Cricket

Shakib Al Hasan will retain the Bangladesh captaincy for the five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe at home with Mashrafe Mortaza failing to prove his fitness following knee surgery. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced a 14-member squad for the first three ODIs starting October 27 and the most notable inclusion is that of the left-arm ... Read more

From stuff.co.nz Daniel Vettori played out another commanding performance at the New Zealand Cricket Awards tonight, claiming a hattrick of leading accolades. The New Zealand captain was predictably crowned player of the year while he was also awarded the Winsor Cup for first class bowling and the JR Reid best allrounder trophy. It was little ... Read more

From zeenews Mumbai: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the seven ODIs against India are a case of one too many and the series should have been a best-of-five affair to keep the players motivated. “It (seven-match ODI bilateral series) is probably too many. Five is enough head-to-head in any one series. We all know the ... Read more

The reinvention of one-day cricket has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few months and Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, has joined the debate by calling for a points system to give the format “significant meaning”. Speaking ahead of Australia’s departure for India for a seven-match ODI series, Ponting gave the example ... Read more

Big Boss T20 Premier League 2009 Abahani scrape thru’ to semis Abahani set up an early showdown with bitter rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club after an eventful group stage of the Big Boss Premier T20 League that also offered a surprise package in Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity in the semifinal line-up of the season’s curtain-riser. Abahani ... Read more

The ICC Champions Trophy has gone a long way to ensuring the continuance of ODIs, the captains of Australia and New Zealand, the two finalists, have said. Since the advent of the Twenty20 game, which has drawn huge crowds around the world, there has been increasing talk of the 50-over format falling away. But Ricky ... Read more

India and Pakistan, Australia and South Africa find themselves in different groups for the 2011 World Cup. The groupings for the tournament, to be held on the subcontinent, were approved on the second day of the ICC Board meeting in Johannesburg. The 14 teams have been divided into two groups of seven. At the meeting, ... Read more

Sources from the Indian Premier League have told a TV channel that there is ‘no ban’ on Wasim Akram commentating in India. The clarification comes after reports that emerged in Pakistan that the pacer-turned-commentator had reportedly been denied permission by the Indian government to commentate in the upcoming Champions League tournament. Wasim Akram, the former ... Read more

Ricky Ponting, after becoming the third batsman to cross 12,000 runs in one-day cricket, has said he is chasing milestones set by Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting chalked up his 28th ODI century, an unbeaten 111 from 115 balls, to help Australia demolish England and march into the ICC Champions Trophy final. Ponting paid tribute to Tendulkar, ... Read more

Almost all the excitement of the inter-club cricketers transfer was virtually buried much before the start of the official bourse after all the big clubs ensured their targeted players. However there was no shortage of enthusiasm among the supporters on the second day of the transfer when title contenders Mohammedan SC turned up yesterday to ... Read more

Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will join the Kolkata Knight Riders’ camp, which begins in Gurgaon October 1. “He will join the KKR camp at Gurgaon to oversee the proceedings,” former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, as Akram will be busy doing commentary for the ongoing Champions trophy, ... Read more

The government on Wednesday appointed AHM Mustafa Kamal as the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) putting an end to speculations where he was a front-runner for the hot seat. Keeping in mind the 2011 World Cup, in which Bangladesh is a co-host, the present government had been searching for a suitable candidate for ... Read more

Mashrafee retained as captain, BCB gives green light for day-night Test The Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to extend the contract of Australian cricket coach Jamie Siddons until the World Cup 2011. The decision was made at a meeting of its Board of Directors on Wednesday. The BCB directors have given their president Lt General ... Read more

Participants of the Pepsi First Ball-er Captain contest were treated to a dinner with the former Bangladesh cricket captain and brand ambassador of Pepsi, Mohammad Ashraful, at a local hotel in the city on Monday night. Apart from Mohammad Ashraful, other distinguished guests present at the dinner were General Manager of

Australian captain Ricky Ponting has made the shock move to retire from international Twenty20 cricket, citing his desire to keep playing Test and 50-over internationals as the reason. Cricket Australia revealed he will remain the captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will step away from the international T20 scene. A formal decision ... Read more

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