Doritos Pakistan’s spinners dominated New Zealand in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday, winning by 42 runs and avoiding a series whitewash. The visitors lost the five-match series 4-1, but finished on a high note by dismissing the Black Caps for 92 in a 134-8 defence. Iftikhar Ahmed, a part-time offspinner, bowled a career-best … Read more
After winning the fifth and final Twenty20 International by 42 runs on Sunday, Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi said that it was “very important” for his side to avoid a series whitewash over New Zealand. The Black Caps capitulated for 92 in the face of some superb Pakistan spin bowling, despite being fancied to chase … Read more
Alex Ross, an Australian cricketer, has recently joined the BPL after playing in the Big Bash League with the Sydney Thunder. While he played with David Warner and Alex Hales in the Big Bash on January 14, franchise cricket’s demand sent him to Bangladesh for the first time yesterday, and he will need to swiftly … Read more
Just hours after announcing his marriage to Pakistani actress Sana Javed, Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik started Fortune Barishal’s Bangladesh Premier League opener against the Rangpur Riders today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Following the match, Rangpur Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan congratulates Fortune Barishal’s Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik. Fortune Barishal won the … Read more
Fortune Barishal held Rangpur Riders to 134-9 in their Bangladesh Premier League encounter today at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, with pacer Khaled Ahmed taking four wickets. Pakistani bowler Mohammad Imran Junior set the tone for the innings with the opening delivery, rattling Brandon King’s stumps with an inswinging yorker. Barishal bowlers then maintained taking … Read more
Fortune Barishal captain Tamim Iqbal said that he did not speak with Rangpur Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan after his team won their first Bangladesh Premier League 2024 match by five wickets on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Tamim said, “No, we did not talk,” when asked whether he spoke with … Read more
Fortune Barishal beat Rangpur Riders by five wickets in today’s first match of the Bangladesh Premier League 2024 in Mirpur, avenging a four-wicket setback in the previous season’s Eliminator. Firoz Ahmed, a Daily Star photographer, was on duty at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium to capture the third match of the tournament’s tenth edition, which … Read more
Sir Curtly Ambrose of the West Indies has indicated interest in taking over as the Bangladesh national team’s fast-bowling coach, a job that has been unfilled since South African star Allan Donald left after the ICC World Cup. Fast bowling is wonderful. Ambrose, who is presently in Dhaka working as a pundit in the ongoing … Read more
Maruf Mridha scored 5-43, but his efforts were in useless as Bangladesh opened their ICC U-19 World Cup campaign with a crushing loss to India in Bloomington today. Bangladesh Under-19s were bowled out for 167 runs in response to India’s 251 for 7. Mohammad Shihab James led the young Tigers in scoring with 54 runs. … Read more
Nahidul Islam, an off-spinner, took four wickets to help his team win its first match of the current Bangladesh Premier League 2024 against Chattogram Challengers in Mirpur on Saturday. Nahidul scooped up four wickets for 12 runs in four overs, knocking out four of Chattogram’s top five batsmen and reducing the Shuvagata Hom-led side to … Read more
