Countless Pepsi consumers were delighted to have a snap with the ICC World Cup trophy on Wednesday when the coveted trophy was taken to Bashundhara City by the soft-drink giant. A massive crowd lined up at the atrium of Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City to catch a glimpse of the coveted prize as Pepsi helped ... Read more
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Residential Model lift Dhaka zone Mini WC title
Dhaka Residential Model High School and College clinched the title of he ICC Mini Cricket World Cup 2011 beating Willes Little Flower in a thrilling match by 6 wickets at Dhanmondi Abahani ground on Thursday. Residential Model won the toss and decided to field first. Willes Little Flower amassed 84 runs before being all out ... Read more
Goals differ, dreams remain the same
There couldn’t be any starker contrast between two batsmen who have a similar game, are in the same team and have the big tournament temperament. Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful have done batting look easy when on song but while the former sounds every bit confident as his bat flourishes, the latter is almost grateful ... Read more
Razzak eyes top spot in bolwers’ ranking
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has set his sights on the number one spot of the ICC ranking for one-day bowlers and doing it in the forthcoming World Cup would be just an icing on the cake for him. Razzak is not too far from realising his dream as he is currently ranked number three in ... Read more
Bopara handed World Cup chance after injured Morgan is ruled out
By Will Hawkes Ravi Bopara has been called up to the England World Cup squad after it was confirmed yesterday that Eoin Morgan would not be fit to play in the tournament. Morgan injured his finger in the one-day international at Adelaide during England’s tour of Australia and, although it was initially thought to be ... Read more
Mahmudullah ready to make an impact
Mahmud-ullah promised to make an impact in the impending World Cup after the all-rounder had rediscovered his batting and bowling form and is confident to leave his recent bad patch in international cricket behind him. After playing in every game of all formats since the tour of West Indies in 2009,
Ashraful just one big innings away
Experienced batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful believes he is just one big innings away from returning to his blistering best during the forthcoming World Cup. Ashraful was one of the key figures in Bangladesh’s successful campaign in the West Indies four years ago but with another World Cup looming, he is still uncertain about ... Read more
Abahani take lead for now
Holders Abahani returned to the winning way but runners-up Mohammedan received a jolt in the eighth round of games of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League at different venues yesterday. A brace from Ghanaian midfielder Twum Frank helped Abahani edge Arambagh 2-1 at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalpur while Mohammedan stumbled against 10-man
Good luck Tigers
Coming into Bangladesh’s fourth World Cup, I have become nostalgic recalling the days when we worked so hard to qualify for the first time. You all know about the 1997 ICC trophy which gave us the foundation where Bangladesh cricket stands now. It was a big challenge for us and I am thankful to my ... Read more
Opening tickets now from Feb 13
Tickets for the opening ceremony of the World Cup will now be available for the general public from Sunday, February 13, informed a BCB media release. The tickets will be sold through ten branches of Dhaka Bank. The list of the branches will be made known on Saturday through advertisements in the daily
Bangladesh ready for WC, says Kamal
Bangladesh is fully ready to host the World Cup matches of its share and the opening ceremony, Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal declared on Wednesday. Speaking at a Meet the Press programme, organised by the Dhaka Reporters Unity, Kamal said Bangladesh has already won the confidence of the International Cricket Council and
Willes into semifinals
Willes Little Flower will face Dhaka Ideal School in the first semifinal of the Mini World Cup today, while Residential Model School will be playing against Incidin in the other semifinal. At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Ideal School won by six wickets against Mirpur Bangla School, Willes defeated Rayer Bazar High School by 63 runs, ... Read more
Nat’l Tennis
Shathi Sarker overcame Victory Day Tennis title holder Ishita Afroze 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-and-a-half-hour semi-final battle to confirm her place in the final of the Sony National Tennis Championship at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Wednesday. In the men’s singles, Amol Roy beat sensational youngster Delwar Hossain 6-3, 6-2,
Shakib eyes quarterfinals
There is hardly any cricketer in this country equivalent of Shakib Al Hasan on the field and there is not a single man who can be as effervescent as he gets in front of the microphone. In the first official press conference of the World Cup at Hotel Sheraton yesterday, the Bangladesh captain was typically ... Read more
The secret behind the stumps
During every Tigers practice session it is a common scene that computer analyst Nasir Ahmed is seen working with wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim. The reason was simple; the former wicketkeeper has got the additional task of making sure that the young stumper improves his keeping skill. When the Bogra-lad was picked in the World Cup team ... Read more
Mashrafee, Siddons fall apart
Former captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza exchanged some heated words with coach Jamie Siddons on Tuesday following a recent comment of the Australian about his fitness. They fell apart after the coach told reporters on Sunday that he had no interest in Mashrafee, who is not in the World Cup squad and was yet to regain ... Read more
Good luck Tigers
Let’s start with my regular conversations with Pakistani legend Javed Miandad. While working together with him for the development of Chinese cricket I have the chance to meet him regularly and we often share our views about many cricketing issues. It makes me really proud when he speaks so highly about the current Bangladesh side. ... Read more
‘Potter’ Tamim’s favourite
Room to Read, an organisation which focuses on increasing literacy and gender equality in education will be partnered by the ICC in promoting the global literacy campaign during the 2011 World Cup. Among the cricket-playing countries in which Room to Read publishes books, establishes libraries and builds schools are Cricket World Cup hosts Bangladesh, India ... Read more
AB Bank TT
Mahbub and Saleha lifted singles titles of the 31st AB Bank Table Tennis Championship in Chittagong yesterday. Mahbub defeated his Ansar teamate Manosh 3-2 in the men’s singles final while Saleha defeated Soma 3-2 in the women’s singles
Canada arrive today
Canada will be the first World Cup team to arrive in Dhaka when they land at the Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport through an Emirates flight today at 7:30pm. The team, led by right-handed batsman Ashish Bagai will play their first warm-up match against hosts Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on February ... Read more