Friday, April 19, 2024

Tigers look youngsters to wakeup

Bangladesh national cricket team completed another one-day international series this year where team’s youngsters failed to perform at an expected level, contributing to the team’s poor results. Over the past few years, Bangladesh emerged as one of the most successful limited over sides, thanks, largely to the performances of some senior players and emergence

English-born Junaina rules the pool

English-born Bangladeshi swimmer Junaina Ahmed continued her supremacy in the pool when she won five more gold medals on the second day of the 32nd National Age-group Swimming Championship at Mirpur on Monday. Junaina, who is representing Gopalganj Swimming Club in the championship, won gold medals in 100m and 400m freestyle and 200m individual medley

Worst ever series for Bangladesh bowlers!

As Farhaan Behardien fiercely drove Rubel Hossain towards sweeper cover for two runs in the penultimate ball of their innings, South Africa completed their 1000 runs against Bangladesh in the series. Behardien hit Rubel a boundary in the next ball to take the home side to 369-6 – their highest ever score against Bangladesh – ... Read more

BSPA awards defender Shitul

Bangladesh Sports Press Association on Sunday awarded defender Farhad Ahmed Shitul as the best Bangladeshi player in the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey for his consistent show in sixth place finish for the home side. BSPA president Mostafa Mamun handed over the award to Shitul during the third-place deciding match between Pakistan and South Korea ... Read more

Injury-hit Tigers seek consolation win

Injury-affected Bangladesh national cricket team will look to avoid a clean sweep in the three-match one-day international series against South Africa when they will face the hosts in the final match at Buffalo Park in East London today. The Tigers are still unable to open their account in the tour having suffered two crushing defeats ... Read more

India overpower Paks en route to final

India secured the berth in the 10th edition of Men’s Asia Cup hockey final after a comprehensive 4-0 win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their last Super-Four match at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. This was their second win over Pakistan in the tournament after they crushed the bitter foes 3-0 in the ... Read more

Mominul gets T20 berth

Bangladesh on Saturday included batsman Mominul Haque in their 14-man squad for the two-match Twenty20 international series against South Africa. Mominul came into the side as opening batsman Tamim Iqbal failed to recover sufficiently from a muscle injury that ruled him out of the remaining of the tour.

Naimur’s BCB place hangs in balance

Former national captain Naimur Rahman was left to face a battle to retain his position as Bangladesh Cricket Board director after six councillors brought nomination papers on Friday to contest for two positions from the Dhaka Division in the upcoming elections. Apart from Manikganj councillor Naimur, councillor of Gapalganj district Sheikh Fazle Naim, councillor of

Tamim ruled out of 3rd ODI, T20Is

Bangladesh’s struggling cricket team in South Africa suffered a further blow on Friday when opener Tamim Iqbal was ruled out third and final one-day international, scheduled in East London on October 22. Team manager Minhajul Abedin said Tamim is also unlikely to play two Twenty20 internationals against the home side that will follow the three ... Read more

Japan loss leaves hosts content with 6th place

Bangladesh had to remain content with a sixth-place finish in the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey after suffering a 0-4 defeat against Japan in the fifth-position deciding match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Friday. Bangladesh had to play the match in less than 24-hour after their fifth-sixth position play-off match against China, ... Read more

Hathurusinghe doubly paid than Sakib

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe earns double than country’s highest paid cricketer Sakib al Hasan from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, leading cricket website EspnCricinfo reveals in a survey published this week. According to a report published in its monthly supplement Cricket Monthly, Hathurusinghe earns annually $340,000 from the BCB as salary and bonuses,

Shafiul replaces Fizz as SA add Markram

Bangladesh on Thursday added pace bowler Shafiul Islam for the reminder of their South Africa tour to replace injured Mustafizur Rahman, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board Shafiul was scheduled to leave Dhaka to join the squad in South Africa on Thursday night while would return on October 23 to continue his recovery from

More big names join BPL

The forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League is getting even bigger with the inclusion of some of the Twenty20 megastars, who were released by the South Africa’s T20 Global League franchises following the postponement of the tournament. Some BPL franchises used the opportunity to the fullest to strengthen their squad ahead of the tournament, beginning in Sylhet

Tigers’ bowling clicked, only just

Bangladeshi bowlers finally could show some skills in the on-going series against South Africa although a valiant century of AB de Villiers led the Proteas to a massive 353-6 at Paarl on Wednesday. Rubel Hossain claimed 4-62 while Sakib al Hasan finished with 2-60 but de Villiers brought his class into play against the reinvigorated ... Read more

Lack of confidence makes pacers wilt

Lack of confidences took a toll on Bangladesh pacers as they failed to demonstrate their natural performances in the ongoing tour of South Africa, local cricket coaches said on Monday. The Tigers were relying heavily on their pacers to make a mark in the series after dominating the opponents in recent home series thanks to ... Read more

Korea join Malaysia in Super-Four

Title aspirants Malaysia kept their hundred per cent winning record in the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey when they beat Oman 7-1 in their final Pool B match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Defending champions South Korea joined them Super-Four from the group thrashing China 4-1 in the day’s second match ... Read more

Rabbi ton denies Khulna win

Khulna missed a chance to secure the title of 19th National Cricket League when they were held by Rangpur for a draw in the fifth round while Rajshahi came step closer to their promotion in upper tier with a win over Chittagong on Monday. Pace bowler Delwar Hossain claimed six wickets in six overs as ... Read more

Saber stays away from BCB poll

Former president Saber Hossain Chowdhury is among the notable absentees as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday published the draft list of councillors for the upcoming elections. Different organisations have nominated 167 individuals as councillors, who will elect 23 directors from three categories on October 31. Three districts – Bandarban,

Full-strength Tigers ready for ODIs

Bangladesh will have their full strength squad for the first time in South Africa as they will take on the hosts in the first of three-match one-day international series at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley today. The Tigers were unable to get the service of their most valuable player, Sakib al Hasan in the two-match ... Read more

Naeem hits maiden NCL double century

Naeem Islam’s maiden double ton against Dhaka was the highlight of the 19th National Cricket League fifth round second day as Rangpur declared their first innings at 560-8 at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium on Saturday. At Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, all-rounder Ziaur Rahman scored his seventh first-class hundred and carried Khulna to 511-8 before declaring