Pallekele: After a moral boosting win in the 3rd ODI, Bangladesh will be raring to go in the one offTwenty20 international against Sri Lanka at Pallekele and with an experimental Sri Lankan side against them, the visitors will very well fancy their chances on Sunday. Sri Lanka had named five uncapped players in the squad clearly hinting that they are going to take their chances in the last game of...
09:53 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Pallekele: Bangladesh drew the one-day international series with Sri Lanka 1-1 after Nasir Hossain hit four boundaries in the next-to-last over on Thursday to lead the visitors to a three-wicket win in the rain-affected third match. Chasing a revised target of 183 in 27 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis method, Bangladesh were 167-7 with two overs remaining when Hossain took on seamer Thisara Perera to complete his team's first win in...
12:45 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Pallekele: Abdur Razzak, the left-arm spinner, on Thursday became the first Bangladesh bowler to take 200 wickets in one-day international cricket. The 30-year old achieved the landmark in his 141st ODI appearance when he claimed the wicket of Sri Lanka's Sachitra Senanayake in the final over of the host's innings at Pallekele. This also made him the 34th bowler in ODI history to join the 200-wicket club. Razzak entered the...
06:26 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the rain interrupted third ODI played at the Pallekele Stadium as the ODI series finished at 1-1. Read on for the updates Bangladesh innings: End of over 26: 184 for 7 Nasir Hossain propelled Bangladesh to a nail-biting victory over Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI by three wickets. Hossain clobbered four boundaries off Thisara Perera in the 26th over sealing the...
02:15 PM, Mar 28, 2013
New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur was on Thursday named captain of the Indian women's team replacing seasoned Mithali Raj, for the limited-overs series against Bangladesh starting April 2 at home. Opener Poonam Raut has been named as Harmanpreet's deputy. India Women will play a three T20s and as many ODIs after their disastrous World Cup campaign in February at home. Senior Indian batswomen and captain Mithali Raj has not been named...
12:24 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Pallekele: After defeating Bangladesh emphatically in the first ODI and with the 2nd ODI washed away, Sri Lanka will be looking to seal the deal in the third and the final ODI to be played at Pallekele here on Friday. After a competitive Test series, Sri Lanka blew away the visitor's challenge in the first ODI courtesy a bludgeoning attack from opener Tilakaratne Dilshan. Tamim Iqbal too scored a century...
04:54 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Hambantota: The second one-day international between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh here was abandoned on Monday following persistent rain, which did not allow any play after just five overs had been bowled in the Sri Lankan innings. Sri Lanka were 33 for no loss when rain stopped play and four hours later forced the umpires to abandon the game at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium. Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera...
11:17 PM, Mar 25, 2013
After being put in to bat by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka were 33 for 0...
02:26 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Colombo: Bangladesh has called up Shamsur Rahman for the remainder of the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Rahman is replacing the injured Tamim Iqbal, who suffered a hairline fracture to his right thumb during the series opener on Saturday. "It is a fracture which normally takes around four to six weeks to heal. For further information, I will go to Dhaka in the new week. I will have an MRI,...
12:47 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Hambantota: After trouncing Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first one-dayer, Sri Lanka would like to seal the three-match series in the second outing here on Monday. However, for Bangladesh this would be a do-or-die affair in order to stay alive in the series. Bangladesh who were put in to bat didn't do bad and scored 259 in 50 overs, led by the 112-run knock by Tamim Iqbal and later...
06:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Dhaka: The death toll from a tornado that swept through some 25 villages in eastern Bangladesh, rose to 23 with rescuers finding three more bodies in debris, a day after the deadly storm which also left nearly 500 people injured. The storm which hit the area on Friday, left a trail of destruction in 20 villages of Brahmanbaria sadar, Bijoynagar and Akhaura upazilas. "Three more bodies were recovered on Saturday....
06:35 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Hambantota: Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered an unbeaten 113 to fire Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first ODI, marked by a power failure and bees' invasion on Saturday. The opener hit 11 fours in his 15th ODI century as Sri Lanka, chasing a revised target of 238 in 41 overs following the outage, won the day-night match in Hambantota with 32 balls to spare for a 1-0...
11:35 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Live updates from the first ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Hambantota. Sri Lanka innings: End of over 35.4: Sri Lanka 238 for 2: Sri Lanka have finished the match in style and with that they have gone ahead in the series. Dilshan remained not out on 113. Sangakkara fell just before the game ended as he got out after scoring 63. End of over 31: Sri Lanka 202...
02:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013
A tornado swept through nearly two dozen villages southeast of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing at least 20 people, tearing roofs off houses and uprooting trees and power pylons, officials said. The death toll could rise sharply as more than 300 people were injured when the twister struck Brahmanbaria district, more than 100 km (60 miles) southeast of Dhaka, on Friday evening. ...
11:50 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Bangladesh will seek inspiration from their Asia Cup victory over Sri Lanka when they face them in a three-match ODI series. ...
03:21 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Senior officials of India and Bangladesh's border forces on Tuesday held talks on issues like trans-border smuggling, fencing of open patches, and encouraging confidence building measures. ...
03:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Sri Lanka coasted to a seven-wicket series-clinching victory on the 4th day of the final Test in Colombo after Herath took career-best figures of seven for 89. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Chasing 160 to win on Tuesday, Sri Lanka reached the target losing three wickets in the final session, led by Tillakaratne Dilshan (57) and Kumar Sangakkara (55). ...
05:06 PM, Mar 19, 2013
