Cricket

Ashraful denied second chance Bangla-desh will field an unchanged squad in the fifth and final one-dayer against Zimbabwe today, looking to clinch their sixth series in six years at home over their African opponents. The Tigers did not lose any series to Zimbabwe on home soil since they came back from two games down to ... Read more

Micromax ODI Cup Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe 2010 A year to remember Shafiul Islam’s entire international career has been within the year 2010. Whether it is the 32 wickets that landed him in No 3 among the wicket-takers this year in one-day cricket or a stunning game-changing catch or even two very expensive spells; it has ... Read more

Wills World Cup 1996, India-Pakistan-Srilanka ICC Cricket World Cup History A bittersweet symphony The Wills World Cup in 1996 provided some great entertainment and a fairytale ending with Sri Lanka triumphing. The tournament though, was not free from controversy and planning gaffes, and trouble was on the horizon even before it started. Three weeks before ... Read more

The fourth match of the five-match one-day series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was abandoned on Friday without a ball being bowled following an overnight and early morning showers. Though the sun shone brightly at the Chittagong divisional stadium in the afternoon, it was not enough to make the waterlogged ground playable and the match officials ... Read more

Wills World Cup 1996, India-Pakistan-Srilanka ICC Cricket World Cup History Warne pulls one out of the hat The baton of cricket’s sole superpower passed from West Indies to Australia when Australia beat the West Indies at home in ’94-’95. A clutch of greats and would-be greats had arrived for Australia, while West Indies lost a ... Read more

ICC’s venue inspection team was happy with the progress of the Bangabandhu National Stadium as they went straight into business after arriving in Dhaka on Friday. The 19-member delegation, headed by ICC event manager Chris Tetley, are looking into cricket operations, commerce, grounds, legal matters, security, broadcast and

Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons is keen on the Tigers playing international cricket next month after yesterday’s washout in Chittagong. The current series against Zimbabwe is the last international fixture Bangladesh have ahead of the 2011 World Cup. The Tigers head coach, who returned from Brisbane on Friday night after wife Kim gave birth to

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officially announced yesterday that tickets for next year’s ICC World Cup in Bangladesh will go on sale from January 1, 2011 at designated outlets across the country. The decision was taken during a Local Organising Committee (LOC) meeting on Tuesday night but the board has yet to finalize the specific ... Read more

Bangladesh pacer Shafiul Islam, who wreaked havoc on Zimbabwe by picking up four wickets in the third match of the five-match ODI series, said the return of Mashrafee bin Murtaza inspired him to do well. ‘Mashrafee finding his rhythm back is really good for both himself and the team that also boosted our confidence and I ... Read more

Lankans conquer the world The 1996 World Cup was the second to be hosted in the subcontinent, with Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan the co-hosts. The big change to the format was that there were 12 teams involved. Nine were Test nations — Zimbabwe had been awarded Test status in mid-’92 — and three associate ... Read more

Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya is looking forward to utilising the spin-friendly wicket to their advantage as they practised at the Chittagong divisional stadium on Wednesday. Zimbabwe, who lost the last two one-dayers because of their inability to bat against the spinning quartet of Bangladesh, also have as many spinners as the

Cup facts The 1992 World Cup, the fifth cricket World Cup, was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It began with a match between the hosts in Auckland on 22 February and continued till 25 March. A total of 39 matches were played over 33 days. The teams taking part were Pakistan, England, New ... Read more

Teams arrive in Ctg Jamie Siddons is set to join the Tigers on the morning of the fourth one-day match against Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Friday. The head coach rushed off to Brisbane to join his wife and newborn baby on December 4, the eve of the third one-dayer of the five-match series. He will ... Read more

Mashrafee bin Murtaza finally found his form and rhythm that he was looking for ever since his comeback from injury, in the third one-dayer of the five-match series against Zimbabwe on Monday. Mashrafee started the third match like a man on a mission, bowling superbly from ball one. His line and length were excellent and ... Read more

In the space of just three games, Abdur Razzak has almost doubled his wicket-tally for the year. Wicketless in the first five one-day matches of 2010, the left-arm spinner has gradually built into the sort of year we have gotten used to from this steady performer. Before the Zimbabwe series, Razzak had picked up 16 ... Read more

Sachin, Lara and others The 1992 World Cup was the first appearance on the global stage of players who are well-known to today’s generation, and some who have since been idolised and elevated to the status of all-time greats and geniuses. Two of the greatest names in batsmanship, Brian Charles Lara of West Indies and ... Read more

Rain fleeces SA There was one black mark against the 1992 World Cup that called into question the fairness of some results, particularly the semifinal between England and South Africa in Sydney on 22 March. It was the rain rule — specifically the calculations regarding overs and runs to chop off from a target in ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is desperately looking to hold one of the last two matches of ongoing series against Zimbabwe in Chittagong under floodlight to fulfil its commitment to the visitors. The BCB was forced to abandon the day-night arrangement for Monday’s third game in Dhaka due to floodlight problems at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ... Read more

Zimbabwe coach Alan Butcher said they must overcome the psychological problem of facing left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak if they are to bounce back from the 2-1 deficit in the five-match series. Razzak claimed 13 wickets in three games including his man-of-the-match performances in two matches in a row, helping Bangladesh to put their shock nine-run ... Read more