Tag Archives: England

MNA Sports Desk: India finally announced their squad to defend the Champions Trophy after ending their battle with the world governing body over financial conditions. Virat Kohli will lead India in the defence of their Champions Trophy in England and Wales from 1-18 June. India won the trophy during the last edition in 2013. Opener Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Mohammed Shami and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin all return after recovering from injury. Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-hander Yuvraj Singh are also in the 15-man squad. The squad was announced the day after India’s cricket board resolved its differences ...

MNA Sports Desk: Pakistan will not tour Bangladesh this year as per schedule; the PCB said the series has been postponed indefinitely by mutual consent. Pakistan was to play two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I series in Bangladesh in July and August. “We had spoken about the possibility of hosting them [Bangladesh in Pakistan] this year,” PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan. “Pakistan have now toured Bangladesh twice without them reciprocating, and we feel we cannot tour Bangladesh for the third straight time. Therefore, we have decided to postpone the tour, and will explore another window in the next year or ...

MNA Sports Desk: Alastair Cook has stepped down as England’s Test captain after 59 matches in charge of the team. Cook vowed to take time to consider his position after a 4-0 Test series defeat in India late last year and the opening batsman offered his resignation to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Sunday. The 32-year-old’s resignation was accepted, with Director of England Cricket Andrew Strauss revealing that a successor should be announced before the team travel to West Indies on February 22. Alastair Cook, England’s leading scorer in Tests with 11,057 runs, became captain in August ...

MNA Sports Desk: Ben Stokes on Sunday said England had forgotten what winning felt like until his dominant all-round performance helped the visitors pull off a 5 runs consolation victory over India in the third one-day international in Kolkata. Stokes hit an unbeaten 39-ball 57 and claimed three wickets to hand England their first 5 runs win on the tour after their 4-0 Test loss last year and two successive ODI defeats. India’s Kedar Jadhav nearly pulled off the 322-run chase with his 75-ball 90 but fast bowler Chris Woakes, who bowled the final over, held his nerve to restrict ...

MNA Sports Desk: South African batting star AB de Villiers absence from Test cricket will extend until late this year after he told journalists on Wednesday that he will miss the series against England and Bangladesh. He had already announced at a one-day series launch on Tuesday that he had decided not to make himself available for a Test series in New Zealand in March, reported news agency. De Villiers did not take questions on Tuesday but held a press conference on Wednesday where he said his absence from Test cricket would extend to a four-Test series in England during ...

MNA Sports Desk: India saved the best for the last as a dramatic turnaround on the fifth day of the final in Chennai allowed the hosts to clinch the series 4-0. England, which started the day at 12/0 on a pitch that hardly had any support for bowlers, were bowled out for 207 as India beat them by an innings and 75 runs. India’s fifth day charge was led by the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who picked seven wickets on the final day. English openers, Alastair Cook (49) and Keaton Jennings (54) put up a solid stand of 103 to ...

MNA Sports Desk: Wayne Rooney will captain England for their World Cup Qualifier against Scotland, Gareth Southgate has confirmed. The Manchester United skipper did not start in England’s last qualifier, a 0-0 draw with Slovenia in which Jordan Henderson started as captain, but improved performances for his club in recent weeks has convinced Southgate to put his faith in Rooney. Southgate – who said he does not view Friday’s fixture as “make or break” for his future as manager – insisted it was an easy decision to pick Rooney for the game due to its importance, revealing the United skipper ...

