Cricket

Netherlands ended their ICC World Twenty20 2014 campaign on a high note as they humiliated England by 45 runs in their last Super 10 Group 1 game at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. The Dutch syndrome continued to haunt the Englishmen, who were defeated by the same opponents at Lord’s in the opening ... Read more

If a mere group match win could trigger such a celebration, one would expect the West Indies to go wild should they overcome the hurdle of Pakistan in what is effectively a quarter-final match at Mirpur today. But things may not be the same as they were after they beat Australia last week. West Indies captain Darren ... Read more

Sri Lanka became the third side after South Africa and India to confirm a place in the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 following their convincing 59-run win over New Zealand at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took as many as five wickets for just three runs ... Read more

Netherlands skipper Peter Borren said on Monday that he put this win ahead of his side’s first win against England back in 2009, when the minnows shocked the world by defeating England by four wickets in the opening game of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord’s. The Netherlands inflicted another embarrassment

Mushfiq says Tigers leave no stone unturned Being the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team is always a tough job. It gets tougher when one needs to explain the reason for defeat every alternate day. This is what Mushfiqur Rahim has been doing for quite some time, precisely since the last game of the first ... Read more

Opener Ahmed Shehzad became the first Pakistani batsman to hit a Twenty20 International century on Sunday, breaking his own previous national record of 98 not out with an unbeaten 62-ball 111 against hosts Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. In the process, Shehzad became the first Pakistani

Four close games, three wins, a scare against a band of Associate minnows and, ultimately, a spot in the ICC World Twenty20 knock-out rounds. South Africa recovered from a five-run loss to Sri Lanka – in which they needed 19 from the last two overs but could not get across the line – to win ... Read more

India underlined their title credentials in the ICC World Twenty20 crushing a demoralised Australia by 73 runs to bag their fourth consecutive win and finish Group B champions of the Super 10 phase in Dhaka on Sunday. Yuvraj Singh came alive in a dead match hitting 60 off 43 balls to guide India to 159-7 before ... Read more

Embattled Bangladesh cricket team will face a refreshed Pakistan in their third Super-10 match in the ICC World Twenty20 today, hoping to put their recent dismal performance behind them in Dhaka. The task appears harder for Bangladesh than their last two matches against West Indies and India as the Tigers have a physiological barrier facing Pakistan. It ... Read more

Pakistan will return to action in the World Twenty20 today after a week’s break knowing that they have the semi-final spot within the sight should they win their two remaining games in the Super-10 round in Dhaka. India have already booked a place in the semi-final leaving Pakistan, West Indies, Australia and Bangladesh to vie for ... Read more

Skipper Brendon McCullum blazed his way to a sparkling half-century and added to his illustrious T20I record as New Zealand cantered to a six-wicket win over the Netherlands in Chittagong on Saturday to keep their hopes alive in the ICC World Twenty20. McCullum’s 65 off 45 balls helped the Kiwis reach 152-4 in 19 overs after ... Read more

South Africa reached the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 as they defeated England by three runs in Chittagong on Saturday to effectively rule the latter out of the competition. The win was scripted on the back of skipper AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla’s half-centuries along with Wayne Parnell’s bowling efforts at Zahur ... Read more

The ongoing ICC World Twenty20 tournament received a further blow as floodlights went off twice in the Super 10 clash between England and South Africa as the generator provided by the directors and selectors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board collapsed during the game in Chittagong on Saturday. OMNI Power, a company linked with by cricket operations ... Read more

Darren Sammy forced James Faulkner to eat a humble pie, smashing him two sixes off two balls in the final over to lead West Indies to a pulsating six-wicket win over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Friday.  In the lead-up to the game, Faulkner hurt the ego of West Indies team ... Read more

Both South Africa and England are concerned about the dew and the lights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, with the latter opting for a double-training session on Friday ahead of their crucial encounter today. After their scheduled optional practice session at the ZACS from 2:00 pm on Friday, England returned with the full team to ... Read more

Top-order batsmen’s return to form seems to be the only solution to the present crisis of the Bangladesh cricket team, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, as the Tigers received yet another thrashing in the ICC World Twenty20, this time at the hands of India by eight wickets on Friday. Bangladesh suffered a batting collapse early in their ... Read more

If winning is a habit, losing is no different. No team knows it better than Bangladesh, who own the dubious record of losing the most consecutive Tests and one-day internationals. They had the same ignominy in Twenty20s too until Zimbabwe surpassed their record in 2012. So it is not a completely new situation that

South African spinner Imran Tahir gave himself a nice birthday presentation when he put in a match winning performance to spare the blushes of his side in their ICC World Twenty20 match against minnows Netherlands in Chittagong on Thursday. Tahir, who turned 36 on the day, picked up 4-21, as South Africa snatched the win from ... Read more

West Indies inflicted more misery on an underperforming Bangladesh cricket team as the holders thrashed the home side by 73 runs in an agonisingly lopsided ICC World Twenty20 contest in Dhaka on Tuesday. The home side, still smarting from a shocking two-wicket loss to minnows Hong Kong in their previous game, were bowled out for 98 ... Read more

Nasir Hossain was dropped from the Bangladesh national side’s playing eleven for the first time in any format on Tuesday, ceding his place in the batting line-up to Mominul Haque for the Tigers’ opening Super 10 match at the ICC World Twenty20. The 22-year-old Nasir, who had been widely regarded as one of the country’s finest ... Read more