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Joy shows his class

Mahmudul Hasan Joy has already left an impression of ability in his short career. Batting to meet the demands of the situation has simultaneously shed light on both long and short range cricket. The former Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes has also caught the attention of this young man.He played a big ...

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Russell steers Dhaka to victory over Barishal

Andre Russell was in his element, following up figures of 2 for 27 with an unbeaten 31 off 15 balls, as Minister Group Dhaka beat Fortune Barishal by four wickets in Mirpur. This was Dhaka’s first win in three matches in BPL 2022 and Russell’s first major contribution this season.Chasing...

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Mashrafe to miss first 2 BPL matches

Bangladesh and Minister Dhaka pacer Mashrafe Mortaza will miss the first two matches of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), it was confirmed by Dhaka’s captain Mahmudullah Riyad on Thursday.The 38-year-old pacer returned to practice with a back injury on 6th January, as he could not recover from ...

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BCB ignores Gibson’s contract renewal

Otis Gibson is no longer extending his contract as the pace bowling coach of Bangladesh. The news of his leaving Bangladesh became final on Thursday. However, in a recent interview, the Caribbean coach said that he was interested in doing more work in Bangladesh, but no one from Bangladesh Cricket B...

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We couldn’t duplicate the discipline of Bay Oval Test: Gibson

After a chastening experience on Day 1 of the second Test against New Zealand, Tigers fast bowling coach Ottis Gibson observed that the pace bowling unit couldn’t duplicate the discipline that one witnessed in Bay Oval.The home side finished the day in pole position at 349 for 1, with Tom Lath...

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Ronchi lauds Black Caps batting

Luke Ronchi, the New Zealand batting coach, noted that doing the basics well for long period of time helped them be in a dominating position.“A massive part of it was to do the basics well and right for a long period of time. We did it quite well at Mount Maunganui, but we let ourselves down i...

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Tigers chase history in Taylor’s farewell Test

Confident Bangladesh will face hosts New Zealand in the second of the two-match Test series on Sunday at 4 am at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Bangladesh are 1-0 up in the series after winning the opening game by an astounding eight wickets at Mount Maunganui last week.With the victory over the Test ...

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BCB thinking about extra bonuses for Kiwi hunt

After the historical Test win on New Zealand soil, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is pondering to give the cricketers an extra bonus.Normally the cricketers get a bonus after winning a match but since the magnitude of the victory is huge in Bangladesh cricket’s history, BCB Cricket Operati...

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NZ batters probably underestimated our seamers: Ottis

Bangladesh pace bowling coach Ottis Gibson feels the New Zealand batters have underestimated the Tiger fast bowlers. He lauded the seamers for their disciplined bowling throughout the Test.The coach also heaped praises on the right arm spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz for contributing 47 runs that ensured...

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‘Kiwis did not expect such a good wicket’

New Zealand has always made sporting wickets. Where the batsmen get the same benefits as the bowlers. However, the bowlers had to struggle a lot in the Mount Manganui Test. The wicket is a batting paradise. New Zealand themselves could not have imagined such a good wicket for the batsmen.At the end ...

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Junior Tigers qualify for Asia Cup semis

The last match of the group stage between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the Youth Asia Cup has been abandoned due to the novel coronavirus. The game was abandoned after the start of the match on Tuesday. As a result, Bangladesh has qualified for the semi-final of the U-19 Asia Cup. The young tigers go...

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Tigers seek motivation from 2017 Wellington Test

Bangladesh have never won a bilateral series in New Zealand, however, the situation is most tragic in the test as they have played 9 Tests and lost by a big margin in all of them Including 5 innings defeat.However, there was a spark back in 2017 Wellington Test. Bangladesh had declared the innings w...

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Mortaza makes it to top category in BPL local player draft

Despite not featuring regularly in domestic cricket, former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Mortaza is included in the highest category of the local player's draft for the upcoming Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League.According to the player draft list, six leading players are included in the ...

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BPL 2022 to kick off on January 21

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Wednesday that the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League T20 2022 will start on 21 January.The six teams are -Dhaka, Chattogram, Cumilla, Barishal, Khulna, Sylhet.Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet will be the host venues for the 36-match six-team event that will be pl...

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Tigers set for Wagner-Conway test in warm-up match

Facing fiery fast bowler Neil Wagner in New Zealand has always been another name of fear for Bangladesh. The left-arm pacer has frustrated the Bangladesh batsmen with his bounce on the green wicket. New Zealand has included Wagner in the squad for the two-day warm-up match against Bangladesh. Devon ...

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Mushfiq shares way to get runs on Kiwi soil

Skipper Mominul Haque, batsmen Nazmul Hossain Shant, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Sadman Islam and Liton Das sat in a circle with head coach Russell Domingo and batting coach Ashwell Prince. All they were listening to was Mushfiqur Rahim. In New Zealand, what the batsmen can do to be successful was the topic...

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Young Tigers leave to defend their title

Bangladesh U-19 cricket team departed from Dhaka on Tuesday to participate, firstly in the U-19 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates and then the U-19 World Cup in the West Indies.The Red and Greens have three members of the squad that won the previous championship in South Africa, and four of that ...

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Tigers celebrate Victory Day in New Zealand

After 9 long months of war with Pakistan, on 16th December in 1971, we got Bangladesh. Yesterday (Thursday) was an unforgettable glorious day of a thousand years of valour and heroism of the Bengali nation. Bangladesh national team cricketers also celebrated this victory day from abroad.For training...

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Shakib defends leave decision

Why does Shakib spend so much time away from the national team? Why does he shoot one ad after another on vacation? Why Shakib did not play in all the matches for the national team? Why Shakib is so much into business? In a recent interview Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is sta...

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Soumya Sarkar hits ton after 3 years in the first class match

After a enormous opening stand of 327 runs between Mithun and Mizanur, Soumya joined the party and scored a superb hundred against the BCB North Zone in the first round of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL).The Walton Central Zone batsmen took 141 deliveries to complete the hundred and in the end w...