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Australia win the toss and choose to field first

Australia win the toss and choose to field first

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-14 19:42:09

Australia have won the all-important toss at Dubai and as expected, elected to field first in the Grand Finale of the seventh edition of ICC T20 World Cup.  Australia have named the same squad w...

T20 World Cup 2021 combined XI

T20 World Cup 2021 combined XI

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-14 15:29:31

After 4 weeks of enthralling cricket in the deserts of the UAE, we are finally one game away to find out a new king of T20 cricket. The Tasmanian battle tonight will decide who will secure the throne....

World Cup on the line as aggression and calmness lock horns

World Cup on the line as aggression and calmness lock horns

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-14 15:01:51

The stage is set for the Trans-Tasman counterparts to battle it out for the crown of the shortest format of the game.  The Grand Finale of the seventh edition of the ICC T20 World Cup is schedul...

Bangladesh edge Maldives to end 18-year wait in Colombo

Bangladesh edge Maldives to end 18-year wait in Colombo

-- 2021-11-13 20:56:59

Bangladesh have edged the Maldives 2-1 in a tight contest to triumph over their South Asian rivals after 18 years. Defender Topu Barman sent a spotkick home in the dying minutes of the game to end Ba...

Booters end Maldives curse

Booters end Maldives curse

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-11-13 19:33:59

Jamal Bhuiyan and Topu Barman scored a goal each as  Bangladesh ended their 18-year winless streak against Maldives with a 2-1 victory over the Red Snappers in their second match of the Mahinda R...

Bangladesh in T20s: A Mirpur-track bully?

Bangladesh in T20s: A Mirpur-track bully?

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-13 16:59:44

Since 2016, Bangladesh have hosted 352 T20 matches (44 internationals, 308 domestic) in total.  Of those games, 231 have been played in Sher-e Bangla National Stadium (Mirpur, Dhaka), 46 in Zahu...

Pakistan cricket team arrives in Dhaka

Pakistan cricket team arrives in Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT  2021-11-13 14:23:27

To play three T20Is and two Tests against Bangladesh, the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning. This is Pakistan’s first Bangladesh tour for a bilateral series af...

Pakistan cricket team arrive in Dhaka Saturday

Pakistan cricket team arrive in Dhaka Saturday

-- 2021-11-12 21:28:25

The Pakistan national cricket team is all set to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday. They will take on the hosts in three T20Is and two Tests. Previously they were scheduled to arrive on November 16, after...

X-factors of the final who can change the game individually

X-factors of the final who can change the game individually

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2021-11-12 21:00:35

After 25 days of non-stop cricket and 45 matches, the cricket world has finally found its two finalists for this year’s ICC men’s T20 World Cup.  Two deserving finalists, New Zealand...

Kohli to skip first Test against New Zealand

Kohli to skip first Test against New Zealand

-- 2021-11-12 18:45:58

India's regular captain Virat Kohli will skip the opening Test against New Zealand this month as the hosts named a depleted side for the two-match series on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. The team wil...

Australia reach the final, defeat Pakistan by 5 wickets

Australia reach the final, defeat Pakistan by 5 wickets

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-11 23:49:47

Australia won the second semi-final with 5 wickets and carried themselves to the final against New Zealand on the 14th in Dubai.  In response to the target of 177 runs, Australia had a nervy sta...

Unbeaten Pakistan meet revived Australia in the second semi-final

Unbeaten Pakistan meet revived Australia in the second semi-final

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-11 18:16:35

The in-form Pakistan will be up against the mighty Aussies in the second semi-final of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 at Dubai tonight.  The match to decide who will face the Kiwis on the 14th will star...

India man arrested for issuing online rape threats to Virat Kohli’s daughter

India man arrested for issuing online rape threats to Virat Kohli’s daughter

-- 2021-11-11 13:18:57

A man has been arrested for allegedly issuing online rape threats to the baby daughter of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli after the team's dismal performance in the T20 World Cup. He was a...

Mitchell, Neesham heroics put New Zealand into the Final

Mitchell, Neesham heroics put New Zealand into the Final

Rakimul Huq 2021-11-10 23:50:32

New Zealand defeat England by 5 wickets to play their first-ever T20 World Cup final. They knock out favourites England and complete what could be called a revenge for both the previous ODI and T20...

Women’s ODI: Bangladesh make flying start beating Zimbabwe by 8 wickets

Women’s ODI: Bangladesh make flying start beating Zimbabwe by 8 wickets

-- 2021-11-10 21:10:25

Touring Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team made a flying start in the three-match ODI series beating hosts Zimbabwe team by eight wickets in the first match at the Queen’s Sports Club ground...

