A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa after the driver lost control of the vehicle, spilling petrol which exploded and killed at least 147 people, police and state emergency services said yesterday.
Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal said that his conversation with the umpire during Bangladesh’s first Test against South Africa in Durban earlier this month was made to look more than what had actually transpired.
Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque fronted up to the media present at the airport after returning from South Africa. There is criticism of his captaincy after two heavy defeats in the two-match Test series but he said that he was in the same place he was before the Test win in New Zealand and had enough authority to make his own decisions.
The first group of the Bangladesh cricket team will return from their tour of South Africa at around 8:55am on Wednesday.
Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed was found guilty of breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second day of their second Test against South Africa at St George's Park in Gqeberha. The pacer was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for the offence.
Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque said that most of the national team players lack the understanding on how to play quality spin after the Tigers suffered a 332-run thumping at the hands of South Africa, orchestrated by just two Protea spinners, in the second Test in Gqeberha today.
Bangladesh batters continued their shambolic performance in the Test series as the Tigers failed to put up a fight in their second innings on the fourth day of the second and final Test in Gqeberha today.
Two South Africa players have tested positive for Covid-19 before the start of day’s play in Gqeberha today and will not be taking further part in the ongoing second and final Test of the series against Bangladesh, confirmed Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is likely to fly back home tomorrow after playing the third and final ODI against South Africa in Centurion today.
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed already informed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants today that he will not be available for the cash-rich tournament, informed Jalal Yunus, cricket operations committee chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants have expressed their interest in roping in Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed as Mark Wood’s replacement for the 2022 edition of the tournament.
Bangladesh’s star player Shakib Al Hasan, currently touring South Africa with the Tigers for the ongoing ODI series and an upcoming Test series, suffered a setback due to a number of his family members currently going through concerning health complications back in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh were undone by the extra bounce from the South African pacers led by Kagiso Rabada who picked up a fifer to dismantle the Bangladesh batting line-up in the second ODI and helped the Proteas level the three-match series 1-1 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg today.
South Africa level the ODI series 1-1 with a comfortable seven-wicket victory at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg today after they restricted Bangladesh to 194 for 9.
Bangladesh bowlers would be happy to have something to bowl to after the Tigers top-order spectacularly collapsed against South Africa in the second ODI in Johannesburg today.
Imagine being Yasir Ali Rabbi, arriving into the crease for the third time in a one-dayer for Bangladesh, the first ODI away from home, and that too in South Africa, walking in the centre stage following batting mainstay Mushfiqur Rahim’s departure, with Super League points at stake, on the backdrop of Tigers’ abysmal record against the Proteas in their own backyard, and so on.
Bangladesh mounted a terrific effort in getting their very first victory -- a 38-run win -- in South African soil against the Proteas during the first ODI at Centurion yesterday and a pivotal tactical blow was enforced by star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who outdid the ploy that South Africa coach Mark Boucher and captain Temba Bavuma had set Bangladesh up for.
Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal showered Mehedi Hasan Miraz with praise after the bowler showed courage of coming back into the attack after David Miller had taken him for runs earlier in the innings during Bangladesh’s 38-run win in the first ODI against South Africa at Centurion.
