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Al Amin called in as replacement Pace bowler Shafiul Islam has been ruled out of the three-match one-day series against New Zealand after incurring an ankle injury on Sunday. Shafiul sustained the injury at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while the Tigers were going through their warm-up session. ‘Shafiul is ruled out

Bangladesh will start their three-match One-Day series against the New Zealand on Tuesday, leaving behind their success during the October 2010 home series. The Tigers defeated the Black Caps by a 4-0 margin at home in 2010, but the players do not expect history to give them an extra edge going forward.

Bangladesh have now shifted their focus on the forthcoming three-match one-day series against New Zealand putting behind their impressive performance in the just-concluded Test series, said coach Shane Jurgensen on Saturday. The Tigers drew the two-match Test series 0-0 to end a commendable year in the longer-version format. The hosts will now

Bangladesh’s new batting sensation Mominul Haque preferred a reality check as he headed for the one-day series against New Zealand after his back-to-back centuries in the drawn Test series made him an instant hero. Mominul stunned New Zealand with his valiant effort but took very little time to realise that he can’t let him drown in ... Read more

New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi believed that there was more assistance for the spinners in the Mirpur wicket than the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The 20-year old leg-break bowler, who was born in Punjab, India, said that the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium offered more for the

The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis postponed the matches of the Dhaka Premier League for an indefinite period due to political instability, said an official on Saturday. The league was expected to resume after the Eid break on October 27. CCDM on October 24 announced the revised

The second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw after rain washed out the fifth and final day’s play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. The result ensured the two teams shared the honours in the series after the first Test in Chittagong also ended in a draw. Match officials called play ... Read more

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said that a draw was a fair result after rain washed out the final day of the second Test with Bangladesh on Friday, ending the two-match series level at 0-0. ‘We wanted to win this Test series, and we were expected to do so as well. If we strip it ... Read more

As the final day of the second Test match between hosts Bangladesh and New Zealand was lost to rain, young prodigy Mominul Haque was left three runs short of a potentially glorious record. Former captain Habibul Bashar holds the record for the highest aggregate of runs in a Test series for a Bangladeshi batsman. In ... Read more

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was a satisfied man after the two-match Test series against New Zealand came to a disappointing end on Friday as incessant drizzle entirely washed out the fifth day’s play of the second Test.  With the series drawn 0-0, the Bangladesh skipper expressed his contentment with his team’s performance citing the five-month

Mominul Haque’s second hundred in as many Tests and a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal on Thursday put Bangladesh in a position to save the second Test against New Zealand with one day left at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Bangladesh reached the end of day four on 269/3 in their second innings, leading New Zealand by ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Thursday compared the country’s newest cricket sensation Mominul Haque with ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan in terms of a laidback approach, tenacity and nonchalance. Mominul cracked a superb, unbeaten ton to help Bangladesh take a 114-run lead with seven wickets in hand after they were trailing by 155 runs when

Uncertainty looms over the fate of the next edition of the Bangladesh Premier League as there is no scope to start the tournament before the match-fixing Tribunal completes its proceedings, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Thursday. The Tribunal was formed after the International Cricket Council charged nine individuals in August for match-fixing-related offences

The victorious Bangladesh Under-19 team received a cash incentive of Tk 10 lakh from the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday after they returned home with a 4-3 series win over their West Indies counterparts. The Junior Tigers’ skipper Mehedy Hasan requested the BCB to include match-fee for them while giving a speech at the greeting ceremony ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal lost his cool on Thursday after he was asked about his Test century drought and asked to be left alone regarding the matter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Tamim scored 95 and 70 runs in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand, raising in each innings the prospect of a ... Read more

Cricket Coaching School have been scratched from this season’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for failing to report in due time for their league match against Brothers Union on October 8, a Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis official said on Thursday. The incident occurred just before the

Bangladesh were left to wonder what went wrong with their bowling as New Zealand took a firm control in the second Test in Dhaka, reaching 419-8 at close on the third day on Wednesday. Four fifties and a century were struck on the day, each coming as a shell to hit the Tigers, who were ... Read more

Left-arm spinner Sakib al Hasan brushed aside any doubts about his bowling ability, returning to his best with a five-wicket haul against the New Zealand in the second Test match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Sakib picked up where he left off at close on Tuesday, inducing an edge from Ross Taylor (53) to ... Read more

Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned to the side as Bangladesh announced a 15-member squad for the first two one-day internationals against New Zealand on Wednesday. Mashrafee, who has not played a Test since ill-fated West Indies tour in 2009 but is a regular member of the one-day side, missed the last two series in ... Read more

Bangladesh have shifted their focus from winning the second Test match to saving it after New Zealand posted a comfortable 137-run lead with two wickets remaining in their first innings at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. The Tigers had been confident in the first two days that they could earn a victory against the touring ... Read more