Mohammedan Sporting Club clinched the Dhaka Premier Division Women’s Cricket League title when they defeated arch-rivals Abahani Limited by 10 runs at the BKSP on Friday. Skipper Salma Khatun led Mohammedan from the front grabbing 5-14 in her 10 overs, which helped the Black-and-White outfits dismiss Abahani for a meagre 132 runs in 49.2 overs. Salma’s new-ball
Month: May 2015
Schweichler out to improve keepers
Bangladesh national team goalkeepers are short of tactical skills, observed team’s German goalkeeping coach Christian Schweichler. Schweichler is currently in charge of Bangladesh team in the absence of head coach Lodewijk de Kruif and assistant coach Saiful Bari Titu, who are both abroad. ‘Problem is that Bangladesh keepers lack tactical skills,’ Schweichler said
Rain washes away BPL matches
Due to heavy downpour the two matches of the Bangladesh Premier League were abandoned on Friday. The first match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society started at 4:45pm but it was stopped after just seven minutes. The surface became so unplayable that match couldn’t be resumed.
Terry expects great things with HPU
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s new director of coaching Paul Terry said that he will conduct his programmes with understanding and believes that will bring good result for the Bangladesh cricket. The German-born 55-year old former English Test cricketer Terry, who coached Hampshire county team for six years before taking up the BCB role, thinks he can do
Abahani end Jamal’s unbeaten run
Defending Champions Sheikh Jamal Krira Chakra’s 26-match unbeaten run came to an end when they lost to Abahani Limited 0-2 in their last game of the first leg of the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Wahed Ahmed, the national striker of Abahani struck twice to gave his side a much needed win after the traditional Sky ... Read more
BCB to dig deep into NCL fixing claim
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to investigate the allegation of match-fixing in the National Cricket League final round match between Dhaka Metropolis and Rangpur Division, said BCB officials on Tuesday. Rangpur earned their maiden title in NCL, country’s traditional first-class tournament, after beating Metropolis by 102 runs at BKSP. Khulna were among
Eanamul elated by recall
‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’– one of the oldest clichés in sports befitted footballer Enamul Haque as the 32-year forward has earned a recall in Bangladesh national football team for next month’s World Cup qualifiers in Dhaka. Enamul, once a top forward of the Bangladesh national football team, last played for the country against Chinese ... Read more
Jamal take on Abahani today
Reigning champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will take on Abahani Limited in the Bangladesh Premier League today, hoping to sign off their first leg as an unbeaten side. Two-time champions Jamal earned 23 points to ensure they remain at the top spot when first leg ends on May 21. They are nine points ahead of fifth-placed holder ... Read more
Steyn apologises to Tigers’ fans
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn on Tuesday apologised to the Bangladesh fans who were offended by his comments about Bangladesh team in an interview published in Wisden India. In the interview published on Monday, Steyn insisted that he will not feature his team’s tour in Bangladesh in July to give himself more energy to prepare ... Read more
Nat’l Cricket C’ship from June 1
The 35th National Cricket Championship-2015 will begin across the country from June 1, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Tuesday. NCC, the 50-over tournament played among 64 districts, will be played in 14 venues across the country. Eight teams will qualify for the second phase after completing the group phase. Dhaka Division will have two teams while
BPL recommences in December
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said that it will resume the scandal-hit Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament in December this year. BPL was marred by allegations of match-fixing and non-payment of local and international players and was postponed just after its second season in 2013. Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, Sri Lankan
Pakistan clinch face-saving win
Pakistan ended their month-long disastrous tour with a face-saving win when they crushed Bangladesh by 328 runs in the second Test with a day in hand in Dhaka on Saturday. The Tigers, chasing an improbable target of 550 and resuming on 63-1, collapsed in a quick span of time to be dismissed for 221 runs in ... Read more
Mushfiq refuses to take blame alone
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim refused to take the blame alone for opting to field after winning the toss in the second Test match against Pakistan that ended in 328-run defeat at Mirpur on Saturday. The decision backfired as Pakistani batsmen made the host bowlers toil for nearly two days on a track that had nothing much ... Read more
Misbah hails youngsters for success
Pakistan players were relieved ending the series on a winning note as that will help the team to get some confidence back, said skipper Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday. Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 328 runs inside four days to clinch the two-match Test series that ended their miserable run in the tour as they were clean swept in ... Read more
Tigers’ defensive mindset surprises Waqar
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis said that he was surprised to see Bangladesh playing defensive cricket in the series deciding second Test that ended at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Pakistan defeated Tigers by 328 runs to clinch the series that helped tourists regain some composure at the end of month-long tour where they were defeated ... Read more
Run fest at BCL with 4 tons
Prime Bank South Zone amassed 538-8 replying to 413 runs of Walton Central Zone in their Bangladesh Cricket League game at Fatullah at the end of third day on Saturday thanks to three centuries scored by Shahriar Nafees, Mosaddek Hossain and Sohag Gazi. Resuming on 125-0, South Zone lost the opening batsman Anamul Haque for 83 ... Read more
BPL resumes today with Jamal-Mukis match
Table toppers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will be looking to return to winning ways when they take on their nearest rivals Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra as the Bangladesh Premier League resumes today after a two-day break. Jamal, the current title holders and only unbeaten side in the League drew their last two matches with Brothers Union ... Read more
Tigers face uphill task
Bangladesh were facing an uphill task to save or win the second Test against Pakistan after they were set a record 550-run target on the third day in Dhaka on Friday. The Tigers have already lost the wicket of opener Imrul Kayes and need to survive two days with nine wickets in hand if they are ... Read more
Tigers hoping against hope
To do a miracle once is one thing and to be asked to repeat it in little over a week is a completely different thing. Bangladesh cricket team is now facing the same demand after Pakistan pushed them to the corner in second Test in Dhaka on Friday. The Tigers are only hoping against the hope ... Read more
All is not round for Sakib
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Sakib al Hasan completed the home series against Pakistan in a bitter-sweet manner as he had blazed with the bat but failed with the ball all through the 28 days campaign. Sakib completed several milestones in the Test match at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium but hardly did it meet up the expectations of his billing ... Read more