Sakeb Subhan

As impressive as the tangible successes on the field over the last two days has been Bangladesh's statements of

Nathan Lyon walked into the media room at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday around half an hour after he, as the

2-0 has been the refrain, a scarcely believable one if you consider who the opposition are. Much of the courage, or

Serving to stay in the tournament at a lung-busting 9-10 in the deciding set of the fourth round on Monday, Rafael Nadal was just two points away from an early exit.

For the last two days, Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal has been the unfortunate focus of news that transcends sport and enters the

One piece of news that has slipped under the radar over the past month is the Olympic Council of Asia's decision to drop cricket from

It really does not seem fair. This man, who ruled the roost like no other from early 2005 to late 2007, then gave up a bit of his...

When the tour of Sri Lanka started, 1-1 draws in each of the three formats, which Bangladesh achieved by winning the second of the

There were two forces at work in the tour-ending second T20I between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo yesterday.

Last night, after Bangladesh won the second T20I against Sri Lanka, something unusual happened. Shakib Al Hasan went to the press

As successful as this tour of Sri Lanka by the Bangladesh cricket team has been, it has also been one marred by off-field controversies and more than a little cloak-and-dagger.

Most other players would have thought that speaking on their retirement once in the day was enough.

Even before the first T20I started last night at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo two things were certain -- there is a

Three stats dominate the discussion before Bangladesh and Sri Lanka lock horns in the first of two T20Is at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo tonight at 7:30pm (Bangladesh time).

The tour of Sri Lanka has saved Bangladesh's weakest format for last.

Speaking with the shady benefit of hindsight may not be the most honest thing to do, but it will be even more disingenuous to deny that the status of Bangladesh's ODI progress hinged to a large extent on the result of the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, which they lost by 70 runs on Saturday.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza cut a despondent figure at the post-match press conference after the series-levelling 70-run loss at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground yesterday.

In the series-deciding third ODI at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday, there were two moments when the match could have gone away from Bangladesh. In the first instance, with Sri Lanka going great guns at 76 for no loss in 10 overs after being asked to bat first on a green pitch with rain in the air, Bangladesh turned the match around and restricted Sri Lanka to 280 for nine.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the truly larger than life figure in the Bangladesh cricket team.

Throughout Bangladesh's current tour of Sri Lanka, much has depended on the conditions at play, with the coin toss often competing with the skills of the players on the field to be the major actor in determining the outcome. In Tests it was hot and so would have been