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International Cricket Council (ICC) vice-president AHM Mustafa Kamal inaugurated the Bangladesh Cricket Supporters’ Society, a new community for Bangladesh cricket fans, yesterday at The Daily Star Centre. Mahbub Hamid Tara — national captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s father — and former BCB director Khondoker Jamil Uddin were also present at the ceremony.

16 cricketers received their promised rewards yesterday morning from the state minister for youth and sports at the National Sports Council. State Minister Ahad Ali Sarkar handed over cheques worth a total of Tk 35 lakh. Each of the cricketers, who were part of Bangladesh’s 3-2 series win over West Indies last November, received Tk 1 ... Read more

The race for the Dhaka Premier League title is wide open after the first phase came to an end with Prime Doleshwar’s 79-run win over Kalabagan Cricket Academy at Mirpur on Thursday. Led by half-centuries from England’s Joshua Cobb (69) and Bangladesh cricketer Sohag Gazi (58), Prime Doleshwar posted 252-9 in 50 overs before

Brothers fined Tk one lakh, ban on Sohrawardi upheld, match-referee Obaidul faces two-year suspension, deputy umpires’ manager cautioned The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis on Sunday ordered a re-match between Brothers Union and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club after the former

A deafening roar greeted Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday at his home ground as India’s favourite son walked out to bat in his farewell Test to a guard of honour from his opponents. Tendulkar’s 200th Test match, against West Indies, at the Wankhede Stadium will also be his last, as the ‘Little Master’ brings the curtain ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former South Australian batsman Shane Alan Deitz as the head coach of the national women’s team, this was announced on Thursday. Under the initial agreement, 38-year-old will Deitz will stay in charge of the Bangladesh Women’s Team until the end of the ICC World Twenty20, 2014.

The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis failed to deliver its verdict regar ding the Sheikh Jamal- Brothers Union match as the body finds itself trapped between the heavyweight club organisers. A decision from the CCDM regarding Sheikh Jamal’s complaint against Brothers for fielding a suspended Sohrawardi Shuvo during their first-round match

The Banglasdesh Cricket Board is confident it will make the Sylhet Divisional Stadium functional within the next 10 days, in spite of its failure to keep its commitment to have it ready by now. ‘It will take 10 days to make it functional,’ Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the chief executive officer of the BCB, said on Tuesday. ‘Though ... Read more

The National Board of Revenue has exempted duties on the import of sports-related items for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20, to be held in Bangladesh in March-April next year, in a bid to organise the event successfully, NBR officials said. In a special order issued on Monday, the revenue board said that all types of duties, ... Read more

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to sell tickets for Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test online and not at ticket counters at the venue, which has left a lot of fans disappointed. To compound problems, the highly sought-after tickets were available only on Monday, three days before the start of the match, making it difficult ... Read more

For once, it should not be necessary to scour left-field. Australia’s desire to carry stability and continuity into the forthcoming Ashes battle will be reflected when the national selector, John Inverarity, unveils the squad for the first Test in Brisbane on Tuesday, in a departure from the chaotic and surprising choices that characterised the start ... Read more

Gazi Tank Cricketers regained top spot in the Dhaka Premier League points table, throwing defending champions Victoria Sporting Club out of the Super League race courtesy a crushing 114-run win at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Brothers Union posted a crucial six-wicket win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to complete the Super League

The battle for a Super League place in the Dhaka Premier League took a serious turn after Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club claimed they have qualified despite a defeat to Brothers Union in their last match on Saturday. Brothers beat Sheikh Jamal by six wickets to confirm their place in the top six, but the latter claimed ... Read more

The first meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board disciplinary panel was held on Saturday three months after the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit charged nine individuals for match-fixing related offence in the Bangladesh Premier League. Retired Supreme Court justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid is heading the disciplinary panel, which also includes retired

Former Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhter said that Bangladesh would have done a far better job against South Africa than the Pakistani batsmen, who have failed thrice in the just-concluded series in UAE. ‘I am saying this with certainty [that] if [the] Bangladeshi batsmen had been playing this series, they would have won it 5-0,’ Press ... Read more

Table-toppers Mohammedan Sporting Club ended their Dhaka Premier League round-robin campaign on a high after beating Kalabagan Krira Chakra by 40 runs at Mirpur on Friday. Mohammedan played their final game of the single round-robin stage before the Super League gets underway with the top six teams. Mohammedan

With the conclusion of a successful home series against New Zealand, the Bangladesh national cricket team’s 2013 comes to a close and the nation’s cricket community can reflect upon what has arguably been the side’s finest year to date. Despite what seems like an ever-shrinking international cricket fixture schedule, the Tigers produced a number of memorable

Local giants Abahani Limited, who have had a year to forget, secured their third consecutive win to avoid relegation from the Dhaka Premier League while Gazi Tank Cricketers stayed top despite their nine-wicket defeat to Kalabagan CA on Thursday. Once the powerhouse of domestic cricket, third-from-bottom Abahani confirmed their place in the

Bangladesh put up a brave fight before losing their first battle in the series as New Zealand bagged a consolation 15-run win in the one-off Twenty20 International in Dhaka on Wednesday. The Tigers overcame many challenges throughout the series but not on this occasion when they ended up at 189-9, replying to New Zealand’s 204-5 ... Read more

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Wednesday stated that the Tigers are yet to come to grip with the shortest format of the game as it still remained a mystery to them. The honest appraisal came after Bangladesh lost the one-off Twenty20 international to New Zealand by 15 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium