Thursday, 25 Apr, 2024

Sports

Bangladesh beat Nepal

DHAKA: Host Bangladesh beat Nepal by 8 wickets with 27 balls remaining in the 6th match of the World T20 first round in Chittagong on Tuesday.           Bangladesh scored 132 runs while Nepal scored 126 in 20-over.                      Opener Anamul Haque 42

Afghans beat Hong Kong

DHAKA: Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets in the qualifying round of ICC World Cup T-20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong on Tuesday.        Opener Mohammad Shahzad scored 68 runs off 53 balls that helped Afghanistan to reach 154-runs winning target set by Hong

Jayawardene announces retirement from T20

Dhaka: Top Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene said on Monday he would retire from international Twenty20 cricket after the World T20, 2014 in Bangladesh, days after a similar announcement from teammate Kumar Sangakkara.In comments posted on the International Cricket Council website,

Afghans to face Hong Kong at 3:30

DHAKA: Afghans will face Hong Kong in the qualifying round match of ICC World T20, 2014 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.The match will start at 3:30pm local time.Afghans were defeated to Bangladesh by 9-wicket on the opening day of the tournament and

Tigers to face Nepal at 7:30

DHAKA: Host Bangladesh will face Nepal in a must win qualifying round game at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of the port city Chittagong at 7:30pm Tuesday.Second game of Group A, against Nepal, will be a chance for Tigers to reinstate the confidence within the team, and ensure a smooth

Sri Lanka set target 154-run to India

DHAKA: ICC Twenty20 top ranked Sri Lanka set a target of 154-run in their first warm up match of super 10 round of the ICC World T-20, 2014 against India on Monday evening.Sri Lanka, the latest Asia Cup champion, started the game to gear their confidence ahead of the tournament by keeping

Ireland beat Zimbabwe

Dhaka: Ireland beat Zimbabwe by 3 wickets in the qualifying round of ICC World T20 on Monday at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.Opener PR Stirling’s 60 runs off 34 balls helped Ireland reach 164-run winning target set by Zimbabwe. Captain WTS Porterfield scored responsible 31-run.T

Sri Lanka-India battle at 7:30pm

Dhaka: ICC Twenty20 ranked no. 1 Sri Lanka will face the ranked no. 2 India in their first warm up match ahead of super 10 round of the ICC World T20, 2014 on Monday evening.Sri Lanka, the latest Asia Cup champion, would play to gear their confidence ahead of the tournament by keeping

Zimbabwe face Ireland at 3:30pm

Dhaka: ICC full member status holder Zimbabwe is set to face ICC Associate Member Ireland in the qualifying round of ICC World T20, 2014 on Monday afternoon.On the Second day of the tournament, both the teams will play with the threat of elimination hanging over their heads since only one

Netherlands chasing UAE’s 151

DHAKA: United Arab Emirates scored 151 runs by loosing their all wickets against Netherlands in the forth qualifying match of World T20 against Netherlands on Monday at Sylhet Stadium.The match started at 7:30pm (local time).United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat. UAE has

Heroes in sideline!

DHAKA: Seven years back, Bangladesh celebrated the first victory in the short-version of the cricket in 2007. Then two World Twenty20 tournaments were held but the Tigers got no victory.Bangladesh trumped no victory in a total of 11 matches in those tournaments except one.  In 2009,

Tigers beat Afghans

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the first match against Afghanistan by 9-wicket in the qualifying round of ICC World T20 on Sunday afternoon.Anamul Haque’s not out 44 helped Bangladesh score 78 with eight over remaining at Mirpur She-e-Bangla Stadium.Besides, Tamim Iqbal and Shakib scored 21 and

Bangladesh need 73-run to win

DHAKA: Bangladesh smashed all wickets of Afghanistan and set to start innings with 73-run target to win the first qualifying match in the first round of the ICC World T20 on Sunday afternoon.Earlier, Tiger’s Captain Mushfiqur Rahim has won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat

World T20 complete match fixture

Dhaka: The biggest event of the shorter version cricket - ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 begins Sunday.A total of 16 teams are set to participate in the tournament. Eight countries splitting in two groups will fight for qualifying to top ten while eight other teams will directly play in the

Nepal scored 149/8 against Hong Kong

DHAKA: Nepal scored 149-run against the Hong Kong in the second qualifying match of ICC World T20, 2014 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong on Sunday night.Nepal batsman G Malla scored 48-run while captain P Khadka amassed 41-run.Hong Kong bowler Haseeb Amjad bagged

Good Luck Bangladesh

Obviously a win against United Arab Emirates (UAE) is not significant. But, a victory against Ireland was not less significant.Have gone the days much earlier that Bangladesh will celebrate a triumph against UAE or Ireland. But, the win against UAE in practice match of T-20 World Cup is

Tigers to face Afghans at 3:30pm

DHAKA: Host Bangladesh is set to face Afghans in the first qualifying match of ICC World T20, 2014 at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur of the city on Sunday afternoon.On the opening day, both the teams will play with the threat of elimination hanging over their heads since only

ICC World T20 in BD set to break broadcast records

DHAKA: Television coverage of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 is set to break all previous ICC events’ broadcast records. That coverage, produced and distributed by the ICC’s global media rights partner and host broadcaster, Star Sports, will have a potential reach of more

Bangladesh win by 44-run

DHAKA: Bangladesh won their second warm-up match against Ireland by 44 runs at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah in Narayanganj on Friday.Batting first Bangladesh amassed 179-run loosing three wickets in their 20-over.Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan scored 59 and 58 runs while

Bangladesh best XI from cricket fan

DHAKA: A young cricket fan, Sagar Hossain, said that the best squad of Bangladesh cricket team can not be thought without Shakib-al-Hasan and Tamim Iqbal.He came up with the observation in public opinion on Bangladesh Cricket arranged by banglanews24.com on Friday.The team should be a