AFP, London :Exiled England star Kevin Pietersen on Friday said he would consider any offer to return as England selectors met to decide which players are set for World Cup duty.Pietersen was dropped from the squad by the England and Wales Cricket board in February and the controversial batsman subsequently released an autobiography claiming the England dressing room had been beset by a bullying culture.But, as selectors considered their options Pietersen wrote on Twitter that his “phone is on” and,...
Sports Reporter :Comilla Victorians posted a thrilling five-wicket victory over Chittagong Vikings in their Twenty20 cricket match of the 3rd Bangladesh premier League at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Thursday.Sent into bat first, Chittagong Vikings made 136 for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 20 overs.In reply, Comilla Victorians coasted home making 140 for the loss of five wickets remaining with two balls.Comilla Victorians had a shaky start as they lost their opener Liton Das...
Sports Reporter :Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal will be uncertain for the upcoming 1st Test against hosts South Africa (SA) for...
A magnificent uneaten century by Junaid Siddique saw North Zone dominated the first day as they scored 327 for 4 against Central Zone at stumps on the first day of four-day Bangladesh Cricket League held on Saturday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.Junaid played an impressive knock of 172-run off 276 balls laced with 19 boundaries to remain unbeaten along with Dhiman Ghosh who was firm on wicket with 51 for the second day’s play.Shahidul Ilsma bagged two wickets...
AFP, Centurion :Indian captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25 percent of his match fee following an altercation with the umpires during the third day of the second Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Monday.The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the sanction, imposed by match referee Chris Broad, in a statement on Tuesday.Kohli also received one demerit point for breaching level one of the ICC code of conduct relating to “conduct that is contrary to the spirit of...
Sports Reporter :Bangladesh Cricket team will tour New Zealand in March to play three One Day International (ODI) matches and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against the hosts on different venues across New Zealand. It may be mentioned that Bangladesh were scheduled to play three-match Test series against Sri Lanka in the island but the tour was postponed due to one-sided decision of Sri Lanka Cricket. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now interested to stage domestic cricket competitions to...
Sports Reporter :‘Wonder Boy’ Mustafizur Rahman is now the ambassador of Bangladesh in cricket world. After showing gimmick in the international matches wearing Bangladesh’s jersey, Mustafizur Rahman is now performing extremely well in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Total media of the world is watching the performance of the ‘Cutter Boy’. Mustafizur Rahman is now playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing IPL.After watching his performance, the cricket fans of the country are eager to send wishes.Specially, the female fans...
England’s cricketers may have suffered the embarrassment of a World Twenty20 defeat by the Netherlands and a 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia but even they were never bowled out for three as has happened to one club side. Wirral, from north-west England, were dismissed for just three against Haslington in a Cheshire League Third Division match – with extras the top-scorer courtesy of two leg-byes. There were 10 ducks in the Wirral innings, with No 11 Connor Hodson, supposedly their...
AFP, New Delhi : Conventional wisdom says Asian teams usually succumb on the bouncy wickets of Australia or the seaming pitches in New Zealand, making them vulnerable and rank outsiders for the World Cup.Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand, alongside the mighty South Africa, are the bookmakers’ favourites to win one-day cricket’s biggest prize, with Asian teams way down in the pecking order.But those already writing off Asia’s big three-India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka-will do so at their own peril. And...
AFP, Port Of Spain :South Africa’s Hashim Amla and Dwayne Bravo of the West Indies set a new world record...
BSS, Pokhara :Country’s famed archer Ruman Sana said it was the best year in his illustrate ten years career as...