Monday, 06 Jan, 2025

Sports

How Bangladesh Cricket Can Move Forward?

Many would argue that given the domestic cricket formats, standards of local cricket, quality of BCB and other cricket administration Bangladesh cricket perhaps achieved the maximum in international cricket.  Five top quality international cricketers Mashrafe, Shakib, Mushfiq, Tamim

Langeveldt, Domingo join tigers’ conditioning camp

DHAKA: New head coach of national cricket team Russell Domingo and newly appointed pace bowling coach Charl Langeveldt have joined conditioning camp of tigers on Wednesday (August 21).  On the third day of the conditioning camp, the primary team members of the national team started

Afghanistan names squad for Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced squads for one-off Test against host Bangladesh and tri-nation T20 series. ACB twitted the squad Tuesday (August 20). Test squad: Rashid Khan, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Ihsanullah Janat, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah

Stokes warns Australia to expect more fire from Archer

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has warned Australia to expect more intense fast bowling from Jofra Archer in their next Ashes encounter at Headingley. Archer, who made his Test debut in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, returned match figures of 5/91 in the drawn encounter. Not only

Tigers' pace bowling coach Langeveldt arrives

DHAKA: Bangladesh national cricket team's newly appointed pace bowling coach Charl Langeveldt arrived in Dhaka while head coach Russell Domingo is expected to arrive in afternoon Tuesday (August 20). Former South Africa pacer Charl Langeveldt arrived here around 10:30am.

Afghanistan's Shahzad suspended for a year

Mohammad Shahzad, the Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman, cannot play "any form of cricket" for a year. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), which had earlier suspended Shahzad indefinitely for breaching the board's code of conduct, has fixed the term of his suspension. Shahzad's

Argentina names squad sans Messi, Aguero and Di Maria

Paulo Dybala and Lautaro Martinez headline Argentina's squad for upcoming friendlies against Chile and Mexico with Lionel Messi missing through suspension. Lionel Scaloni named a 27-man squad on Sunday, featuring seven uncapped players including Alexis Mac Allister, Leonardo

Ashes: Second Test ends in draw at Lord's

Men's Ashes: Second Specsavers Test, Lord's (day five of five) England 258 & 258-5 dec (Stokes 115*, Cummins 3-35) Australia 250 (Smith 92) & 154-6 (Labuschagne 59, Archer 3-32, Leach 3-37) Match drawn England had to settle for a draw in the second Ashes Test, but not

Three killed in Honduras football fans' rioting

Three people have been killed and about 10 injured in rioting between fans of rival football clubs in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. The violence broke out ahead of a planned game between the Motagua and Olimpia clubs on Saturday evening. It began when crowds threw stones at the

Sri Lanka cricket team reaches Lahore after 8 years

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Lahore under heavy security to play the final T20 International of a three-match series against Pakistan. The visit comes eight years after they suffered a gun and grenade attack in the same city.   International cricket was suspended in Pakistan

Second Ashes Test set for thrilling conclusion

The second Ashes Test is poised for a thrilling conclusion after a memorable fourth day in which the fast bowlers of England and Australia illuminated Lord's. In a ferocious spell in which he touched 96mph, England debutant Jofra Archer struck Steve Smith on the neck and forced the

Russell Domingo appointed Tigers' head coach

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed former South Africa coach Russell Domingo as new head coach of national cricket team. BCB President Nazmul Hassan made the announcement at BCB Office in Mirpur Saturday (August 17). The contract with Domingo was made for two years. He

Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach

Ravi Shastri has been reappointed as the head coach of the senior men's Indian team and will remain in charge until the T20 World Cup of 2021 to be played in India. The confirmation came on Friday (August 16) evening following the completion of the selection process by the Kapil

Host England on the Back Foot

Second ICC Test World Cup Match England Vs Australia (August 14-18, 2019) Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Two England 1st Innings 258 All Out( RJ Burns 53, JM Bairstow 52, CR Woakes 32, JL Denly 30, JR Hazlewood 3/58, PJ Cummins 3/61 , NM Lyon 3/68) Australia 1st Innings 30/1 With

Liverpool beat Chelsea to clinch Super Cup title

Liverpool have won the Uefa Super Cup via a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea following a thrilling 2-2 draw in Istanbul. Olivier Giroud gave the Blues a deserved lead before the break but Sadio Mane equalised just three minutes after the restart. Frank Lampard made three

Kohli leads India to series win over West Indies

Rain has been the biggest worry in the three-match ODI series between India and West Indies, forcing the final contest to be reduced to a 35-over contest. Not that it bothered the Indian cricket team as they were on top of proceedings ever since the dismissal of Chris Gayle, who was at

Dushanbe to host BAN vs AFG FIFA World Cup qualifier

DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to start both 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers campaign through locking horns with the Afghans on September 10. The match is scheduled to be held at Central Republican Stadium in Tajikistan's capital city of Dushanbe. Bangladesh Football

Moeen Ali takes break from cricket after Ashes axe

DHAKA: England all-rounder Moeen Ali will take a “short break” from cricket after being dropped from the squad to face Australia in the second Ashes Test this week.  The 32-year-old was axed after scoring nought and four in England’s first Test defeat at Edgbaston. He also

ICC working towards cricket in 2028 LA Olympics

DHAKA: Cricket is in line to be included in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Gatting has said following an address by the ICC's new chief executive Manu Sawhney at Lord's this week. In what would be the end to one of cricket's

Bangladesh Women team for T20 WC qualifier announced

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced Bangladesh Women team, to be captained by Salma Khatun, for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019. All-rounder Rumana Ahmed ruled out of the tournament due to her knee injury, said Nazmul Abedeen, BCB women’s wing manager.