The Bangladesh Premier League 2012
(BPL) season will be the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League. The season will commence on the 9th of February with the final to be played on the 29th of February
The competition...
Monday, April 16, 2012
ICC President Sharad Pawar condoles NKP Salve's death
On behalf of the ICC, I extend my condolences to the family of Mr NKP Salve.
Mr.Salve was one of the best cricket administrators the game has ever seen. As president of the BCCI, he played a pivotal role in ensuring that the World Cup became a truly 'international' event, staged all over the world. He was heading the BCCI when India won the World Cup in 1983. The triumph...
Results of the ICC Executive Board meeting in Dubai
The ICC Executive Board held the second of its scheduled 2012 meetings in Dubai this weekend. The major items considered and/or decisions taken were as follows.
ICC President, Chairman and Chief Executive
Following a Board resolution agreed at the last meeting, the directors confirmed the necessary amendments to the constitution to split the role of the ICC President and...
IPL: Mumbai Indians to clash with Delhi Daredevils today
MUMBAI: Mumbai Indians will be facing Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) today.
The match will start in the night at 7.30 (Pakistan Time).
Mumbai Indians playing four matches have six points to its credit, while Delhi Daredevils have earned four points playing three matches.
Geo Super is telecasting all the matches of this event li...
Pakistan hails Bangladesh series
KARACHI: Delighted Pakistani cricket fans, players and politicians Monday welcomed Bangladesh's decision to tour the troubled country and end its three-year exile from hosting international matches.
Bangladesh on Sunday agreed to a short tour during which they will play one 50-over game and a Twenty20 international on April 29 and 30 in Lahore, a move hailed by former captain...
Patient Watson helps Aussies take upper hand
PORT OF SPAIN: Shane Watson hit a patient half-century as Australia reached 208 for five on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on a slow Queen's Park Oval pitch.
Mike Hussey, on 26, and Matthew Wade, with 11, were unbeaten at the close, putting on a useful 30-run partnership after both men had survived dropped catches.
Watson was Australia's top scorer,...
Bangladesh coach Law to step down in June
DHAKA: Australian Stuart Law will step down as the national cricket coach of Bangladesh in June due to family reasons, the country's cricket board (BCB) said on
Monday.
Law, who played one test and 54 one-day internationals for Australia, joined as Bangladesh's head coach in July last year on a two-year contract, replacing compatriot Jamie Siddons.
"It is a matter of...
IPL: Rahane ton helps Rajasthan crush Bangalore by 59 runs
BANGALORE: Rajasthan Royals outclassed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs after Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant hundred in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing an improbable target of 196, Bangalore were bowled out for 136 in 19.5 overs.
Their main scorers were Mayank Agarwal (34) and Virat Kohli (22)....
Aussies lose openers, reach 74 for two at lunch
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Australia lost both their openers in the opening session of the second Test against West Indies at Queen's Park Oval on Sunday before reaching lunch on 74 for two.
Shane Watson was not out on 10, while Ricky Ponting was on five.
Openers David Warner (29) and Ed Cowan (28) had put on 53 for the first wicket as Australia, who won the toss...
Australia win toss and bat against Windies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and opted to bat here on the first day of the second Test with the West Indies.
Australia can clinch the three match series if they win here after winning the first Test in Barbados.
Both teams made two changes to the sides from the first Test.
The West Indies left out vice-captain, Kirk...
Punjab’s thrilling 2-run win against Kolkata
KOLKATA: Kings XI Punjab recorded a thrilling two-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in a low-scoring match in the fifth Indian Premier League here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Chasing 135, the Knight Riders were looking set to achieve the target but they were restricted to 132-7 in 20 overs by the Kings XI due to their accurate bowling and alert fielding.
Debabrata...
Khar welcomes B’desh cricket team visit
LAHORE: Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar Sunday said that Bangladesh cricket team’s finally deciding to visit Pakistan was a heartening gesture, Geo News reported.
She was talking to media after chief-guesting the closing ceremony of a golf championship here at Royal Palm Golf & Country Club Lahore.
To a question, she said that sports diplomacy promotes people-to-people...
