Cricket

The line-up of the 16 teams for next year’s ICC World Twenty20 was completed on Thursday after Hong Kong and the Netherlands claimed the final two spots on offer. The two teams will join already qualified Afghanistan, Ireland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in the first phase of the tournament alongside hosts

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hailed his country’s first win in a bilateral series against South Africa after they pulled off a thrilling one-run win in the second one-day international at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday. Hashim Amla (98) and AB de Villiers (74) took South Africa to the brink of victory but South Africa ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board responded to the call of national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim by giving him a fresh appointment up to ICC 2015 World Cup at the meeting of its board of directors at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Mushfiq, whose present term ends in December, earlier said that whoever is given the captaincy he ... Read more

Former national captain Akram Khan was appointed the new cricket operations chief as the Bangladesh Cricket Board reorganised its standing committees in the second meeting of the newly-elected board of directors on Wednesday. Akram replaces Enayet Hossain Siraj, who served the committee for the last five years. The cricket operations committee looks

India’s in-form batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma didn’t deliver on Wednesday, but opener Shikhar Dhawan’s 119 and Yuvraj Singh’s return-to-form 55 ensured India didn’t need to break much sweat in chasing West Indies’ competitive 263 for 5 in the third and deciding ODI of the three- match series in Kanpur. The five-wicket win gave India ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board finally put an end to its controversial short-term policy regarding appointment of the national captain as the BCB on Wednesday extended Mushfiqur Rahim’s tenure until the 2015 ICC World Cup. And the decision must have pleased the 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman the most after he had blasted his last short-term appointment

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned to competitive cricket yesterday after recovering from dengue fever, but his presence was not enough for FMC Fighters to avoid a seven-wicket defeat to Pirates of Chittagong in the CJKS Corporate T20 cricket tournament at the MA Aziz Stadium. Shakib first scored 19 runs before bowling four

The Dhaka Premier League title-deciding match between Gazi Tank Cricketers and Prime Doleshwar has been shifted to Friday, according to a Bangladesh Cricket Board press release on Wednesday. The two sides were expected to play their final round game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday, but the match was postponed for

Nepal joined Afghanistan and Ireland, becoming the third team to qualify for the World T20 2014 in Bangladesh with a last-ball win against Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi. It’s the first time Nepal will be heading to a global event. Nepal entered the final over needing 13 to win and Sharad Vesawkar swung a six down ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it will take to task Zimbabwean cricketers Sean Ervine and Sean Williams for unfairly tarnishing the image of the country to international media in a story regarding their payment in the Dhaka Premier League. The Zimbabwean duo made claims on Monday to leading cricket website Cricinfo that they were left ... Read more

Gazi Tank Cricketers are hoping their underperforming English cricketer Eoin Morgan will produce a Neil Fairbrother act and in their last match against Prime Doleshwar and land them their first ever Dhaka Premier League title.  The Irish-born Morgan has done little justice to his billing as a top-class cricketer, scoring only 70 runs in his ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is expected to be re-organised with the formation of the new standing committees when the executive directors convene their second board meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Several BCB directors have been busy lobbying for posts in their desired committees. Several key issues will be up for discussion,

The Dhaka Premier League’ fate is set to be decided in the last round after Prime Dholeshwar defeated Kalabagan Cricket Academy by 15 runs and Gazi Tanks Cricketers lost to Mohammedan Sporting Club by 54 runs on Monday. Gazi were leading the points table before Monday’s fixtures, and a win coupled with a Doleshwar loss or ... Read more

The much-hyped trial of the Bangladesh Premier League’s match fixing scandal got underway at a city venue on Sunday with all nine accused individuals attending the preliminary hearing through their lawyers. The hearing at the Radius Centre, near the tribunal headquarters at Gulshan, where the lawyers of the accused persons, except Mohammad Rafique,

Gazi Tank Cricketers can seal the Dhaka Premier League title today if they beat Mohammedan Sporting Club and their nearest challengers, Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, lose against Kalabagan Cricket Academy in the penultimate round. A victory for Gazi Tanks, on 20 points, coupled with a defeat for Prime Doleshwar on 18 points will clinch the title ... Read more

The much-expected hearing was underway on Sunday in the city against nine cricketers and officials indicted with match-fixing and spot-fixing offences involving into the second edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The lawyers of the respective individuals dealt the matter before the three-member anti-corruption tribunal in closed-door, convened by

England suffered one of their heaviest-ever Ashes Test defeats Sunday when Australia trounced them by 381 runs at the Gabba and went one-up in the series with a day to spare. The tourists collapsed under the searing pace of Mitchell Johnson and were all out for 179 late on the fourth day after they were ... Read more

National discard Roqibul Hassan continued to blaze with the bat as he guided title aspirants Gazi Tank Cricketers to a comfortable six-wicket win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Dhaka Premier League that saw as many as three centuries scored on Saturday. Roqibul was unbeaten on 90 and Gazi Tanks

Law will take its own course if anyone fails to attend the hearing in the Bangladesh Cricket Board match-fixing tribunal, Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury, convener of the tribunal, said at a press conference on Saturday. The tribunal chief was responding to a question on whether it has any power to compel any accused person to attend ... Read more

The cheques that the former state minister for youth and sports, Ahad Ali Sarkar, had provided to the cricketers as cash incentive have been dishonoured by the bank, said cricketers and Bangladesh Cricket Board sources on Saturday. Ahad, who was replaced by Mujibul Haque in a reshuffle of the cabinet this week, handed over the cheques ... Read more