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The state of Bangladesh cricket

Pakistanian said:
Based off current form maybe but a true minnow nation would have an empty trophy cabinet :faf
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That’s the first sign of bankruptcy- history. Keep that up - in 2023 also we’ll hear about cornered tigers.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
They didn't just miss line. they also missed length. IF you bowl wider it allows the batsmen to free their arms.
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I actually didn’t see the game, therefore can’t say about the length from that picture. Looks like over 50% balls were below bail line which on this track - may be they were a shed short. But then - for that length, if you keep it in sticks, it becomes easier for on side shots.

I’ll still say that the tactics wasn’t wrong, but may be execution was - and that started with the batting. This same ball map would have been completely different with another 25 on board may be.
 
MMHS said:
That’s the first sign of bankruptcy- history. Keep that up - in 2023 also we’ll hear about cornered tigers.
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Lol Pakistan doesn't have to go far back, the Champions Trophy win was in 2017, the Asia cup win was in 2012, the T20 wc win was in 2009 plus Pakistan have won more bilateral series. History is important, just cause Lieciester City won the premier league once recently doesn't mean they have the right to call Manchester United a minnow team cause of their poor form and inability to win the league since 2013. Numerous world class teams and clubs have gone through long periods of decline and poor performances however they eventually rise back up because of their team culture & heritage. Insulting one of the original 8 test status nations won't make people respect your team more.
 
Bangladesh in 2015 looked so promising, then the Asia Cup performances. Seem to have hit a bad patch, hope to see more youngsters in the team because they have always had good results in juniors. Won't judge them harshly here, missing Shakib and Mushy will be akin to India not playing with Kohli and Rohit.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Bangladesh in 2015 looked so promising, then the Asia Cup performances. Seem to have hit a bad patch, hope to see more youngsters in the team because they have always had good results in juniors. Won't judge them harshly here, missing Shakib and Mushy will be akin to India not playing with Kohli and Rohit.
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Except India will field 2 quality substitutes. Bangladesh are at full strength save Mushfiq and Shakib.
These 2 would clearly have made some difference.

However :

1. Would they have turned this very poor team into winners? No. You saw what happened in the World Cup. Shakib had a once in a life time tournament but Bangladesh looked a poor team.

2. Mushfiq, Mashrafe, Dullah, Shakib, Tamim, Fizz. Bangladesh’s golden generation. Only Fizz - who looks cannon fodder - will be in his prime in a couple of years. One fears for Bangladesh cricket in their absense.

I say this as a cricket observer and I’m not saying Pakistan are anywhere near a top side. We need batsmen and we need this current crop of pacers to deliver. However, the gap between Bdesh /Ireland/Zimbabwe and the rest is not going to reduce it seems.
 
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I can tell you that Bangladesh are back to being our whipping boys. After the small pause in 2015 thanks to Azhar and Waqar. Normal service has resumed with regular poundings.
 
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Mamoon said:
A full-strength Bangladesh, with Shakib and Mushfiq, is the second best Asian in side in LOIs when it comes to Asian pitches.

However, in Test cricket they have a long way to go. Overall, they have definitely made big strides in the last 10 years and are on the right track.
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A full strength Bangladesh got whitewashed by Afghanistan at a neutral venue in T20s in 2018.

It's okay though you can keep living in your fantasy world.
 
1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Afghanistan
5. Bangladesh

In Odis - Bangladesh clear 4th. Afghanistan 5th

However, Afghanistan soundly beat Bangladesh in the test and is a far better t20 side so deserve to be rated slightly ahead.

For me test cricket is the true measure.
 
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The Googly said:
1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Afghanistan
5. Bangladesh

In Odis - Bangladesh clear 4th. Afghanistan 5th

However, Afghanistan soundly beat Bangladesh in the test and is a far better t20 side so deserve to be rated slightly ahead.

For me test cricket is the true measure.
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Sri Lanka has higher test ranking than Pakistan, and has achievements on par with India.
 
I disagree - the recent test proved that Sri Lanka do not have the bowlers required to win tests consistently. They have better batsmen then Pakistan. Pakistan has better bowlers. Bowlers win tests more then batsmen (usually).
 
MMHS said:
I don’t disagree that - but you think it other way. In 1992 PAK team came for two days trip to Dhaka on way to NZ, and in an execution game, Athar Ali hit WY, bowling 12 yards rip-up, 3 fours in first over - he had 2 minutes of news space that night in national 8pm news ..... it takes time to develop into a sport. That 8th spot is for a team that started playing cricket seriously 25 years back. In contrast, what PAK did in Australia after 70 years of cricket at highest level - I didn’t see any reaction that in terms of the future or quality of cricket. All I read was Misbah’s selection & coaching ..... and, I am sure I won’t see any threads either after the coming summer tour of England.

I do lots of soul searching about cricket and I actually do know where our cricket is. Problem is, you guys do your soul searching at the expense of BD, instead of India - and that’s the mother of all problems. What you write here for BD cricket, Indians can double it up and still it won’t be balanced - you’ll call foul or figure out that Warner/Smith was banned ... but no issues with Shakib/Mushfiqur.
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All I see is excuses in this post, one way or the other. That team that came 8th had atleast five players with more than two World Cups worth of experience, and they did jack despite all the hoopla.

For all the talk of Bangladesh's system, you need to start producing decent pace bowlers to win games rather than have someone like Soumya Sarkar bowl :facepalm:

No, we wish Bangladesh well honestly. It's just when one or two wins gets to your heads and you start becoming annoying, that it becomes unbearable. I've always said the Bangladesh cricket team is likeable, while its fans are laughable.
 
The Googly said:
Pakistan are a better team then Sri Lanka in all formats.
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Definitely not in t20s, you just got whitewashed by them that too at home pretty recently. One off matches can be fluke but they comfortably outplayed you in all departments, so that was a genuine phainta.
 
Usman Chadda said:
All I see is excuses in this post, one way or the other. That team that came 8th had atleast five players with more than two World Cups worth of experience, and they did jack despite all the hoopla.

For all the talk of Bangladesh's system, you need to start producing decent pace bowlers to win games rather than have someone like Soumya Sarkar bowl :facepalm:

No, we wish Bangladesh well honestly. It's just when one or two wins gets to your heads and you start becoming annoying, that it becomes unbearable. I've always said the Bangladesh cricket team is likeable, while its fans are laughable.
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I didn’t give any excuse, don’t give ever actually - rather I try to analyse what went wrong for every team. In fact, I haven’t given any excuse for this series either. Coming to WC, I am really surprised that PAK posters come here with BD’s position, comparing to the experience of players - obviously then comes PAK’s position of 2003 WC with that much experience. I see it other way - BD team is improving its WC state by every tournament - may not be reflected by direct W/L, but the games are competitive than past. This WC was played in UK where last time these bunch of players played was 2010 - for a team like BD with that skill set, a UK workd cup should be one of the toughest place. Moving up into the table is relative - someone from top has to fall down as well.

Producing skilled fast bowlers are the toughest job in cricket - it took India a good half centuries to reach that level .... and it’s alarmingly declining for PAK after half a century - why do you think it’ll be so easy for BD? At present, they are trying to bring the overall cricket level higher so that the competition of domestic level improves. Remember, BD started playing regular FC cricket in domestics in just about 15 years back. It doesn’t happen that you pick 12 kids and train them to be fast bowlers or batsmen or any top class sportsman actually. if it was so easy then Saudi Arab or Qatar, UAE, Kuwait would have been world champs in soccer by now - they bring the best coaches for their clubs as well.


I’ll again ask you to do some soul searching and check what a good bunch of PAK posters do here. Latest trend has been to drag other teams to feel good ....
 
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Hyperion66 said:
Definitely not in t20s, you just got whitewashed by them that too at home pretty recently. One off matches can be fluke but they comfortably outplayed you in all departments, so that was a genuine phainta.
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:)))

Who are you trynna fool?

It was a one-off. Get over it.

It’s like saying SL are better than SA in SA just coz they got whitewashed 2-0.

