CHRISTCHURCH: A blazing unbeaten 116 from Brendon McCullum and a cool-headed Tim Southee spurred New Zealand to a thrilling Twenty20 cricket victory over Australia in a Super Over contest in Christchurch Sunday night. Chasing New Zealand’s 214 for six, Australia needed three to win off the final ball only for captain
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Record-breaking Sachin nails SA
Tendulkar slams double century against Proteas as India reach 401/3 in second ODI Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to reach a double century in a one-day international as he devastated South Africa’s bowlers, hammering his 200 not out from 147 deliveries in the second ODI in Gwalior. He reached the milestone with ... Read more
Asia begins 2011 World Cup countdown
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council on Friday marked a year’s countdown to the World Cup by promising a successful event in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, reports dawn.com. The 14-nation showpiece event, held every four years, opens on February 19, 2011 with India taking on Bangladesh at the Mirpur stadium
Kiwis beat Tigers by 121 runs
Hamilton: Despite a brilliant maiden century by captain Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh lost to New Zealand by 121 runs on the fifth and final day of the only Test match here at the Seddon Park on Friday. Shakib batted with great responsibility to resist against hostile bowling by the Kiwis. He occupied the crease for ... Read more
Tigers need 316 more runs to win Hamilton test
The visiting Bangladesh scored 88 for five wickets before stumps on the fourth day in Hamilton on Thursday responding to 404 runs’ target set by New Zealand to win the test. Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim 10 (22) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan 0 (25) were unbeaten on
Mahmudullah ton averts follow-on
A rousing seventh wicket stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah rescued Bangladesh from the follow-on the third day at Seddon Park. New Zealand batted for five overs before bad light intervened, but lost the wicket of BJ Watling, to finish 154 ahead at stumps. Shakib and Mahmudullah combined with Bangladesh reeling at 196 for 6, ... Read more
Bangladesh stun Tajiks
Bangla-desh stunned former champions Tajikistan 2-1 in the opening match of the AFC Challenge Cup final round at the Sughatadasa Stadium Colombo on Tuesday. Forward Enamul and midfielder Mishu scored the goals in the second half giving Bangladesh a significant win in the eight-team
Khulna firmly on top
Khulna remained firmly on top in their National Cricket League match against Dhaka at close on the second day reaching 198 for three in their second innings at the Chittagong divisional stadium on Tuesday. Khulna now lead the match by 331 runs as they had 133 runs advantage in the first innings thanks to pacer ... Read more
Kiwis declare 1st innings at 553-7 against BD
Hamilton: Bangladesh are 87 for one in reply to New Zealand’s first innings of 553 for seven declared, at stumps on the second day of the one off Test in Hamilton. The highlight of the Black Caps innings was a record sixth wicket stand of 339 between Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum. Guptill made 189, ... Read more
Rajshahi seize control
Left-arm spinner Sohrawardi Shuvo claimed five wickets as Rajshahi seized control against Chittagong in a first round match of the National Cricket League second phase in Bogra Monday. The holders are only 73 runs behind in their first innings at close on the opening day reaching 125-3 after Shuvo’s 5-36 helped them bowl out Chittagong ... Read more
Beach soccer soon
WAF (we are for football), a newly-formed organisation comprising former national footballers, have decided to host the first-ever beach football tournament in Cox’s Bazar from February 26 to 27 in a bid to give country’s football a new shape. Country’s traditional giants Mohammedan, Abahani, Brothers Union, Victoria SC, Rahmatganj MFS along
Bangladesh-New Zealand lone Test begins today
Bangladesh Cricket team led by Shakib Al Hasan will face New Zealand Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori in the lone Test match, which begins today at the Siddon Park in Hamilton of New Zealand. Earlier, Bangladesh made a meagre start as the Tigers tasted a ten-wicket defeat by the Kiwis in their lone Twenty20 ... Read more
Goodbye Zoran
Bangladesh Football Federation bade Serbian football coach Zoran Djordevic goodbye after refusing to accept his demand for signing a four-year contract on Saturday. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin thanked Zoran for his contribution to Bangladesh football before rejecting the Serbian’s plea for contract extension. Salahuddin, who returned to the country on Friday night after attending a ... Read more
Kutumb leaves a lasting impression
The 11th South Asian Games came to a grandeur end with another delectable display of light, sound, fire and water. It was a spectacle of a magnitude that has never been staged before in South Asia. It had ingredients similar to that present in the opening ceremony, but this time it concentrated totally on our ... Read more
Womanpower drives hosts
Bangla-desh’s female athletes may have been outperformed by their male team-mates in the end, but their success has contributed to a large extent to the hosts’ outstanding results in the just-concluded SA Games. Bangladesh claimed as many as 18 gold medals that took them to third place in the medals table, a position that they ... Read more
Bangladesh’s record haul
Bangladesh ended their campaign of the 11th SA Games Dhaka 2010 winning 18 gold medals, the highest haul in the 26-year history of South Asian Games. The hosts grabbed four gold medals on the penultimate day including two in boxing and one each in football and wushu to seal the third position in medals’ tally, ... Read more
Hosts’ best ever finish
Bangladesh signed off their campaign in the 11th SA Games on Monday winning as many as 18 gold medals that included key events of football and cricket. The hosts added four gold medals on the penultimate day from football, boxing and wusu which sealed their third position in medals table something which has never happened ... Read more
Tigers crash again
Bangladesh’s abysmal batting performance continued in New Zealand as they suffered a five-wicket defeat in the second one-dayer at the University Oval in Dunedin yesterday. With this win New Zealand clinched the three match series. It was a painful experience for the ardent fans in the country who had switched on their
Hosts’ gold rush
It was a gold rush for Bangladesh on the tenth day of the 11th South Asian Games yesterday. And believe it or not the ladies picked up more than the men on a day Bangladesh crossed their previous best effort in the regional showpiece event by winning six gold — an astonishing four in karate, ... Read more
Cricket glory Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh posted an exciting six-run victory over Sri Lanka to delight the country with a gold in the cricket event of the 11th South Asian Games at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The young Bangladeshi cricketers made history by becoming the first team to win the cricket gold included for the first time ... Read more