Head coach Richard Pybus was happy with the workout the Bangladesh team had in Ireland after they completed a 3-0 whitewash in the Twenty20 series at Stormont in Belfast on Saturday night. He was particularly pleased with the spinners, who helped his side control the home side’s belligerent batsmen in all three games. Elias Sunny got ... Read more
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Tigers’ depth makes Mushfiq happy
If there were anything for Bangladesh to achieve from the just ended series against Ireland, it was the ranking, something that did not come their way as they played fewer matches than it required. After a 3-0 win it came almost as an embarrassment as Bangladesh ended up in fourth position, something which even left ... Read more
Tigers’ chance to seal series
Rejuvenated by a comprehensive victory in the first match, the spirited Tigers will try to seal the three-match series when they take on Ireland in the second T20 international at Stormont in Belfast today. The match will start at 5pm local time (10pm Bangladesh Standard Time). Mushfiqur Rahim’s men have displayed no deficiency in acclimatising ... Read more
Victoria end long wait in style
A grand finish was how Victoria Sporting Club clinched their fourth Dhaka Premier League title yesterday, overturning aspirants Old DOHS by two wickets. As the Victoria players, officials and supporters skirted the Fatullah Cricket Stadium’s boundary rope, Iqbal Abdulla took his sweet time in the final over to bring up the
Sakib seeks rest instead of Zim tour
Former Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan has requested the Bangladesh Cricket Board to provide him with a break during the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, said a senior BCB official on Wednesday. ‘He has given us a letter and we forwarded it to the coach and trainer. Once we get their opinion we will take a decision ... Read more
‘Trust is everything’
Quiet first day for Pybus Richard Pybus has said that gaining the confidence of the players would be of paramount importance in his new job. The newest coach of the Bangladesh cricket team took a look at training yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in his first
New rule will add variation to Tigers’ bowling: Jurgensen
The use of two bouncers in an over in the one-day international as recommended by the International Cricket Council’s cricket committee recently will add variation to Bangladesh’s pace bowling attack, said bowling coach Shane Jurgensen. The ICC’s cricket committee made the recommendation at its May 30-31 meeting at Lords
Pybus in town
The Bangladesh cricket team’s new head coach Richard Pybus arrived yesterday to take over the reins of the Tigers for the next two years. Pybus arrived in the capital within three days of being confirmed as the new Bangladesh coach for a two-year term to spend some time with his charges before the Zimbabwe tour, ... Read more
DOHS, Victoria on collision course
Old DOHS and Victoria Sporting Club are heading towards a June 8 showdown for the Dhaka Premier League title after they won their respective matches yesterday. Both have two Super League games in hand and although DOHS are leading the table on 22 points, their game against challengers Victoria on the last day of the ... Read more
Timeless wait for Tigers’ new coach
Few deadlines passed by one after another, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board could not resolve the Richard Pybus riddle as the South African is yet to confirm his approval for the post of the national cricket team head coach. The never ending wait continued
Sahara keen on Tigers
Subrata also answers on Tamim snub Subrata Roy Sahara, the chairman of Sahara India Pariwar, said yesterday that he is interested in Bangladesh cricket, similar to how the company sponsors the Indian national team. He was speaking at a press conference at a city hotel in connection with the launch of Sahara Matribhumi Unnayan Corporation ... Read more
BCB wants only T20s
Tour of Ireland BCB wants only T20s Bangladesh will be touring Ireland only if they agree to change the format of the proposed series and play five Twenty20 matches instead of three one-dayers, the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided at a meeting on Thursday. Ireland had issued an ultimatum to the BCB to let them know ... Read more
Tigers excited to start training
The Tigers returned to business yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur to prepare for the tri-nation T20 tournament in Zimbabwe in June. Captain Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful and Alok Kapali did not join the conditioning camp for the 27 selected cricketers. Shakib and
Tigers return to training sans coach, captain
The preliminary camp of the national cricket team for a tri-nation Twenty20 tournament in Zimbabwe begins today without interim coach Shane Jurgenson and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim. Jurgenson is currently on leave and is expected to take the charge once the players start their skill training next week while Mushfiq is away with his family after ... Read more
‘Tigers’ camp not needed’
There is a very slim chance the Tigers’ training camp will get underway as per schedule after the stalemate regarding the resumption of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket Super League ended on Tuesday. The cricket operations committee earlier decided to start the camp on May 20 with twenty-seven cricketers under the guidance of interim coach ... Read more
Zimbabwe in June, Ireland in July
The Tigers have good news in the form of on-field action next month and in July as they have received positive feedbacks from both Zimbabwe Cricket and Cricket Ireland. They go into the training camp from May 16 to prepare for what looks like a tri-series against Zimbabwe and South Africa that starts in Harare ... Read more
Pybus arrives for interview
Newell, Greatbatch also on Tigers coaches’ shortlist The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has narrowed down the national team head coach’s shortlist to three candidates, and is likely to make their choice very shortly as one of the front-runners arrived here last night. Richard Pybus, the English coach who is based in South Africa, is in ... Read more
Deadline over, BPL franchises yet to pay dues
Most of the franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League are yet to submit their overseas players’ payment sheets to the governing council despite the deadline ended on Wednesday. The BPL authority asked for the sheets after many foreign players had complained that they did not receive their full payment, which tainted Bangladesh’s image
Khulna set to be new Test venue
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna could become the seventh Test venue of Bangladesh when the country hosts West Indies in November, said officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. BCB took an initiative to hold a Test match and an one-day international as the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong is all set ... Read more
Many aspirants for BD coach’s job
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to officially start the hunt for Stuart Law’s successor but refreshingly many have shown interest in becoming the Bangladesh head coach. Former Australia batsman Dean Jones was the first to express his interest, before 49-year old former England all-rounder Dermot Reeve also threw his hat in the ring