Cricket

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

Zimbabwean Hamilton Masakadza hit a sparkling half-century to power Kalabagan Cricket Academy to an impressive six-wicket win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the sixth round of the Dhaka Premier League at BKSP-3 on Saturday. The right-handed batsman smashed half a dozen

Middle-order batsman Kane Williamson was under no illusions with the difficult task at hand as New Zealand are preparing to take on Bangladesh in the first Test in three days’ time at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Williamson was exchanging his views with the

All the 38 nomination papers submitted by the individual candidates for the three categories in the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board were declared valid by the election commission on Saturday. The election commission published the list of candidates after they were found valid during scrutiny on the same day. However, the candidates can ... Read more

Hosts Bangladesh are confident of earning a positive result in the forthcoming home series against an inexperienced New Zealand side, Tigers vice-captain Mahmudullah said on Friday. New Zealand, featuring plenty of young blood after injuries to senior players significantly weakened the squad, will take on the hosts in the first

The touring New Zealand cricket team was disappointed that the first day of their three-day practice match against Bangladesh Cricket Board XI was washed out on Friday, Black Caps batsman Peter Fulton told reporters. The first day of their only practice match ahead of the two-match Test series against the Tigers was called off due ... Read more

The three final sixth-round matches of the Dhaka Premier League were abandoned on Friday after persistent rain throughout the day. Only a shortened first innings was possible during the match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Kalabagan Cricket Academy at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson believes that his team will not feel the weight of the Black Caps’ woeful last series in Bangladesh, he said ahead of their departure for Chittagong on Thursday. Hesson, speaking at a press conference at the team hotel in Dhaka, dismissed the idea that this team of fresh faces would ... Read more

New Zealand left-arm pace bowler Trent Boult will look to continue his success in the subcontinent when the first Test against Bangladesh begins on October 9 in Chittagong. Boult took nine wickets in two Tests in Sri Lanka last November and has picked up 14 of his 49 career wickets in the four tests he ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club president Manzur Kader has criticised the stance taken by former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury, who pulled out of the upcoming election for cricket’s governing body. Manzur expressed his despair and anger at Saber’s decision to back out after a meeting of Dhaka Cricket Clubs Association members on

Former national captain Akram Khan is among the seven directors elected unopposed in the Bangladesh Cricket Board election after no rival candidates were found in their respective categories on the final day for submission of the nomination papers on Thursday. A total of 38 candidates had submitted their

Bangladesh name squad for 1st New Zealand Test Selectors have picked three pacers and three spinners in the Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand, announced on Wednesday, hoping for Bangladesh’s first ever win against a major side at home. Regular spinners Sakib al Hasan and Sohag Gazi were joined by veteran ... Read more

In early 2009, former national coach Sarwar Imran was invited by one his friends to give some tips to players from relegation-threatened second-division side Lalmatia KC. There he found two young pace bowlers in the nets, bowling very fast. Yet neither of them had secured a regular place in the side, and the explanation

In a surprise move by the selectors, talismanic all-rounder Sakib al Hasan has been added to the BCB XI squad, scheduled to face New Zealand in a three-day match at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong from October 4-6. Sakib was not on the BCB XI squad list when it was first announced on Friday, but ... Read more

Abahani Limited’s freefall continued as they suffered their fifth consecutive defeat, while Mohammedan lost their third match in a row and Prime Doleshwar had their four-game winning streak snapped in the Dhaka Premier League action on Wednesday. Abahani lost to Prime Bank by 120 runs at

The United Commercial Bank Limited will sell the tickets for the forthcoming Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket series, this was announced at a press conference on Wednesday. UCBL bought the rights from Exiom Technologies, a marketing firm, which holds the  ticketing rights of BCB’s all bilateral series upto June, 2016.