Cricket

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

16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 T20 women fly the flag The Bangladesh women’s cricket team moved into the Twenty20 semifinals while the national hockey team scared their mighty opponents Japan before going down 3-1 in their first match of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China yesterday. It was a mixed day for the chess ... Read more

Bangladeshi cricketers may have had some bitter experience about the Indian Premier League, but there has never been any lack of interest among the Tigers about league. It was evident when most of the members of the Bangladesh national cricket team registered their names for the IPL 2011 auction. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has received ... Read more

Captaincy question remains The national cricketers will get back to business on November 21 after Eid holidays to carry on the preparation for next month’s one-day series against Zimbabwe; their last international engagement before the 2011 World Cup. The Tigers are scheduled to travel to Chittagong after the vacation for three days as

ICC Cricket world cup history 1979: West Indian power exercised Four years after lifting the Cup in the tournament’s inaugural edition, Clive Lloyd and his team were back in England for a repeat performance of equal, if not greater, dominance. The 1979 Prudential World Cup followed the same format as the first — two groups ... Read more

All-rounder Elias Sunny played a superb unbeaten knock of 87 runs to help Dhaka clinch their third National Cricket League one-day title with a three-wicket win over Barisal in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Sunny clubbed three consecutive boundaries in the 48th over in

Bangla-desh eves opened their Asian Games cricket campaign with a crushing 10-wicket victory over Hong Kong in a Group B match at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou on Sunday. Chess was the only other sport that gave Bangladesh some kind of success on the second day of the meet. Opting to bat first, ... Read more

As it was the inaugural edition and international limited overs cricket was just beginning, a lot of records were set in this 1975 World Cup. England opener John Jameson faced the first ball in World Cup history, bowled by India’s medium-pacer Madan Lal

NCL one-day final today Dhaka were eying to play national opener Tamim Iqbal in the National Cricket League one-day version final against Barisal, scheduled to be held today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Tamim was looking for an opportunity to have some match practice ahead of the five match one-day series against Zimbabwe as he ... Read more

BCB yet to take any action Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has yet to take any step regarding the fiasco in the 100-day countdown ceremony for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. True it was the duty of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to stage the programme, but the game’s governing body of the country just

The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) has decided yesterday to postpone the Premier League Twenty20 tournament. CCDM chairman GS Hasan Tamim confirmed yesterday that the event will probably be held later, making way for the 50-over competition which is slated to begin on December 8 or

Barisal batsman Nasiruddin Faruque has been suspended for today’s National Cricket League final after being found guilty of dissent in Friday’s game at the Sher-e-Bangla. The incident occurred in the last game of the second phase when the left-handed opener was given out leg-before in the fifth over against Dhaka. There was a loud

Final to be held tomorrow Dhaka’s 79-run win over Barisal yesterday took them to the final of the National Cricket League’s one-day competition, but their opponents would only be identified after authorities confirmed with the playing conditions. Dhaka, Rajshahi and Barisal were all equal on ten points but according to the by-laws, “the team

Pakistan vs West Indies As it was early days for limited overs cricket with teams still finding their feet in the format, a lot of the matches were woefully one-sided. There was one match though, that would have had current viewers of thrill-a-minute T20 matches gnawing through their nails. It was the only match in ... Read more