Thursday, October 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
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| Aug 19, 2011  Bangladesh celebrate the fall of a wicket © Zimbabwe Cricket |
| Aug 19, 2011  Brendan Taylor and Elton Chigumbura during their 94-run stand © Zimbabwe Cricket |
| Aug 19, 2011  Brendan Taylor leans into a drive © Zimbabwe Cricket |
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| Aug 16, 2011  Zimbabwe celebrate their win in the third ODI © Associated Press |
| Aug 16, 2011  Mushfiqur Rahim and Shuvagoto Hom added 61 for the fifth wicket, the best partnership for Bangladesh © Associated Press |
| Aug 16, 2011  Mushfiqur Rahim made a fighting century to keep Bangladesh in with a chance © Associated Press |
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| Aug 16, 2011  Bangladesh celebrate after getting rid of Vusi Sibanda © Associated Press |
| Aug 14, 2011  Mushfiqur Rahim stumps Hamilton Masakadza © Associated Press |
| Aug 14, 2011  Abdur Razzak slugs one over the leg side © Associated Press |
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| Aug 12, 2011  Zimbabwe celebrate after dismissing Craig Ervine first ball © Associated Press |
| Aug 12, 2011  Shakib Al Hasan shapes to play an attacking shot © Associated Press |
| Aug 12, 2011  Mushfiqur Rahim drives down the ground © Associated Press |
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| Aug 8, 2011  Mushfiqur Rahim is dejected after being out to Chris Mpofu © AFP |
| Aug 7, 2011  Tamim Iqbal looks back and realises he is bowled © Associated Press |
| Aug 7, 2011  Craig Ervine lines up for a big shot © Associated Press |
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up coming match
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| Fri Aug 19 | |||
| 07:30 GMT | 09:30 Local
13:30 BDT | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 4th ODI |  8° C  |
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| 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local
16:00 BDT | England v India at The Oval, 4th Test - |  12° C |
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| Sat Aug 20 | |||
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16:00 BDT | England v India at The Oval, 4th Test - |  13 - 23° C |
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| 08:00 GMT | 10:00 Local
14:00 BDT | Netherlands Women v Ireland Women at Utrecht, 1st T20I |  13 - 23° C |
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| 09:00 GMT | 14:30 Local
15:00 BDT | Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), 4th ODI |  27 - 28° C |
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| 12:00 GMT | 14:00 Local
18:00 BDT | Netherlands Women v Ireland Women at Utrecht, 2nd T20I | 13 - 23° C |
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| 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local
16:00 BDT | England v India at The Oval, 4th Test - |  15 - 25° C |
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| 07:30 GMT | 09:30 Local
13:30 BDT | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 5th ODI |  8 - 25° C |
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| Mon Aug 22 | |||
| 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local
16:00 BDT | England v India at The Oval, 4th Test - | 15 - 21° C |
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| 09:00 GMT | 14:30 Local
15:00 BDT | Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), 5th ODI | 27 - 28° C |
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| Thu Aug 25 | |||
| 09:45 GMT | 10:45 Local
15:45 BDT | Ireland v England at Dublin, Only ODI |
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
India vs Pakistan Highlights World Cup Semi Final 2011
India vs Pakistan Highlights World Cup Semi Final 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Highligts l Bangladesh vs England l World Cup 2011 l 11 March 2011
Highligts l Bangladesh vs England l World Cup 2011 l 11 March 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Live Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 10 March 2011 | Live Cricket Match
Live Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 10 March 2011 | Live Cricket Match
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sri Lanka v Canada | World Cup 2011 | 20 February 2011
Sri Lanka v Canada | World Cup 2011 | 20 February 2011
Highlights | Sri Lanka v Canada | ODI | World Cup 2011 | 20 February 2011
Highlights | Sri Lanka v Canada | ODI | World Cup 2011 | 20 February 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-09 #
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-09 #
ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony 17 February 2011 Dhaka Part 3 of 16
ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony 17 February 2011 Dhaka Part 3 of 16
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-22 (END) #
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-22 (END) #
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-17 #
OPENING CEREMONY OF ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 LIVE IN DHAKA # PART-17 #
World Cup 2011: The opening ceremony
World Cup 2011: The opening ceremonyThe Indian performance is over and the Sri Lankans have taken over. We have three singers - Bathiya, Santush and Iraj rendering a peppy number. They are wearing glitzy jackets and goggles. Not even a shade on the absurd attire Sonu Nigam wore.
Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening icc world cup 2011
Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening
Those who were not at the Bangabandhu National Stadium will never know just how successful and moving the opening ceremony of the 2011 World Cup was. Those who saw it on TV would have cringed at Sonu Nigam crooning an English inspirational song, Bryan Adams of all people being the top draw, recordings of Shankar-Ehsan-Loy's unremarkable theme song playing on loop, and the politicians inducing yawns with their speeches.
Those who were here, though, saw, heard and felt the heartbeat of Bangladesh cricket. What happened inside the stadium, sold out by 25,000 people welcoming the World Cup with open arms, was only a minor part of it. There were 25,000 other fans - and this is a conservative estimate, mind you - outside the stadium, with no hope or intention of getting in, partying away to their own rhythm of vuvuzelas, carrying Bangladesh flags about 50 feet in length, celebrating the World Cup.
