New Zealand overcame a nervy chase to scamper to a thrilling one-wicket win in their Champions Trophy opener in Cardiff on Sunday. Defending a meagre 138 runs, paceman Lasith Malinga (4-34) and Shaminda Eranga (2-45) shared six wickets between them to give Sri Lanka some hopes,
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Salim’s new fixing bomb!
Country’s cricket fans were jolted with another match-fixing bombshell on Saturday when a private television channel aired a scroll claiming Dhaka Gladiators owner Salim Chowdhury to have implicated former national skipper Habibul Bashar in the scandal. The news spread very quickly to make the life of Bashar,
BKSP clinch U-16 cricket title
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan secured the Young Tigers Under 16 National Cricket Competition title after defeating Dhaka Metro by seven wickets in the final on Saturday. BKSP won the toss and invited Dhaka Metro to bat first in a reduced 47-over match. Siddikur and Shafiul Hayat helped BKSP dismiss Metro for 103 in 45.2 overs
Tamim prefers CPL over SLPL
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said on Friday that he will join the forthcoming Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 competition instead of the second version of the Sri Lankan Premier League due to uncertainty. Tamim was picked up by St. Lucia for the inaugural
Sakib, Tamim set to feature in CPL
Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and opening batsman Tamim Iqbal were included in the overseas players’ list for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 tournament scheduled to get underway from July 30. Sakib, Tamim and a host of other international stars
No bar on Pak players in DPL
The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided not to put any bar on the Pakistani players from participating in the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League, said officials on Saturday. ‘The door is open for any cricketer in the Dhaka Premier League,’ Jalal Yunus, chairman of the Cricket Clubs of Dhaka Metropolis, told reporters at Mirpur.
Cricket rocked by new fixing allegation
Ashraful, Dhaka Gladiators implicated Bangladesh cricket was rocked by match-fixing allegations again after former captain Mohammad Ashraful was linked in a report to be involved in the unscrupulous act during the recent Bangladesh Premier League. It was reported in a Bengali daily on Friday that
Co-operation only if asked, says BCB
The Bangladesh Cricket Board will co-operate with India in the ongoing spot-fixing investigation if any request comes through an official channel, said the officials on Wednesday. The BCB made its position clear after media reports suggested that an Indian bookie claimed to police that he had fixed matches in the Bangladesh Premier League
CWAB loses cricketers’ confidence, credibility
The ongoing saga involving the Dhaka Premier League has blatantly exposed the incapability of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh as it failed to serve the interest of the players and lost the confidence of its senior members. The multiple roles of senior officials, a lack of self-respect
BCB ends league stalemate
League to start on July 1, rotational policy for players The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to start the Dhaka Premier League from July 1 with the players’ recruitment to be made through rotational policy on June 20, said BCB president Nazmul Hasan on Tuesday. All the representatives of the DPL clubs sat with
Enamul joins Wolverhampton
National left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr joined Wolverhampton Cricket Club in the Birmingham Premier League as part of his preparation for the forthcoming series against New Zealand amid uncertainty over the future of the Dhaka Premier League. Enamul, who was included in the Test squad for the tour
DPL sans Sakib, Tamim, Nasir
The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League that was delayed due to the non-participation of the national cricketers is set to lose some of its attraction as three major national stars in Sakib al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Nasir Hossain will be unavailable. All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is expected to join English
Zia’s persistence pays off
Burly Bangladesh all-rounder Ziaur Rahman is garnering the benefits of continued perseverance. Not deemed good enough for selection for five long years, Zia is currently cashing in on his rich vein of form albeit not with the bat but with his gentle array of medium-fast bowling. The 26-year-old lad from Khulna, who made his bow in Tests ... Read more
Starc Ashes warning for England
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists’ chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer, who left Australia’s calamitous tour of India early to have surgery on his ankle, is expected to play a key ... Read more
Ahad’s honest admission
State minister rewards hockey players for WHL performance State minister for youth and sports Ahad Ali Sarker on Monday admitted international and local media coverage for cricket prompted him to hand out more rewards to cricketers than other sportsmen. Sarker often appeared extremely generous while announcing cash awards for the cricketers as soon as they ... Read more
Sri Lanka U-19 clinch series
The Sri Lankan Under-19 team sealed the five-match youth one-day international series 3-2 after prevailing by 62 runs against the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the fifth and final one-dayer at Mirpur on Monday. Chasing Sri Lanka Under-19’s low total of 185-10,
SL U-19 level series
The Bangladesh Under-19 team went down by six wickets as per the Duckworth/Lewis method against their Sri Lankan counterparts in the fourth and penultimate youth one-day international at Mirpur on Saturday. Ahead of the final one-dayer of the five-match
Bangladesh U-19 go 2-1 up
The Bangladesh Under-19 team moved 2-1 up after registering a last-ball one-wicket win over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the third youth one-day international of the five-match series at Mirpur on Friday. Chasing the Sri Lanka Under-19 team’s 277-8 in 50 overs,
Bangladesh U-19 level series
Prodigious young batsman Nazmul Hossain scripted a wonderful hundred to lead Bangladesh Under-19 to a series-leveling 115-run win over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the second youth one-day international at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Tuesday. Nazmul blasted 109 off 131 balls with the help
SL U-19 go 1-0 up
The Sri Lanka Under-19 team prevailed by 62 runs as per the Duckworth/Lewis method in the first one-day international against Bangladesh Under-19 side at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Sunday. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Bangladesh U-19 team were bundled out for a meagre 137 in 47.1 overs with Abu Sayeem (43 ... Read more