Cricket
Bangladesh reach semifinal beating Hong Kong by 5 wkts
Hosts Bangladesh advanced to the semifinal of the eight-nation ACC Under-19 Asia Cup as Group B runners-up beating Hong Kong by five wickets with 232 balls to spare at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium...
England’s Sam Curran wins young cricketer award
England all-rounder Sam Curran won the Cricket Writers’ Club young cricketer of the year award on Tuesday while his Surrey teammate Rory Burns was named County Championship player of the year. Curran, 20, made...
India eye Windies boost ahead of Australia tour
AFP, New Delhi :Stung by defeat in England and heading to Australia for a tough tour next month, India’s cricketers are looking for some confidence-boosting home victories against the West Indies from Thursday.The number...
Bangladesh-Pakistan Women’s 1st T20 match abandoned due to wet outfield
The first match of the four-match Women’s T20 series between hosts Bangladesh and touring Pakistan was abandoned due to wet outfield at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.The match,...
Bangladesh return winning streak in U-19 Asia Cup
Bangladesh U-19 cricket team shrugged off their previous match defeat as they bounced back to register a hard-fought three-wicket victory over Pakistan U-19 cricket team in their second group B match of the ACC...
Tigresses take on Pakistan in 1st T20I today
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team take on their Pakistani counterpart in the first T20I of the four-match series scheduled to be held today at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar.The remaining three...
Pakistan, India square off over botched cricket agreement
AFP, Dubai :Pakistan and India squared off at the legal crease at a hearing at the International Cricket Council headquarters in Dubai Monday after the two sides failed to honour a deal to compete...
Afghanistan beat Nepal by 3 wickets in U-19 Asia Cup
Afghanistan recorded their second consecutive victory in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup when they beat Nepal by three wickets in their second group A match held on Monday at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan ground...
All-round India crush UAE in U-19 Asia Cup
Openers Devdutt Padikkal and Arjun Rawat scored a magnificent hundred followed by Siddharth Desai’s six-wicket haul saw India recoded second successive victory in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup crushing the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
Shakib ruled out for three months after infection delays surgery
After an emergency procedure to remove pus from his injured finger on his return to Dhaka from the Asia Cup in Dubai, an infection to Shakib Al Hasan’s injured little finger has ruled the...
Bangladesh must overcome ‘mental block’ in finals: Mashrafe
AFP, Dhaka :Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza says his team must overcome a “mental block” in order to secure victory in crucial games after the Tigers lost their third international final this year.The national side...