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So the fear of the millions of Bangladesh cricket fans turned real on Thursday when Cricket Australia postponed the Aussies' two-Test series against the Tigers citing security concerns.

Cricket Australia's decision on Friday to defer the scheduled tour of the Aussies to Bangladesh due to security concerns came as a bolt

So it's a 5-0 defeat for Bangladesh against a rampant Australia in their joint World Cup-Asian Cup qualifiers on Thursday. Looking at the scoreline it was not as bad as feared at the Nib Stadium in Perth in front of a capacity Socceroos fans. Bangladesh went into the break with 4-0 arrears that even five times World champions Brazil can envy especially after what had happened at the Estadio Mineirao against Germany last year.

Who says our country's football is not followed as passionately as cricket? A full house at the Sylhet District Stadium and millions who tuned in to BTV on Thursday afternoon enjoyed quality football from the Bangladesh colts, who beat their Indian counterparts by the odd goal in three in an enterprising group league match of the SAFF U-16 Championship.

When the former Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal haphazardly launched the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in

If the South Africans had felt that it was a Bloody Sunday after their cricket teams' thrashing seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in the second

It was not a full house at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. But the half-packed audience at Bangladesh's home of cricket in Mirpur witnessed a turnaround that only suits a team affectionately called Tigers. With their back against the wall after three demoralising defeats including the first one-dayer that put their Champions Trophy berth in the balance, the Tigers needed something to answer back at their critics in the second one-day international. And they did it with some style, hammering South Africa for seven-wicket defeat.

Bangladesh's defeats in the two T20 Interna-tionals against South Africa or to some extent in the third one-dayer in the preceding series against India grossly summed up the batting failure of the Tigers.

The professional set-up of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is equipped enough to run the most affluent sport body of the country smoothly, even if the

An avid follower of Bangladesh cricket said that she had never been as tense as she was during the Tigers' chase towards a modest Indian total of 200 in the rain-hit second

India avoided the embarrassment of 'Banglawash' when they recorded a face-saving 77-run win against Bangladesh in the third and final one-day international in Mirpur yesterday.

Brian Vitori of Zimbabwe set a unique record in 2011. In his very first two one-day internationals, the left-armer took two five-wicket hauls.

The Tigers have been trying to make the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium a fortified stronghold for quite some time. And on Thursday night they took a giant step towards achieving that goal with a surprisingly facile 79-run win against India.

When England the other day proved that even a score of close to 400 was not safe, what about Bangladesh's total of 307 at Mirpur

Surprise, surprise! The Bangladesh think-tank on Wednesday decided not to field its top bowler Rubel Hossain in the one-off Test

Bangladesh have been playing good cricket for quite some time. The Tigers had an impressive World Cup where they made it to the

We have a tendency of being lukewarm while appreciating good things, especially which are not of our own. Take for instance

When Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl against Pakistan in the second Test at Mirpur yesterday, it surprised many. The

If you are a Bangladesh cricket fan, keep on dreaming with a posse of Tigers for whom nothing is impossible. They now are the bad boys turned dancehall cutpurses.

If you are in Khulna and wishing to enjoy a cricket match, you are perhaps in the best place of Bangladesh. The venue Sheikh Abu