Cricket

Sakib al Hasan and Abdur Razzak will have a chance to achieve personal milestones and give their fans something extra to cheer about in the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe starting on December 1. Razzak, already the leading wicket-taker for the country, is just one wicket shy of becoming

An upset, and a strike that deprived the world With Sri Lanka becoming a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 1983 World Cup had space for only one Associate member. Formerly known as Rhodesia, the newly independent Zimbabwe was the eighth team in the Cup, having won the qualifying tournament involving the ... Read more

Uttara Sporting Club, Azad Sporting Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club won their respective matches of the First Division Cricket League yesterday. At the Jahangirnagar University ground, Uttara Sporting (151-4) beat Agrani Bank (150 all out) by six wickets, thanks to Swapan’s

Face Afghanistan today for first ever Asian gold Sohra-wardi Shuvo and Shahadat Hossain bowled brilliantly to set up a five-wicket victory for Bangladesh over Sri Lanka in the Asian Games cricket semi-final at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou on Thursday. Bangladesh, in their quest for the first ever Asian gold, today will face surprise ... Read more

Tigers team may be given tomorrow The Zimbabwe cricket team, led by Elton Chigumbura, will arrive in Dhaka today to take part in a five-match one-day series against the hosts who are buoyant after their recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand. The Zimbabweans will play a limited-overs warm-up match against a BCB XI at BKSP ... Read more

Coney steals one In the previous World Cup, New Zealand hearts were broken as they went down fighting against England in the semifinal, taking the match to the last over. In the 1983 World Cup, another thriller was in store for the crowd who assembled to watch the match at Edgbaston and the participants were ... Read more

Bangladesh, in their quest for second Asian Games medal from cricket, will meet mighty Sri Lanka in the semi-final in Guangzhou, China, today. The crucial Twenty20 match will start at 11:30am at the Guangdong Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka set up the semi-final clash after they had defeated Nepal by two wickets in

New stars are born The 1983 World Cup, won by India, worked as a stage for some greats to give great individual performances. West Indies sparkled with their galaxy of stars and although they lost the trophy, they were at the peak of their rein as the greatest team in the world. Australia, West Indies’ ... Read more

1983: Indian Summer The 1983 World Cup, the third consecutive Cup held in England, saw a few changes in the tournament’s format. The number of teams were the same, as well as the group divisions; two groups of four with the top two from each group going through to the knockout stage, but to counter ... Read more

16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 Cricketers start brightly Bangladesh had another day of mixed results in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday as the men’s cricket team reached semifinmals beating Malaysia comfortably while women’s kabaddi team were on the verge of a semifinals spot which would ensure a medal of any colour. Besides, FIDE ... Read more

Bangladesh’s cricketers hoped that the three-day training camp in Chittagong that ended on Tuesday would help them to a great extent in the next month’s home series against Zimbabwe. The team returned to Dhaka in the afternoon after a rigorous training session in the nets and the newly-laid centre wicket which they said was crucial ... Read more

A commemorative coin will be issued to mark the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh Bank is going to release the coin valued at Tk 10 to mark the mega event. The opening ceremony of the showcase event will take place at the

Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza dismissed any concern about his fitness and said he is eagerly waiting for the Zimbabwe series to make his comeback in international cricket. Mashrafee, who twisted his ankle during the first one-dayer against New Zealand, recently regained his fitness and declared himself available for the five-match one-day

Bangladesh will start their campaign in the Asian Games men’s cricket when they will face Malaysia in the quarter-final in Guangzhou today. Malaysia already flexed their muscle in the tournament when they defeated China by 89 runs at the group stage in what was the first

Cup facts The 1979 World Cup contained eight teams: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, and India from the Test nations, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying through a separate tournament involving the Associate nations. The matches were 60 overs per side, with each bowler allowed a maximum of

Under the Packer cloud It may have been held more than thirty-one years ago, but the 1979 World Cup was played under conditions quite similar to what the cricket world is faced with today. Two years ago, in 1977, a revolution took place in Australia, the effects of which can be felt even today. Just ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricketers had a strenuous four-hour long practice session in Chittagong on Sunday ahead of the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe. The practice session was attended by only 14 players out of 20 members of the preliminary squad as six players did not join them in Chittagong. Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza was absent for ... Read more

ICC Cricket World cup history A thriller The 1979 World Cup was not an advert for close finishes, unlike its predecessor which had two cliff-hangers, both involving the eventual champions West Indies. Here West Indies swept through the tournament in an even more dominant fashion than in 1975. England, the other team in the final, ... Read more

Bangladesh’s hopes of winning the first Asian gold medal were severely dented when its women’s cricket team crashed to a 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the final at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou on Friday. The defeat meant Bangladesh has to remain content with silver, which is, however, still one

Calypso stars in a global ensemble The 1979 World Cup saw in the West Indian line-up the formation of one of the greatest teams of all time. The West Indian pace battery that terrorized batsman through the 80s took shape with Andy Roberts (in his second tournament), Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft. Besides ... Read more