Bangladesh will begin their three-match one-day internationals campaign against South Africa with one eye on ICC Champions Trophy 2017 as they need to win one game against the visitors to retain pre-series points, said an ICC press release on Wednesday. The battle for the final two available places in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will ... Read more
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Mclaren expects a tough series
South Africa’s one day specialist Ryan Mclaren said on Wednesday that the three-match one-day international series to start on Friday at Mirpur would be a tough assignment for them as they would have to face the spirited Tigers in their own den. The 32-year-old ambidextrous player, who joined late with his team only to play ... Read more
SA sweep Tigers with simple win
Bangladesh put yet another erratic batting display to suffer a 31-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International against South Africa, conceding the two-match series 0-2, in Dhaka on Tuesday. A debutant leg-spinner and unheralded left-arm spinner proved to be more than handy for the Tigers, who did a fair job with the ball to restrict ... Read more
Tigers pay for hesitation in batting
Lack of partnership and hesitation in making the shots cost Bangladesh the second Twenty20 international against South Africa, said skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza after a 31-run defeat on Tuesday. Bangladesh collapsed to 138 all out replying to South Africa’s 169-4 in the face of an in experienced South African attack that saw a debutant leg-spinner ... Read more
Mahmudullah, Anamul back for ODIs
Batsmen Mahmudullah and Anamul Haque have been recalled as Bangladesh on Tuesday named 14-man squad for the first two one-day internationals of three-match series against South Africa. Mahmudullah had missed Bangladesh’s previous series against India at home after he sustained a fracture on his left index finger. Anamul had injured himself during the
De Villiers to miss ODI series
South Africa have decided to withdraw their one-day international captain AB de Villiers from the side for three-match series against Bangladesh after it was confirmed that he would serve a ban in the first match. South African management has confirmed the right-handed batsman will face the ban that was imposed after a slow over-rate during ... Read more
Du Plessis happy to floor Tigers
South African skipper Faf du Plessis showed his content by bringing down high-flying Bangladesh into earth as the hosts were clean swept in the two-match Twenty20 series on Tuesday. South Africa clinched the series cleanly when they defeated Bangladesh by 31 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium following their 52-run win in the opener. The ... Read more
Proteas shrug off phone threat to Parnell
Visiting South Africa cricket team on Tuesday played down the significance of a reported threat made to their cricketer Wayne Parnell by anonymous caller, saying it was nothing serious and maybe a mere prank or a hoax call. Parnell reported the threat hours before the first Twenty20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday after he had ... Read more
Jr Tigers keep on winning
Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team continued their winning run as they beat their South African counterparts by 29 runs in their second match of the youth one-day international series in Durban on Tuesday. The junior Tigers who smashed the African side 6-1 in their home series early in the year extended their lead to 2-0 in ... Read more
Mamudullah, Anamul return for South Africa ODIs
Batsmen Mahmudullah and Anamul Haque have been recalled as Bangladesh on Tuesday named 14-man squad for the first two one-day internationals of three-match series against South Africa. Mahmudullah had missed Bangladesh’s previous series against India at home after he sustained a fracture on his left index finger. Anamul had injured himself during
South Africa complete T20 sweep
Spinners Eddie Leie and Aaron Phangiso shared six wickets between them as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by 31 runs in the second Twenty20 international to take two-match series 2-0 in Dhaka on Tuesday. Debutant leg-spinner Leie claimed 3-16 while left-arm spinner Phangiso claimed 3-30, Bangladesh were all out for 138 runs with five balls remaining,
Bangladesh investigates threat to South African cricketer
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said that it has asked the intelligence agencies to investigate a threat issued to South African cricketer Wayne Parnell by an anonymous caller at the weekend in Dhaka. Parnell reported the threat hours before the first Twenty20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday when received a phone call in his hotel ... Read more
Tigers bolster batting today
Bangladesh look to bolster their batting strength when they take on South Africa in the second Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Opener Rony Talukdar is expected to make his international debut in place of Sohag Gazi for the game, scheduled to start at 1:00 pm. Bangladesh will play the game to save ... Read more
Soumya promises an improved show
Bangladesh promised to give an improved show in the second Twenty20 International against South Africa today, saying that their bowlers are not as unplayable as it may have looked. Opener Soumya Sarkar said that the batsmen are confident of implementing their plans in a better way than the first game when they were folded for ... Read more
Langeveldt wary of Tigers backlash
South African bowling coach Charl Langeveldt said on Monday that he believes Bangladesh will come out hard in the second and final Twenty20 international match after their heavy loss in the opening match. The 40-year old former seamer, who recently replaced legendary paceman Allan Donald as Proteas bowling coach, however, has full faith on his ... Read more
Amla arrives in Dhaka with four
Batsman Hashim Amla along with four other South African players arrived in Dhaka on Monday to join the visiting side, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials. Amla was accompanied by pace bowler Morné Morkel, leg spinner Imran Tahir all-rounder Ryan Mclaren and Farhaan Behardien through a flight of Emirates Airlines. Amla and Morkel are part of ... Read more
Tigers get a dose of own medicine
South Africa gave Bangladesh a dose of their own medicine, putting them on a spin to record a crushing 52-run win in the first Twenty20 International in Dhaka on Sunday. Bangladesh had prepared a turning pitch for the Proteas as expectedly and appeared to have gotten some successes restricting the formidable batting line up of ... Read more
Mashrafee blames irresponsible batting
Of South Africa’s all qualities, the one thing that did not intimidate Bangladesh is their spin bowling. And this is where they faltered in the first Twenty20 international as the visitors recorded a crushing 52-run at Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said his batsmen’s inability to handle South African spinners proved to ... Read more
FIRST T20 IN NUMBERS
1 Mustafizur Rahman became the first bowler in history to concede a free-hit off a no-ball that is not from the foot-over-stepping. The International Cricket Council in its recent annual conference changed the rule of no-ball, allowing a free-hit after all kinds of no-ball. The rule came in effect with the Sunday’s first Twenty20 International ... Read more
Proteas never doubted win
South Africa were confident of earning a win against Bangladesh in the opening Twenty20 international despite putting 148 runs as condition favoured them more than their opposition, said batsman Rilee Rossouw on Sunday. South Africa folded Bangladesh for a meagre 96 runs to record a crushing 52-runs after posting a modest 148-4 on a slow ... Read more