It was an historic day for West Indies cricket as the Caribbean side, thanks largely to an astonishing lone hand by Marlon Samuels, overcame the home team Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win the ICC World Twenty20 at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo yesterday. The final was billed as the battle between ... Read more
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‘It’s Party Time’
The long wait was over for West Indies. They were once the mighty West Indies, proud owners and creators of a formidable legacy, but over the last decade and a half have been a shadow of their former selves. Since their second ODI World Cup triumph during the glory days in 1979, their only ICC ... Read more
Gentleman’s agreement with Pybus
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday expressed their disappointment over Richard Pybus’s failure to sign a deal with the board regarding his tenure as the head coach of the national team. BCB officials expressed their concern after the leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo claimed that the deal between Pybus and the board, which took place in ... Read more
Mahela quits T20 captaincy
Mahela Jayawardene has resigned as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain, soon after his team lost the final of the World Twenty20 against West Indies in Colombo. He said he will remain captain of the ODI and Test teams until at least the end of Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia in January, and remains available for Twenty20
Walton signs NCL franchise agreement
Walton, a sister concern of RB Group, signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday to become the franchise owner of Dhaka division in the forthcoming National Cricket League. BCB director and tournament committee chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain and executive director of PR and media of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited Humayun Kabir signed ... Read more
Cole told to quit Twitter
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been advised to quit Twitter after derogatory comments he posted on the social network site risked putting his future with club and country on the line. Cole labelled the Football Association a “bunch of t***s” on Friday for accusing him of “evolving” his statement supporting John Terry’s defence against the ... Read more
World T20 final today
The ICC World Twenty20 reaches its climax today with two deserving, talented teams in Sri Lanka and West Indies facing off in the final at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The match starts at 7:30pm Bangladesh time. State-run Bangladesh Television will show the match live. The final marks an opportunity for both ... Read more
Aussies caught in Gayle force
West Indies set up final with SL Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 75 off 41 balls as the West Indies stormed into the World Twenty20 final with a record 74-run demolition of Australia in Colombo yesterday. The left-hander pounded six sixes and five fours as the Windies piled up the tournament’s highest total of 205-4 ... Read more
Room for improvement
A tension-filled four-wicket victory for Bangladesh A marked the end of the home side’s battle against the young West Indian High Performance Team. The series also concluded Stuart Barnes’ short stint with Bangladesh A team. The Englishman, who has been in charge of the second-string team for almost a year, said
A team outplay West Indies HP
Bangladesh A edged past the West Indies High Performance team as they chased down a below-par total of a 105 with two balls to spare and four wickets in hand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. As the first game of the series was abandoned due to rain, the lone win helped the home side ... Read more
Plain sailing for big guns
It was smooth sailing for all three favourites — Sheikh Russel KC, Mohammedan SC and Team BJMC — in the opening day of the Grameenphone Federation Cup held at two different venues yesterday. On the opening day of the 15-team season’s curtain-raising tournament, the focus was obviously on the moneybags Sheikh Russel KC who showed ... Read more
23 sign for Muktijoddha
Last season’s professional football league runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad formed a mediocre squad as the freedom fighters’ side completed their registration formalities by signing up 23 players at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday. Muktijoddha Sangsad were forced into forming a mediocre side after most of their last
‘Our bowlers won us the game’
The party is on for the home team fans. Sri Lanka, backed by 35,000 electrifying fans in the big bowl, won the bowlers-dominated first semifinal by 16 runs against 2009 champions Pakistan to reach another final of a global event of ICC. Mahela Jayawardene & Co are now one match away from emulating their feat ... Read more
Lankans shift loyalty
For the first time in the World Twenty20 the home fans turned their back on Pakistan here Thursday, naturally so because their semifinal opponents were none other than the hosts Sri Lanka. Pakistan had received good support, even in their Super Eights match against arch-rivals India in Colombo on Sunday, but R Premadasa Stadium reverberated ... Read more
A chance to break new ground
In recent times it has been always Australia that has called the shots in their wonderful historic rivalry against West Indies, but history will not count when the two meet in the second semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 at the R Premadasa International Stadium today. Instead of their storied rivalry, it was the prospect ... Read more
Ramu-torn Cox City pull out
Grameenphone Federation Cup 2012 Ramu-torn Cox City pull out The fallout from the recent attacks on Buddhist temples in Ramu of Cox’s Bazar has affected more aspects of life in Bangladesh than was immediately obvious, with the terrible series of events also taking a toll on the country’s sports. Cox City Football Club, a local ... Read more
Local flavour in curtain raiser
Grameenphone Federation Cup 2012 Local flavour in curtain raiser The finals of the Grameenphone Federation Cup, which gets underway from today at two different venues, is seemingly going to be a stage for local players after the immigration department recently imposed firm restrictions on signing up foreign players for domestic competitions. Four foreign players are ... Read more
AIUB becomes educational partner of BCB
American International University-Bangladesh renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on October 1 and became the official education partner of the BCB for a further three years, said a press release. Under the MOU, AIUB will provide educational training on short-term courses of
1st Twenty20 washed off
The first Twenty20 match between the visiting West Indies High Performance team and Bangladesh A was abandoned due to rain at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Only one innings could be completed, with Bangladesh A scoring 125 for nine in their 20 overs. Bangladesh captain Naeem Islam elected to bat after the start was delayed ... Read more
Consistency key for hosts
First semi-final today He was just a 10-year-old boy when Sri Lanka won the 1996 ICC World Cup under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga, but the memory of that glorious day is still fresh in the mind of Jayantha Silva, a cricket-crazy fan who has since been waiting to celebrate a success like that. It ... Read more