German Hockey Coach in Town

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

German hockey coach in town:

Sports Reporter

German hockey coach Peter Gerhard Rach arrived Dhaka yesterday to discuss with Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) officials over his possible appointment as the head coach of the national team.

BHF will oversee Rach's skill and experience and work out the financial details before considering his appointment as national hockey coach.

During his three days stay Rach will work with the Bangladesh hockey players who have been undergoing training for the South Asian Games.

Asian Hockey Federation development officer Tayeb Akram, who took the responsibility of finding a coach for Bangladesh, sent the German coach for the development of Bangladesh hockey.

Rach began his career as hockey coach for the German Junior side (14-18 years) in 1972 and then coached different clubs teams. He also acted as coach for club level hockey.

The 60-year old German coached the Indian hockey team for one year in 2004 and under his guidance India finished seventh in Olympic hockey and finished fourth in the Champions Trophy in Lahore in the same year.

"I think Bangladesh should be in a place where Japan, China and Malaysia stay," said Rach, who is currently living in Dubai, while talking to the reporters yesterday.

Dhanmondi's second win- Div-i Cricket

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Div-i Cricket
Dhanmondi's second win

Sports Reporter

Ali Arman Raju's unbeaten 74 of 123 balls saw Dhanmondi score their second consecutive win against Badda by 7 wickets at the City Club Ground yesterday in the Dhaka First Division Cricket League.

Dhanmondi reached their target of 164 in the 45th over and lost just three wickets. Shamim also contributed to his team's victory by picking up 3 wickets for 27 runs.

At the Dhaka University Ground, Lalmatia won their first match in the league beating Indira Road by three wickets. Batting first, Indira were all out for 157 with Asif and Tipu both picking up three wickets apiece. Lalmatia then reached home with 23 balls to spare with Moshiur and Saiket scoring 39 and 37 respectively.

Motijheel T&T scored their first win in the league beating Khelaghar by 19 runs at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. Going on to bat first, Motijheel were all out for 182 runs as Khelaghar's Zakir picked up a 4-wicket haul conceding 52 runs in his 10 overs. The game finished in the 46th over when Shahid and Ataur picked up six wickets among themselves to bowl out Khelaghar for 163.

Bangladesh emerge AHF Cup champions-2008

Bangladesh emerge AHF Cup championsSun, Jun 22nd, 2008 10:41 pm BD ST

Bangladesh became unbeaten champions in the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup with a massive 6-1 win over Oman in the final Sunday in Singapore. It was the first-ever title for the Bangladesh national hockey team outside home as they finished top in the last edition of the AHF Cup in Dhaka beating Oman 5-3 in tiebreaker in the final. Bangladesh along with three other semifinalists have already qualified for the finals of the Asia Cup to join six automatic qualifiers – Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, China and Malaysia. The meet is likely to be held in September, 2009, but the venue is yet to be finalised. Bangladesh, who made only draw against hosts Singapore in the group-stage matches, got off to a fine start dominating the first half 3-1. Later in the second half, they added another three goals to end their AHF Cup campaign well. Defender Mamunur Rahman Chayan struck two goals while Jahidul Islam Rajon, Krishna Kumar, Rimon Kumar Ghosh and Sheikh Mohammad Nannu netted one goal apiece for the champions, according to a message from Bangladesh Hockey Federation

Hockey and Others: Local Snippets

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sports News for Local Snippets:

The six-team Shaheed Smriti Hockey Tournament, organized by Bangladesh Hockey Federation, begins today at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka.

In the inaugural match, Bangladesh Army will meet Dilkusha SC at 2:30 pm while Usha KC will play BKSP in the day's other match at 3:30 pm.

Secretary of the National Sports Council Irtiza Ahmed will inaugurate the 11-day meet in the afternoon.

The other two teams of the six-team fray are Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force. The six teams will initially compete on league basis. Later, two top teams will play the final on February 28 also at the same venue.

INT'L TENNIS
The lone Bangladeshi player Mufazzal Hossain made an early exit from the boys singles of the Dhaka Bank 23rd International Junior Tennis Championship losing to top seed Sumeet Shinde of India 1-6, 4-6 in the 2nd round match at the Ramna National tennis Complex.

Starlet Sian Bayliss of Great Britain beat Huang Hui of Taipei 7-6, 7-5 to qualify for the next round.

