Tuesday, 22 Apr, 2025

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Kangaroos Chasing Tigers Hot In Tigers Den

Australia 217 and 109 for 2 (Warner 75*, Smith 25*) need another 156 runs to beat Bangladesh 260 and 221 (Tamim 78, Lyon 6-82) Dhaka test is delicately poised after three days of absorbing cricket. New Bangladesh dominating 7 of the 9 completed sessions looked reaching impregnable

Bangladesh sets 265-run target for Australia

DHAKA: Bangladesh has set a 265-run winning target for Australia in the first test match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The Australia team began bating in the afternoon on Tuesday (August 29).   Opener Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh top scored for the hosts with 78,

Tamim’s 50 as Tigers resume batting on day-3

MIRPUR: Tiger heavy-hitter Tamim Iqbal sealed a fifty as Bangladesh are batting on the third day of second innings of the first test against visiting Australia. Opener Tamim Iqbal and night-watchman Taijul Islam resumed batting on side of the Tigers in Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Cricket

Sizzling Shakib rides Bangladesh to mountain peak

Bangladesh 260 (Shakib84, Tamim 71, AC Ager 3/46, PJ Cummins 3/ 63, NM Lyon 3/79) and 45 for 1 (Tamim 30*, Taijul 0*) lead Australia 217 (Renshaw 45, Shakib 5-68, Mehidy 3-62) by 88 runs The best all-rounder of all format of the current international cricket senior tiger Shakib

Tigers take 88-run lead at stumps on Day-2

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal Shakib are playing the key role to take an 88-run lead at stumps on day-2 of the opening test lead against Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.  Bangladesh scored 45 for one wicket in 22 overs in their second innings.

Australia all out in 217

DHAKA: Australia lost its all wickets achieving 217-run in their first innings against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.  Shakib Al Hasan bags highest five wickets, while Mehedi Hasan Miraz bags four wickets.   BDST: 1555 HRS, AUG 28, 2017 EHJ

Australia losses seven wickets

DHAKA: Australia lost the seventh wickets in their first innings against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka   Mehedi Hasan Miraz caught the wicket.  Maxwell and Ashton Agar were on batting. Miraz started the second day brilliantly as well. He has figures of

Handscomb goes, Australia losses 5 wickets

DHAKA: Australia crossed 100 with the loss of six wickets in their first innings against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Handscomb goes when Australia reaches 102 runs. Handscomb goes after he went to the backfoot to counter Taijul. Australia brings up

Tigers Have Nose in front

DHAKA: Bangladesh Vs Australia Test Match Played at Sher-e Bangla National stadium, Dhaka. Score Card After Day one: Bangladesh 260 All Out (Shakib Al Hasan 84, Tamim 71, Nasir 23, Mushfique 18, Mehedy 18 ,Ashton Ager 3/46, PJ Cummins 3/63, Nathan Lyon 3/79) Australia 18/3 ( Shakib

Tigers roar to shake Aussies

FROM MIRPUR: Visiting Australian cricketers faced tremendous pressure after they started batting against tigers on the first day of the first Test in Dhaka on Sunday (Aug 27). In response to Bangladesh’s 260, Aussies managed to score 18 runs in nine overs after loosing three wickets

Tigers batting first against Aussies in 1st test

MIRPUR (DHAKA): Bangladesh are batting first against visiting Australia in the 1st test of two-match test series, at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur of Dhaka Sunday (August 27). Tiger test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and decided to bat first. Tamim Iqbal

Finally, The Ice Will Melt

DHAKA: Lot of clouds, lot of snows gathered over Bangladesh-Australia test series for a while.  The scheduled series was suspended on the excuse of security concern in 2015. The fate of the series was also hanging on a balance till the very last minute for payment disputes. It only

Tigers when compared with Kangaroos

It is not tigers play Kangaroos too often in any format of international cricket. It is after 11 long years Bangladesh and Australia will have a bilateral contest in tigers den. It is almost over two decades Australia is leading cricket playing nation in the world. Bangladesh has just

AB de Villiers steps down as ODI captain

DHAKA: AB de Villiers stepped down as South Africa's one-day captain but is making himself available for international selection in all three formats, reports BBC. The 33-year-old, who was captain for six years, says it is "time for someone else to take the ODI side forward". He

Mominul reinstated in Test squad

DHAKA: Batsman Mominul Haque, who on Saturday (Aug 19) was left out of the first Test match squad against Australia, has been recalled in the squad. In a press conference on Sunday evening (Aug 20), Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said Mominul will replace

Ridiculous Selection, Atrocious Decision

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Selection committee allegedly dictated and pushed has announced 14-member squad for the test series against Australia.  The heated debated decision is discarding automatic choices prolific top order batsman Mominul Haque and tried and tested

Nasir-Shafiul in, Riyad-Mominul out

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 14-member squad for the first test of the much-awaited two-match Test series against visiting Australia. Tiger all-rounder Nasir Hossain and pacer Shafiul Islam were included in the squad as the announcement came from BCB office in

Australia cricket team in Dhaka amid tight security

DHAKA: Australia cricket team arrived in Dhaka to play the much-awaited two-match test series against Bangladesh cricket team Friday night (August 18). The flight SQ-446 carrying the 32-member Australia team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:45pm amid enhanced

Pakistan cricketer dies while batting without helmet

DHAKA: A Pakistani club cricketer died after being struck on the head while batting without helmet during a club match in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Monday (August 14), reports Pakistan Today. The ball struck on the head of Zubair Ahmed while he was batting during a game in Mardan district. It

Prescription for Kangaroos Bangla Wash

DHAKA: Cricket frenzied Bangladesh is eagerly waiting to host formidable Australia for long awaited test series.  For different reasons the game got delayed over a year. Even this tour survived by the skin of the teeth from last minute resolution of long standing disputes between CA