Friday, 19 Apr, 2024

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Teenage Tigers off to a flier

ICC Under 19 World Cup 2016Bangladesh Vs South Africa Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh Under 19: 240/7 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto 73, Joyraj Sheikh 46, Pinak Ghosh 43, Wiaan Mulder 3/42) beat South Africa 197 All Out (L Smith 100, Mohammad Saifuddin 3/30, Mehidy

2nd Bashundhara Open Golf Tournament from Feb 10

DHAKA: The second ‘Bashundhara Bangladesh Open’ golf tournament will begin at Kurmitola Golf Course in city on February 10.Bangladesh Golf Tournament will organize the three-day tournament. Country’s largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group will sponsor the event for the

Bangladesh beat S Africa by 43-run

DHAKA: Bangladesh beat South Africa by 43-run in the first match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday (January 27).Bangladesh U-19 captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz won the toss and decided to bat first in the Group A match that

England Under-19s win by 299 runs

DHAKA: England Under-19s won by 299 runs over Fiji in the Group C match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2016 in Chittagong on Wednesday.Chasing 372-run target, Fiji under-19 scored 72 with loss of all 10 wickets in 27.3 overs.S Mahmood and SM Curran bagged three wickets each while

Fiji U-19s chasing 371 runs

DHAKA: Fiji under-19 batsmen are chasing 372-run target set by England in the 2nd ODI Match of the  ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2016 in chittagong on Wednesday.England scored 371 for three wickets in 50 overs of Group C match that started  MA Aziz Stadium in the port city.In their

Bangladesh set South Africa target 241

DHAKA: Bangladesh set South Africa 241-run target in the first ODI Match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Chittagong on Wednesday (January 27).Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 73 runs off 82 balls in the Group A match that started at 9:00am at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.Alongside

Bangladesh’s slow start of innings

DHAKA: Bangladesh U19 started their innings slowly in the first  One Day International (ODI) match against South Africa U19 of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.Pinak Ghosh and Saif Hassan opened the innings and England broke the opening partnership at 30 runs of 57 balls with

England U-19s facing Fiji bowling

DHAKA: England Under-19s are facing bowlers of Fiji Under-19s in the second match of ICC world cup at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.England have scored 24 runs for one in 4.1 overs in the match that began 9:00am (Bangladesh time).DW Lawrence and JTA Burnham are at the crease

Bangladesh elect to bat

DHAKA: Bangladesh Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat in the first match of ICC Under-19 World Cup at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.The 1st match of Group A between Bangladesh Under-19s and South Africa Under-19s is scheduled to begin at 9:00am (Bangladesh

Tigers Teens Are Looking Hungry

The much talked about Under19 World Cup Cricket tournament in cricket frenzied Bangladesh is set to take off from tomorrow. 48 matches to be played across eight venues of four cities Dhaka ,Chittagong ,Sylhet and Cox’s bazar from 27 January to 14 February. Citing security concerns

Bangladesh beat England by 97-run

DHAKA: Bangladesh youth beat England youth by 97-run in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday.While chasing Bangladesh youths’ set 247-run target, England youths managed to score a meager 149-run losing all wickets after

Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal

DHAKA: Adidas, the biggest sponsor International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has told athletics' world governing body it is to terminate their sponsorship deal four years early.The sportswear giant informed the IAAF of its decision - understood to be a direct result of

Bangladesh set target 247 for England

DHAKA: England batsmen are chasing the 247-run target set by Bangladesh in the Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday.Visiting English players have scored 16 runs for four at the end of 8.0 overs in the 50-over match that started at

Mashrafe Wisden India’s best cricketer

DHAKA: Following the glorious year 2015 for Bangladesh cricket, Wisden India honored tigers ODI & T20I skipper Mashrafe Mortaza as one of the six Cricketers of the Year for their terrific performances in 2014-15.According to the list of best cricketers of the year, published by Wisden

Who Championed Breaking Winning Momentum?

We know T20 is not the forte of Bangladesh cricket though they proved an unbeatable team in ODI at home in 2015. Yet they were expected to white wash Zimbabwe in the recently concluded 4 matches T20 series. Bangladesh cruised to 2-0 lead after two matches with minimum hiccups. Team must

More technological securities for U-19 World Cup

DHAKA: The technological issues will be given priority to ensure security during U-19 ICC Cricket World Cup 2016.The event is scheduled to start from January 27 at eight venues in four districts of Bangladesh.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) director general (DG) Benazir Ahmed came up with

Chanderpaul retires from all cricket

DHAKA: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies' finest batsmen, has retired after 22 years and 164 Test matches. This means Chanderpaul remains the second-highest West Indian Test run-maker until now, 86 runs short of Brian Lara: Lara got 11,953 (11,912 for West Indies and the rest for

Where Is Bangladesh Football Heading?

Bangladesh Football losing its way has reached such a rock bottom stage that it cannot even compete strongly at SAARC level. The situation is so miserable that even Nepal, Maldives are proving difficult opposition for Bangladesh. This writer has experienced Bangladesh competing neck to

Nepal win Bangbandhu Gold Cup 2016

DHAKA: Nepal won first international title in 23 years, beating nine-man Bahrain U23 team 3-0 in the final of Bangabandu Gold Cup 2016 in Dhaka on Friday.Bimal Gharti Magar, Bishal Rai and Nawayug Shrestha scored one each to guide Nepal to the spectacular victory at the Bangabandhu

Zimbabwe level series

DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe leveled the Walton T20 Cricket series by winning the fourth and final T20 match by 18-run against host Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.While chasing a mammoth 181-run target, hosts managed to score 162-run losing 10 wickets in