Tanzim’s Misogynistic Posts: BCB parrots player’s defence, says he is sorry
Four days after screenshots of Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s misogynistic social media posts went viral, Bangladesh Cricket Board faced the media yesterday, but could only offer what amounted to a mere apology on the player’s behalf.
1y ago
Around the world on a Vespa: The ‘no-plan’ nomadic life
For those of us wedded and welded to our routine-ruled existences, there is an almost jealous fascination about people like Vespanda Ilario Lavarra.
1y ago
Riyad's poetic justice
The similarities were uncanny, the possibilities either too cruel or poetically just. The actor and his nemesis were the same, as were the stage and situation, give or take a wicket here and a run there.
2y ago
The spin stops
Warne singlehandedly revolutionised the difficult but immensely rewarding art of leg-spin in the early 1990s. Along with Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralidaran, he can be credited for the revival of spin bowling.
2y ago
Children from slums with less than 3 months’ training defeat FIDE rated players
With less than three months’ training, Poly Khatun and Mim Akhter, children from the slums of Mirpur, have defeated internationally rated chess players.
2y ago
Could it be a stepping stone for future riches?
Can Bangladesh win the World Cup? Even half a decade ago, that question would have been a preposterous one, but it has become less so in the 50-over format.
3y ago
Human error challenge goes viral after Shakib apology
Bangladesh woke up today to a new craze that has gripped social media following ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's Facebook apology last night.
3y ago
When passion becomes bullying
On national television, a domestic cricketer had to flinch twice because his captain, a national superstar, threatened to hit him with the ball. Twice in the space of a few minutes. Not quite threatened, but the captain instinctively wound up to chuck the hard cricket ball at the hapless junior cricketer at point-blank range.
3y ago
April 11, 2020
#FreeToo breaks internet as free speech goes viral
The Covid-22 outbreak continues to upend the world order.
March 30, 2020
Reminiscence: My first match
The cricket bug (intended) bit me hard around the winter of 1995, when Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia were locked in battle in the tri-series down under and I was holed up at my grandparents’ with fever, glued to the television.
March 14, 2020
Virus hits Emotionation
North Atlantic country Emotionation’s population has dipped below critical mass, according to the latest survey conducted by the United Rations, published yesterday.
March 8, 2020
A leader who will be missed
In 2013, the then Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen had said on a tour of Zimbabwe that he was actually thinking of flying Mashrafe Bin Mortaza in. His thought process had nothing to do with bolstering the squad with Bangladesh’s best ever fast bowler, who missed the tour due to injury, but it was just about having the most inspirational cricketer in the land among the squad to lift their spirits.
February 15, 2020
Letter from Tigers to the cubs
Crickileaks has obtained a letter sent by the Bangladesh national team to the Bangladesh Under-19 team on the day that the
February 11, 2020
The birth of belief
Such has been the conditioning of the Bangladeshi cricket fan that, before Bangladesh Under-19’s World Cup final against their Indian counterparts in Potchefstroom on Sunday, there was a general ac-ceptance among followers that this was as good as it would get.
January 24, 2020
A new beginning 12 years later
The three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Pakistan, starting today in Lahore, may seem like the result of protracted diplomatic negotiations between the two respective cricket boards but with the focus shifting finally to cricket, the series carries greater importance than most recent assignments for Bangladesh.
November 26, 2019
Mustafizur’s decline and Tigers’ Test troubles
More than any other cricketer in Bangladesh’s history, Mustafizur Rahman has been treated with kid gloves by the Bangladesh team management, and with good reason.
October 24, 2019
Players call off strike
The impasse between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and top cricketers was resolved when the BCB agreed to nine of the original 11 demands during a meeting between the two parties in Mirpur late last night.
October 23, 2019
Will the real custodians please stand up
Over the last two days, two press conferences took place at Bangladesh cricket’s headquarters in Mirpur: the first a 15-minute affair on Monday and the second yesterday stretching to nearly an hour and 40 minutes.
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