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Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a hat-trick in one-day international cricket during the first one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. Rabada bowled Tamim Iqbal in the third ball of his second over and then had Litton Das and Mahmudullah in the next two deliveries to complete the set, joining Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam, ...

Diego Maradona has waded into the debate on Lionel Messi’s international career, insisting it’s time to stop giving the Barcelona star special treatment. Following defeats in the World Cup and Copa America finals, Lionel Messi’s wait for a competitive international trophy at senior level goes on. As in the World Cup final last year, the three-time Ballon d’Or winner was ...

Ollowing his brilliant performance in the ODIs, pacer Mustafizur Rahman has been included in the 14-member squad for the first Test against South Africa, which is due to begin in Chittagong on August 21. Off-spinner Shuvagata Hom and pacer Abul Hasan however did not make the cut. Speaking on Mustafizur’s inclusion, chairman of BCB’s selection panel Faruque Ahmed said, “He ...

South Africa have won the two-match T20 series against Bangladesh by defeating the hosts by 31 runs in the second match at Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur. Bangladesh have scored 138 runs in 19.2 overs losing all wickets in the second Twenty20 international against South Africa on Tuesday. Parnell took Tamim at 13, Leie sent Soumya, Sabbir and ...

Emdad Rahman Syed Iftekhar was again the stand out performer as Scintilla CC beat Aztecs in the latest round of Essex County Cricket League games. On a warm summer day at the Peter May sports ground Scintilla CC won the toss and decided to bat first. Another big total saw the home side reach 281/9 from 45 overs. Iftekhar followed ...

Pakistan has jumped three places to third in the ICC Test Championship table after an historic seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final Test match in Pallekele on Tuesday. Pakistan had entered the series in sixth position on 97 points, one ahead of Sri Lanka. However, the 2-1 series win has earned it four ratings points and ...

Lionel Messi has told of the pain of losing the Copa America final after the football superstar faced criticism in his native Argentina. Messi finally posted a statement on his facebook account late Monday having hidden his devastation at losing another major final since the 4-1 penalty shootout defeat by Chile on Saturday. “There’s nothing more painful in football than ...

Chile secured the first major trophy in their history on home soil courtesy of a penalty shootout win over Argentina in the Copa America final. Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez slotted in the winning spot-kick after Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain fired over and Ever Banega was denied by Claudio Bravo. Higuain had earlier missed from close range after 90 minutes of few chances. ...

England Test captain Alastair Cook believes that it would be challenging for Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson to replicate the 2013-14 Ashes heroics in the forthcoming series beginning tomorrow at Cardiff. Johnson produced a fearsome performance on his home turf as he claimed a staggering 37 wickets during the 5-0 drubbing of England in the previous Ashes series. However, Cook ...

The new playing condition in ODI cricket, announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), would give Bangladesh some edge, according to Bangladesh captain for limited overs cricket, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. The captain said the abolishment of the batting powerplay between overs 15-40 would come as good for his side as Bangladesh historically didn’t do in this period. Bangladesh are used ...