Cricket

The Dhaka Premier League’s last undefeated team fell on Thursday as Mohammedan SC were beaten by Sheikh Jamal DC to leave the young season wide open after four rounds of matches. Mohammedan SC were on the wrong end of one of the day’s three one-sided affairs, with the perennial powerhouse receiving a 239-run beating at ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday it accepted the resignation of chief selector Akram Khan, who has recently become a councillor from Chittagong Division and is all set to participate in the forthcoming election. Akram resigned on September 18 to pursue his new ambition that will mark the end of his long professional career – ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board selectors named their 28-man preliminary squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand on Thursday, with Shahriar Nafees and Shahadat Hossain at the top of the list of notable omissions. Both players had been on the original 30-man preliminary squad named on June 11 and had been expected to remain on the ... Read more

New Age fell out of contention for a quarterfinal spot at the Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket 2013 after losing to Independent by 31 runs at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Batting first, Independent piled up a huge total of 114-1 in their stipulated six overs. New Age’s all-out effort to overhaul the ... Read more

Sports ministry joint-secretary Abdur Rahman named chief election commissioner The National Sports Council on Wednesday formed a three-member election commission with sports ministry joint-secretary Abdur Rahman as its head for the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board as the nomination of the councillors were completed earlier. A senior official at the sports ministry said

Mohammedan SC will be without Mashrafee bin Murtaza for their Dhaka Premier League encounter with Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today, while Kalabagan KC should finally have Sakib al Hasan available for their next match. Mashrafee experienced a swelling around his

Disgraced Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi was Wednesday banned for life from holding any cricket post, three years after being thrown out of his own popular but tainted Twenty20 league. The general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which met in Chennai, accepted the verdict of its disciplinary panel that ... Read more

Former national captain Akram Khan said on Wednesday that he had submitted his resignation letter as the national chief selector on September 18 before accepting councillorship from the Chittagong division. Akram’s aim is to run as a candidate for the board of directors in the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board elections, but he could not do ... Read more

New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris smashed a stylish century to steer Gazi Tank Cricketers to their third victory in four matches, this time beating Cricket Coaching School by five wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. Elsewhere, Prime Doleshwar notched their third consecutive league win by beating Prime Bank Cricket Club at BKSP, also by ... Read more

There will only be one national selector available during the Tigers’ home series against New Zealand, as the contracts of the current selection panel, headed by former national team captain Akram Khan, expire on September 30. Chief selector Akram is looking to run in the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board election and has become a councillor from ... Read more

BCB Councillorship Jalal at the heart of top controversy The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s high-profile media committee chairman Jalal Yunus was at the centre of controversy as the deadline to submit the names of councillors passed on Tuesday. Jalal had submitted his name as the councillor for second-division side Rayer Bazar Athletics Club on September 18, ... Read more

New Age started their Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket 2013 campaign with a crushing five-wicket defeat to Kaler Kontha at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey stadium on Tuesday. Batting first, New Age scored 54-2 in the allotted 6 overs, with 18 runs from top-scorer Zakaria and 15 from Rashad Banna. Needing 55 to win, Kaler Kontha blasted

Match-Fixing Scandal BCB faces legal battle over trial delays  The Bangladesh Cricket Board was served with a legal notice on Monday by two of the accused persons charged in the recent of Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal for failing to start a trial in the stipulated time and thereby denying them a chance to defend ... Read more

Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor said on Monday that he believes Bangladesh are tough at home and will have a point to prove when they face New Zealand next month. ‘I know Bangladesh are a fantastic team at home and for the upcoming tour against New Zealand, I’m sure that they’ve got a good record against

Kalabagan Krira Chakra are waiting for the x-ray report on their star all-rounder Sakib al Hasan as a positive result will enable him to play for them for the first time in the Dhaka Premier League, said coach Sanwar Hossain on Monday. Kalabagan were able to rope in Sakib in the transfer window because of the ... Read more

Shamsur Rahman inspired Mohammedan Sporting Club to a thrilling three-wicket win over arch-rivals Abahani Limited in a pulsating Dhaka Premier League derby that went right down to the wire at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Requiring one run to win off one delivery,

Mohammedan Sporting Club’s Shamsur Rahman is not eyeing too far despite making a match-winning unbeaten century against arch-rivals Abahani in the Dhaka Premier League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Shamsur made 105 from 115 balls and remained at the crease till the end to script a memorable win for the MSC and help his

The Bangladesh women’s national team fell to its second crushing defeat to South Africa in as many matches, losing by 95 runs in the second of the tour’s three ODIs in Johannesburg on Sunday. South Africa were put in to bat by the visitors and posted 237/4 after an unbeaten 100 by captain Mignon du Preez ... Read more

Mohammedan-Abahani face off today in crunch match Arch-rivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club face each other in what is just the third round of the ongoing Dhaka Premier League, the newly-included list A competition, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Mohammedan are the only unbeaten side so far in the tournament despite not being able ... Read more

Sri Lanka have requested to play an additional Twenty20 International when they visit in February for a series against Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Saturday. ‘We have decided to include another T20I in the itinerary of Sri Lanka,’ said Enayet Hossain, chairman of the BCB cricket operations, after a meeting of his