IFA Shield runners up Sheikh Jamal DC were held by Team BJMC 2-2 in the Bangladesh Premier League at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The Dhanmondi-based side failed to display their dazzling array of football and had to be satisfied with the share of points for the second consecutive game
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Series slips through Tigers’ fingers
Bangladesh’s batting and fielding woes refused to go away as they conceded the one-day international series against Sri Lanka, going down by 61 runs in the second one-dayer at Mirpur on Thursday. Chasing a competitive 290 for victory on a good batting wicket, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals to give the visitors an unassailable 2-0 ... Read more
‘Mental blocks’ affecting Tigers
Low confidence, some mental blocks and the poor form of some performing players combined to bring about a series defeat for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka, skipper Musfiqur Rahim said after his side went down by 61 runs in the second one-day international on Thursday. Bangladesh repeated their catching miseries
Matching tons for Dhaka in NCL
Openers Abdul Majid and Rony Talukdar both reached triple-digits for league-leaders Dhaka as the fourth round of the National Cricket League got underway on Thursday. Dhaka v Rajshahi Dhaka were 340-1 at the close of play on day one at the BKSP-4 ground in Savar, with Majid (155 not out) and Taiabur Parvez (65 not out) ... Read more
Tigers look to cure end-game ills
Bangladesh will look for some luck to end their finishing misery when they take on Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Dhaka today. The Tigers were still searching for answers as to what had prompted them to drop so many catches off one batsman, who then single-handedly took
Corey blames batting, not fielding
Bangladesh’s batting and fielding coach Corey Richards regretted the lapses in fielding but blasted the top-order batsmen for failing to complete the job during the first ODI against Sri Lanka. Despite being in a comfortable position in both innings of the rain-disrupted 43-over match, Bangladesh lost by 13 runs to go down 1-0 in the ... Read more
Junior Tigers’ WC title dream ends
With the senior national team producing a recent series of heartbreaking results against Sri Lanka, the Under-19 side joined them in a week of disappointment for Bangladeshi cricket. The Bangladesh Under-19 national cricket team were eliminated from cup-contention in the group stage of the Under-19 World Cup after a 74-run
Jamal dozen could make India trip
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club players are likely to benefit from their performance in the IFA Shield as coach Lodewijk de Kruif considers including many of them in his preliminary squad for a FIFA friendly against India next month. De Kruif has almost finalised his squad, which could feature as many as 12 players from Jamal, who ... Read more
Hafeez not worried about reception in Bangladesh
Asia Cup champions Pakistan are not afraid of how they will be received in Bangladesh – where they will begin their title defence on February 25 – captain Mohammad Hafeez said at the team’s practice camp in Lahore on Wednesday. ‘We don’t fear while going to India because we do get lots of love there,’ said ... Read more
Senanayake relishes the pressure
Sachithra Senanayake may have hoped to play an important role in the limited-overs leg of Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh’s spin-friendly climes, but he was probably not expecting to do so with the bat. Three days after supporting Thisara Perera’s fight-back and hitting a four off the last ball to take Sri Lanka to victory in ... Read more
Tigers stunned and silenced
There was something different about the loss to Sri Lanka in the first ODI on Monday; something that still hung in the air a day after Bangladesh incredibly managed to find a way to lose at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Maybe it was more disappointing because of the limited overs form that the home side had ... Read more
Jurgensen backs team to bounce back
Bangladesh are optimistic that they can come from behind in the ongoing three-match ODI series after learning their lessons from their last three close defeats at the hands of the visitors, coach Shan Jurgensen said on Monday. Bangladesh were defeated by 13 runs in the first match despite creating an opportunity to take an early lead ... Read more
Nat’l team to play India sans practice
The Bangladesh football team will go into their FIFA international friendly against India, scheduled for March 5 in Goa, with just a day’s preparation. Keeping the friendly match in mind, the Bangladesh Football Federation’s professional football league committee rescheduled three matches of
Coach hails SL’s mental strength
Sri Lanka showed their mental strength in winning close matches against Bangladesh to earn a 1-0 in the in the ongoing three-match ODI and a clean sweep in the Twenty20 series earlier, coach Paul Farbrace said on Tuesday. ‘Winning close games are important, because it shows the fight and determination in the team,’ Farbrace told reporters ... Read more
Liza wins 3rd national crown
Women International Master Shamima Akter Liza of Narayanganj became a three-time champion of the Sultana Kamal 34th National Women Chess Championship on Tuesday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall. Liza earned nine points from 11 games to clinch the national women’s title. She was also the champion in 2005 and 2010. Liza beat Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly
BTV, Maasranga to telecast WT20
Maaimp, a consortium of several private firms called Mediacom, Ardent, Asiatic, Mindshare and Impress Matra and Property, has won the terrestrial and satellite broadcasting rights of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 in Bangladesh, this was announced at a press conference on Tuesday. The consortium handed over the terrestrial rights to state-owned Bangladesh Television
Sloppy Tigers throw it away
Bangladesh paid the price for their sloppy fielding and poor nerve as they suffered yet another heart-breaking defeat against Sri Lanka, this time by 13 runs, in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Monday. The Tigers were ahead for most of the match, reducing Sri Lanka to 67-8 with before a series of dropped catches ... Read more
Tigers rue missed opportunities
Bangladesh were left ruing the poor fielding that helped Sri Lanka claw their way back into the contest and seal a 13-run win in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Monday. The Tigers had a great opportunity to post their fifth one-day win over Sri Lanka and draw first blood in the three-match series ... Read more
Afusi rues bad luck
Sheikh Jamal’s Nigerian coach Joseph Afusi on Monday claimed that his side lost the just-concluded IFA Shield final to Indian club Kolkata Mohammedan due to bad luck. The Dhanmondi-based club returned to Dhaka from Kolkata, India on Monday after taking part in the 118th edition of the IFA Shield, the fourth
Tamim, Mash miss match through injury
Bangladesh were forced to play the first one-day international against Sri Lanka on Monday without key players Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafee bin Murtaza after injuries ruled them out at the eleventh hour. Tamim was suffering from a stiff neck – an injury he picked up before the Twenty20 series in Chittagong – while Mashrafee pulled a ... Read more