“This is the first time a team from Fiji cricket has made a World Cup so I am very proud of that achievement and my players”
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Fiji have made history by qualifying for their first Under-19 World Cup after finishing unbeaten during the group stages of the East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Trophy in Blenheim, New Zealand.
Hathurusinghe has never been head coach of an international team before
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New South Wales assistant coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is set to become Bangladesh’s next head coach following Shane Jurgensen’s resignation last month.
“We are in talks with a few coaches and Hathurusingha is one of them”
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have revealed that they are currently in talks with former Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusingha to take over as the country’s head coach.
“The amount of coaching involved is the exciting part in Fiji and it will take me back to the reason why I love coaching: to help develop and support passionate cricketers”
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Shane Jurgensen has been appointed as the new head coach of Fiji just 16 days after he resigned as Bangladesh’s head coach.
“The fact is that the BCB and I are going in different directions so I felt it was time to part ways”
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Bangladesh fielding coach Corey Richards has become the third member of the national team’s coaching staff to tender their resignation in the space of 11 days.
“One of the reasons he has given is that he saw in the media that some directors have spoken against him”
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Bangladesh head coach Shane Jurgensen has announced his resignation following the national team’s disastrous performance in the World Twenty20, which was held in their own backyard.
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“I don’t think there will be any more problems like this”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was made to attend a hearing with some of the top Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials following his comments against chief selector Faruque Ahmed.
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“I don’t see any way we can reduce the punishment”
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan has announced that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s three-match ban will not be reduced following a request from captain Mushfiqur Rahim, head coach Shane Jurgensen and pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza.
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“We have asked him that if there can be any consideration for the sake of the team, whether his suspension can be reduced”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has called on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to reduce the three-match ban imposed on all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
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“The matches were quite one-sided so we are concerned, particularly about our bowling”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has expressed concern over his side’s “bowling in the first six overs and at the death” after they were whitewashed 3-0 by Bangladesh A in the Twenty20 Challenge Series.