The 10-member disciplinary panel to deal with the nine individuals charged with corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League is all but completed, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Monday. The ICC had asked the BCB to form the panel from where separate tribunals will be constituted to deal with each individual charged by ... Read more
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BCB relieved with alternative venue
The Bangladesh Cricket Board can rest assured that the ICC World Twenty20 will be held here as per schedule after showcasing the ICC inspection team its alternative venue at Fatullah on Monday, said the officials. Bangladesh will host the showpiece event from March 16-April 6 next year but doubts were recently expressed by ICC officials ... Read more
Mushfiq unhurt after car accident
The cricketing fraternity in Bangladesh heaved a sigh of relief as national captain Mushfiqur Rahim came unhurt after his car had an accident on his way to practice in Mirpur on Monday. The mishap took place at the Kalshi signal when a private car rammed the vehicle from behind, which was carrying Mushfiq to the ... Read more
De Kruif mum on SAFF plans
National team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif kept his cards close to his chest as he refused to disclose his plans and strategy to the media ahead of the SAFF Football Championship. As per the wish of the Dutch coach, the Bangladesh Football Federation will organise another closed-door warm-up match between the national
Bangladesh aim sixth place in Asia Cup
Bangladesh national hockey team will be leaving for Malaysia on Wednesday with the aim to finish in sixth place in the Asia Cup Hockey, which gets underway on August 24. Bangladesh were seventh in the last two editions of the tournament, held in India and Malaysia in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Sprinter duo move to 100m semi-final
Bangladesh sprinters Ashik Kumar Halder and Irin Akter moved into the semi-final of the 100 metre event in the boys and girls category at the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China on Monday. Ashik clocked 11.54 seconds and finished third in his heat and ended in 13th position among 28 sprinters overall. Irin Akter ... Read more
Lavlu becomes 14th FIDE Master
Former national chess player Md Saif Uddin Lavlu became the 14th FIDE Master of Bangladesh after the World Chess Federation awarded him the title. Lavlu, who is also the manager of the Tias Club chess team, has earned 2315 rating points throughout his career. He has participated twice
Captain calls for focus on cricket
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim called on Sunday for everyone to shift their focus on cricket, rather than match-fixing issues, as he expects a hard-fought home series ahead against New Zealand. The cricketing corridor of Bangladesh has spent most of its time over the last few weeks preoccupied with the outcome of the ICC Anti Corruption ... Read more
De Kruif’s selection dilemma
Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif is in two minds over his 20-member final squad for the SAFF Championship after seeing the performance of some fringe players in a closed-door warm-up match on Saturday, officials said. De Kruif was supposed to finalise his squad after
Ayman bows out of Asian Youth Games
Bangladesh shuttler Ayman Ibn Zaman failed to progress to the last eight of the men’s badminton singles event at the 2nd Asian Youth Games as he lost to Japan’s Koga Minoru in the last 16. Minoru defeated Zaman by straight 21-08, 21-03 sets on Sunday in Nanjing, China, on the third day of the Games. ... Read more
ICC delegation inspects Sylhet stadium
The International Cricket Council inspection team left Sylhet for Dhaka on Sunday afternoon without expressing a final opinion on the Sylhet Divisional Stadium’s inclusion as a venue for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament. The delegation said, however, that it would visit the stadium once again in September, when a final decision would be made.
Tridents fall to Tallawahs
Ace Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan lost his last group stage game in the Caribbean Premier League on Saturday as his side Barbados Tridents went down to Chris Gayle’s Jamaica Tallawahs by six wickets at Sabina Park on Saturday. Shakib conceded 22 runs in his four overs
U-23s fall to first defeat
Bangladesh Under-23s stumbled to their first defeat of the ACC Emerging Team Cup as they lost to Sri Lanka U-23s by 62 runs at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. After being put in to bat the Sri Lankans finished on 259 for 6. In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for 197. Sri Lanka rode on ... Read more
BCB seeks answers for U-19 debacle
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has been left to figure out how things went so wrong after the Bangladesh Under-19s failed to qualify for Monday’s final of the Under-19 Tri-Nation Tournament in Nottingham. ‘It was definitely disappointing,’ BCB game development chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain told New Age on Saturday. ‘I will seek an explanation from
U-23s maul Singapore
The Bangladesh Under-23 cricket team chased down Singapore’s 121 with 140 balls to spare, thrashing the hosts by eight wickets in the opening Group B match at the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup 2013 on Saturday. The Under-23 bowlers stifled host Singapore from the early stages, eventually bowling the minnows out for 121 in ... Read more
Ayman marches on at Asian Youth
Shuttler Ayman Ibn Zaman was the only shining light for Bangladesh on the second day of the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China on Saturday. Ayman began with a remarkable performance in the first round of the badminton men’s singles event by beating Al-Mandalawi Qasim of Iraq
Practice resumes after brief hiatus
After a lot of off-the-field drama, the Bangladesh Cricket Board shifted its focus to on-field activities by resuming the national team’s practice today ahead of the home series against New Zealand in October. The BCB was busy in the last few days with the implementation of a pathway to complete the long overdue election process ... Read more
De Kruif prefers isolation
With 12 days to go before the SAFF Championship, Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif watched his team beat a Bangladesh Football Federation XI by a 1-0 score in a closed-door practice game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Substitute midfielder Mithun Chowdhury scored the winning goal
No rush to appoint tribunals, says ex-chief justice Amin
Former chief justice of Bangladesh Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury said on Friday he is not in a hurry to appoint the tribunals to deal with the accused of the match-fixing allegations in the Bangladesh Premier League. The charges relate to an alleged conspiracy within the Dhaka Gladiators franchise to engage in match-fixing and spot-fixing activities during ... Read more
Mashrafee ruled out against England Lions
Selectors have lost an opportunity to watch injured bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza ahead of the upcoming series against New Zealand after he was ruled out for the rest of Bangladesh A’s tour of England, officials said on Friday. Selectors had faced a dilemma in deciding whether to pick Mashrafee for the Bangladesh A