Cricket

Disgraced former national captain Mohammad Ashraful may turn his attention to coaching in the aftermath of his confessed involvement in the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal and subsequent suspension. Pledge Harbor School and Sports Academy, an English-medium residential school in Gazipur, has approached Ashraful

With the Gorkhalis confirming Nepal’s place as a regional football power after an impressive run to the semi-finals of the just-completed SAFF Championship, the nation’s cricketers hope to reach greater international heights of their own. The Nepalese national cricket team has

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is passing a difficult time in finalising the itinerary of the forthcoming home series against New Zealand despite the arrival date of the tourists is just three weeks away. The New Zealand team are scheduled to reach Dhaka on October 1 to play two Tests three one-day internationals and one Twenty20 international ... Read more

The new Dhaka Premier League hit its first controversy in just its second day, when an under-prepared outfield at BKSP forced defending champions Victoria Sporting Club to share the points with Kalabagan Cricket Academy in their abandoned opening match on Wednesday. Victoria members are furious, as the Cricket Committee of Dhaka

Mohammedan Sporting Club’s Tillakaratne Dilshan hopes that playing in the Dhaka Premier League will help his performances in future international competitions in Bangladesh, the Sri Lankan all-rounder said at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. Dilshan, who was preparing to depart

Nafees Iqbal and Rubel Hossain shone brightly on the opening day of this season’s Dhaka Premier League as the country’s premier limited-over competition finally got underway on Tuesday at different venues across the country. After several delays and interruptions before the start of the tournament, two matches of round one were completed on

Sri Lanka and Mohammedan Sporting Club batsman Upul Tharanga revealed on Tuesday that the memory of the 2004 South Asian Tsunami still haunts him at night after all these years. ‘I still pass sleepless nights when those dreadful memories of the Tsunami return,’ Tharanga said after arriving at the Bangabandhu National Stadium

Victoria Sporting Club captain Nasir Hossain took a swipe at the Bangladesh Cricket Board for scheduling their Dhaka Premier League opener against Kalabagan Cricket Academy at the BKSP venue despite knowing the weather conditions. The match between reigning champions Victoria against newly-promoted Kalabagan at BKSP had to be abandoned on

The next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) — or at least some matches of the T20 tournament — may be played outside India. Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, or both, could be the likely host, reports Indian Express. The reason is the same as in 2009, when the second season was played in South Africa: ... Read more

Brigadier General Emadul Haque, the director general of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan, could be the election commissioner for the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board election, a senior National Sports Council official said on Tuesday. The NSC proposed Emadul’s name to

Sports organisers of Khulna have appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board for assisting them in hosting at least one match in the upcoming home series against New Zealand at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. Ali Asgar, the former president of the BCB and lawmaker of the Khulna–2 constituency, said that the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium had ... Read more

The long-awaited Dhaka Premier League begins today with three matches at different venues. Reigning champions Victoria Sporting Club will take on newly-promoted Kalabagan Cricket Academy at the BKSP while Gazi Tank Cricketers will face another promoted side Khelaghar Samaj Kallayan Samity at Bogra and Brothers Union will play against Prime Bank

Leading electronics manufacturer Walton Group has earned the sponsorship rights for the Dhaka Premier League, a Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Monday. Walton, sponsor of the previous edition of the DPL, was awarded the deal after being the only party interested in the league, which had been dealing

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is expected to host a Dhaka Premier League awards night, a BCB official said on Monday. The sponsors’ prizes for the DPL have been a laughing stock among local clubs and cricketers since 2008, as very few have ever actually received their awards after being announced as winners. Jalal Yunus, a BCB ad ... Read more

There will be seven new captains, including six national team members, when the Dhaka Premier League begins today. National team opener Tamim Iqbal will lead the new-look Brothers Union, while dependable all-rounder Nasir Hossain will captain reigning champions Victoria Sporting Club. Prime Bank will be captained by left-arm spinner Enamul Haque jr.

With the Dhaka Premier League just 24 hours away, most of the teams are struggling with the recruitment of their foreign players, according to some officials on Sunday. Several teams could not confirm the services of foreign cricketers as both India and Pakistan refused to give the No-objection Certificate that

National vice-captain Mahmudullah will lead Gazi Tank Cricketers in the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League which gets underway on Tuesday, the premier league club announced. Satellite channel NTV chairman Mosaddek Ali and Gazi Tank Cricketers chairman Lutfor Rahman Badal handed over the jerseys to the new captain and

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Ali Asghar broke his silence on Saturday and criticised current BCB president Nazmul Hasan for not making a level playing field for the forthcoming election ‘If an interim board president himself wants to contest the election I don’t think there will be any level playing field,’ Ashgar told reporters at

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal was made captain of the new-look Brothers Union as the club announced his name during the inauguration ceremony of the Brothers Union Club Limited on Saturday. Tamim looked happy to be included in the set-up and believed that his side can go miles in the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League considering the

All-rounder Sathira Zakir Jessy returned to the national team after her superlative domestic performance as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad for the forthcoming tour of South Africa on Saturday. Jessy, the best performer in the last edition