Opener Shahriar Nafees was made captain to lead a 14-member squad of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI in a warm-up match against the visiting Zimbabwe at the BKSP on November 29. Pace bowler Syed Rasel will act his deputy in the 50-over game. The BCB XI include Alok Kapali, the highest run-scorer in the ... Read more
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Dkaka Metro School Football
The Dhaka Metropolis School Football Tournament, sponsored by Ashiyan Lands Development Limited, will get under way on Monday. ATN Bangla is the media partner of this tournament. A contract signing ceremony was held at the BFF House on Saturday between the Bangladesh Football Federation and the Ashiyan Lands Development Limited. Around 48 schools from the ... Read more
Div I Cricket
Hossain’s 68 took Bangladesh Boys to a facile five-wicket win over North Bengal Cricket Academy in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, North Bengal made 205-6 in 50 overs with Atique scoring an unbeaten 61. But Hossain’s half-century was enough for Bangladesh Boys as they romped home
Bangladesh end 36 years of gold jinx
Bangladesh ended their 36-years wait for a gold medal in the Asian Games when its cricket team romped to a five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the final in Guangzhou on Friday. The journey began with the 1974 Tehran Games, but Bangladesh’s name was not in the medals list until boxer Mosharraf Hossain broke the deadlock ... Read more
No lack of confidence
Zimbabwe arrive in Dhaka The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Dhaka yesterday hoping for some competitive cricket against the in-form Tigers during their five-match one-day international series. Despite Bangladesh’s recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand on home soil, Zimbabwe’s leading batsman Hamilton Masakadza believes the Africans have a
Razzak, Sakib on brink of milestone
Sakib al Hasan and Abdur Razzak will have a chance to achieve personal milestones and give their fans something extra to cheer about in the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe starting on December 1. Razzak, already the leading wicket-taker for the country, is just one wicket shy of becoming
ICC Cricket World Cup History
An upset, and a strike that deprived the world With Sri Lanka becoming a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 1983 World Cup had space for only one Associate member. Formerly known as Rhodesia, the newly independent Zimbabwe was the eighth team in the Cup, having won the qualifying tournament involving the ... Read more
BJMC back with a bang
After a three-year gap, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) returned to cycling with a bang winning all four events on the opening day of the NCC Bank 34th Cycling Championship at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. BJMC were away from cycling for three years since 2006 following the then
Div I cricket
Uttara Sporting Club, Azad Sporting Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club won their respective matches of the First Division Cricket League yesterday. At the Jahangirnagar University ground, Uttara Sporting (151-4) beat Agrani Bank (150 all out) by six wickets, thanks to Swapan’s
Bangladesh ease into final
Face Afghanistan today for first ever Asian gold Sohra-wardi Shuvo and Shahadat Hossain bowled brilliantly to set up a five-wicket victory for Bangladesh over Sri Lanka in the Asian Games cricket semi-final at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou on Thursday. Bangladesh, in their quest for the first ever Asian gold, today will face surprise ... Read more
Eves settle for kabaddi bronze
Bangladesh women’s kabaddi team settled for a bronze in the Asian Games after losing to Thailand by 34-23 points in the semi-final in Guangzhou on Thursday. This was the second medal for Bangladesh in the meet after the silver in women’s cricket. Bangladesh is also assured of at least a silver medal as
Zimbabwe arrive today
Tigers team may be given tomorrow The Zimbabwe cricket team, led by Elton Chigumbura, will arrive in Dhaka today to take part in a five-match one-day series against the hosts who are buoyant after their recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand. The Zimbabweans will play a limited-overs warm-up match against a BCB XI at BKSP ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Coney steals one In the previous World Cup, New Zealand hearts were broken as they went down fighting against England in the semifinal, taking the match to the last over. In the 1983 World Cup, another thriller was in store for the crowd who assembled to watch the match at Edgbaston and the participants were ... Read more
Nat’l cycling starts today
The NCC Bank National Cycling Championship gets underway today amidst disagreement about holding the 34th edition of the meet on the athletic turf at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. “It is nothing new to hold a cycling competition on the athletic turf as we had earlier staged the competitions on turfs at the Mirpur Stadium and ... Read more
Dhaka Sports Carnival from today
The Prime Bank-Dhaka Sports Carnival begins today at different venues in the city with amateur athletes from 35 social clubs from India, Pakistan, Thailand and Bangladesh taking part in the three-day meet. The country’s seven premium social clubs: Dhaka Club, Gulshan Club, Uttara Club, Officers’ Club, Kurmitola Golf Club, Cadet College Club and the All ... Read more
Bangladesh to face SL in cricket semis
Bangladesh, in their quest for second Asian Games medal from cricket, will meet mighty Sri Lanka in the semi-final in Guangzhou, China, today. The crucial Twenty20 match will start at 11:30am at the Guangdong Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka set up the semi-final clash after they had defeated Nepal by two wickets in
ICC Cricket World Cup History
New stars are born The 1983 World Cup, won by India, worked as a stage for some greats to give great individual performances. West Indies sparkled with their galaxy of stars and although they lost the trophy, they were at the peak of their rein as the greatest team in the world. Australia, West Indies’ ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
1983: Indian Summer The 1983 World Cup, the third consecutive Cup held in England, saw a few changes in the tournament’s format. The number of teams were the same, as well as the group divisions; two groups of four with the top two from each group going through to the knockout stage, but to counter ... Read more
Cricketers start brightly
16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 Cricketers start brightly Bangladesh had another day of mixed results in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday as the men’s cricket team reached semifinmals beating Malaysia comfortably while women’s kabaddi team were on the verge of a semifinals spot which would ensure a medal of any colour. Besides, FIDE ... Read more
Tigers hope Ctg training will help
Bangladesh’s cricketers hoped that the three-day training camp in Chittagong that ended on Tuesday would help them to a great extent in the next month’s home series against Zimbabwe. The team returned to Dhaka in the afternoon after a rigorous training session in the nets and the newly-laid centre wicket which they said was crucial ... Read more