The two-day match between Under-15 teams of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and Bangladesh Cricket Board was drawn in Krishnanagar on Saturday. Facing 154 to win in the second innings, the visitors reached 95 for six before the umpires called time after 19 overs. Earlier on the first day, Sujat’s five-wicket haul helped the tourists ... Read more
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BCB celebrates 10 years of Test
The Bangladesh Cricket Board celebrated the nation’s 10 years of Test cricket with a colourful ceremony at the Bangladesh Army Stadium on Saturday. The programme turned out to be the biggest gathering of current and former cricketers who represented Bangladesh in Test and other forms of international
Brothers upset MSC
Brothers Union’s Danilo Rafael and Tanmay Hossain Taru scored a goal apiece in the second half to give the orange outfit their first victory in the Bangladesh League with a 2-0 drubbing of Dhaka Mohammedan SC at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. With this win in their fifth match, Brothers climbed two steps up to ... Read more
Salahuddin quits BCB
Mohammad Salahuddin, former fielding coach of the national cricket team and currently working with the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy, has resigned his BCB post on Saturday to join the University Kebangsaan of Malaysia. Salahuddin will work at the university, which is also the national university of Malaysia,
Solid start by Barisal Abahani
Barisal Abahani crushed Mukul Fauj of Pirojpur by 200 runs in their opening match of the Inter-District Club Cup cricket tournament in Patuakhali yesterday. Six other matches took place on the opening day across the country. Modern Club of home side Habiganj beat Phantom Group of Sunamganj by seven wickets and
Stamford lift ULAB Cup
Stamford University lifted the ULAB Cup trophy for the first time after they beat State University of Bangladesh by 31 runs in the final at the ULAB cricket ground yesterday. Batting first, Stamford made 139-8 in their 20 overs with Ariful hammering 44 and Rana making 33. In reply, SUB were restricted to 108-8 with ... Read more
Victory Day badminton
Young Cricketers emerged champions as the six-day Victory Day Badminton Tournament ended yesterday at Pallabi in the city. The event got underway on January 17 with 31 teams participating. In the final at the Lalmath of Pallabi, Young Cricketers defeated Nazrul Smriti Academy to win lift the
Abahani dispatch Rahmatganj
A brace from Shakhawat Hossain Rony powered holders Abahani to an emphatic 4-1 win over giant-killers Rahmatganj MFS in their Bangladesh League match at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Apart from Rony’s double, Ghanaian recruit Twum Frank and Awudu Ibrahim struck one goal
Mashrafee to fly to SL
Fans continue to protest Former skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza will fly for Sri Lanka today to meet David Young to have his injured knee checked by the Australian orthopaedic surgeon amid continuing protests for his inclusion in the World Cup squad. He will meet Young, who is a regular visitor to Sri Lanka since the ... Read more
WC opening ceremony tickets from early Feb
The tickets for the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup will go on sale on the first week of February. The opening ceremony for the 14-nation grand tournament will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 17. BCB’s ticket and seating committee chairman GS Hasan Tamim informed yesterday that the
Super League from Jan 25
League leaders Abahani take on Bangladesh Biman in one of three Super League matches of the Premier Cricket League on January 25 at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club, who are three points adrift of Abahani with 17 points, face Cricket Coaching School (CCS) at the BKSP while surprise package ... Read more
Footballer father, cricketer son
His action said is to have some similarity with South African Makhaya Ntini, but Nazmul Hossain reminded all of Australian legend Glen McGrath with his accuracy in a foggy January morning in 2009 when his three-wicket burst left Sri Lanka reeling at an unprecedented five for six in the tri-series one-day final in Dhaka. Until ... Read more
Street Cricket
Cricket Kids One and Kathalbagan Royals won their respective matches on the opening day of Polar Ice Cream Street Cricket Championship at the Dhanmondi cricket ground on Friday. Cricket Kids One defeated Street Boys by 78 runs while Kathalbagan Royals won by three wickets against Royal Champs in the day’s second match. Former captain and ... Read more
Protests all over for Mashrafee
Protes-ters in the hometown of pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza observed a half-day general strike on Thursday following the former captain’s omission from Bangladesh’s final 15-man World Cup squad. They also burnt an effigy of coach Jamie Siddons and vandalised some vehicles in the district town of Narail, 300kms (188 miles) southwest of
Dull ending of first phase
The first leg of the Dhaka Premier League ended with a mediocre performance as CCS lost to Gazi Tanks Cricketers by one wicket in the eleventh round match at the Fatullah stadium on Thursday. Although Bangladesh Biman, CCS and Kalabagan finished on equal 12 points after the completion of the eleventh round, Biman and CCS ... Read more
Prime Bank badminton
Four shuttlers advanced into the next round of the Prime Bank Pallima Sangsad Badminton tournament beating their respective rivals on the opening day at the Sangsad premises at Khilgoan yesterday. In the men’s singles, Rana, Humayun Kabiar, Lal Chand and Pesta defeated Sony, Deen Islam, Biplob and Lion respectively all by 2-0 sets while the ... Read more
Street Cricket starts
A six-a-side cricket tournament called the Polar Ice Cream Street Cricket started at the Dhanmondi Club ground on Thursday to create the cricket hype among the youth ahead of the World Cup. The 13-day long tournament will follow the rules of street cricket and it is open to all and any team, composed of seven ... Read more
Hard-fought win for MSC
Holders Mohamme-dan fought back from 107-6 to score 245-8 to beat Bangladesh Biman by two wickets in the crucial Dhaka Premier League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. A brilliant all-round performance by Rajat Bhatia powered Abahani to a 39-run win over Prime Doleshwar at the Fatullah stadium while Kalabagan defeated Surjo Tarun ... Read more
Mr Dependable Roqibul
Born into a middle-class family in Jamalpur, Roqibul Hassan, the youngest one of nine siblings, burst onto the cricket scene when the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan held a camp for the under-16 batsmen in his home town early in 2001. Roqibul never got his chance to study at the BKSP, but showed his class in ... Read more
American Cup golf from today
The 31st American Cup Golf Tournament gets underway at the Kurmitola Golf Club today with some 500 professional and amateur golfers taking part in the two-day meet. Chevron Bangladesh continues to be the co-sponsors of the event along with a host of local and international business organizations including hotels, banks, airlines, oil and gas service ... Read more