The Bangladesh Cricket Board intends to send a full-strength squad at the Asian Games 2014 in a bid to retain the gold medal Bangladesh won in China four years ago. The selectors named a 27-member preliminary squad for the Games, which will be held in Incheon, South Korea, in September-October this year.
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Russell’s BPL woes continue
Defending champions Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra continued their bad run when they lost 1-0 to Brothers Union in the second phase of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. In the first phase, they had also lost to Brothers by the same margin. Though, Rubel Miah was the hero for the winners ... Read more
Tigers realising the benefits of counselling
Bangladeshi cricketers have started to realise and feel the importance of psychological skill development as they lined up for individual sessions with their Canadian sports psychologist of Bangladeshi origin, Ali Azhar Khan, at the BCB academy building at Mirpur on Friday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has recruited Khan for a three-day of counselling for the Tigers
Pakistan appoints its biggest-ever selection team
Pakistan cricket chiefs Friday appointed a six-member selection committee—the biggest in its history – to choose the team to start a hectic season leading up to next year’s World Cup. Former captain Moin Khan will head the committee, two members larger than usual, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced. ‘Former Test players Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad,
Sri Lanka pick Atapattu as interim coach
Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday named former captain Marvan Atapattu as interim head coach, making him the island nation’s seventh coach in the last four years. Atapattu, 43, was appointed for the tour of England and Scotland starting next month and the subsequent home series against South Africa in July, the board
Ameli in a class of his own
The presence and the efficiency of the African forwards in the Bangladesh Premier League have become so radiant that the football fans almost began to think whether there is any local striker who can compete with them. But still there is a local player, Zahid Hasan Ameli, who can be bracketed with the foreign legion of ... Read more
Think positive, psychologist tells Tigers
Bangladeshi-origin Canadian sports psychologist Ali Azhar Khan attempted to create a positive frame of mind among the players in his first session with the members of national cricket team in Dhaka on Thursday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board recruited Khan for three days of counselling for Tigers in the wake of a disastrous performance in the recent ICC ... Read more
BCB to invite bidders for media rights
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a tender to sell worldwide media rights for six years until 2020. Two India tours to Bangladesh and a slightly enlarged international schedule during this period are what the BCB are hoping would attract bidders, who have to submit their proposals by May 8. Interested parties can start buying tenders from ... Read more
MSC squeeze past Baridhara
Super-sub Wahed Ahmed gave Mohammedan Sporting Club a last-minute 1-0 win over Uttar Baridhara in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. When the match looked to be going towards a certain goalless draw, Wahed earned the black-and-white giants full three points with a perfect right-footed finish. Earlier,
NCL: high in action, low in standard
A total of 35 centuries scored and 29 times the bowlers took five or more wickets in an innings are giving an impression that the just-concluded 15th National Cricket League was full of action, but the ground reality is far from what the mere statistics suggest. The players and selectors are of the opinion that the ... Read more
Sri Lanka axe Chandimal as T20 captain
Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Wednesday sacked Dinesh Chandimal as Twenty20 captain and replaced him with Lasith Malinga, while Angelo Mathews was retained as the Test and one-day skipper. Chandimal, 24, opted out of the last three matches, including the semi-final and final, of the recent World Twenty20 in Bangladesh due to poor batting form, leaving Malinga ... Read more
Sri Lanka players resolve pay dispute
The pay dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and its 13 contracted players ended on Wednesday when the latter agreed to accept 10 percent of the participation fees from ICC and Asian Cricket Council events. The players had demanded 20 per cent of the participation fees which Sri Lanka Cricket would not sanction. The players were due to sign ... Read more
Abahani return to winning ways
Abahani Limited returned to winning ways after five games when they defeated Feni Soccer Club 2-1 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The sky-blue outfit, who are in second place in the league, last registered a victory on January 28 against Uttar Baridhara and after that they drew three matches in ... Read more
Dhaka finish it in style
Dhaka Division celebrated their title with a five-wicket win over Khulna while Rajshahi bagged a dramatic four-wicket win over Dhaka Metro as the country’s premium first-class cricket tournament, National Cricket League ended on Tuesday. Rangpur and Chittagong also posted wins in their respective final round matches as expected.
DPL begins Oct 10 as BCB announces domestic calendar
The Dhaka Premier League for the next season will begin on October 10 as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the domestic calendar for 2014–15. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis sat with standing committees at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium before making the official announcement at
Tigers set for camp Down Under before World Cup
The national cricket team is all set to make a short trip to Australia before the ICC World Cup to attend a 15-day camp in order to get them accustomed to the condition, said an official of BCB on Tuesday. If everything goes according to plan, the cricketers will leave the country after the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
BFF demands Tk 35 crore each year
The Bangladesh Football Federation has demanded Tk 35 crore from the government for each year to to run football smoothly, officials said after a meeting with the state minister for youth and sports, Biren Shikder, on Tuesday. The deputy minister for youth and sports, Arif Khan Joy, also attended the meeting at the office of Biren ... Read more
Mominul, Anamul star in NCL
National batsmen Mominul Haque and Anamul Haque starred on the third day of the National Cricket League last round as Dhaka Division are on course for a victory over Khulna at Cox’s Bazar on Monday. Anamul carried the bat through the innings to stroke 119 not out, guiding Khulna to 232 in their second innings to ... Read more
Tigers to face WC qualifiers if no jump in ranking
Bangladesh national cricket team must improve their one-day ranking by December 2017 or face a qualifying round in the ICC World Cup 2019, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official, removing all recent confusion regarding the issue. The confusion was created as the BCB president, Nazmul Hasan, said no such decision was taken in the recent International ... Read more
BCB mulls rescheduling Pak series
Bangladesh’s planned home series against Pakistan in next January could be deferred by a few months, said an official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, adding that negotiations are ongoing to hold it after the World Cup in Australia-New Zealand. According to the Future Tour Programme of the International Cricket Council, Pakistan are scheduled to play two ... Read more