Cricket In Bangladesh

The history of cricket in Bangladesh may seem short, when the "inaugural first-class match" was as recently as October 1999, but in fact, the area has a long history of cricket that has been distorted by political change.

Domestic cricket in Bangladesh

Cricket has been played in India since the 18th century and continued to play in Pakistan and Bangladesh first after these countries became politically independent.

Bangladesh had staged first-class and Test cricket even when it was part of Pakistan. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was first used for Test cricket when Pakistan played India there in January 1955. Was used for many important games, including testing, until the declaration of independence in 1971. MA Aziz Stadium in the Chittagong also dates back to 1954 as a first class, but was not used for testing until Bangladesh played there in 2001.

The beginning of one of Bangladesh was first class (ie, as an independent state) began when the national team played England A in Chittagong on 25-27 October 1999. The match was drawn. 10-13 November 2000, Bangladesh had its inaugural Test Match v India at Bangabandhu National Stadium. India won by 9 wickets.

 

The 2000-01 season saw the start of the premier domestic competition in Bangladesh, although the country had already organized the first-class matches against touring teams in the previous year. The Green Delta National Cricket League was formed as a championship class and Mirzapore Ispahani tea a day of the league and limited off the main competition. In 2000-01, both titles were won by Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Brief Summary

In early 1975, Dhaka (then "Dacca") stadium was in disrepair, the square that sunk several inches and the Press Club of broken shell. The MCC tour in 1976-1977 helped to build excitement, more than 40,000 people attended the party representative in Dhaka. In 1977, Bangladesh became an associate member of International Cricket Council. Two other teams of the MCC tour in 1978/79 and 1980/81.

The standard of cricket quickly rose, and soon Bangladesh was the largest in the region associated ICC, winning all ACC tournaments. This gave them the opportunity to play in Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The third Asia Cup held in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participants and the host country.

In 1989-1990, Bangladesh played hosts the First Under-19 Asia Cup. In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for his first appearance in a World Cup. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya were granted full ODI status by the ICC. Bangladesh recorded their first ODI victory against Kenya in India in 1998. In October 1998, Bangladesh hosted, but did not participate, the first "Mini World Cup", a base knock-out ODI tournament game tests all nations. In 1999, his first appearance in the World Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then won a game of favorites Pakistan. 

As a reward the brilliant performance in the ICC World Cup, Bangladesh was the state of the nation's tenth round of play on June 26, 2000. As the famous ex-cricketer-Ali Bacher of South Africa said during his visit to Dhaka, "the game of cricket has great prospects in a country like Bangladesh, where cricket in the streets, cricket in schools, towns , a competitive league, and Friday cricket-drawing large crowds who love the game in all its forms. "The game, after having shed its restrictions on the aristocracy, thrives on the very basis of society Bangladesh.

The Cricket World Cup 2007 March 17, 2007, Bangladesh beat India by a margin of 5 window to advance to the Super 8 stage, where they beat South Africa by a margin of 67 runs on April 7, 2007 .

The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is managed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and one day the state International (ODI). Played a test match in 2000 against India in Dhaka, becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

Bangladesh first official foray into the international cricket came in 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Seven years later, on March 31, 1986, Bangladesh played their first ODI match against Pakistan in Asia Cup 1986. Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country. Although football is the most popular sport for a long time, cricket and football gained momentum soon overcome, especially after Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia. By winning the tournament, Bangladesh qualified for the Cricket World Cup 1999 World first in which Pakistan defeated the creation of one of the biggest upsets in cricket history. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular member of the ICC the right to play ODIs. It achieved the status of a country try to play the June 26, 2000.

