2 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 23, Bangladesh v West Indies
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Shakib Al Hasan: the best cricketer in the world
< 1 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 5, Bangladesh v South Africa
Continue readingThe South hit the North and the great flattener
< 1 minute read One of the few things that people agree upon about the lyrics of The Fall’s Hit the North is that one of the first lines is “my cat says eeeeee-ack”. So what can we agree upon about the South’s hitting of the North’s bowlers today? That it was more successful
Continue readingShakib al Hasan’s Test double hundred and its perfect ending
< 1 minute read Sometimes we forget that you haven’t all been reading this website since day dot. It’s been over a decade since we tipped Shakib al Hasan for greatness so chances are a great many of you won’t know what a big deal it is that he made a Test double hundred
Continue readingMominul Haque hits a hundred
< 1 minute read Well that was easily the tensest sporting moment of the last 20 years. Possibly ever. There he was, on 99, and Cricinfo refreshed several times with no change to his score. Surely this moment couldn’t be ripped away from us so cruelly? We were absolutely on tenterhooks. But huzzah! After
Continue readingWhy Bangladesh will DEFINITELY win the Asia Cup
2 minute read Okay, we’ve had a slight about-turn. We’ve decided that Bangladesh aren’t certain to lose the Asia Cup final to Pakistan. We’ve decided they’re definitely going to win instead. This sudden heartfelt belief has come about because we spent four minutes thinking about Shakib Al Hasan yesterday and we remembered how
Continue readingShakib Al Hasan’s first Test hundred
< 1 minute read Four years after we tipped him for greatness, Shakib Al Hasan hit his first Test hundred. New Zealand were on the receiving end and while they won the match, their bowlers took some stick. After dawdling along on nought for an age, Shakib Al Hasan suddenly engaged the long handle
Continue readingThe five best all-rounders over the next five years
< 1 minute read Not sure we’ve got Imran Khan or Garry Sobers on the cards, but it’s not looking bad. Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh, age 22 As a cricket-writer, we’re worried there’ll be no words left in a few years time, because they’ll all have been eaten by Bangladesh criticisers. Shakib Al Hasan
Continue readingShakib signs for crap second division county
< 1 minute read We’d sooner Shakib Al Hasan had signed for a first division county, but don’t underestimate the significance of a Bangladeshi clambering aboard the treadmill. It means that while they might be three-and-a-half years late, Worcestershire have cottoned on to the fact that this is a good player – despite the
Continue readingShakib Al Hasan is effing magic
< 1 minute read Not top hats and rabbits magic – the good kind. Shakib Al Hasan took 1-24 against Zimbabwe today. Then he hit 105 not out off 69 balls by way of an encore. Almost imperceptibly, he’s becoming a top all-rounder and Bangladesh’s first superstar. He was even named Test player of
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