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Taijul, Khaled help Bangladesh share honours

Taijul, Khaled help Bangladesh share honours

-- 2022-04-08 23:39:24

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam and fast bowler Khaled Ahmed kept South Africa in check on the opening day of the second Test by sharing five wickets between them at Port Elizabeth on Friday. South Afr...

South Africa 199-3 vs Bangladesh after Elgar, Petersen 50s

South Africa 199-3 vs Bangladesh after Elgar, Petersen 50s

-- 2022-04-08 19:53:02

Dean Elgar and Keegan Petersen both made half-centuries to push South Africa to 199-3 against Bangladesh in the second test on Friday. Elgar, the South Africa captain, went for 70 and Petersen scored...

South Africa win toss, chose to bat first in second test against Bangladesh

South Africa win toss, chose to bat first in second test against Bangladesh

-- 2022-04-08 17:00:59

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first in the second test against Bangladesh on Friday. The home team also kept an unchanged lineup from its victory in the first match. Bangladesh has made...

Who calls the shots for Bangladesh Test side?

Who calls the shots for Bangladesh Test side?

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-04-07 14:33:56

Experts and fans were baffled when Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the first Test at Durban.The decision to play with only one frontline spinner i...

Serie A is back to its glory days

Serie A is back to its glory days

Mahtab Jamil 2022-04-06 16:32:30

Amidst all the drama and excitement of Premier League and La Liga, the top 4 race in Serie A is also picking up the pace.  If we look at the points table, Serie A is having the most competitive...

South Africa keen to spin another win, Bangladesh hope to bounce back

South Africa keen to spin another win, Bangladesh hope to bounce back

-- 2022-04-05 20:33:55

Hosts South Africa will look to impose another trial by spin on seething tourists Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting at St George's Park in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, on Friday....

Premier League top-four race intensifies, Chelsea and Arsenal are favourites

Premier League top-four race intensifies, Chelsea and Arsenal are favourites

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-05 18:21:48

Along with whopping prize money, the most important thing a top four position secures for a Premier League side is a Champions League qualification. Nobody wants to miss out on players they can affor...

Is Mominul suitable for Test captaincy?

Is Mominul suitable for Test captaincy?

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-05 13:08:06

Mominul Hoque was entrusted with the captaincy of Bangladesh’s Test side after the regular captain Shakib Al Hasan received a ban from all forms of cricket in 2019. It was almost an abruptly tak...

Salma Khatun named in ICC's team of Women's World Cup 2022

Salma Khatun named in ICC's team of Women's World Cup 2022

-- 2022-04-04 16:24:17

Salma Khatun has been selected for the most valuable team of the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 tournament after a memorable debut campaign in New Zealand. The Bangladesh stalwart made the star-studded l...

South Africa claim 220-run victory against Bangladesh in first Test

South Africa claim 220-run victory against Bangladesh in first Test

-- 2022-04-04 15:49:41

South Africa’s left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took seven wickets as they made light work of bowling Bangladesh out for 53 in 19 overs in their second innings to claim a 220-run victory in the f...

Barcelona's resurgence makes La Liga title race interesting

Barcelona's resurgence makes La Liga title race interesting

Mahtab Jamil 2022-04-04 15:44:31

Last night’s match between Barcelona and Sevilla at Camp Nou was a crucial tie at the business end of the season. Before the start of the match, Sevilla were sitting 2nd in the La Liga table and...

Mahmudul Hasan Joy is especial

Mahmudul Hasan Joy is especial

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-04 14:17:21

Records tumbled as Mahmudul Hasan Joy finished his innings on 137 off 326 balls on the third day of the Durban Test. Joy faced the first ball of the innings and the last ball of the innings as well wh...

Australia beat England by 71 runs to win Women's World Cup

Australia beat England by 71 runs to win Women's World Cup

-- 2022-04-03 18:18:44

Opener Alyssa Healy smashed a record 170 as Australia routed England by 71 runs to claim their seventh Women's World Cup win in Christchurch on Sunday. Healy's belligerent 138-ball innings, the highe...

Why Bangladeshi players remain ignored in the IPL?

Why Bangladeshi players remain ignored in the IPL?

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2022-04-03 16:30:43

Ever since the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008, the IPL has cemented its place as the most decorated and influential franchise-based cricket league in the world.  In a lea...

Shadman's problematic footwork and his failures

Shadman's problematic footwork and his failures

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-04-03 15:20:52

Shadman Islam Aneek came into the scenario of Test cricket in Bangladesh with a lot of hope and promise for the fans. His debut was at a time when Bangladesh was hardly getting an opening partnership...

