Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Opener Tamim Iqbal slammed his maiden one-day hundred as Bangladesh completed a clean sweep against Ireland with a 79-run victory in the third and final match at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.The visitors' hope to finish the series with some solace all but evaporated when the Tigers piled up 293 for seven, their second highest score in the shorter-version after a 301-7 against Kenya, after deciding to bat.In reply to the mammoth target, the Irish were never in the game and they lost wickets at regular intervals, interestingly four of them fell victims to run outs, before being bundled ...
(read more) Sunday, March 2nd, 2008If Day Two of the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium yesterday was a day of fulfilling individual desires then the wishes were granted in a most fascinating fashion.South Africa captain Graeme and Neil McKenzie broke a 53-year-old record when they produced a marathon 415 runs for the first wicket, edging out the previous best of 413 by India's Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad against New Zealand in Chennai way back in 1956.McKenzie, back into the Test fold after a long time, stroked his first double hundred. Wily left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique, playing his final Test match, got his ...
(read more) Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The defeat was inevitable for the Tigers as South Africa completed their task in 45 minutes on the fourth morning of the first Test of the two-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.Bangladesh's hero of the match Shahadat Hossain, who finished with a match haul of nine wickets, picked up the day's lone wicket by trapping left-handed batsman Ashwell Prince that only reduced the losing margin to five wickets.It was mere formalities for the Proteas as they needed only 27 runs on the fourth day with six wickets in hand and it took them 10.5 overs to ...
(read more) Monday, February 25th, 2008Jacques Kallis' five-for in the morning session all but shattered Bangladesh's dreams of setting a challenging target as South Africa finished the third day of the first Test on the verge of a win at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.The sturdy right-arm paceman put an end to the two overnight batsmen's nearly hour-long resistance by getting the outside edge of Zunaed Siddiqui (74) to record-breaking wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.It started a predictable collapse that saw the home team lose their last six wickets for just 34 runs.Bangladesh's stumble in one session was nothing out of the ordinary but the ...
(read more) Sunday, February 24th, 2008Young Shahadat Hossain rose to a height that no paceman of the country has reached before with a six-wicket burst as Bangladesh put South Africa on a knife-edge after the eventful second day's play of the first Test at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.His fantastic feat not only gave the hosts a first-innings lead against a team who won their previous four Tests by an innings but also gave the Tigers a third realistic chance to sniff a victory after similar situations in Multan in 2003 against Pakistan and at Fatullah two years ago over world beaters Australia.And what ...
(read more) Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Zunaed Siddiqui will make his one-day international debut when Bangladesh play the first game of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Eden Park in Auckland today.The day-night match starts at 12pm local time (5 am Bangladesh Standard Time) and Sony SAB television will be beaming live coverage.The team management included the Rajshahi left-hander in the playing eleven, leaving out opening batsman Javed Omar, pacers Nazmul Hossain and uncapped Sajidul Islam and middle-order batsman Tushar Imran who is yet to recover from an injury.A decent performance in the domestic circuit and his lone Twenty20 international in South Africa brought ...
(read more) Monday, December 24th, 2007 Bangladesh completed preparations for their international series against New Zealand with a four-wicket victory over a New Zealand XI in a Twenty20 match in Hamilton on Sunday.Bangladesh, who have lost both their one-day games against first-class sides in New Zealand, will take confidence from the result against a team that included several members of the full New Zealand side.Former New Zealand batsman James Marshall top-scored for the New Zealand XI with 33 off 26 balls, while Scott Styris scored 29 as the hosts made 133 for seven off their 20 overs.Bangladesh began their chase for the modest total poorly, ...
(read more) Saturday, July 21st, 2007Bangladesh had the opportunity to salvage something for the first time in an otherwise disappointing tour but their almost chronic batting blues returned to spoil the party as the Tigers crashed to a 70-run defeat to hosts Sri Lanka at the P Sara Stadium yesterday.The islanders thus drew first blood in the three-match one-day series.Bangladesh seized their much-needed momentum in the opener courtesy a valiant effort from the bowlers after Mohammad Ashraful won his first toss in the series and put in the opponents in seeking the early morning advantage.But in the end they had to leave the field with ...
(read more) Friday, July 20th, 2007Under heightened security, there was hardly any buzz in the city about the three-match one-day series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka which starts today but there was no short of excitement in the visitors' tent ahead of the first game to be held at the P Sara Stadium.The energetic and youthful Bangladesh side became more confident in the shorter version of the game after their World Cup success and they were desperately looking forward to enter their comfort zone to put aside a disappointing performance in the just concluded Test series.But the job would remain as tough as it was ...
(read more) Sunday, July 15th, 2007Muttiah Muralidaran blew away Bangladesh on way to reach the 700-wicket milestone in Test cricket as Sri Lanka swept the three-match series with an innings and 193-run victory in the rain-interrupted third and final Test at the Asgiriya Stadium here yesterday.Despite most of first two days' play washed out, the Bangladesh batting found no answer to the rich Lankan attack as the visitors were bundled out for 176 in their second innings shortly before tea on the fourth day.Bangladesh suffered innings defeats in all the matches to experience their worst Test series so far.The picturesque venue took a festive mood ...
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