Cricket

Kumar Sangakkara is not someone who often shows his emotion in a cricket match, regardless of its circumstance or significance. Throughout his long journey in international cricket, hardly anyone can remember a day when he allowed emotions to get the better of himself. But during the ICC World Twenty20 2014 final on Sunday, even a man ... Read more

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday admitted that they lost the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 against Sri Lanka due to their last four overs of batting but refrained from putting the blame entirely on the shoulders of Yuvraj Singh. Sri Lanka gave away only 19 runs in the last four

Australia furthered their dominance in women’s cricket as skipper Meg Lanning and Sarah Coyte along with an all-round performance from Ellyse Perry scripted their hat-trick of ICC World Twenty20 titles through a six-wicket win over England at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Australia were the pre-tournament favourites and they lived up to the

What exactly Steve Waugh said to Herschelle Gibbs in that 1999 afternoon still remains unresolved. In an article in 2010, Gibbs claimed he never heard Waugh saying those words and a year later in his autobiography ‘Out of My Comfort Zone’, Waugh recalled the memoire saying ‘I hope you realise that you have just lost the ... Read more

The Australian women’s cricket team are on cloud nine after clinching their third straight title in the ICC World Twenty20 against England on Sunday as it helped them to erase some of their pains in the recent Ashes loss. In a repeat of the 2012 World T20 final, Australia dominated in all the three departments to ... Read more

India and Sri Lanka will face off in an intriguing all-Asian final in the ICC World Twenty20 today, hoping to create a slice of history that would carry the legacy of a generation of some champions from either side. With plenty to achieve for both the Asian powerhouses, the game is expected to be a battle ... Read more

There are still some debates in India over who is the best cricket captain the country have ever had. Not in a very distant past Saurav Ganguly was ahead simply because he had transformed the attitude of the side. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the chance put an end to the debate forever when he will lead ... Read more

Sri Lanka are looking to end their long stay in Bangladesh on a high note by clinching the eluded ICC World Twenty20 title as they prepare to face India today in the final at Mirpur. Sri Lanka arrived in Bangladesh long before the start of the ICC World T20 2014 to take part in a bilateral ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan remained adamant about bringing certain changes in the national team set-up in the wake of a dismal performance in the ICC World Twenty20. Nazmul said they have sought a report from coach Shane Jurgensen and captain Mushfiqur Rahim, which will be evaluated at the BCB’s next meeting and action will ... Read more

The second phase of the Bangladesh Premier League will began from April 15, the official of the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Saturday. The BFF professional football league committee at a meeting on Saturday decided that they will start the home and away basis phase three days

The Indian batsmen rose to the occasion and displayed some timely magic to lead the side to a six-wicket win over South Africa in Dhaka on Friday and in the process set up an all-Asian affair in the final of the ICC World Twenty20. Virat Kohli slammed an unbeaten 72 off 44 balls as India successfully ... Read more

A lack of discipline with the ball condemned South Africa to yet another knock-out match loss in a major ICC tournament on Friday as the Proteas bowled a number of loose deliveries at a potent Indian batting line-up. Defending 172, the South African bowlers left the ball outside off-stump far too frequently and gifted the Indians ... Read more

Flamboyant India will face an uphill task to topple a strong-nerved South Africa when the two sides meet in the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Both teams have come this far in the tournament on the back of some thrilling performances, with South Africa having an edge as their ... Read more

Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 27 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method on Thursday to enter the World Twenty20 final in Dhaka. The West Indies, chasing Sri Lanka’s 160-6, were 80-4 in 13.5 overs when a heavy downpour forced the match to be abandoned, with Marlon Samuels on 18 and Darren Sammy yet to score. Sri ... Read more

Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez stepped down as Twenty20 captain on Thursday after the team’s failure to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. Pakistan went out from the Super-10 stage after a disappointing 84-run defeat against the West Indies on Tuesday, failing to reach the last four for

The finalists of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 go at it again at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the first semi-final of this year’s competition with little to choose between defending champions West Indies and world number one Sri Lanka in today’s titanic clash. The teams come into the match in similar form,

Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene will take to the field today against the West Indies in the first semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 at Mirpur knowing that it might be the last time they are playing a T20 international. Both Sangakkara and Jayawardene recently announced that they will retire from the ... Read more

When West Indies will begin their World Twenty20 semi-final against Sri Lanka today they ought to be nostalgic at least for a while. Two years ago on a fateful evening in Colombo they met the same opponents in the 2012 WT20 final and it is known to all what happened next. The Caribbeans started the final ... Read more

The first semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20, 2014 between Sri Lanka and the West Indies, scheduled for today at Mirpur, is likely to be hit by rain and thunderstorm, according to BBC weather forecast. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department also forecasted rain and thunderstorm accompanied by blustery winds is expected to occur over the Dhaka division

If Bangladesh look back at the ICC World Twenty20 2014, they will curse just one performance: the mindless batting and an over from Farhad Reza that condemned them to a two-wicket defeat against already-eliminated Hong Kong in the first round. This was the kind of shock they could not overcome in the rest of the tournament. The ... Read more