A commemorative coin will be issued to mark the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh Bank is going to release the coin valued at Tk 10 to mark the mega event. The opening ceremony of the showcase event will take place at the
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SA women’s football deferred
The first ever South Asian Women’s Football tournament, scheduled to be held in December in Cox’s Bazar, has been deferred by a week, said the Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday. The decision was taken on the sideline of an Asian Football Confederation meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. The tournament, originally scheduled for December 4-12, ... Read more
Mashrafee raring to go
Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza dismissed any concern about his fitness and said he is eagerly waiting for the Zimbabwe series to make his comeback in international cricket. Mashrafee, who twisted his ankle during the first one-dayer against New Zealand, recently regained his fitness and declared himself available for the five-match one-day
Bangladesh start mission in men’s cricket today
Bangladesh will start their campaign in the Asian Games men’s cricket when they will face Malaysia in the quarter-final in Guangzhou today. Malaysia already flexed their muscle in the tournament when they defeated China by 89 runs at the group stage in what was the first
ICC Cricket World cup history
Cup facts The 1979 World Cup contained eight teams: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, and India from the Test nations, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying through a separate tournament involving the Associate nations. The matches were 60 overs per side, with each bowler allowed a maximum of
More bad than good
16th Asian Games More bad than good Bangladesh had a mixed day at the Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday with some heartening results chipping in amid disappointing ones. The most commendable performance of the day came in chess where the men’s team completed a clean 4-0 sweep of South Korea while
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Under the Packer cloud It may have been held more than thirty-one years ago, but the 1979 World Cup was played under conditions quite similar to what the cricket world is faced with today. Two years ago, in 1977, a revolution took place in Australia, the effects of which can be felt even today. Just ... Read more
Tigers start practice in Chittagong
Bangladesh national cricketers had a strenuous four-hour long practice session in Chittagong on Sunday ahead of the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe. The practice session was attended by only 14 players out of 20 members of the preliminary squad as six players did not join them in Chittagong. Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza was absent for ... Read more
Siddik finishes 26th at HK Open
Siddikur Rahman secured 26th position in the UBS Hong Kong Open after the completion of the final round on Sunday. Siddik started the day well and was able to avoid a double bogey at the 1st hole as he did in the first and second rounds. However, he eventually scored a bogey at the 11th ... Read more
A thriller
ICC Cricket World cup history A thriller The 1979 World Cup was not an advert for close finishes, unlike its predecessor which had two cliff-hangers, both involving the eventual champions West Indies. Here West Indies swept through the tournament in an even more dominant fashion than in 1975. England, the other team in the final, ... Read more
Chess the bright spot
Women’s chess team were the only bright spot for Bangladesh as the mediocre performance by the athletes continued in the Asian Games which passed the eighth day on Saturday. In the chess team events in Guangzhou, China, Bangladesh women’s team outshone the men’s team as they beat Turkmenistan, but the men’s team were defeated
Siddik continues to shine
Siddikur Rahman, the golfing sensation of Bangladesh, continued his tremendous form in the third round of the UBS Hong Kong Open on Saturday. Although he started the third day with a double bogey just as he did at the first round, Siddik was able to make an amazing comeback hitting six birdies at holes 2, ... Read more
Eves settle for cricket silver
Bangladesh’s hopes of winning the first Asian gold medal were severely dented when its women’s cricket team crashed to a 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the final at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou on Friday. The defeat meant Bangladesh has to remain content with silver, which is, however, still one
Poor show all around
16th Asian Games-Guangzhou 2010 Poor show all around Apart from the silver won by the women’s cricket team, Bangladesh’s ordinary Asian Games continued in all the other events. Shooting, the perennial medal hope event, was the worst with none of the country’s shooters making it even close to the top fifteen of any of the
ICC Cricket World cup history
Calypso stars in a global ensemble The 1979 World Cup saw in the West Indian line-up the formation of one of the greatest teams of all time. The West Indian pace battery that terrorized batsman through the 80s took shape with Andy Roberts (in his second tournament), Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft. Besides ... Read more
Siddikur’s brilliant 2nd round
Siddikur Rahman produced a splendid second round score of 6-under-par foran overall score of 4-under par and leap to 36th on the leaderboard of the UBS Hong Kong Open yesterday. Siddiukur had a disappointing opening day on Thursday when he shot a 2-over-par in the first round and was tied at 121th position among 144 ... Read more
T20 women fly the flag
16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 T20 women fly the flag The Bangladesh women’s cricket team moved into the Twenty20 semifinals while the national hockey team scared their mighty opponents Japan before going down 3-1 in their first match of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China yesterday. It was a mixed day for the chess ... Read more
IPL still in Tigers’ dream
Bangladeshi cricketers may have had some bitter experience about the Indian Premier League, but there has never been any lack of interest among the Tigers about league. It was evident when most of the members of the Bangladesh national cricket team registered their names for the IPL 2011 auction. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has received ... Read more
Tigers on Eid holidays
Captaincy question remains The national cricketers will get back to business on November 21 after Eid holidays to carry on the preparation for next month’s one-day series against Zimbabwe; their last international engagement before the 2011 World Cup. The Tigers are scheduled to travel to Chittagong after the vacation for three days as
1979: West Indian power exercised
ICC Cricket world cup history 1979: West Indian power exercised Four years after lifting the Cup in the tournament’s inaugural edition, Clive Lloyd and his team were back in England for a repeat performance of equal, if not greater, dominance. The 1979 Prudential World Cup followed the same format as the first — two groups ... Read more