Dhaka Mirror

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Sunday that he would not resign from his captaincy despite humiliating innings and 254 runs defeat against South Africa in the second Test in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Mushfiq was highly criticised for his inappropriate decisions throughout the series, especially in both the tosses, where he asked South Africa

All four matches of the National Cricket League fourth round match are heading for a day when two centuries were scored on the third day in separate venues on Sunday. In the rain-hit match Bogra, where rain ate up more than one day’s play take an edge over Sylhet thanks to the fifth first-class century ... Read more

South African batsmen feasted on Bangladesh’s bowling for nearly two days to amass 573-4 before they declared their first innings of the first Test, but they are not the first team to do it with the Bangladeshi bowlers. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to read the pitch in successive Tests and that also should not be a ... Read more

Members of Bangladesh one-day international team, led by skipper Mashrafee bin Muratza, left Dhaka on Saturday for three-match series against South Africa, beginning on October 15. Mashrafee was joined by all-rounder Sakib al Hasan, who took a break from the ongoing Test series against South Africa

Bowlers dominated the second day of 19th National Cricket League fourth round with off-spinner Iftekhar Sajjad grabbing 5-91 to help Chittagong restrict Dhaka Metro to 369-9 on the second day on Sunday. Resuming on 236-3 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Metro could add only 133 runs before they were forced to declare ... Read more

Bangladesh suffered a huge blow before the second Test against South Africa as their star opener Tamim Iqbal was deemed unfit for the game due to an injury that he aggravated during the first Test. The left-handed batsman pulled his muscles during the three-day practice match at Benoni and was not in best of his ... Read more

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman said on Wednesday that he was hopeful to give a better performance in the pace-friendly Bloemfontein wicket which would host the second Test of the ongoing series against South Africa from Friday. The Tigers suffered a massive 333-run defeat against the hosts in the first Test at Potchefstroom where Bangladesh pacers ... Read more

Left-handed batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh ‘A’ team against Ireland ‘A’ in an unofficial four-day Test match at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, scheduled to start from October 11. The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 13-member squad on Wednesday for the four-day match before the Irish side was scheduled to arrive today to play

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim criticised his bowlers for letting the team down in the first Test against South Africa that ended with a massive 333-run defeat at Potchefstroom on Monday. The bowlers were unable to produce a single breakthrough on the opening day, which put the Tigers on the back foot at the start ... Read more

Bangladesh is gearing up for its first continental hockey event in 32 years, the Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup, which will be held at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium from October 11 to 22. The top eight teams of Asia – South Korea, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, China, Oman and Bangladesh – will participate ... Read more

No meaningful change made in 2012 constitution The Bangladesh Cricket B oard on Monday all but retained its controversial 2012 constitution in its much-talked about Annual General Meeting, held at a city hotel. Attended by 133 councillors in its first AGM in more than four years,

Top-order batsman Mominul Haque overcame enormous pressure to play one of his finest knocks in Tests when he made team’s highest 77 runs in Bangladesh’s 320 runs in the first innings against South Africa on Saturday. The left-handed batsman was under the dagger of coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, who ostensibly made him feeling unwanted in the ... Read more

Azhar Ali once more rescued Pakistan’s batting with a fighting half century on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The one-drop batsman was unbeaten on 74 but saw Babar Azam fell for 28 in the last over of the day as Pakistan finished on 266-4 on ... Read more

Nadif Chowdhury and Mosharraf Hossain shared 227 runs in a record seventh wicket partnership as Dhaka amassed 484-7 in their National Cricket League third round match against Khulna on Saturday. Nadif made 166 runs, his sixth first-class century while Mosharraf remained unbeaten on 98 in the top-tier rain-hit game at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium ... Read more

The forthcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League suffered a blow on Saturday as Pakistan barred its centrally contracted players from the tournament until November 17. A statement of Pakistan Cricket Board said that their players would be given permission to play in BPL and Global T20 League in South Africa subject to the condition

Two days of Test cricket exposed the inefficiency of Bangladeshi bowlers in overseas conditions once again as they failed to make an impact in the ongoing first Test against South Africa at Potchefstroom. The hosts made the mockery of Bangladesh’s bowling to score 496-3 before they declared their first innings at the end of the ... Read more