Battle of glory, battle of solace

Battle of glory, battle of solace

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-10 19:50:33

After an intriguing 22 days and 42 matches of cricket, World T20 2021 has reached its penultimate stage.  The last 3 games are here. Every team now has only 2 hurdles to cross to win the trophy....

Pochettino failing to manage superstars in Paris?

Pochettino failing to manage superstars in Paris?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-11-10 15:40:40

When Mauricio Pochettino arrived in PSG last year, the season was already halfway through.  PSG had just got rid of Thomas Tuchel, who later went on to win the Champions League with Chelsea and...

Pakistan announce squad for T20 series against Bangladesh

Pakistan announce squad for T20 series against Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-09 21:52:14

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced an 18-member squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh slated for November 19, 20 and 22 in Dhaka. The only change in the Pakistan side that qu...

Winds of change or BCB hiding behind the scapegoats?

Winds of change or BCB hiding behind the scapegoats?

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-11-09 15:59:19

Rumours are running wild regarding the complete overhaul of the Bangladesh National Cricket team set up after their horrendous performance in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Media reports suggest that Sou...

Another World Cup to forget for Bangladesh

Another World Cup to forget for Bangladesh

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-09 14:39:46

Facing harsh reality during a World Cup has not been an unfamiliar experience for Bangladesh over the period of last two decades.  Performing poorly both as individuals and as a team turned mult...

India end World Cup mission with a big win

India end World Cup mission with a big win

Abdullah Al Noman 2021-11-08 23:12:13

India beats Namibia by 9  wickets to finish their World Cup campaign with a dominating win over a moderate Namibian side. A stormy Rohit Sharma took over the Namibian bowling after he was d...

BCB form committee to review Bangladesh’s T20 WC failure   

BCB form committee to review Bangladesh’s T20 WC failure   

-- 2021-11-08 21:35:27

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has formed a two-member committee to review the Bangladesh national team's poor performance in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup' 2021 in Oman and UAE. The two-member com...

Less in performance, more in press conference

Less in performance, more in press conference

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-08 20:17:45

People of Bangladesh, regardless of class, gender, age or any other criteria, are cricket fanatics.  A garments worker, after all the hard work and overtime duty, sit in front of the TV to watch...

Ole at the wheel is no more working

Ole at the wheel is no more working

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-11-08 19:13:29

When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was brought in to replace the veteran Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford, the expectations from him were quite high.  There was a certain sense of romanticism associated wit...

Scotland Cricket team: Brave-heart, cursed fate

Scotland Cricket team: Brave-heart, cursed fate

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-08 18:37:52

Scotland has a cricket history that goes a long way back. But somehow they were not an ICC member till 1992 and did not feature in a World Cup till 1999.  Their journey to the World Cup and thro...

India meet Namibia in the last game of Super 12

India meet Namibia in the last game of Super 12

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-08 17:38:50

The round of Super 12 comes to an end tonight with India facing Namibia in a dead-rubber of Group 2 in Dubai at 8.00 pm Bangladesh time.  Since the two teams from this group – Pakistan and...

Shoaib Malik lead Pakistan to 5th consecutive victory

Shoaib Malik lead Pakistan to 5th consecutive victory

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-07 23:46:46

Pakistan secured a comfortable victory by a margin of 72 runs to make it five out of five for them as Scotland had to bid farewell empty-handed in Super 12.  In response to the target of 190, Sc...

Top 5 batsmen of World T20s

Top 5 batsmen of World T20s

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-07 19:39:38

There probably wouldn’t have been any T20 cricket without blistering batters. Electric batting combined with raining boundaries and extremely high-scoring affairs is what made T20 cricket exciti...

New Zealand through to semi-final as both India and Afghanistan exit the tournament

New Zealand through to semi-final as both India and Afghanistan exit the tournament

Abdullah Al Noman 2021-11-07 19:26:34

New Zealand thrashes Afghanistan with a massive 8 wicket victory. The Blackcaps wins a virtual quarterfinal against Afghanisthan in the most dominant way. They had to win this to secure their Semifin...

Can Scotland crack something against the spirited Pakistan?

Can Scotland crack something against the spirited Pakistan?

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-07 17:54:09

Two teams at the polar opposite spots in Group 2 are scheduled to face each other in Sharjah tonight at 8.00 pm Bangladesh time.  Pakistan look to make it five out of five whereas Scotland do no...