to help Gazi Tank Cricketers climb a mountain as they shocked reigning champions Mohammedan SC in a high-scoring fifth round match of the Dhaka Premier League by seven wickets in Bogra on Thursday. Nazimuddin and Shamsur Rahman hit two centuries to lead Mohammedan to a formidable

Tickets sale for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 matches in Bangladesh have been delayed by a day and will now start from January 2, 2011 across the country. It was a belated realization from the authority concerned that Saturday is a weekly holiday and all the banks will be closed on the

‘Milestone in our cricket’ Khaled Mahmud Sujon, the former national captain and all-rounder, was one of the star performers in the 1999 World Cup. Though he wants to forget the memories of the 2003 edition, Sujon spoke to The Daily Star Sport about his experiences of the premier one-day tournament. Daily Star Sport (DSS): How ... Read more

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is all about heart, courage and his never-say-die attitude. When he talked to this reporter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday, the man dubbed the Narail Express spoke of his desire and determination to play a part in the Bangladesh team for the ICC 2011 World Cup. It was unmistakably evident that ... Read more

‘Pakistan win very special’ Aminul Islam led Bangladesh in their first World Cup campaign in 1999. The right-handed batsman was one of the vital cogs in the 1997 ICC Trophy triumph, so much so that it was a smooth transition for him to reach the World Cup. Now working as the Asian Cricket Council’s cricket ... Read more

A brutal unbeaten century by Arman Haider gave Brothers Union an eight-wicket win over Dhaka Wanderers Club in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. The right-hander smashed 104 off only 55 balls with the help of thirteen boundaries and four sixes as Brothers, who have already earned the right to ... Read more

The local organising committee for the World Cup 2011 made public the breakdown for tickets on Tuesday, but still about 1, 300 tickets for each game to be held in Dhaka remained unaccounted for. The breakdown was given after a controversy, triggered by a statement of GS Hasan Tamim, a local committee member responsible for ... Read more

Rajin Saleh’s dashing unbeaten half century steered Surja Tarun to an effortless seven-wicket win against Prime Doleshwar in the Dhaka Premier League in Rajshahi on Tuesday. CCS, riding on Mahmudaul Hasan’s half century won by 33 runs against Kalabagan KC in BKSP and in the other match of the day, Victoria won by four wickets ... Read more

Nazir & Hall’s best shows The 2007 cricket World Cup held for the first time in the West Indies was the biggest event in terms of teams participating. In addition to the ten Test nations and one-day status holders Kenya, five associate nations took part. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four ... Read more

Batsman ruled the roost as three centuries were scored in the fourth round of the Dhaka Premier League on Monday with Gazi Tank Cricketers shocking reigning runners-up Bangladesh Biman by five wickets. Shahriar Nafees inspired Gazi to this startling win with an unbeaten 114 in Rajshahi while Rony Talukder hammered 154 runs to lead Abahani ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board delayed the naming of the captain and vice-captain of the national team for the World Cup 2011 for a few more days as the Board of Directors failed to reach a consensus on the issue in their meeting on Monday. ‘We have got a few names for captain and vice-captain and ... Read more

Woolmer death casts a shadow The 2007 event in West Indies was undoubtedly the worst World Cup from the organisers’ standpoint. It was a tournament sodden with controversy, with the ICC taking most of the joy out of cricket in the Caribbean through high ticket prices, banning of musical instruments and kowtowing to sponsors to ... Read more