Wednesday, February 25, 2026

BU, Prime Bank cruise in DPL

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

An ad hoc postman!

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

Bangladesh women humbled by SA

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

BCB councillorship letter sparks chaos

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 set to return to Mirpur today

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

BCB finally begins election process

The Bangladesh Cricket Board finally took steps towards holding its long overdue elections when it started to send letters to clubs, DSAs and other parties on Wednesday, asking them to submit the names of their councillors. ‘We started distributing the letters for councillorship [on Wednesday]. Hopefully by [Thursday] they will reach the concerned authorities,’

BFF body begins SAFF failure investigation

The committee assigned to investigate the Bangladesh national football team’s debacle at the recent SAFF Championship interviewed three assistant coaches on its first day of work on Wednesday. The three-member committee, lead by Bangladesh Football Federation vice-president Badal Roy, revealed on Wednesday that it had unearthed errors regarding

Reviews to be reset after 80 overs

The number of reviews available for a team in a Test innings will be topped-up to two after 80 overs in an innings. The system will be trialed from October 1, 2013 in all Tests where the Decision Review System is available, the ICC announced on Wednesday in Dubai after its Chief Executives’ Meeting. Currently, a ... Read more

U-19s to tour WI in October

The Bangladesh Under-19 squad will start a three week tour of Guyana on October 2 to play seven One-Day matches against the West Indies Under-19s, officials said on Wednesday. The tour is considered critical to the team’s development ahead of next year’s Under-19 World Cup in Dubai, particularly on the heels of a disastrous tour ... Read more

Lokuarachchi makes a mockery of ICC

Organisers of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament made a mockery of the International Cricket Council when they allowed suspended Sri Lankan cricketer Kaushal Lokuarachchi to participate in a qualifying game at Mohali in India on Tuesday. ICC charged Lokuarachchi along with

Sakib happy to be UNICEF envoy

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is glad to have been selected as one of the UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassadors to support and advocate for the children of Bangladesh. Sakib was presented as a UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador, along with magician Jewel Aich and film actress Moushumi, at a press conference

Sylhet to host NZ T20 pending approval

The Bangladesh Cricket Board hopes to receive ICC approval for the Sylhet Stadium, which was chosen to host the only Twenty20 International of the home series against New Zealand when the itinerary was announced on Tuesday. Sylhet Stadium remains one of the four

BCB resigned to WT20 first round fate

Hosts Bangladesh have apparently given up hope of gaining direct entry into the second round of the ICC World Twenty20 despite the ICC confirming that the tournament format has yet to be finalised, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Monday. The Bangladeshi cricket community

The curious case of forgotten hat-tricks

There were three similarities between the hat-tricks of Rubel Hossain and Tapash Baisya from Sunday’s Dhaka Premier League matches. Both were the last three wickets of the first innings, both came in defeat, and inexplicably, both men did not immediately realise that it was a hat-trick. In Rubel’s case, it took a discussion in the following

Tigers impress skipper in DPL

The performance of national players in the first two rounds of Dhaka Premier League matches has been impressive ahead of the forthcoming series against New Zealand, national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday. Pace bowler Rubel Hossain has claimed 11 wickets, including a hattrick and back-to-back five-wicket hauls, while national opener

Shakeer opens DPL door for Indians

The complexion of the ongoing Dhaka Premier League could change overnight, as the recruitment of an Indian cricketer may open the door for all participating sides to drastically alter the strength of their squads. Mohammedan Sporting Club recently registered Hyderabad’s Mohammed Ahmed Shakeer as their fourth foreign cricketer to participate in

Tamim, Rubel shine in BKSP mismatch

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal struck a century to lead Brothers Union to their first win in their second Dhaka Premier League match this season against Gazi Tank Cricketers at new venue BKSP-3 on Sunday. National paceman Rubel Hossain achieved a rare feat in domestic cricket, when he grabbed 5-37 for Gazi Tanks, his second consecutive five-wicket

Tamim blasts ‘horrible’ BKSP venue

Brothers Union opener Tamim Iqbal called the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan Ground-3 venue ‘horrible’ after his side’s 136-run victory over the Gazi Tank Cricketers in Duckworth/Lewis method on Sunday. ‘I am actually very disappointed with the ground,’ said Tamim, despite scoring 100 off 92 balls to take his team to 246 before a rain delay

Sakib denies political ambition

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan denied any intention of joining politics after he came under fire from many corners for attending a political programme hosted by ruling political party Bangladesh Awami League Awami League organised the programme titled Vision 2021 on Friday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre to describe its achievements

Mahmood boosts BU before Gazi clash

British-passport holder Pakistani all-rounder Azhar Mahmood joined Brothers Union ahead of their highly anticipated Dhaka Premier League cricket match against Gazi Tank Cricketers at a new ground of BKSP today. Both the teams have won their opening matches of the first round and a win in today’s will be give them an edge in the title ... Read more