Stand-in New Zealand captain Kyle Mills was visibly disappointed with his side’s display after Bangladesh completed a 3-0 ODI series sweep over them on Sunday at Fatullah. The Tigers, chasing the visitors’ 307-5, reached their target with four wickets remaining and four balls to spare to register their seventh consecutive
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3-0 is the buzz as Tigers face hapless Kiwis
Bangladesh will take guard against complacency when they will face New Zealand today in the third and final one-dayer of the three-match series at Fatullah seeking a repeat of their success in the previous series. The Tigers had humbled New Zealand 4-0 in October 2010 and are already 2-0 up this time, making the hope a ... Read more
Gazi stay atop, Victoria post narrow win
Gazi Tank Cricketers rose to the top of the Dhaka Premier League standings with 10 points after overcoming Prime Bank Cricket Club by three wickets at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Saturday. Elsewhere, Victoria Sporting Club pipped Sheikh Jamal DC to a close six-run win away at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi ... Read more
Kiwis desperate to avoid 0-3
New Zealand will be without injured skipper Brendon McCullum as they desperately seek to avoid a 0-3 humiliation in the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh at Fatullah today. McCullum was ruled out with a sore back, an injury which also eased a selection problem, with the 32-year old struggling with his form throughout the series.
No more matches for nat’l side in 2013, says Tabith
The Bangladesh national football team will not have any engagements for the rest of the year, said a top official of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday. The national side will sit idle till the end of this year as football’s governing body showed a lack of interest in setting up the promised international competition,
Swadhinota Award finally recommended for Swadhin Bangla team
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday recommended the government to award the Swadhinota Award, the highest civilian award of the country, to the Swadhin Bangla football team. The recommendation came 42 years after the players inspired the freedom fighters through football during the liberation war. The BFF will select the team
New transfer date for hockey announced
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation set a new date for the inter-club player transfer from November 15-17, officials said on Saturday. The transfer was scheduled for October 29-31, but the BFF had earlier postponed it due to an unavoidable situation. Meanwhile, three of the six rebel clubs, who had earlier decided to boycott all activities under the ... Read more
MSC beat Navy in premier chess
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited began their journey in the Rupahali Sarees Premier Division Chess League on a winning note as they beat Bangladesh Navy, their main challengers, on the opening day on Saturday. Tajikistanis Grand Master Amonatov Farukh, Russian GM Volkov Sergey and Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman won their respective matches for
High-flying Tigers eye another sweep
A high-flying Bangladesh team are hoping for a repeat of their historic performance against the then touring New Zealand side in 2010 when they swept them 4-0 after clinching the ongoing three-match one-day international series on Thursday. The Tigers defeated New Zealand by 40 runs in the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to take ... Read more
Powerplays hurt Tigers cause
The Bangladesh batsmen need to learn to mix aggression with caution in order to utilise the batting powerplay as it remained under-par in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand, said batting coach Corey Richards on Friday. Some of the Bangladeshi cricketers failed to capitalise the powerplay as they seemed to lose their way during that ... Read more
We were outplayed, says Bond
New Zealand bowling coach Shane Bond conceded after the Black Caps defeat on Thursday that his side had been outplayed by Bangladesh and praised the Tigers for their performance and for their development since his early encounters with the hosts. ‘I think we’ve been outplayed,’ the former Kiwi paceman said at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after ... Read more
Wins for MSC, Prime Doleshwar
Mohammedan Sporting Club eked out a narrow 10-run win over Khelaghar SKS while Prime Doleshwar SC posted a convincing seven-wicket victory against Brothers Union in the remaining eighth round matches of the Dhaka Premier League on Friday. Mohammedan joined four other teams level on 10 points in joint-second position after the win over Khelaghar at BKSP-3 ... Read more
Siddik confident ahead of golf World Cup
Bangladesh’s top professional golfer, Siddikur Rahman, is set to make history at the World Cup of Golf at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia from November 21-24. Siddik, ranked 251st in the world and ninth in the Asian Tour Order of Merit, will be the first Bangladeshi golfer to ever participate in the $8 ... Read more
Mini Marathon held in Cox’s Bazar
A half-marathon organised by Big Bangla Run and sponsored by Ifad Group was held in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The 21.1-kilometre run started from Kalatoli Niribili mosque at 7:00am and ended at the Inani beach point. Mohammad Ruhul Amin, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar inaugurated the marathon as chief guest. Cameroonian Salim Abdul Hajee, a student of Bangladesh
Tamim undergoes MRI
Opener Tamim Iqbal received an MRI scan from doctors on Wednesday as a precautionary measure after the southpaw felt some pain in his lower abdomen during the second one-dayer against New Zealand, said officials on Friday. Tamim was the highest scorer for the Tigers with 58 to help them defeat the visitors by 40 runs and seal ... Read more
19-member U-19 squad announced for WI
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh Under-19 team for a three-week camp ahead of the home series against their West Indian counterparts, said a press release of the BCB on Friday. The 19-member squad were asked to report at the SAHARA-BCB National Cricket Academy today. The preparation camp will get ... Read more
Premier Division Chess begins today
The Premier Division Chess League 2013 starts at 2:30pm today at the Bangladesh Chess Federation. The league will feature nine teams: Sreejan Chess Club, Leonine Chess Club, Faith Chess Club, Titas Club, Pritam-Prism Chess Club Narayanganj, Gopalganj Chess Club, Bangladesh Navy Chess Team, Access Group Chess Club and reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited.
Tigers roar in unison
The Bangladesh national cricket team have come a long way as a unit. In the past, quite often it was seen that one member of the team outshone the others in terms of individual brilliance. Victory or defeat, a one-man display was always greeted with a bit of circumspection from the fans since individual performances can ... Read more
All is not lost for Kiwis
New Zealand are not totally devastated despite losing yet another series to Bangladesh as their main focus is on the World Cup 2015 at home, paceman Kyle Mills said on Thursday. Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 40 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series and make ... Read more
Tamim touches new height
Tamim Iqbal may not have been at his marauding best in the second one-day international against New Zealand on Thursday, but his 86-ball 58 was enough for him to become the leading scorer of Bangladesh in this format of cricket. The opener eclipsed close pal Sakib al Hasan to achieve the feat as Bangladesh compiled a ... Read more