Shakib’s historical WC bat fetches Tk 20 lakh from auction
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s favourite bat that he used during ICC Cricket World Cup (WC) 2019 in England to score avalanche of runs was sold for Tk 20 lakh in an auction held...
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Shakib auctions his historical WC bat for COVID-19 fight
BSS, Dhaka :Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan puts his bat which he used to make an avalanche of feats during the last World Cup (WC) up for auction to raise money to fight...
Ash Gardner on being only the third aboriginal Australian to play Test cricket
BBC Online :Ashleigh Gardner was a two-time world champion by the age of 22 – destructive with the bat and a match-winner with the ball.But she is not your typical Australian cricketer.In fact, cricketers...
Bangladesh fast bowlers to find a way to shine the ball without saliva
BSS, Dhaka :The Bangladesh fast bowlers tried to find out a way to shine the ball without using saliva as the procedure may have been deemed risky after the Covid-19 pandemic.Saliva has long been...
Rashid reveals 2023 World Cup ambition
AFP, London :Adil Rashid has said it would be “lovely” to play in the 2023 World Cup even though the leg-spinner will have turned 35 by the time England defend their title.Persistent shoulder trouble...
Cricket chiefs ‘exploring all options’ over T20 World Cup
The International Cricket Council has played down speculation this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia could be pushed back to 2021 but admitted it was “exploring all options”. Australia is due to stage the...
Sri Lanka offers to host IPL 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis
LANS, Colombo :Sri Lanka has offered to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which has now been indefinitely suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) due...
Played entire 2015 World Cup with fractured knee, reveals Shami
LANS :Ace Indian pacer Mohammad Shami has revealed that he played the 2015 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, with a fractured knee.“I had knee injury during the 2015 World Cup. I...
Mushfiqur comes up to help health workers
Bangladesh national cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim has came up to help health workers of his district- Bogura – by providing personal protective gears to battle the coronavirus pandemic. As per reports from a close source...
Carey happy with Australia’s settled T20 line-up
Agency :Alex Carey, Australia’s limited overs wicketkeeper-batsman and the vice captain, pointed out that they have a settled line-up going into the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held Down Under later...
Coronavirus adds to uncertainty over de Villiers’ T20 WC comeback
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has not made any concrete decision over his return for the Proteas in the T20 World Cup (WC), but he, however, has admitted that chances of him...
Twenty years on, cricket still reeling from Cronje scandal
It may be two decades since the Hansie Cronje corruption scandal rocked cricket, but even now the ripples are still being felt.This month marks the 20th anniversary of Cronje being stripped of the South...