Senior pros Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya produced vintage strokeplay to give Mumbai Indians a key victory in the Indian Premier League here on Monday. The ageing duo hammered 127 for the first wicket from just 12.2 overs as Mumbai scored 187-6 in 20 overs after electing to take first strike and then bowled out ... Read more
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Dido calls for patience
Bangladesh face Cambodia today Bangladesh’s football coach Edson Silva Dido has asked the people of the country to be patient and remain in support of the team as they take on Cambodia in their first Group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. “[My message for the people] is ... Read more
Hosts face Cambodia today
Bangladesh will be wary of any complacency when they take on Cambodia in the second match of the AFC Challenge Cup Group A qualifying round at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today at 6:00pm. In their two previous meetings with Cambodia, Bangladesh had won 2-1 in the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 and drawn 1-1 ... Read more
Tamim, Tk 7.7 lakh boy
Amid colours, deafening sounds and nonstop flashing of lights, auction of 48 cricketers for the country’s first-ever Twenty20 tournament, the PCL (Port-city Cricket League) 2009, was held yesterday at Chittagong Club auditorium with dashing Tigers opener and local boy Tamim Iqbal stealing the show with a whopping Tk 7.70 lakh price. The nine-day tournament is ... Read more
First-ever Women’s Club Cricket on
A new chapter in country’s women’s cricket opened when the Women’s Club Cup tournament kicked off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The popular Abahani got off a winning start when they handed a five-wicket defeat to BKSP in the opening match as the Dhanmondi based club scored 130 for five in 32.3 ... Read more
Rangamati emerges Zone-C champion in women handball
Rangamati became champion in the Zone-C competition of the Exim Bank 20th National Women Handball Championship defeating Kishoreganj 11-7 in the final at Rangamati Stadium on Saturday. The winners led the first half 6-5. Rina of Kishoreganj was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Chairman of Rangamati sadar upazila Mohammad Musa gave away prizes ... Read more
Stage set for Indian extravaganza in SA
The enthusiastic public response for the Indian Premier League parade has convinced the league’s chairman that the tournament’s move to South Africa has already been a success. The second edition of the world’s biggest Twenty20 tournament was moved out of India last month due to security concerns and logical issues surrounding the general elections currently ... Read more
Tigers eager to make eleven
Indian Premier League Tigers eager to make eleven There is little chance to see Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful playing in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that kicks off today at Newlands in Cape Town. The Tigers skipper may be seen in the ‘dugout’ (players’ waiting area) just beyond the rope while ... Read more
Rajasthan Royals face tough title defence opener
When the glitz and the glamour of the build-up to the Indian Premier League makes way for cricket action today, past form will not count for much. Defending champions the Rajasthan Royals could find it tough this time around, starting with their opening clash against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second match of a double ... Read more
‘On the right track’
As the qualification battle for a place in the AFC Challenge Cup finals gets nearer, new Bangladesh head coach Edson ‘Dido’ Silva is putting pressure on the gas pedal to prepare the team for his first assignment. The Brazilian has entered the second week of training with his charges, who will compete with Myanmar, Cambodia ... Read more
Indian cricket stars take guard on tricky election pitch
Soft-spoken, laid back and a reluctant orator, former Test captain Mohammad Azharuddin hardly fits the image of the archetypal boisterous Indian politician. Yet Azharuddin is the latest entrant in a growing list of former cricketers sucked into the election whirlpool by political parties hoping their star status in cricket-mad India will translate into votes. Other ... Read more
Ashraful breaks into top 10 finally
National skipper Mohammad Ashraful finished among the top 10 batsmen in the Dhaka Premier League thanks to his solid performance in the Super League phase, revealed the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Ashraful hammered four successive half-centuries in five matches of the Super League to add 285 runs to his 258 from the 10 games of the ... Read more
Two practice matches for Dido’s boys
The Bangladesh national football team will play two practice matches on April 16 and April 20 ahead of their AFC Challenge Cup Group-A fixtures. The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided that one of the matches will be played outside Dhaka and if possible against a foreign side. Bangladesh will play against Myanmar, Cambodia and either ... Read more
Shuvo knocking on the door
Promising batsman Shamsur Rahman caught the eyes of none other than Sri Lankan great Sanath Jayasuriya during the just concluded Premier Division Cricket League. And there was a genuine reason in the eulogies as the elegant Mohammedan right-hander not only finished as the highest run-getter in the country’s most coveted competition with 677 runs in ... Read more
India scent victory
India were on the brink of their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 after the hosts lost four second-innings wickets still needing 450 runs for victory in the third Test in Wellington on Monday. New Zealand were struggling at 167 for four when bad light stopped play almost an hour early on the ... Read more
Pakistan pick three ICL rebels in World T20 squad
KARACHI: Pakistan on Monday took a giant stride towards recalling their Indian Cricket League (ICL) rebels by including three of them in a 30-man preliminary squad for the 2009 World Twenty20 Championship to be held in England in June. Seasoned all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and opener Imran Nazir are the three ICL ... Read more
Shoaib is back, yet again!
Pakistan include controversial pacer in 15-man squad for series against Australia KARACHI: Controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar made yet another comeback on Monday when he was named in a 15-man squad for the one-day series against Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Chief selector Abdul Qadir said that Shoaib has completely recovered from a knee injury ... Read more
Local Snippets
Railway Hospital Colony City Corporation High School were awarded the second semifinal of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under 16 National School Tournament yesterday at the City Club Ground in Dhaka. The match was abandoned due to rain and Railway School got the better of Faridpur Zilla School because of a better average run-rate. Railway ... Read more
Rahul catches world record
India cricketer and former captain Rahul Dravid has broken the world record for the number of catches in Test matches by an outfielder. When Dravid helped to dismiss the New Zealand batsman Tim McIntosh on Monday it was his 182nd catch in a Test career going back to 1996. Dravid’s landmark was reached on the ... Read more
Lanka rewards Pak bus driver
Sri Lanka rewarded a Pakistani coach driver with 21,800 dollars for his role in protecting the island’s cricket team during last month’s gun and grenade attack in Lahore in a ceremony held at Colombo. Meher Mohammad Khalil was hailed as a hero for driving the team to safety after their coach was attacked by suspected ... Read more