The Bangladesh national cricket team returned home empty-handed on Tuesday from their just concluded tour of Zimbabwe despite being overwhelming favourites as they failed to live upto expectations. Bangladesh had to be content with drawing the Test and
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Some solace for Tigers at last
Bangladesh ended their tour of Zimbabwe with a consolation win in the second and final Twenty20 International by 34 runs at Bulawayo on Sunday to level the two-match series 1-1. In pursuit of the Tigers’ 168-7, the hosts were restricted to 134-9 in 20 overs as ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan recorded his best bowling ... Read more
Tigers throw it away
Zimbabwe win first T20I by narrow six runs Sakib al Hasan returned to his all-round best but Bangladesh wasted an opportunity to end their miserable run in Zimbabwe losing the first Twenty20 International by six runs at Bulawayo on Saturday. The Tigers seemed to be coasting to an easy win
Tigers eye T20 remedy
An out-of-sorts Bangladesh side would be keen to end their disastrous tour of Zimbabwe with their heads held high as they take on the hosts in the first game of the two-match Twenty20 international series at Bulawayo today. The tour has so far been a disappointing one for the
Lack of support prompts Mushfiq to quit
Lack of cooperation from the key players that hindered the team-work prompted national captain Mushfiqur Rahim to resign, revealed Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Thursday. Mushfiq left the entire cricket fraternity shell-shocked
Tigers crash to series defeat
Bangladesh paid the price for their poor batting as they suffered their second successive series defeat against Zimbabwe after a crushing seven-wicket defeat in the third and final one-day international at Bulawayo on Wednesday. Vice-captain Mahmudullah and in-form Nasir Hossain
No panic as Tigers eye series
The Bangladeshi cricketers refused to press the panic button before taking on Zimbabwe in the do-or-die third one-day international today at Bulawayo as the three-match one-day series is all-square at 1-1. The tourists went 1-0 up after the first game with a crushing 121-run win before the home side crawled back to level the series ... Read more
Mominul struggles at one-down
Bangladesh are yet again encountering a crisis in the vital number three position in the one-day format after their experiment with left-handed batsman Mominul Haque backfired in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. It was filled by the experienced Mohammad Ashraful
Tigers tamed as hosts level series
Zimbabwe bounced back in three-match one-day series against Bangladesh with an empathic six-wicket win in the second game as a heroic innings by Abdur Razzak went in vain at the Queens Sports Club at Bulawayo on Sunday. Razzak scored his maiden ODI half-century off just 21 balls,
Tigers looking to wrap up series
A confident-looking Tigers will be eyeing to wrap up the three-match ODI series when they take on hosts Zimbabwe in the second one-dayer today at the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. Bangladesh have been on the ascendency and have gone from strength to strength since their first Test defeat by a massive 335 runs as ... Read more
Zia bowls Tigers to victory
Medium pacer Ziaur Rahman picked up his maiden five-wicket haul to lead Bangladesh to a crushing 121-run win over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international of the three-match series at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club on Friday. Zia, playing only his second ODI, claimed 5-30 to wreak
Tigers confident ahead of ODIs
Bangladesh will be eager to carry on the momentum they gained through the 143-run win in the second Test match when they take on Zimbabwe in the first one-day international today at Bulawayo. Considered as one of the luckiest venues for the visiting team, the Tigers will once again start as favourites as the three-match ... Read more
From outsider to spearhead?
Robiul Islam’s Man-of-the-Series performance in the Test series has made him the latest option available to the Bangladesh ODI side. In Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are on a quest to complete an unbeaten run in one-day series this season, having already defeated West Indies in December and drawn with Sri Lanka in March. If they can complete
Tigers level Test series with Zimbabwe
Ziaur Rahman led the Bangladesh attack with four wickets as they completed a 143-run win over Zimbabwe on Monday to draw the two-match series 1-1 and gain revenge for their mauling in the first Test. Set a target of 401 runs to win in their second innings at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe were bowled ... Read more
More relief than joy
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was more a picture of relief rather than joy at the post-match presentation ceremony after his unit pulled off a 143-run win over hosts Zimbabwe in the second Test match to level the series. Bangladesh had lost the first Test by a comprehensive
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
Tigers wilt in Vitori heat
A miserable Bangladesh were nowhere near repeating history but the sensational Brian Vitori created his own at a nearly-packed Harare Sports Club yesterday. Zimbabwe now have a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, eclipsing the Tigers’ 188 by cruising to 191-7, a win by seven wickets with 35 balls in
From disappointment to disgrace
What initially looked like a minor blip has now turned into a major disaster as Bangladesh continued their losing streak on Zimbabwe tour with yet another heavy defeat in the second of the five-match ODI series in Harare on Sunday. Brian Vitori produced an extraordinary performance to take his second successive five-wicket haul
It’s crisis time now for Tigers, says Sakib
Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan admitted that crisis time had arrived for his team after the Tigers succumbed to a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat against Zimbabwe in the second one-day international match in Harare on Sunday. Bangladesh now face a must win situation to stay alive in the series after going down 2-0 in the