Bangladesh will play two Tests, three one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match on their month-long tour of Sri Lanka in March, the Sri Lankan board announced yesterday. This is Bangladesh’s first away tour this year. The last time the Tigers went on a complete tour to Sri Lanka was in 2007 when they were whitewashed ... Read more
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Mushfiqur to keep leading
BCB announces list of contracted players Mushfiqur Rahim has been retained as captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Mahmudullah Riyad will continue as his deputy for the upcoming tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the BCB’s (Bangladesh Cricket Board) ad-hoc executive committee at the ... Read more
Bangladesh’s proposed tour to Pakistan cancelled
BCB chief Nazmul Hassan has said Bangladesh will only tour Pakistan if the security situation in the country improves. He remained noncommittal, not saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the proposed tour, but it was made clear in various ways that the January visit has, for now, been ruled out. “The ICC minutes has it that ... Read more
Team Tigers take a bow
The image of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim in tears after the Asia Cup final in March is one that springs readily to mind when looking at the Bangladesh cricket team’s performance in the year just going by. The chance to achieve their biggest success was shattered following a two-run defeat to Pakistan at ... Read more
A Simple Man
The Tigers’ silent performer Mahmudullah Riyad, who already won the hearts of millions of cricket lovers for his elegant style of batting, was happy with his consistent performance with the bat as well as effective contribution with the ball in Bangladesh’s home series against the West Indies, and was delighted with the way his team ... Read more
‘A result of belief’
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza might not have been in the playing eleven which scripted a two-wicket victory in the fifth and final ODI to clinch a memorable series victory against the formidable West Indies, but the amount of encouragement the brave-heart cricketer provided from behind the scenes played a vital role for the Tigers to achieve ... Read more
‘Excitement got the better of me’
Bangladesh’s ODI series win over the West Indies was undoubtedly the talk of the town yesterday. Right from the addas at roadside tea stalls to the get-togethers in different homes propelled by the road-blockade programme, cricket, it seemed, found the prime spot in almost every conversation that took place in the
Only T20 against WI today
With both teams having won one series each, the only Twenty20 International between Bangladesh and West Indies, which is scheduled to begin at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at 6:00 pm today, promises to provide the month-long tour a fitting end. The game will be shown live on Channel 9 and state-run
Mushfiq hails ‘biggest ever series win’
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim hailed the 3-2 win over West Indies as their biggest ever series success as it came against a full-strength side and in difficult circumstances. This is Bangladesh’s second series win against West Indies after they recorded a 3-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean in 2009. But few gave the Tigers any ... Read more
Pollard proves a point
In Khulna when he pulled a short ball from Abdur Razzak straight to the midwicket fielder, Kieron Pollard was furious with himself. He vented his anger to reporters who later had asked if it was the right time to play the shot. An enraged Pollard said he chose the right ball to hit but only ... Read more
‘We lost as a team’
West Indian skipper Darren Sammy pointed that failure in putting up collective efforts cost them the series against Bangladesh as they went down in the final one-dayer by two wickets to surrender the series 3-2 on Saturday. Chris Gayle, who was expected to lead the batting department, recorded another
Shakib slips on Shishir!
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has decided to begin a new innings in his life as he is all set to tie the knot this week. Sources close to Shakib have revealed that the cricketer would be marrying Umme Ahmed Shishir, a computers student based in Minnesota, America. The wedding date has been scheduled on Wednesday, ... Read more
Tigers wrap up series in rousing style
Bangladesh kept their cool under pressure as they beat West Indies by two wickets in the fifth one-day international to clinch the five-match series 3-2 in Dhaka on Saturday. Nasir Hossain played a crucial unbeaten innings of 39 as the home side became third time lucky to pull off a win in having wasted a ... Read more
Focus on fielding & fitness
Bangladesh national cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim has vowed to improve the team’s fielding and fitness levels before the upcoming series against the West Indies in November. It was a statement that reflected Bangladesh’s below-par performance on the field that contributed towards their early exit from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in
Take a long view
Bangladesh cricket is in a strange place now. The Tigers’ winless exit from the ICC World Twenty20 should not be cause for outrage, neither can it be said that it was expected. If the emotions of a cricket-crazed nation can be pushed aside for a moment, the impression that emerges is that Bangladesh’s World Twenty20 ... Read more
Shakib show in vain
It was an outstanding knock from an outstanding player. But Shakib Al Hasan’s masterful 84-run innings was still not good enough for Bangladesh as they crashed out of the ICC World Twenty20 after defeat to Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium last night. In the end, Pakistan chased down the Tigers’ challenging total of ... Read more
‘We failed to back up Shakib’
Praising Shakib Al Hasan’s innings highly, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim held the conditions responsible for their failure in the ICC World Twenty20 yesterday. The wicketkeeper-batsman in the post-match briefing said that his team lost the game, against Pakistan by eight wickets, despite putting up a challenging total on the board mainly because of their
Backfiring bouncers
There has been much talk of executing plans in the lead-up to Bangladesh’s ICC World Twenty20 encounter with Pakistan and if those plans were being executed when the Tigers took the field to defend an admirable total of 175 after a Shakib Al Hasan special, then there is cause for concern. The first three overs ... Read more
Disappointed, but hopeful
Over the past few weeks in Bangladesh, a lot of hype has surrounded the Tigers’ participation in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20. Expectations were really high this time as the team management and players had talked up their chances of reaching the Super Eights stage as well as putting in a good show in the ... Read more
Do or die for Tigers
Bangladesh will take on 2009 champions Pakistan in their last Group match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium today needing to win the match by an unlikely margin if they are to qualify for the Super Eights stage. The match will start at 4pm Bangladesh Standard