Friday, 29 Nov, 2024

Sports

People need to come here, play cricket: Alastair Cook

DHAKA: Visiting England captain Alastair Cook commented that people need to come here and play cricket in Bangladesh. He made the comment after Bangladesh’s win by 108-run against the English at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday (October 30). “I’m

Bangladesh’s historic win over England

DHAKA: Bangladesh beat England by 108 runs in the second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. England lost all wickets to score 164 to chase the Bangladesh-set 273-run target. Mehedi Hasan Miraz bagged six wickets again while Shakib Al Hasan took

England chasing Bangladesh-set target 273

DHAKA: England are chasing Bangladesh-set 273-run target to win over Bangladesh in the second Test. The host earlier lost all wickets to score 296 in their second innings on day-3 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Like the first innings, opening batsman Tamim

Abdul Gani shines at Asian Masters Squash in China

DHAKA: Commander Abdul Gani of Bangladesh Navy participated at the 3rd Asian Masters Squash Tournament recently held in Dalian of China. Emerged as Runner Up, Abdul Gani is also a member of the Bangladesh Squash Federation and a regular participant at local national level tournaments.

Bangladesh resume day-3 at 152-3 against England

DHAKA: Bangladesh resumed the third day on a lead of 128 with seven wickets to spare in the second Test against England on Sunday morning (October 30). The host, earlier on Saturday (October 29), scored 152 for three at stumps on day-2 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in

Higuaín returns to haunt Napoli as Juventus ride their luck

DHAKA: Gonzalo Higuaín scored in his first match against Napoli since their bitter divorce in July to give his new club Juventus a barely-deserved win in their Serie A showdown on Saturday. The Argentinian, who scored a record 36 league goals for Napoli last season, drilled the ball

Bangladesh leads by 128 after day-2

DHAKA: Bangladesh took a 128-run lead against the visiting England at stumps on day-2 in their second innings of the second test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Saturday (October 29). Like the first innings, opening batsman Tamim Iqbal build up base making 40 runs before

England take 24-run lead in first innings

DHAKA: Visiting England have managed to take vital 24-run lead in their first innings over Bangladesh on the second day of the second and final match of Rocket Test Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday (October 29). The visitors have scored 244-run losing all

England lose six wickets 

DHAKA: The visiting England have lost six wickets while chasing 220-run scored by Bangladesh in the first innings of the second test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.  Of six, tigers bagged three wickets of England on the second day morning Saturday (October 29).

Bangladesh all out scoring 220-run

DHAKA: Despite Tamim-Mominul’s good performance in the first innings of the second and last test against England, the host team, Bangladesh, lost all wickets to score 220-run in 63.5 over due to the collapse of middle-order batsmen. The match was held at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in

Bangladesh stuttering after Tamim century

DHAKA: Bangladesh have scored 205-run losing six wickets at the end of second session of the second and final Test against visiting England at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Friday (October 28). During the 170-run second wicket partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Islam the

Bangladesh facing English bowlers in 2nd test

DHAKA: Bangladesh batsmen are facing the bowlers of visiting England in the first innings of the second and final test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday (October 28). Tiger opener Imrul Kayes returned to pavilion scoring only 1-run in the bowl of

New Zealand level series against India 2-2

DHAKA: India paid the price for some poor shot selection as New Zealand clinched the fourth cricket ODI by 19 runs to level five-match series 2-2, here on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 281 on a slowish track, India were on course at 128 for 2 before a sudden middle-order collapse saw

UK envoy welcomes England, Bangladesh Cricket teams

DHAKA: The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake welcomed the England and Bangladesh cricket teams to her Residence on Tuesday October 25. Speaking at the event, the High Commissioner said “This has been the most thrilling set of matches, with some fantastic playing

Bangladesh squad announced for Women's Asia Cup

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member team to participate in Women Asia Cup tournament which is scheduled to be held next month in Thailand. Experienced all-rounder Salma Khatun who is currently recovering from shoulder injury, will join the team. She was injured

Mosaddek, Subashis include in 2nd Test squad

DHAKA: Bangladesh have included uncapped pace bowler Subashis Roy and all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain in the 15-man squad for the upcoming second Test against visiting England to be played in Dhaka. Fast bowler Shafiul Islam, who was wicketless in the first Test has been rested. Twenty

Dreams dashed 

DHAKA: The nation dreamt. Tigers led them to dream and tigers let the dream dashed. The day dawned with Bangladesh dreaming for a historic first test match win over the mother country of Test Cricket. On the mystery wicket of Chittagong, the pendulum oscillated from end to end in

England win 1st test against Bangladesh

DHAKA: The visiting England have won the first test against Bangladesh by 22 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday morning (October 24). Earlier in the morning tigers resumed their batting on the fifth-day as they need 33 more runs to win with 2 wickets remaining. But

Tigers resume batting eying historic win

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh resumed their batting on the fifth-day morning at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday (October 24) aiming to secure their first ever victory over England. The home team needs another 33-run while England need two more wickets to end the nerve-wrecking match.

Heroes Forever

DHAKA: When ICC fourth ranked test team England came for two-match test series and three-match ODI series tour to 9th ranked Bangladesh no one in wildest of thought could imagine Bangladesh will make favorites sweat and toil. Moreover Bangladesh did not get opportunity of playing even a