The 57-year-old’s relations with the Bangladesh Cricket Board have soured after he criticized Shakib for his central role in the “time-out” controversy involving Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews on Monday. Mathews had exceeded the two minutes allowed for a batsman to take a strike while attempting to put a bandage on his helmet in a World […]
Thanks to a brilliant bowling performance by Trent Boult, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets on Thursday and reached the threshold of the World Cup semi-finals. Chasing a modest target of 172 runs to win, New Zealand achieved the target with 160 balls to spare with the help of an opening partnership between […]
Bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne has replaced fast bowler Kasun Rajitha. Teams: New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tom Latham (wk), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson. Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (C/W), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjay de Silva, […]
“He dropped as if he’d been shot, lying on the floor like a dead man,” team physiotherapist Nick Jones recalled on Cricket Australia’s website. “I came over there and it was his right calf, his left thigh and a few other areas that were cramping at the same time. “When we were giving him some […]
Ben Stokes scored a maiden World Cup century as England recorded a 160-run win over the Netherlands in Pune on Wednesday as the struggling champions slipped to the bottom of the table. This victory ended the five-match losing streak and England has been out of the race for the semi-finals for a long time. But […]
Jones suggested that he should retire, but Maxwell was having none of it, as he was told that his chances of being able to return after treatment if needed were not good. “We talked about coming out, trying to work on some of my back and loosen up my legs a little bit,” said the […]
But opener Travis Head was out for a duck, caught by a brilliant ball from Naveen-ul-Haq which went out sharply, with the fast bowler also having Mitchell Marsh lbw for 24. Australia’s 43-2 then became 49-4 when Umarzai hit successive deliveries, clean bowling veteran opener David Warner before the left-hander crossed the line before edging […]
Earlier, Shakib missed Bangladesh’s second match against India in this World Cup due to a quadriceps injury. Shakib will return home today on Tuesday. Although Shakib was the player of the match in Bangladesh’s last match against Sri Lanka, his performance in the ongoing World Cup has been poor. He has scored only 186 runs […]
Fourth umpire Adrian Holdstock spoke to Star Sports during the innings break and said, “In this afternoon’s example, the batsman was not prepared to receive the ball within those two minutes before the strap became an issue for him “ But Matthews said, “If you ask the question now, the answer will be different…I have […]
After getting relief, the captain became enthusiastic and played some big strokes. The partnership controlled the innings as it reached 169 runs. In the end, Shakib was dismissed by Mathews for 82 runs off 65 runs. The same Asalanka took the catch and Mathews showed Shakib pointing to the imaginary clock. But at that time […]
There are eleven ways a batsman can be out in cricket – caught, bowled, LBW, stumped, hit wicket, run out, timed out, handled the ball, obstructing the field and hitting the ball twice. But the first example of time out in international cricket was seen when Sri Lankan batsman Angelo Mathews was given out in […]
bangladesh: Liton Das, Tanjeed Hasan, Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Tauheed Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Tanjeem Hasan and Shoriful Islam. Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (captain, wicketkeeper), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjay de Silva, Mahesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dilshan […]
Buttler continued his poor performance with the bat and did not shy away from taking the blame when he was out for one run off leg spinner Adam Zampa. “Obviously I think my own form has been something that’s probably been the most disappointing thing,” Buttler said, his top score of the tournament being 43 […]
Williamson, who was recovering from knee surgery just before the World Cup, played only one match against Bangladesh before fracturing his thumb. But there was no change in the regular captain of New Zealand and he added 180 runs for the second wicket with Ravindra. Williamson was out at long off off the bowling of […]
Zaman remained unbeaten on 106 while captain Babar Azam remained unbeaten on 47 as Pakistan reached 160-1 in the 22nd over when play was stopped due to rain. Before this match, Pakistan had won three and lost four in seven matches.Zaman played the first match of this World Cup against Netherlands, but due to poor […]