Tanzim’s Misogynistic Posts: BCB parrots player’s defence, says he is sorry
19 September 2023
Four days after screenshots of Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s misogynistic social media posts went viral, Bangladesh Cricket Board faced the media yesterday, but could only offer what amounted to a mere apology on the player’s behalf.
19 September 2023
Around the world on a Vespa: The ‘no-plan’ nomadic life
17 March 2023
For those of us wedded and welded to our routine-ruled existences, there is an almost jealous fascination about people like Vespanda Ilario Lavarra.
17 March 2023
From the archive: 2016 Asia Cup semifinal / Riyad's poetic justice
24 August 2022
The similarities were uncanny, the possibilities either too cruel or poetically just. The actor and his nemesis were the same, as were the stage and situation, give or take a wicket here and a run there.
24 August 2022
The spin stops
4 March 2022
Warne singlehandedly revolutionised the difficult but immensely rewarding art of leg-spin in the early 1990s. Along with Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralidaran, he can be credited for the revival of spin bowling.
4 March 2022
Children from slums with less than 3 months’ training defeat FIDE rated players
10 January 2022
With less than three months’ training, Poly Khatun and Mim Akhter, children from the slums of Mirpur, have defeated internationally rated chess players.
10 January 2022
Could it be a stepping stone for future riches?
15 October 2021
Can Bangladesh win the World Cup? Even half a decade ago, that question would have been a preposterous one, but it has become less so in the 50-over format.
15 October 2021
Human error challenge goes viral after Shakib apology
12 June 2021
Bangladesh woke up today to a new craze that has gripped social media following ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's Facebook apology last night.
12 June 2021
When passion becomes bullying
14 December 2020
On national television, a domestic cricketer had to flinch twice because his captain, a national superstar, threatened to hit him with the ball. Twice in the space of a few minutes. Not quite threatened, but the captain instinctively wound up to chuck the hard cricket ball at the hapless junior cricketer at point-blank range.
14 December 2020
The Mash Effect
A common theme running through most analyses of Bangladesh's sharp reversal in performance to outplay West Indies in Sunday's first ODI in Guyana has been the change in format from Tests to ODIs, which the Tigers are much more comfortable with.
23 July 2018
An irreversible decline?
Talk of golden generations may be quite familiar for sport followers in July of 2018. Belgium's golden generation lost a golden opportunity to win a World Cup in Russia recently. Much closer to home, as the football frenzy fades, cricket fans are faced with what must now be seen as the irreversible decline of Bangladesh cricket's golden generation.
18 July 2018
'Embarrassed, ashamed'
Such was the scale of the debacle of the Bangladesh team's capitulating to 43 all out in the first session of the first Test against West Indies on Wednesday that the World Cup fever took a back seat for a day and cricket dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons.
5 July 2018
3-0 instructive, but not cataclysmic
On the face of it a 3-0 whitewash to the babes of international cricket, Afghanistan, may spell catastrophe for the Bangladesh cricket team, but it was hardly a surprise because a look at the ICC world T20I rankings reveals that Bangladesh are two places below Afghanistan.
8 June 2018
One of the best leagues: Mashrafe
It may seem repetitive to keep uttering the name Mashrafe Bin Mortaza when talking of this year's Dhaka Premier League, but there
5 April 2018
A hot rivalry, but at what cost?
When Mahmudullah Riyad, in his inimitable manner, flicked Thisara Perera for a massive six over square leg he not only won the
16 March 2018
Hassan: The interferer-in-chief
It was not really a novel development when Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday that 'I will be there in Sri Lanka to look after everything, and I will be with them [the team] at all times'.
28 February 2018
What Mahmud's outburst tells us
Among the grievances that the public and players may have against former national coach Chandika Hathurusingha, the Sri Lankan
13 February 2018
Tigers fail in intent and execution
Soon after the post-match press conferences after Bangladesh's capitulation for 123 brought an early end to the second Test against
10 February 2018
Muddled approach costs Tigers
Bangladesh letting the momentum slip has been the theme of the year so far. In the ODI tri-series in January the Tigers shot out of the
8 February 2018
Method man finds his own way
Not many among Bangladesh's fans, or indeed the media, will have the name Mominul Haque on the tips of their tongues when talking about the country's best batsmen.
4 February 2018
One down, four to go
A continued focus on Chandika Hathurusingha's presence in the Sri Lanka camp may discomfit those who want to leave his time with
31 January 2018
Shakib, Tamim all-important?
It is to Bangladesh's credit that they worked themselves into a position in the ongoing tri-series from where they can afford to lose a
25 January 2018
Tigers ace battle of inside knowledge
Leading up to what has virtually become a grudge match in the eyes of many home fans, chiefly because of the presence of former
19 January 2018
Zimbabwe upstage Chandika's Lanka
The quality of the match was befitting of an occasion that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) failed to commemorate to the satisfaction
17 January 2018
A legacy of unprofessionalism?
Chandika Hathurusingha did not submit a coach's report, a standard practice, after the tour of South Africa. That is one of two things
12 January 2018
SPORTING RELIEF
The world seemed to be careening towards apocalypse at the end of 2017, at a time when keeping up with the news is a depressing endeavour.
31 December 2017
Crickomania 2037
Mehedi woke up in a cold sweat. Was he ready? Could he possibly be the man to outdo Rohit Kohli, that too in his first match? Would anyone buy that? Seriously, he thought, it was asking too much... he wouldn't have believed it.
28 December 2017
Onik makes a bright start
One of the things missing from this year's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was the emergence of a new local cricketer who against all
29 November 2017
Mushfiqur under injury cloud
Rajshahi Kings’ wicketkeeper-batsman and Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim is under an injury cloud after hurting his left index finger during the 33-run win over Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.
29 November 2017