Cricket

Former national skipper Sakib al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal returned to leadership roles as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced four teams for the upcoming Victory Day Twenty20 competition. Sakib and Tamim were removed from their respective positions as national captain and vice-captain after the Tigers’ disastrous tour of

Graeme Smith hit a battling half-century as South Africa made a strong start to their first innings after bowling out India for 280 on the second day of the first Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday. Smith made 62 not out in a South African total of 118 for one as the hosts moved within ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board invited top clubs of the Dhaka Premier League to play in a Twenty20 tournament after it failed to woo the corporate houses amid political chaos, officials said on Wednesday. The BCB had planned to organise the tournament on franchisee-basis from December 22 to 31 and had invited some reputed corporate houses, but ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has agreed in principle to host a franchise-based Twenty20 competition next week in order to give the players some much-needed action ahead of the ICC World T20, 2014, officials said on Tuesday. The proposed tournament could be held from December 22 to 31 in Sylhet, BCB game development chairman

Roqibul Hassan marked the Victory Day exhibition cricket match with a brilliant 111 runs which steered Shaheed Jewel XI outclass Shaheed Mushtaque XI by 149 runs at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Monday. The newly married Roqibul plundered the bowlers all corners of the park to help Jewel XI amass a gigantic 285 for nine in ... Read more

The just-concluded Challenge Cup Twenty20 series provided the national selectors some food for thought ahead of the busy international schedule with some experienced players pushing for a comeback in a few unsettled positions. Opening batsman Imrul Kayes showed he

Breezy knocks by Mithun Ali and Mominul Haque in the third and final Twenty20 inspired Bangladesh A to a 3-0 series sweep over the Bangladesh national team in the T20 Challenge Series. Mithun’s whirlwind knock of 67 from 30 balls and Mominul’s quickfire 23-ball 55 guided Bangladesh A to an eight-wicket win against the

Bangladesh national team cricketers will be looking to rectify their shortcomings ahead of next year’s ICC World Twenty20, said the national captain and the chief selector on Saturday. Bangladesh A team thrashed the national team by eight wickets to clinch the three-match T20 Challenge Series 3-0 that severely dented

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club regained the Federation Cup trophy after losing last season’s final as they beat Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 1-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Defender Nasir Uddin Chowdhury scored the winning goal eight minutes before the final whistle to give Sheikh Jamal their second Fed Cup trophy in their fourth consecutive

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Anti Corruption Tribunal, formed to deal with the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal, handed over all their evidence to the defence lawyers, officials said on Friday. The preliminary hearing of the nine individuals charged by the International Cricket Council got underway on November 24, with the final

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