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
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Milon blessed by Waugh before Lord’s ‘Test’
A meeting with Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh at Lord’s cricket ground is a great dream for any cricketer and perhaps more than that if he happens to be a Bangladeshi. The two times when Bangladesh played a Test match at this hallowed home of cricket none of the cricketers ever had had such opportunities ... Read more
Newell confirms interest in Tigers’ job
Mick Newell, the Nottinghamshire director of cricket, has confirmed that he has held discussions regarding taking up the Bangladesh coaching role. While Richard Pybus remains the first choice of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to replace Stuart Law, ESPNcricinfo understands that talks between the parties have hit a stumbling block over financial issues and
Rubel undergoes successful surgery
Bangladeshi pace bowler Rubel Hossain had a lengthy but successful operation on his injured right shoulder in South Africa on Friday, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday. ‘He had an arthroscopy operation on his right shoulder that took nearly three hours and a half but it was successful,’ said Monirul Amin, a physician of ... Read more
No room for BPL champions in CL
Any team representing Bangladesh in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 in India in October is unlikely despite the country having launched a high-profile tournament in the shape of Bangladesh Premier League earlier this year. The Champions League came into discussion once again after India said it has no
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
Sachin Tendulkar features on Time magazine cover
Sachin Tendulkar’s super-human feats have earned him the title of “The God of Cricket” from his fans around the world. Time magazine’s latest issue – which is scheduled to go on the stands on May 11, 2012 – features him on the cover with the same title. This is the second time he would feature ... 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
Tigers’ camp next week
Rubel flying to South Africa for treatment The conditioning camp for the national cricketers will start sometime during the next week as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is desperately trying to arrange some international matches before the Tigers’ next scheduled assignment — the ICC Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September. ... 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
New Tigers coach likely this month
No sooner had Stuart Law departed yesterday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) intensified its search for the new head coach. Law’s replacement could be named as early as this month with the major candidates being asked to come to the BCB headquarters and give their interviews. In previous times the BCB had to look for ... Read more
BPL franchises say ‘no’ to icons
The Bangladesh Premier League franchises raised a common voice to scrap the icon player system and to halve the limit of the foreign players’ wages from the next edition of tournament. They raised the demand during a meeting with BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal last week as they felt the prevailing system sometimes could cause ... Read more
Law leaves with happy memory
Outgoing national coach Stuart Law leaves the country today with happy memories after completing his nine-month stint with the Bangladesh national cricket team. Law had taken over as the head coach of Bangladesh in July last year on a two-year contract, replacing compatriot Jamie Siddons, but stepped down from the position recently citing family
Mashud attributes unity to Rajshahi success
Rajshahi cricket team’s mentor Khaled Mashud attributed the unity between the players and the hunger for success to their victories in four consecutive National Cricket League championships. Rajshahi maintained their dominance in the country’s lone first-class cricket tournament by defeating Khulna by nine wickets in the final to take their fifth overall crown, and fourth
Betting rife in country
Bangladesh Premier League was attraction for many Tonmoy (not his real name) didn’t have an adventurous bone in his body until two years ago when he began a new trade: betting. After the Eid holidays ended, he was coming back to the capital from his native Bogra when he was introduced by a friend to ... Read more
Tigers’ India tour still only a hope
Bangladesh’s revelation that India will host them for a full international series in December raised quite a few eyebrows as it remained unclear of how India would accommodate them in their crowded international schedule. The Bangladesh Cricket Board in a statement on Monday said its president AHM Mustafa Kamal had a favourable discussion with his Indian ... Read more
Tamim a Pune Warrior
Says recent struggles changed him Tamim Iqbal will be the second Bangladeshi after all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to take part in the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which begins on April 4 as the dashing Tigers opener has signed for the Pune Warriors franchise. With the signing of Tamim, who replaces injured ... Read more
Tamim picked by Pune
Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal has been linked to the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Pune Warriors for the upcoming fifth season of the IPL beginning on April 4. A source close to the Pune Warriors said yesterday that Tamim Iqbal could replace Australian all-rounder James Hopes, whose knee injury left the franchise with two foreign ... Read more
Cricket before Liberation
Deep within the archives of cricket lies a season that has a lot of significance for Bangladesh. For any other country that has played the game, 1970-71 was nothing significant (except for the first-ever one-day international played in Australia), but it was a time that had the blood boiling for millions in this land, then ... Read more
Five Tigers make Yahoo dream Asian XI
Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan) (Mat: 4, Runs: 245, Hig: 105, Avg: 61.25) The ease with which Hafeez can switch between offence and defence makes him a genuine asset at the top of the order. The 31-year-old’s accurate off-spin and decent fieldwork are a bonus. His stand-out knock in the Asia Cup, unfortunately, was a century in ... Read more