Cricket

Eminent sports organiser Lutfar Rahman Badal named as chairman of the Mohammedan Sporting Club’s cricket committee for the upcoming season. Besides, the country’s one of the vintage clubs – MSC – announced its cricket committee on Saturday. Hanif Bhuiyan was nominated as

Having netted dashing opener Tamim Iqbal a couple of days ago, Mohammedan SC are all set to complete the official contracts with the cricketers at the club premises today. Though the three-day players transfer of the Premier Division Cricket League will take place from September 29, but the Motijheel-based

Durham v Essex, Pro40, Chester-le-Street Foster blasts five sixes in five balls Essex 279 for 3 (Cook 104*, Foster 83*, Napier 63) beat Durham 276 for 6 (Mustard 102, Blackwell 59) by seven wickets James Foster sent a message to the England selectors about his hitting power when he struck Durham legspinner Scott Borthwick for ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team’s opening batsman Tamim Iqbal made a surprise move to Mohammedan Sporting Club on Saturday breaking verbal commitment to Abahani Limited. It was known that the hard hitting batsman Tamim was offered Taka 15 lakh by Abahani which he was not satisfied with. He made the move to Mohammedan on the assurance ... Read more

Sachin Tendulkar said he has more than lived up to the challenge thrown at him by legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev in 1989. The Master Blaster said that he has lived up to the challenge by continuing to play international cricket for two decades. “It was a dream to play for India. On my first tour ... Read more

Sports Reporter Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan set to leave Dhaka for Adelaide tomorrow (Saturday) morning to have a treatment for his long-standing groin injury. The world number one ODI all-rounder is scheduled to consult with Dr. Steve Saunders for physiotherapy assessment and

Sports Reporter Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday picked twenty-two players to join the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) training camp. The camp will begin on Sunday and the selected cricketers have been asked to report at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur by

Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is looking forward to play against India in the Champions Trophy in South Africa. His side has not beaten their neighbours in an ICC tournament in recent years. Afridi said he has a lot of respect for India which had a very good One-day combination and the match between the ... Read more

LAHORE – Former Test opener Saeed Anwar is tipped to be a serious contender for the position of Pakistan national cricket coach, it was reliably learnt on Wednesday. He had shown willingness to help the openers overcome their flaws and on Wednesday, PCB chairman had a detailed discussion with Anwar. Anwar, a flamboyant left-handed batsman, ... Read more

LAHORE – Pakistan captain Younis Khan has put his weight behind out-of-form Mohammad Yousuf saying that the star batsman need time to settle after his return to the national side. “He is back in the team and before that he was out of international cricket for quite a while. He just played in the Indian ... Read more

COLOMBO: World champions Pakistan convincingly won the only Twenty20 International by 52 runs against Sri Lanka here at the Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. Chasing 173 to win, Sri Lanka were all out for 120 runs in 18.1 overs. Off-break bowler Saeed Ajmal and seamer Naved-ul-Hasan bagged three wickets each

Mumbai: The Indian Premier League`s strict guidelines for broadcast media could hardly deter copyright infringements and it had to contend with a large number of “unauthorised” videos and live feeds during its second edition in South Africa this year. Over 2400 unauthorised live streaming feeds and over 6700 unauthorised videos on the web were pulled ... Read more

Ashraful Star of The Show Tigers prey on the Lions It couldn’t have been any more emphatic for the Tigers. An eight-wicket victory to start the five-match series against Zimbabwe at their own backyard just lighted up the Grameenphone Cup at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday. Carrying their form and confidence from the Caribbean ... Read more

The Jahangirnagar University authority on Sunday honored the University cricket team with blazer at a function at the JU Senate Hall for clinching the Inter-University Cricket crown for the second successive time. Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Dr Sharif Enamul Haque, who as the chief guest distributed the blazers, termed the cricketers as the “goodwill ... Read more

CricInfo Bangladesh held their nerve despite wobbles at significant junctures to complete a whitewash in St Kitts. Set a target of 249, they were given a fiery start by Tamim Iqbal and Zunaed Siddiqui before Mahmudullah steered the side through nervy moments to clinch a historic victory. Things were looking a touch dicey for Bangladesh ... Read more

The Bangladesh Under-19 team returned home on Friday after an impressive performance in England. The youth team won the five-match one-day series 2-1 after losing the two-match four-day Test series 0-1. They lost the first T20 match and the second and last match in the tour was washed out. It was however not results rather ... Read more

BBC Online Bangladesh wrapped up a 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies with a three-wicket win in the final match early today. The visitors had clinched the one-day series against Windies on Tuesday with a three-wicket win in the second match. And Bangladesh concluded the series unbeaten in St Kitts with seven balls to spare. ... Read more

Bangladesh might opt for a couple of changes when they go into the final one-day match against the West Indies at Warner Park in St Kitts today. Having already clinched the three-match series by winning the double-header in Dominica, the Tigers might drop their two pace bowlers Syed Rasel and Rubel Hossain, who failed to ... Read more

Expectation will be high when Bangladesh start their three-match one-day international series against a makeshift West Indies side today after a historic first-ever away Test series victory in the Caribbean. The Tigers swept the two-match Test series and go into today’s ODI at cricket’s newest venue, Windsor Park in Dominica, with the ‘favourites’ tag. The ... Read more

July 19 : A day that promised much for Bangladesh ended with West Indies 56 for one in their second innings and leading by 61, after impressive bowling from Kemar Roach kept the hosts in the second and final Test on Saturday. Bangladesh were dismissed for 232, replying to West Indies first innings total of ... Read more