A total of 13 matches were played in the boys singles round and 15 in the girls singles round.

The pre-quarterfinal matches of both the boys' and girls' singles will be held today.

DIV III FOOTBALL
Rampura KC beat Rahmatganj SC 3-0 in the Citycell Third Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kamalapur.

In another match Tongi KC got the better of BKSP by 2-0 at the same ground.

SCHOOL CRICKET
Sahebulla High School defeated Kanchipara Academy High School by 3 runs in the Standard Chartered National School Cricket Competition at the Gaibandha Stadium.

In today's match, Gaibandha Govt. High School will face Piyerapur High School at the same venue.

WOMEN CHESS
Three players shared the lead in the points table after the third round games in the Begum Laila Alam 3rd Open FIDE Rating Women Chess Tournament at the chess federation hall room. The three players are IWM Hamid Hamid of Titas Club, WFM Samima Akter Liza and Sharmin Sultana Shirin of 12 Soft Solution Ltd.

The fourth round games will start today from 3.30 pm at the same venue.

Russel Finish Third

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Citycell B League
Russel finish third

Sports Reporter

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra blanked Farashganj Sporting Club 2-0 to finish third in the Citycell B. League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Rajon Miah broke the deadlock after a drab first half with a spectacular volley and set up the second goal for veteran striker Alfaz Ahmed as Russel retained the third spot by improving their tally to 41 points.

The country's new powerhouse Russel finished the league three points behind runners-up Mohammedan and nine points adrift of Abahani, who retained the title in style by winning their last game against Rahmatganj 6-3 at the same venue on Monday.

Back in the day's match, it was a boring first half with both teams showing signs tiredness on the final day of a long and gruelling league that started on September 9 last year. The game however sprang to life when Rajon let loose a sublime volley off a Sameer Omari cross.

It took another five minutes for Rajon to provide a defence-slicing through pass to Alfaz who sealed the match with a scorching grounder. Standing at the wrong age of his luminous carrier, Alfaz with his 17th league goal this season showed that he might have lost some of his pace but his clinical finishing touches are as good as in his heydays.

This goal also put Alfaz tied in second place with Abahani's Emeka Christian in the leading scorer's list that Mohammedan's Alamu Bukola leads with 18 goals.

Farashganj finished sixth as the old city club remained at 26 points.

In the last game of the competition Brothers Union secured a 2-1 victory over Chittagong Mohammedan at the same venue.

Rony Islam put Brothers ahead in the 60th minute but Chittagong Mohammedan bounced back through a 71st minute strike from Guinea striker Rapheal Sagno.

Munna however confirmed the Gopibagh outfit's full points when he struck the match-winner in the 76th minute.

Brothers improved their tally to 37 points while Chittagong Mohammedan stayed at 30 points after playing 20 matches.

Sri Lanka Lift Tri-Series Title

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Grameenphone Women Cricket TRI - NATION SERIES
SL lift tri-series title

The victorious Sri Lanka women's team are all smiles as they celebrate winning the Grameenphone tri-nation tournament after beating Pakistan in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

Sri Lanka emerged champions in the Grameenphone Women's tri-nation tournament after beating Pakistan by six wickets in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

It was a morale boosting triumph for the Lankans ahead of next month's women's World Cup in Australia.

Electing to bowl first, the Sri Lanka team rode on the efforts of Chamari Polgampola and captain Sashikala Siriwardene's to bundle Pakistan out for a paltry 123. Hiruka Fernando then top scored with 44 as the islanders cantered home for the loss of four wickets with nearly 15 overs to spare.

The sparse crowd in the stadium were disappointed as Pakistan struggled throughout.

They were four down for 37 as opener Nain Abidi failed to carry on her good form into the final, contributing just 13, while skipper Urooj Mumtaz Khan perished on 10. Javeria Khan top-scored with 23 while Sana Mir and Almas Akram both scored 16 to carry Pakistan past the 100 run mark.

The Pakistani's were pegged back throughout as the Sri Lankan's bowled a nagging line and length. Polgampola picked up her first two wickets off successive balls - Qanita Jalil and Bismah Maroof falling with just 14 on the board. She then returned to wrap up the innings with Asmavia Iqbal's wicket for 6.

In reply, Fernando scored an unbeaten 44 and added 29 with Polgampola early in the Lankan innings to see them home in relative comfort.

