Room to Read, an organisation which focuses on increasing literacy and gender equality in education will be partnered by the ICC in promoting the global literacy campaign during the 2011 World Cup. Among the cricket-playing countries in which Room to Read publishes books, establishes libraries and builds schools are Cricket World Cup hosts Bangladesh, India ... Read more
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Australia’s Hussey & Hauritz out of World Cup
MIKE Hussey and Nathan Hauritz are out of this month’s cricket World Cup after selectors decided they were too much of an injury risk. They will be replaced by South Australian batsman Callum Ferguson and spin bolter Jason Krejza in the 15-man squad which is aiming for Australia’s fourth successive World Cup
Cultivating a winning habit
For Mohammad Ashraful, the moment when everything started to change is very clearly etched in memory. It was a cool January day in 2009 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and Bangladesh was up in a tough match against the visiting Sri Lankan side. Aided by two marvellous spells of fast bowling from Mashrafe ... Read more
Tigers move to No. 8
With the 2011 World Cup only eleven days away, the confidence levels of fans and players alike will have been boosted by Bangladesh’s recent elevation to number eight in the pecking order of ODI cricket. The Tigers’ ODI team have overtaken the West Indies, whose 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankans in ... Read more
Bryan Adams to star in ICC World Cup opening ceremony
Popular Canadian singer Bryan Adams will perform in the inaugural ceremony of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup on February 17 in the city. According to Adam’s personal website, he will be staying in Dhaka on February 17 and 18. The singer’s two-day visit to the Bangladesh capital follows a six-day tour in India to
Spin is king
There is little doubt that the effort of the spinners was the key behind the Tigers success in the last two series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe. The slow bowlers took 56 wickets amongst them in the last eight matches; a statistic, which clearly shows how heavily the Bangladesh team are dependant on them. Nobody ... Read more
Rubel aims to be among top three
Pacer Rubel Hossain has set himself a target to be among the best three bowlers at the upcoming World Cup as the Bangladesh national team finished their three-day preparation camp in Chittagong on Friday. Rubel, who injured his right-hand index finger while trying to catch a ball coming from Tamim’s bat during practice at the ... Read more
Good luck Tigers
Another World Cup is round the corner and it is another exciting occasion for me. I was the captain of Bangladesh in their first two ICC trophies in 1979 and 1982 and at that time our only aim was to play the World Cup. We were close in ’82 when we reached the semi-final. But ... Read more
Fountain tweaking Tigers’ fielding
It has often been said that a good fielding team adds runs to the total. This means that, for instance, when defending a score of 220 a fielding side, by being alert to every run-saving opportunity, can actually make the batting side feel that the total they are pursuing is, say, 20 runs higher. This ... Read more
Tamim hungry for century
When Tamim Iqbal is on song, the Bangladeshi fans hardly have any chance to be disappointed. Expectations run very high whenever the Chittagong lad gets going but the irony is that despite his master blaster reputation Tamim has never scored a century in his own ground. Before the beginning of his practice session on Thursday ... Read more
Ctg mayor shares opinion with beggars
Announces daily allowance of Tk 150 The Chittagong mayor, Manjur Alam, on Wednesday shared opinions with the city handicapped beggars over their permanent rehabilitation and keeping the city beggar-free during the upcoming World Cup Cricket. Among others, president of Physically Handicapped Beggars’ Welfare Association Nur Mohammed, its general secretary Tofazzal Hussain, CCC chief executive officer Manjur ... Read more
Tigers’ training at Chittagong gets underway
The Bangladesh cricket team began a three-day long practice camp in Chittagong on Wednesday ahead of the World Cup 2011, which gets under way with the opening ceremony in Dhaka on February 17. The training camp at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, however, raised quite a few eyebrows as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is scheduled ... Read more
Decorations two days before WC
Dhaka Mayor Sadeque Hossain exchanged views with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal on the progress of work which the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up in collaboration with the BCB at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur yesterday. The renovation and repair of streets and upgradation of drainage system, which ... Read more
Mahmudullah ready to take up challenge
All-rounder Mahmu-dullah is ready to take up the challenge of batting powerplay during the upcoming World Cup as prescribed coach by Jamie Siddons. Siddons suggested Mahmudullah and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim take the role of power hitting after seeing their encouraging performances in the first phase of ongoing
Dhaka city’s beautification by Feb 5
The Engineering Corps of Army in association with Dhaka City Corporation will complete the repair and beautification work of the capital ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup by February 5. Bangladesh Army, DCC and 42 construction firms are implementing the Tk 54 crore project, said Col Abu Sayed Mohammad Masud, project director of Hatirjheel ... Read more
Beggars to be ‘paid’ during World Cup
The mayor of Chittagong said yesterday that he would pay hundreds of beggars a daily wage to keep them off the streets during the cricket World Cup. Manzur Alam said that about 300 disabled beggars would be given Taka 150 a day after the tournament’s opening ceremony on February 17 to compensate them for loss ... Read more
‘Rana inspired us’
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was a tearaway fast bowler in the 2003 World Cup, slowly moulding himself into the senior bowler in the 2007 event. But through it all, he did it with as much passion and fervour as is related to the Narail Express. His early breakthroughs in big matches has always been a boon ... Read more
Dhaka to be kept free of beggars, hawkers during WC
The government is planning to keep most of the capital city areas free of beggars and hawkers for the duration of Cricket World Cup matches in Bangladesh. A home ministry meeting on Tuesday decided to recommend the authorities concerned to free major roads to and from the match venues of beggars and hawkers during the
Mashrafe doesn’t need op
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been told by Dr David Young to continue conservative rehabilitation to recover from his knee injury. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will receive an official report from the Australian orthopaedic surgeon and Mashrafe will be on the same programme from the time he arrives in the
World Cup to arrive on Feb 3
The World Cup trophy will arrive in the city on February 3 and will be staying in Bangladesh until the opening ceremony, said the Local Organising Committee officials on Sunday. Bangladesh, one of the co-hosts of the mega event along with India and Sri Lanka, will receive the Cup as a part of the ongoing ... Read more