Most of the batsmen got a useful batting practice as Bangladesh made a positive start in their three-day warm-up match against an Invitation XI at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Thursday. Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, Mominul Haque, Sabbir Rahman struck fifties but most importantly two out-of-form batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes
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Under-16 boys take on Yemen today
Bangladesh open their AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers campaign against Yemen in Doha, Qatar today after their first match against United Arab Emirates was canceled following the withdrawal of the latter from the competition. Bangladesh are without a win in the AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers for nearly 10 years since their 9-1 win over Palestine in ... Read more
Rubel gets travel clearance, finally
Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain’s wait finally came to an end on Thursday as he got the green signal from the South Africa immigration authorities to travel to the country for two-Test series. The fast bowler was expected to take flight at 1:20am on Thursday and join rest of the team-mates in South Africa in the ... Read more
BCB boss defiant as legal battle looms
The Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Thursday that the Supreme Court gave them a direction to follow the constitution of 2012 for upcoming election contrary to the claims of one of his predecessors Saber Hossain Chowdhury. Saber recently sent a letter to the Board asking to postpone its planned Annual General Meeting ... Read more
Tigers begin SA mission today
Bangladesh national cricket team will start their South Africa mission today with a three-day practice match against Cricket South Africa Invitation XI at Willowmoore Park in Benoni. The Tigers suffered a kind of blow before the match as their pacer Rubel Hossain still could not join the team in South Africa due to an absence ... Read more
Ashraful ruled out of NCL game with fever
Mohammad Ashraful’s hopes of putting up a consistent performance in the ongoing National Cricket League received a blow when illness ruled him out of second round match of the competition. Dhaka Metropolitan batsman Ashraful scored a fine century in the first innings of their first-round match against Chittagong but he would not be available in ... Read more
BCB defends Mipur outfield
Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury on Wednesday defended their preparations of Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium for the opening Test match of recent home series against Australia. The International Cricket Council recently in a report rated the outfield of venue ‘poor’ for the game and sought an explanation from the BCB within 14 days.
Tamim joins Tigers, Rubel kept waiting
Bangladesh national cricket team received a boost in South Africa when opener Tamim Iqbal joined the training session on Tuesday, though the team was still left waiting for pace bowler Rubel Hossain. Tamim was expected to give a positive show when they would begin their campaign with a three-day practice match against South Africa Invitation ... Read more
Jafar brings fresh air to football
Little over a year ago, Jafar Iqbal was busy playing for Dilkusha Sporting Club in Dhaka’s third division football league. In a massive turnaround to his career, Jafar found himself as the new footballing hero of Bangladesh on Monday when his two goals helped the Under-18 national team beat India in SAFF Under-18 Championship in ... Read more
Rubel stranded at home
Airlines deny Bangladesh pacer boarding pass Bangladesh’s plan for South Africa tour suffered a jolt before it started when the airlines that carried the team to Johannesburg refused to issue the boarding pass for paceman Rubel Hossain for lack of immigration clearance. Rubel returned from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday evening and could not ... Read more
Mashrafee shines in Khulna draw
Khulna captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza brought some life into a drawn game with a splendid piece of pace bowling on the final day of the National Cricket League first round match against Rangpur on Monday. Rajshahi became the only team to take a win from the first round as they made a massive turnaround to ... Read more
Kabaddi team to play in Nepal tourney
Bangladesh national kabaddi team will leave Dhaka today to participate in the International Friendship Men’s Kabaddi Tournament in Kathmandu, Nepal, scheduled to start from September 21. Bangladesh along with India, Sri Lanka and hosts Nepal will participate in the competition. National kabaddi team skipper Masud Karim was
B’desh U-18 boys stun India
Bangladesh came from three goals down to beat India sensationally by 4-3 goals in the SAFF Under-18 Championship football in Thimpu, Bhutan on Monday. The boys in green and red went 3-0 behind in the first–half of the game before Jafar Iqbal struck a brace and Mahbubur Rahman and Rahamat Mia scored one goal
BPL teams prefer youth over experience
The players’ draft of the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League that ended in Dhaka on Saturday highlighted that teams mostly preferred young players over experienced campaigners. Despite the lack of international experience and uncertainty over getting their services in the whole BPL season, the franchises included at least five players from
U-16 girls go down fighting
Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s football team ended their AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship campaign with a narrow 2-3 defeat to Australia in Chonburi in Thailand on Sunday. Even though Bangladesh finished at the bottom of Group B with three straight defeats, they played some brilliant football against their Australian counterparts despite
Robi hits maiden first-class ton
Opener Robiul Islam Robi scored his maiden first-class ton as defending champions Khulna reached 342-4 before brought early stumps on the third day of their National Cricket League match against Rangpur on Sunday. Chittagong were 11-0 in their second innings chasing 383 runs to win after Dhaka Metropolis declared their second innings at 169-6 with ... Read more
Eye-illness may make Mosaddek wait longer
Bangladesh batsman Mosaddek Hossain is unlikely to participate in shorter-format in South Africa as he is yet to recover from eye infection that sidelined him since the home series against Australia. Mossadek returned to Dhaka from Thailand on Saturday but only with a broken heart as the viral infection in his left eye showed no ... Read more
Mustafiz at spotlight as BPL players’ draft today
The much-anticipated players’ draft for the fifth edition of Bangladesh Premier League will be held today at a city hotel with teams set to complete their line-up from a host of local and foreign players. A total of 204 foreign players and 140 local players will be up for grab for seven franchises, which have ... Read more
U-16 girls ready for Australia
Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team coach Golam Rabbani Choton hoped that his charges would offer a good challenge to Australia in their final Group B match of the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship on Sunday. Both Bangladesh and Australia have already been ruled out of the competition after defeats in their first two matches. Both sides ... Read more
Ashraful lights up NCL opener with ton
The 19th National Cricket League got off to a rollicking start on Friday with former national captain Mohammad Ashraful scoring a well-made hundred for Dhaka Metropolitans against Chittagong on the opening day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Rangpur’s Naeem Islam and Dhiman Ghosh also made tons against defending champions Khulna on top-tier,