Country’s premium first-class tournament, the National Cricket League, will begin on Friday through a revised format that will see eight participating teams splitting in two tiers. Walton will be the title sponsor of the league that is said to have lost some of its gloss in the recent years due to lack of competitiveness. Under the ... Read more
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‘A’ Team Take Field Today : Mominul caught in coach’s whim again!
Bangladesh ‘A’ team will start their campaign against India ‘A’ with the opener of three-match one-day series today amid speculation over participation of skipper Mominul Haque. Speculation is ripe in Dhaka that coach Chandika Hathurusinghe asked the team management to field the left-hander in just one match of the series despite his being the captain.
AFC U-16 Qualifiers Begin Today : Hosts hit by age barrier, injury
The Group D campaign of AFC Under-16 Championship qualifying round kicks off today with hosts Bangladesh facing Saudi Arabia at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. United Arab Emirates are the third team of the competition. Bangladesh, champions in recent SAFF Under-16 Championship,
Bangladesh unperturbed by Pak threat
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said it will not accept any conditions to ensure the participation of Pakistani players in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition. Press Trust of India reported quoting unnamed sources said that the Pakistan Cricket Board will not allow its players in BPL unless Bangladesh agreed to send its ... Read more
Mushfiq relishes ‘best chance’ to beat Aussies
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday that his team will get no better chance to make their mark against Australia when they take on the side in a two-Test series next month. Australia named a 15-man squad for the series with two uncapped players and a few other greenhorns following the retirement of ... Read more
Sakib, Tamim open to join PSL
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal said on Monday that they will be available for the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament provided there is no objection from Bangladesh Cricket Board. The Pakistan Cricket Board has planned to hold the league from February 4-25 in Qatar with around 25 foreign
We have to hold on to our winning habits: Mominul
Bangladesh ‘A’ team is determined not to lose Tigers’ winning habits when they take on India ‘A’ team in the upcoming series, said skipper Mominul Haque on Sunday. Bangladesh ‘A’ team will leave for India today to take part in a series comprises of three one-day matches and two three-day games. Apart of left-arm spinner Saqlain ... Read more
BCB bans Shahadat temporarily
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain from all forms of the game as police filed a case on allegations that he and his wife beat their 11-year-old maid, said a BCB official on Sunday. Police are still searching the 29-year-old paceman who went into hiding on last week after the accusation that ... Read more
Visa hassle hinders Streak’s India tour
Bangladesh ‘A’ team’s head coach Heath Streak and physiotherapist Brett Haropp will not travel India with the team due to visa hassle as Indian embassy did not give them a visa, said BCB sources on Sunday. ‘The embassy said that they need to get few more information about them,’ said an official. Assistant coach Jafrul Ehsan will ... Read more
Fitness Hathuru’s major priority
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said on Thursday his priority will be to improve the fitness of the players ahead of their home series against Australia as it is expected to play a crucial part. The Bangladesh Cricket Board held a fitness camp of 27 elite players from August 22 under trainer Mario Villavarayan before Hathurusinghe took ... Read more
No bar on Shahadat playing in NCL
Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain has no bar on playing in the upcoming National Cricket League despite him facing the arrest for allegedly beating his domestic help, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Thursday. ‘He can participate in the National Cricket League, there is no problem with it,’ Sheikh Sohel, the chairman of BCB’s disciplinary committee,
‘Only my bosses can decide this’
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Thursday sidetracked the question regarding his chances of touring India with the ‘A’ team. With most of the national players touring to India with the ‘A’ team, Hathurusinghe will be left alone to coach only a handful of senior players, who nonetheless will be involved in the National Cricket League during ... Read more
England claim ICRC title
England clinched the five-nation ICRC Twenty20 tournament for the physically challenged people after defeating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final at the BKSP on Thursday. After scoring 175-4, the highest score of the tournament, England restricted Pakistan to 156-7 to seal the first ever tournament of such kind.
BCB split over ‘A’ team personnel
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has become a divided house in choosing the team management for the upcoming national ‘A’ team’s tour to India with high-ups frequently changing their minds. The BCB decided to form a strong Bangladesh ‘A’ team for the tour consisting three one-day matches and two three-day games as it included 14 players ... Read more
Nasir prefers ‘A’ team tour over NCL
Middle-order batsman Nasir Hossain said on Wednesday that playing against India ‘A’ team is a better option than participating in the National Cricket League. Nasir was chosen as the vice-captain of Bangladesh ‘A’ team that will tour to India from September 13 to 29 for a series compromising with three one-day matches
Shahadat, wife go into hiding
He is under surveillance, says police Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife, who were sued for torturing their 10-year old domestic help, went on hiding to avoid arrest, said police. Dhaka Metropolitan Police high officials told New Age that Shahadat was ‘under police surveillance’. ‘He could be arrested soon… He is not outside the capital’,
HP programme ends earlier than schedule
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday brought their US$1million worth High Performance Programme for premature end this year due to serious management quandary. The 17-week HP programme started on May 25 with 22 players with an aim to make the players best prepared for international cricket when required.
Hosts bow out with win
Hosts Bangladesh failed to reach the final of the five-nation ICRC Twenty20 tournament for the physically challenged people despite defeating India by seven wickets in their last match at the BKSP on Tuesday. In the other match of the day, England beat Afghanistan by three runs to seal their berth in the final against Pakistan on ... Read more
Mominul to lead ‘A’ team in India
Batsman Mominul Haque will lead Bangladesh ‘A’ team in the forthcoming tour of India featuring two three-day matches and three one-day matches, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. Nasir Hossain was appointed as the vice-captain for the 15-member squad that featured 10 Test cricketers including Al-Amin Hossain, who was first time included
Cricketer Shahadat, wife sued for torturing domestic help
BCB embarrassed Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife have been sued for torturing their 10-year-old domestic help, police have said. The victim, Mahfuza Akter Happy, 10, daughter of Arab Ali, of Jamalpur, was rescued at Pallabi in the capital on Sunday night with injuries in her body. She was now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College ... Read more