Tuesday, 23 Apr, 2024

Sports

Baby duty for proud dad AB de Villiers

DHAKA: Proteas star AB de Villiers has become a father to a baby boy.De Villiers’ wife Danielle gave birth to the bundle of joy on Wednesday.Twitter was abuzz with pictures - and congratulations - for the proud parents.De Villiers is missing the two-match Test series against Bangladesh

Mushfiqur, Shakib resume batting on Day 3

DHAKA: Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan resumed their batting on the Day 3 morning on Thursday with the primary intention to pursue the first innings deficit against the visiting South Africa at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.Bangladesh have scored

Advantage Bangladesh

Brief Score Card:South Africa 248 All Out (T Bavuma 54, F du Plessis 48, D Elgar 47, Mustafizur Rahman 4/37, Jubair Hossain 3/53) Bangladesh 179/4 (Mahmudullah Riyad 67, Tamim Iqbal 57, Imrul Kayes 26, Mushfiqur 16*)Match Report: Dark grey cloud was covering the sky most of the day but

Bangladesh 179-4 at stumps on Day 2

DHAKA: Scores Wednesday at stumps on the second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong:South Africa 248 all out (D Elgar 47, S van Zyl 34, F du Plessis 48, Bavuma 54; Mustafizur Rahman 4-37, Jubair Hossain 3-53).   

Tigers score 100 losing 2-wicket

DHAKA: Bangladesh have reached 102 losing two wickets after 37-over in the second session on Day 2 against visiting South Africa in two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Wednesday.Imrul Kayes and Mominul Haque returned the pavilion scoring 26 and 2 runs

Dream Day for Tigers

South Africa Vs Bangladesh First Test Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Brief Score Card: South Africa All Out 248 (T Bavuma 54, F du Plessis 48, D Elgar 47, VD Philander 24, Mustafizur Rahman 4/37, Jubair Hossain 3/53): Bangladesh 7/0.Match Report:The best probable team

Bangladesh dismiss South Africa for 248

DHAKA: Mustafizur Rahman bagged 4 for 37 on debut as South Africa were bowled out for 248 on the first day of the Chittagong Test on Tuesday.Bangladesh with their disciplined bowling dismissed the visitors’ first innings in 83.4 overs in the first Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

Tigers take 6 Proteas wicket

DHAKA: Bangladesh have taken six wickets in the first day of the first test against visiting South Africa in two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Tuesday.19-year old debutant Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets -- Amla, Duminy and Q de Kock -- in four balls in

African players ‘trafficked’ to Asia

DHAKA: African footballers as young as 14 are being trafficked to Asia and forced to sign contracts.Six minors are still with top Laos side Champasak United, after it imported 23 under-age players from West Africa to an unregistered football academy in February, a BBC investigation

Tigers axe first Proteas wicket

DHAKA: Bangladesh have taken the first wicket of visiting South Africa in the first day of the first test of two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Tuesday.Mahmudullah was the bowler who took the wicket of Stiaan van Zyl in an innocuous arm-ball, sliding down leg.

Tigers bowling to Proteas

DHAKA: Bangladesh are bowling against the visiting South Africa in the first day of the first test of two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Tuesday.South Africa captain Hashim Amla won the toss and choose to bat first in the match that started at 9:30am local

Winning Combination

What does a winning combination mean in test cricket?  Or, in other words, will it be a premature thought for playing to win against the top ICC test team now?Till recent past Bangladesh strategy against major teams were to survive five days and putting all attention for earning a draw.

Positive Approach to Test Series

Bangladesh starts the two matches test series from tomorrow at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury in Chittagong against ICC top ranked test team South Africa. It will be definitely difficult challenges. South Africa now starts as favorite against any team in test series anywhere in the world. But

Bangladesh under-19 completes ODI series win

DHAKA: A 106-ball 90 from Joyraz Sheik and a four-for from captain Mehedi Hasan gave Bangladesh Under-19s a close 22-run win against South Africa Under-19s in Durban. Chasing 267, South Africa needed 26 to win off the last two overs with three wickets remaining, but Mehedi's double-strike

Super Saturday at Iconic “G”

Saturday, 19 July 2015 for several reasons will remain Super Saturday for me, a person who has few passions- good food, most sports, two sons and now my all time dream destination MCG. It was our Eid day. The long day started for me when our younger son Avro came very early at 7 AM to

Steve Smith breaks 77-yr-old Ashes record

DHAKA: Australia batsman Steve Smith's purple patch with the bat continued when he struck his maiden double century during the second day of the Ashes Lord's Test on Friday. He achieved the feat in 336 balls. He justified his status as one of the world's best batsmen as he smashed his

Bianchi dies from Formula 1 crash injuries

DHAKA: French Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died, nine months after suffering severe head injuries in a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.The 25-year-old had been in a coma since crashing his Marussia car into a recovery vehicle in wet conditions in Suzuka last October, reports

Bangladesh Under 19 win ODI series

Bangladesh U-19s 304 for 7 (Ghosh 150, Sheik 64, Galiem 3-35) beat South Africa U-19s 246 (Breetzke 62, Nazmul 3-48) by 58 runsPinak Ghosh smashed 21 fours and one six in his 141-ball 150 to set up a 58-run win for Bangladesh U-19s over South Africa U-19s in Durban. It also helped the

Roaring Tigers Make Eid Come Early

Bangladesh –South Africa Third ODI Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong.Brief Score Card: South Africa: 168 /9 in 40 Overs (  JP Duminy 51, David Miller 44, Shakib Al Hasan 3/33, Mustafizur Rahman 2/24, Rubel Hossain 2/29, Mahmudullah 1/20,Mashrafe 1/29 ) lost to

Bangladesh win ODI series against South Africa

DHAKA: Bangladesh thumped South Africa by nine wickets in the third One Day International to win their first bilateral series against South Africa in Chittagong on Wednesday. Bangladesh reached the winning target -170 runs - set by the D/L (Duckworth-Lewis) method with 83 balls remaining