Cricket

The first men’s cricket World Cup (the women’s tournament was the first such global cricket event, held two years before) was held in England in the summer of 1975, when limited overs cricket was still a novelty, and a form of the game not taken too seriously by practitioners of the more serious business of ... Read more

In the quest of promoting Bangladesh’s tourism as well as increasing the country’s image, the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited yesterday to become its local partner for Bangladesh’s part of the 2011 ICC World Cup. The nearly Tk 5 crore deal will allow the newly-formed Bangladesh ... Read more

Rajshahi and Khulna kept their hopes alive for a berth in the final of the National Cricket League one-day version by winning their respective second round matches of the second phase on Wednesday. Title aspirants Rajshahi defeated Dhaka by 79 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while a resurgent Khulna recorded their second consecutive win, ... Read more

Iftekhar Nayeem made a vital contribution to Baridhara Dazzlers’ five-wicket win over Kathalbagan in the First Division Cricket League at the BKSP ground in Savar yesterday. Nayeem, the younger brother of national opener Shahriar Nafees, scored 94 off 115 balls as Baridhara successfully chased 209 runs in 47.3 overs after losing two

An unbeaten half-century from Arafat Sunny saw Bangladesh U17s to an easy seven-wicket victory over Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U17s at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The win made it 2-0 in favour of the Bangladesh U17s team. Sunny made 67 off 90 balls with the help of seven boundaries, sharing an unbroken 83-run

A formal countdown to the World Cup 2011 will begin on the South Plaza of the national assembly building at midnight past today, exactly 100 days to go before the match between Bangladesh and India. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned a colourful programme for the occasion. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will be among ... Read more

WC Countdown Ganguly to join tonight’s ceremony in Dhaka Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly arrives in the capital today to attend a ceremony tonight marking the start of 100-day countdown to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The great left-handed batsman, who played 311 one-day internationals, will fly in at 1:30pm. Ganguly led his country in ... Read more

The national players returned with a bang when the second phase of the National Cricket League one-day competition began at two different city venues yesterday. The presence of the Tigers also saw high-scoring affairs in both matches after the last two rounds of the first phase had experienced dull and drab affairs sans the national ... Read more

Four confirm quarters BanglaVision, Destiny, Daily Sun and Channel i moved to the quarterfinals of the DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket as they won their respective matches at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. BanglaVision (40/0) posted a five-wicket victory over Radio Today (36/5), Destiny (66/1) scored a four-wicket victory over Naya Diganta (63/1), Daily Sun ... Read more

Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club signed up seven players including star all-rounder Sakib al Hasan through a commission as the player transfers for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League ended on Sunday. Mohammedan did not want Sakib to face the wrath of Abahani supporters and signed him at

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has allowed the members of the national side to play for their respective divisional sides in the second phase of the National Cricket League beginning today in two different venues in Dhaka. Dhaka will face Khulna in the first match of the second phase at the

The inter-club player transfers for the Dhaka Premier League got underway on a cool note with no big teams arriving in the market on the first day at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Reigning champions Mohammedan SC and their arch-rivals Abahani are expected to hit the transfer market on Sunday

Abdur Razzak, hardly the captain’s most trusted fielder, never ran so fast, that too under a swerving ball that hasn’t yet passed over his shoulder. Grant Elliott’s top-edged sweep off Shakib Al Hasan that took off over square-leg began its abrupt descent while Razzak was still a few metres short of being under it. A ... Read more

Bangladesh survived another injury scare after wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim suffered a minor injury during the practice session on Saturday. Mushfique picked up the injury while batting in the net, due to misunderstanding between him and the trainer, who was releasing the balls from the bowling machine. The ball struck his

The national players are likely to play in the second phase of the National Cricket League one-day competition that begins tomorrow. “It has been decided that they will play all the matches of the second phase of the tournament,” said BCB tournament committee chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain

A rearguard half-century from Shuvam ensured a face-saving draw for the CAB Under-17 side in their three-day game against Bangladesh Under-17s at the Comilla Stadium yesterday. The visitors batted out the final day of the game, scoring 137-7 from 114 overs. Shuvam, an opener, made 67 off 213 balls with six

New Age made a winning start in the Pepsi DRU Media Cricket defeating Jai Jai Din by 40 runs at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Opting to bat first, New Age compiled 99/0 in the stipulated six overs and later restricted their opponents to 49/2. Raihan Mahmood of New Age was adjudged as ... Read more

Dhaka, Barisal, Rajshahi, Khulna in second phase Dhaka and Barisal maintained their lead in the points table of the Nation Cricket League after winning their respective matches while Chittagong signed off their campaign with a thumping 121-run victory over Sylhet in the fifth and final round of the first phase on Friday. Paceman Mahbubul Alam ... Read more

The inter-club transfer of players for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League will begin today without much hype or drama, as was the case earlier, with all the star players almost certain of their destination. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was the last among the national players to confirm his side with him moving to Surjo Tarun ... Read more

Partex rode on Niaz Morshed’s all-round display as they strolled to an eight-wicket victory over Kathalbagan in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground yesterday. Niaz picked up three wickets first as Kathalbagan were bowled out for 164 runs in 50 overs. Then, Niaz’s bat did the talking as Partex blazed to ... Read more