Stop being biased and use your brain
 
sweep_shot said:
I think SL are ahead in Test (despite recent Pakistani victory). But, in LOI, Pakistan are clearly better.
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Only in ODIs, SL has comfortably thrashed Pak in all 3 t20 matches they played very recently. Pak as a t20 team on merit should be ranked 6th or 7th, most definitely not 1.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
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Who are you trynna fool?

It was a one-off. Get over it.

It’s like saying SL are better than SA in SA just coz they got whitewashed 2-0.

Stop being biased and use your brain
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3-0 whitewash may be a one off but Pakistan have been losing consistently since the beginning of 2019. Things are a bit unclear in this format.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
3-0 whitewash may be a one off but Pakistan have been losing consistently since the beginning of 2019. Things are a bit unclear in this format.
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We lost to SA. Ok. But we lost by 7 runs in one match and by 6 runs in the other. We should have won the second match comfortably. It happens. You won 2-1 against them too.

It was always going to be difficult to win in Aus.

In England we should have won tbh but whatever
 
Always rated Mortaza. He's a difficult cricketer to replace.

It seems that some of the younger guys don't seem ready for international cricket.
 
Sin Nombre said:
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
how is BD cricket at grassroots level?
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It’s MUCH better than what was just about a decade back - and compared to 1980s, 90s it’s almost a parallel universe.

I give one example - that 1999 WC squad had 15 players, 12 of those 15 were born, raised in heart of Dhaka city, two from Chittagong, and Khaled Masood from Rajshahi - countries top three cities. Today, most top BD players are coming from places non Bangladeshi posters will struggle locate in maps - that’s the biggest shift in last two decades - cricket has expanded from the posh city life to towns & even villages.

Junior level talent is much better than the senior team, but that transition from age level cricket to international level is subject to domestic cricket, which will take time.
 
Inclusion of more BD players in IPL and a Ranji level championship between two top domestic teams will be good to BD to keep their players in readiness for international assignments. Don't know if anything is happening on that front. I don't watch IPL or follow domestic that much.
 
MMHS said:
It’s MUCH better than what was just about a decade back - and compared to 1980s, 90s it’s almost a parallel universe.

I give one example - that 1999 WC squad had 15 players, 12 of those 15 were born, raised in heart of Dhaka city, two from Chittagong, and Khaled Masood from Rajshahi - countries top three cities. Today, most top BD players are coming from places non Bangladeshi posters will struggle locate in maps - that’s the biggest shift in last two decades - cricket has expanded from the posh city life to towns & even villages.

Junior level talent is much better than the senior team, but that transition from age level cricket to international level is subject to domestic cricket, which will take time.
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How is the coaching and infrastructure at junior levels?

How much do players in BPL + local first class make?

Would winning the u19 WC make a big difference?

This thread like many on PP is an excuse to troll/bash BD unfortunately.
 
ind_win said:
Inclusion of more BD players in IPL and a Ranji level championship between two top domestic teams will be good to BD to keep their players in readiness for international assignments. Don't know if anything is happening on that front. I don't watch IPL or follow domestic that much.
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This will never happen and makes no sense.

BD could possibly get BCCI to accomodate a domestic team in the elite section of the Ranji.
 
Unfortunately will never win anything ever in cricket. Sad but its the harsh truth. Should be relegated to associate level.
 
They took the cricket world by storm to claim the under-19 World Cup earlier this week, but a pair of legends have issued a stark reality check for Bangladesh in the wake of their triumph.

The 12 previous under-19 tournaments have been dominated by established cricketing powers, with India (four wins), Australia (three wins) and Pakistan (two wins) each winning multiple times.

Bangladesh had not even appeared in a final before lifting the trophy for the first time earlier this week, beating India in the final in South Africa.

It's resulted in a surge of optimism that the Tigers can translate that success into Test cricket, where they are currently ranked ninth, ahead of only minnows Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Ireland.

But former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has warned against reading too much into the result.

"I wouldn't quite go as far as to say they'll be a real force in five years time, but it's a good sign for world cricket that Bangladesh has won the U/19 World Cup," Taylor told Wide World of Sports.

"Bangladesh have posted some decent performances over the years, but they haven't really kicked on as I'd hoped they would.

"This might be the sort of thing they need. Cricket is massive in Bangladesh, every bit as much as it is in India.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/ba...chappell/414420d0-a00b-4bc6-9d77-ce6f20b9c4de
 
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels Bangladesh cricket has improved a lot in the last 10-12 years due to the emergence of some top-class talent in recent times. Akram hailed the current crop of players in the country during a Facebook live session with Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal.

With no cricket going on these days due to coronavirus pandemic, former and current cricketers have been keeping themselves busy by engaging with fans on social media.

Akram joined Tamim in a conversation that also had former cricketers Minhajul Abedin, Khaled Masud and Akram Khan.

“I miss coming to Bangladesh... Bangladesh have always been very close to my heart. The people... the food... and of course cricket as well,” Akram told Tamim during the live video session.

“For me it is very proud moment to see Bangladesh cricket improve immensely in last 10-12 years. World top players like yourself, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur (Rahim), Mustafizur (Rahman)...all these guys... it’s really good to see.

Tamim jokingly said he counts his lucky stars that he doesn’t have to face the former Pakistan speedster to which Akram said that he would have cherished the battle against the current Bangladesh southpaws.

“We are lucky Wasim bhai. I don’t want to face you. We are very lucky that you are not playing,” said Tamim.

“But it would have been a very good battle. Especially against you and Shakib. Being a left-hander, it would have been a very good battle,” Akram said.

“I am happy sitting at my home. I don’t want to face you no matter what,” Tamim added.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...tells-tamim/story-zfwMBmyeATirx1S5Sv0RQN.html
 
BD is producing good young talents. Their U19 players were really good when they beat us in the final. If they can translate it in senior cricket, they would be a pretty strong team.
 
Tamim Iqbal speaking to Ramiz Raja:

"Pakistan is one team that we can learn from. In domestic matches, we play on similar kind of wickets, but still Pakistan has always produced top class fast-bowlers"

"If we can follow the path, which Pakistan has been doing, I think that will help Bangladesh cricket especially in fast-bowling"

"Saeed Ajmal in his prime was an unbelievable bowler, who you could not pick. I could not pick him"

“I always say this. I have played a lot of fast bowlers. I have also faced a lot of balls around 150 kmph/hour. But I got scared only once. When I first played Shoaib Akhtar. That day I thought he would kill me. His bowling was so terrifying,” he said.
 
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has turned down former captain Mushfiqur Rahim and other senior players’ request to train at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, citing health safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BCB said the disinfecting process is yet to be completed at the Mirpur facility.

“Mushfiq communicated with us, he wanted to begin personal training. But we told him that this is not yet a safe time to do so, he should train at home. Training is important, but players’ safety is more important to us,” BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

“A few other players wanted to know if they could do individual training. But our message was the same for all. We are working on disinfecting our facilities. But the job is yet to be completed.”

In Bangladesh 746 people have died and over 55,000 have tested positive for coronavirus.

“We need to consider the overall situation. We can’t rush into anything. Many countries are starting their activities; we will definitely do the same. However, we can’t give an exact date right now,” Nizamuddin said.

“We have been working to disinfect the things we need for training after Eid, and it is in the process. After it is completed we can say that we are ready to start cricket training again.

“Then we will see the overall situation of the country. After assessing the overall situation we will call the players because, you have to understand, we can’t risk the health of the players in any way because the players are a very valuable asset to the BCB.”

The BCB Chief Executive said that the board will follow the ICC guidelines regarding resumption of team training.

“It is right that some other countries have started their training activities following the ICC guidelines and we will do the same. We’ll just see what their plans are before making plans to resume cricket.”

BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury said that if BCB wants to hold a residential training programme for the whole team, then the medical team will also plan for a bio-safety bubble for the players.

“Bio-safety bubble is what you put in an enclosed space. Keeping everyone inside a cover so that there is no communication from outside. Suppose you call a team of 15 players with five coaching staff, a total of 20 people, you check and test all of them. You isolated them by testing.

“When you isolate them, you will see everything from their stay, their food to their transportation. They will not come in contact with anyone (outside),” he said.

Chowdhury also said that going by rate of infections, one needs to ascertain in which zone does the training facility falls.