Joy becomes first Bangladeshi to score century against South Africa

Joy becomes first Bangladeshi to score century against South Africa

-- 2022-04-02 19:00:04

Mahmudul Hasan Joy has struck a defiant maiden century against the Proteas to become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a ton against South Africa. The patient knock came off 269 deliveries to he...

Assessing the World Cup draw: No clear group of death

Assessing the World Cup draw: No clear group of death

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-02 15:48:45

Despite all the drama and controversies surrounding Qatar's hosting of the World Cup this year, the draw went ahead as scheduled. This was one of the bizarre World Cup draws with plenty of match-ups t...

Can Real Madrid hold on to their lead?

Can Real Madrid hold on to their lead?

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-04-02 11:56:57

Table-toppers Real Madrid will return to LaLiga evening today at Balaidos when they take on Celta Viga. Celta are always a team to beat led by Iago Aspas, as they showed Real at the Santiago Bernabeu...

South Africa all out for 367, Bangladesh 52-1 at tea on Day 2

South Africa all out for 367, Bangladesh 52-1 at tea on Day 2

-- 2022-04-01 20:09:01

Temba Bavuma made 93 and the tailenders added valuable runs to help South Africa post 367 all out in its first innings in the opening test against Bangladesh on Friday. Bangladesh was 52-1 after 16 o...

Taskin moves 15 places up in ICC’s ODI bowlers rankings

Taskin moves 15 places up in ICC’s ODI bowlers rankings

-- 2022-03-30 21:54:37

he Tigers’ pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed has moved 15 places up in ICC’s ODI bowlers rankings after laying waste to South Africa batting in Bangladesh’s historic series-clinching victo...

Australia farewells ‘legend’ Warne at MCG memorial

Australia farewells ‘legend’ Warne at MCG memorial

-- 2022-03-30 20:15:08

Shane Warne was remembered as a cricketing genius and maverick entertainer at a state memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday where tens of thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to...

Sudden rain hits BCB’s musical event

Sudden rain hits BCB’s musical event

-- 2022-03-29 20:15:55

A sudden rain hit a musical event organised by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nati...

Depleted South Africa will face buoyant Bangladesh in first Test on Thursday

Depleted South Africa will face buoyant Bangladesh in first Test on Thursday

-- 2022-03-29 18:24:00

Depleted hosts South Africa will face a buoyant Bangladesh when the teams start the first of two Tests at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday, with more history in the sights of the visitors after their v...

Manchester City - Liverpool title race is spicing up

Manchester City - Liverpool title race is spicing up

Mahtab Jamil 2022-03-29 15:29:55

As the Premier League steps towards the business end of the season, an exciting two-way title race looks to be on the cards for football enthusiasts.  Premier League is known to be the most comp...

Canada reaches first football World Cup after 36 years

Canada reaches first football World Cup after 36 years

-- 2022-03-28 18:17:31

Canada beat Jamaica 4-0 to reach their first men's World Cup in 36 years. Victory in Toronto means Canada are assured of finishing in one of the top three places in the final stage of Concacaf qualif...

Deshi Ballers – a platform to empower women through basketball

Deshi Ballers – a platform to empower women through basketball

SHADIQUE MAHBUB ISLAM 2022-03-28 13:15:12

On March 18, an amazing sports event was organised on the Gazipur campus of Pledge Harbor International School. The organisation behind it was Deshi Ballers, a female-led sports development organisati...

West Indies clinch series victory over England with 10-wicket win in third Test

West Indies clinch series victory over England with 10-wicket win in third Test

-- 2022-03-27 23:27:26

West Indies clinched the Botham-Richards Trophy with an emphatic 10-wicket victory over England in the deciding Test of the series on day four in Grenada on Sunday. Chasing a token target of 28 in th...

Taskin should get a reward for skipping IPL, says Mashrafe

Taskin should get a reward for skipping IPL, says Mashrafe

-- 2022-03-27 19:31:03

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has praised pacer Taskin Ahmed for his decision to prefer playing for the national team instead of taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Mashr...

Should Afif be promoted in the batting order?

Should Afif be promoted in the batting order?

MAHMUDUL HASAN 2022-03-27 18:50:31

It has been only a few years since Afif Hossain's career started. He is now a regular member of Bangladesh cricket in white-ball formats. The young sensation is having a good time in ODIs. Last month...

Masrahfe praises Shakib for his sacrifice

Masrahfe praises Shakib for his sacrifice

-- 2022-03-27 18:34:47

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former captain of Bangladesh, has praised Shakib Al Hasan for the sacrifice he made during the South Africa series. Before the third match of the series, five members of Sha...