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Bangladesh cricket coach Jamie Siddons displayed a similar sort of satisfaction like his ex-captain Mohammad Ashraful on the Tigers’ recent performance in the ICC World Twenty20 after he faced the local media for the first time yesterday since returning from Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. After Bangladesh made their exit from the ... Read more

New skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza hopes to produce improve performance as Bangladesh cricket team leave for Barbados, West Indies on a five weeks tour today. Ace pace bowler Mashrafe replaced Mohammad Ashraful as captain of the national cricket team. His deputy on the tour will be World’s number one-day all rounder Shakib Al Hasan. BCB ... Read more

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the first paceman in the country to lead the national team as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday appointed him as captain and Shakib Al Hasan as his deputy for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. The 25-year-old cricketer, dubbed as Narail Express, took over the helm as the fifteenth ... Read more

Newly appointed Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza said he is ready to do the hard job as a senior cricketer and face the music on a difficult time despite not having enough experience in the position. ‘Definitely it is a great feeling to be the captain of the national side. I agree that this is ... Read more

In order to bring back the Bangladesh cricket on the right way, which currently has been in a tumultuous position aftermath  of the just concluded ICC Twenty20 Cricket World, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a new-look  team with naming pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortoza as captain replacing Mohammad Ashraful. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has ... Read more

BCB announces team today Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to announce the name of the new captain in place of under-fire Mohammad Ashraful when the Test squad for the tour of West Indies is declared today. It is none other than Ashraful’s long-term deputy Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the 25-year old, dubbed as Narail ... Read more

ICC World Twenty20 England09 Thank you Ashraful It is high time to seriously consider whether Bangladesh cricket is held hostage by a set of Ashra-FOOLS. And if it is the case then we better immediately send those ‘FOOLS’ to rehabilitation camp at least to stop the emotional bloodshed that was overpowering after Monday night’s stunning ... Read more

Down and out from the ICC World Twenty20, a dejected Bangladesh cricket team left England on Tuesday without their skipper Mohammad Ashraful and coach Jamie Siddons. The International Cricket Council did not want to spend any extra penny for them and asked the team to pack their bags to catch the next available flight after ... Read more

British citizens of Tamil origin have demanded Sri Lanka cricket team to be expelled from the ICC World Twnety20 for what they claimed committing a genocide against humanities by their government. The Tamils demanded it while protesting in front of the Trent Bridge cricket ground when Sri Lanka were playing against Australia in their first ... Read more

T20 World Cup  Symonds let Australia down: Ponting London: Australian captain Ricky Ponting says allrounder Andrew Symonds let himself and the team down with his latest off-field troubles. Symonds was sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday for what Cricket Australia described as an alcohol-related breach of team rules and other violations. Ponting ... Read more

You hypocrite. Cast your mind back to the World Cup in South Africa in 2003. The one where Ricky Ponting had begged for your inclusion because he could see the good in you. The one where Shane Warne returned a positive drugs test the morning of the first match against Pakistan. The scandal that left ... Read more

It needed only a few phone calls to take India and Ireland out of their minds for some hours. The Indian Cricket League had replaced the two Group A opponents in Bangladesh players’ minds as all the 13 remaining cricketers, who had joined the rebel league for money, have decided to return. The decision of ... Read more

Banned Indian Cricket League (ICL) duo Mosharraf Hossain and Monjurul Islam have submitted proof of their terminated contracts to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) acting CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury yesterday for availing the amnesty offered by the board. Mosharraf and Monjurul, who played for Dhaka Warriors, turned in copies of e-mails from the organisers of the ... Read more

Bangladesh A posted 357 in the first innings against Maharashtra Cricket Association on the second day of their second four-dayer cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday. In reply, Maharashtra Cricket Association scored 60 for the loss of two wickets before the two umpires pocketed the bails for the second day. Bangladesh ... Read more

India’s most successful captain Sourav Ganguly is set to herald the start of a new innings behind the microphone post-retirement after he was on Wednesday signed by ESPN STAR Sports as an expert analyst for the ICC World Twenty20, commencing in England on Saturday. Ganguly will be part of an ESPN STAR Sports commentary panel ... Read more

Oxford: The Bangladesh contingent has landed in England to start their World Twenty20 mission and it has been a pleasant arrival. The Tigers are the first among the top 10 teams to kick off their preparation for the tournament on English soil. The West Indies are of course currently on tour in England and are ... Read more

From laggards to champions! A fairytale ending for the Deccan Chargers. Captain Adam Gilchrist couldn’t have asked for anything better. The heart went out to Anil Kumble! He bowled superbly, taking four wickets, and restricting the Deccan Chargers to 143. It looked an achievable target but the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen fell to a mixture ... Read more

CricInfo, undated Deccan Chargers took the bull in their emblem too seriously, as they came out charging to defend a modest total. They bowled with fire, they fielded aggressively, they sledged with a vengeance, and literally, almost by physical force, hustled Royal Challengers Bangalore out in a thrilling final that lived up to the occasion ... Read more

Pune: Royal Challengers Bangalore making it to the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) second season in South Africa on Sunday caught punters on the wrong foot. “Season 2 saw an overwhelmingly upward trend for bookies,” said a bookie on condition of anonymity. “With the Challengers making it to the finals, it has elevated ... Read more

ICC World Twenty20 Siddons targets India Bangladesh national cricket team have tar-getted beating India in their first match of the ICC World Twenty20s in England and are all set to depart amidst some modest but important concerns from coach Jamie Siddons. Siddons’s biggest worry is the lack of international exposure that the Tigers have had ... Read more