MNA National Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has taken initiatives for construction of a residential house for the family of Bangladesh’s latest cricket sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz. “Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has already directed the authorities concerned for construction of the house, and accordingly her principal secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad conveyed the directives to the deputy commissioner of Khulna,” reported news agency. Mehedi Hasan Miraz has emerged as one of the brightest young stars in Bangladesh cricket. He led the country to their first appearance in an Under-19 World Cup semi-final in February 2016, before making the year more ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladeshi spin bowling sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz along with Shakib Al Hasan has powered Bangladesh to a historic 108-run win over England in the Mirpur Test. Chasing 273-run target set by Bangladesh, England went to tea with 100 for no loss, but Miraz and Shakib masterminded an unbelievable turnaround. Miraz bowled Ben Duckett with the first ball after tea break while Shakib pinned Joe Root soon afterwards. Miraz then puzzled Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali in the same over, before picking up Alastair Cook in his next over. However, Duckett, who hit his maiden Test fifty, made ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh set England a target of 273-run to win in the second and last test at the Mirpur as they added 144 runs on the third day, able to make a total of 296 in the second innings. England claimed as three quick wickets to bundle out Bangladesh for 273-run. Ben Stokes started the collapse getting the wicket of Taijul Islam in the very first over after lunch. Taijul after striking Stokes for an easy boundary fell into the trap trying to go for the glory shot. Stokes bowled the ball a bit wide and fuller to ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh team seems to be narrowly upfront after a very fluctuating day 2 of the second and final test between Bangladesh and England. Bangladesh’s pursuit of a first Test win over England has been nothing if not absorbing. Following their narrow defeat in Chittagong, they once again fought themselves into a promising position in the second Test, leading by 128 runs and hopeful of setting England a significant fourth-innings target to chase on a wearing surface. The second day at Mirpur highlighted their fragility, as well as the weaknesses of an England team one-and-a-half games into a ...

MNA Sports Desk: England have pulled of a dazzling 22-run victory as Ben Stokes has got the job done for his team in the same over in Chittagong test. He made the greatest use of the new ball and grabbed two wickets in the same over to carry his team over the line. Shafiul Islam departs as he didn’t offer a shot and the ball struck his pads. The on field umpire gave it out and Bangladesh reviewed the decision, the impact was although outside but since Shafiul didn’t offer a shot, he was ruled out. For the first 20 ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh is 33 runs away from a  historic win as England reduce the hosts to 253/8 when umpires called Stumps on the fourth day of the first Test. Sabbir Rahman, on Test debut, is unbeaten on 59 and he has Taijul Islam for company. Bangladesh made an inspired start to the chase but lost way with regular wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim steadied the ship with Rahman before the skipper was dismissed for 39. The morning session promises to be a cracker as both teams will come hard at each other in what could be entertaining 30-45 minutes. It ...

MNA Sports Desk: England set 286-run target for Bangladesh in the opening Test as tigers have bowled England out for 240 in the second innings in Chittagong. By the close, England had recovered from a shameful 64 for 5 in their second innings to reach the close on 228 for 8 – an overall lead of 273 – with Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes once again demonstrating the depth of England’s batting resources in a comfortable ninth-wicket stand. However, with the second new ball looming within four overs of the resumption, the vagaries of the pitch are sure to be ...

MNA Sports Desk: It was great for Bangladeshi fans as the day produced Shakib’s 5 wickets haul but it was England who takes Day 3 of the first test between Bangladesh and England at Chittagong. Ben Stokes produced a day of all-round supremacy to rival anything produced by an England player in the subcontinent, to drag his side – wicket by wicket, run by run – into the superiority in a breathtaking first Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong. With four vital wickets in a utmost display of reverse-swing bowling in Bangladesh’s first innings, followed by a technically formidable 85 from ...

MNA Sports Desk: Teenage off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz claimed five wickets on debut as Bangladesh restricted England to 258-7 on the opening day of the first test on Thursday. The 18-year-old returned figures of 5-64 and tormented the English batsmen on a wicket that offered plenty of turn and variable bounce. Moeen Ali top scored for England with 68 after surviving five video reviews while Jonny Bairstow made a gritty 52 to help England propel past 200 runs, which appeared unlikely at one stage. England was visibly troubled against the spin once Alastair Cook won the toss on his record-breaking ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday selected first test squad including four new faces against England. The first test will be played in Chittagong on 20-24 October. The test squad will be led by Mushfiqur Rahim with Tamim Iqbal acting as his deputy. Sabbir Rahman, a regular face in the ODI and T20 squads, is in line to make his Test introduction, as all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan made the cut. This year Miraz led the under-19 team in the Youth World Cup earlier. He now is on the edge of earning his first ...

