'All’s well that ends well': Is it the case for Tigers after Zim series?
Bangladesh turned things around in the Test series against Zimbabwe, winning the second and final Test by a resounding margin of an innings and 106 runs in Chattogram yesterday.
1 May 2025, 03:30 AM
Stumped by the system
Every year, the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) begins with unwavering commitments from authorities to make it even more competitive than the previous years.
11 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh batting stuck in archaic groove
“Ben Duckett cost them [England] the game… scored too slow, mate… they should have got to at least 380,” former South Africa batter Herschelle Gibbs said about Duckett’s innings after England lost their Champions Trophy opener against Australia in Lahore last Saturday, despite posting 351 for eight -- the highest total in the competition’s history -- only for Australia to chase it down with five wickets and 15 balls to spare.
26 February 2025, 21:14 PM
Sehwag’s humiliating remarks a grim reality for Tigers?
The greatest stages produce the greatest heroes.
22 February 2025, 02:00 AM
IND v PAK: A rivalry that goes way beyond cricket
When the Prime Minister of a nation makes a serious statement about sports, it is clear that the underlying causes go beyond the game itself -- that the tension arises from something much larger on a broader scale.
19 February 2025, 04:00 AM
Contrasting LaLiga scenes in 2024, what next?
Last season, around this time, there was a surprise package in Girona in the top three of LaLiga. However, a year later, the Spanish league has returned to the status quo, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid -- the three giants of Spain -- occupying the top three spots on the table at the end of 2024.
11 January 2025, 01:30 AM
Pacers lead Tigers to best-ever WTC
The 101-run win over hosts West Indies in the second and final Test in Jamaica on Tuesday was the fitting way for Bangladesh to close out the 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle -- the best one the Tigers experienced to date.
4 December 2024, 18:30 PM
‘Big Five’ not in picture, but what about persisting mediocrity?
Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.
20 November 2024, 02:30 AM
Will not having a wrist spinner cost the Tigers?
There could be no argument that the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium was a dull affair.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
WTC strugglers battle for first win
The current situation and primary aim of both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka remain almost indistinguishable as they embark on a two-Test series, the first of which starts today at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Everyone has equal responsibility’
With praises for his work pouring in from two of the colossal figures of Bangladesh cricket in Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan, former national skipper and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Khaled Mahmud has recently been enjoying a joyous period in his professional career.
12 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Fielding the latest culprit of Tigers’ Kiwi woes
Bangladesh’s five-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the second ODI at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday meant that the Tigers lost the three-match series with a game left to play.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Can Tigers work as a streak to defy the streak?
Records need not be pointed out to show that Bangladesh are yet to make big strides in the longest format of the game compared to their achievements in limited-overs cricket. When compared to other Test-playing nations, that gap only becomes more prominent.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mayers shows character; Tigers the lack of it
Test cricket is a different ball game -- a common saying that was yet again proved yesterday when West Indies registered an unlikely-yet-fully-deserved win against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Still no country for pace bowlers
While not very auspicious, the picture was also not ominous for Bangladesh at the end of Day One of the first Test against the West Indies at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Rewarding Test specialists for a rewarding Test team
The name James Anderson is almost synonymous to Test cricket. His iconic yet smooth bowling action while donned in the all-white of England is what cricket lovers and enthusiasts immediately picture when they hear or read Anderson’s name.
1 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Brathwaite shows steely resolve
Concentration, focus and not letting the guard down -- these perhaps are the most precious attributes for a batsman in Test cricket. And all of these were certainly on display from Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies Test skipper, during the first day of the three-day warm-up match against the BCB XI at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Lots of positives in lopsided series
Bangladesh were clear favourites to win the three-match ODI series against a depleted West Indies side. And so they did. The Tigers swept the series 3-0, winning all the matches convincingly.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Will this twilight usher in the dawn?
Both dusk and dawn exhibit exactly the same illumination. But, at opposite ends of the horizon, one beckons darkness and fear while the other greets sunshine and hope.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Road to 2023 begins with Windies
A fluke or just a good day at the office may see a minnow defeating a powerhouse once in a while but for a team to win any major trophy requires long-term planning and proper execution.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Youngsters played fearless cricket’
From Shoriful Islam’s pace, bounce and swing with the new ball and his effective yorkers with the old one that left batsmen rooted to the ground at the death to Parvez Hossain Emon’s audacity to smash the fastest T20 hundred by a Bangladeshi to help chase down a 221-run total to Shamim Hossain’s breathtaking fielding, the recently concluded Bangabandhu T20 Cup showed the youngsters’ prowess throughout.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Shakib a perennial headline-maker
Shakib Al Hasan’s return to cricket after serving a year-long ban was expected to be the most discussed topic among fans and media. And so it proved from day one, when he was officially allowed to be reinstated in cricketing activities on the morning of October 29.
13 November 2020, 11:44 AM
Blazing a trail of success
“I hope many more girls in our country will focus more on playing cricket and work on their fitness in order to achieve something for their country after seeing my performance or Jahanra’s [Alam] performance,” Salma Khatun said after helping Trailblazers win the Women’s T20 Challenge for the first time.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM
20 years travelled, but still a long way to go
Today marks 20 years of Bangladesh’s Test journey. And when the Naimur Rahman-led Tigers, donned in the all-white jersey for the first time, stepped onto the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on November 10, 2000, to face Sourav Ganguly’s India, cricket lovers rejoiced at the start of what they hoped would be an enthralling journey.
9 November 2020, 17:34 PM
Problem not in rust, but failure to learn
“Maybe give the guys a bit of breathing space,” said Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo in a virtual conference on Thursday, urging the media not to “harshly judge” players over a few days of cricket in the ongoing intra-squad BCB President’s Cup.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Time for the batsmen to learn from mistakes
“I had got out a couple of times to balls bowled outside off stump. So I decided not to play the cover-drive. They were bowling consistently outside the off stump, and I decided to leave all those balls,” were the words of the great Sachin Tendulkar after he played an unbeaten 241-run knock without a single drive through the off side during the Sydney Test of India’s 2004 tour.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Seniors need to set the tone for tougher challenges
What was missing in the BCB President’s Cup in the first two matches was found to some extent in the third match of the 50-over tournament between Najmul XI and Tamim XI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Cricket’s summer in a bubble a lesson for everyone
Despite England’s five-year unbeaten record in home series coming to an end when Australia’s Mitchell Starc swept Adil Rashid for a boundary at Old Trafford in the third ODI on Wednesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would still have been proud of what they achieved this summer -- cricket’s first summer in a bio-secure bubble.
17 September 2020, 18:00 PM