Cricket

The remaining matches of the ongoing Idea Cup 2010 involving Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka will start at 2 pm instead of 2:30 pm. The decision has been made in an effort to minimise the impact of the evening dew on games. The three teams and the ICC match referee are agreed over the changed ... Read more

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan will be hoping to win the toss before they put any kind of pressure on the opponents when they face India in their second match of the Idea Cup tri-series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. And then the all-rounder will desperately try to regain the rhythm of the past ... Read more

The Bang-ladesh Under-19 cricket team will leave for New Zealand tonight with a lofty target of finishing amongst the top four in the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2010 that kicks off on January 15. “You can?t go into a mission without setting a target. Our target is to make it to the last ... Read more

A splendid 105 (not out) by Thilan Samaraweera powered Sri Lanka to earn a nail-biting five-wicket victory over India in their second ODI match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the flood-lit Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. Samaraweera played 106 balls in his match-winning innings, which was laced with 11 ... Read more

Sri Lanka started the Idea Cup Tri-nation series with a comfortable seven-wicket victory as Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed his first hundred (104) against Bangladesh while skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored 74 to steer their side to the target of 261 in 44.5 overs over hosts Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday. Chasing Bangladesh’s fighting total ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket team led by Shakib Al Hasan will face Sri Lanka led by Kumar Sangakkara today in the opening match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match begins at 2.30 PM BST Bangladesh Standard Time). Kumar Sangakkara will lead the youthful Sri Lanka team ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday unveiled Transcom Beverage Limited, the franchise holder of Pepsi, as their official beverage partner for the next two years starting from January 1, 2010. The agreement was signed at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday on the eve of the tri-series that kicks off tomorrow BCB held a ... Read more

Pace bowler Nazmul Hossain has suffered a right quadriceps muscle injury during the practice on Saturday. He is likely to be out of action for two weeks. He has been ruled out of the Idea Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Championship, beginning on January 4 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain has ... Read more

Khulna Division emerged champions in the third Women’s National Cricket League with an emphatic 58-run win over Dhaka Division at Khulna Divisional Stadium yesterday. Salma Khatun grabbed three scalps as Dhaka were skittled out for 78 in 42.3 overs chasing a moderate total of 136 made by Khulna, who fell in trouble after opting to ... Read more

Tickets for the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament involving India, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh will be available at all Grameenphone outlets. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday confirmed it in a press release and they also gave the rates of the tickets for the tri-nation tourney which will kick off with the match between Bangladesh and ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday came down heavily on Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) and two national players Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan who raised their voices in favour of the campaign boycotting the National Cricket League (NCL). After an emergency board meeting yesterday, which was called to discuss the crisis over ... Read more

Rajshahi Division earned the third successive victory in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League beating Sylhet Division by 103 runs at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Thursday. In the other match of the day, Dhaka Division defeated Barisal Division by eight wickets at the same ground. Winning the toss Rajshahi Division opened ... Read more

Wills Little Flower School earned an exciting two-run victory over Nawabpur High School in a Dhaka Metro Zone match of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National School Cricket Tournament at the Gulshan Youth Club ground on Thursday. Batting first, Wills Little Flower School amassed 277 runs for all in 48.2 overs with Jawad making

Title contenders Dhaka Moha-mmedan continued their winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League edging past Rahmatganj 1-0 amid poor refereeing at the Kamalapur Stadium on Wednesday. It was the sixth successive win for Mohammedan, who lead the points table with maximum 18 points. Dhaka Abahani also have equal 18 points, but Mohammedan remained at the ... Read more

The crisis over the National Cricket League has deepened further as no players responded to the ultimatum of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The BCB on Tuesday had issued the ultimatum asking the players to join practice for their respective divisional sides by July 30 and warned that failing to do will be deemed ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the details of Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition and India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2010. Itinerary: Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition Date Details Venue 01 Jan – Fri Sri Lanka Team Arrives/Rest & Practice SBNCS

Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year. After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the ... Read more

Rajshahi continued their excellent run in the Women’s National Cricket League with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Barisal at the Khulna University Ground yesterday. The losing team had decided to bat first, but like a pack of cards they were skittled out for 59 runs in 35.2 overs. More than half of those runs came ... Read more

Parerhat RL High School of Pirojpur, Rahmatullah Model High School of Dhaka and GK Pilot High School won their respective matches in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament yesterday. At Pirojpur Stadium, Parerhat RL High beat Hularhat High School by 116 runs. Batting first, Parerhat scored 214 before being all out in ... Read more

The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh is adamant about boycotting the ensuing National Cricket League unless its demands for increased match fees are met but the Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to bow down. The BCB has taken a hard line and asked the players to join their respective divisional teams by today or face ... Read more