“We need to see the zones because there is no point making plans taking certain venues into consideration and later finding out that it falls in the red zone,” he said.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...-bangla-coronavirus-dhaka/article31745904.ece
 
New Zealand's tour of Bangladesh has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bangladesh Cricket Board informed on Tuesday. The BlackCaps were scheduled to play two Tests during the tour, which would be a part of the World Test Championship.

"In the present COVID-19 pandemic scenario, hosting a full cricket series in August 2020 will be a challenge in terms of preparations and we cannot take chances with the safety and health of players, support staff and related stakeholders," chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury was quoted as saying in a BCB statement.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/...sh-postponed-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-628509
 
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cricket operations chairman Akram Khan reiterated that the unprecedented situation caused by the pandemic had rendered the board unable to make a move, which led to the postponement of the Sri Lanka tour. For now, the BCB may be looking to get back onto the training pitch with shorter-version cricket in mind.

"Right now, we have some plans in place and the coaches are ready to come in as well. You need more time to prepare for Tests and thus we couldn't go to Sri Lanka. When the coronavirus pandemic first emerged, it caused panic, it took us some time to grasp the situation. We couldn't just make a rushed decision and go there. The bowlers would need at least a month to get back bowling fitness," Akram told The Daily Star yesterday. He clarified that when the cricketers do come back, a certain amount of time will have to be given to get back into shape if restart takes place with longer-version cricket.

Akram mentioned that they may target the Asia Cup as a way of bringing players back to the field for preparation. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are looking into the possibility of hosting the Asia Cup in September or October but Sri Lanka remain the most likely venue given the coronavirus situation in the island-nation.

"We may target the Asia Cup since preparation for the shorter version is relatively easier. We have to discuss these things. I have been in touch with the players and everyone is upset at not being able to play or train but the situation is not improving and that is a cause for anxiety," he said.

BCB are looking at the probability of starting to get into gear after Eid. There is doubt regarding whether getting the players back onto the field without a set target would benefit anyone but at the same time Akram acknowledged that doing exercises at home is a lot different that training on the field. "There is a whole lot of difference in being able to train on the field compared to maintaining fitness at home. It's very hard to cover that gap," he said.

"Some players requested individual training before Eid but they could not practice as the situation became difficult. We will resume as soon as the situation becomes normal, hopefully after Eid," he added.

The situation in countries like Australia and New Zealand have enabled them to restart cricketing activities earlier than most. England will play the first bilateral series since the pandemic when they take on the West Indies at home next week. However, the situation in South Africa has not improved and, on Wednesday, Cricket South Africa announced that cricket would be returning with a three-team domestic tournament from July 18.

Akram reiterated that with not much possibility of international cricket on the horizon, focus should be on restructuring domestic cricket. "We should have a serious look about restructuring domestic cricket since we may have to do without international cricket for a while," he said.

https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/news/we-may-target-the-asia-cup-preparation-akram-1924349
 
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Bangladesh Cricket Board will be looking for alternative options to fill in the big void in the Tiger’s international fixture of the current year, said BCB’s chairman of cricket operations committee Akram Khan.

Akram, the former Bangladesh captain and BCB director, told New Age on Saturday that they will look to arrange other cricketing engagements if the situation permits.

‘Our first priority is to bring the national team players back on the field, then domestic cricket and gradually we will be exploring options for international cricket,’ Akram said.

‘At present, no team will come to Bangladesh. But if the situation improves, we will definitely look for other options to resume our international fixtures,’ he added.

On Thursday, Asian Cricket Council informed through a press release that the Asia cup 2020 was postponed and will be hosted in June 2021 in Sri Lanka.

The BCB was highly hopeful about resuming cricket through the Asia cup but the announcement added another roadblock in the path of cricket’s resumption in the country.

Asia Cup was the latest addition in the long list of postponed series for Bangladesh due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first international fixture of the Tigers which got halted was the third part of the split Pakistan tour; then Australia, New Zealand postponed their tour of Bangladesh; Ireland postponed their series with Bangladesh and lastly Bangladesh refused their Sri Lankan counterparts, wiping out all bilateral series for the Tigers in 2020.

The ICC Twenty20 World Cup in October was also seemingly heading towards Asia Cup’s fate with Cricket Australia hinting reluctance to host the event.

Al though the board had chalked out training plans keeping the Asia Cup in mind Akram assured that the BCB will go ahead with its plans to slowly end the cricketing shutdown.

‘It’s true that we were eyeing Asia cup to resume cricket but we have other plans as well. When the situation will be right, we will start practicing with a large pool of players. Then the premier league will also re-start. But can’t set and time at present, when the situation permits we will start our activities.’

BCB’s chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the board will initially bring back the national team members and probable’s back in the training ground and then try to reschedule their postponed bi-lateral series.

‘Our focus is to bring back the elite cricketers, who are national team probable, contracted players back in training so that they can keep themselves in shape and sharp. Later with the growing situation, we will try to resume our domestic season,’ said Nizamuddin.

‘For international cricket, our first priority will be rescheduling the postponed series, though I think there will be travel restrictions for many teams regarding Bangladesh.

https://www.newagebd.net/article/110895/bcb-hope-to-fill-international-cricket-void
 
A biographical film on cricketer Raqibul Hasan has been announced on Sunday.

It will be the first film on any cricketer of Bangladesh.

The script of the film will be written by Debbrata Mukherjee, a sports journalist and writer. Debbrata himself broke the news on his social media handle.

“Bangladesh’s liberation war veteran and the former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team Raqibul Hasan has signed an agreement on a film based on his life. The title of the film will be unveiled later,” Debbrata wrote on his social media handle on Sunday.

The film will be directed by Bunty Afzal, who is known for some small-screen works, and the film will be produced by Rumana Sharmin Swati of half-pant cinema factory.

“It is a matter of pride for me. Rakibul Hasan is not an ordinary cricketer. He appeared in the field for Pakistan with the Joy Bangla sticker on his bat, which helped him to draw the attention of the whole world. An arrest warrant was issued against him, but still, he went to Bangladesh's liberation war with his father's gun. He was a frontline fighter. He is a real hero. It's a big achievement for us to make a film based on the life of such a person,” Debbrata told UNB.

Producer Rumana Sharmin said they wanted to tell a story what comprises Bangladesh’s great liberation war and cricket, and this is why they chose the story of Raqibul Hasan.

“We know many stories of Bangladesh’s liberation war which inspire us along the way. But in this film, we want to tell a different story on our liberation war including cricket, the most popular sports in the country. With this combination, the film might reach millions of people,” Sharmin told UNB. The film will cost at least BDT 4 to 5 crores, confirmed the producer.

Director Bunty Afzal also said it’s a dream project for him as he has been working for a long time to make it possible.

“It’s like a dream comes true for me. I have been working on this for a long time. And at the same time, it’s a big challenge for me since it’s my first full-length film. I believe we all have to take this challenge in our life at a point,” Afzal told UNB.

Afzal directed TV drama called Bishchokh, Kalopodmo and Bumerang. Afzal also said, “It’s our dream project, and we understand it will be a big one. Since the announcement comes to the light, the media is covering it with huge importance. It is also proving how big this work is!"

https://unb.com.bd/m/category/Sports/biopic-on-raqibul-hasan-announced/54547
 
Young Bangladesh pacer Kazi Anik Islam has been handed a two-year ban by the national cricket board for failing a dope test in 2018. Kazi, who was Bangladesh’s leading wicket-taker in the 2018 U-19 World Cup, tested positive for Methamphetamine, a prohibited substance, during a National Cricket League game in the same year. The 21-year-old admitted to the offence.

“ln Mr Anik’s case in considering his level of Fault, the BCB has considered his youth and relative inexperience, the fact that he did not ingest the Prohibited Substance in an effort to enhance his sport performance, his limited anti-doping education and his prompt admission of the anti-doping rule violation when first notified to him,” said the Bangladesh Cricket Board in a statement.

His two-year ban began on February 8, 2019. “ln addition to this, in considering the appropriate sanction, the BCB is giving him credit for agreeing an outcome that avoids the need for a hearing and so saves considerable time and money for use elsewhere in the fight against doping.

