Perennial giants Muktijoddha Sangsad KC registered eight current national team players in a bid to lift the Bangladesh League title as they completed their player transfer formalities as the fourth team on Thursday. The reigning Bangladesh League runners-up registered a total of 20 players – 19 local players and Nigerian Paul Emmanuel Dammi, who was ... Read more
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Bravo only delays it
Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin shared four wickets as India beat a resilient West Indies by an innings and 15 runs in the second Test to clinch the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. The West Indies were bowled out for 463 in their second innings just before tea on the penultimate day ... Read more
Not just a gentleman’s game
For all these ladies playing in the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifiers, cricket has been a part of their lives, a very significant one of course but in parallel, there lies a different face of each of these women signifying their individuality and personal lives. The tournament has shown cricketing spirit and admirable talent that ... Read more
Fifteen called up
National camp for Pak series starts tomorrow The national selection committee called up fifteen cricketers including injured paceman Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to attend a training camp that has been arranged ahead of the coming home series against Pakistan. The training camp will be held in Chittagong from November 18 to November 24. “There has been ... Read more
Argentina secure crucial win
Argentina secure crucial win Two-time World Cup winners Argentina secured a vital 2-1 victory in their 2014 World Cup qualifier against Colombia here on Tuesday. Goals by two-time Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero saw the Argentinians, who have not won the trophy since 1986, come from behind to join Copa America champions
Hosts bounce back
South Africa plunder USA Bangladesh comprehensively won their second match against Japan by ten wickets on the second day of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers at BKSP-2 in Savar yesterday. In the day’s other matches Pakistan won their second match in a row against Ireland by eight wickets at the Fatullah stadium, Sri Lanka ... Read more
Hosts flounder in opener
SA, WI and Dutch win Pakistan beat hosts Bangladesh by 73 runs in one of four opening day matches of the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifiers yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. But the match that truly stole the show was the clash of the two tournament favourites Sri Lanka and South Africa in which ... Read more
Women’s WC qualifying round kicks off today
The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2011 qualifying round kicks off Monday at four different venues in the city. Four matches will be played on the opening day. The host Bangladesh will take on Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka will face against South Africa at the Khan Shaheeb Osman Ali Stadium ... Read more
Hosts ready, but team?
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is ready to host the biggest women’s tournament in the country’s history. The ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers will start from November 14, comprising of ten teams and the matches will be held across four different venues. The top four teams from the tournament will qualify to join India, Australia, ... Read more
Mushfiqur, Rubel & Shakib rested
Captain Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Rubel Hossain — all Khulna players — will not play the fourth round match of the National Cricket League (NCL). “Three national cricketers will not play the fourth round match as head coach (Stuart Law) has advised them to take rest,” informed Zahid Razzak Masum, national team
Seeking a turnaround
Rain threatens final ODI The Tigers’ shift to Chittagong is sure to bring back memories of the turnaround during the World Cup. And if that thought passes them by, a glance from the bus window would surely help them remember what happened here seven months ago. The road towards the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, and ... Read more
The one-legged climb
When Bangladesh reached 200 in the 47th over yesterday after having slipped to 1/3 by the first ten minutes, it was akin to a highly strung mountaineer having climbed Mount Everest on one leg and with a busted oxygen tank, but in favourable overhead conditions. The proverbial leg came off when the openers Tamim Iqbal ... Read more
Disaster Avoided, Humiliation Not
WI take unbeatable 2-0 lead The Tigers threatened a repeat of their dismal World Cup show in the early stages, losing three wickets for one run, but the home team rode on two half centuries from captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain to put up a decent total of 220 runs on the board. In ... Read more
Mushfiqur blames careless approach
Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim has held the top-order responsible for their careless approach, describing it as an instance when he even forgot it was his 100th ODI yesterday. Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful and after three boundaries, Shakib Al Hasan all fell in a heap as the Tigers crumpled to 18 for four by the ... Read more
Pay raised, not where it matters
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has increased the prize monies for this year’s National Cricket League, but improved the players’ travel and daily allowance by just Tk 50. The winners of this season’s NCL will receive Tk 20 lakh, a boost from the Tk 12 lakh given last season. The runners-up will also get Tk ... Read more
Tigers fight for their lives
Mushfiqur’s 100th ODI today On the eve of today’s crucial second day-night one-day match, the pitch has become the centre of discussion following Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s disappointment over the surface of the first game which the home team lost by 40 runs. The Tigers go into the second one-day match against West Indies today ... Read more
No respect in a loss
Bangladesh-West Indies 2nd ODI today Thursday was exactly the sort of evening Bangladesh cricket had yearned for years. Chasing a huge total, the Tigers fell 40 runs short making a respectable 250-plus score against the West Indies in the first ODI. Two batsmen got half-centuries; one sauntered and the other battled his way. The perennial ... Read more
Splendid Simmons keeps Tigers at bay
Expectations got the better of the Tigers yesterday in the first one-dayer against the West Indies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. A defeat of 40 runs was a justifiable result as Bangladesh was erratic with the ball, slack in the field while ultimately the batsmen too flattered to deceive. The energy and smartness of Tuesday’s ... Read more
Wicket’s faulty: Mushfiq
Smart cricket was found nowhere in Bangladesh’s approach as West Indies bounced back in the series with a comfortable 40-run victory in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. On a batting track, the home side’s bowling attack that included the slow bowlers, the main
Smartness in all facets
In the end, it was a matter of choice. With his side needing four runs from two balls, Mushfiqur Rahim was presented with a shorter length ball from Ravi Rampaul. He swung from the hips, a sort of swat-pull that landed over their dressing-room and bounced into the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Grandstand. In a similar ... Read more