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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

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson had to wait five years for his maiden first-class century after debuting as a 16-year-old in 2007. His wait for a Test ton was much shorter. The 22-year-old lefty reached his first Test hundred at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday, just two weeks after scoring nine runs in his ... Read more

If the drawn Chittagong Test was the high, Sohag Gazi has now seen the low point of his career in the ongoing Dhaka Test, where he is still wicket-less despite bowling 34 overs in New Zealand’s first innings. The all-rounder took nine wickets against the West Indies in the same ground last year to announce his ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan was back close to his best but rain limited his success to just three wickets on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka on Tuesday. Heavy downpour prevented any play after the tea-break for the second consecutive day, keeping both teams on par as Sakib eradicated any ... Read more

Neil Wagner was left out of the New Zealand side for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong earlier this month. After his first innings five-for in the second Test, he may not have to return to the sidelines for quite some time. ‘For me personally it was tough to miss out on the first Test, ... Read more

The Bangladesh Under-19s completed their bounce-back from a torrid series in England in August by beating West Indies Under-19 by 67 runs in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday and winning the seven-match One-Day series 4-3. The teams went into Monday’s series finale deadlocked with three wins apiece, but the hosts appeared to have all the momentum,

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