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
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SL beat WI, enter World T20 final
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
Mohammedan into Independence Cup semis
Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited reached the semi-finals of the Independence Cup with a 1-0 victory over Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. The Black and White outfit played their best game of the season to beat Muktijoddha, who made the last eight after displaying some tremendous football in the group stage.
Ronaldo equals record as Real, PSG win
Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain both gained convincing victories on Wednesday in their respective Champions League quarter-final first leg matches to give themselves the upper hand ahead of next week’s second legs. Real, who have reached the semi-finals in the past three seasons, avenged in part last season’s semi-finals defeat to Borussia Dortmund by
Hafeez quits T20 captaincy
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
Nothing to choose between SL, WI
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,
Sanga, Mahela await T20 swansong
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
‘One team, one goal’
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
Thunderstorm expected, literally
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
Feni shock Russell
Feni Soccer Club knocked defending champions Sheikh Russell out in the quarter-finals of the Independence Cup as the outsiders beat them 4-3 in penalties at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The match went to the tiebreaker with the scores level at 2-2 after regulation and extra time, and Feni Soccer Club registered the victory after ... Read more
Tigers never recovered from HK
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
Lady Tigers sign off with win
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team, spurred on by a cheering crowd, ended their ICC World Twenty20 2014 campaign on a bright note after beating Sri Lanka by three runs at Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Tuesday. Defending 115 for a win in their final Group B game, Bangladesh restricted the opposition to 112-9 in 20 overs to ... Read more
Bravo, Sammy smash WI into semis
Defending champions West Indies kept their title bid in the ICC World Twenty20 on track on Tuesday, crushing Pakistan by 84 runs in Dhaka to set up a semi-final against Sri Lanka. Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy plundered 71 off 32 balls in their sixth wicket stand to power West Indies to 166-6 before Samuel ... Read more
Tigers, Australia seek redemption
Bangladesh will try to salvage something at the end of a disappointing World Twenty20 campaign and a miserable two-plus-month home stand when they take on Australia in their final Super 10 match at Mirpur this afternoon. As the World Twenty20 got underway, the Tigers seemed to have turned the corner somewhat after a painful bilateral home ... Read more
Dutch end campaign with dazzling win
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
WI plans no big celebration
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
SL reach semis after easy win
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
‘This win more satisfying’
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
‘Even bad performances have limits’
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
Shehzad answers critics
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