When Shafiul Islam flung his arms in pure delight after Junaed Siddiqui gulped down Ireland No 11 Boyd Rankin’s miscued chip, the mind flew back to Wednesday mid-morning when he fell badly on his right shoulder during training, now a thousand miles away from the euphoria of the Tigers’ 27-run win. He didn’t move much ... Read more
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Sakib pins hopes on condition
Bangladesh hope to use the home condition in their favour to outfox Ireland in what skipper Sakib al Hasan described as a must-win contest for them to stay in contention for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. Bangladesh are expected to win today’s day-night fixture having already lost their opening game to India by ... Read more
Bangladesh v Ireland
l The match between the giant slayers of the 2007 World Cup promises to be riveting. Bangladesh have won comfortably each time they have played Ireland in Dhaka (thee times). With the home crowd hopefully getting more to cheer about than in their World Cup opening defeat by India, the odds must be on Bangladesh ... Read more
Simmons’ bittersweet memory
Two wins in two recent major tournaments are expected to give Ireland an edge over Bangladesh in today’s World Cup tie, which is a must-win match for the Tigers to keep their quarter-finals alive. Phil Simmons, the Ireland coach and former West Indian batsman, has had some bitter memories against the Tigers in the recent ... Read more
Tamim gives Porterfield the biggest headache
While the Bangladesh spinners are understandably posing the biggest threat for Ireland in today’s crucial game, the visiting captain William Porterfield is also wary of the damage that opener Tamim Iqbal can cause to his untried attack. Tamim, regarded as one of the most fearsome openers in world cricket, already showed he
‘Must-win’ game for Tigers
Bangladesh will look to bounce from their opening defeat and keep their quarter-final dream on track when they face Ireland in their second World Cup match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. A string of changes are expected in the Tigers’ line-up with pace bowler Shafiul Islam struggling for his fitness having picked up ... Read more
Proteas beat Windies with ease
De Villiers, Smith guide Protease to easy win New Delhi: AB de Villiers and captain Graeme Smith guided South Africa to an easy seven-wicket victory over the West Indies in a World Cup Group B match here at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Thursday. Chasing a modest total of 223, South Africa lost two ... Read more
Pakistan crush Kenya to make flying start in WC
HAMBANTOTA: Pakistan outclassed Kenya by a huge margin of 205 runs in their opening World Cup Group A match here at the Mahinda Rajapakse Stadium on Wednesday. Set an improbable target of 318 runs, Kenya were bundled out for a mere 112 runs in 33.1 overs. Captain Shahid Afridi was the main destroyer capturing five ... Read more
Joyce can’t wait for Tigers
It is a matter of great regret for Ireland cricketer Ed Joyce that he had missed some of their most recent glories. Joyce switched his loyalty for England and played for them in the last World Cup to fulfil his Test ambition and thereby missed the chance of becoming part of an Irish squad that ... Read more
Eng survive Dutch scare
England overcame a shoddy performance in the field and a wonderful hundred from Holland’s Ryan ten Doeschate to avoid a shock defeat at the start of their World Cup campaign. Andrew Strauss (88) and Jonathan Trott (62) did most to help their team home by six wickets with eight balls to spare – statistics which ... Read more
Tickets can be collected from today
Tickets of the ICC Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and Ireland will be up for grabs from today at the Shaheed Sorhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur. Those who have earlier collected vouchers from banks can collect their tickets providing documents at the Indoor Stadium’s booths from 10am to 5pm as the distribution of tickets
Siddons weighs his options
The surroundings of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium remained unexpectedly quiet yesterday but inside, the Tigers rearranged their strategies ahead of a potentially do-or-die game. Bangladesh take on Ireland for their second Group B game of the World Cup this Friday at the team’s favourite venue and while both sets of players remained in their hotel ... Read more
Toss dictates day’s talks
Lankans, Kiwis thrash minnows New Zealand decimated Kenya in Chennai and Sri Lanka did a similar job on Canada in Hambantota as the ICC Cricket World Cup rolls into other two host nations yesterday. But fans here in Bangladesh were still reeling from Saturday’s defeat to India by 87 runs at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ... Read more
Sehwag, Kohli put Tigers down
India attained their twin objectives of confirming their status as tournament favourites and exacting a revenge on their upstart neighbours when they defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the World Cup opening match on Saturday. Opener Virender Sehwag made Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan regret his decision
Sehwag makes Sakib pay for toss blunder
Virender Sehwag made Sakib al Hasan regret his decision to field by cracking a superb century to lift India to a massive 370-4 in the opening World Cup match in Dhaka on Saturday. The sell-out crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and millions of fans watching the match on television were stunned, to say the ... Read more
Sakib has no regrets
Skipper Sakib al Hasan had no regret in taking to the field first after winning the toss in the opening match of the World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. India amassed a huge 370-4 in 50 overs with Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli taking full advantage of a placid batting wicket each ... Read more
Festive crowd greets World Cup
The biggest advantage of watching a game from the stands alongside the faithful and not encased in an air-conditioned press box is that you miss nothing of the buzz, the collective heartbeat of the thousands who are inside the stadium egging on their own to do better and bigger things. So it turned out to ... Read more
Cricket rules
All eyes on Mirpur as Bangladesh take on favourites India in World Cup opener today The wait is over. The battle begins today. Normally in every tournament, the final is billed as the match to watch. But when Bangladesh will take on India in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the ... Read more
‘Just another game for us’
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan tried to tone down the hype of today’s opening match of the World Cup, terming it as just another game in international cricket. While the Bangladesh perspective of the game has been billed as an attempt to ‘repeat history’ and the Indian one is being dubbed a ‘revenge mission’ by ... Read more
Missing Mashrafee
Some called him the most interviewed non-playing cricketer in the World Cup and some called the missing Tiger. But whatever one says about him, the former Bangladesh skipper remained the most sought-after cricketer to the Indian media on Friday ahead of their World Cup opening match against Bangladesh. The reason is simple. The only two ... Read more