Cricket

CHRISTCHURCH: A blazing unbeaten 116 from Brendon McCullum and a cool-headed Tim Southee spurred New Zealand to a thrilling Twenty20 cricket victory over Australia in a Super Over contest in Christchurch Sunday night. Chasing New Zealand’s 214 for six, Australia needed three to win off the final ball only for captain

Tendulkar slams double century against Proteas as India reach 401/3 in second ODI Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to reach a double century in a one-day international as he devastated South Africa’s bowlers, hammering his 200 not out from 147 deliveries in the second ODI in Gwalior. He reached the milestone with ... Read more

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council on Friday marked a year’s countdown to the World Cup by promising a successful event in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, reports dawn.com. The 14-nation showpiece event, held every four years, opens on February 19, 2011 with India taking on Bangladesh at the Mirpur stadium

Hamilton: Despite a brilliant maiden century by captain Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh lost to New Zealand by 121 runs on the fifth and final day of the only Test match here at the Seddon Park on Friday. Shakib batted with great responsibility to resist against hostile bowling by the Kiwis. He occupied the crease for ... Read more

The visiting Bangladesh scored 88 for five wickets before stumps on the fourth day in Hamilton on Thursday responding to 404 runs’ target set by New Zealand to win the test. Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim 10 (22) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan 0 (25) were unbeaten on

A rousing seventh wicket stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah rescued Bangladesh from the follow-on the third day at Seddon Park. New Zealand batted for five overs before bad light intervened, but lost the wicket of BJ Watling, to finish 154 ahead at stumps. Shakib and Mahmudullah combined with Bangladesh reeling at 196 for 6, ... Read more

Khulna remained firmly on top in their National Cricket League match against Dhaka at close on the second day reaching 198 for three in their second innings at the Chittagong divisional stadium on Tuesday. Khulna now lead the match by 331 runs as they had 133 runs advantage in the first innings thanks to pacer ... Read more

Hamilton: Bangladesh are 87 for one in reply to New Zealand’s first innings of 553 for seven declared, at stumps on the second day of the one off Test in Hamilton. The highlight of the Black Caps innings was a record sixth wicket stand of 339 between Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum. Guptill made 189, ... Read more

Left-arm spinner Sohrawardi Shuvo claimed five wickets as Rajshahi seized control against Chittagong in a first round match of the National Cricket League second phase in Bogra Monday. The holders are only 73 runs behind in their first innings at close on the opening day reaching 125-3 after Shuvo’s 5-36 helped them bowl out Chittagong ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket team led by Shakib Al Hasan will face New Zealand Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori in the lone Test match, which begins today at the Siddon Park in Hamilton of New Zealand. Earlier, Bangladesh made a meagre start as the Tigers tasted a ten-wicket defeat by the Kiwis in their lone Twenty20 ... Read more

Bangladesh’s abysmal batting performance continued in New Zealand as they suffered a five-wicket defeat in the second one-dayer at the University Oval in Dunedin yesterday. With this win New Zealand clinched the three match series. It was a painful experience for the ardent fans in the country who had switched on their

Bangladesh thrashed Ireland by 195 runs to win the ICC U-19 World Cup Plate Championship and secure the ninth place in the tournament. Bangladesh batsmen came up with a brilliant collective display to post a massive total of 307 for six, while a hat-trick by seam bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi never gave Ireland any chance. ... Read more

India won the two-Test series 2-0 wshen the visitors defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second Test of the Idea Cup on the fourth day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday. Earlier, India beat Bangladesh by 113 runs in the first Test at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, ... Read more

Bangladesh will take on India in the second and final Test of the Idea Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium from today. India led the series with 1-0 after crushing Bangladesh in the first Test by 113 runs at Chittagong. Bangladesh though put up huge fight on the first day of the first innings, they ... Read more

Chittagong: Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s crowd-pleasing maiden test century, Tigers could not escape defeat against the number one ranked Test team in the ICC ranking, as India won the first Test of the Idea Cup series by 113 runs on Thursday. Bowlers Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma shared seven wickets in India’s 113-run victory over Bangladesh ... Read more

Cricinfo The IPL’s 2010 season will be broadcast live on YouTube, following an arrangement between the league and Google, owners of the internet channel. The deal – under which all 60 games will be shown live or on a short delay on a dedicated YouTube channel – will apply across the world, except in the ... Read more

Chittagong: Chasing a victory target of 415 runs, Bangladesh were 67 for the loss of two wickets at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against India here on Wednesday. Tamim Iqbal (23) and Mohammad Ashraful (16) were at the crease when stumps were drawn due to bad light. Earlier, India had declared ... Read more

Jr. Tigers lost their 2nd Group D match of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup as they lost to West Indies by a single run at Fitzerbert Park in Nwe Zealand on Sunday. Chasing 250 to win, Bangladesh needed two runs from three balls with one wicket in hand, but Shaker Ahmed’s run-out sparked wild ... Read more

Chittagong: Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain shared six quick wickets to put India under pressure in the first Test against Bangladesh here on Sunday. Left-arm spinner Shakib took 3-28 and paceman Shahadat bagged 3-34 as India slipped from a comfortable 79 for no loss to 160-6 in their first innings at tea on the ... Read more

Bangladesh will face India in the first Test match of the Idea Cup two-Test match series, which begins today at 9.30 am at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, the port city of the country. Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from the stadium everyday. Bangladesh will include spinner Enamul Haque (Junior) instead ... Read more