Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has deferred the player transfer and recruitment programme for the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2013, according to a media release on Wednesday. The transfer programme had been scheduled for July 25, with the league to start at the end of August. This is the fourth time the BCB has had ... Read more

BCB CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND EFFECTS (1)  BCB welfare trust stalled It has been eight months since the Bangladesh Cricket Board is being run by an ad hoc committee. A constitutional crisis the resolution of which is pending with court prevented the BCB from holding an election, giving the Nazmul Hasan-led committee an extended time in ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced a particularly strong Bangladesh ‘A’ side, featuring a host of national team cricketers, for the tour of England next month. The BCB also named the Under-23 and Under-19 sides for the Emerging Nations Cup and the tour of England respectively. The Bangladesh ‘A’ side,

Mohammedan Sporting Club take on Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in grand final of the 5th Women’s Club Cricket Tournament schedule to be held today at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. The match starts at 9:30 am. Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan MP will be the chief guest in the final and distribute the prizes.

The government and the Bangladesh Cricket Board have gone on a massive but questionable spending spree ahead of ICC World Twenty, scheduled for March-April next year. The spending fest includes renovation of some of the stadiums that have no relation with the tournament, raising fear of tax payers’ money being plundered at

A brilliant century by opener Suktara Rahman guided Dhaka Mohammedan SC to reach the final of the 5th Women’s Club Cup Cricket eliminating Dipali Jubo Sangha by 213 runs in the semi-final at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Monday. Batting first after winning the toss, Mohammedan SC

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury hosted a Doa and Ifter party on Sunday which was viewed as a pre-election showdown of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Saber, who recently expressed his willingness to run for the president’s post in the BCB election, had invited the presidents and the general secretaries of

Imrul Kayes scored 68 runs and Liton Kumar Das added 52 to lead the BCB Green team to a four-wicket victory over BCB Red in a practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Chasing BCB Red’s 219, BCB Green got off to a fast start, with openers Kayes and Jahurul Islam putting together ... Read more

Bangladesh pace bowler Abul Hasan will need back surgery as he has not responded to more conservative treatment, the Bangladesh Cricket Board physician said on Sunday. The bowler sustained the injury in March during the second test against Sri Lanka in Colombo and had been rehabbing since, before finally using high-dose injections

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned an emphatic 117-run victory over Kalabagan KC in a rain-interrupted match of the 5th Women’s Club Cricket at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondhi Club scored moderate 201 for 4 in stipulated 40 overs with 98 runs coming in the opening ... Read more

The national selectors missed an opportunity to assess potential bowlers for the Bangladesh ‘A’ team as Saturday’s practice match between the BCB XI and the Under-23 squad at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium was called-off due to rain. This was the second practice match to be abandoned in

All-rounder Taibur Parvez grabbed five wickets before making a valuable contribution with the bat to help Narayanganj clinch the 33rd National Cricket Championship with a six-wicket victory over Faridpur in the final at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Friday. Taibur picked up 5-16 with his left-arm spin to rip through

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan is hopeful that they can make the Fatullah stadium in Narayanganj ready as an alternative venue for the ICC World Twenty20 despite a faulty drainage system. Nazmul visited the venue, which is going through

Bangladeshi umpire Sharfuddoulah Ibne Shahid Shaikat, who was cleared of any wrongdoing following an Indian television sting operation, is set to return to international cricket with the Women’s World Twenty20 qualifiers in Dublin next week. A total of six umpires from Bangladesh, Pakistan and

Selectors were in a dilemma of whether to pick pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza for Bangladesh A team’s tour of the UK after the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s medical unit refused to give him all clear about his fitness. Mashrafee was eying to return to international cricket

Liton Das propelled the Bangladesh Under-23 side to a three-wicket win over Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in a practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Chasing BCB XI’s 248-10, Liton struck 110 from 109 balls to steer the U-23 side to the target with 22 deliveries to spare. Liton smashed 16 boundaries and ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has requested details about suspected Pakistani bookie Sajid Khan from the detective branch of police after it was instructed to do so by the International Cricket Council, officials said on Tuesday. Sajid was picked up after suspicious activity

The ICC has defended the performance of the umpires and the DRS after criticism following the Trent Bridge Test between England and Australia, whilst also admitting to errors in cases involving Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad. The ICC has taken the unusual step of revealing its

The national team cricketers will finally return to action today in a practice match between Bangladesh ‘A’ and the Under-23 side at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Three matches, in which all the players in the national camp, including national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, are expected to feature, were scheduled as part

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is in desperate  need of a specialist batting coach for the emerging young cricketers and for helping out the national team members when required, said the officials on Monday. The necessity of a specialist batting coach came