Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board expects to fulfil all requirements when the International Cricket Council security official begins a 10-day visit next week to assess their security plan ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in March-April, BCB officials said on Wednesday. ICC security manager Sean Morris is expected

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday denied that any security concerns were raised regarding any venues for the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka. In a rejoinder to a New Age report titled ‘SL says “no” to Sylhet’ on Wednesday, the acting chief executive officer of the BCB, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, said:

National selectors on Wednesday provided experienced pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza with a platform to attempt a return to the longer version of cricket in the near future by considering him for the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket League. Mashrafee was included in the 20-member Islami Bank East Zone squad, announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the

Sylhet could be dropped from the itinerary of the Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour of Bangladesh as the Sri Lankan High Commission in Dhaka has some strong reservations about the security situation in the city, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Tuesday. BCB president Nazmul Hasan, director Mahbub Anam and acting chief executive officer Nizamuddin ... Read more

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) top officials are not getting support from any of their counterparts as they seek a change in venue for the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 due to security apprehensions in Bangladesh, reports Pakistan The Express Tribune. The PCB will be hoping to put up a ‘strong’

Bangladesh need to adjust to the longer-version of cricket during the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket League in order to prepare for the home series against Sri Lanka, national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the franchise-based four-day competition, which begins on January 12 at the BKSP, to give the players

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is focused on the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka rather than the Asia Cup despite the looming threats of a boycott by Pakistan, BCB officials said on Monday. Quoting an unnamed source, an influential Indian newspaper reported on Monday that Pakistan remains undecided about their participation in the tournament and is

The second edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League – the country’s only franchise-based four-day tournament – is set to start on January 12 at the BKSP grounds, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Monday. The decision was made after BCB officials concluded a successful meeting with representatives of the three participating franchises – Walton, Prime Bank ... Read more

BCL back on BCB agenda The Bangladesh Cricket Board took a new initiative of starting the franchise-based first-class competition as it is unable to hold the National Cricket League in this political situation. The NCL, country’s lone first-class competition until last year, was scheduled to start on January 8, but the BCB insiders said they ... Read more

Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan made his bow at the Big Bash on Sunday and almost led Adelaide Strikers to a victory against Sydney Sixers at the Adelaide Oval. Sakib smashed 46 runs off 30 balls with the help of three boundaries and two sixes and scalped 2-21 from his four overs as the Strikers ... Read more

The Asian Cricket Council has decided that Bangladesh will remain the host of the Asia Cup 2013-14. The other big news to emerge from the ACC’s meeting in Colombo is that Afghanistan will be the fifth team in the competition. A total of 11 matches will be played in the tournament with the opening game ... Read more

Players and the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board heaved a sigh of relief as the Asian Cricket Council on Saturday announced that the forthcoming Asia Cup will go on as per schedule in Dhaka. The announcement, which came following an ACC meeting in Colombo, is viewed as a huge boost for BCB ahead of ... Read more

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim began his individual preparation ahead of the forthcoming home Test series against Sri Lanka as he returned to practice on Saturday after recovering from injury. Mushfiq, who captained Abahani Limited in the recently concluded Amber Victory Day Twenty20 tournament, sustained a muscle strain in his back during a game against Prime ... Read more

Shakib Al Hasan is all set to make his Big Bash debut today when the Adelaide Strikers will take on Sydney Sixers at Adelaide. Shakib, the first player of Bangladesh to play in Australian domestic T20 tournament, replaced the Strikers skipper Johan Botha, who was out of the tournament with thumb injury. “Obviously it would ... Read more

A shaky batting performance led Bangladesh Under-19 team’s downfall yet again from the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup tournament in UAE, said the captain Mehedi Hasan Miraj. According to Miraj, the batting performance hit the low in their last match against Sri Lanka which downed their net run rate too. Afghanistan on the other

Thorough batting from New Zealand’s top four sealed the fourth one-day match of the series against the West Indies. The hosts triumphed by 58 runs, via Duckworth-Lewis Method once rain set in at 5.14pm. The players exited in the 34th over with the West Indies 134 for five chasing 286 for victory in Saxton Oval’s debut ... Read more

Mohammad Hafeez made most of his good batting form, and a benign pitch, to score a fluent half-century that helped Pakistan earn a comfortable draw in Abu Dhabi after being set a 302-run target in 67 overs. His 101-run stand with Ahmed Shehzad in 37.3 overs, effectively closed the door on Sri Lanka after Suranga ... Read more

Former national opener Javed Omar received an emotional goodbye during his farewell Twenty20 match, played between legendary Bangladeshi cricketers and the Bangladesh Sports Journalist Association at the BCB-NCA ground in Mirpur on Friday. Javed showed glimpses of his stroke-making calibre in front of family and friends, hitting 40 off 19 balls as the

Bangladesh’s all-rounder Sakib al Hasan is eyeing to do something special in the Big Bash League as he left Dhaka to join Adelaide Sixers on Friday to begin his maiden campaign in the Australian Twenty20 competition. ‘I am looking forward to contributing with something special,’ Sakib told New Age ahead of his departure. ‘I am happy to ... Read more

‘Play with Sakib al Hasan’, a programme which awarded the winners of a SMS contest among Robi subscribers, was organised by Multisourcing Ltd in Dhaka on Friday. Robi, one of the leading mobile operators in Bangladesh, arranged the contest exclusively for its users. Only Robi users could participate in the contest