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The Hong Kong women’s team will tour Bangladesh for eight days starting next week. Between 20 and 29 March the side will play four one-day matches against the Bangladesh women’s team.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has selected 14 players for the training camp ahead of the tour, while there will also be four reserves.

Bangladesh women Shathira Zakir Jessy, Shukhtara, Ayesha Akhter, Salma Khatun, Irin Sultana, Chamily Khatun, Rumana Akhter, Panna Ghosh, Shamima Akhter Pinky, Jahanara Alam, Lily Rani, Tithi Rani, Papiya Haque Babu, Mina Khatun.

Reserves Fatematuz Zahora, Rifat Ara, Mahmuda Khan, Lata Mondal.

The Bangladesh under-19 cricket team’s tour of Pakistan has been postponed indefinitely for security reasons, an official said Thursday. Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive officer Mahmudur Rahman said the board sought better security arrangements for its cricketers amid growing political strife in Pakistan. A Nov 7 departure that had been pushed back to Nov 9 was postponed again after the board expressed its concern over security measures. The team was scheduled to leave the country at 11 pm Friday but Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commission in Karachi advised the board to suspend the tour late Thursday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is expecting a much-improved financial package from title sponsorship of the national team for the next two years.

The board will open the tender tomorrow and the highest bidder would get the bragging rights for one of the major sponsorship deals of the country’s popular game.

Country’s leading cellular operator Grameen Phone have been the sponsors of the Tigers for the last four years and they are very keen to win the rights for a third successive term. They won the sponsorship rights for the last two years at the expense of Tk 3.5 crore that expired in June this year.

GP has remained a major sponsor of Bangladesh cricket for quite sometime. Apart from sponsoring the national cricket team, they have also sponsored several home series, domestic competitions and pacer hunt program. Grameen Phone have also struck a milestone financial deal of sponsoring the National Cricket Academy for five years.

Bangladesh overpowered Nepal by eight wickets to win the inaugural ACC Women’s Tournament in Johor Bahru. Tajkia Akhtar, Bangladesh’s captain, said: “It’s a victory for the whole nation and the cricket system.”

‘It’s a victory for the whole nation and the cricket system,’ captain Tajkia told reporters after the match.

‘This is a tremendous success for our women cricketers. They did not play in any international tournament previously and also had a very short preparation. Still they managed to win the trophy, which was beyond our expectations. I congratulate the team,’ said Rafiqul Islam, the acting general-secretary of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Bangladesh had defeated UAE (10 wickets), Singapore (10 wickets), China (86 runs), Hong Kong (59 runs) on way to reaching the final. In the process, they bowled UAE out for only nine runs, which is a world record in any standard of international cricket.

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Bangladesh, the favourites, sealed their place in the final with a 59-run victory against Hong Kong at Johor Bahru. The result owed much to the guile of little 16-year old left-arm spinner Champa Chakma who took 3 for 16 with a variety of top-spinners, in-cutters and googlies that had all who faced her floundering.

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After Bangladesh’s symbolical first innings, followed by a meek surrender last evening after a rollicking second-innings start from the openers, there was a school of thought, and a considerably influential one at that, who had predicted this match would be done and dusted before lunch on the third day. But, at last, we were treated to resistance rather than a roll over, as Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfique clipped their naturally aggressive wings and buckled done for a proper fight.

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After the one-way traffic at the Sinhalese Sports Club, the series desperately needed a closely-fought opening day to the second Test. Alas, Bangladesh folded once again and this time their implosion was even more spectacular and depressing. After just 70.5 overs of cricket there was only one winner in this game.

The furrowed brow of Shaun Williams, Bangladesh’s interim coach, told the story as he sat on the balcony looking blankly at his laptop after lunch, no doubt searching for answers as to how his team could have lost ten wickets in just 25.2 overs. The high of qualifying for the Super Eights during the World Cup has long since passed for Bangladesh’s players and fans.

The blame certainly can’t be laid on the pitch, a fairly typical strip at the P Saravanamuttu Oval. Both captains would have bowled, encouraged by a bit of moisture as is customary on the first morning. But even though the conditions were bowler-friendly before lunch, this was no horror track. The pace and bounce was even and the movement wasn’t extravagant.

