Cricket

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

Stand-in New Zealand captain Kyle Mills credited an opening barrage by debutant Anton Devcich and regular wickets with the ball for his side’s victory against Bangladesh at Mirpur in the only Twenty20 International of the tour. Opening batsman Devcich, playing in his first Twenty20 International, belted 59 off 31 deliveries and helped New Zealand reach 70 ... Read more

Bangladesh will look to add to the woes of the New Zealand team and finish the year on a high when they face the visitors in a one-off Twenty20 International at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Bangladesh won the three-match one-day international series by a 3-0 margin to earn their second successive clean sweep against the ... Read more

The touring New Zealand camp are looking at the final match of their stay in Bangladesh – today’s Twenty20 International – as a chance to leave with a series win, according to Black Caps pace bowler Tim Southee. ‘Obviously the one-day series was disappointing. This is a new series and a chance to go home with ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board should consider appointing a captain for a long period of time to give him the opportunity to implement his plans, Tigers’ skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Tuesday. The captaincy issue was raised on Tuesday during the pre-match press conference as Mushfiq is set to end his term today with the Bangladesh-New ... Read more

With their seventh straight one-day international victory over New Zealand in consecutive series sweeps behind them, the Bangladesh national cricket team look ahead to the one-off Twenty20 international of the tour with a number of points to prove. The Tigers have never beaten the Black