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Abdullah Al Mehdi

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Stability ensures crucial opportunity for Shanto before T20 WC

7 September 2026
For Shanto, that improvement has opened the door to a T20I return, while the Asian Games provide a platform to begin building his role as a stabilising presence ahead of the T20 World Cup.
7 September 2026
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Tests first as WTC dream takes wings

2 September 2026
The next four matches will be crucial to Bangladesh’s hopes, and chief selector Habibul Bashar said they do not want to lose momentum.
2 September 2026
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Interview / ‘A totally sane person can’t be a fast bowler’

1 September 2026
The Bangladesh fast-bowling coach talks about the team’s mindset and preparation, the development of its pace attack, the role of local coaches
1 September 2026
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Big opportunity, valuable exposure

28 August 2026
Bowling leg-spin at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at the age of 17 felt like a dream come true for Mohammad Abdullah and his father, Anwar Shah, who had travelled from Kishoreganj to watch his son play today.
28 August 2026
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Tait Interview Part 2 / ‘One of the Big Bash teams should definitely pick Nahid Rana'

25 August 2026
The former Bangladesh fast-bowling talks about the culture among Bangladesh’s fast bowlers and a possible return to the Tigers in the future, and more
25 August 2026
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Shaun Tait Interview / ‘Entire world talking about Bangladesh's fast bowlers’

25 August 2026
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi, the former Australia pacer and ex-Bangladesh fast-bowling coach breaks down the Tigers' newfound pace mettle, their push for Test consistency, and more.
25 August 2026
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Disillusionment at hand in Mackay

20 August 2026
The last time Bangladesh came close to following up a landmark away victory with a series win in a SENA country was in 2021/22, when they famously beat New Zealand in Mount Maunganui. An innings-and-117-run defeat in Christchurch followed inside three days. For many, it was simply Bangladesh reverting to type after producing something spectacular.
20 August 2026
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Quicks strike the right chord in Darwin epic

18 August 2026
A Test culture is continuing to grow through their rise
18 August 2026
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Messi must be wondering what he did wrong

Lionel Messi trudged off alone down the tunnel as the game against Atletico Madrid ended 2-2, the result extinguishing any realistic chance for Barcelona to win the title.
4 July 2020
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Cricket idle, should cricketers be too?

What has gone on till now regarding the resumption of cricketing activities in Bangladesh is understandable, given context.
30 June 2020
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Resumption scenarios different for Bangladesh

Novak Djokovic on Tuesday said he was “deeply sorry”. After all, he had set in motion the chaos during an ill-fated Adria Tour -- a tournament he himself organised through his foundation -- which acquainted tennis with the realities of the current pandemic.
24 June 2020
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Jayed eager to be back in pack

“It’s only for the time being, right?” Abu Jayed asked this reporter when queried about how the saliva ban, ratified by the ICC last week, was going to impact him as the chief proponent of swing bowling in the country.
15 June 2020
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Pacers still playing catch up

Cricket will have to come to grips with the new paradigms brought on by the coronavirus pandemic as the ban on saliva and use of substitutes ratified by the ICC yesterday. But the fast bowlers in Bangladesh, who appear ready to make the leap to the next level and enhance the country’s cricketing status further, will need to undergo a more seminal change.
10 June 2020
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Stop talking to pacers about slow wickets: Wasim

Anyone who has seen Wasim Akram run in and bowl from the striker’s end would know that strange feeling -- a mixture of awe and fear of what is coming at them.
20 May 2020
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Kohli bares his secrets

India’s batting maestro Virat Kohli is known for his steady resolve and endurance in the most difficult of chases.
19 May 2020
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Self analysis the way to level up: Salahuddin

Many national cricketers have fallen by the wayside after promising starts to their careers. The likes of Nasir Hossain, Suhrawardi Shuvo, pacer Shahdat Hossain and more recently Sabbir Rahman had shown early promise but did not blossom into regular performers for the national team and failed to feature for the side regularly.
17 May 2020
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Consolidating in the times of coronavirus

“There are times when we back into a corner with no place left to back into … and then we go on attack and become mentally stronger,” Mashrafe Bin Mortaza reminisced on his injury troubles -- seven knee surgeries and more -- during an online meet with Tamim Iqbal on Monday night.
5 May 2020
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‘We’ve failed to develop human resources’

Nazmul Abedin Fahim is one of those few souls who had a purposeful hand in leading Bangladesh cricket against immense challenges.
29 April 2020
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‘We had freedom as selectors’

GM Nausher Prince, the former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) national selector had worked with some of the best talents in the country.
16 April 2020
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Has the ‘tree’ taken root properly?

‘April is the cruellest month,’ T.S Eliot had written in The Waste Land. Given the current coronavirus crisis the world over, this April is likely to be another cruel month for mankind.
13 April 2020

Behind the crisis at the Nou Camp

The heat in the corridors of the Camp Nou offices went up a few notches with six Barcelona board directors handing in their resignations on Thursday night.
10 April 2020
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Reminiscence: My first match

Having preferred the couch at home to the stadium seats for a large part of a decade as a cricket fan, I was first introduced to a live experience by a group of friends who had gotten me a ticket for an international fixture between Bangladesh and touring Zimbabwe back in 2008.
5 April 2020
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We should have our own mantra to be successful: Tamim

Tamim Iqbal (TI): Truth be told, I am not facing any big issues. I am not getting annoyed, bored or anything else. Normally I do my running in the morning and after that I spend time with the kids. Maybe I’ll watch a movie and time passes.
1 April 2020
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Being dropped has its perks, says Fizz

Mustafizur Rahman’s yorkers have become a thing of the past for many, with the effectiveness of that particular skill not quite where it was when he first burst into the international scene with great feats against India before a brilliant season in the Indian Premier League in 2016.
18 March 2020
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Tamim wins captains’ clash

Yesterday’s Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier League match between Prime Bank Cricket Club and Gazi Group pitted a host of national team stars and rising stars against each other and even an empty Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur could not dampen the battle of cricketing skills.
16 March 2020
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Conversion key for Tamim

There are lots of suggestions and criticism in the air regarding Tamim Iqbal’s slow build-up to the innings, and they have only recently been quietened a bit by his two centuries against Zimbabwe.
12 March 2020
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How it ends also matters

Bangladesh go into the ODI series against Zimbabwe under the leadership of inspirational captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as firm favourites after the Tigers handed the visitors an innings-defeat in the one-off Test at Dhaka.
27 February 2020
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‘We were waiting to meet India in a final’

The Bangladesh Under-19 team’s ace pacer Shoriful Islam bowled with fire and set an assertive tone for the rest of the young Tigers to follow during his side’s historic win over India in the final of the ICC U-19 World Cup final.
11 February 2020

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