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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,’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Bangladesh national women’s cricket team succumbed to a heavy nine-wicket defeat against their South African counterparts in the second Twenty20 international at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom on Saturday. Courtesy of the win, the South African women’s team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. Electing to take first strike

Sri Lanka’s Test and ODI captain Angelo Mathews admitted to reporters on Friday that Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal was one of the reasons behind his decision to take part in the Dhaka Premier League this season. Primarily through the efforts of Tamim, Brothers Union acquired the services of Mathews for the most prestigious limited-over competition

Defending champions Victoria Sporting Club on Friday urged the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis on Friday to order a replay of their opening Dhaka Premier League encounter against Kalabagan Cricket Academy. The match, originally scheduled on September 10 at the BKSP, was declared abandoned because of unplayable ground condition and the

England legend Geoffrey Boycott has said that he believes that Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar’s looming 200th Test milestone is the root of the dispute over India’s summer tour of South Africa, reports ANI The report mentioned that tensions between new Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Haroon Lorgat and the Indian cricket board

Young Bangladeshi pace bowler Al Amin and Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi grabbed all the headlines at the Dhaka Premier League after the duo reigned supreme over their respective opponents on Thursday. Al Amin scalped 6-16 to lead Abahani Limited to a massive 212-run win over Cricket Coaching School at Fatullah, while Nabi blasted