Cricket

BCB Under-17s took the series 3-0 against the visiting CAB Under-17s as they posted a 51-run victory in the third one-dayer at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Salman hit 65 as BCB Under-17 scored 257 runs for nine after deciding to bat first. Javed was the other notable scorer with 39 while Mosaddek added 37 ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Countdown botched up The few thousand fans that turned up at midnight on Wednesday at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to mark the 100-day countdown for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was evidence of the increased enthusiasm amongst the public about hosting an event of such ... Read more

Some big names bowed out of the international limelight after this World Cup. Dennis Amiss, Alan Knott, Tony Greig and John Snow left the scene to make their way to play in the World Series in Australia. Great West Indian player Rohan Kanhai also bade farewell. On the other hand, three all-time greats were taking ... Read more

The finalists of the National Cricket League one-day version will be decided today with all four teams, competing in the second phase, having some kind of chance. Barisal will face star-studded Dhaka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while favourites Rajshahi will take on the NCL’s dark-horse Khulna in the

Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the itinerary of the Zimbabwe series early on Thursday with the first of the five-match one-day series being scheduled for December 1. The Zimbabwe cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on November 26 and will play a warm-up match on November 29 against the BCB XI at the BKSP before the

The Bangladesh Tourism Board signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited on Wednesday to become the local partner for the Bangladesh part of the World Cup 2011. The deal, worth around Tk 5 crore, will allow the newly-formed tourism board to showcase Bangladesh to the world during the eight matches to be held in ... Read more

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly hailed Bangladesh for the progress they have made since entering into Test cricket exactly 10 years ago on this day against his India. Ganguly had tossed the coin with Naimur Rahman in Bangladesh’s inaugural Test on November 10, 2000, marking a new journey for the Tigers in top flight

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