‘Should be careful against Afghans’
Just a few miles from the Bangladesh team hotel in Southampton, the World Cup’s lowest-ranked team was giving the overwhelming
22 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Tigers learning and growing
Tigers have lost three of six matches so far. Those three matches were against World Cup favourites England, Australia and a genuine contender in New Zealand. Bangladesh were outplayed in just one of those reversals -- when England posted 386 for six and bundled Bangladesh out for 280
21 June 2019, 19:05 PM
Undaunted after loss
In front of the Park Plaza hotel in Nottingham, a bunch of local fans were standing with autograph books in the morning yesterday.
21 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Real damage was done after 38th over’
Mashrafe said. “If Mosaddek was there, I could have used off-spinners from both ends. I still think it was okay, but I would say that the real damage was done after the 38th over.”
20 June 2019, 21:17 PM
Tigers fall short after spirited chase
When Mahmudullah Riyad hit the biggest six of the match, a 95-metre straight hit off Adam Zampa in the 42nd over, and Mushfiqur Rahim neared his seventh ODI ton, it was easy to wonder what could have been had Australia been held to 30 runs fewer. After a 48-run loss
20 June 2019, 20:34 PM
When the keystone wobbles
When refuting the notion that Shakib Al Hasan’s excellent performances made Bangladesh a one-man army on the eve of yesterday’s match against Australia, skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was probably thinking about the 384 runs Shakib scored in four matches. While
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Australia’s snubs ‘disappointing’
It was an Australian journalist who pointed out an oft-overlooked aspect of a match-up between Bangladesh and Australia during the pre-match press conference yesterday, ahead of today’s World Cup match between the sides in Nottingham.
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Tigers’ mission improbable
At a ground steeped in history, Bangladesh will attempt to create a bit of history of their own by beating Australia for the first time in a World Cup match today in Trent Bridge.
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Confident Tigers wait for the next
The morning after serving notice of their prowess by completely outclassing West Indies, a happy Bangladesh squad boarded the bus from their team hotel in Taunton towards Nottingham at 11:00 am yesterday. The next challenge for Bangladesh in their World Cup campaign is facing five-time champions Australia on June 20 at Trent Bridge.
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM
WORLD CUP DIARY
The miserable weather that has hit much of England over the past week is a bane for cricketers looking to practise ahead of matches,
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM
The Big 5 Plus: long awaited, but here at last
It is not the name of a new, large phone from a manufacturer called Big, but it is the template for Bangladesh to go deep in the
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘I don’t like talking about myself’
Both teams have a lot of work to do in order for them to move up the ICC rankings. They have to beat the top teams on a regular basis.
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Hetmyer flips the script
With the teams playing each other nine times over the past year, there were no surprises in the opposition camp for either West Indies
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Shakib opens door to another ‘new level’
The focus for Bangladesh has been on playing their brand of cricket and that served them well during the 21-run win in their first World Cup match against South Africa and also -- barring a misreading of conditions -- in the second match against New Zealand, which they lost by two wickets.
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Even contest on the cards as Tigers take on WI
There will be very few secrets between the sides when Bangladesh take on West Indies in their World Cup game today in Taunton. They have played each other home and away over the last year and both sides have a fair idea of the players they will come up against today at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, where the match will start at 10:30 am (3:30 pm Bangladesh time).
16 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Players should decide on game strategy’
Bangladesh started this World Cup campaign by looking within. Before the first match against South Africa, skipper Mashrafe Bin
16 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Familiar foes face crunch match
They have played each other nine times in ODIs over a span of less than a year and in four Tests over that period. Bangladesh have
16 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Windies are different, but so are we’
There were bouncers aplenty during Bangladesh’s batting practice at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton yesterday. That
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Tigers prepare for bumper barrage
Tigers were practising against short-pitched deliveries in the nets to be primed for the West Indies pacers in their next match Bangladesh vs West Indies tomorrow. Practice was not without its perils as wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim was hit on the right forearm
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘May have to rethink our strategy’
By the time Bangladesh started their practice at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, West Indies’ batting had been dismantled by England in Southampton. Bangladesh are set to face West Indies in their fifth World Cup match on June 17 in Taunton, but unlike their opponents, will have had six days’ gap between matches since their last World Cup game against Sri Lanka in Bristol was abandoned due to rain.
14 June 2019, 18:00 PM