Cricket

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

Former Bangladesh opener Javed Omar will bring the curtain down on his local and international career spanning over 25 years with an exhibition match featuring local legends today, said the player on Thursday. Javed, who played 40 Tests and 59 one-day internationals, last represented the Tigers in 2007 but continued playing domestic cricket until recently when ... Read more

The latest debacle of the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the Junior Asia Cup has caused a stir in the Bangladesh Cricket Board as it gave a wrong impression about the country’s cricketing future. Bangladesh failed to make the second round after a defeat to Sri Lanka that pushed them behind Afghanistan on net run-rate despite the ... Read more

Sakib Al Hasan is set to join the Adelaide Strikers and become the first Bangladeshi in Australia’s domestic T-20 competition, the Big Bash League, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Wednesday. The BCB confirmed that they received an e-mail from Strikers director of cricket Jimmy Cox, asking for Sakib as a replacement for their injured captain, ... Read more

Opener Tamim Iqbal is all set to return to Lord’s where he made a famous Test century as he has been included in the World XI for an exhibition match at the sacred cricket venue in July. Marylebone Cricket Club, the owner of the venue, will play the match against Rest of the World XI ... Read more

Prime Bank Cricket Club defeated the UCB-BCB XI by 55 runs on the back of opener Liton Das’ timely half-century, disciplined bowling and sharp fielding to win the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup final on Tuesday. Liton, who had struggled throughout the tournament with just 47 runs in six innings, chose the final to repay the ... Read more

Prime Bank Cricket Club captain Sakib al Hasan was confident with his side’s chances of winning the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup due to the strength of his team, said the Bangladesh all-rounder after the final on Tuesday. Prime Bank won the inaugural edition of the competition after defeating UCB-BCB XI by 55 runs at the ... Read more

The Sri Lankan High Commission in Dhaka has assured the Bangladesh Cricket Board that its cricket team would participate in the tour of Bangladesh later this month irrespective of the country’s political situation, BCB officials said on Tuesday. BCB director Mahbub Anam and acting chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury met the Sri Lankan High Commissioner

Bangladesh were eliminated from the Under-19s Asia Cup after losing their final Group B match by two wickets to Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The Junior Tigers won the toss and posted 203-6 in the first innings, led again by Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who posted his second successive fifty of

Friendship will be set aside when Sakib al Hasan’s Prime Bank CC take on Tamim Iqbal’s UCB-BCB XI in the final of the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. All-rounder Sakib and opener Tamim have been very close to each other since their early days in age-level cricket and their ... Read more

The Bangladesh National Party said it could not guarantee that the forthcoming international competitions to be hosted by Bangladesh would be out of the purview of any political programmes. BNP sports secretary Lt. Col (retd.) Abdul Latif, also a former manager of the National Cricket Team, paid a visit to the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s headquarters at ... Read more

The Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will play their final Group B match against Sri Lanka U-19s at the Asian Cricket Council U-19 Asia Cup 2014 scheduled to be held today at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 2 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The match kicks off at 11.30 am (BST). Earlier, Bangladesh got off to a ... Read more

Tamim hits maiden T20 hundred UCB-BCB XI captain Tamim Iqbal propelled his team to the final of the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup after blasting 130 against Mohammedan Sporting Club at Mirpur on Sunday. Tamim bludgeoned his way to become the highest individual T20 scorer of Bangladesh as UCB-BCB XI defeated Mohammedan by 29 runs ... Read more

The Bangladesh Under-19s held off the Afghanistan Under-19s to win by 16 runs in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and take control of their group at the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup. Bangladesh appeared to be cruising to victory after Afghanistan stumbled to 67-6 near the halfway stage as they chased a target of 170. ... Read more

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal eventually proved his worth in the shortest format of cricket as his maiden hundred at the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup made him the highest individual T20 scorer of Bangladesh. Tamim was expected to be one of the best T20 players of the country due to his aggressive style of play but ... Read more

UCB-BCB XI batsman Imrul Kayes and Mohammedan Sporting Club’s wicket-keeper batsman Nurul Hasan both scored match-winning half-centuries to lead their sides to victories at the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup at Mirpur on Saturday. Imrul notched a brilliant, unbeaten half-century