Bangladesh on Thursday added pace bowler Shafiul Islam for the reminder of their South Africa tour to replace injured Mustafizur Rahman, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board Shafiul was scheduled to leave Dhaka to join the squad in South Africa on Thursday night while would return on October 23 to continue his recovery from
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More big names join BPL
The forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League is getting even bigger with the inclusion of some of the Twenty20 megastars, who were released by the South Africa’s T20 Global League franchises following the postponement of the tournament. Some BPL franchises used the opportunity to the fullest to strengthen their squad ahead of the tournament, beginning in Sylhet
Tigers’ bowling clicked, only just
Bangladeshi bowlers finally could show some skills in the on-going series against South Africa although a valiant century of AB de Villiers led the Proteas to a massive 353-6 at Paarl on Wednesday. Rubel Hossain claimed 4-62 while Sakib al Hasan finished with 2-60 but de Villiers brought his class into play against the reinvigorated ... Read more
Lack of confidence makes pacers wilt
Lack of confidences took a toll on Bangladesh pacers as they failed to demonstrate their natural performances in the ongoing tour of South Africa, local cricket coaches said on Monday. The Tigers were relying heavily on their pacers to make a mark in the series after dominating the opponents in recent home series thanks to ... Read more
Korea join Malaysia in Super-Four
Title aspirants Malaysia kept their hundred per cent winning record in the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey when they beat Oman 7-1 in their final Pool B match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Defending champions South Korea joined them Super-Four from the group thrashing China 4-1 in the day’s second match ... Read more
Rabbi ton denies Khulna win
Khulna missed a chance to secure the title of 19th National Cricket League when they were held by Rangpur for a draw in the fifth round while Rajshahi came step closer to their promotion in upper tier with a win over Chittagong on Monday. Pace bowler Delwar Hossain claimed six wickets in six overs as ... Read more
Saber stays away from BCB poll
Former president Saber Hossain Chowdhury is among the notable absentees as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday published the draft list of councillors for the upcoming elections. Different organisations have nominated 167 individuals as councillors, who will elect 23 directors from three categories on October 31. Three districts – Bandarban,
Full-strength Tigers ready for ODIs
Bangladesh will have their full strength squad for the first time in South Africa as they will take on the hosts in the first of three-match one-day international series at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley today. The Tigers were unable to get the service of their most valuable player, Sakib al Hasan in the two-match ... Read more
Naeem hits maiden NCL double century
Naeem Islam’s maiden double ton against Dhaka was the highlight of the 19th National Cricket League fifth round second day as Rangpur declared their first innings at 560-8 at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium on Saturday. At Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, all-rounder Ziaur Rahman scored his seventh first-class hundred and carried Khulna to 511-8 before declaring
B’desh’s last chance for redemption
After two heavy defeats against giants India and Pakistan, Bangladesh will get their last chance for redemption in the Asia Cup hockey when they will face Japan in their final Pool A match today. The match will kick-off at 3:00 pm at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium. Pakistan and India both netted seven goals ... Read more
Super-sub Mithun does it again
Super-sub Mithun Chowdhury hit an injury time winner to help Mohammedan Sporting Club secure a dramatic 4-3 win over 10-man Brothers Union in their last match of first phase in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. In the second match of the day, Team BJMC managed a convincing 3-0 win over Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra. ... Read more
Relaxed Sakib reassures Tigers
Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Friday that they were not concerned about the result of the forthcoming three-match one-day international series against the hosts South Africa despite a string of poor result so far in the tour. Bangladesh suffered crushing defeats in both the Test matches against the hosts and they were also outplayed ... Read more
Clueless hosts suffer another big defeat
After a 7-0 drubbing against Pakistan in their opening match, Bangladesh displayed another poor show in the Asia Cup Hockey to suffer a defeat by an identical margin, this time at the hands India, in Dhaka on Friday. In the other Pool A match at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium, Japan held Pakistan for a ... Read more
Abahani upend league leaders
Abahani Limited threw the title race in the Bangladesh Premier League wide open when they registered 1-0 win against table-toppers Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club completed their first phase of the league with a huge 5-0 win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the second match of the ... Read more
Regional cricket left in lurch
Regional cricket was the most neglected side under the present executive committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board as it is set to complete its full-term of four years today. When the 27-member board of directors took over the charge on October 13, 2013, one of their major pledges was strengthening regional cricket in order
Tigers dismal show continues
Bangladesh cricket team’s dismal show in South Africa continued as they lost their only warm-up match before the one-day international series to Cricket South Africa Invitational XI by six wickets at Bloemfontein on Thursday. The presence of some senior cricketers like Sakib al Hasan and Mashrafee bin Murtaza could do little to motivate the visiting ... Read more
BCB election on October 31
The election of Bangladesh Cricket Board will be held on October 31, it was announced by five-member election commission on Thursday The election commission, led by sports ministry joint secretary Omar Faruk, held a meeting with other representatives at the BCB before announcing the schedule.
Hosts suffer before crunch game
Bangladesh national hockey team, still smarting from 0-7 defeat in their Asia Cup opening match against Pakistan, left the ground without any training on Thursday ahead of another crunch game against India. The hosts would face India in their second match today, but the charges of coach Mahbub Harun had to remain satisfied with simple ... Read more
Hosts crushed to defeat by Pakistan
Hosts Bangladesh made an awful start to the 10th Men’s Asia Cup when they suffered a crushing 0-7 defeat to Pakistan at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. Pakistan, the three-time Asia Cup champions dominated the whole game to secure a deserving win. For the winners, Abu Mahmood scored three goals
Hosts ready for mighty Pakistan
The curtain on the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey rises today with hosts Bangladesh facing mighty Pakistan in the second match of the day under the newly-installed floodlights at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium. The match will kick-off at 5:30pm after the opening encounter between India and Japan, which will start at 3:00pm. STAR ... Read more