Thursday, 14 January 2021
In the sport s corridors of power, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wields tremendous influence.
So much so that its provisional backing of a campaign for the sport’s Olympic inclusion at Los Angeles 2028 is considered essential for the bid to have any chance of success.
On the field, India are box office and this weekend millions will follow their Test series decider against Australia in Brisbane.
India bounced back to level the series after a humbling defeat in the first Test, when they were bowled out for 36, their lowest total in test history.
It is a resilience that Indian cricket did not always display, particularly away from home.
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Mushfiqur honoured to be named in Wisden s Teenage XI with other legends The New Nation
BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh dependable wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim was named in Wisden s Teenage Riot Test XI which featured greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Garry Sobers.
At the end of the last year, considered as Cricket Bible Wisden picked up a XI that comprised players who made their Test entry as kids. Mushfiqur is the only Bangladeshi player to be featured in that list.
To explain his inclusion in the list Wisden wrote: Still going strong at 33 years old, Mushfiqur Rahim already ranks as one of his country s greatest cricketers. The diminutive, feisty wicketkeeper is the only gloveman to make more than one Test double hundred, and he has 60 per cent of all 200-plus scores by Bangladeshis to his name.
A chat with the PM: Dr Rowley shares his love of culture
Sunday 20 December 2020
The Prime Minister loves the music of Kitchener and Sparrow, is a fan of Pele, Muhammad Ali and Garry Sobers, and lists DH Lawrence and Vladimir Nabokov among his favourite authors. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS. -
The Prime Minister describes himself an old-fashioned man. He has never used an ATM in his life. He has a practically untouched Kindle chucked away in a drawer somewhere after three days of use, and he has a deep love of cultural preservation.
Newsday sat down with Dr Rowley in November at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s to discuss some of his favourite things: art, culture, calypso, literature, TT’s education system and digitising the country.