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An all-round display by Nasir Hossain gave Bangladesh A an unassailable 2-0 lead against the Bangladesh national team in the three-match Twenty20 Challenge Series at Mirpur on Thursday. Bangladesh A skipper Nasir hit an unbeaten 58 from 30 balls and scalped two wickets with the leather to lead his side to a six-wicket win over ... Read more

Sri Lanka Cricket will commission an independent security appraisal of the political situation in Bangladesh, ahead of Sri Lanka’s tour in January and February, SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said. The West Indies Under-19 team withdrew from their tour of Bangladesh, on Monday, after a bomb exploded near the team hotel in Chittagong. Sri Lanka are ... Read more

The Bangladesh national team squandered a strong platform laid by their first three batsmen and fell to a 12-run defeat against the Bangladesh A team in the opening match of the T20 Challenge Series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Bangladesh began the chase of their 172-run

National selector Minhajul Abedin said on Wednesday that he is still undecided about whether or not to continue on the selection committee after the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided not to make him the new chief selector. The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday appointed Faruk Ahmed as the new chief selector – a post Minhajul had expected

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it was sad that the West Indies Cricket Board pulled its Under-19 team out of its series in Bangladesh but insisted that there was little reason to be worried ahead of much bigger competitions. The WICB did not entertain a desperate BCB request to proceed with the seven-match series, and the ... Read more

The West Indies Cricket Board’s decision of pulling out its Under-19 team from the Bangladesh tour has started taking its toll with Australia saying it would seek advice from the government on whether to send its men’s and women’s teams in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 next year. A spokesman for Cricket Australia told Agence ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed former national captain Faruk Ahmed as the new national chief selector, BCB officials said on Tuesday. The decision came after an emergency meeting chaired by BCB president Nazmul Hasan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The post became

The Bangladesh Cricket Board have provided the national cricket team’s coaching staff with an ambulance to ensure safe travel to and from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The BCB is already on the back foot following the departure of the touring West Indies Under-19 side due to security concerns, and they are keen to

Bangladesh batsman Nasir Hossain on Tuesday said that he was enjoying the captaincy role given to him for the three-match Twenty20 Challenge series starting from today. Nasir will lead the Bangladesh A side against the national team at Mirpur and will try to fulfil the responsibility placed upon him. ‘I was a captain

West Indies withdraw U-19 team citing security concerns The Bangladesh Cricket Board made a last-ditch attempt on Monday to salvage the Under-19 series against the touring West Indies side after the West Indies Cricket Board decided to pull out their team citing security fears. The WICB’s decision, announced early on Monday, came as a body blow ... Read more

The International Cricket Council asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board to submit a report on the current situation in the country, BCB officials said on Monday. The request from cricket’s governing body comes after the West Indies Under-19 team’s sudden withdrawal from their ongoing series in Bangladesh – a

The Bangladesh Cricket Board warned that the political situation could threaten the future of cricket in Bangladesh after the West Indies Cricket Board on Monday decided to pull out their Under-19 side from ongoing tour due to security concerns. The WICB’s decision has raised questions about

National cricket team coach Shane Jurgensen praised star opener Tamim Iqbal for his work on his fitness at the start of the Tigers’ training camp ahead of their home series against Sri Lanka beginning in January. ‘Tamim was very impressive today, very good,’ Jurgensen said at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. ‘He did, I think, ... Read more

The second youth one-day international between the West Indies and Bangladesh U-19 teams was postponed for a day after a blast near the visiting team’s hotel, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Sunday. The match had been scheduled for Sunday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The BCB said that a small bomb exploded outside

A BPL-style payment system in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League left the players scared about the prospect of getting full amount. Though the situation like BPL did not arise eventually, as many as five clubs are yet to abide by the rules of what the board introduced about the payment method. The Cricket Committee of ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is looking for damage control after a small bomb exploded outside Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong on Sunday creating panic among the visiting West Indies Under-19 team. Bangladesh are scheduled to host two major cricket tournaments next year – the Asia Cup in February-March and the ICC World Twenty20 in

The practice and warm-up matches of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Cricket Bangladesh for the participating men’s and women’s teams will be held at 15 different venues in the three host cities of the country. a fixture of the practice matches after getting proposal from the participating teams and sent it to the International Cricket ... Read more

The national cricket team’s preparation camp could not be started as per plan as it was postponed for a day after a request by the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s grounds committee, said a BCB official on Saturday. The wickets of the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium have gone through a hectic schedule recently, most notably due to the ... Read more

ICC World Twenty20 2014 Countdown starts amid concerns The 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 began on Friday with local organisers worried that the current political instability could cost Bangladesh the right to host the tournament. The beefed up security in and around the South Plaza Gate of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on the ... Read more

Hyundai Motors Bangladesh Limited, an official partner of the ICC World Twenty20, Bangladesh, 2014, put the trophy of the tournament on display at its Dhaka showroom on Friday. National cricketers Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain and Elias Sunny attended the programme, followed by a bat-signing ceremony for the fans.