ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Countdown botched up The few thousand fans that turned up at midnight on Wednesday at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to mark the 100-day countdown for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was evidence of the increased enthusiasm amongst the public about hosting an event of such ... Read more
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Hong Kong humble Bangladesh
Bangladesh finished their Asian Games football campaign with consecutive three defeats after a 4-1 drubbing by Hong Kong at the Haudu Stadium in Guanzhou on Thursday. Bangladesh, who failed to earn any point, were placed fourth in the four-team group while Hong Kong finished second with seven points and moved into the second
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Some big names bowed out of the international limelight after this World Cup. Dennis Amiss, Alan Knott, Tony Greig and John Snow left the scene to make their way to play in the World Series in Australia. Great West Indian player Rohan Kanhai also bade farewell. On the other hand, three all-time greats were taking ... Read more
NCL finalists to be decided today
The finalists of the National Cricket League one-day version will be decided today with all four teams, competing in the second phase, having some kind of chance. Barisal will face star-studded Dhaka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while favourites Rajshahi will take on the NCL’s dark-horse Khulna in the
Zimbabwe to arrive Dhaka on Nov 26
Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the itinerary of the Zimbabwe series early on Thursday with the first of the five-match one-day series being scheduled for December 1. The Zimbabwe cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on November 26 and will play a warm-up match on November 29 against the BCB XI at the BKSP before the
Siddik on top of his game
Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman was on top of his game with a score of 4 under per in the opening round of the Barclays Singapore Open on Thursday. Siddik was lying in 25th position at the end of the rain-hit inaugural day of the $6 million tournament. The event’s elite field comprises world number three Martin ... Read more
Nobin fires Daily Star to final
A swashbuckling all-round performance from Nazmul Alam Nobin steered The Daily Star to the final of the DRU-Pepsi Media Cup cricket tournament with a convincing three-wicket win over defending champions Channel i at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. The Daily Star will play the final today against Daily Destiny, who thrashed Daily Jugantor by ... Read more
Inter-Private Univ Football final on Saturday
Independent University and International University of Business Agriculture and Technology reached the final of the Mentors’ Inter-Private University Football with contrasting semi-final victories at the Kamalapur stadium on Thursday. In the first semi-final, Independent University defeated United International University 4-2 while IUBAT beat last year’s champions North South University 6-5 in
City Cup Golf begins
The Citi Cup Golf Tournament 2010, organised by Citibank NA Bangladesh, started at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday. Director General of DGFI Lt General Mollah Fazle Akbar inaugurated the tournament in presence of Citi Bank country officer in Bangladesh Mamun Rashid, chief executive officer of Kurmitola Golf Club Col (retd) SM Shawkat Ali, acting ... Read more
World Cup to showcase Beautiful Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Tourism Board signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited on Wednesday to become the local partner for the Bangladesh part of the World Cup 2011. The deal, worth around Tk 5 crore, will allow the newly-formed tourism board to showcase Bangladesh to the world during the eight matches to be held in ... Read more
Ganguly praises Tigers
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly hailed Bangladesh for the progress they have made since entering into Test cricket exactly 10 years ago on this day against his India. Ganguly had tossed the coin with Naimur Rahman in Bangladesh’s inaugural Test on November 10, 2000, marking a new journey for the Tigers in top flight
ICC Cricket world cup history
The first men’s cricket World Cup (the women’s tournament was the first such global cricket event, held two years before) was held in England in the summer of 1975, when limited overs cricket was still a novelty, and a form of the game not taken too seriously by practitioners of the more serious business of ... Read more
Tourism set for cricket boost
In the quest of promoting Bangladesh’s tourism as well as increasing the country’s image, the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited yesterday to become its local partner for Bangladesh’s part of the 2011 ICC World Cup. The nearly Tk 5 crore deal will allow the newly-formed Bangladesh ... Read more
Rajshahi, Khulna stay in race
Rajshahi and Khulna kept their hopes alive for a berth in the final of the National Cricket League one-day version by winning their respective second round matches of the second phase on Wednesday. Title aspirants Rajshahi defeated Dhaka by 79 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while a resurgent Khulna recorded their second consecutive win, ... Read more
Bangladesh hoping against hope
Smarting from two successive defeats, an injury-hit Bangladesh U23 football team will take on Hong Kong in their Group E last match of the 16th Asian Games at Huadu Stadium today. Bangladesh’s bid to qualify for the 16-team second round was all but shattered after losing to Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates by identical 3-0 ... Read more
Nayeem shines for Dazzlers
Iftekhar Nayeem made a vital contribution to Baridhara Dazzlers’ five-wicket win over Kathalbagan in the First Division Cricket League at the BKSP ground in Savar yesterday. Nayeem, the younger brother of national opener Shahriar Nafees, scored 94 off 115 balls as Baridhara successfully chased 209 runs in 47.3 overs after losing two
The Daily Star breeze into semis
DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket The Daily Star breeze into semis The Daily Star romped into the semifinals of the DRU-Pepsi Media cricket tournament, outplaying Daily Kaler Kantha by 49 runs at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. Batting first, The Daily Star put on a massive total of 97 runs without losing any wicket in ... Read more
Women’s cricket team off for Asiad
The Bangladesh Women’s cricket team was scheduled to leave Dhaka last night to take part in the 16th Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou, China. Bangladesh has been slated in Group B along with Hong Kong, Nepal and Japan while Group A comprises of Pakistan, Thailand and
Bangladesh U-17s take 2-0 lead
An unbeaten half-century from Arafat Sunny saw Bangladesh U17s to an easy seven-wicket victory over Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U17s at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The win made it 2-0 in favour of the Bangladesh U17s team. Sunny made 67 off 90 balls with the help of seven boundaries, sharing an unbroken 83-run
WC countdown begins tonight
A formal countdown to the World Cup 2011 will begin on the South Plaza of the national assembly building at midnight past today, exactly 100 days to go before the match between Bangladesh and India. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned a colourful programme for the occasion. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will be among ... Read more