Cricket

Partex Sporting Club and Eskaton Sabuj Sangha notched up 6-wicket victories against their respective opponents in the First Division Cricket League yesterday. At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Partex bowled City Club out for 190 runs in 49.2 overs. Sadaf Sarker (86) was the only notable scorer in the

Bangladesh will feel the pinch as the expectation from them is too high, Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura said on Saturday, conceding that they will start the five-match one-day series as clear underdogs. Zimbabwe did not win any series in Bangladesh in the last five years despite retaining almost the same squad that they sent in ... Read more

Cup facts Eight teams participated in the 1983 World Cup, the third consecutive cricket World Cup to be hosted in England, and the third overall. The participating teams were India, West Indies, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka

Sakib al Hasan, the number one all-rounder in the one-day ranking, hailed the first ever Asian Games gold medal winning cricket team for their brilliant achievement. Bangladesh has shown promises but was never able to win a gold medal in any discipline despite being regular participants since the Tehran Games in

Opener Shahriar Nafees was made captain to lead a 14-member squad of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI in a warm-up match against the visiting Zimbabwe at the BKSP on November 29. Pace bowler Syed Rasel will act his deputy in the 50-over game. The BCB XI include Alok Kapali, the highest run-scorer in the ... Read more

Hossain’s 68 took Bangladesh Boys to a facile five-wicket win over North Bengal Cricket Academy in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, North Bengal made 205-6 in 50 overs with Atique scoring an unbeaten 61. But Hossain’s half-century was enough for Bangladesh Boys as they romped home

Zimbabwe arrive in Dhaka The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Dhaka yesterday hoping for some competitive cricket against the in-form Tigers during their five-match one-day international series. Despite Bangladesh’s recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand on home soil, Zimbabwe’s leading batsman Hamilton Masakadza believes the Africans have a

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