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New Zealand got what they had expected- a low and slow wicket without much bounce or turn – and they were well-prepared for it, said batsman Peter Fulton after day one of the first Test in Chittagong on Wednesday. The Kiwis reached 280-5 at the close of the opening day’s play, but the day could ... Read more

Today’s Bangladesh Cricket Board election was hit with another court ruling as the National Sports Council was served with a show-cause notice by the fifth joint district court on Wednesday, an NSC official said. The notice was served after a case was filed by Sonar Bangla Club’s Abu Taher, Hillol Jubo Songho’s Mohammad Selim and ... Read more

Sri Lanka’s former skipper and opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is to retire from Test cricket but will remain available for shorter versions of the game, the country’s cricket board said Wednesday. Dilshan, who will be 37 on Monday, is due to hold a make a formal announcement at a press conference on Thursday, Sri Lanka ... Read more

Hot Spot will not be available to third umpires during the Ashes in Australia after Channel Nine chose to remove the technology. Decisions will now be subject to analysis by the Eagle Eye ball-tracker, audio from the stump microphones and slow-motion replays in case of a review. Warren Brennan, the inventor of Hot Spot confirmed

Bangladesh are fully prepared as they head into the first Test match against New Zealand in Chittagong today, coach Shane Jurgensen and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim insisted on Tuesday. The Tigers have been preparing for this series since June, when fitness trainer Stuart Karppinen held a fitness camp before coach Shane Jurgensen

Gazi Tank owner and BCB directorship candidate Lutfor Rahman Badal said on Tuesday that high-level corruption, coupled with external pressure influencing the race, prompted him to withdraw from the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board election. ‘The concerned authorities initially refused

New Zealand aspire to rise from the ashes when they begin their Bangladesh tour with the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today. The Kiwis were buried during their last visit to Bangladesh three years ago, when the home side defied all odds to post a 4-0 win in the One-Day

The Dhaka Premier League reached an unexpected anti-climax before its Eid break when the match between Brothers Union and Cricket Coaching School was postponed after the latter arrived late on Tuesday. Brothers Union appealed for a walkover when CCS arrived just ten minutes before the scheduled start time. The fate of the match will be ... Read more

Uncapped New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi could emerge as a surprise for Bangladesh in the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today. The Indian-born Sodhi, regarded as a highly talented leg-spinner despite his unremarkable first-class record, is a contender for the second

Newly-promoted Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity finally registered their opening victory of the Dhaka Premier League against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club on Tuesday. In the other battle of the day between the two Kalabagans, Cricket Academy recorded a 52-run win over Krira Chakra. 

Injured pace bowler Abul Hasan underwent a successful operation on his backbone in Australia on Monday that had prevented him from participating in all sorts of cricket activities since the second away Test against Sri Lanka this year. Abul, who shot to fame in his debut Test against the West Indies last year by cracking ... Read more

Bangladesh Under-19 fell to a six-wicket defeat against their West Indies counterparts in the opener of their seven-match One-Day series in Guyana on Monday. West Indies Under-19 won the toss and asked Bangladesh U-19 to bat first. The visitors gave a poor account of themselves as they stumbled to 135 all

Last time Bangladesh played a Test match against New Zealand in Chittagong they had nearly won it. Daniel Vettori snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat for the Kiwis but the performance in that game gave the Tigers at least some confidence. Five years after that epic contest,

The Nazmul Hasan-backed panel for the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s category-2 (Dhaka Metropolitan Clubs) directors was declared to have been elected unopposed after other aspirants backed out of the race on Monday. A total of 21 councillors had submitted their names in the category but on the last day for withdrawals, nine candidates, including BCB president

Rain had confined the New Zealand cricket team mostly to their hotel or the indoor practice facilities since their arrival in Chittagong, and the situation was expected to be no different on Monday. However, the visitors woke up to bright sunshine, which came as a pleasant surprise as it provided them with an opportunity to ... Read more

A quickfire opening-wicket partnership by Dilshan Munaweera and Junaid Siddiqui propelled Sheikh Jamal to the summit of the Dhaka Premier League standings, while Gazi Tank Cricketers joined them at the top after overcoming Abahani Limited on Monday. Sheikh Jamal romped to a resounding eight-wicket

Maasranga Television clinched the Walton-DRU Cricket title for the 3rd time in a row beating ntv by 10 runs in the final at Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Favoured by coin, Maasranga TV batted first to score 96 runs for one in six overs with Mahfuz making the team highest 30 runs. Rakib ... Read more

Two court orders on Sunday have cleared the way for the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s election to commence in due time as there are no legal obligations left to challenge its progress, BCB officials said on Sunday. Two cases had been filed by former BCB director Fuad al Redwan and District and Divisional Sports Association leader Yusuf ... Read more

New Zealand’s pace bowlers will be able to have an impact in the series against Bangladesh despite spin-friendly conditions, Black Caps bowling coach Shane Bond said on Sunday. ‘Even though the wickets are low and slow, I think history suggests that the quick bowlers have done well against Bangladesh,’ said the former New Zealand paceman.

The touring New Zealand team go into the first Test without any warm-up action as the practice match was called off on the second day at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Saturday. The only practice match for the tourist scheduled in the itinerary could not get underway as the second day also passed ... Read more