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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

NCL Begins Today Rajshahi start as firm favourites Rajshahi are firm favourites to win their third consecutive National Cricket League which gets underway in three different venues across the country today. The holders, who will face Sylhet at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore in the opening round, were in their elements and executed their ... Read more

Khulna topped the points table in the 4th Women’s National Cricket League with a 13-run win over Rajshahi at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. At the end of the first round of matches, Khulna are followed by Rajshahi, Dhaka and Barisal. Dhaka beat Barisal in the day’s other match by 26

The second warm-up match between New Zealand and the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, scheduled to be held at the BKSP on Saturday, was called off as persistent rain over the last few days has made the ground condition unplayable. The decision meant New Zealand will go into the five-match one-day series without any

Micromax ODI Cup, Bangladesh vs Newzealand, 2010 Ticket goes digital The ticketing system goes digital for the five-match one-day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur from October 5. “Ticket will be available in different outlets of Grameenphone and for the first time we have introduced ... Read more

Visiting New Zealand on Friday were seemingly infuriated after the BCB denied them a chance to practise at the centre wicket of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, the single venue to be used in the five-match one-day series. The request from the tourists came after their first warm-up match at the BKSP was called off

New Zealand vice-captain Ross Taylor does not mind taking up the responsibility as he aims to hit the form having scored his last one-day international century in Chittagong in 2008. ‘There are a lot of other experienced players in our side but I enjoy the responsibility and the role I am playing in the team. ... Read more

Bangladesh batsman Junaed Siddique is hoping to carry on his good form against New Zealand when he will face them in the upcoming five-match ODI series as the Tigers were preparing themselves at the Sher-e-Bangla Ntional Stadium on Friday. The lanky opener, who scored a brilliant 85 to inspire Bangladesh to win their only ODI ... Read more

Chameli Khatun hit an unbeaten 42 as Dhaka posted an emphatic eight-wicket victory against hosts Sylhet in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Sylhet scored 91 for nine in the stipulated 20 overs after deciding to bat first. Jahanara top scored with 24 off 27 balls with two boundaries. Chameli ... Read more

Visiting New Zealand are facing a prospect of going into the five-match one-day series against Bangladesh without any match practice after toady’s first warm-up match was cancelled due to an unplayable ground condition. Match referee Roquibul Hassan along with two other New Zealand team officials inspected

Khulna and Rajshahi secured comfortable wins against their respective rivals in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Khulna posted a ten-wicket victory over Dhaka in the rain-curtailed match. Dhaka managed only 19 runs without any loss in the allotted 5 overs while Khulna reached the

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said on Wednesday that they singled out Shakib Al Hasan, the world’s number one all-rounder, as the main threat in next week’s five-match one-day series. And the Kiwis’ skipper believes that the absence of dashing opener Tamim Iqbal, who was ruled out for the series due to a surgery on ... Read more

Micromax Informatics Limited, an Indian mobile phone company, has come to the rescue of the Bangladesh Cricket Board by agreeing to sponsor the upcoming five-match one-day day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The BCB floated a tender seeking a sponsor for the series but received no response from anyone, the chief executive officer of ... Read more

Khulna and Chittagong won their respective matches of the 4th Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The matches were a welcome relief for organisers, after two full days were washed out due to rain. In the day’s first match, Chittagong beat Barisal by four wickets in a