Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim turned out to be the fittest Tiger as national team contenders began their preparation for the upcoming home series against India with a two-day fitness test on Wednesday. All the members of the 23-member preliminary squad were present except Rubel Hossain and Sabbir Rahman reported to national team trainer Mario Villavarayan
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Loye to join as head coach of HPU
Former England one-day cricketer Malachy Loye is all set to join Bangladesh Cricket Board as the head coach of newly revived High Performance Unit, said the BCB officials on Wednesday. Australian Allister de Winter of Australia was the front runner for the post before he withdrawn himself citing family reasons. Loye, a right-hand batsman and off-break bowler,
Mushfiq’s captaincy secured for now
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim can be rest assured that his captaincy won’t be taken away in 2015, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday. Mushfiq’s captaincy came under scrutiny during the recently concluded two-match Test series against Pakistan. The decision to bat first in the second Test match where wickets turned out
Kohli may skip Bangladesh tour
The Indian team is likely to travel to Bangladesh with a new Test captain. Virat Kohli has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India to exclude him from the tour as he is keen on taking a break following a long cricket season, reports the Indian Express. It is learnt that the team is unlikely ... Read more
Rain washes away BPL matches
Due to heavy downpour the two matches of the Bangladesh Premier League were abandoned on Friday. The first match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society started at 4:45pm but it was stopped after just seven minutes. The surface became so unplayable that match couldn’t be resumed.
Terry expects great things with HPU
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s new director of coaching Paul Terry said that he will conduct his programmes with understanding and believes that will bring good result for the Bangladesh cricket. The German-born 55-year old former English Test cricketer Terry, who coached Hampshire county team for six years before taking up the BCB role, thinks he can do
Steyn apologises to Tigers’ fans
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn on Tuesday apologised to the Bangladesh fans who were offended by his comments about Bangladesh team in an interview published in Wisden India. In the interview published on Monday, Steyn insisted that he will not feature his team’s tour in Bangladesh in July to give himself more energy to prepare ... Read more
Mushfiq refuses to take blame alone
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim refused to take the blame alone for opting to field after winning the toss in the second Test match against Pakistan that ended in 328-run defeat at Mirpur on Saturday. The decision backfired as Pakistani batsmen made the host bowlers toil for nearly two days on a track that had nothing much ... Read more
Misbah hails youngsters for success
Pakistan players were relieved ending the series on a winning note as that will help the team to get some confidence back, said skipper Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday. Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 328 runs inside four days to clinch the two-match Test series that ended their miserable run in the tour as they were clean swept in ... Read more
Run fest at BCL with 4 tons
Prime Bank South Zone amassed 538-8 replying to 413 runs of Walton Central Zone in their Bangladesh Cricket League game at Fatullah at the end of third day on Saturday thanks to three centuries scored by Shahriar Nafees, Mosaddek Hossain and Sohag Gazi. Resuming on 125-0, South Zone lost the opening batsman Anamul Haque for 83 ... Read more
‘Swanny’ Shuvagata keeps on struggling
Bangladesh’s Shuvagata Hom is yet to find his feet in Test cricket despite being given repeated chance since last year. The inclusion of Shuvagata in the Test squad against Pakistan never came without questions as his role in the team is yet to be defined clearly. While coach Chandiaka Hathrusinghe believes him to be one of ... Read more
Pakistan not taking win for granted
Pakistan are not taking victory for granted despite putting Tigers on the back foot in the series deciding second Test, said their bowling consultant Mushtaq Ahmed on Friday. Tigers were given the task of scoring the record 550 runs in their second innings and Pakistan bolstered their chances by reducing them to 63-1 in 14 overs ... Read more
Tigers face reality check
After some crushing victories in one-day and Twenty20 internationals followed by a scintillating come-from-behind draw in the first Test, Bangladesh were finally given a reality check by Pakistan on the second day of the second Test match in Dhaka on Thursday. The Tigers are now looking for the kind of miracle that had saved them in ... Read more
Tigers hope for one more miracle
Bangladesh hope that a miracle will help them turn their fate against Pakistan in the second Test match after a dismal day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Tigers are in dire straits in the series deciding second Test as the visitors are comfortably placed when the stumps were drawn in the second day. After putting ... Read more
Playing under floodlights leaves Hathuru fuming
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Thursday reacted sharply as umpires had played 21 minutes extra under flood light in the second Test match against Pakistan on Thursday. According to sources, the Sri Lankan left the field fuming over the fact that he believes had nailed down the possibilities of the Tigers. Bangladesh had lost one of their ... Read more
Rony strikes ton for Walton
Rony Talukdar, the prolific run scorer of the domestic circuit, struck yet another ton as his side Walton Central Zone finished the first day of their Bangladesh Cricket League match against Prime Bank South Zone with 248-7 at Fatullah on Thursday. Opener Rony scored 106 runs with 19 boundaries and a six while Roqibul Hassan scored ... Read more
Mirpur awaits a final thriller
Before the second Test in Dhaka, Mushfiqur Rahim and Misbah-ul Haq agreed on at least two points in their pre-match briefing at Mirpur on Tuesday. Firstly, the wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla has something for the bowlers unlike the first Test in Khulna, which had yielded 1515 runs in five days. So, a result in favour of ... Read more
Sakib is the key, believes Mushfiq
Bangladesh’s ace-all-rounder Sakib al Hasan must come up with his best to help Tigers earn their maiden Test win against Pakistan, skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Tuesday. Tigers will take on Pakistan in the final match of the two-match Test series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Bangladesh achieved their maiden Test draw against Pakistan in the
Jurgensen tight-lipped on Ashraful
Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Ashraful’s suspension due to match-fixing allegations came as a shock and would certainly diminish the batting strength of the Tigers, said national coach Shane Jurgensen on Tuesday. Jurgensen arrived from Australia on Monday and
Akram calls on BCB to shift focus on cricket
Bangladesh Cricket Board needs to shift their focus back on cricket instead of channeling all its energies into the ongoing match-fixing scandal, feels chief selector Akram Khan. ‘We are talking too much on the issue [match-fixing] that is bad for overall cricket of this country,’ Akram told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.