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The visiting ICC venue inspection team was greeted with a sledgehammer in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday, as a local administrator chose the day to pursue her business interests. Witnesses said Nasima Akter, the vice-chairperson of the Sadar Upzilla, took the sledgehammer to some of the structures that housed construction workers at the

Blistering hundreds by Luke Wright and Gary Ballance embarrassed the touring Bangladesh A team’s bowlers as the England Lions posted 353/4 in the first unofficial ODI of their three-match series in Bristol on Tuesday. Wright blasted an unbeaten 143 off just 63 balls and Ballance hit 115 off 89 to leave a unit featuring four regular ... Read more

The 10-member disciplinary panel to deal with the nine individuals charged with corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League is all but completed, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Monday. The ICC had asked the BCB to form the panel from where separate tribunals will be constituted to deal with each individual charged by ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board can rest assured that the ICC World Twenty20 will be held here as per schedule after showcasing the ICC inspection team its alternative venue at Fatullah on Monday, said the officials. Bangladesh will host the showpiece event from March 16-April 6 next year but doubts were recently expressed by ICC officials ... Read more

The cricketing fraternity in Bangladesh heaved a sigh of relief as national captain Mushfiqur Rahim came unhurt after his car had an accident on his way to practice in Mirpur on Monday. The mishap took place at the Kalshi signal when a private car rammed the vehicle from behind, which was carrying Mushfiq to the ... Read more

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim called on Sunday for everyone to shift their focus on cricket, rather than match-fixing issues, as he expects a hard-fought home series ahead against New Zealand. The cricketing corridor of Bangladesh has spent most of its time over the last few weeks preoccupied with the outcome of the ICC Anti Corruption ... Read more

The International Cricket Council inspection team left Sylhet for Dhaka on Sunday afternoon without expressing a final opinion on the Sylhet Divisional Stadium’s inclusion as a venue for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament. The delegation said, however, that it would visit the stadium once again in September, when a final decision would be made.

Ace Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan lost his last group stage game in the Caribbean Premier League on Saturday as his side Barbados Tridents went down to Chris Gayle’s Jamaica Tallawahs by six wickets at Sabina Park on Saturday. Shakib conceded 22 runs in his four overs

Bangladesh Under-23s stumbled to their first defeat of the ACC Emerging Team Cup as they lost to Sri Lanka U-23s by 62 runs at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. After being put in to bat the Sri Lankans finished on 259 for 6. In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for 197. Sri Lanka rode on ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has been left to figure out how things went so wrong after the Bangladesh Under-19s failed to qualify for Monday’s final of the Under-19 Tri-Nation Tournament in Nottingham. ‘It was definitely disappointing,’ BCB game development chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain told New Age on Saturday. ‘I will seek an explanation from

The Bangladesh Under-23 cricket team chased down Singapore’s 121 with 140 balls to spare, thrashing the hosts by eight wickets in the opening Group B match at the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup 2013 on Saturday. The Under-23 bowlers stifled host Singapore from the early stages, eventually bowling the minnows out for 121 in ... Read more

Former chief justice of Bangladesh Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury said on Friday he is not in a hurry to appoint the tribunals to deal with the accused of the match-fixing allegations in the Bangladesh Premier League. The charges relate to an alleged conspiracy within the Dhaka Gladiators franchise to engage in match-fixing and spot-fixing activities during ... Read more

Selectors have lost an opportunity to watch injured bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza ahead of the upcoming series against New Zealand after he was ruled out for the rest of Bangladesh A’s tour of England, officials said on Friday. Selectors had faced a dilemma in deciding whether to pick Mashrafee for the Bangladesh A

The St Lucia Zouks got the better of the Antigua Hawksbills by 17 runs courtesy the Duckworth-Lewis method in the Caribbean Premier League on Friday as Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal once again failed to excel. Tamim scored 20 runs from 19 deliveries in the rain-curtailed match, while his opening

A four-member delegation of high-level ICC officials arrived in Dhaka on Friday to inspect the venues ahead of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, officials said yesterday. The ICC delegation includes event director Chris Tetley, stadium consultant Eugene Van Vuuren, event manager Dhiraj Malhotra and chief curator Andy Atkinson, who

Anamul Haque amassed 110 runs at the top of the order as Bangladesh A posted a first innings total of 274/8 in their one-dayer against Worcestershire on Friday. Anamul hit eight fours and three sixes in his 122-ball knock before finally offering a catch to Daryl Mitchell off the bowling of Shaaiq Choudhry,

ICC inspection team arrives today The fate of the Sylhet Divisional Stadium hosting the ICC World Twenty20 matches could be sealed when a high-level ICC inspection team will visit the stadium to see the progress of its development work. The ICC delegation, which includes event director Chris Tetley, stadium consultant Eugene Van Vuuren, event manager ... Read more

AHM Mustafa Kamal committed his first blunder as the vice-president of International Cricket Council when he made certain comments on local TV channels about the BPL match-fixing issue at his business office on Wednesday. His comments came a day after the ICC stated that it will not make any further comments on the issue after ... Read more

A rearguard action from the lower middle-order enabled Bangladesh Under-19 to post 198 runs before being dismissed in 50 overs against their English counterparts in Worcester on Thursday. Bangladesh U-19 team kept losing wickets at regular intervals in the face of some disciplined bowling by the England U-19 bowlers, as half of the side had

The cricketers, fans and organisers felt relived as the International Cricket Council formally charged nine individuals for various offences committed during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League. Though the ICC did not name any individual, it has been widely published in the media, clearing the unease that prevailed in the cricketing arena