The reception for the World Cup on the streets of Dhaka was the closest cricket can get to a football World Cup. There was no giant screen outside for them, the music could hardly be heard there, there was obviously no alcohol to keep them going, but they danced and made merry, choreographing their own moves. There was not an inch of space in about a kilometre's radius of the Bangabandhu Stadium. Nigam, Adams, Mustafa Kamal (the BCB chief) might as well have not turned up. The crowd either side of the stadium wall couldn't care less.
There were journalists at the ceremony who have covered cricket World Cups, Olympics, Asian Games, even football World Cups, and they swore they have never seen anything like this before. For a sport that has a bad history with opening ceremonies, nothing could have been more welcome. It didn't need the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to declare the World Cup open. The World Cup was open when at 2am last night, thousands were dancing on the streets, signing the best-wishes bat, and tens of cars went round and round the Bangabandhu Stadium. And when similar scenes were taking place at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, which didn't even have anything to do with the opening ceremony.
And to say that the 50-over format is supposed to be dying. Not in the subcontinent, not in Bangladesh by a long shot. However, like with the good old ODIs, the opening ceremony had its middle overs. Nigam followed up his Celine Dion act from the recently-held Filmfare Awards back home in India with a self-composed song titled Rise Up For Glory, which showed that his great voice needs to be rescued, from himself. The politicians took about half an hour of valuable time, and were on the verge of inviting a streaker. The crowd mimicked and made fun of one of them, another speaker gave two different figures for Bangladesh's population in half a minute, and ICC chief Sharad Pawar tried to speak Bangla but no one could make out a word of what he said.
In the bigger picture, though, all those were minor irritants. There were some very nice touches to the ceremony. Local artists performing before the main function started was one such; getting popular, almost legendary singers, Mumtaz, Sabina Yasmin and Runa Laila, to share the stage was another, as was the crowd going crazy at the first sound of Bollywood music in an overstretched celebration of India.
Then there was the laser show involving the towering 24-storey Bangladesh Development Bank Building . On a long white curtain, a cricket pitch was projected. From the top floor, men tied on harnesses came down. Two batsmen, bowler, keeper, slip, umpire, cover, midwicket were all there. One man was pulled up suggesting a bowler running in to bowl. The ball was a laser pointer. In one over of "aerial cricket", they showed a forward-defensive, an lbw appeal, a scrambled single and overthrows, a play-and-a-miss, and a boundary.
The best, and the most unforgettable, moment was when all the captains were brought in on cycle rickshaws. One captain on each rickshaw, with a young boy sitting beside him, waving to the crowd, and the crowd responding generously. They came out alphabetically, Australia first, with one exception - Bangladesh were saved for the last, and more importantly Shakib-Al-Hasan for the very last. Few present at the Bangabandhu Stadium will ever forget the applause that Shakib walked out to.
Put the applause for the other 13 captains together - and they were not stingy with any of them - but it paled in comparison. That noise was enough to know what the World Cup meant to the country. In that moment, the traffic jams, the poor singing, the long speeches didn't matter. Over to Shakib's team now to make sure the party goes on deep into the tournament. The people deserve it.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
This evening all eyes are going to be glued on Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka—and on the newly refurbished 25,000-seater Bangabandhu National Stadium, to be precise—where the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will kick off at 5:30 p.m. IST with a grand ceremony that is going to feature about 4,000 performers.
The tournament is taking place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but Dhaka gets to play host first.
“The ceremony is divided in three segments, with each segment categorically representing each of the host nations,” said Mohammad Ali Ahsan, the ICC tournament director for Bangladesh. “The performances would showcase the socio-cultural glimpses of each country.”
Bangla composer Ibrar Tipu will start things off by belting out, “Welcome to Bangladesh,” accompanied by other young singers. They’ll then cede the stage to Indian Bollywood singer Sonu Niigaam who will greet the 14 participating cricket teams’ captains with his self-composed work, “Rise for Glory.”
A team from Indian event management firm Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. has been designated to organize the show. The firm previously put together the spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi in October last year.
Wizcraft India director Sabbas Joseph elaborated on the themes that will distinguish each national segment.
For India, the themes are colors and festivals, which will “end with performers gathering on the stage to form a diya [lamp] representing the festival of Diwali,” said Mr. Joseph.
For the island nation Sri Lanka, what could be better than the theme of “Pearl of the Indian Ocean” where the “entire stadium will have a look as that of a sea and a pearl emerging from it, which would represent Sri Lanka,” Mr. Joseph said.
Bangladesh’s segment will include well-known performers like Runa Laila, who records songs for movie soundtracks in Bangladesh and Bangla legend Sabina Yasmin, known for her patriotic songs as well as her movie numbers. The country’s theme is the “Rising Tiger of Asia.”
“This segment would focus on the history, how the country won the freedom and the call of the founder of their nation for liberation and how the country progressed,” Mr. Joseph explained.
After the country segments, the groover from Vancouver, Bryan Adams, is up. Fortunately he’s not likely to have to worry about a repeat of his Delhi cancellation this time — it takes a lot for South Asia to postpone something that’s cricket-related.
Bollywood composers Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, who came up with the World Cup’s theme song, “De Ghumma Ke”, will be performing it in three different languages – Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
“We have once performed in Bangladesh, but that was only a private corporate event,” said Mr. Noorani. “This time the audience will be different and we are quite excited to be performing the theme song.”
What’s the star turn in this extravaganza?
An “aerial cricket act” in which “performers will play cricket on the façade of a building,” Mr. Joseph said. We’re intrigued.
Are you going to watch? Let us know what you thought of the World Cup 2011 opening ceremony in the Comments Section.
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