Pakistan and Bangladesh are the first team to make sure second round place

Asia Cup cricket 2008 tournament is going on. Two matches already took place on the field but it failed to attract viewers on the stadium. Host team Pakistan played against minnow Hong Kong at the National Stadium, Karachi. On the other hand, Bangladesh team faced ACC (Asian Cricket Council) champion team U.A.E (United Arab Emirates). However, cricket fans could not expect to see any upset from these two underdog teams. And match result seemed destined before taking place on the field. So, cricket fans witnessed the defeat of these two weak teams in the opening match of Asia Cup. The hot favorite team Pakistan team beat Hong Kong by 155 runs whereas Bangladesh team beat United Arab Emirates by 96 runs.

Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are the first team to be claimed the position in the second round. Now, Bangladesh team is going to be played against Sri Lanka in group-A. And tomorrow on 26^th June Pakistan team will face their arch-rival India in a group match.
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Squad of Bangladesh team in Asia Cup series

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the final squad for the upcoming Asia Cup series in Pakistan. You may be shocked to know that Bangladeshi hard hitter batsman Aftab Ahmed is missing from the squad for his finger injury. Reserved player Alok Kapali has replaced Aftab Ahmed. Being some missing of big names we can see BCB tried their best to make their best possible team. New face medium pace bowler Dollar Mahmud has become successful to catch the attention of selectors. So, he is also waiting to make his debut if he fails in Tri-Nation series. Good news is that young talented Mushfiqur Rahim has been selected showing his best performance in the premier League.

You already know that Asia Cup series will start from June 24 this year. Bangladesh is in Pool-A with Sri Lanka and UAE. They will play two ODIs and if they step up two second round then they can face India and Pakistan.

Bangladesh Squad for Asia Cup: Mohammad Ashraful (Captain), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Vice Captain), Mahmudullah Riyad, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Nazim Uddin, Roqibul Hassan, Shahadat Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehrab Hossain (Jr.), Dollar Mahmud and Musharraf Hossain.

Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test: Jacques Kallis the hero of South Africa team

It is the time to see South Africa as a winner in the first Test of the two match Test series in Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah. Three days have left in the five-day Test series where host team made a 205 run chasing score against visiting team. Now, South Africa is closer from win. Today they could compile 178 for 4. They need only 27 runs to get win.

Host Bangladesh team started their first test nicely after falling South Africa with a chasing score of 22 runs in their first innings. But Bangladesh team could not use this benefit. They lost all wickets to score 182 runs and made an easy 205 runs lead against second world best team South Africa.

South African great Jacques Kallis got five for 30 in 14 overs that has helped South Africa to come back in the match. After five years, he got five Test wickets. That was his fourth time five wicket taking in Test.

South African captain Graeme Smith played an important role for his team. He compiled 62 runs off facing 104 balls including 6 boundaries.

South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher break the record of highest Test dismissal in his 110^th Test match that was belonged to Australian great Adam Gilchrist.

Tomorrow South Africa again will start their batting. And it is thought that they will reach their target as early as possible.

As a supporter of Bangladesh team, I hope that Bangladeshi bowlers will try their best to prove their talent and got some wicket to make the match exciting.

South Africa's tour of Bangladesh 2008: Match Schedule

South African team has already reached Bangladesh to play a full series against host team. Now, this time South African team is not taking this tour series easily because host Bangladesh team has developed vastly than past. Even South Africa team has gained the experience to lose against Bangladesh team in World Cup 2007 in West Indies. That is why, they have taken all preparation to protest Bangladeshi tigers.

However, within a short time, Bangladesh team has got more popularity and got more fan. Most of the people not only in Bangladesh but also from abroad may be searching to know about news or schedule. However, in this article, I am giving match schedule of Bangladesh vs South African match series.

Test series:-

SL no	Date	Contestants	Venue	Time
1.	Sun 17 - Tue 19, Feb, 2008	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI v South Africans	Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah	10:00 local, 04:00 GMT
2.	Fri 22 - Tue 26, Feb, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	10:00 local, 04:00 GMT
3.	Fri 29 - Tue 4, Feb, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong	10:00 local, 04:00 GMT

ODI series:-

SL no	Date	Contestants	Venue	Time
1.	Fri 7, March, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong	09:30 local, 03:30 GMT
2.	Sun 9, March, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong	09:30 local, 03:30 GMT
3.	Wed 12, March, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	09:30 local, 03:30 GMT
4.	Fri 14, March, 2008	Bangladesh v South Africa	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	09:30 local, 03:30 GMT

Bangladesh vs South Africa full series will start with the three day warm up match at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Sunday 17, March 2008. This warm up match will start at 10:00 local time and 04:00 GMT. Then both teams will play two Tests and three ODIs. After finishing Test series both host Bangladesh and tourist South Africa will play a practice match.

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Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: Live online score

Young Bangladesh team will play their second ODI against New Zealand tomorrow on 28^th December, 2007. This match will take place at McLean Park, Napier. It will start 11:00 local time and 22:00 GMT. In their previous match, Bangladesh lost by 6 wickets. Bangladeshi skipper Ashraful and Tamim Iqbal made the match exciting and competitive but after falling their wicket no one could make any protest against kiwi. However, more two matches are left. So, fans of Bangladesh team can hope to get win in any ODI match against New Zealand team.

Bangladesh team is not very old team in international cricket. They started playing world cup since 1999. From now, they are defeating world champion team. They have already got win against world number one Australia, South Africa, India, Zimbabwe, Pakistan etc. However, Bangladesh never gets win against New Zealand except practice match in ICC world cup 2007 in West Indies. With the win of this match Bangladesh team has proved that they can get win against any team in their day. Most of the Bangladeshi players are young and inexperienced but they have talent. This young talent cricketer can make any miracle against any team. Ahead of this tournament, former captain of New Zealand team, Stephen Fleming said that Bangladesh can do anything in their day. They got many wins against many teams and they also can add the name of New Zealand team in their defeat list. So, be careful about this team.

New Zealand is not in good form. Most of their experienced players have taken retirement. This year recently, they have lost against Australia and South Africa. No doubt, New Zealand team tries their best to get win in every match if any accident doesn’t happen. If you are fan of cricket game then you already know that Daniel Vettori is the captain of New Zealand team. However, he can’t show any impressive performance as a captain. So, this ODI series is very important for him.

Bangladesh team is not so famous team but this team has many fans. Fans of Bangladesh team are always waiting to see any miracle win and watching to see some players’ aggressive batting. I know most of you are eagerly waiting to see the match live. For South Asian cricket fans, it is tough to see the match live on TV. However, that is why, I am giving some cricket based website where from you will get live score ball by ball.

Cricinfo

Sify sports

Mapsofindia

Cricketscorelive

Expressindia

action8cricket

stickiewicket

cricbuzz

cricpoint

123india

Vcricket

Headlinesindia

If you want to see any miracle win then visit these website. I hope Bangladesh team will play well in their second ODI match against New Zealand.

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