Sri Lanka deserve credit for Bangladesh’s humiliating capitulation. All four of their bowlers were exemplary and their catching excellent, especially Mahela Jayawardene in the slips, who pouched three with consummate ease, and also Malinda Warnapura, who flung himself acrobatically to his left to cling on to a sharp chance off Mohammad Ashraful.

The star performer, although pipped at the end by Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of statistics, was Lasith Malinga. At the SSC, he threatened with the old ball, but here he bowled in a more traditional vein, landing the ball on a good length and swinging it out. Two batsmen edged behind, Shariar Nafees missed a perfect inswinger and Ashraful fell for a leg-side trap set by Jayawardene, clipping to Warnapura at a deep-set forward short leg.

Bangladesh had slumped to 22 for 4 within the first hour, even before Murali came on to bowl. Their top order had coped quite well against Murali in the second innings at the SSC, but their middle and lower order were clueless against his doosra. Mushfiqur Rahim’s dismissal was a perfect example: twice Murali allowed him to drive through the covers, lulling him into a false sense of security, only to land a perfectly-pitched doosra that Rahim lunged forward to and edged behind.

When Murali finished off the innings two balls after lunch with another doosra that hit the top of off stump, another Sri Lankan run glut before a declaration after tea on day two was on the cards. Nothing happened in the final two sessions to prevent this eventual outcome; the only surprise was that runs came at a relatively slow pace.

Michael Vandort was uncorked by a terrific delivery from Mashrafe Mortaza, by far the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers, but Warnapura and Kumar Sangakkara had few alarms. Warnapura showed no nerves after his golden duck at SSC, flicking elegantly for four to get off the mark, and then proceeded to score all round the wicket, excelling on the off side against the quick bowlers. Sangakkara, meanwhile, was clearly determined to cash-in, playing with uncharacteristic caution.

The second day promises to be a painful day for Bangladeshi supporters. Mahela Jayawardene had called for his batsmen to deliver big hundreds in the build up to the Test and they can expect ideal batting conditions on the second day. Bangladesh will hope that Mortaza can conjure up something special during the first hour, when there might be some assistance after the heavy rain tonight, but if he cannot, tomorrow will be all about damage limitation.

Source: Cricinfo
Author: Charlie Austin (is Cricinfo’s Sri Lankan correspondent)

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Bangladesh is a sport loving country with over twenty-seven different international games played here and the national sport of Bangladesh is Kabaddi is played throughout the country.

Kabaddi is a game with two teams consisting of twelve players each. In order to play Kabaddi, a large playing area measuring 12.50 meters by 10 meters is required. Each team has a half of this area, which is separated by a white line, and it is here that they compete against one another for the highest score.

When the game is in action only seven of the twelve-man team can be on the field at any one time, while the rest of the members wait for their turn. Other individuals on the field during the game include two linesmen, one referee, a timekeeper, a scorer and two umpires. The object of Kabaddi is to touch or capture depending on whether your side is playing defense or offense. The Kabaddi game lasts for approximately twenty minutes during each half with five minutes for players to take a breather and change sides.

Before the game begins the two teams each elect a member to toss a coin and see who will start first. Whichever side wins the toss both sides will send one of their teammates or a ‘raider’ over to the opposing team’s side, repeatedly calling out the name of the game. Before the raider runs to the opposite team he must first take a deep breathe and then in that one breath try and touch as many of the players on the opposite team as possible, while chanting, before heading back to his side. Every player that the raider touches is then considered out.

The challenging team’s aim is to try and capture the raider. If they are successful in capturing the raider and preventing him from going back to his team before his one breath is up, he will be considered “out”. Once the raider from the one team has either successfully returned or was captured then the next team sends a raider to do the same. Members on either side can also be considered out if they touch either the boundary line or the ground outside of the boundary line with any part of his body. The only time this does not count is if the Raider is struggling to get free from his opponents.

Indeed, Kabaddi is an interesting and rather unusual sport, but it is extremely popular in Bangladesh and visitors to the country will find watching the sport fascinating as well as entertaining.

