Cricket

Satellite TV channel CHANNEL9 has secured the sole broadcasting TV rights in Bangladesh for the Asia Cup 2014 from February 25 to March 8. The announcement was made by CHANNEL9 managing director Enaytur Rahman at the Spectra Convention Centre in Dhaka at a press conference on Wednesday.

Kaushal Silva had Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and his luck to thank for his maiden Test century as Sri Lanka rode his innings to seize control in the first Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. Silva, often described as a carbon-copy of legendary Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya, slammed 139 off 244 balls to guide ... Read more

Cricket fans in Bangladesh can heave a sigh of relief as the International Cricket Council has dropped the idea of introducing a two-tier system to Test cricket in the immediate future in the face of strong opposition from the Bangladesh Cricket Board. In a media release late on Tuesday, the ICC said mutually-agreed bilateral FTP Agreements, ... Read more

For Bangladesh paceman Al Amin Hossain, the only success so far came in the form of picking up the prized scalp of Sri Lankan batting stalwart Kumar Sangakkara on the second day of the first Test match in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Tigers have always felt that Sangakkara has been one of the major obstacles in ... Read more

Sri Lankan opener Kaushal Silva waited over two years for his return to Test cricket on New Year’s Eve last month. His recent form and some good luck may conspire to keep him around for longer this time. Silva enjoyed no small measure of good fortune as he made his first career Test century in seven ... Read more

The habit of chasing every ball – a common weakness against short-pitched deliveries – and some poor luck combined to bring about Bangladesh’s downfall as they were dismissed for a modest 232 runs in the first innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Monday. Sri Lanka took a firm grip on ... Read more

Sri Lankan pace bowler Shaminda Eranga admitted that they had a plan to bowl short deliveries against the Bangladeshi batsmen during the opening day of the first Test in Dhaka on Monday. Eranga was the most successful Sri Lankan bowler, taking a career-best 4-49 to help the tourists dismiss Bangladesh for 232 runs in under ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan is not the type of cricketer to always blame the wicket, and the former skipper remained his usual self on Monday despite a poor batting performance from Bangladesh that saw them dismissed for a below-par total in the first innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. The Tigers were bundled ... Read more

A Bangladeshi hacker breached the official website of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday in protest of India’s role in a plan to revamp the International Cricket Council. Ashik Iqbal Chowdhury hacked the BCCI website and uploaded a picture of the Bangladesh cricket team with a caption that read: ‘Don’T MesS ... Read more

Bangladesh-Sri Lanka first Test begins today Bangladesh will be keen to pull up their socks and start from where they left off in the Test arena when they take on Sri Lanka in the opening game of their two-match Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Though they have struggled to establish a strong foothold ... Read more

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim asked his team to set aside the recent controversy surrounding the proposed two-tier Test system and concentrate on the immediate work at hand as they prepare to begin their home series against Sri Lanka today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The recent developments in international cricket, which may deny Bangladesh

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury wrote to International Cricket Council president and CEO Alan Isaac on Sunday in support of former ICC president Ehsan Mani’s letter of protest against the controversial plan to overhaul the ICC. Mani’s letter, dated January 26, is undersigned

All rounder Sakib al Hasan is yearning for a sporting wicket in the forthcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka as he believed that it would provide both the teams an equal chance against each other. ‘I think a sporting wicket would be better because the contest will be between two Asian teams,’ Sakib told reporters ... Read more

The visiting Sri Lankan cricket team will go into the two-Test series against Bangladesh knowing fully well that they could easily be challenged by the home side in their own conditions unlike in the past.  Sri Lanka won all but one of their previous 14 Tests against Bangladesh with seven of their victories coming by ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday denied that it has passed a resolution to vote in favour of a draft proposal that would effectively strip the country of Test status on Thursday’s board meeting. It was widely reported that the draft proposal, forwarded by the so-called ‘big three’ India, Australia and England, was endorsed in the ... Read more

The recent developments in international cricket that can deny Bangladesh from the rights of playing Test cricket is going to be at the back of their minds when they take on Sri Lanka in the two-Test series, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim. Three cricketing giants – India, Australia and England – put forward the proposal to revamp ... Read more

The apparent decision of the Bangladesh Cricket Board to endorse a proposal by India, Australia and England to revamp the International Cricket Council was received with shock and anger by cricket fans all over the country. In an executive meeting on Thursday the BCB approved the draft proposal by 20 votes to 3. If the proposal ... Read more

The Sri Lankan cricket team were loaded with confidence despite losing their last Test match as they arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday. Pakistan came back from behind to win the third Test and level the three-match Test series 1-1 against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates but

Recalled opening batsman Imrul Kayes, who was selected in the Bangladesh squad for the first Test match against Sri Lanka, said on Friday that some recent adjustments to his technique allowed him to bat more comfortably. Imrul made a comeback to the national fold after three years in the wilderness and had played the last of ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to take a firm position against a plan to revamp the International Cricket Council even though it would deprive the Tigers of Test cricket for at least the next four years. The BCB reviewed the plan – put forward by the so-called ‘Big Three’ of India, Australia and England – ... Read more