In June 2010, Bangladesh has played 68 tests, winning three. His first victory came against Zimbabwe and the other two were against a West Indies team paralyzed by a strike by players. Of the 59 games he has lost, 34 were by turns. [1] Bangladesh's performance has led to repeated calls for you to lose your test condition. The team has had more success in ODIs, winning 67 of his 247 matches [2] and has also played 16 Twenty20 International, winner of three [3]

Cricket in Kenya

History

Cricket in Kenya has had to pass through its pioneering stages. The game was first played in Mombasa in 1896 and cricket in the country set off international in 1951 when inter-territorial party started between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The 50's were an especially important role in the development of the sport, which saw the formation of the national body and the referees association to help run the game in a more structured way.

In 1966, Kenya became a member of the Conference of East African Cricket (EACC) and participated in its annual tournament run that included the three countries of East Africa and Zambia. The tournament played in every country concerned by the rotation of Kenya saw him win nine of the 15 races between 1960 and 1980. This accessory EACC and reputation brought recognition to ICC in 1975 when East Africa participated in the first World Cup in England. Kenya provided seven of the 14 players for the team and manager.

Given Kenya dominated the East African cricket largely considered that Kenya should join the International Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) in its own right and in 1981 broke away from Kenya and the same year EACC were accepted as members of the International Criminal Court Having taken part in the 1979 ICC Trophy as part of East Africa, Kenya, in 1982, 1986 and 1990 took part in their own right, reaching the semifinals in 1990, its better than ever .It was during this period that indigenous peoples of Kenya cricketers began to emerge on the scene and first-class cricket was being played at Turf Wickets.

In February 1994, Kenya hosted the fifth ICC Trophy in Nairobi, 20 associate member countries involved and Kenya did well to reach the final, finishing second behind the United Arab Emirates and in doing so qualified for the Cup World 1996, along with UAE and third-placed Holland. A memorable victory over two-time champions West Indies in the World Cup in Pune, India will endure in the hearts of cricket lovers and served as a reminder of the progress of Kenya had been doing.

Kenya participated in another ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1997 and finished second to Bangladesh in an entertaining final and earned his domain ODI status and automatic qualification to World Cup future. The country was to see a lot of international cricket because of the situation ODI, playing against the Test nations at the site of the World Cup 1999, which failed to impress after his exploits in 1996.

But it was not until 2003 in South Africa, Kenya, which made the world stand up and take note when it became the first and only nation that has partnered to reach the semifinals of the World Cricket Cup beating the test nations Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, World Cup 1996 Champions in the process.

Cricket Kenya was going through a metamorphosis of losing key players through retirement and a change of guard at the helm in the run up to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, where he only managed a final phase group after an impressive performance in South Africa four years earlier and asked him to go through qualifying to earn a spot in the World Cup 2011.

In 2004, the ICC was the launch of a tournament first-class, the ICC Intercontinental Cup is designed around two sets of three-day format. The event has become an eight-team tournament, round-robin and truly global four-day cricket which gives those teams who do not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.

Intercontinental Cup has quickly in stature and profile since its inception four years ago and is now an integral part of the cricket Associate Members. Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the final, while Ireland has been victorious in three events since then, beating Kenya in the deciding game of 2005, Canada in 2006 case -07 and Namibia in the 2008-09 event.

ICC was the launch of another event, the summit of the Associate and Affiliate nations, the World Cricket League. Division of an event in which the six partner countries through the classification, held in Nairobi in 2007 were Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Holland and the Kenyan hosts to all who were ready to compete in the World 2007. Kenya won the event beating Scotland in the final after losing to them in the group stage of the tournament and in the process of earning a place at the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup Cricket.

Kenya began its campaign to qualify for the ICC World Cup in South Africa on a sour note losing to Holland by 7 wickets and revive themselves in to win all their remaining matches of the group to take top honors in the face the crucial Super Eight stage and after a disappointing loss to Canada overcame a stubborn Scotland and then went to Namibia but beat eventual winners Ireland to secure a top four finish and with it the crucial place in 2011 World Cup.