Like any partnership it is built over a period of time. Mashrafee bin Murtaza and Shahadat Hossain might be bowling as a pair for only the fourth time in the longer-version, but the duo showed on Monday that they lack no shortage of understanding, especially after the fourth day of the rain-affected first Test against India at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.
They forced the tourists to declare the innings earlier than what they had hoped for, saved Bangladesh from the follow-on and also took two early second-innings’ wickets.
In the context of the match each contribution was very important, but their follow-on saving 77-run ninth-wicket partnership will standout as vital for Bangladesh’s cause.
When Shahadat joined Mashrafee in the crease Bangladesh had lost their eighth wicket and still needed 39 runs to avoid the follow on.
In one-day cricket, Shahadat has more wickets than runs and his Test batting average was previously 6.11. So, very few expected him to survive and save Bangladesh, although the pacer said he always backed himself.
‘It was a very good wicket for batting. Somehow our top-order batsmen failed to reap the benefits, but I thought we (Mashrafee) could still do it. We kept on urging each other and play each over as it came,’ said Shahadat.
Shahadat, who contributed 31, watched as his partner scored a career-best 79.
It was Mashrafee’s maiden half-century in Test cricket. Afterwards Shahadat praised the Narail showman.
‘To me Mashrafee is the best Bangladesh batsman at the moment,’ he said.
Similarly Mashrafee also cheered his partner.
‘When Rajib (Shahdat) came to the wicket, we had a small chat which helped me a lot to calm down,’ said Mashrafee adding he had no regrets
missing a maiden Test
century.
‘After the tea break, I was instructed to save the follow-on and try to score a fifty. I am happy that I did both,’ said Mashrafee, who also took 4-97 with the ball.
‘Yes, getting a century was possible but to do that Shahadat also needed to score a fifty. Once he got out I lost hope,’ he said.
‘The important thing is that we saved the top- order’s face. Now we want to draw the match,’ said Mashrafee.
‘I have no complaints against any batsmen. Perhaps it was not their day but who knows that they come good tomorrow. Maybe on another day they will cover up my failure,’ smiled Mashrafee.

Mashrafee bin Murtaza and Shahadat Hossain battled their way to help Bangladesh to avoid the follow-on, but the hosts still remain in danger of losing the first Test against India at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium after being all out for 238 in their first innings on Monday.
India, who declared their first innings on 387-8, ended the fourth day on 44-2 in the second innings to extend their overall lead to 193 runs. Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain took both the wickets with opener Wasim Jaffer bagging a ‘pair’ after being caught by Habibul Bashar at mid-off only the third ball of the second innings.
Rajin Saleh took a superb catch at mid-wicket to send Indian captain Rahul Dravid (2) back to earn the other wicket for Shahadat. At the close, Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 24 with Dinesh Karthik unbeaten on 15.
Earlier, Shahadat shared in a vital 77-run partnership with emerging all-rounder Mashrafee to help the home side avoid being asked to bat again.
Mashrafee took the leading role in the partnership making his career-best 79 that came only off just 92 balls, which featured seven fours and three sixes.
When Shahadat joined Mashrafee Bangladesh were struggling at 149-8 and still needing 39 runs to avoid the follow-on.
Sachin Tendulkar bowled an extremely low delivery to end Shahadat’s brave 31-run adventure, but by then Bangladesh had reached 226. The dismissal also ended their record ninth wicket partnership, which surpassed the 74-run stand between Khaled Mashud and Tapash Baiyshya against West Indies at St Lucia in 2003. The way Mashrafee and Shahadat consolidated their innings, was a lesson for the specialist Bangladesh batsmen, most of whom threw their wickets.
Except for Javed Omar and Khaled Mashud, who could consider themselves unlucky lbw victims, all of the other batsmen were dismissed in reckless fashion. Habibul Bashar played a silly shot to be caught at first slip for a duck while Shahriar Nafees (32) followed him.
Mohammad Ashraful (5) was caught at gully by Dinesh Karthik brilliantly before Sakib al Hasan and Rajin Saleh gave the hosts some respite with a 56-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Earlier, Shahadat and Mashrafee took one wicket each to force India to declare their first innings adding just three runs to their overnight total. Shahdat removed Zaheer Khan to return with 3-76 in the first innings while his bowling partner removed Dhoni to take his tally to 4-97.