“ln light of all of this, the BCB considers that a period of lneligibility of two (2) years is reasonable and proportionate in respect of Mr Anik’s case.” Kazi has played four first-class games, taking 15 wickets.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...g-violation/story-3wg2zFG79w8mEGh1DMSfQO.html
 
After being shamed by Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA) over delay in payments to the players, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is trying to resolve the issue.

Earlier this week FICA revealed Bangladesh Premier League as one of the sanctioned leagues where late payment or non-payment issue persists and also claimed at least three players had remained unpaid from BPL T20 season 2018-19 in a report.

Later BCB through a statement on Tuesday informed that three players in Windies wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran, Afghanistan cricketer Gulbadin Naib, Pakistani pacer Sohail Tanvir and coach Waqar Younis were in payment dispute with Sylhet Sixers.

BPL Governing Council member secretary Ismail Haider Mallick confirmed that the board has served legal notice to Sylhet Sixers.

“This is an isolated case and BCB has taken initiative to solve the issue. But it should also be considered that the players and the coach in question had signed directly with the franchise. Thus, this doesn’t come as a liability to the board and there is no option that the board would pay.

“We have sent a legal notice to the franchise owners that the payment should be cleared as soon possible. We have very little to do here as these players had signed with the team out of the draft. But the claim hampers the image of the board and that’s why we have taken the issue seriously. BPL is a tournament owned by BCB so the board has to take some stance,” BCB director Mallick explained to the media on Wednesday.

https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-...bpl-franchise-defaulting-on-players-payments/
 
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning a residential camp for the national team players who might be part of Bangladesh’s upcoming tour to Sri Lanka.

The tour was originally scheduled to take place in July-August, but due to Covid-19 situation, the tour was postponed. Both the boards are in discussion to play the series in the coming months.

Currently, almost all of the national players have been training alone throughout the country under BCB’s health safety protocol.

But a team practice camp is yet to be arranged.

BCB CEO, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, on Monday said that the board is working with Sri Lanka Cricket to finalize the formats and number of matches. They will arrange a residential camp for the team once the tour is settled.

Chowdhury also said Bangladesh might play three more T20Is with three Test matches. However, the final decision is yet to be made.

“We are in regular contact with Sri Lanka Cricket. As per the initial discussion we agreed to play a three-match Test series. Along with this, we’ve got a proposal to play three more T20I matches as well. We’ll finalize our decision after an internal discussion. We are yet to settle the schedule. We’ll do it once the formats and matches are final,” Chowdhury told via a video message to media.

The team practice camp might be held from early September, as BCB CEO hinted.

He said, “We’ll arrange a practice camp for the national team after finalizing the schedule tour to Sri Lanka. However, as per our tentative plan, if we tour Sri Lanka in later September, we’ll arrange a conditioning camp before that in Dhaka.”

A team camp will require a safe and bio-secure environment. BCB has no experience to do so in the past. It will be a huge challenge for BCB to arrange a bio-secure camp for national team players. However, a residential camp may help in this regard.

“All the national team players are being observed by our medical team through a smartphone app. They have been informing us about their health condition on a regular basis. Once we arrange the camp, we’ll keep them in isolation, and their Covid-19 test will be done accordingly. After that, we will take steps for a residential training camp,” Nizamuddin further told media.

Due to the Covid-19 situation, at least 14 international matches of Bangladesh have been postponed. First was the partial tour of Pakistan where Bangladesh are due to tour to play an ODI and a Test match which is the part of the ongoing World Test Championship. Beside these matches, the home series against Australia, New Zealand, away series against Ireland have also been postponed.

BCB is trying to play all of these matches in the coming months. However, the board is currently busy with the series in Sri Lanka. In a recent media interaction, Nizamuddin had also said that the board is in discussion with the other cricket boards to make the postponed series happen in future.

http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/251478
 
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Bangladesh can only go up from here, in terms of competing against the best teams in the world across all forms especially at home I can see them having success given their excellent domestic structure, coaching / management appointments and onus to develop the young blood properly. To compete away they need excellent fast bowlers which will be a struggle for them for obvious reasons but that's not their fault, however there are always anomalies and exceptions out there to unearth
 
Bangladesh cricket’s governing body the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has chalked out plans for the next 2021-22 year with all three formats of the game after the coronavirus-infected 2020 that effectively created a sheer sort of uncertainty across the world.

BCB showed its diplomatic prowess along with international clout to organise a slew of international series and tournaments during the period beside games under the Future Tour’s Programme (FTP).

As scheduled, Bangladesh will host India in 2022 and Pakistan in 2021 respectively. India will visit Bangladesh in November, 2022 after a long hiatus.

The visitors will remain present on December 16 after arriving on November 21 for two Tests and three one-day internationals (ODIs).

Bangladesh will play a total of 111 matches including 20 Tests, 35 ODIs and 56 T20Is in the two-year period. Of those, they will play 57 matches in 2021 and 54 in 2022 across the formats respectively during the compact schedule.

BCB has arranged a slew of international matches in all formats of the game outside the World Test Championship (WTC) and the newly-introduced ODI Super League based on consultations with different boards.

Even though a string of bilateral series has been suspended because of the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh have been able to reschedule much of those. The series they are going to play in October-November in Sri Lanka against the hosts was suspended previously. But the series was finally rescheduled after holding effective talks between the BCB and its Lankan counterparts.

Bangladesh will play a total of nine bilateral series beside the ACC Twenty20 Asia Cup and the ICC World T20 in 2021. Bangladesh will play 11 series and tournaments in the 12-month span.

Of those, they will play 11 Tests coupled with 15 ODIs and at least 31 T20Is, but the number of T20 matches might be changed because of the two extravaganzas - T20 Asia Cup and World T20.

The BCB is also planning a tri-nation series. In that case, the number of matches might be changed.

West Indies will arrive in January for three Tests and as many ODIs beside two T20 International matches. The Tigers will start qualifying for the 2023 World Cup with the three-match ODI series against the Caribbean side.

Also, Bangladesh will travel to New Zealand for three-match ODI series and as many T20Is. The ODI series will also be a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Sri Lanka will visit during May 18-29 for a three-match ODI series, which is also a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup. The series was scheduled to take place in December, but both the cricket boards deferred it to 2021.

Meanwhile, the T20 Asia Cup is slated to be held in June, 2021, where Bangladesh will play six matches in the light of the 2018 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they played the final.

Tigers will also fly to Zimbabwe in June for two Tests and three ODIs (June 18 to July 28). The ODI series is a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Later, New Zealand will arrive in August for two Test matches after which Australia will come here in September (6-14) to play a three-match T20 series.

BCB is now mulling a T20 tri-nation series with participation of Australia and New Zealand, but they are yet to get any possible nod from the Cricket Australia (CA).

However, England will visit Bangladesh in September for three ODIs and as many T20Is. The ODI series will be a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Bangladesh will later go to India in October to play the 2021 World Cup, where they will play at least eight matches.

Afterwards, Pakistan will come here in November for two Tests and three T20Is. The series is out of the WTC and the Super League. Bangladesh will organise these matches in consultation with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Later, Bangladesh will visit New Zealand in December for a two-Test series.

In 2022, Bangladesh will play nine Tests, 20 ODIs and 25 T20Is.

Afghanistan will visit Bangladesh in February for three ODIs and two T20Is. Later, South Africa will visit Bangladesh in March to play two Tests and three ODI matches. The ODI series will also be a part of qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup. It’ll virtually be the last series for Bangladesh to play the 2023 World Cup Qualifying round.

Sri Lanka will come to Bangladesh in May for two Tests. After that, Bangladesh will tour West Indies in June (9 to 29) for two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is and will also visit Zimbabwe in July for five ODIs and three T20Is.

Meanwhile, Asia Cup is scheduled in September (2-28), where Bangladesh are supposed to play at least six T20 matches.

New Zealand will come here in October (2-30) for one-off Test along with three ODIs and as many T20Is.

T20 World Cup in Australia is slated to begin in October-November, where Bangladesh are scheduled to play at least eight matches.

