It was even surprising to Imrul Kayes himself. Before coming to Chittagong, Imrul had 33 one-day internationals to his name which featured six fifties and a century. But none of them had won him any man of the match award. Imrul will return to Dhaka after winning the man of the match award in two ... Read more
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Farashganj pull Feni Soccer back
Feni Soccer Club’s hopes of finishing the first phase of the Bangladesh League out of the relegation zone were shattered when they surrendered a two-goal lead to share points with Farashganj Sporting club in a 2-2 draw at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Palash Majumder put the visiting side ahead in the 14th minute with ... Read more
Enamul, Wali dropped
AFC Challenge Cup Enamul, Wali dropped Striker Enamul Haque and defender Wali Faisal have been excluded from the 20-member national team picked by coach Robert Rubcic yesterday for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers in Myanmar scheduled for March 21-25. The Croatian chose half of the players from the Under-23 side that played two pre-Olympic
Tigers aim to win big
Bangladesh will face minnows Netherlands today with an aim to take two points and improve their run-rate to give them a chance of progressing to the knockout stage of the World Cup. A mere win may not be enough for Bangladesh as they are currently lagging far behind in terms of net run-rate compared to the ... Read more
Records win matches?
Pop quiz: Which is the only team to have a 100 per cent ODI record against Bangladesh? The answer is not Australia, England or India but good old Netherlands. The Dutch are now in town to play the World Cup Group B game against the Tigers and while the record could be treated as a ... Read more
Abahani scrape past MSC
A second half strike by Dhaka Abahani’s Ghanaian forward Ntiny Twaunu Frank gave his team a solitary goal victory over their arch-foes Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium on Sunday. Frank placed the ball into the top left corner of the post with a curling
Sakib all praise for Shafiul
Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan said he had lost the hopes of winning the game against England on Friday when they were eight wickets down with 57 runs still needed. ‘I thought we lost the game,’ Sakib said after the crucial two-wicket win. ‘But when Riyad [Mahmudullah] hit the winning runs, suddenly I realised we ... Read more
Bowlers do their part for Tigers
Bowlers gave Bangladesh a shot in the arm in their battle for World Cup survival when they restricted England to a modest 225 in a crucial Group B match in Chittagong on Friday. Coming from a horror show against West Indies when they were all out for their lowest ever one-day total of 58, Bangladesh ... Read more
Strauss blames dew for defeat
England captain Andrew Strauss blamed early evening dew for their Friday’s shock two-wicket defeat against Bangladesh which left their World Cup campaign in tatters. ‘There was a 20-over period where it was very, very bad,’ Strauss said at the post-match press conference. ‘Graeme Swann couldn’t grip the ball at all. I think there’s something not ... Read more
Make or break for Tigers
Hosts take on England today With Bangladesh taking on England today, is it all set up for a breathtaking game of cricket at the ICC Cricket World Cup? The question came to the fore since the most exciting games in the World Cup so far have involved England. All eyes will thus be fixed on ... Read more
A blessing in disguise!
The recent controversies surrounding him have come as a blessing in disguise for the team as it made the job easier for him to motivate the side, Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan said on Thursday. Sakib grabbed the media attention for all the wrong reasons and was at the centre of a series of controversies ... Read more
Bangladesh v England
Head-to-head record England lead 13-1 In the World Cups: England lead 1-0 In the sub-continent: England lead 6-0
Strauss scared of Tigers
Bangladesh may come out very hard on England to make up for their humiliating defeat against West Indies and to keep their quarter-final hopes alive, skipper Andrew Strauss warned his side. Bangladesh will go into the match knowing that a defeat would make tournament nothing but a mere formality having already lost two games badly ... Read more
Tigers positive ahead of vital clash
The Bangladesh team turned up for training yesterday after a day’s break at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, coming back in a united mood. The sentiment, as top-order batsman Junaed Siddiqui and vice-captain Tamim Iqbal said, was that normalcy has returned to the team after the shocker against West Indies and the off-field controversies that ... Read more
Kuwait oust Bangladesh
Under-23 team thrashed Bangladesh 3-0 in their away match of the Olympic pre-qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The Middle-East football side confirmed their place in the second round of the qualifying phase with 5-0 win on aggregate after they defeated their hosts 2-0 at home as
Sponsors behind Shakib
Different sponsors of Shakib Al Hasan pledged their support to the all-rounder despite the ongoing controversy. After the crushing defeat to West Indies last Friday, Shakib has faced tremendous pressure from all quarters and it multiplied after he hit back at former cricketers and after a picture of him was
‘It’s a massive game’
A close win like England’s over South Africa only a few days ago is hard to let go off, even though another crucial game is only a couple of days away. You tend to go on and on about the game and how the twists and turns took place and how the winning team actually ... Read more
Sakib in murky waters
The World Cup has suddenly turned into a long, tough journey for Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan after he did very little to motivate his beleaguered side other than drag himself into some unnecessary disputes. Always known for his carefully careless attitude, Sakib first hit the headline for a wrong reason in the World Cup ... Read more
England wary of wounded Tigers
With their World Cup bid firmly back on track, England have now shifted their attention to Bangladesh and are fully aware of the backlash they might face against their beleaguered hosts. Bangladesh were humiliated by West Indies in their latest game having been dismissed to their lowest ever one-day total of 58 runs for a ... Read more
Bangladesh face Kuwait today
Bangladesh Under-23 national football team will face their Kuwaiti counterpart in the home match of the Olympic pre-qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The Kuwaiti side played and won one warm-up match against 13-time Kuwait Premier League champion club Al Qadsia SC after their February’s first leg match against Bangladesh which