Tuesday, December 24, 2024

A landmark deal

BCB issues first-class contracts In a move to bring more professionalism and improve the standard of the country’s first-class cricket, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have brought one hundred and twenty first class cricketers under central contract. Earlier in April, fifteen national cricketers received contracts in five categories and now 105 more active first class ... Read more

Mahmudullah fancies chances in World T20

National vice-captain Mahmudullah is optimistic about their chances in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka as he thinks the Pallekele International ground, where Bangladesh is scheduled to play their group phase matches, will suit their team. Bangladesh will take on Pakistan and New Zealand respectively at the same ground where

‘Could have been better’

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, Australia 2012 ‘Could have been better’ Bangladesh Under-19s captain Anamul Haque felt that his side could have done a lot better than the seventh-place finish in the U-19 World Cup had his bowlers bowled anything close to their potential. Bangladesh finished seventh defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the play-off match ... Read more

Nat’l cricketers resume training after Eid break

Bangladesh National Team resume the practice on Saturday after a week-long holiday due to the Eid-ul-Fitr. All but five players – Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah Ryad and Ashraful are expected to join the camp that is designed for the Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago and ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. The ... Read more

Defeats dash Jr Tigers’ dream

Bangladesh’s dream of finishing their ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign on a high suffered a huge setback after they conceded two consecutive defeats to Australia and England in Townsville, Australia, last week. The Bangladeshi youths lost against Australia by five wickets in their quarter-final affair at the Endeavour Park on Sunday before suffering an almost ... Read more

Saqlain lands with high expectations

Bangladesh’s new spin bowling coach, Pakistani spin legend, Saqlain Mushtaq arrived on Tuesday morning and meant business right away as he without delay headed for Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to join the national training camp. The Bangladesh Cricket Board roped in Saqlain for a four-month period to assist the

BD A tour ends in loss

The Bangladesh A team completed their tour of India with a massive 155-run defeat to Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) XI on the final day of their last four-day encounter of the Safi Darashah Invitational Tournament in Bangalore yesterday. Chasing a daunting target of 355 runs to win, the second string Bangladesh side were

BD A face steep chase

The Bangladesh A team are set to face a tough task against Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) XI after the end of the third day’s play of their last four-day encounter of the Safi Darashah Invitational Tournament in Bangalore yesterday. The local side put in a strong batting display in their second innings to declare ... Read more

U-19s win first warm-up

Right-arm paceman Abu Jayed combined with left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed to give the Bangladesh Under-19s a convincing seven-wicket victory over Scotland in their first official warm-up match of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup at the University No 2 Oval in Brisbane yesterday. Jayed shattered the Scottish top order by taking three wickets and after ... Read more

BD A batting falters again

The Bangladesh A team continued their poor batting on the tour of India as Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) XI tightened their grip on the four-day encounter on the second day of the Safi Darashah Invitational Tournament in Bangalore yesterday. In reply to KSCA’s 284 in the first innings, the second string Bangladesh side finished

Enamul Junior hauls 4 wickets for ‘A’ Team

Bangladeshi bowlers showed a controlled aggression to check Karnataka State Cricket Association XI batsmen on the first day of the third four-dayer match in the Shafi Darashah Invitational Tournament at Alur, Bangalore on Monday. Enamul Haque Junior scalped four wickets as Karnataka put up 256 for seven before the bails were drawn on day one. ... Read more

BD A suffer collapse

Bangladesh A suffered a batting collapse against Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Colts XI on the first day of the Safi Darashah (KSCA) Invitational Tournament in Bangalore yesterday. The second string Bangladesh side were dismissed for 110 runs. Arjun Shetty inflicted the major damage taking five wickets for 21 runs while Sunil Raju claimed three ... Read more

‘More positives than negatives’

There are positives to be taken out of Bangladesh’s just-concluded tour to Europe, believes batsman Tamim Iqbal, despite the two losses to Scotland and the Netherlands. The left-hander was the only player to score more than 200 runs, including two half centuries, in the six Twenty20 internationals held earlier this month. But more than the ... Read more

BD A earn three points in draw

Bangladesh A earned three points from their drawn opening match against Baroda Cricket Association XI in the Shafi Darashah cricket tournament at the KSCA ground in Alur yesterday. Mominul Haque’s second fifty of the game shepherded the side’s second innings after it was set 344 runs to win the game. Baroda made a comeback when ... Read more

U-19s confident heading into WC

Coach Sarwar Imran and captain Anamul Haque said yesterday that the Bangladesh Under-19 team are ready to achieve something big in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 to be held in Brisbane, Australia in August. They expressed their optimism despite the team’s recent debacle in the Asia Cup in Malaysia while talking at an ... Read more