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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.

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury backed out from the forthcoming election on the pretext of contempt of court fear saying that if he had participated he could have easily been charged. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on July 25 allowed the BCB to hold its executive body election after a ... Read more

A 13-member first batch of New Zealand Test Cricket Team arrived in the capital on Tuesday on a five-week tour to Bangladesh to play two Tests, three ODIs and one T20 International against the Bengal Tigers. The Black Caps will travel to Chittagong on Wednesday after staying the night at Sonargaon Hotel in the city. ... Read more

Abahani Limited’s on-field struggles continued on Tuesday, as the storied club lost to Sheikh Jamal DC by 28 runs in Mirpur to fall into the bottom three of the Dhaka Premier League. The team’s poor form stands in stark contrast to the club’s off-field success, which has seen more than dozen Abahani-based orgainsers

The fifth round of the Dhaka Premier League saw convincing wins for Brothers Union and Kalabagan Krira Chakra at different venues on Monday while the heavyweight clash between Abahani Limited and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club was rained off. Brothers cantered to a nine-wicket win

Most of the New Zealand Test squad, featuring plenty of young blood due to injuries sustained by senior players, will arrive in Dhaka today for their forthcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh. Skipper Brendon McCullum, Neil Wagner and Hamish Rutherford will be arriving on Wednesday due to their participation in the ongoing Champions League

BCB Election All objections rejected The Bangladesh Cricket Board election commission announced the final list of councillors on Monday, as none of the objections raised against the councillorships were accepted. There were as many as 16 objection letters served by the District and Divisional Association and several clubs regarding the nominations of councillors

A high-profile delegation from the ICC World Twenty20 tournament committee arrived in Dhaka on Monday to inspect the development of the Sylhet and Fatullah venues, according to Bangladesh Cricket Board officials. The delegates, including general manager Campbell Jamieson, World Twenty20 event director Chris Tetley and event manager Dhiraj Malhotra, will assess

Nazmul Hasan’s desire to become the first elected president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board hinges on the will of the National Sports Council after he decided against participating in the October 10 election for a directorship. Nazmul, the incumbent BCB president, has long expressed his desire to retain the post and has thrown his weight ... Read more

Election commission receives 14 objections over councillorship Former BCB president Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Sunday demanded that the Bangladesh Cricket Board election schedule should either be cancelled or postponed unless a written copy of the Supreme Curt directive is obtained. Saber placed his demand to the election commission in the afternoon and sought a written ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the Under-19 squad for next month’s tour of the West Indies on Sunday, with Mehedy Hasan retaining the captaincy despite the team’s poor tour of England in August. The tri-nation series in England, which was won by Pakistan U-19, saw Bangladesh win just one match in Mehedy’s first competition as ... Read more

Newcomers Prime Doleshwar continued their impressive run in the Dhaka Premier League after pipping Gazi Tank Cricketers for a three-run win in Duckworth/Lewis method in a hard-fought encounter at Mirpur on Saturday. In the day’s other two matches, Nasir Hossain inspired Victoria Sporting Club to a narrow three-wicket win over Cricket Coaching

The Pran-Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket Tournament advanced to the semifinal stage on the 5th day of six-day meet at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday In the semifinals today, Dainik Samakal will face Channel 9 while Kaler Kantho will meet Rising BD, both at 9 am, at the same venue.

The divisional and district sports organisers on Friday alleged that government influence was used in selecting the councillors for the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board while the process followed was also flawed. The National Sports Council said on Thursday the BCB election will be held on October 10 to put an end to the ... Read more

Bangladesh women’s national cricket team coach Oshadi Weerasinghe pointed to the form of captain Salma Khatun as a reason for the team’s disastrous performance during its recently concluded tour of South Africa on Friday. The women’s team returned from South Africa on Thursday after failing to register a single win in the three-match ODI series and ... Read more

The much-talked about election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board will be held on October 10, the National Sports Council announced on Thursday, putting to an end the long speculation. The announcement of election schedule came within hours after the BCB said it has prepared a draft list of councillors and approved it in its ad ... Read more