The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to reduce a Test match against Zimbabwe in the upcoming home series to help the Tigers prepare better for the ICC World Twenty20, said a BCB official on Monday. Initially Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were scheduled to play three Tests and seven one-day internationals in January but BCB proposed to alter ... Read more
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Tigers set to miss the start of DPL
Country’s top cricketers are unlikely to be available in the first few matches of next Dhaka Premier League as its proposed schedule clashes with the ICC World Twenty20. The Bangladesh Cricket Board in its proposed domestic calendar said the next edition of DPL will start on March 14, 2016. The ICC World Twenty20
Mahmud to continue as manager
Former national skipper Khaled Mahmud will continue as the national cricket team manager until the ICC World Twenty20 next year, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Wednesday. Nazmul’s comments made to a private television channel ended all speculations regarding the position. A recent media report suggested that BCB might
Countdown for World T20 begins
The countdown for the ICC World Twenty20 2014 began with the unveiling of the trophy and the logo in two separate programmes in Dhaka on Saturday, exactly one year before the tournament kicks off. National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim along with a member of the women’s cricket team Sathira Jessy unveiled the trophy in presence of ... Read more
Glittering launch of ICC World T20 logo
Inspired by the unique painted rickshaws, which pack the streets of the Bangladesh cities, the logo for the ICC World Twenty20 2014 was unveiled on a star-studded evening in Dhaka on Saturday. At a glittering gala shown live on television in Bangladesh – and in the presence of the International Cricket Council vice president AHM ... Read more
T20 WC ’14 logo launches today
The members of the International Cricket Council and Bangladesh Cricket Board will host a colourful programme today at a city hotel to launch the logo of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 to be hosted in Bangladesh. The one-and-a-half hour programme will have several segments that include music and dance from renowned artists along with a magic ... Read more
‘It’s Party Time’
The long wait was over for West Indies. They were once the mighty West Indies, proud owners and creators of a formidable legacy, but over the last decade and a half have been a shadow of their former selves. Since their second ODI World Cup triumph during the glory days in 1979, their only ICC ... Read more
World T20 final today
The ICC World Twenty20 reaches its climax today with two deserving, talented teams in Sri Lanka and West Indies facing off in the final at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The match starts at 7:30pm Bangladesh time. State-run Bangladesh Television will show the match live. The final marks an opportunity for both ... Read more
Aussies caught in Gayle force
West Indies set up final with SL Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 75 off 41 balls as the West Indies stormed into the World Twenty20 final with a record 74-run demolition of Australia in Colombo yesterday. The left-hander pounded six sixes and five fours as the Windies piled up the tournament’s highest total of 205-4 ... Read more
‘Our bowlers won us the game’
The party is on for the home team fans. Sri Lanka, backed by 35,000 electrifying fans in the big bowl, won the bowlers-dominated first semifinal by 16 runs against 2009 champions Pakistan to reach another final of a global event of ICC. Mahela Jayawardene & Co are now one match away from emulating their feat ... Read more
Lankans shift loyalty
For the first time in the World Twenty20 the home fans turned their back on Pakistan here Thursday, naturally so because their semifinal opponents were none other than the hosts Sri Lanka. Pakistan had received good support, even in their Super Eights match against arch-rivals India in Colombo on Sunday, but R Premadasa Stadium reverberated ... Read more
A chance to break new ground
In recent times it has been always Australia that has called the shots in their wonderful historic rivalry against West Indies, but history will not count when the two meet in the second semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 at the R Premadasa International Stadium today. Instead of their storied rivalry, it was the prospect ... Read more
Consistency key for hosts
First semi-final today He was just a 10-year-old boy when Sri Lanka won the 1996 ICC World Cup under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga, but the memory of that glorious day is still fresh in the mind of Jayantha Silva, a cricket-crazy fan who has since been waiting to celebrate a success like that. It ... Read more
Pakistan look to be positive
A win is always a tonic for any team and it is especially so when it comes in the form of the victory Pakistan achieved against Australia in their last Super Eights match, a victory that saw them qualify for today’s first semifinal against hosts Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Stadium. Pakistan captain ... Read more
India win but fail to make semis
Australia, Pakistan thru’ Former champions India beat South Africa by one run Tuesday but still crashed out of the World Twenty20 as Pakistan went through to the semifinals by virtue of a higher run-rate. India made 152-6 in their 20 overs and needed to restrict South Africa to 121 runs or less to reach the ... Read more
Australia crushed by Pakistan spin
Pakistan staged a dramatic comeback after a dismal show against perennial rivals India to increase their chances of qualifying for the semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20. They not only brought down the high-flying Australians with a convincing spin-inspired 32-run victory at the R Premadasa International Stadium, but also left their archrivals a daunting task ... Read more
SL play the trick game
Sri Lanka came up with a strange yet sensible move on Monday in their final Super Eights game against England to avoid the captain or vice-captain being ruled out for the crucial semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 for maintaining repeated slow over rates. ICC regulations dictate that two slow over rate offences within a ... Read more
Windies oust NZ in Super Over
West Indies knocked New Zealand out of the World Twenty20 in a dramatic Super Over Monday after their group one match finished in a tie. Both teams were locked at 139 after 40 overs at Pallekele stadium, sending the match to the tense Super Over decider. New Zealand
Malinga sends champs England crashing
Slinging bowler Lasith Malinga took a career-best five wickets as Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs to reach the World Twenty20 semi-finals and send the defending champions crashing out Monday. Malinga took 5-31 as England, chasing a daunting 170-run target, were restricted to 150-9 in the Super Eights match at Pallekele stadium before a ... Read more
All to play for in Group 2
Those wanting to know the semifinals line-up of the ICC World Twenty20 will have to wait for the result of today’s last Super Eights match between India and South Africa. All eyes will be fixed on the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium as undefeated Australia lock horns with a wounded Pakistan in the day’s first ... Read more