Young Tigers seal series 3-2 despite losing fifth match to Afghans
Afghanistan Under-19 team won the fifth and final match by three wickets against their Bangladesh counterpart at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, reports BSS.Despite losing the match, Bangladesh won the series 3-2.Bangladesh won the first match by 16 runs, second one by three wickets and third game by 121...
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Mushfiq returns to practice
Bangladesh senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim refused to take a long time off from cricket as he returned to the practice on Sunday to prepare him for the upcoming assignments, reports BSS.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave the national cricketers a three-week break after the completion of the five-match Twenty20 series...
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Liverpool go top with win over Palace as City held by Saints
ANFIELD, Sept 19 (Reuters): Liverpool went top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, while champions Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at home to Southampton.Arsenal picked up their second straight win with a 1-0 victory at Burnley, while promoted Brentford posted...
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Tamim returns to net-practice
Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal began the practice after recovering from his knee injury which forced him to miss some of Bangladesh matches in recent times, reports BSS.He had gone through a batting practice with net bowlers at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday as his knee looked fine. The...
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Bangladesh lose to Jordan
Bangladesh national women's football conceded a 0-5 defeat to Jordan in the three-team Group G match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup Sunday, reports UNB. Jordan put Bangladesh down by two goals in the first half at the Bunyodkor Football Stadium in the Uzbek capital Tashkent. Captain Maysha Ziad Jbarah...
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Teen Ostapenkov stuns Schwartzman
NEWYORK, Sept 19 (Reuters): Belarusian Daniil Ostapenkov, a young person who had not performed professional-level match earlier than, surprised world quantity 15 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-3 in their World Group I Davis Cup match towards Argentina on Saturday.The 18-year-old turned the most recent younger gun to trigger an upset following...
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Kiwis arrive in Dubai after abandoning Pakistan tour
DUBAI, Sept 19 (AFP): The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Dubai early Sunday after fleeing Pakistan but officials refused to give details of the security threat that forced them to abruptly cancel their tour.While some information had been shared with the Pakistan Cricket Board, "specific details could not, and...
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England to tour Pakistan, hopes PCB CEO
Wasim Khan, the PCB chief executive, expects England - the men, for two T20Is, and the women, for two T20Is and three ODIs - will reach Pakistan on schedule in October and play their games on the due dates, reports ESPNcricinfo."England are meeting today to make a decision on whether...
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Cox stars as Kent win English T20 final
LONDON, Sept 19 (AFP): Jordan Cox struck an unbeaten 58 and showed superb athleticism in the field as a Kent side featuring 45-year-old Darren Stevens beat Somerset in English cricket's T20 Blast final at Edgbaston on Saturday.Cox's 28-ball innings, featuring three fours and three sixes, propelled Kent to a total...
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