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Nepalese cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane is in custody for rape

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Sandeep Lamichhane, a former captain for Nepal, returned home on Thursday (October 6) to defend himself against rape allegations made against him about a month ago. Lamichhane, who has denied all the allegations, was immediately arrested, according to Dinesh Raj Mainali, a spokeswoman for Kathmandu District Police, spoke to AFP news … Read more

Joty nominated for ICC Women’s Player of the Month award

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team captain Nigar Sultana Joty has been nominated for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award, as the International Cricket Council announced the nominees for the month of September on Wednesday. Joty guided the Bangladesh to victory in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers in the United … Read more

Adamant Mahmudullah rejects offer of retirement

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah turned down a Bangladesh Cricket Board proposal to retire gracefully from the field, an official said on Thursday. BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus told New Age that they had offered Mahmudullah to retire from the field with a match in the forthcoming tri-nation series in New … Read more

Shakib reclaims T20I all-rounder top spot

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has reclaimed the top spot in the T20I all-rounder rankings, according to the weekly rankings revealed by the International cricket Council on Wednesday. Shakib overtook Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi, who has seen a reduction of six rating points. Nabi now has a rating point of 246 … Read more

Mushfiqur retires from T20Is

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh’s veteran wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. The announcement came from its official Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. Mushfiqur’s Facebook post read: “As salaa mualaikum to all, hope you are doing well. “I have been grateful to have you all beside me throughout my long … Read more

Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar’s strong biopic ‘Rawalpindi Express’ in 2022

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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Pakistan cricketer and holder of the world record for fastest bowling Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that “Rawalpindi Express,” his biography, is currently under development. Akhtar posted the movie’s motion poster while announcing the news on his social media accounts. Beginning of this beautiful journey. Announcing the launch of my story, … Read more

Shakib get NOC to play CPL

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Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan will take part in the forthcoming edition of the Caribbean Premier League, franchise-based T20 tournament, scheduled to begin from August 31.He is set to feature for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the tournament.‘Shakib is expected to take part in the upcoming edition of CPL and we have given him NOC … Read more

Shane Warne State Funeral: family, fans and stars bid farewell to Australian cricket legend

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Family, friends and supporters of Australian legend Shane Warne gathered to bid farewell to the cricket great during a state memorial service at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
Warne passes away a a resort in Thailand this month from a suspected heart attack at the age of 52, sending shockwaves throughout the sporting world and

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Shakib retained in all three formats

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Shakib Al Hasan was retained in all three formats by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in their national players’ contract for 2022, announced on Thursday, despite uncertainty over his future in cricket.
Shakib is one of the five cricketers who have been offered contracts in Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s. The other four are Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed and

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CCTV image shows Shane Warne at Thailand’s Samujana Villas hours before his death from a heart attack

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The haunting final images of Shane Warne alive show the spin king appearing relaxed on his way into the luxury villa where he would die just hours later.
Hotel security footage captured at 1.30pm on Friday shows Warne, 52, dressed casually in a cap, t-shirt and shorts walking through the foyer at the Samujana Villas in

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Shane Warne to have state memorial at MCG on March 30, Premier Daniel Andrews says

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By Jason Dasey
Cricket legend Shane Warne’s state memorial will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 30, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced.
Warne died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand last Friday. His body is expected to be flown home to his family from Bangkok’s

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Shane Warne: Australian sporting icon Shane Warne died of natural causes, autopsy finds

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An autopsy at the Surat Thani Hospital has found that Australian sporting icon Shane Warne died of natural causes, Thai police have confirmed.
Warne’s family and Australia’s ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon have been informed of the result and accepted the finding, deputy national police spokesman

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‘It would be akin to cheating the team’

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All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan continued to keep the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in limbo regarding his availability for international commitments, saying in his latest salvo last night that he was neither mentally nor physically prepared for the upcoming tour of South Africa.
“I felt like a passenger in a car [in the just-concluded series against

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Alan Donald appointed fast bowling coach of Tigers

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Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former South Africa pacer Alan Donald as the new pace bowling coach of the national cricket team, confirmed BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus.
Jalal also informed that the former South African fast man has signed a contract with the BCB till the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia from October 16 to

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BCB to discuss with Shakib on Test availability for next one year

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Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to hold an in-person meeting with Shakib Al Hasan within a couple of days to know his next one-year plan before they sew up the central contract of the Tigers for 2022.
BCB’s cricket operations chairman Mohammad Jalal Yunus further informed the reporters on Monday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium press box that they will act accordingly

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No bar on Shahadat playing in NCL

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Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain has no bar on playing in the upcoming National Cricket League despite him facing the arrest for allegedly beating his domestic help, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Thursday. ‘He can participate in the National Cricket League, there is no problem with it,’ Sheikh Sohel, the chairman of BCB’s disciplinary committee,

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