Dhaka: Shahid Afridi sent a warning message to those people who wrote off Pakistan’s chance as he underlined his side ‘most dangerous’ in the World Cup. “This is a message for the other teams- no one can underestimate us,” said the Pakistan captain at a press conference at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. “When ... Read more
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No upset in warm-ups
All the Test teams involved in yesterday’s round of World Cup warm-up matches, with the probable exception of New Zealand, came out on top against their less fancied rivals. Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies defeated the Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Kenya respectively by convincing margins, while New Zealand were still trying to put away ... Read more
Masses left in the dark
While some 12,000 fortunate spectators inside the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday were treated to Shakib Al Hasan’s guile and Tamim Iqbal’s blaze, millions around the country were left frustrated at not finding an avenue to the cricket match; either through television or the radio or live streaming on the internet. People from all over ... 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
Canada eye two wins, an upset
Cricke-ting minnows Canada are aiming to win at least two games and causing an upset in the group stage to accomplish their dream of qualifying for the World Cup quarter-final. ‘We discussed our expectation and goal as a team internally. We talked about getting into the second round, wins against Zimbabwe, Kenya and an upset ... Read more
Tigers begin to feel WC heat
With the World Cup looming closer, Bangladesh have finally started to feel the heat, batsman Junaed Siddique told reporters in Chittagong on Thursday. The Tigers are in the port city to play their first official warm-up game against Canada on February 12. ‘We are getting a feeling that the World Cup is close now. Our ... Read more
Suvro Dev’s Musical Link to Bangladeshi Cricket
“Cricket Cricket” was the theme song of the Mini World Cup Cricket Tournament held in Dhaka in 1998. Popular singer Suvro Dev wrote, composed and rendered the theme song. When the Bangladesh cricket team first played in the World Cup Cricket in 1999, eminent actor Asaduzzaman Noor wrote the song “Good Luck Bangladesh.” Composed by ... 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
Bopara handed World Cup chance after injured Morgan is ruled out
By Will Hawkes Ravi Bopara has been called up to the England World Cup squad after it was confirmed yesterday that Eoin Morgan would not be fit to play in the tournament. Morgan injured his finger in the one-day international at Adelaide during England’s tour of Australia and, although it was initially thought to be ... 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,
Ashraful just one big innings away
Experienced batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful believes he is just one big innings away from returning to his blistering best during the forthcoming World Cup. Ashraful was one of the key figures in Bangladesh’s successful campaign in the West Indies four years ago but with another World Cup looming, he is still uncertain about ... Read more
Good luck Tigers
Coming into Bangladesh’s fourth World Cup, I have become nostalgic recalling the days when we worked so hard to qualify for the first time. You all know about the 1997 ICC trophy which gave us the foundation where Bangladesh cricket stands now. It was a big challenge for us and I am thankful to my ... Read more
Opening tickets now from Feb 13
Tickets for the opening ceremony of the World Cup will now be available for the general public from Sunday, February 13, informed a BCB media release. The tickets will be sold through ten branches of Dhaka Bank. The list of the branches will be made known on Saturday through advertisements in the daily
Bangladesh ready for WC, says Kamal
Bangladesh is fully ready to host the World Cup matches of its share and the opening ceremony, Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal declared on Wednesday. Speaking at a Meet the Press programme, organised by the Dhaka Reporters Unity, Kamal said Bangladesh has already won the confidence of the International Cricket Council and
Shakib eyes quarterfinals
There is hardly any cricketer in this country equivalent of Shakib Al Hasan on the field and there is not a single man who can be as effervescent as he gets in front of the microphone. In the first official press conference of the World Cup at Hotel Sheraton yesterday, the Bangladesh captain was typically ... Read more