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/ 12 January 2009
Nuwan Kulasekara and Ajantha Medis took three wickets each as Zimbabwe was dismissed for just 80 runs to hand Sri Lanka a 130-run victory.
Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as the South Asian country’s prime minister on Tuesday, ending two years of rule by an army-backed interim government.
Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 465 runs in the second Test on Tuesday, recording the fifth-highest run margin to sweep the series 2-0.
Sri Lanka lost two quick wickets before reaching 95-2 in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh.
Paceman Mashrafe Mortaza struck twice before Shakib Al Hasan removed Mahela Jayawardene to leave Sri Lanka wobbling at 65-3 at lunch on Saturday.
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/ 31 December 2008
Bangladesh put on one of their best batting performances before suffering a 107-run defeat in the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
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/ 31 December 2008
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday she would share power with the opposition despite winning a massive majority.
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/ 30 December 2008
Skipper Mohammad Ashraful hit an unbeaten half-century as Bangladesh batted defiantly in pursuit of a massive victory target against Sri Lanka.
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/ 30 December 2008
An alliance under Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina won a massive parliamentary majority in the country’s first polls in seven years.
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/ 27 December 2008
Shakib Al Hasan completed his fourth five-wicket haul in five matches to help Bangladesh dismiss Sri Lanka for 293 runs on Saturday.
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/ 27 December 2008
Candidates in Monday’s Bangladesh election to restore democracy after two years of emergency rule have traded heated charges of corruption.
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/ 26 December 2008
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets as Bangladesh left Sri Lanka stuttering at 172 for six before bad light stopped play.
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/ 29 October 2008
New Zealand and Bangladesh drew the rain-affected second Test on Wednesday, handing the tourists a 1-0 series victory.
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/ 22 October 2008
Bangladesh on Wednesday were left to rue another Test near-miss but took heart from running New Zealand close in Chittagong.
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/ 21 October 2008
Daniel Vetteri completed a fine all-round display to lead New Zealand to a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday.
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/ 20 October 2008
Bangladesh staged a late fightback against New Zealand on Monday to set up an intriguing finish to the first Test.
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/ 18 October 2008
Bangladesh reduced New Zealand to 57 for four in reply to their first-innings 245 at tea on the second day of the first Test on Saturday.
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/ 14 October 2008
Ross Taylor hit a fighting hundred to help New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 79 runs in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday.
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/ 18 September 2008
Former Bangladesh captain Habibur Bashar is stunned by the 10-year ban imposed on him and 12 others for joining the Indian Cricket League.
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/ 10 September 2008
We found Fajila and Sirajul tending tomatoes, peppers and other vegatables, but they were in no ordinary garden. This one had no soil.
Opener Gautam Gambhir hit an unbeaten century to steer India to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final round-robin match of a triangular one-day series on Thursday.
At least 10 000 people have been detained over the past week in a major crackdown on crime in emergency-ruled Bangladesh, the country’s police chief said on Wednesday.
At least 40 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh, a police official said on Tuesday. ”Till now we have recovered 40 bodies from inside the ferry,” said Mohammad Jahangir Alam, the officer in charge of Nikli police station in the Kishoreganj district.
South Africa rode on an unbeaten half-century by Graeme Smith to thrash Bangladesh by seven wickets and become the top-ranked one-day side in the world in Dhaka on Friday. Smith hit three fours and three sixes in his 94-ball 68 as the visitors overhauled the target of 143 with nearly 16 overs to spare for a 3-0 whitewash.
Albie Morkel took four wickets and Johan Botha three to help South Africa bundle out Bangladesh for a paltry 143 runs on Friday in the third and final one-day international, moving them closer to a clean sweep of the series. Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful sent his side to bat after winning the toss, but they started losing wickets from the 10th over.
South Africa’s cricket chiefs are confident their team will claim the India Test series starting this month and clinch their third successive win in the region. Cricket South Africa (CSA) hailed the team for sweeping the Bangladesh Test series last week and for winning the one-day series 2-0 on Wednesday with a game to spare.
Fiery paceman Andre Nel took 4-27 to set up South Africa’s comprehensive seven-wicket victory in the second one-day international (ODI) against Bangladesh on Wednesday. The victory helped South Africa take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and moved them one step closer to reclaiming the world number one spot from Australia.
Roqibul Hassan and Shakib Al Hasan hit half centuries as a struggling Bangladesh reached 173 for all wickets in 48.2 overs in the second one-day international against South Africa on Wednesday. South Africa’s pacer Andre Nel finished for 4-27 and Charl Langeveldt took three for 31 to bundle out the hosts for a paltry score.
Tearaway South Africa speedster Dale Steyn is smacking his lips in anticipation of a battle royal with India’s batsmen in the upcoming three-Test series. Steyn (24) taught Bangladesh a few lessons in fast bowling in the recent two-Test series, from which he bagged 14 wickets, and is now training his guns on India, who have recently returned from their Australia tour.
Graeme Smith smashed an unbeaten century to guide South Africa to an emphatic nine-wicket win in the first one-day international against Bangladesh on Sunday. Smith hit 14 fours and a six in his 118-ball 103 as South Africa surpassed the victory target of 178 with as many as 13.1 overs to spare in a lop-sided contest at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.
South Africa will look to their fringe players to deliver the goods against an unpredictable Bangladesh in the one-day international series beginning in Chittagong on Sunday. The South Africans have rested key players Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini for the three one-dayers.
South Africa paceman Dale Steyn, fresh from being named player of the series in the recent Bangladesh tour, is proud his name is now being bracketed with some of the world’s best. ”Just to be put in the same bracket like [Muttiah] Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath, Shaun Pollock or Shane Bond, it’s remarkable,” he said in an interview on Thursday.