Year 2022 will end with the much-expected tour of India in Bangladesh. Neighbouring India will visit Bangladesh on November 21 and stay on December 16 for two Tests and three ODIs.

http://m.theindependentbd.com//post/252440
 
MenInG said:
Bangladesh cricket’s governing body the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has chalked out plans for the next 2021-22 year with all three formats of the game after the coronavirus-infected 2020 that effectively created a sheer sort of uncertainty across the world.

BCB showed its diplomatic prowess along with international clout to organise a slew of international series and tournaments during the period beside games under the Future Tour’s Programme (FTP).

As scheduled, Bangladesh will host India in 2022 and Pakistan in 2021 respectively. India will visit Bangladesh in November, 2022 after a long hiatus.

The visitors will remain present on December 16 after arriving on November 21 for two Tests and three one-day internationals (ODIs).

Bangladesh will play a total of 111 matches including 20 Tests, 35 ODIs and 56 T20Is in the two-year period. Of those, they will play 57 matches in 2021 and 54 in 2022 across the formats respectively during the compact schedule.

BCB has arranged a slew of international matches in all formats of the game outside the World Test Championship (WTC) and the newly-introduced ODI Super League based on consultations with different boards.

Even though a string of bilateral series has been suspended because of the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh have been able to reschedule much of those. The series they are going to play in October-November in Sri Lanka against the hosts was suspended previously. But the series was finally rescheduled after holding effective talks between the BCB and its Lankan counterparts.

Bangladesh will play a total of nine bilateral series beside the ACC Twenty20 Asia Cup and the ICC World T20 in 2021. Bangladesh will play 11 series and tournaments in the 12-month span.

Of those, they will play 11 Tests coupled with 15 ODIs and at least 31 T20Is, but the number of T20 matches might be changed because of the two extravaganzas - T20 Asia Cup and World T20.

The BCB is also planning a tri-nation series. In that case, the number of matches might be changed.

West Indies will arrive in January for three Tests and as many ODIs beside two T20 International matches. The Tigers will start qualifying for the 2023 World Cup with the three-match ODI series against the Caribbean side.

Also, Bangladesh will travel to New Zealand for three-match ODI series and as many T20Is. The ODI series will also be a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Sri Lanka will visit during May 18-29 for a three-match ODI series, which is also a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup. The series was scheduled to take place in December, but both the cricket boards deferred it to 2021.

Meanwhile, the T20 Asia Cup is slated to be held in June, 2021, where Bangladesh will play six matches in the light of the 2018 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they played the final.

Tigers will also fly to Zimbabwe in June for two Tests and three ODIs (June 18 to July 28). The ODI series is a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Later, New Zealand will arrive in August for two Test matches after which Australia will come here in September (6-14) to play a three-match T20 series.

BCB is now mulling a T20 tri-nation series with participation of Australia and New Zealand, but they are yet to get any possible nod from the Cricket Australia (CA).

However, England will visit Bangladesh in September for three ODIs and as many T20Is. The ODI series will be a part of the qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.

Bangladesh will later go to India in October to play the 2021 World Cup, where they will play at least eight matches.

Afterwards, Pakistan will come here in November for two Tests and three T20Is. The series is out of the WTC and the Super League. Bangladesh will organise these matches in consultation with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Later, Bangladesh will visit New Zealand in December for a two-Test series.

In 2022, Bangladesh will play nine Tests, 20 ODIs and 25 T20Is.

Afghanistan will visit Bangladesh in February for three ODIs and two T20Is. Later, South Africa will visit Bangladesh in March to play two Tests and three ODI matches. The ODI series will also be a part of qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup. It’ll virtually be the last series for Bangladesh to play the 2023 World Cup Qualifying round.

Sri Lanka will come to Bangladesh in May for two Tests. After that, Bangladesh will tour West Indies in June (9 to 29) for two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is and will also visit Zimbabwe in July for five ODIs and three T20Is.

Meanwhile, Asia Cup is scheduled in September (2-28), where Bangladesh are supposed to play at least six T20 matches.

New Zealand will come here in October (2-30) for one-off Test along with three ODIs and as many T20Is.

T20 World Cup in Australia is slated to begin in October-November, where Bangladesh are scheduled to play at least eight matches.

Year 2022 will end with the much-expected tour of India in Bangladesh. Neighbouring India will visit Bangladesh on November 21 and stay on December 16 for two Tests and three ODIs.

http://m.theindependentbd.com//post/252440
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All this looks fanciful - dont think any real cricket is going to happen in too many parts of the world so soon.
 
BCB confirmed this in a press release Tuesday after test samples were collected a day earlier from 24 individuals, including 17 players, in Dhaka

Bangladesh batsman Saif Hasan, along with Bangladesh Cricket Board’s head of physical performance Nicholas Lee have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

BCB confirmed this in a press release Tuesday after test samples were collected a day earlier from 24 individuals, including 17 players, in Dhaka.

As they had no visible symptoms leading up to the sample collection, the BCB’s medical team has advised Saif and Lee to go into self-isolation immediately in accordance with the Covid-19 management protocol until they undergo another test.

It may be noted that Lee had earlier reported positive on August 14 in Dubai, and negative on August 23 after 10 days in isolation.

Lee also completed a 14-day self-quarantine on arrival in the capital prior to Monday’s test.

BCB’s sports physician Dr Debashish Chowdhury said, “Our consultant for Covid-19 is reviewing Lee’s case to determine whether it is a new or previous infection before advising on the management plan.”

https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/2020/09/08/saif-tests-covid-19-positive
 
shaz619 said:
Bangladesh can only go up from here, in terms of competing against the best teams in the world across all forms especially at home I can see them having success given their excellent domestic structure, coaching / management appointments and onus to develop the young blood properly. To compete away they need excellent fast bowlers which will be a struggle for them for obvious reasons but that's not their fault, however there are always anomalies and exceptions out there to unearth
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what obvious reasons? are you trying to say they are unathletic, weak and not fit enough to bowl like the phassst bowlers from the neighbouring Asian countries?
 
tyron_woodley said:
what obvious reasons? are you trying to say they are unathletic, weak and not fit enough to bowl like the phassst bowlers from the neighbouring Asian countries?
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Potentially you can say that regarding athleticism but I was thinking more along the lines of height, but [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] probably have a much better view on why there is a gap there and what it will take to produce such a bowler
 
It seems Bangladesh has stagnated a bit since 2014-2017 period when they were progressing well. [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] what happened?
 
BCB needs to focus on kicking out certain players from certain formats. Only the best players - Shakib, Mushfiqur, should play all 3 formats. BCB has put a lot of faith in players like Soumya, Shabbir, Taskin with little fruit. These 3 were supposed to be our core for LOIs but they have been outright poor.

COVID wont help us either. Lanka already has started domestics and it will be hard for us to tour Lanka and be competitive against them in tests.
 
Slog said:
It seems Bangladesh has stagnated a bit since 2014-2017 period when they were progressing well. [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] what happened?
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That was an abnormal peak - most of the players hit peak form together and team covered like 29 ranking points in a year to qualify for CT.

The next hen players are technically better, but short of experience- the schedule that BCB has, if they can execute 75% of that, there will be enough games for the next gen to gain experience.
 
shaz619 said:
Potentially you can say that regarding athleticism but I was thinking more along the lines of height, but [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] probably have a much better view on why there is a gap there and what it will take to produce such a bowler
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For a country with 170 men population, even 1% is 1.7 - that’s more than WIN; therefore finding physically fit players isn’t a big issue - yes, not many 6’6”+ players available but there are enough young people between 5’10” to 6’2”. More than height, it’s the fast bowling culture that’s missing. And that has to start from root level, wickets need to change as well. Problem is, if we change to play a fast bowling based game, goes out the home advantage.
 
Like others, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bangladesh cricket team is scheduled to travel to Sri-Lanka this month for a 3 match test series but the national team is struggling for a sponsor.

BCB is not only without a sponsor but also without a media rights deal in place for the current cycle. BCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nizamuddin Chowdhury has declared in local media that to finalize a long term sponsor in these circumstances is next to impossible.

“There is no sponsor for our national team right now. No sponsor will come if the games take place. In such a reality, we’re looking for a sponsor on a temporary basis,” Chowdhury told The Independent.

