When Sakib al Hasan was asked at the press conference of all captains if he expects Bangladesh to beat India in their opening match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni spurred him on from back and asked him to tell the press that he also wants to win the World Cup. But it did not go well with ... Read more
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Musa piques Tigers’ spirits
If the Bangladesh cricket team needed inspiration to face up to a massive challenge, there is none more qualified to give them a pep talk than Musa Ibrahim. The first Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the mountaineer met the Tigers for a brief exchange during their team meeting at the team hotel ... Read more
Charming Fatullah
After the rigours and hectic pace of Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Fatullah is a sigh of relief. The ground is reached through a narrow road that trails off from the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway, lending the approach an almost rustic feel. Yesterday, as the World Cup warm-up match between England and Pakistan started,
Cricket gala begins
The 10th Cricket World Cup, a 49-match six-week sporting marathon was formally launched by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst thunderous cheers here this evening in the renovated Bangabandhu National Stadium in a blaze of colour and pageantry. “ It gives me great pleasure to declare the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup open,” said Sheikh ... Read more
Skippers in rickshaws as World Cup opens
Captains of the 14 competing teams at the World Cup paraded through Dhaka’s historic Bangabandhu Stadium on Thursday in brightly coloured rickshaws, the transport of choice in this teeming city. Protected by a sheet of bullet-proof glass, Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina watched as home skipper Shakib Al Hasan brought up the rear of the ... Read more
Enchantment at Bangabandhu
The Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) has a special place in the hearts of Bangladeshis, as it is where Bangladesh took its first tentative steps in top flight cricket. It had faded a bit when cricket was transferred to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in 2005, but all the passion came roaring back as the revamped venue ... Read more
A saga of the favourites
Australia ruled the roost in the previous two editions of the World Cup. The Aussies still hold the number one spot in ODI ranking but they are a far cry from the teams that participated in the 2007 and 2009 World Cup. India has emerged as a team to reckon with, but they still lack ... Read more
Rickshaws bring them luck!
Hundreds performed in the gala opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, but fourteen, were simply exceptional for their roles in the show as they entered the field with 14 captains of participating nations on their rickshaws after the welcome song performed by singers Arnob, Mila, Balam, Elita, Hridoy Khan, Kona and Tipu
Tigers stuck, fans too kept waiting
When thousands of fans queued up for opening ceremony tickets across Dhaka and while Shoaib Akhtar was speaking his heart out in Sheraton, the big news was of the national cricketers being stranded in Chittagong yesterday. That the World Cup has truly arrived was further reaffirmed when the England cricket team arrived to play two ... Read more
Not two, only one ticket!
Latent irregularities marked the first day of selling the World Cup’s opening ceremony tickets at various Dhaka Bank branches in the city yesterday. According to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) a total of 9,700 tickets have been put on sale and the tickets are being sold through 10 branches of the
England stand good chance
Captain Andrew Strauss believes England have a great chance of winning the World Cup even though his side are not among the perceived favourites of the tournament. The Ashes holders arrived in Dhaka last afternoon and immediately after, Strauss said that it would be the co-hosts who would feel the weight of
Beautification work progressing
Stage set for WCC Beautification work progressing The mega city of Dhaka is turning to a colourful city as the beautification works are going on in full swing while the zero hour to kick off the much-awaited ICC World Cup Cricket at Bangabandhu National Stadium is approaching. Organisers have been expecting that the capital city ... Read more
It all starts from here
Frenetic construction work is underway at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong as hundreds worked overtime to prepare the venue to host the first practice match in the lead-up to the World Cup between hosts Bangladesh and Canada today. Bricks are being laid on the approach road to the stadium, even as a new ... Read more
The Tigers’ talisman
It was the third day of the first Test against a second-string West Indies side in St. Vincent in mid-2009. There had been some rain around, but the big story of the match was that Bangladesh had lost their new skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza, during play the previous day. Mashrafe, the team’s best bowler as well ... Read more
Looking forward to ICC World Cup 2011
The 10th ICC World Cup (2011), which is scheduled to kickstart on February 17 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka and to be held across Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, will witness 14 nations fighting for cricket’s most prestigious prize. The host countries – Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka – are now busy in giving ... Read more
Everything in place
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Everything in place If there was any lingering sense of disbelief that a World Cup is actually going to be held on these shores, it must surely have been dispelled on Wednesday evening when the Canadian team became the first to arrive in Dhaka. The North Americans were escorted to ... Read more
Ctg ready to host WC
With the Tigers already in the city and Canada due to land this morning, the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong is ready to give Bangladesh’s World Cup mission a kick-start with the first official warm-up game on February 12. A quick look into the ground on Thursday dispelled much of the concerns that had ... Read more
Goals differ, dreams remain the same
There couldn’t be any starker contrast between two batsmen who have a similar game, are in the same team and have the big tournament temperament. Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful have done batting look easy when on song but while the former sounds every bit confident as his bat flourishes, the latter is almost grateful ... Read more
Razzak eyes top spot in bolwers’ ranking
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has set his sights on the number one spot of the ICC ranking for one-day bowlers and doing it in the forthcoming World Cup would be just an icing on the cake for him. Razzak is not too far from realising his dream as he is currently ranked number three in ... Read more
Mahmudullah ready to make an impact
Mahmud-ullah promised to make an impact in the impending World Cup after the all-rounder had rediscovered his batting and bowling form and is confident to leave his recent bad patch in international cricket behind him. After playing in every game of all formats since the tour of West Indies in 2009,