The Kenya Under-15 won the first tournament in East Africa in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 2001, while U-17 team were runners-up in 2003 in a tournament in East Africa in Kampala, Uganda. The U-19 made semifinals in Windhoek, Namibia, the same year the Court of East Asia Pacific / Africa U/19 World Cup qualifiers, before repeating the feat in 2005, but eventually made the Region Africa for the ICC U/19 final qualifiers but were denied a place in the World Cup Namibia in southern Africa, where only a qualified team compared to the previous case, when the two teams went. The last event was the Under-19 qualifiers in Zambia, where it just so.

Cricket In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Becoming a Test nation in 1992, Zimbabwe is one of the newest nations that has been granted the status of the test. However, it has a rich and varied history of cricket dating from the late nineteenth century.
The story (before the state test)

The first recorded cricket match played in Zimbabwe (then known as Rhodesia) took place in 1890 near Fort Victoria. However, first-class cricket was not played until 1905, when Rhodesia team competed in the Currie Cup in South Africa. They lost their first match by 170 runs to the Transvaal. After the 1905 Currie Cup,
Rhodesia

were not invited to compete in the tournament in South Africa again until the 1930 when he competed in two consecutive cups. That was almost the title in 1931 after losing to Western Province. After the Second World War, Rhodesia returned to the Currie Cup and continued to play regularly in the Premier League in South Africa until 1980.

During the fifties and sixties, the level of cricket in Rhodesia increased significantly with a number of strong players emerging, including Colin Bland, Mansell Percey and David Lewis, who was captain of Rhodesia between 1953 and 1964. In 1961-62 the XI International were the first team for a tour of Rhodesia Rhodesia marks move toward independence from the rest of South Africa. The seventies saw the emergence of Zimbabwe's strongest team in the history of cricket, but despite gaining about 1972 to 1973, South Africa also had a strong team that never managed to win Zimbabwe decade and Currie Cup.

Zimbabwe officially became an independent nation in 1980 and developed the Logan Cup, an independent league from the rest of South Africa. After independence, Zimbabwe started playing cricket at the international level, being elected to the International Criminal Court the following year. 1982 was an important year for Zimbabwe, see the nation to do his first tour of England followed by a triumphant performance in the ICC Trophy.

Based on his victory in the Zimbabwe Cup ICC were selected to play in World Cup 1983 Cricket World against the eight pilot countries. Expected to be the underdog throughout the tournament, surprised Zimbabwe cricket fans around the world by defeating Australia in their group opener by 30 runs. Zimbabwe continued to perform well in cricket one day winning the ICC trophy twice more to qualify for the 1987 and 1992 World Cups.
After the state test

After qualifying for the 1987 World Cup, Zimbabwe momentarily became a nation of test and the team played its first Test opener against India this year. Sports Club in Harare, the match was a draw and Zimbabwe became the first team not to lose their test match for the first time since the development of cricket in 1877. Despite their positive start, however, Zimbabwe played poorly during his first years as a Test nation, and many believed that their standard of cricket was not worthy of the status of the test, although their performance in the one-day cricket was significantly better.

At the end of the performance of the nineties had picked up Zimbabwe, winning test matches against India and Pakistan in 1998-99 and his team included a number of world class players including Andy Flower, who in his prime, was considered the best batsman in the world. At that time, the strength of the cricket team one day was marked in the inaugural tour of England in Zimbabwe during which the Zimbabwe team beat the English cricketers 3-0 in a series of one day.

In 2003 Zimbabwe co-hosted the Cricket World Cup with South Africa, but by then the political situation in Zimbabwe has begun to decline. That year, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga both wore black armbands in protest against the policies of President Mugabe and the end of the world cup players were dismissed from the team and left the country to seek asylum in other countries. In 2004, following the sacking of Heath Streak, the captain of Zimbabwe after fourteen players and minor players left the team went to play in the match scheduled test of the nation.