“…We will go for a long-term deal sometime later with the overall market situation becoming normal,” the BCB CEO added, saying “We’ve Sri Lanka series ahead. So we’re now trying to manage a sponsor for the tour. Later we’ll try to go for a long-term deal.”

BCB’s Commercial Challenges – Media Rights Deal Ended, No sponsor for the national team

– Not only sponsor but BCB also has another huge challenge at hand. The USD 20.02 Million media rights deal signed with with GaziTV in year 2014 has ended in April. BCB at this stage does not have a broadcaster in place.

– Due to Covid-19 BCB is yet to hit the market with the media right tender. This means, more than 6 months of revenues from the media rights partner for the board has already lost. Other than this BCB will not be paid by the previous broadcaster on account of cancelled series.

– BCB also does not have team sponsor since the month of January. The BCB’s sponsorship deal with Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever expired in January and it was in the process of naming a new sponsor before the global coronavirus pandemic began. On January 21, BCB sought an Expression of Interest for a two-year long team sponsorship bid with a floor price of USD 6.5 Million. It however could not attract any sponsor before the home series against Zimbabwe, which forced the cricket body to take an interim sponsor in Akash, a DTH company owned by Beximco.

But the board is hopeful once the thing normalizes they can sort out all commercial deals. “All issues including media rights will be resolved along with team sponsorship,” Chowdhury said.

Covid-19 has badly impacted Cricket Sponsorship Worldwide

The current commercial struggles are not only true for the Bangladesh Cricket. Almost each and every board world over is struggling commercially on account of their sponsorship and media rights deals. Just sample this –

– The world’s richest cricket board BCCI had to take 50% hit on their most marquee property IPL. After VIVO’s pull out Dream11 has signed for 222 Cr vis a vis 440 Cr deal last year.
– The world’s most marketable cricket team ’TEAM INDIA’ could not muster KIT SPONSOR till date after NIKE’s pull out. The tender by BCCI could not draw a single bidder for the rights
– Sri Lanka Cricket has taken almost 30-35% hit in renewal of their sponsorship (Dialog) and media rights deals (Sony Pictures)
– England & Wales Cricket Board had organized series against the West Indies and Pakistan without TITLE SPONSORS as sponsor Spec saver pulled out
– Pakistan Cricket Board could manage sponsor for the just concluded England tour only at a last minute but with 50% cut
– Cricket West Indies does not have a media rights partner since last 6 months now
– Cricket South Africa lost various commercial deals
– Cricket Australia has announced million of dollar loses due to Covid-19

All in all, the world of cricket is completely and deeply impacted by Covid-19 pandemic and it will take some time for the board and the sport to recover.

https://www.insidesport.co/banglade...-sponsor-for-our-team-right-now-declares-ceo/
 
Soumya Sarkar is a joke. Their team can only progress if they let go of baggage like him.
 
Two teenage Bangladesh cricketers lost their lives when they were struck by lightning on Thursday. The name of the cricketers, as named by officials, was Mohammad Nadim and Mizanur Rahman and they were playing football at a stadium in Gaza outside Dhaka when the tragedy struck. Rain had halted their cricket training and the cricketers starting playing football in the meantime when lightning hit them.

Every year several people lose their lives due to lightning during the monsoon season in Bangladesh between April and October. This year the death toll due to lightning in Bangladesh rose to at least in 350

“All of a sudden... lightning struck and I saw three boys collapse on the field,” witness Mohammad Palash told AFP.

“Other players rushed to them and took them to a nearby hospital. Later two of them died.”

It was revealed by cricket coach Anwar Hossain Liton that Nadim and Rahman were preparing for a trial to secure a tournament place. They could have been scouted for the national competition at the tournament.

Lightning has been declared a natural disaster by authorities in Bangladesh after 82 people were killed by it on a single day in May 2016. Bangladesh’s non-profit network Disaster Forum revealed that at least 350 have died this year due to lightning.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-bangladesh/story-rhvVbnWiRnXuCO9minxS2I.html
 
Slim said:
Soumya Sarkar is a joke. Their team can only progress if they let go of baggage like him.
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Agreed. Soumya may struggle to make it to Zimbabwe national team. I don't know how he keeps on getting selected.
 
MMHS said:
That was an abnormal peak - most of the players hit peak form together and team covered like 29 ranking points in a year to qualify for CT.

The next hen players are technically better, but short of experience- the schedule that BCB has, if they can execute 75% of that, there will be enough games for the next gen to gain experience.
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The pace bowlers didn’t really live up to the potential or hope I had.

Rubel, taskin and mustafizur along with mushfiqur should’ve put better numbers post 2015 WC.
 
MMHS said:
That was an abnormal peak - most of the players hit peak form together and team covered like 29 ranking points in a year to qualify for CT.

The next hen players are technically better, but short of experience- the schedule that BCB has, if they can execute 75% of that, there will be enough games for the next gen to gain experience.
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Test Cricket is not for us and to be fair only like top 4 elite teams are good at it anyway.

In ODIs, we were in the contention till that India game at the WC. It doesn't help when you have a limping captain/bowler either. These SLAs aren't gonna cut it.
 
BDfanforever said:
Test Cricket is not for us and to be fair only like top 4 elite teams are good at it anyway.

In ODIs, we were in the contention till that India game at the WC. It doesn't help when you have a limping captain/bowler either. These SLAs aren't gonna cut it.
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This is terrible reasoning. Just because you guys are absolutely dreadful in tests doesnt mean tests are only limited to top 4, which is an absolute joke of an argument. Your team is in a deplorable state, so rather than feel good, look at the empty trophy cabinet and reflect.
 
BDfanforever said:
Test Cricket is not for us and to be fair only like top 4 elite teams are good at it anyway.

In ODIs, we were in the contention till that India game at the WC. It doesn't help when you have a limping captain/bowler either. These SLAs aren't gonna cut it.
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I'll make it easier for you: Cricket is not for you.

Move on.
 
Almost every argument on this thread us ending at what BD has achieved as a cricketing nation so far.

Think some of the Bangladesh fans should make some prediction for their team. Would like to know what are they expecting from their side in next 4-5 years? They are a part of WTC. There's a WC in 2023 in condition which would suit them. Also 2 WT20 WCs (maybe 3). What are therir expectations? Who are the young players who can fill the boots of their greats?
 
Bangladesh is set to go ahead with its scheduled three-match Test tour of Sri Lanka as per schedule provided the host stick to the seven-day mandatory quarantine regulations for the visiting team, the country’s cricket board (BCB) said on Saturday.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday stated that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has informed them that the touring team will have to spend a week in quarantine instead of the earlier mandated 14-day period ahead of its upcoming series.

“We’re communicating with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on a regular basis. We sought detailed plans from them but they informed us that they are talking with their health ministry about the quarantine period,” BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told reporters.

Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan, strength and conditioning coach test positive for COVID

“In our last communication with them, SLC told us that we have to be in quarantine for the first seven days after arrival, after which the players can go ahead with the training schedule.

“We believe that if it remains seven days of quarantine, we can proceed according to our plans. (But) I think we should wait for feedback from SLC before making any further comment.”

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was earlier shifted from July-August to September.

According to the current schedule, Bangladesh is likely to reach Sri Lanka on September 27 for the three-Test series beginning on October 24.

Nizamuddin said they expected to hear from SLC “within the next two-three days” and might need “to make some minor adjustments” to their plans due to the changing circumstances.

The Test series will see the resumption of cricket in both the countries since coronavirus outbreak had shutdown all activities in March.

Bangladesh has started its preparation and the players might have a week-long residential camp ahead of the tour beginning on September 21.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...-quarantine-is-maintained/article32589526.ece
 
Varun said:
I'll make it easier for you: Cricket is not for you.

Move on.
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Aren't you being arrogant here? They just won the U19 world cup beating us. If those players can make it big in senior team, their team is sorted for next 8 - 10 years. World cricket needs a strong BD team.

Remember, in last two Asia cups BD emerged as runner up and 2nd best Asian team. So to say cricket is not for them is pretty rude.
 
Bangladesh opener Saif Hassan has tested positive again for COVID-19. He was found positive for COVID-19 seven days ago, reports UNB.

