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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

A two-member panel of the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit is expected to leave today after completing their latest investigations into alleged match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League, said officials of the Bangladesh Cricket

Jessore and Narayanganj DSAs won their respective group matches in the 33rd National Cricket Championship beating their rivals in two separate venues on Monday. Jessore DSA earned a comfortable 59-run victory over Brahmanbaria DSA in a Group B match

National cricket team coach Shane Jurgensen pointed to the positives in the long break between international matches, labeling it an ‘opportunity’ to the media on Sunday, the Tigers’ first day back at the camp. ‘It’s always good to play matches, but there’s also a good

The Dhaka Premier League clubs said on Sunday that they are unable to participate in the players’ recruitment programme and the league on the new schedule given to them by the Bangladesh Cricket League. The BCB recently said that the players’ recruitment

Claims and counter claims will be up on the menu during the long-awaited formal meeting between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the Game On Sports Management on Sunday regarding the payments issue of the Bangladesh Premier League. The lack of professionalism from both ends were exposed

The Bangladesh national cricketers will resume training today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after a one-week break with an aim to work on their skills and sustain their fitness ahead of a couple of series abroad. Prior to the one-week break, the Tigers underwent

The Bangladesh Cricket Board finally received a bank guarantee of Tk 10 crore from Game On, the event management company responsible for hosting the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, said a BCB official on Saturday. This came as a huge relief to the BCB which was

Australian Ashes debutant Ashton Agar has expressed his gratitude to the guru bat makers who were responsible for the super-light home-made willow bat that powered his spectacular knock of 98 against England at Trent Bridge, reports ANI According to Telegraph.com.au, Agar used his favourite ‘oldie but a goodie’ Tails Never Fails (TNF) bat, a label which

The dark cloud hovering over the Dhaka Premier League refuses to go away as the competition’s future was pushed into further doubt after the recent feud between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the clubs over their grants. The BCB appeared to eliminate doubts surrounding the league,

An official from the International Cricket Council’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit will arrive in Dhaka today in order to complete its investigation of match-fixing allegations during the Bangladesh Premier League, said BCB sources on Friday. ACSU is expected to submit a report on their findings

The under-construction cricket stadium at the golf course in Cox’s Bazar is not a permanent structure and should be removed after the ICC World Twenty20 tournament next year, officials said on Thursday. Retired lieutenant colonel Faruk Khan,

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan rejected the suggestion that he has promised a grant for the clubs ahead of the Dhaka Premier League. ‘I did not promise to give them [clubs] any money. Only they asked for it in a meeting,’ Nazmul told reporters on Thursday.

Sports organisers have expressed their disappointment at the decision of Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan to switch the floodlights of Khulna’s Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) to Sylhet as an interim arrangement for hosting next year’s ICC World Twenty20. Moniruzzaman Moni, mayor-elect of Khulna City

Whenever Bangladesh lose a Test match badly, one chorus is common – we must put emphasis on longer version cricket.  The captain sings the same song at the post-match press conference, former cricketers join him in television talk-shows and the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials nod positively.

The fate of the Dhaka Premier League was plunged into further doubt after some clubs expressed their unwillingness to discuss the bylaws unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed its annual grants to them. The bylaws of the league were supposed to be