Cricket

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

Like Saeed Ajmal before him, Zulfiqar Babar was in his thirties before he finally received his chance in international cricket. And, like Ajmal, he is making selectors look silly for making him wait so long. A veteran of 69 first-class matches, the left-arm spinner from Okara, Punjab finally got his chance to play for Pakistan last ... Read more

JP Duminy’s brilliant half-century and pace bowler Dale Steyn’s superlative effort with the ball proved to be deciding factors as South Africa registered a thrilling two-run win over New Zealand at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Duminy scored 86 runs to help the Proteas post a challenging 170-6 before Steyn offered a ... Read more

Bangladesh will make a mistake if they expect to choke West Indies with their spinners like India, West Indies coach Otis Gibson said ahead of his team’s crucial Super-10 match against the hosts at Mirpur today. India banked on their two spinners, Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja, to restrict West Indies to 129 before cruising to ... Read more

Bangladesh will go into their first match in the ICC World Twenty20 Super-10 today knowing that they have nothing to lose against a side, who happen to be world champions in the format. West Indies are the only top team that Bangladesh defeated in this format, not just once but twice and the Tigers also ... Read more

Sri Lanka’s bowlers brought the high-flying Netherlands down to earth by dismissing them for the lowest ever Twenty20 International score, 39 all out, in 10.3 overs to earn a comfortable nine-wicket win in Chittagong on Monday. Angelo Mathews and Ajantha Mendis were the wreckers-in-chief against the ICC Associate Member side, picking three wickets each

South African skipper Faf De Plessis said on Monday that paceman Dale Steyn had kept the billing of the best in the business against New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 in Chittagong. South Africa were in danger of losing the crucial match against New Zealand at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium when the latter required ... Read more

Spinners held their nerve in crucial moments to snatch a breathtaking 16-run victory for Pakistan over Australia, keeping the former champions alive in the ICC World Twenty20 at Mirpur on Sunday. Set a target of 192 runs, Australia seemed coasting when Glen Maxwell hit a blistering 74 off 33 balls and shared 118 runs with Aaron ... Read more

With Pakistan at 25-2 in the fifth over against Australia after an opening match loss to India, Umar Akmal joined his brother Kamran at the crease with their side’s World Twenty20 campaign on the line and kept their tournament dream alive. Man-of-the-match Akmal smashed a T20I career-high 94 off just 54 balls to steer Pakistan to ... Read more

Bangladesh need to move on without worrying too much about the defeat against Hong Kong, all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday as the Tigers returned to training ahead of their Super-10 campaign in the ICC World Twenty20. The Tigers were humiliated by minnows Hong Kong in their last match of the first round, leaving a ... Read more

Opener Kusal Perera blazed his way to a sparkling half-century as Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by five runs to begin their ICC World Twenty20 campaign in style at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday. Sri Lanka held their nerve as the game went down to the wire, with pace bowler Lasith Malinga operating from ... Read more