Cricket

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will feature in a promotional video for the 2011 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has nominated Shakib, the world’s number one all-rounder, for the promotional video from Bangladesh along with master batsman

Persistent rain caused by the depression over Bay of Bengal washed out the second one-day international match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Match referee Javagal Sreenath and two umpires Enamul Haque and SK Tarapore finally called off the game at 11:00am after a brief inspection of the pitch ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the remaining three one-day internationals against the touring New Zealand, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed on Friday. The decision to appoint Sakib as captain for the series was taken in a special meeting of the BCB’s technical evaluation committee after confusion arose following a comment of the

Incessant rain over the last 24 hours caused by a depression over the Bay of Bengal threatens to ruin today’s second one-day international between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium has remained under cover for the last two days and it is unlikely to be removed unless there is a ... Read more

The fourth and final day’s play in all three-matches of the National Cricket League opening round were washed out as Khulna made great escape against Dhaka in Rajshahi. A defeat was on the menu for Khulna after they were reduced to 14-1 in the second innings having to chase a winning target of 390 runs ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had to work very hard to convince Shakib Al Hasan to lead the team in today’s second one-dayer of the five-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. It was learnt that the world’s number one all-rounder, who almost single handedly guided his team to nine-run victory in the ... Read more

New Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch said Tuesday’s nine-run loss to Bangladesh in the first one-day international of the five-match series in Dhaka was a wake-up call for his side in view of the World Cup 2011. ‘Every game is a game for learning and getting better. We have got a bit of wake-up call last ... Read more

Dhaka have set Khulna a daunting 390-run target to chase on the final day of their first National Cricket League game at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi yesterday. Khulna were 14 for one in their second innings, losing Soumya Sarkar in the process, after Dhaka declared their second innings at 170 for

In a gracious humanitarian act, the cricketers of the Bangladesh national team came forward to help Dhiman Miji, a class ten student of BKSP, who has been suffering from a brain tumour. All the members of the team donated a certain amount of money for an improved treatment of Dhiman and acting skipper Sakib al ... Read more

Khulna became champions of the Women’s National Cricket League with a 22-run victory over Rajshahi in the final at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. This was the third success for Khulna in four editions. Shuktara Rahman hit 47 off 56 balls with four boundaries and a six while Rumana Ahmed

Micromax ODI Cup, Bangladesh vs Newzealand, 2010 Few words, big impact Going by Shakib Al Hasan’s personality, here is a straightforward account of his contribution to Bangladesh’s 9-run win. With 18 runs needed from eight balls, Shakib Al Hasan gets dangerman Nathan McCullum out bowled around his legs, ensuring New Zealand are without their last ... Read more

It could have been one of the happiest days for Mashrafee bin Murtaza in his life after Bangladesh had a superb win against New Zealand on his home debut as captain and that on his 27th birthday. But Mashrafee went to bed, still grimacing, as he sprained his right ankle while attempting the first delivery ... Read more

The usually phlegmatic Daniel Vettori was disappointed with New Zealand’s 9-run loss to Bangladesh in the first one-day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Speaking in the post-match press conference, the Black Caps skipper admitted that the 210 runs from 37 overs should have been chased

Bangla Brigade, a newly launched the fan club of the Bangladesh cricket team, took the spotlight on Tuesday during the first one-day international against New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. A group of students, mostly from the Dhaka University, launched the fan club in the form of Barmy Army, the England fan club, at ... Read more

Bangla-desh coach Jamie Siddons said there should not be any serious expectation from his side in the five-match one-day series against New Zealand, although they had a long practice and two new specialised coaches. Bangladesh players trained for nearly two months ahead of the series and during the

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori expressed his shock and disappointment on Monday after both of their warm-up games before the one-day series against Bangladesh were called off. The five-match series begins today with the first one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. ‘I think it happened to us last time as well. The conditions were not ... Read more

Opener Shahriar Nafees will be concentrating on his own game rather than trying to step into the shoes of Tamim Iqbal as he feels no individual can fill the gap created by the absence of the dashing left-hander. Nafees made his way back into one-day side after a long hiatus following a surgery on Tamim’s ... Read more

Two national team discards lit up the 4-day version of the 12th National Cricket League as the cricketing season kicked off in three different venues around the country. Mohammad Ashraful and Nazimuddin — both former national team players and currently in as stand-bys for the one day series against New Zealand — played two exquisite ... Read more

Rajshahi and Khulna kept their winning streak on as they won comfortably against their respective rivals Barisal and Dhaka in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Rajshahi posted a ten-wicket victory over Barisal, courtesy of an all-round performance from Lota Mandal. Lota took four wickets for 10 runs as Barisal ... Read more

Micromax ODI CUP, Bangladesh vs New Zealand Razzak upset at NZ advantage Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was none too pleased at giving away the Tigers’ home advantage to New Zealand. The five-match one-day series begins tomorrow but the visitors from the southern hemisphere had both their practice matches at the BKSP cancelled due to the ... Read more