Pakistan captain Urooj Mumtaz took two wickets in the space of three balls but Polgampola ensured that Sri Lanka reached the target without further hiccoughs.

Contributing 19 with the bat in an opening stand of 49, she was adjudged both player-of-the-match and of the series for her nine-wicket haul in the tournament.

The emphatic win saw Sri Lanka, who would have been unbeaten champions of the tournament had they not lost to Bangladesh, justify their standing as favourites in the match.

"Although we lost to Bangladesh, we were confident in the morning that we will win today's match because our batsmen are in form. At no stage did I think that we could lose the match, even when we lost two quick wickets because there are 7 all-rounders in the team," said the victorious Sashikala.

The Sri Lankan captain also added that she expected more crowds in Dhaka but appreciated the other venues again, quoting them as a good environment to play cricket in.

The visitors return home today where they have less than a fortnight to prepare for the World Cup. Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan are in the same pool in next month's showpiece tournament where they will meet on March 9, at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.

BRIEF SCORE
PAKISTAN: 123 all out (Javeria 23, Sana Mir 16, Almas Akram 16, extras 14; Polgampola 3-16, Sashikala 3-24)

SRI LANKA: 124-4 (Fernando 44*, De Silva 27, De Alwis 12*, extras 20; Urooj 2-16)

Result: Sri Lanka won by six wickets

Cricket Coaching School upsets Gazi Tank

Cricket Coaching School upsets Gazi Tank:

16-February-2009

An unconquered 156 runs by Shahbaz Butt enabled newcomers Cricket Coaching School (CCS) to earn a creditable 53- run win over Gazi Tank Cricketers in a match of the Premier Division Cricket League at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah today (Sunday). This was the 2nd victory for CCS in their third league match while the second defeat for the star-studded Gazi Tank Cricketers, led by national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, in their third league engagement. Sent into bat first, Cricket Coaching School posted huge 285 runs for 4 wickets in stipulated 50 overs with Pakistani Shahbaz Butt contributing unbeaten 156 runs. Butt, whose 162-ball innings featured 17 fours and two sixes, was adjudged man of the match. Shuvagato Hom (39), opener Uttam Sarker (37) and Nazimuddin Ripon (33) were the other major contributors for CCS. Rabiul Islam, Nayeem Islam and Enamul Haq Junior took one wicket apiece. In reply, Gazi Tank Cricketers were all out for 232 for 9 in 50 overs with Pravanjan Mallick scoring 55 runs off 78 balls that included five boundaries. Opener Mohammad Mithun (45), Anwar Hossain (41), Nayeem Islam not out (36) and captain Mohammad Ashraful (21) were the other notable scorers for Gazi Tank Cricketers. Elias Sunny claimed three wickets for 37 runs while Bishwanath Halder and Nizamuddin Ripon took two wickets each for 39 and 46 runs respectively. In the day’s another premier league match at BKSP ground in Savar, Surjo Tarun Club tasted the 2nd victory in their third league match beating all- losers City Club by 91 runs. Put into bat first, Surjo Tarun Club piled up 241 for 9 in 50 overs. One down Hannan Sarker scored 70 runs off 95 balls with four fours and a six to be adjudged man of the match. Sandeep Sharma (33), Junaid Siddiqui (31), Sabbir Rahman (27), Rajin Saleh (23) and Anisur Rahman (21) were the other Surjo Tarun batsmen who reached double figures. Jafar Quraishi captured three wickets for 43 runs while Shafaq al Zabir and Raisul Islam took two wickets each for 28 and 50 runs respectively. In reply, City Club were dismissed for 150 runs in 41.4 overs with opener Russell Al Mamun scoring 42 runs off 53 balls that included five boundaries. Sabbir Rahman, Sanjamul Islam and Saqlain Sajib picked up two wickets each for 16, 25 and 29 runs respectively. In the day’s other match at Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, sent into bat first, Old DOHS SC score 205 runs for all in 49.5 overs with Anhoor Newaj and Mehrab Hossain Jr making 51 and 50 runs respectively. Niamul Haque, Mominul Haque and Rifatuzzaman grabbed two wickets each for 23, 36 and 42 runs respectively. In reply, BKSP were bundled out BKSP for 178 in 48.5 overs with Mominul Haque scoring 37 and Saikat Ali 30 runs. Abul Hossain claimed three wickets for 29 runs. Source: UNB, Dhaka