Cricket

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

Nazmus Sadat played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 82 runs to help Brothers Union post an easy six-wicket victory over holders Victoria Sporting Club in the Dhaka Premier League on Friday. Brothers, who picked up their second victory, were joined in the winners’ circle by Gazi Tank Cricketers and Prime Bank Cricket Club after contrasting ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s ad-hoc committee member AZM Nasir apparently acted as a postman as he took 10 councillorship letters to hand over to the representatives of different districts of Chittagong Division. Rival group alleged that Nasir took the responsibility, which is supposed to be done by a messenger or a postman as specified in the ... Read more

The Bangladesh women’s national team lost the first ODI of their tour of South Africa by six-wickets in a one-sided affair in Benoni on Friday, as the hosts chased down the tourists’ 149/8 in the 38th over. Bangladesh lost the toss and were put in to bat by South Africa, who allowed just one run ... Read more

Chaos and confusion spread all over the country less than a day after the Bangladesh Cricket Board sent letters to various affiliated bodies, seeking councillorship ahead of the planned election. The letters, sent on Wednesday, were the first significant steps taken towards holding the election, which has been a long time coming since an Appellate Division

Cricket is set to return to its home at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today after a seven-month gap with a Dhaka Premier League match between Victoria Sporting Club and Brothers Union. The premier venue of the country did not host any match since the Bangladesh Cricket League final in February as it had undergone some ... Read more