NEW ZEALAND spinner Ish Sodhi celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh batter Soumya Sarkar during the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. —AFP DHAKA: Ish Sodhi became the first New Zealand spinner to claim six wickets in a One-day International, guiding the Black Caps to an 86-run victory in the second match of their three-match series in Bangladesh. Sodhi contributed a crucial 35 with the bat as well to go with his career-best 6-39 as New Zealand registered th

MUSCAT: Shakib Al Hasan smashed 46 and had bowling figures of 4-9 as Bangladesh annihilated Papua New Guinea by 84 runs to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup in Muscat on Thursday.... The Tigers bounced back from an opening loss to register two convincing wins and the last one would have been bigger had it not been for Kiplin Doriga’s unbeaten 46.... “ Every game we’re playing gives us into more confidence....

DHAKA: Bangladesh will rest batsman Mushfiqur Rahim for the three-match Twenty20 international series against Pakistan starting in Dhaka on Friday. Mushfiqur was under fire for his below-par performance in the recent Twenty20 World Cup, having scored just one half-century in eight matches. Bangladesh had a dismal tournament, where they lost to Scotland in the qualifiers and failed to win a single game in the Super-12 phase. They were forced to make at least six changes to the squad for the upcom

Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa bowled them to a resounding eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 contest on Thursday, giving their hopes of making the semi-finals a major boost. Australia and South Africa are vying to grab the second semi-final spot from Group I, behind leaders England, and Aaron Finch's team needed a net run-rate boost to go with a victory and their bowlers rose to the occasion. Zampa( 5-19) led the rout, skittling out Bangladesh for 73 in 15 o

“ This is a big series for us and a very challenging one, ” Ferguson, who is on his maiden tour of Bangladesh, said Wednesday.... “ But our batters have been preparing, ” he said.... “ The players who will play have been out of international cricket for a long time, ” he said....