Cricket

Bangladesh will take on Ireland in the first one-day international of the two-match series at Belfast today. The series against the ICC associate member country will be vital for the Tigers to improve their winning tally this year as Tigers have won only one game against England, their first-ever success against the English

After Saturday’s five-run win over England in their 13th attempt, Bangladesh have completed a cycle of defeating all Test-playing nations in one-day cricket. Here’s a quick look at the Tigers’ maiden victories over every team, starting from May 31,

After posting a thrilling five-run victory over England in the second ODI at Bristol in England on Saturday, the plucky Tigers will meet the English Lions today in the third and final ODI at Birmingham in England. The match starts at 3.45 PM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time). Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from

With the whole world pensively waiting for a grand World Cup football final, Bangladesh silently yet boldly created a small piece of history on a cricket field on Saturday by defeating England by five runs at Bristol. The Bangladesh camp erupted into unbridled joy when young paceman Shafiul Islam, blowing the last over of a ... Read more

Mohammad Ashraful got a lucky break when he was considered the replacement of middle order batsman Roqibul Hassan, who sustained an injury on his left toe while batting during the first ODI against England on Thursday in Nottingham. Ashraful, who was dropped following his dismal performance in the last couple of series, joined the side ... Read more

Bangladesh middle order batsmen improved drastically putting behind their dismal performance against Sussex to throw a stiff challenge to the English county club Middlesex in the second and last warm up match at Lord’s on

Bangladesh got off to a really bad start to their one-day tour with a terrible performance against Sussex yesterday. The Tigers went down by a whopping 149 runs at the county ground in Hove after Sussex made 253 from 47.5 overs. Rokibul Hasan made 23 while Jahurul Islam, opening with Tamim Iqbal,

The ICC has awarded the next two World Twenty20 tournaments in 2012 and 2014 to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively, while England will host the Champions Trophy in 2013. The 2015 World Cup will be held by Australia and New Zealand and the 2013 Women’s World Cup will be played in India. The decisions were ... Read more

Bangladesh were due to leave the country for England in the early hours on Wednesday by Qatar Airlines for their three-week long UK tour. During their UK tour, the Bangladeshi batsmen will get the support of India’s former skipper and one of best batsman during his era Saurav Ganguly, who will look Bangladesh’s vulnerable middle

The Bangladesh cricket team took off early today morning for a one-day international tour of the United Kingdom. After two warm-up games, the Tigers play a three-match series against England before playing two matches against Ireland and one each against Scotland and the

Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza has returned as the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team, replacing Sakib al Hasan, for next month’s tour of England, Scotland and Ireland, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday. ‘Sakib was relieved of the responsibility as we felt he needs some break. He will continue as a

Bangladesh squad for England ODI tour Ashraful, Naeem axed, Roqibul, Faisal return Former skipper Mohammad Ashraful has been axed from the Bangladesh one-day squad for the series against England, Scotland and Ireland. The selectors on Saturday named 15-member squad for the back-to-back series that also saw all-rounder Naeem Islam and left-arm spinner

Malinga bowls Lanka to dramatic win After two Test matches away in England, Bangladesh switch focus on the shorter-version of cricket when they take on India in the second one-day international of the Asia Cup at the Rangiri International Stadium in Dambulla in Sri Lanka today. Shrugging off disappointment of the Tests, Tigers captain Shakib ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has created a sensation by making back-to-back century in Lord’s and Old Trafford. His style and free flowing scoring have already earned him a comparison with Indian opener Virender Sehwag and West Indies captain Chris Gayle. Tamim spoke to reporters after his 108 off 114 balls in the first innings of ... Read more

Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladeshi to score consecutive centuries after he reached the three-figure mark against England on the second day of the second Test at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. The left-hander cut off-spinner Graeme Swann to reach the landmark off 100 balls in an innings that

With a mixing of pace and spin combination, Bangladeshi bowlers terrorised England top order, yet the hosts were in firm control recovering the early blow to go onto a safe destination. Ian Bell led the charge with patient batting as England were 215 for four on the stroke of tea. Earlier stylish bastman Kevin Pietersen ... Read more

Bangladesh will take inspiration from their good outing at Lord’s when they take on England in the second and final Test at Old Trafford in Manchester from today. The match will be telecast live on Star Cricket and SuperSport 2 from 4:00pm. The Tigers left London with a defeat but Tamim Iqbal’s century and dogged ... Read more

England captain Andrew Strauss has returned to the top 20 while Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal has achieved a career-best ranking in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after good performances in the Lord’s Test which concluded on Monday.  Strauss, who scored 83 and 82 in England’s eight-wicket victory, has jumped five places ... Read more

Viqarunnissa Noon School & College  ‘B’ and Par Gendaria Non Govt Primary & Junior High School moved into the final of the 3rd Girls School Cricket Tournament. The final will be held at Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex tomorrow (Thursday). After the round robin league method tournament, they secured the top two places after finishing

Bangladesh’s late order collapsed in usual fashion on the fifth and last day of the first Test at Lords as England pulled off a comfortable eight-wicket win what supposed to be a tougher job at one stage. Bangladesh resuming the day with 328 for five, the rest of the batting line up succumbed to Steven ... Read more