Bangladesh ODI squad were headed for a challenging South Africa tour as the Tigers contingent departed from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday. With the three-match ODI series, part of ICC ODI Super League, slated to begin on March 18 in Centurion, the Tamim Iqbal-led squad, split into two groups, departed earlier ... Read more
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Manchester United report: Senior players have decided their favoured candidate to be manager
Manchester United players favour PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino over Ajax’s Erik Ten Hag as manager. It’s been a difficult week for Pochettino, having watched his Paris Saint-Germain side crash out of the Champions League last-16 in spectacular fashion, after being 2 -0 up in the tie against Real Madrid. Despite this failure, however, he is ... Read more
‘Confident’ Tigers leave for SA today
The Bangladesh team will fly to South Africa today after over four years with hopes of finally conquering the Proteas in away conditions and carry on the positive momentum they have enjoyed so far in 2022. The 15-man squad selected for the one-day international series will board a South Africa-bound flight in the evening at ... Read more
Shakib retained in all three formats
Shakib Al Hasan was retained in all three formats by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in their national players’ contract for 2022, announced on Thursday, despite uncertainty over his future in cricket. Shakib is one of the five cricketers who have been offered contracts in Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s. The other four are Mushfiqur Rahim, ... Read more
Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open
Novak Djokovic has announced that he will not compete at the Indian Wells Masters or Miami Open due to his unvaccinated status. The 20-time Grand Slam winner was deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open in January and insisted that he would be prepared to miss further major tournaments over his stance. Djokovic was ... Read more
Adam Gilchrist will ‘never delete’ the last message he received from cricket icon Shane Warne
Adam Gilchrist says he will ‘never delete’ the last message he received from his close friend and former Australia teammate Shane Warne. Warne, who is considered to be one of the greatest cricketers of all time, died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Warne spent much of his international career playing with
CCTV image shows Shane Warne at Thailand’s Samujana Villas hours before his death from a heart attack
PerthNow The haunting final images of Shane Warne alive show the spin king appearing relaxed on his way into the luxury villa where he would die just hours later. Hotel security footage captured at 1.30pm on Friday shows Warne, 52, dressed casually in a cap, t-shirt and shorts walking through the foyer at the Samujana ... Read more
Shakib rested from all forms of cricket till April 3
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday rested all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket until April 30 after he sought to withdraw from the forthcoming tour of South Africa. Earlier on Sunday before leaving for Oman, Shakib told the media that he was neither mentally nor physically prepared for the upcoming tour because he did not ... Read more
Shane Warne to have state memorial at MCG on March 30, Premier Daniel Andrews says
By Jason Dasey Cricket legend Shane Warne’s state memorial will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 30, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced. Warne died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand last Friday. His body is expected to be flown home ... Read more
Scotland’s World Cup playoff against Ukraine postponed
Scotland’s World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine will be delayed until June. FIFA have agreed to postpone Scotland’s World Cup playoff semi-final against Ukraine due to the ongoing invasion by Russia. The match was initially scheduled for Hampden Park on March 24, with the winner progressing to face the victor of the other semi-final, Austrian ... Read more
Shane Warne: Australian sporting icon Shane Warne died of natural causes, autopsy finds
An autopsy at the Surat Thani Hospital has found that Australian sporting icon Shane Warne died of natural causes, Thai police have confirmed. Warne’s family and Australia’s ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon have been informed of the result and accepted the finding, deputy national police spokesman
‘It would be akin to cheating the team’
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan continued to keep the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in limbo regarding his availability for international commitments, saying in his latest salvo last night that he was neither mentally nor physically prepared for the upcoming tour of South Africa. “I felt like a passenger in a car [in the just-concluded series against
Shakib not mentally prepared for South Africa series
Shakib Al Hasan’s participation in the forthcoming series against South Africa suffered a fresh blow when the ace Bangladeshi all-rounder said that he was not mentally prepared enough for the tour because he did not enjoy his performances in the recently-concluded series against Afghanistan. Shakib remained lackluster in the ODI series against Afghanistan
Tigresses lose big against hosts in rain-curtailed match despite improved batting
ICC An unbeaten half-century from Suzie Bates has helped New Zealand register their first victory of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 with a comfortable nine-wicket triumph over Bangladesh in a rain-affected clash at an overcast Dunedin on Monday. Bates used all her experience and guile in a match that was reduced to
Shane Warne death: Australian cricket legend to receive state funeral
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne will be sent off with a State funeral after his family accepted the fitting offer from the Victorian Government. Warne died of a suspected heart attack in Thailand overnight. He was 52. Australian MP Daniel Andrews, the Premier of Victoria, said on
Afghans thump sloppy Tigers to square T20 series
Nasum Ahmed dropped a dolly catch in the opening over while Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim repeated it in the middle that cost Bangladesh a crashing eight-wicket defeat against Afghanistan in the second and T20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Cashing on the golden opportunities Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani, who were
Inside the luxury Koh Samui island villa where Shane Warne was found dead
Lauren Ferri, NCA NewsWire Shane Warne had travelled with friends to a luxury island villa with a games room, infinity pool and stunning views of Thailand just hours before his shock death. The 52-year-old spin king was found unconscious at the Samujana Villas resort on the island of Koh Samui in the early hours of ... Read more
South Africa make winning start against Bangladesh in the Women’s Cricket World Cup
Bangladesh fight hard but lose to ‘unconvincing’ South Africa in their first-ever Women’s WC match Seamer Ayabonga Khaka tore through Bangladesh’s batting lineup to get South Africa’s Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign off to a winning start in Dunedin on Saturday. Khaka brought up her 100th one-day international wicket in her 74th match, snaring figures ... Read more
Alan Donald appointed fast bowling coach of Tigers
Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former South Africa pacer Alan Donald as the new pace bowling coach of the national cricket team, confirmed BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. Jalal also informed that the former South African fast man has signed a contract with the BCB till the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to ... Read more
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne passes away at 52
Shane Warne, one of the finest bowlers of all time who revived the art of leg-spin, has died aged 52 following a suspected heart attack. According to initial reports, the former Australian cricketer died of a suspected heart attack. The legendary spinner, who was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of