South African Vincent Barnes is set to become the new head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board president, AHM Mustafa Kamal, told reporters on Wednesday. ‘We had had several talks with Barnes for the last few days and are at the final stage of our negotiation. Hopefully we will be able ... Read more
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Who is Barnes? asks Sakib
The selection of Vincent Barnes as the new head coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team has left skipper Sakib al Hasan heavily surprised as the all-rounder had no previous idea about the South African. BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday told reporters that they were at the final stage of an agreement with ... Read more
All talk but little action
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal met with numerous former national captains and incumbent Shakib Al Hasan yesterday to share views about improvement of cricket standard of the country. The common view in the marathon meeting was that the structure of domestic cricket should
Danish footballer in line to represent Bangladesh
A Danish footballer of Bangladesh origin named Jamal Bhuyan is likely to represent the national side after he was picked by the Bangladesh Football Federation in the 27-member preliminary squad for the World Cup pre-qualifiers on Friday. Jamal, son of a Bangladeshi living in Denmark, was born and brought up in Copenhagen and
Mashrafe to start rehab soon
Pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will return home tonight from Australia with renewed hope to make a return to international cricket this year. “I’m now fine. Dr. David Young checked me this morning and he was really happy with the improvement and what he told me is that he will be surprised if I miss ... Read more
Twin tons bring Dhaka back in it
National Cricket League Twin tons bring Dhaka back in it Anamul Haque and Mehrab Hossain applied themselves brilliantly on way to hitting twin hundreds as Dhaka staged a fightback against Rajshahi on the fourth day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Riding on a 165-run fifth wicket ... Read more
Easy wins for arch-rivals
Dhaka Abahani moved to the top in the Bangladesh League points table with a 2-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedan SC while their arch-rivals Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club also recorded a win on Friday. Abahani are now sharing the top position with Muktijoddha Sangsad KC bagging 35 points each, though the latter played a game
Rajshahi edge ahead on Naeem ton
Naeem Islam scored a laborious century to put Rajshahi on top against Dhaka on the third day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The seven-hour long marathon innings under humid conditions from Naeem, who made 112 off 281 balls with fifteen boundaries, helped Rajshahi take a small ... Read more
Ex-captains wade in on game development
A number of former national cricket captains have given their opinions on a long-term strategic plan which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has prepared to improve the standard of the game in the country. They put their suggestion while exchanging views with BCB’s chief executive officer (CEO) Manzur Ahmed, who placed a four-year long plan, ... Read more
Big-hitting Gayle blasts 37 in one IPL over
Chris Gayle blasted an astonishing 37 off one seven-ball over to set Royal Challengers Bangalore on their way to a nine-wicket romp over Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. The former West Indies captain plundered paceman Prasanth Parameswaran for four sixes and three fours in the second over of Bangalore’s reply ... Read more
Different routes to success
The moment Nasiruddin Faruque chose to stop thinking too much about his game, he reaped the rewards. On the other hand, a deeply motivated Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is also on his way to reaching his pre-season target. “I used to think too much about everything,” Faruque said. “There is less negativity now
KKR playing well without Dada: SRK
Taking a mild dig at Sourav Ganguly who joined Pune Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders’ co-owner Shah Rukh Khan said they have done well without Dada. Shah Rukh also said that KKR had offered Ganguly a role in the team but he was not really game with the assignment that the franchise had in mind for
An obituary
Cricket is dead in the National Cricket League (NCL). And how. When you take a sweeping view of what goes on during four-day games in this country, it would be hardly surprising if you find out players just waiting for the game to be over. After having surveyed through players in the competition, it has ... Read more
FIFA to make decision on goal-line technology in 2012
Goal-line technology finally heading to football FIFA, the world governing body of football has announced it is to make its decision of introducing goal-line technology to the sport next year following a two-stage testing programme for potential systems. One of the sport’s most contentious and often criticised omissions, goal-line technology looks set to finally make ... Read more
Murali wants Hashan to prove allegations
Retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan wants his former team-mate Hashan Tillakaratne to either furnish proof of match-fixing by the country’s cricketers or stop making such allegations as he might just end up being sued. “I don’t know why he has said this. If somebody is making such claims, he should first give
Tillakaratne to take fixing claims to ICC
Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne said on Tuesday he was ready to share information on alleged match-fixing with the International Cricket Council, the game’s world governing body. Tillakaratne, now an opposition politician, said he will name those involved in match-fixing to ICC officials, after claiming last week that Sri Lanka players had been fixing ... Read more
Shamima’s winning start
Nat’l Women’s Chess Shamima’s winning start Defending champion Shamima Akter Liza made a winning start in the Arlin Developer 32nd National Women’s Championship but WIM Rani Hamid lost her opening round tie at the Bangladesh Chess Federation playing room yesterday. Liza, who recently earned the final norm of WIM, defeated Masuda Begum while FM Jakia ... Read more
Surgery beckons Mashrafe again
Pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will fly to Australia next Saturday for another surgery on his right knee. The “Narail Express” made his return to international cricket in the home series against Australia last month after injuring his right knee in December last year but never looked hundred percent fit during the three-match
Tillekaratne to talk about match fixing
Former Sri Lanka Test captain Hashan Tillekaratne will be making a special statement tomorrow at the Western Province Provincial Council regarding the match fixing allegations made by him. The former Sri Lanka cricket captain Hashan Tillekaratne made a sensational revelation that match fixing has been common in Sri Lanka’s cricket and promised that he would ... Read more
It’s dangerous to just drop names in match-fixing: Sangakkar
Former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara reacting sharply to Hashan Tillakaratne’s allegation that Sri Lankan players have been fixing matches since 1992, said instead of throwing names around, the ex-player should work with the ICC’s anti-corruption unit to rout out the menace if it is there. Speaking in the post match media conference after his ... Read more