Dhaka, June 23 (IANS) Bangladesh Tuesday named fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza as captain of the national team, replacing Mohammad Ashraful, for the cricket tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said the move was aimed at relieving the burden on Ashraful and allow him to focus ...

Nottingham, June 8 (IANS) The brilliance of the O'Brien brothers and pacer Trent Johnston Monday carried Ireland to the Super Eight stage of the World Twenty20 championship after knocking Bangladesh out the tournament with a six-wicket win in a Group A match at Trent Bridge here. Australian-born Johnston picked up ...

Nottingham, June 7 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh's four sixes and Pragyan Ojha's four wickets saw defending champions India to a comfortable 25-run victory against Bangladesh in their opening Group A match in the World Twenty20 championship at Trent Bridge here Saturday. After skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to bat, India reached ...

India will be wary of sticky customers Bangladesh when they begin their title defence in the World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge here Saturday. India are strong favourites to retain the trophy, but they would be aware that any slip-up can spoil the party. This is something Bangladesh did in the ...

Nottingham, June 5 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni indicated Friday that his star performers Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan are almost certain to miss the opening game against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 here Saturday. Opening batsman Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer are suffering from shoulder injuries. Both players ...

Australia vs Bangladesh Australia had a good start to the ICC World Twenty20 campaign by defeating Bangladesh by 38 runs. Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. Australia powered their score to 219 for 6, thanks to Watson and Haddin who top scored 52 and 47 runs respectively. Bangladesh ...