Cricket

The Bangladesh Under-19 bowlers bundled the visiting West Indies Under-19s out for 118 to guide the Junior Tigers to a 104-run victory in the first of the seven-match ODI series in Chittagong on Friday. The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium but stumbled to 84-6 by the ... Read more

The Bangladesh women cricketers need to develop an aggressive attitude towards their opponents in the coming days to excel in international cricket, said new Australian coach Shane Deitz on Thursday. Members of the national women’s team are going through a rigorous training programme under the watchful eyes of Deitz, who was appointed on November 14 ahead ... Read more

The 100-day countdown to the first match of the ICC World Twenty20 began at the early hour on Friday with the simultaneous unveiling of countdown clocks in the three host cities of Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet. Concerts by popular local music groups and celebratory displays marked the occasion, which started at 10pm and continued until the ... Read more

Nasir Hossain outshined his illustrious national team partner Shakib Al Hasan in the final as Pirates of Chittagong became champions in the CJKS Corporate T20 Cricket Tournament with a 37-run victory against FMC Fighters at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. Player-of-the-match Nasir Hossain smashed two fours and five sixes to make 63 off 37 balls as ... Read more

Bangladesh T20 Challenge Series Selectors in search of T20 talent The national think-tank said they will be observing the development of cricketers’ skills in the shortest format of the game during the three match Bangladesh T20 Challenge Series between the national team and the Bangladesh A team, scheduled to begin on December 10. They emphasis ... Read more

Bangladesh’s first Test centurion Aminul Islam Bulbul today leads a life that resembles a modern day journeyman. You might catch a glimpse of him in China, discussing the finer details of the game’s development and then by the end of the week he would have travelled thousands of miles away to Kuwait to organise an ... Read more

The 100-day countdown to the first match of the ICC World Twenty20 will begin at midnight tonight with the simultaneous unveiling of countdown clocks in the three host cities of Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet. Concerts by popular local music groups and celebratory displays will mark the occasion, which will start at 10pm and carry on into ... Read more

Doubts hovering over the status of Sylhet Divisional Stadium as an ICC World Twenty20 venue were removed on Wednesday after the visiting ICC inspection team were happy with its progress. ‘We are satisfied with its progress and to be honest it is quite ready to host International matches,’ Chris Tetley, the ICC event manager, told ... Read more

The visiting West Indies Under-19 side defeated their Bangladeshi counterparts by 144 runs in a tour match in Chittagong on Wednesday to start their month-long campaign on the right foot. Three half-centuries helped West Indies U-19 reach 263-5, and the tourists then dismissed the hosts for 149 runs in 38.2 overs, giving them

Seam bowling all-rounder Farhad Reza was the sole Bangladeshi representative on the shortlists announced on Tuesday for several categories of the LG ICC Awards 2013. Farhad was nominated for the ICC Spirit of Cricket award, alongside Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene, the winner of which will be announced at

All-rounder Farhad Reza said on Tuesday that he was totally surprised to learn that he was being recognised by the International Cricket Council for playing the game in the right spirit. ‘I just don’t believe this,’ Farhad told New Age on Tuesday after hearing that he had been nominated for the ICC Spirit of Cricket ... Read more

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal was the only notable absentee from the squads announced on Tuesday scheduled to participate in a three-match Twenty20 Challenge Series at Mirpur. Tamim, who is still nursing an injury on his abdomen, was left out as the national side will be up against the A side in three T20s to be ... Read more

The International Cricket Council is keeping a close eye on the current political situation in Bangladesh ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in March in light of deadly street fights, according to a top ICC official. ‘This is a situation that we have to consistently monitor,’

Games development was once a very serious issue for Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). And to show the world how serious the board was to develop this vital cog, it hired Eddie Barlow. The late South African legend did not disappoint, and his formula not only expedited Bangladesh’s case for Test status but also

The West Indies Under-19 Cricket team arrived in the capital Monday noon on a three-week tour to play a seven-match ODI series against their Bangladesh counterpart. The touring Caribbean team later left Dhaka for Chittagong in the afternoon to play the first three ODIs on December 7, 9 and 12 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury

Bangladesh should not worry about Afghanistan and concentrate on playing their natural game in order to progress to the ICC World Twenty20 at home next year, said the players, coach and officials. The Tigers are placed in Group A for the preliminary round along with Hong Kong and Nepal with only one team from the ... Read more

Five candidates have emerged for two Bangladesh Cricket Board vice-president posts with an election due for December 4, according to BCB officials. Former senior vice-president Mahbub Anam and vice-president Ahmed Sazzadul Alam expressed their interest, along with Enayet Hossain, Ahmed Iqbal Hasan and AZM Nasir. The BCB failed to reach a consensus over the two largely ceremonial ... Read more

The International Cricket Council inspection team is set to start their last round of inspections today before submitting their final report regarding the venues for next year’s World Twenty20, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Sunday. Sylhet Divisional Stadium, expected to host all the matches of the women’s tournament and six matches on the men’s side, ... Read more

A better co-ordination is required between standing committees of the Bangladesh Cricket Board in order to take the game forward, said Akram Khan, the new chairman of the cricket operations committee of the BCB, on Sunday. A lack of communication between the standing committees had often been exposed preventing the cricket operations committee to implement all ... Read more

The just concluded Dhaka Premier League was free of corruption and subsequently the Bangladesh Cricket Board will heave a sigh of relief in spite of the country’s lone limited-overs competition stirring up some controversies. After this year’s Bangladesh Premier League