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ICC bans Smith for one match, fines Bancroft over ball-tampering

DUBAI, Mar 25 (AFP): International cricket bosses suspended Australia captain Steve Smith for one match and docked his entire match fee for the current Test after he admitted responsibility for the ball-tampering scandal in the ongoing game against South Africa.Opener Cameron Bancroft, 25, was hit by three demerit points, fined...

Anger mounts in Australia over ball scandal

SYDNEY, Mar 25 (AFP): Steve Smith and David Warner have stepped down as captain and vice-captain for the rest of Australia's ongoing Test against South Africa as Cricket Australia issued an apology Sunday to fans over a ball-tampering scandal. There have been growing calls for Smith to be sacked as...

42-member contingent to represent BD in C’wealth Games

A 42-member Bangladesh contingent will participate in the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast of Australia from April 4-15, eyeing medals in the prospective shooting events, reports UNB.The 11-day multi-sports games will kick off at the Carrara Stadium of Queensland in Australia on April 4 where leading...

Booters Sabina, Krishna leave for India, finally

Bangladesh women's football team captain Sabina Khatun and midfielder Krishna Rani Sarkar on Sunday left Dhaka for India after the Indian High Commission (IHC) in Dhaka granted their visa in the afternoon, reports UNB.They left home at around 7:20pm by a Bangladesh Biman flight BG 0095, confirmed Bangladesh Football Federation...

BCB arranges T20 exhibition match on Independence Day

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has arranged a T20 exhibition match today (Monday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur marking the Independence Day, reports UNB.The exhibition match between Bangladesh Red and Green teams will kick off at 10:30am on the day.Azhar Hossain Shantoo has been made manager and Golam...

England three down, need another 237 to save Test

AUCKLAND, Mar 25 (AFP): New Zealand snapped up three wickets Sunday, including that of Joe Root with the last ball of the day, to pin down an England side battling to salvage a draw from the first Test.At stumps England were 132 for three, still needing another 237 runs on...

Northern Ireland, Chile, Peru win in World Cup friendly

BELFAST, Mar 25 (Agencies): Paul Smyth was Northern Ireland's hero after coming off the bench to mark his international debut with the winning goal against World Cup-bound South Korea in Belfast on Saturday.There were just six minutes left until the end of the friendly match when the 20-year-old Queens Park...

Saha hits 6 sixes in an over

Wriddhiman Saha made a strong statement a fortnight before the start of IPL 2018 by hitting a 20-ball hundred during a Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) T20 meet for his club Mohun Bagan on Saturday. Saha's jaw-dropping knock also included six sixes in an over, reports Cricbuzz.The wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 14...

World number one Halep out of Miami Open

MIAMI, Mar 25 (AFP): World number one Simona Halep tumbled out of the Miami Open on Saturday, falling 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.The third-round defeat comes a week after Romania's Halep was toppled in the semi-finals at Indian Wells by Japan's Naomi Osaka, who went on to win...