Friday, 26 Apr, 2024

Sports

Flying Kiwis booked Berth for MCG

Semi Final: New Zealand Vs South Africa Played At Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand 299/6 (du Plessis 82, de Villiers 65, David Miller 49, R Rossouw 39, T Boult 2/53) Beat South Africa 281/5 (Grant Elliot 84*, Brendon McCullum 59, Anderson 58, M Morkel 3/59) by 4 Wickets on Duckworth Lewis

Australia set India 329 target

DHAKA: Steven Smith’s century coupled with Aaron Finch’s fifty helped Australia set a challenging target of 329 runs against India at Sydney on Thursday.Australia scored 328 runs for seven in 50 overs in the 2nd Semi-Final of ICC Cricket World Cup at Sydney Cricket Ground. Smith and

Smith's ton powers Australia

DHAKA: Steven Smith hit a century helping Australia set a big total against India in the 2nd Semi-Final of ICC Cricket World Cup at Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.Australia scored 227 runs for two in 36.3 overs till filing this report.Aaron Finch began Australia’s innings with David

Australia lose early wicket

DHAKA: Australia are facing India’s bowling attacks in the 2nd Semi-Final of ICC Cricket World Cup at Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday morning.Australia scored 15 runs for one in 3.1 overs till filing this report.Aaron Finch, began Australia’s innings with David Warner on the other

Bangladesh World Cup wrap

DHAKA: The lasting images of Bangladesh's ICC Cricket World Cup campaign will be the jubilant celebrations after its win over England. With a spirited effort, Bangladesh earned qualification to the knockout stages of a World Cup for the first time.Prior to the match against England,

Kiwis enter maiden WC final

DHAKA: New Zealand confirmed their maiden entry into World Cup Final clinching a thrilling four-wicket victory over South Africa at Eden Park, Auckland Tuesday.Kiwis made a flying start and reached the wining milestone with one ball remaining while chasing the 298-run adjusted target (D/L

Boult becomes NZ’s top WC wicket-taker

DHAKA: Trent Boult became New Zealand's top wicket-taker in a World Cup series with two early wickets in their semi-final against South Africa at Eden Park on Tuesday.The dismissals lifted Boult to 21 wickets, the most by any bowler in this World Cup and one ahead of the previous New

Kiwis make flying start

DHAKA: New Zealand have made a flying start while chasing a 298-run adjusted target (D/L method) set by South Africa to make a debut in World Cup title clash.Till filing the report, they scored 71 without any loss in 5-over at Eden Park, Auckland.Earlier, in the rain delayed match,

Suarez key as Barca win EL Clasico

DHAKA: Goals from Jeremy Mathieu and Luis Suarez gave Barcelona what could be a title-deciding 2-1 win over Real Madrid in Sunday's Clasico. Here are three quick thoughts from the Camp Nou.1. Suarez wins it for BarcaBarcelona's 80-million-euro summer signing repaid a large chunk of his

We could win, if…

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket team captain Mashrafe Mortaza expressed his happiness with overall team performance during the ICC Cricket World Cup.While sharing their World Cup experience, he told the media at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport that they tried to play at their level

Time to redefine Mashrafe

I was in attendance in Bangladesh team’s reception programme in Melbourne. Once again, we were able share our tears of joy and pride with the team when we sang ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ together. When the players were called to the stage one by one there were cheers for every one of

Pakistan govt clears tour to Bangladesh

DHAKA: Pakistan will tour Bangladesh in April for a full series involving all three formats with the Pakistan government giving the board the green signal.The tour is likely to be preceded by the visit of a security team but it is understood that is more a formality than a potential

Favorites Advance to Semi Finals

After few hiccups the firm favorites made to the semifinals. Australia and New Zealand are cohosts. In limited over format of the game in the home conditions they are very difficult to beat. The present teams are also very balanced. Hence there is no drama in them moving ahead to quarter

3 held for betting in India-Bangladesh match

DHAKA: Three persons were arrested from a flat in Kolambe area of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka state of India on charges of betting during a cricket World Cup match between India-Bangladesh.Police said on Friday, reports The Times of India.A police team raided the flat Thursday

Kiwis enter semi-finals

DHAKA: Opener Martin Guptill’s unbeaten double-century and Trent Boult’s a haul of four wickets help New Zealand reach the ICC World Cup semi-finals.The co-host beat West Indies by 143 runs at the 4th Quarter-Final of the tournament in Wellington Saturday.Chasing New Zealand-set

WI chasing Kiwis 393

DHAKA: Opener Martin Guptill’s unbeaten double-century helped New Zealand set a 394-run target for West Indies in the 4th Quarter-Final of ICC Cricket World Cup in Wellington on Saturday.West Indies have already lost two early wickets to score 30 after 6-over at Westpac Stadium. Trent

ICC backs umpires in Bangladesh-India match

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday issued the following statement following comments about the match officials in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final between Bangladesh and India in Melbourne on Thursday.In the statement, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson

Pakistan set Australia 214-run target

DHAKA: Pakistan batsmen managed to score 213-run losing all wickets in 49.5-over against Australia in the 3rd Quarter-Final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Adelaide Oval Friday.A number of Pakistani batsmen got the start but failed to convert it into big scores. Haris Sohail,

Bye Bye Tigers!

India 302 for 6 (Rohit Sharma 137, Suresh Raina 65, Taskin Ahmed 3-69) beat Bangladesh 193 (Nasir Hossain 35, Sabbir Rahman 30, Soumya Sarkar 29, Mushfiqur Rahim 27, Umesh Yadav 4-31, Mohammad Shami 2-37) by 109 runs ICC’s cash cow India managed to roll over shell shocked Bangladesh by

‘Poor’ umpiring protested

DHAKA: Three of decisions given by umpires in the Thursday’s quarter-final match between Bangladesh and India in the ICC Cricket World Cup are being protested local and internationally terming those “controversial and wrong”. Cricket experts protested the ‘biased’ attitude of