Mushfiqur Rahim’s late blitz was the only bright spot yesterday with heavy rain spoiling the BCB Cup game between the Tigers and the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. The sharp spell of rain early in the morning kept the players waiting till noon to start the game,
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‘Sacking outright is not right’
It was not Shakib (Al Hasan), rather Bangladesh cricket is the loser. The comment was made by none other than Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Enayet Hossain Siraj, who is also the chairman of cricket operations committee, while giving his reaction yesterday over the sacking of the national team captain and his deputy Tamim Iqbal
Razzak joins race for captaincy
Experienced left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has emerged as a surprise contender for the captaincy job of the Bangladesh national cricket team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials confirmed on Saturday. Until now the race for captaincy was limited to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Mahmudullah, with top-order batsman Shahriar Nafees distinctly third, but chief selector Akram ... Read more
Injury scare for Tamim
Bangladesh suffered an injury scare ahead of their West Indies series when opener Tamim Iqbal complained of a stiff-neck after the practice of the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Tamim also said that he has aggravated his previous groin injury that he carried on the Zimbabwe tour. Due to the groin ... Read more
Nur to replace Sakib
Leg-spinner Nur Hossain is set to replace Sakib al Hasan in the Bangladesh team for the BCB Cup, chief selector Akram Khan said on Tuesday. While Nur is certainly not Sakib’s natural successor in the national team, but bearing in mind the threat posed by West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, his inclusion in the side ... Read more
Tigers trounce cubs
A 50-over game lasting only three hours isn’t the best advertisement for a season opener, but that is what happened as the national side trounced the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy by six wickets in the opening game of the BCB Cup yesterday. There were hardly any demons in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium wicket as the ... Read more
‘Shakib was alright’
After the hurriedly taken decision of sacking Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal from the posts of captain and vice-captain, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been facing a dilemma in choosing their successors with the next home series against West Indies knocking at the door. It’s now all but clear that the board has ... Read more
What about BCB captain?
It has almost been a week since Manic Monday when Bangladesh Cricket Board directors gathered to depose the captain of the national team at an abnormally dizzying speed; a decision that has left the Tigers with a leadership vacuum. The verdict, especially the manner in which it was taken, can be described as an act ... Read more
Tamim has no resentment over his sacking by BCB
The most assured batsman for the national team, Tamim Iqbal, is not worried or unhappy about the decision of the Bangladesh Cricket Board for sacking him as the vice-captain of the national cricket team. The problems were brewing among the skipper and the selection committee, coach and board, coach and players regarding various issues from ... Read more
Sakib’s sacking surprises Law
Bangladesh coach Stuart Law said he was surprised to see Sakib al Hasan being sacked as captain but hoped the decision would not hamper progress of the national team. Speaking to reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday after the first practice session of the Tigers ahead of the home series against West Indies, ... Read more
A question of culpability
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took a major decision at a time when all the focus was on magical Lionel Messi and Co. It was a bolt from the blue when the game’s governing body on last Monday announced after the directors’ meeting that they removed Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal from their posts ... Read more
Mahmudullah, Rahim set for captaincy battle
BCB names teams for Challenge Cup The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday named the national squad for the upcoming Challenge Cup one-day without appointing a captain. Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim, widely viewed as the frontrunner to succeed Sakib al Hasan as Tigers’ captain, is expected to lead the side in the tournament that will also feature ... Read more
Sacked Sakib feels no regret
Deposed national cricket captain Sakib al Hasan said that he harboured mixed feelings about the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s decision to strip him of the captaincy on Monday. The BCB sprang a huge surprise when they axed Sakib, vice captain Tamim Iqbal and manager Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad after their leadership failed to produce a satisfactory outcome ... Read more
Inquest a possibility
Manzur Ahmed said yesterday that an evaluation on the state of cricket in the country will be undertaken. The Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO believes that only an honest appraisal that looks into every corner will bring stability in the national team as well as the game as a whole. “I would like to see it ... Read more
Team leader Munna takes a swipe at Tigers
Shafiqur Rahman Munna, Bangladesh’s head of delegation in Zimbabwe tour, took a swipe at the players for not showing enough commitment during the just-concluded tour. ‘I think some of them lacked commitment. They did not have the urge to play for the national side which is very disappointing,’ Munna told reporters on
Inquest 2003 is perfect model
Tigers’ Zim Debacle Inquest 2003 is perfect model The direction that cricket in Bangladesh will take hinges on the board meeting immediately after the Eid vacation. After the ill-fated Zimbabwe tour, will the Bangladesh Cricket Board thoroughly examine the failure and thus take some measures to lift Bangladesh’s cricketing fortunes? Or will the same old ... Read more
Akram dismisses feud among Tigers
Chief selector Akram Khan on Tuesday rubbished the reports that a bitter feud between skipper Sakib al Hasan and his predecessor Mohammad Ashraful had cost Bangladesh the Test and one-day series against Zimbabwe. Different reports suggested Sakib had a growing disliking for Ashraful, which created a sharp
Sakib and Tigers slide in rankings
Bangladesh’s one-day ranking has declined sharply after they lost to Zimbabwe 3-2 in the just-concluded series, the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday. Though the Tigers maintained their ninth place in the ranking, they dropped seven crucial points, sliding from 70 to 63. Zimbabwe also remained stuck in the10th place though they added eight points ... Read more
Too much T20 spoils Sakib’s spin
Too much Twenty20 cricket has substantially reduced Sakib al Hasan’s ability to spin the ball, observed his former coach and mentor Mohammad Salauddin. Apart from the final one-dayer, Sakib was a shadow of his usual self with the ball in the recently-concluded Test and one-day series against Zimbabwe – something which many believe affected the ... Read more
Much to do on Tigers’ return
When all the practice matches against the Academy side were being cut short by rain and while Bangladesh Cricket Board were busy playing hide-and-seek with the media regarding the new national coach, hardly anyone had guessed such a turn of events at the end of August. Early on the morning of 24 August, the Bangladesh ... Read more