Bangladesh women’s cricket team captain Salma Khatun said yesterday that the Ireland trip greatly aided towards the improvement of their performance. The women’s team returned home on Friday after the Ireland tour where they won only one T20 game against the hosts but Salma was little bothered with the result of the tri-nation series, instead
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Few buyers for BCB TV rights bid
The Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to attract too many companies to buy its television broadcast and marketing rights and extended time for purchasing the tender schedule for another seven days in the hope of roping in few more interested clients. The last date of buying the schedule for the TV rights ended on August 31 ... Read more
Tigers leave with high hopes
The Bangladesh national cricket team, led by Mushfiqur Rahim, left Dhaka for Trinidad on Friday to complete the last leg of their preparations for next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. The national team under the banner of BCBXI will play in the Trinidad & Tobago Quadrangular Twenty20 competition from September 6-8 that has ... Read more
‘Team is in a good shape’
All members of the Bangladesh team will leave together today for Trinidad after captain Mushfiqur Rahim along with Tamim Iqbal and Nasir Hossain returned home yesterday after playing the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL). Vice-captain Mahmudullah Riyad and Mohammad Ashraful earlier returned home as their teams made an early exit from the competition. The three other
No quick fix, says Pybus
ICC World Twenty20, Srilanka 2012 No quick fix, says Pybus Urges realism ahead of T20 World Cup The Bangladesh cricket team will enter the last stage of their preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup, when they leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The unofficial tour, which begins on September 6, will see the Tigers ... Read more
Pybus lodges complaint against powerful BCB director
Humiliated by director Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul, national cricket team head coach Richard Pybus has submitted a written complaint to Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal this week, it was learnt on Wednesday. Pybus made the complaint as Tutul, known as most powerful among the BCB directors,
A landmark deal
BCB issues first-class contracts In a move to bring more professionalism and improve the standard of the country’s first-class cricket, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have brought one hundred and twenty first class cricketers under central contract. Earlier in April, fifteen national cricketers received contracts in five categories and now 105 more active first class ... Read more
BCB brings 120 players under first-class payroll
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finalised a list of 120 first-class cricketers, who will be under its payroll for a year starting from January 2013. The selection criteria have already created some controversies as some of the senior players were put in B category while players without any reputation have been placed in
Mahmudullah fancies chances in World T20
National vice-captain Mahmudullah is optimistic about their chances in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka as he thinks the Pallekele International ground, where Bangladesh is scheduled to play their group phase matches, will suit their team. Bangladesh will take on Pakistan and New Zealand respectively at the same ground where
‘I love to take challenges’
Anamul Haque, nicknamed Bijoy, is the rising star of Bangladesh cricket. The young wicketkeeper-batsman has been on the fringes of the national squad for a while but recently took charge of the Bangladesh U19 team for the World Cup in Australia. The youngster finished as the highest run scorer in the tournament (365 runs in ... Read more
‘Could have been better’
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, Australia 2012 ‘Could have been better’ Bangladesh Under-19s captain Anamul Haque felt that his side could have done a lot better than the seventh-place finish in the U-19 World Cup had his bowlers bowled anything close to their potential. Bangladesh finished seventh defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the play-off match ... Read more
Left-out spinner flies to Malaysia to seek advice
In a period when the Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed a specialised coach for the spinners, one of the spinners, who was until recently a key part in national team’s bowling attack, has decided to travel to Malaysia for a month to seek assistance from his former mentor. Unable to get a call in the national ... Read more
Junaed hopeful of selection
Out of favour Tigers’ batsman Junaed Siddique revealed that he is hopeful of making a comeback to the starting eleven of the National team for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka during training at the National Academy in Mirpur yesterday. “The preparation has gone pretty well. If I get a chance to play ... Read more
Tamim gives Wayamba a flying start
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal gave Wayamba United a raucous start in their SLPL T20 match against Rughuna Royals with a 24-ball 36 at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday as the table-toppers posted 162 for 7 in their twenty overs. Tamim slammed three massive sixes and two boundaries in his brief but entertaining
Cricket to resume at SBNS next month
The home of Bangladesh cricket, Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, will be back with cricketing action on its renovated surface by hosting a One-Day International series followed by a Twenty20 series against South Africa women’s cricket team from September 7-15. The South African women’s team is due to arrive on September 5 and would participate
Junior Tigers sign off with easy win
Skipper Anamul Haque (128) slammed his second ton of the tournament to steer Bangladesh to a five-wicket win against Pakistan and restore some pride by securing seventh place in the ICC U-19 World Cup in Australia on Friday. The junior Tigers restricted their rivals to a modest total of 235 runs in Townsville and knocked
Nat’l cricketers resume training after Eid break
Bangladesh National Team resume the practice on Saturday after a week-long holiday due to the Eid-ul-Fitr. All but five players – Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah Ryad and Ashraful are expected to join the camp that is designed for the Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago and ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. The ... Read more
Booters get to training
Two months after the completion of last season, country’s top booters return to action today as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is set to launch an off-season training camp to keep the national footballers in action ahead of three international engagements next year. Bangladesh are scheduled to take part in the 25th U-18 International Tournament ... Read more
Women keep losing
The Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team continued their losing streak in the tri-nation ODI series in Dublin when they suffered a four-wicket defeat to Pakistan Women’s Cricket team at the Railway Union Cricket Club on Thursday. Bangladesh lost to the same opponents by 42-run in their first match of the
Defeats dash Jr Tigers’ dream
Bangladesh’s dream of finishing their ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign on a high suffered a huge setback after they conceded two consecutive defeats to Australia and England in Townsville, Australia, last week. The Bangladeshi youths lost against Australia by five wickets in their quarter-final affair at the Endeavour Park on Sunday before suffering an almost ... Read more