Former national skipper Aminul Islam Bulbul will be approached by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to take the role of the head coach of the BCB National Academy, said a top official on Tuesday. Aminul is currently working as the development officer of the Asian Cricket Council in Malaysia and is all set to receive the ... Read more
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Stuart Law quits as Bangladesh coach
Stuart Law has resigned as Bangladesh coach after nine months in the job, citing family reasons. He will stay on till the end of June, when his contract expires. His decision to quit comes less than a month after Bangladesh reached the final of the Asia Cup, widely seen as one of their finest achievements
Kamal springs big surprise
Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal sprung a big surprise on Sunday when he unilaterally decided to send the national cricket team to Pakistan for a short trip later this month. No BCB officials in Dhaka had been aware of such a big decision and were surprised to know it from international media, who ... Read more
Betting rife in country
Bangladesh Premier League was attraction for many Tonmoy (not his real name) didn’t have an adventurous bone in his body until two years ago when he began a new trade: betting. After the Eid holidays ended, he was coming back to the capital from his native Bogra when he was introduced by a friend to ... Read more
Sakib shines in KKR win
Sakib al Hasan struck three important blows right when Kolkata Knight Riders needed and smashed 16 off 10 balls at a crucial time to steer them to a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Sakib dismissed the Royals openers after their partnership had started to gather pace and
Saber eyes BCB return
Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury hinted at making an attempt to return to the Board when it will go for an election later this year. Saber made his intention clear when he bought more than half of the shares of first division club Baridhara Dazzlers (formerly Young Pegasus Club) that paved the ... Read more
Tigers’ India tour still only a hope
Bangladesh’s revelation that India will host them for a full international series in December raised quite a few eyebrows as it remained unclear of how India would accommodate them in their crowded international schedule. The Bangladesh Cricket Board in a statement on Monday said its president AHM Mustafa Kamal had a favourable discussion with his Indian ... Read more
Sakib in, Knight Riders win
At last the Indian Premier League provided some delight for the Bangladeshi fans as Sakib al Hasan got his place in the playing eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday. Millions of TV viewers from Bangladesh who had their eyes glued in the first two matches of KKR were disappointed as ... Read more
Delay to hurt Rubel more
Rubel Hossain’s shoulder injury could keep him out of cricket for the better part of six months which could hurt the Tigers who are still without a stable new ball attack in all formats. The Bagerhat-born paceman was hurt while playing for Sylhet Royals against Barisal Burners in the Bangladesh Premier League on February 10. ... Read more
Sakib, Tamim snubbed again
The world number one all-rounder Sakib al Hasan once again found himself out of the playing eleven of the Kolkata Knight Riders who lost by 22 runs to Rajasthan Royals on Sunday in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. Sakib’s compatriot Tamim Iqbal was also kept waiting for his IPL debut with the ... Read more
Fury over Shakib exclusion
Kolkata lose again After Kolkata Knight Riders lost their second consecutive Indian Premier League game, this time a 22-run defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals yesterday, the uproar about Shakib Al Hasan’s inclusion has intensified among many in the country. Having won man-of-the-tournament awards in the preceding tournaments Bangladesh
Mashrafe wants to keep playing
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza doesn’t want to miss any more cricket after becoming one of fifteen national cricketers to be included in the BCB players’ contract for 2012. The contract, which will run from January 1 to December 31, was approved on Sunday in the board meeting with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, ... Read more
BCB fails to break DPL deadlock
Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to resolve the ongoing crisis making it uncertain when the Dhaka Premier League will resume after it was stopped mid-way through the league. At the 35th meeting of its board of directors on Sunday the main agenda was the DPL as the Cricket Committee Dhaka Metropolis put the ball in the ... Read more
Another narrow miss for Siddikur
It was yet another case of ‘so close, yet so far’ for Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman as he narrowly missed out on his second Asian Tour title yesterday. The 27-year old golfer finished two shots off the eventual winner to take a share of the second position at the Panasonic Open in New Delhi ... Read more
Shakib leaves with big aims
Shakib Al Hasan left the capital yesterday to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will be his second season in the money-spinning Twenty20 tournament. The world’s No 1 all-rounder in Tests and ODIs, who recently picked up two consecutive man-of-the-tournament awards in the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
Siddikur slips
Still all to play for in Rd 4 Siddikur Rahman slipped to a share of the fourth position with a one-over-par 73 in the third round of the Panasonic Open India on Saturday. The overnight leader returned with three bogeys against two birdies at the Delhi Golf Course to foil some of the good work ... Read more
Tamim a Pune Warrior
Says recent struggles changed him Tamim Iqbal will be the second Bangladeshi after all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to take part in the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which begins on April 4 as the dashing Tigers opener has signed for the Pune Warriors franchise. With the signing of Tamim, who replaces injured ... Read more
BCB looks to cash in on Asia Cup success
The success of the national cricket team in the just concluded Asia Cup has provided Bangladesh Cricket Board a renewed hope of wooing new sponsorship deals after it had lost most of the regular commercial partners in the recent months. The BCB had lost most of their sponsors apart from IT partner Aamra Networks by ... Read more
Shakib regains No 1 position
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan has returned as the No 1 ranked all-rounder in the latest Reliance ICC ODI Championship table after his tremendous performance in the Asia Cup which concluded last Thursday. He earned 27 ratings points for his player-of-the-tournament performance and regained the position from Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who had leapfrogged the former ... Read more
Local cricket goes orange for a day
The Bangladesh Cricket Board took the opportunity of Independence Day exhibition match on Monday to use the orange ball for the first time in a cricket match played in Bangladesh. The experiment was made at the request of the International Cricket Council which is toying with the idea of using balls of different colours which ... Read more