After a test match, particularly unbalanced, Sri Lanka, the team agreed to play does not match the test in 2004. In 2004, the situation in Zimbabwe cricket was more positive when Heath was restored line, along with several of the players who left after his dismissal. By then, however, the team had so many interruptions that their level has decreased considerably and in 2005 had marked a series of humiliations when, in a home game against New Zealand, the team became the first country since 1952, which was shot twice in one day.

In early January 2006 the political situation in Zimbabwe has worsened and the Government of Zimbabwe took over the selection process for the cricket team in the nation, resulting in all members of white and Asian Cricket Board fired due to allegations of racial agendas. That same month, the cricket board announced the team would not be playing cricket this year and the Logan Cup was also suspended because, presumably, the rules of declining domestic cricket.

Current Team

The Zimbabwe team has suffered a series of losses in recent years due to the current political crisis, but the current squad is as follows:

* Prosper Utseya
* Brendan Taylor
* Chamu Chibhaba
* Elton Chigumbura
* Keith Dabengwa
* Anthony Ireland
* Stuart Matsikenyeri
* Friday Kasteni
* Christopher Mpofu
* Vusi Sibanda
* Gary Brent
* Edward Rainsford
* Tawanda Mupariwa
* Terry Duffin
* Sean Williams
* Tatenda Taibu

Great players

Denis Tomlinson: Tomlinson represented Rhodesia in the Currie Cup, the League of First Class South Africa and became the first Rhodesian cricketer playing cricket when he represented South Africa in a test match against England in 1935.

Andy Flowers: Making his debut in the Cricket World Cup 1992, Flores played cricket in Zimbabwe for ten years and, after being fired from the Zimbabwe team because of his political protest in the 2003 World Cup, now is the assistant coach Cricket England. Flower is considered one of the world's best batsmen and wicket-keeper during his time playing Zimbabwe, who scored more runs than any player before or since.

Anthony Ireland: Considered a great all-rounder, Ireland is an average player's right arm seam and lower order batsman, who was selected for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, but left after the competition to play first class cricket England's national league.

Eddo Brandes: A member of the Zimbabwe team between 1987 and 1999, Brandes played in four World Cups, 10-game trial and 59 ODIs during his career of Zimbabwe. His most significant moment occurs in a game one day against England in 1997, when he made his famous three consecutive batters in the England team.

Sport Of Cricket

There are several types of games and sports enjoyed by other nations. While some countries love football there are others where cricket is preferred. Whatever the sport, it is important to the health of people. Those include some type of sports activities in their lives live a much healthier and fuller life. This is due to the fact that they will make a conscious effort to eat foods and training suitable to the needs of your body.

Since the body is well maintained and is not problematic due to frequent illnesses and other problems, this means that the immune system is much stronger players. It also saves the minds of problematic due to health problems related to various and rather a help to get a break from their grueling daily regimens in healthy ways. This is why so many people who are stressed or going through the different phases of depression in your life are recommended by doctors to seek some kind of sports if their bodies allow.There many games that followed in the nationally and internationally.

Cricket happens to be one of these sports. However, while cricket is known in some countries and is the favorite sport in the world that is still very confusing to other nations. However, at the present time, due to the introduction of the World Wide Web, learn more about the cicada is not a problem. You can log on to websites related to cricket and several blogs to get used to the conditions and rules of the game and obtain information related to training academies and upcoming events in the world of cricket and much more .

Gone are the days when cricket was considered a slow sports tournaments are based on test was extended to day. This is the era of one-day internationals and tournaments games of twenty-twenty, in which teams representing various nations struggle to win the championship trophies. This game requires players to be respectful to others and the referees.

The excited spectators of the game as fast bowlers maneuver the ball and change the pace of the ball to get the most windows to minimize the score of the opponent batsman and increase the number of points they receive. However, the hitters too, the struggle not only make the most of their equipment, but also to improvise its international ranking in the game. A game of cricket is never boring and allows individuals to enjoy every minute of it.