Sources close to the selection committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said, Saif is out of the 27-member preliminary squad of Bangladesh team which might tour Sri Lanka later this year.However, the squad is yet to be announced officially.

Saif, however, will be tested again after a week, and if he returns negative in the next test, he has a good chance to make the squad.

https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/saif-hassan-again-tests-covid-19-positive
 
Former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan, who was recently appointed as the batting consultant of Bangladesh for their tour of Sri Lanka, will not be able to take up the role due to a loss in his family.

Confirming the news, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that McMillan has conveyed to the board that he won't be able to undertake the job following the passing away of his father.

BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury also extended condolences to McMillan and his family on behalf of the BCB.

“Craig has communicated to us that his father has passed away recently and therefore it would not be possible for him to take up the batting consultant’s position of the National Team for the upcoming tour at this moment of grief. We fully understand his situation. Our sympathies are with Craig and his family during this difficult time," the BCB press release quoted Chowdhury as saying.

After serving as the batting coach of New Zealand in all the formats of the game for five long years, McMillan was roped in by the Bangladesh men's cricket team to take up the role for the their three-match Test series against Sri Lanka.

The former New Zealand coach was set to replace Neil McKenzie, who had served as the coach of Bangladesh for two years before eventually deciding against travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh was originally scheduled to lock horns with Sri Lanka in the Test series in July-August, but the tour was was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two sides are now expected to face each other in October-November.

The three-match Test series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is currently in jeopardy as the BCB is yet to receive a response from their Lankan counterpart following the former's denial of mandatory 14-day quarantine period amid the novel coronavirus.

https://zeenews.india.com/cricket/c...lanka-tour-due-to-family-tragedy-2310755.html
 
Onus on talks as Bangladesh-Sri Lanka series hopes live on

The cricketing fraternity in Bangladesh is of the view that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will find a way out of the prevailing standoff through effective talks and discussions.

The recent stalemate has erupted between the two cricket boards centering over a 14-day quarantine as put forth by the SLC via Sri Lanka’s National COVID-19 Control Committee, which remained reluctant to relax the quarantine conditions set for the touring part.

The Tigers are supposed to depart for Colombo for the scheduled series on September 27, almost a month before the outset of the highly-discussed Test series, which is a part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Test Championship.

They, however, think that time isn’t over yet as the series is slated to begin on October 24. In that sense, there is enough time in hand for the series to take place as scheduled.

Even if the series is delayed for some more days, it won’t create any problem.

But both sides have to give a sort of concession from their respective position to reach an amicable solution, they stressed.

The concerned quarter also expressed their pessimism with regard to the tour’s future in the wake of noticing the delay of the SLC to release the full fixture of the approaching tour, making delay to give heath and security protocols in details - especially ambiguous decisions regarding the quarantine period and accommodating arrangements.

They blamed the SLC for jeopardizing the scheduled tour of the three-match Test series for bringing a slew of unreasonable conditions prior to the Bangladesh team.

The SLC dispatched a tour proposal with a slew of tough conditions for the touring party upon which the BCB expressed its reluctance over travelling to the Island nation for playing the series.

The BCB seemed astonished to see the preconditions set by the SLC under which the players, coaching staff and officials of Bangladesh have to maintain a 14-day quarantine after landing in Sri Lanka. During the quarantine period, the touring side won’t be even allowed to come out of the hotel room – let alone the issue of holding practice sessions.

Even the hosts will not provide any medical support to the visitors for which they have to carry a medical team and net bowlers. Along with that, the touring party has to prove corona-negative in the last two tests, which are supposed to be held within seven days prior to the team’s departure.

But what we see in the West Indies-England, Pakistan-England and Australia-England series, where hosts England helped each of the team during the quarantine period and even their practice session on the English soil.

Regarding the overall tour, Nazmul Abedeen Fahim said the BCB and its Lankan counterpart should continue discussions to iron out the differences so that the imminent Test series can take place in due time.

“I think both sides should engage in effective discussion so that they can sort out a solution. Along with that, the SLC should convince the COVID-19 control committee, who are not the people of cricket. They won’t understand the language of cricket, that’s a normal thing,” he said.

“It’d be unsporting if the series is not held. But we all hope the Test series will take place and start in time. For this, the authority will play their respective roles in right time to kick off the series,” Fahim told The Independent.

Dipu Rai Choudhury, former cricketer and coach, echoed the same sentiment and said he expects the standoff will be resolved soon.

“We’ve seen that the SLC sat with the COVID-19 Control Committee (i.e., the army commanders) after which they moved a bit back from their earlier stance,” Dipu Rai said.

“We have to wait for the next one or two days. We will get to know about the exact picture within the timeframe. Let’s see what happens,” he said.

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Bangladesh fast bowler Abu Jayed has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of their tour of Sri Lanka, the country’s cricket board (BCB) said on Wednesday.

“Pace bowler Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi has reported positive for COVID-19. He will receive treatment in isolation for COVID as per guidelines and will undergo further tests in due course,” BCB physician Debashis Chowdhury said in a statement.

The Board said Jayed is the only one to have returned positive out of the 27 cricketers who were tested for the contagious disease.

“Samples were collected from 27 cricketers called up to the Bangladesh Team Skill Camp with test results of 26 returning negative,” BCB said.

Jayed has featured in nine Tests for Bangladesh, taking 24 wickets and is a vital member of the touring Bangladesh team which is scheduled to play a three-Test series in Sri Lanka beginning October 23, subject to agreement on the number of days that the visiting team has to stay in quarantine.

Opener Saif Hassan had also tested positive for COVID-19 on September 9 but has recovered since.

Bangladesh were supposed to tour Sri Lanka in July-August but it was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two boards are currently negotiating over reducing the 14-day quarantine period for the tourists.

According to the current schedule, Bangladesh will travel to Sri Lanka on September 27 with the first Test starting on October 23.

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...bu-jayed-tests-positive-for-covid-19-6607948/
 
'We have informed them that we have to reschedule the tour to a time when things will improve' - BCB president Nazmul Hassan confirms Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka will be postponed. The tour was to begin in late October
 
Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka for three Tests which were part of the ICC World Championships has once again been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic quarantine issues. The main sticking point for the Bangladesh Cricket Team was the mandatory 14-day quarantine period in Sri Lanka, which has been mandated by the government. The series, which was originally supposed to be held from July to August, was postponed to October-November due to the coronavirus. With this move, all eyes will be on Zimbabwe’s tour to Pakistan as that becomes the first cricket series to be played in Asia amidst the pandemic.

Speaking in a press conference, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan confirmed that the team is not touring Sri Lanka at this point in time. “We’re not touring Sri Lanka now. They have agreed to all our conditions except for one but that is the main one to us which is the 14-day quarantine, which actually is isolation,” Hassan said.

Sri Lanka Cricket also agreed that the series can be rescheduled at a later date but this latest move brings to an end a very awkward situation involving playing cricket in coronavirus times.

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14-day quarantine unacceptable

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan has earlier said that the terms and conditions are nowhere near to acceptable. Initially the Sri Lankan Cricket Board had said the Bangladesh team needed to be in quarantine for only seven days but with the coronavirus pandemic spreading, the quarantine period has been extended.

This has made the Bangladesh Cricket Board president very unhappy and he said, “We cannot play World Test Championships with these terms and conditions. Until their letter yesterday, both boards were having discussions along the lines of a seven-day quarantine. But now their terms and conditions are nowhere near those discussions, and neither are they anything close to what other countries hosting cricket in the pandemic are doing. There are three or seven-day quarantines in those places where the players can either train among themselves or use the gym.”

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Pointing out further restrictions, Hassan said playing the World Test Championship series is not possible for them. "Seeing that they started domestic cricket, we informed the SLC that we are coming with a big squad so that we can have our training camp there. But they will not allow us to train when our players have been inactive for seven months. They won’t even let us take net bowlers and neither are they going to provide us with any net bowlers. How can we play World Test Championship without any training? So it is not possible for us," he said.

Sri Lanka has only 3360 cases with 11 cases being reported in the last 24 hours while Bangladesh has close to three lakh 60 thousand cases with over 1000 active cases in the last 24 hours.

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Head coach of Bangladesh national cricket team Russell Domingo has emphasisesd playing domestic cricket when there is no assignment in the international circuit.

