Cricket

Reigning Dhaka Premier League champions Victoria Sporting Club will take on newly-promoted Kalabagan Cricket Academy at the BKSP in one of the three first-round matches on September 10, the opening day of the league, said a press release of Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis on Friday. Gazi Tank Cricketers will face another promoted side

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury dismissed any talk of pulling out from the BCB election and reiterated his call for an open debate with his rival Nazmul Hasan. Nazmul recently accepted Saber’s challenge for open debate saying he was ready for the event at any place to give his account of the ... Read more

The three-day practice match between Bangladesh Green and Red ended in a dull draw after the end of the third and final day’s play at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Thursday. Bangladesh Green, led by national captain Mushfiqur Rahim, posted 171-5 in 46 overs in their second innings when the stumps were ... Read more

The Tribunal to deal with the accused in match-fixing allegations in the Bangladesh Premier League has yet to be formed, although three weeks have passed by since the submission of the investigation report by the International Cricket Council. The delay had raised quite a few eyebrows as it was

Middle-order batsman Marshal Ayub gave the selectors a timely reminder that he is ready to fill the number-three slot left vacant by Mohammad Ashraful, hitting an unbeaten century on the second day of the three-day practice match in Khulna. Ayub, who toured Sri Lanka with the national team

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is set to miss the beginning of the Dhaka Premier League to allow his injured left-thumb, which sustained a hairline fracture during the Caribbean Premier League, enough time to recover. Sakib, who did not travel with the national team to Khulna to participate in a three-day match practice match, was prescribed rest ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board plans to hold its long overdue election by the first week of October, BCB president Nazmul Hasan said on Monday. The BCB has yet to disburse the letters for the interested councillors even though a court ruling on July 25 paved way for the election. Nazmul

A three-day practice match between Bangladesh Cricket Board Green and Red teams begins today at Khulna’s Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. Mushfiqur Rahim’s BCB Green will take on BCB Red, captained by Mahmudullah, as a part of the national cricket team’s preparation for the upcoming home

Pakistani cricketers are unlikely to feature in the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League after an ICC move made provincial clearance invalid for any cricketers willing to participate in a foreign league, said the officials on Sunday. ICC sent a letter to the BCB last month, making a No Objection Certificate from respective boards mandatory for all players. Clubs ... Read more

Gazi TV is likely to broadcast the forthcoming home series against New Zealand after emerging as the highest bidder in an intense marketing battle, officials said on Sunday. Five companies – Channel 9, Gazi TV and Maasranga TV along with two agencies owned by Rizwan bin Faruk and Intikhab Mahmud participated in the race for

National team spinner Sohag Gazi hopes to come good against New Zealand when the Black Caps tour Bangladesh in October, with the A team’s disappointing tour of England still fresh on his mind. ‘If I am there I will obviously try my best to perform,’ Sohag said at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. ‘I prepare ... Read more

The Dhaka Electric Supply Company on Sunday momentarily cut off the electricity of the Bangladesh Cricket Board office at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium for the second time in the last three months due to non payment of electric bills. DESCO said the BCB owes more than Tk 51 lakh to them in arrear electric bills, ... Read more

After a long lay-off pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza is set to make a return to cricket with a three-day practice match in Khulna ahead of the home series against New Zealand. Mashrafee has been picked for Bangladesh Red who will face Mushfiqur Rahim-led Bangladesh Green at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium from September 3.

Bangladesh’s preparation for the forthcoming New Zealand series received a jolt after Pakistani spin-bowling consultant Saqlain Mushtaq decided to help the West Indian spinners instead of joining the Tigers’ camp, according to the players and officials. The Tigers are scheduled to play a three-day preparation match in Khulna from September 3, but Saqlain will be ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan was recognised on Friday for his stellar bowling for the Barbados Tridents when he was named in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League Team of the tournament, despite his poor form with the willow. Sakib and his national team-mate Tamim Iqbal, who was not included in the 12-man list of CPL stand-out performers, ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will not take any responsibility over the payment of players in the Dhaka Premier League, an official said on Thursday, raising fears of further chaos in local cricket. The BCB had been expected to provide the players with some assurances over payment, if not any formal guarantees, as it did during ... Read more

Former Pakistan offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq will conduct a three-week spin-bowling clinic for a select group of current and emerging West Indies spinners, including three women cricketers, from September 3. Saqlain was invited to conduct the clinic on the suggestion of West Indies coach, Ottis Gibson in a bid to better the skills of players who ... Read more

The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League will be under more scrutiny than ever in the aftermath of the recent match-fixing scandal that has rocked Bangladesh’s cricket, said the officials of Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The DPL is widely blamed for match-fixing in local cricket, though it has hardly any link with international betting syndicate which mainly lures ... Read more

Embattled former national captain Mohammad Ashraful has left for the United Kingdom to seek advice from a lawyer familiar with match-fixing related charges, sources close to the player confirmed on Wednesday. Ashraful, one of the nine individuals charged by the ICC for match-fixing in the 2013 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, has already confessed

The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League should be wide open, with several teams having near-equal chances of winning after players were transferred through the newly-introduced system, according to a number of team officials. This contrasts the lead-in to last season, when it was not too difficult to predict that eventual champions Victoria Sporting Club would