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The second Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand could still have a result if the next three days are not interrupted by rain, said all-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Tuesday. The decider of the two-match Test series was again deprived of a full day’s play after rain halted the second day at the Sher-e-Bangla ... Read more

Several dejected students were turned away from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday after some confusion regarding the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s student-entry initiative. The BCB issued a press release on Monday granting school students free entry into the stadium for the second Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand

Cheap wickets in key moments took the momentum away from Bangladesh as New Zealand gained an upper hand on the rain-hit opening day of the second Test in Dhaka on Monday. The Tigers began with a bang, scoring almost at will, before the batsmen threw their wickets to finish the day at 228-5 with bad ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal’s wait for his elusive fifth Test century was prolonged further after he departed five runs short against New Zealand during the first innings of the rain-hit second Test match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. The left-hander made a chancy 95 runs and was all set to complete his fifth Test ... Read more

The second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand is evenly poised after a rain-shortened first day, said New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor after the third session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium was washed out on Monday. ‘[The match] is probably still pretty evenly poised and the rain has given our fast bowlers an extra break,’ Taylor ... Read more

Before the New Zealand series got underway through the drawn first Test match in Chittagong, the Bangladesh team management had put a lot of thoughts towards the number three position. Ever since the vital position was vacated by Mohammad Ashraful, who was recently banned indefinitely from all cricketing activities, a number of options

Second Test begins today at SBNS Both Bangladesh and New Zealand will fancy their chances when the two teams meet in the second and final Test of the two-match series in Dhaka today. The two teams fought neck-and-neck in the drawn first Test in Chittagong, where some individual performances from both sides gave fans some ... Read more

Bangladesh will aim to capitalise on the mental edge they earned over New Zealand after the first Test when they take them on in the series-deciding second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Bangladesh played remarkably to earn a draw in Chittagong and were in a firm position at several junctures of the five-day match, ... Read more

The Bangladesh Under-19s fell to a 36-run defeat to their West Indian counterparts in the sixth One-Day match in Guyana on Saturday. The seven-match series is locked at 3-3 going into today’s series-decider in Georgetown. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, West Indies U-19 posted 240-8 in 50 overs. Shimron Hetmyer was the top scorer,

Star of the moment Sohag Gazi has set his eyes on becoming the highest wicket-taker in the ongoing Bangladesh-New Zealand Test series after a record-shattering drawn first Test in Chittagong. Sohag hit the headlines when he became the first cricketer in the history of Test cricket to score a century and claim a hat-trick in ... Read more

New Zealand batsman Peter Fulton said on Wednesday that the local conditions were a challenge for the visitors going into the second and final Test match against Bangladesh, scheduled to get underway from Monday. The 34-year-old Kiwi opener, who struck twin fifties in the first Test in Chittagong, opined that heat was a major factor ahead ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to shift the planned Twenty20 International match between Bangladesh and New Zealand from Sylhet to Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, said an official on Saturday. Sylhet was scheduled to host the one-off Twenty20 International match of the series on November 6, but the official said they were forced to think

Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan received a perfect boost ahead of the second Test match against New Zealand as he returned to the top of the ICC rankings for Test all-rounders, dethroning South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis. Sakib, with 349 rating points, leads the South African by two rating points after the conclusion of the ... Read more

New Zealand will go into the second Test against Bangladesh with a fresher mind after a three-day break gave them adequate time to relax and analyse their game in the drawn first Test in Chittagong. The Kiwis had a tough time in the first Test conceding a first innings lead before struggling to keep the ... Read more

Middle-order batsman Marshall Ayub denied suffering from any extra pressure to perform in the highest level after making his bow in the first Test match against New Zealand in Chittagong. Marshall scored heavily in the previous editions of the Bangladesh Cricket League and National Cricket League to stake a claim for the number three spot ... Read more

Bangladesh have a bright chance of winning the series with a victory against the touring New Zealand side in the second game of the two-match Test series, said Shane Jurgensen, the head coach of the national team, on Monday. Bangladesh had put on a commendable show in the first Test match in Chittagong to earn a ... Read more

The visiting New Zealand side badly missed the services of their prime spinner Daniel Vettori in the drawn first Test match against Bangladesh, according to coach Mike Hesson. Vettori, who has 51 wickets to his name in nine Tests against Bangladesh, is currently absent from international cricket after undergoing an operation

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is confident about Sylhet Divisional stadium’s chances of hosting ICC World Twenty20 matches next year as the progress of its development work satisfied the inspection team, said a BCB official on Monday. The International Cricket Council delegation, which includes event director Chris Tetley, stadium consultant Eugene

Sohag Gazi became the first cricketer in history to claim a century and a hat-trick in the same match as the first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw in Chittagong on Sunday. Bangladesh were 173-3 when the stumps were drawn for the fifth and final day as Sakib al Hasan completed ... Read more

Bangladesh will go into the second and final Test match against New Zealand in Dhaka with their all guns blazing after the first Test in Chittagong ended in a draw on Sunday. The Tigers got everything they desired except a victory, but that did not deter skipper Mushfiqur Rahim from expressing his satisfaction over the