Domingo said this when he joined a virtual press conference — his first such appearance during the pandemic—on Friday.

Bangladesh played their last international game back in March this year against Zimbabwe. They were supposed to travel to Pakistan after that, but the Covid-19 situation did not allow them to do that. Bangladesh’s Ireland tour and Australia’s Bangladesh tour were also postponed due to the pandemic.

After a long hiatus forced by Covid-19, the Tigers were scheduled to tour Sri Lanka on September 27 to take part in a three-match Test series which is a part of the ongoing World Test Championship. But a tight Covid-19 restriction forced authorities to postpone this series as well.

Sri Lanka wanted to keep Bangladesh in a 14-day quarantine upon their arrival in the island nation, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has urged to trim it to seven days which is refused by Sri Lanka. The series was subsequently postponed.

“Obviously, I’m very disappointed that the Sri Lanka tour is not taking place. I think the BCB was correct in refraining from going under the stipulations that were placed upon the team. It would have been very difficult for us to spend that amount of time locked up in our room without preparation and played a Test match in 10 days’ time. I’m fully supporting the decision,” Domingo said during a virtual interaction with the media.

“However, it does leave us short of international cricket. It has now been nearly seven months since the team played together, and after the last Zimbabwe series, we seemed to be making some good strides. BCB are doing some domestic leagues. There have been one or two invites from outside nations to play cricket in December. Nothing has been confirmed as yet. I think rightfully domestic cricket needs to be going. As a coach I prefer guys play domestic cricket first and then go into international cricket,” he added.

Tigers are currently busy training as a team. They have started a 15-day long bio-secure training camp in which they will play three intra-squad games. Domingo says that all the players are having a good level of fitness.

They thanked BCB’s individual training programme which has helped the cricketers to keep themselves ready to play.

“I think we’re very fortunate that Sabbir Khan (national team manager) has done an outstanding job in organising individual training sessions. The guys have been extremely busy in the last three or four months. We’ve been here now for nearly a month. I’m proud of the work that they’ve done. They seem to be in good physical condition. A lot of players seem to be in good touch in the nets. The bowlers have got themselves fit. Taskin is looking unbelievable. It’s exciting,” Domingo told the media.

“The big challenge is now to take that practice and preparation and build it into game time. There’s a big difference between training and actually spending six or seven hours in the field and having to bowl again. We need to make sure that we gradually bring them back to international cricket. If we can have some warm-up games like we do here, and then step it up in domestic games. I’m sure these guys will be ready in three to four weeks for international cricket,” he added.

During this camp, many players are working with their core skills which are needed for some good changes.

Domingo mentioned the names of some players, who are working hard to take their game to the next level.

“We’re trying to change Shadman’s (Islam) stance a little bit. He used to stand upright in his stance. We’re trying to get his bat down on the ground which will allow him to swing the bat up and get a little bit more force when he hits the ball. This type of change is difficult when you’ve a match in a week’s time,” he said.

He went on saying, “It’s a change that needs a couple of weeks or maybe a month to get accustomed to. Ottis (Gibson, bowling coach) is trying to get Mustafizur (Rahman) to shape the ball back in the right-hander. Hopefully, we can see some of that tomorrow when he’s bowling with the new ball. The way (Najmul Islam) Shanto plays spin, he gets his head falling over. We’re trying to get his head up a little bit more.”

http://www.unb.com.bd/category/Sports/russell-domingo-emphasises-playing-domestic-cricket/58347
 
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan on Sunday said there will be no Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) this year due to the circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, reports UNB.

He also said that the Dhaka Premier Division League (DPDCL) might take place if the ongoing BCB President's Cup and a proposed T20 league go well abiding by the COVID-19 health protocol.

"Everything is depending on the situation we are going through. There will be no BPL this year because BPL requires the inclusion of the foreign cricketers which is tough now due to the COVID-19 situation. At the same time, we need to ensure a better production system. If we can manage these, there will be no problem (to host BPL), but the things are bigger here. So we have no BPL in our sight," Nazmul told the media.

"I think hosting an event like BPL will not be easy for us in Bangladesh. We know that most of the franchisees have to tackle many problems to run a team of BPL. And the bio-secure bubble which has been put in place in England and UAE (for IPL) is not possible in Bangladesh. I think it's not possible for our franchisees to spend that much money to secure a high-quality bio-secure bubble for the teams," Nazmul added.

Before the ongoing BCB President's Cup, the last competitive game in Bangladesh took place back in March this year. It means there was no game of cricket in the country for more than six months. This year's DPDCL has been postponed in March indefinitely. However, BCB president says they might go ahead with the plan of continuing the DPDCL this year.

"We have discussed the possibility to host the DPDCL this year. Most of us agreed that it's possible. But we have to keep everything in mind. We have to make a detailed plan so that we can think about the possible problems and solutions. The biggest challenge is to put a big bio-secure bubble and keep the players and the team management in a secure environment, which we will do for the proposed T20 league. Our clubs are unable to accommodate their team in an expensive hotel. So we have discussed BKSP as the possible venue, where all the team can stay and play in three different fields. You will come to know within a few days what we are thinking about DPDC," Nazmul further told the media.

Earlier, many cricketers, who are highly dependent on their income from the domestic leagues, requested BCB to host domestic events so that they can earn and tackle the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Along with them, Cricketers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) also urged BCB to come up with a way to host the domestic events

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Bangladesh Cricket Board will not allow foreign cricketers in the upcoming Corporate Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to commence from November 15, said BCB president Nazmul Hasan.

After the prize giving ceremony of the BCB President’s Cup on Sunday, Nazmul spoke to the media about the board’s next step in their roadmap to restart cricket in Bangladesh, which had been dormant before the triangular one-day tournament.

The BCB president said that the board will now move ahead with their plan of staging a five-team Twenty20 tournament and said that only local cricketers will partake in the competition.

‘We would like to organise a Twenty20 tournament. First we had a three-team tournament [BCB President’s Cup], now we will increase the number to five,’ Nazmul said.

‘So far, we have decided not to involve foreign players as we are increasing the teams hopefully some more local cricketers will get the opportunity to play,’ he added.

The BCB president also said that Shakib Al Hasan, whose one year sanction from the ICC will end on Thursday, will return to Bangladesh by November 10 to take part in the forthcoming Twenty20 tournament.

BCB, however, is still undecided about some issues of the tournament like team selection and team ownership but Nazmul hoped to sort them out soon.

‘The teams will have sponsors. Some parties have already shown interest. Most of them are new entrants, who couldn’t get involved with BPL due to financial constraints. We will issue EOI for the teams within the next few days.

‘We would prefer to select the teams ourselves. But if the team owners want to select the player’s through the draft then that can happen too. But I don’t think in this pandemic situation anybody will want to do so. We can also go for a lottery,’ said the BCB President.

Besides ending the long sabbatical for local players, the BCB president thinks that hosting local tournaments under bio-bubble protocol will help the cricketers better prepare for their eventual return to international cricket in the ‘new normal’.

‘The players had to work very hard. They were not allowed to leave their floor of the hotel. If they have to play any series outside the country, the situation will remain pretty much the same. So adapting to the situation was also very important,’ Nazmul said.

Nazmul also informed that BCB is planning to announce a handsome amount as prize money for the Twenty20 tournament, just like the recently concluded BCB President’s Cup.

The cricket board also wanted to televise the entire tournament and will call for tenders soon, said Nazmul.

Recently, some media reports suggested that ICC is thinking about splitting the points of the postponed ICC World Test Championship matches.

A number of Bangladesh’s ICC Test Championship matches against Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka were deferred due to the pandemic and this decision could end Bangladesh’s drought points drought in the competition but Nazmul said nothing was finalised yet.

‘This decision is yet to be finalised by the board. It was one of the options. Let the proposals come to the ICC board meeting first, and then we will see.’



https://www.newagebd.net/article/120052/no-foreigners-in-t20-league-bcb-chief
 
So Bangladesh were bashing this Zimbabwe team for fun few months ago.. but now Pakistan struggling to beat Zimbabwe.. So Bangladesh team is actually better than Pakistan ? thoughts ?
 
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