Sports Reporter :
South Africa Cricket team arrived in the city on Tuesday. South Africa will play two Twenty20 International matches, three One Day International (ODI) matches and two Test matches against their counterpart Bangladesh Cricket team.
Bangladesh will take on South Africa in the first Twenty20 International match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on July 5. Bangladesh will meet South Africa in the second Twenty20 International match at the same venue on July 7.
Bangladesh will face South Africa in the first ODI at the same venue on July 10. Bangladesh will play against South Africa in the second ODI at the same venue on July 12.
Bangladesh will take on South Africa in the third ODI at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on July 15.
Bangladesh will face South Africa in the first Test match, which begins at the same venue from July 21.
Bangladesh will meet South Africa in the second Test match, which starts at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur from July 30.
Big economic payback from ‘most popular’ World Cup
AFP, Sydney
The cricket World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand this year was the most popular ever and generated Aus$1.1 billion (US$844 million) in economic benefits, an official analysis showed Tuesday.
Fourteen teams played in the hugely successful tournament in February and March, with Australia winning a fifth world crown after beating New Zealand by seven wickets in front of a record crowd of 93,013 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
An economic impact and benefits analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers showed the event generated more than Aus$1.1 billion in direct spending and created 8,320 full-time jobs.
More than one million fans attended games, with 145,000 international visitors, mostly from Asia, with wide media coverage around the world.
Cricket World Cup 2015 chief executive John Harnden said the direct spending converted into an increase in gross domestic product of Aus$460 million across the two countries.
