Monday, 06 Jan, 2025

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Mathews, Chandimal in Sri Lanka squad for New Zealand tests

DHAKA: Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews have been named in the 15-member squad for the first Test of the two-match series against New Zealand.  Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad through a press release Friday (August 9). “The selections were made out of the

Sri Lanka suspends Hathurusingha, names Ratnayake interim coach

Sri Lankan cricket authorities Wednesday suspended head coach Chandika Hathurusingha and appointed a temporary replacement for the upcoming New Zealand series. Cricket board chairman Shammi Silva said former Sri Lanka fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake was made interim coach pending a final

Rampant Aussies Pulverize Pommies To Pulp

World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard  Australia 1st Innings : 284 All Out  (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) and 2nd Innings 487/7 Declared ( SPD Smith 142, Matthew

Silky Smooth Steve Smith Puts Australia in Complete Command

World Test Championship (Ashes series) played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Four Australia 1st Innings: 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44, TM Head 35, SCJ Broad 5/86, CR Woakes 3/58) and 2nd Innings 487/7 Declared (SPD

BPL to get new shape, cancel past contracts

DHAKA:  The governing body of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is about to make some changes in its contracts with all franchisees ahead of T-20 session in December of the current year. “A letter will be sent to all franchisees of BPL within 48 hours to discuss this issue,”

Du Plessis named SA Cricketer of the Year

DHAKA: Faf du Plessis and Dane van Niekerk, the captains of the men's and women's national teams, have been named 'South African Cricketer of the Year' in their respective categories at the Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function held in Pretoria on Saturday (August 3).

Lions Have Paws on Kangaroos' Necks

World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Three  Australia 1st Innings: 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35, SCJ Broad 5/86, CR Woakes 3/58) and 2nd Innings 124/3 ( SPD Smith

Bashundhara Kings, Ctg Abahani tie BPL final

DHAKA: The final match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football season 2018-19 between Bashundhara Kings and Chittagong Abahani ties. The finalists took the match to 1-1.  The match, played on Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday (August 3), was also interrupted by rain.

Three month international ban for Messi

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was "corrupt". Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina's 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the "cup was fixed for Brazil".

Slow and Steady England Takes Control

1st Test Of ICC World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham From August 1-5 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Two Ist Innings Australia 284 All Out  (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) England Ist Innings

Bangladeshi youths reach tri-series final

DHAKA: Bangladesh U-19s have confirmed the final of the tri-nation series in England after beating the hosts by 72 runs. India is another team of the series.   Sent into bat, Bangladesh youths bundled out scoring 224 runs in 47.1 overs. Tanzid Hasan clinched century (117) while

Return of A Maestro

Day One of the First Test of Ashes Series (ICC World Test Championship) Played at Birmingham  Australia Vs England  Brief Scorecard: Australia Ist Innings 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) England Ist Innings 10/0 Steven Peter

Shakib joins dengue awareness campaign in Banani

DHAKA: National cricket team Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan took part in a campaign here to raise awareness against mosquito-borne viral fever dengue which has taken an epidemic form countrywide. He called on established and sensible persons of the society to stand by the dengue

BCB pays heartfelt tribute to first captain Shamim

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) paid rich tributes to the first captain of national cricket team who died at a city hospital on Monday (July 29). BCB hosted a namaj-e-janaja of Shamim Kabir on its grounds around 11:15am Thursday (August 1).   Former cricketers Raqibul Hasan,

Comprehensive Lanka Wash Left Bangladesh Bruised and Battered

TVS ODI Series Third Match Played at R Premadasa Stadium , Colombo Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Brief Scorecard Sri Lanka 294/8 ( AD Matthews 87, BKG Mendis 54, FDM Karunaratne 46, MDKJ Perera 42, MD Shanaka 30, Soumya Sarkar 3/56 ,Shafiul Islam 3/68) beat Bangladesh 172 All out in 36

Bangladesh need 295 to avoid whitewash

DHAKA:  Bangladesh need 295-run against Sri Lanka to avoid whitewash at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday (July 31). Sri Lanka scored 294 runs in 50 overs losing 8 wickets in the third ODI of the three-match series. Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Rangpur Riders sign Shakib Al Hasan

DHAKA: Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 franchise Rangpur Riders signed national cricket team Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan for 2019-20 edition. The agreement was signed at the auditorium of Bashundhara Group Industrial Headquarters-2 in Bashundhara Residential Area here Wednesday

Bangladesh bowl against Sri Lanka

DHAKA: Sri Lanka won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bowl first in the third match of three-match ODI series in Colombo. The match started at 3pm (Bangladesh time) Wednesday (July 31), at R Premadasa Stadium. The visiting Tigers captained by Tamim Iqbal suffered defeat in the first

Objective Assessment of Bangladesh Cricket

It is few weeks now CWC 2019 is done and dusted. Cricket in different countries are back to bilateral engagements. World test Championship is about to start. England Australia would soon start Ashes series. India has gone to West Indies. New Zealand has traveled to Sri Lanka. Bangladesh

Bangladesh Must Play For Pride

With 3 matches ODI series already lost through two huge defeats by 91 runs and 7 wickets Bangladesh must leave nothing unturned in the third and last match tomorrow to avoid Lanka wash. The difference of quality between two teams does not suggest Sri Lanka winning by such huge margin