MNA Sports Desk: England have won the toss, elected field and send Tigers to bat first in the second ODI against Bangladesh. Following widespread criticism after Bangladesh’s first ODI series match loss to England, all-rounder Nasir Hossain has been included into the 14-member squad of the hosts. The 25-year-old Nasir played 56 ODIs and scored 1231 runs. In his ODI career, Nasir featured one century and six fifties. Bangladesh Squad Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Al-Amin Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mosharraf Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed England ...

MNA Feature Desk: Bangladesh and England are set to play their first of the three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. While England have come with an attitude of triumph and made the tone higher before playing India in their backyard. And on the other hand Bangladesh are aiming to continue their winning motion against England. These two teams met in a two-sided series was in 2010, which comprised of three ODIs and two-Tests. England lost their limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan along with opening batsman Alex Hales as they decided not to join the tour showing ...

MNA Sports Desk: England set record the highest-ever team total in a ODI (one-day international) when they made total of 444 for three against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. In what was the 3,773rd match at this level England’s total surpassed the previous record of 443 for nine by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006. It was also the highest ODI total in a match between two Test nations, topping South Africa’s 439 for two against the West Indies at Johannesburg last year. Alex Hales, on his Nottinghamshire home ground, made an England ODI record 171 ...

MNA Sports Desk: Pakistan beat England by 75 runs on the fourth day of their series opener after 20 years at Lord’s on Sunday. Pakistan prepared for Lord’s like they have never prepared before – and came away with one of the most famous wins in their history. Misbah-ul-Haq captained a disciplined Pakistan to one of their most famous ever wins at Lord’s. Pak seam bowler Mohammad Amir celebrates after bowling Stuart Broad during day four of the 1st Investec Test match between England and Pakistan. For the quietly determined Misbah, hard work has always been a non-negotiable. And, while ...

MNA Sports Desk: Six years later, Mohammad Amir returned to the scene of the offense. The Pakistan pacer, Mohammad Amir, had purposely bowled no balls through the team’s tour of England in 2010. Soon after, he was banned and in 2011, had a criminal conviction to his name. On his return to Test cricket, he bowled 18 overs at Lord’s on Friday. In his first spell, Amir bowled eight overs, conceding 35 runs. His length was mostly short and England batsmen Alastair Cook and Joe Root enjoyed being on the receiving end. Amir failed to bring the ball back into ...

MNA Sports Desk: Reportedly, Pakistan cricket team manager, Intikhab Alam warns fast bowler Mohammad Amir before team’s England tour saying that he cannot afford to put a foot wrong on the tour of England where he was caught in a spot-fixing case six years ago. The images of Amir’s shocking over-stepping of the crease to bowl no-balls during the Lord’s Test in 2010 will re-emerge as he is all set to take the field on July 14 in the first of a four-match series. Amir and his new-ball partner Mohammad Asif bowled deliberate no-balls on the order of then Test ...

MNA Sports Desk: According to reports, Moscow summons the French ambassador over the issue of an ‘anti-Russian’ Euro 2016. Soccer fan violence fallen into global politics as this was done after the imprisonments of Russians at Euro 2016 and it was warned that an ‘anti-Russian’ mood could even harm relations between Russia and France. Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, blamed other countries’ soccer fans of ‘unconditionally challenging actions’ at the tournament, such as crushing on the Russian flag. In the meantime the epicenter of soccer violence at Euro 2016 moved from the south of France to the far north. Police used ...

MNA Sports Desk: Fans of England and Russia clash before and after their match at Euro 2016 last night. Clashes break out in the stands during the Group B football match between England and Russia. One England supporter was seriously injured in Marseille after being kicked repeatedly in the head, while another is reported to be in critical condition. A number of other fans were also in hospital, the British ambassador to France said early on Sunday, after a day and night of chaos in the French city. It is understood that UEFA will open disciplinary proceedings over the stadium ...