Thursday, 16 May, 2024

Sports

Tigers Have Nose in front

DHAKA: Bangladesh Vs Australia Test Match Played at Sher-e Bangla National stadium, Dhaka. Score Card After Day one: Bangladesh 260 All Out (Shakib Al Hasan 84, Tamim 71, Nasir 23, Mushfique 18, Mehedy 18 ,Ashton Ager 3/46, PJ Cummins 3/63, Nathan Lyon 3/79) Australia 18/3 ( Shakib

Tigers roar to shake Aussies

FROM MIRPUR: Visiting Australian cricketers faced tremendous pressure after they started batting against tigers on the first day of the first Test in Dhaka on Sunday (Aug 27). In response to Bangladesh’s 260, Aussies managed to score 18 runs in nine overs after loosing three wickets

Tigers batting first against Aussies in 1st test

MIRPUR (DHAKA): Bangladesh are batting first against visiting Australia in the 1st test of two-match test series, at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur of Dhaka Sunday (August 27). Tiger test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and decided to bat first. Tamim Iqbal

Finally, The Ice Will Melt

DHAKA: Lot of clouds, lot of snows gathered over Bangladesh-Australia test series for a while.  The scheduled series was suspended on the excuse of security concern in 2015. The fate of the series was also hanging on a balance till the very last minute for payment disputes. It only

Tigers when compared with Kangaroos

It is not tigers play Kangaroos too often in any format of international cricket. It is after 11 long years Bangladesh and Australia will have a bilateral contest in tigers den. It is almost over two decades Australia is leading cricket playing nation in the world. Bangladesh has just

AB de Villiers steps down as ODI captain

DHAKA: AB de Villiers stepped down as South Africa's one-day captain but is making himself available for international selection in all three formats, reports BBC. The 33-year-old, who was captain for six years, says it is "time for someone else to take the ODI side forward". He

Mominul reinstated in Test squad

DHAKA: Batsman Mominul Haque, who on Saturday (Aug 19) was left out of the first Test match squad against Australia, has been recalled in the squad. In a press conference on Sunday evening (Aug 20), Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said Mominul will replace

Ridiculous Selection, Atrocious Decision

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Selection committee allegedly dictated and pushed has announced 14-member squad for the test series against Australia.  The heated debated decision is discarding automatic choices prolific top order batsman Mominul Haque and tried and tested

Nasir-Shafiul in, Riyad-Mominul out

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 14-member squad for the first test of the much-awaited two-match Test series against visiting Australia. Tiger all-rounder Nasir Hossain and pacer Shafiul Islam were included in the squad as the announcement came from BCB office in

Australia cricket team in Dhaka amid tight security

DHAKA: Australia cricket team arrived in Dhaka to play the much-awaited two-match test series against Bangladesh cricket team Friday night (August 18). The flight SQ-446 carrying the 32-member Australia team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:45pm amid enhanced

Pakistan cricketer dies while batting without helmet

DHAKA: A Pakistani club cricketer died after being struck on the head while batting without helmet during a club match in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Monday (August 14), reports Pakistan Today. The ball struck on the head of Zubair Ahmed while he was batting during a game in Mardan district. It

Prescription for Kangaroos Bangla Wash

DHAKA: Cricket frenzied Bangladesh is eagerly waiting to host formidable Australia for long awaited test series.  For different reasons the game got delayed over a year. Even this tour survived by the skin of the teeth from last minute resolution of long standing disputes between CA

Mushfiq requests all to stand by flood victims

DHAKA: Captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team Mushfiqur Rahim urged the people to stand by the flood victims, as the people of northern parts of the country are marooned in floodwater. He made the call in a video on his facebook page on Tuesday (August 15). Mushfiqur Rahim said, "I have

Can Tigers Hunt The Kangaroos?

Millions of cricket admirers of Bangladesh were sincerely expecting that the protracted dispute of Australian cricket over payments between Australian players and Cricket Australia would be resolved soon enabling the much expected series going ahead. To their sigh of relief ice melted and

Australia announced squad for Bangladesh Tour

DHAKA: Cricket Australia have announced 14-member squad for the test series in Bangladesh.  Australia will play 2 test matches in the tour. Uncapped legspinner Mitchell Swepson has been added in the squad.  Mitchell Starc unavailable because of the same foot injury that had forced

Ice Melted In Australia

The long standing dispute over payment of cricketers between Cricket Australia (CA) and Australian Cricketers represented by Australian Cricket Association (ACA ) has been finally resolved. The ice has melved and dark cloud which was gathering Australian Team tour of Bangladesh followed

Sujon taken to Singapore

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team Khaled Mahmud Sujon was taken to Singapore early Tuesday (August 1) for better treatment. BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon told Banglanews that Sujon’s physical condition was good,

Mashrafe receives 'Best Bangali' award in Kolkata

Bangladeshi cricketer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was honored 'Best Bangali Award 2017’ for his outstanding contribution to cricket by ABP Media Group of Kolkata. The award was given to the ‘Tiger’ in a splendid ceremony On Saturday evening (July 29). Family members of the cricketer

England women beat India in World Cup Final

DHAKA: England completed a stunning fightback to beat India by nine runs and win the Women's World Cup at an ecstatic Lord's, reorts BBC. Chasing 229, India looked set for victory at 191-3, but Anya Shrubsole pinned Punam Raut lbw for 86 to spark a collapse of seven wickets for

Tamim denies attack claims

DHAKA: Ace Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal has left London for Dhaka, discontinuing playing in NatWest T20 Blast league, and rejected the earlier media reports claiming an attempted attack on him along with his wife in the UK. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (July 12), Tamim said that