Cricket

Here are the major records from 136 years of Anglo-Australian Test cricket: Played:326 England wins: 102 Australia wins: 133

Harry Boyle to Ted Peate, The Oval, 1882: it is the match that gave birth to the Ashes. Indelibly associated with Frederick ‘The Demon’ Spofforth, it was actually Harry Boyle who claimed the final wicket of Ted Peate. The Sporting Times published an obituary of English cricket, and from a little urn grew the mightiest ... Read more

ICC WORLD T20 BCB out to save Sylhet The Bangladesh Cricket Board expressed its satisfaction over the progress of development work at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium, a designated venue for the ICC World Twenty20 2014. The stadium received worldwide attention after the International Cricket Council recently said it was concerned about the venue and will ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned a facile nine-wicket victory over Orient Sporting Club in the Women’s Club Cup Cricket Tournament at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Monday. In the day’s other match, Dipali Jubo Sangha outclassed Indira Road Cricket Academy by 67 runs at the City Club ground in Mirpur.

The national cricketers ended their three-week long fitness camp on Sunday with several players gaining confidence from the training session, which they said would be crucial for them ahead of the busy international and domestic schedule. The training programme began on June 13 under the

Disgraced Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Ashraful turned 29 on Sunday, but there were no celebrations to observe the former national captain’s special day. Ashraful recently confessed to his involvement in match-fixing and was subsequently banned for an indefinite period by the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Gulshan Youth Club and Kalabagan Krira Chakra won their respective matches of the Women’s Club Cricket Tournament held today at the two separate venues in the city. At the City Club ground, Gulshan Youth Club (192/9 in 40 overs)) crushed Indira Road Cricket Academy (39 for10 in 16.4 overs) by 153 runs while at the ... Read more

The player draft of the second Sri Lanka Premier League season is scheduled for July 14 in Colombo and is expected to contain several international players, including a strong South African contingent, according to the league’s chief executive officer, Ajith Jayasekara. The league is scheduled between August 10 and September 7.

The BCB dismissed fears that the Sylhet venue may not be ready to host the ICC World Twenty 20 in 2014 and plans to use it to host an ODI during the forthcoming home series against New Zealand, said officials on Saturday. The BCB had a co-ordination meeting with the National

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib Al Hasan has denied reports that he acted in the upcoming Bangla feature film ‘Shob Kichhu Pechhone Fele.’ In a statement, the ex-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team said, ‘I have not acted in that film in any capacity, not even as a guest actor.’

ICC WORLD T20 2014 India on standby, ‘no thanks’: BCB India are ready to host some matches in next year’s ICC World T20 if Bangladesh is not able to meet the ICC’s August deadline for the preparation of two of the four proposed venues,  interim Indian cricket chief Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters on Thursday. ‘We ... Read more

Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen has set his eyes on making steady progress in the rankings of all formats during the next two years when he will be at the helm of the Tigers. Jurgensen was given a two-year extension by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday providing him with the opportunity to guide the team ... Read more

Mushfiqur Rahim’s tenure as captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team was extended till December 31 this year after a board meeting on Wednesday. Mushfiq spoke to reporters on Thursday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on a number of issues, such as captaincy, match-fixing and the home series against New Zealand in October.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board retained Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah as the captain and vice-captain of the national cricket team until the end of this year, formally bringing the curtain down on the resignation drama on Wednesday. Mushfiq had announced his resignation from the post

The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to start the Dhaka Premier League 2012-13 from August 29 putting an end to the month-long crisis that had almost halted this year’s competition. The decision came at a marathon ad hoc committee meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium where several other issues were also discussed with BCB

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury hit back at Nazmul Hossain after the latter, upon his arrival from the International Cricket Council annual conference, threatened to unmask him. Nazmul alleged that a group of organisers, including Saber,

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) could decide the fate of the Dhaka Premier League when its ad-hoc committee sits in an important board meeting today. The meeting was called to apprise the BCB members about the outcome of the International Cricket Council’s annual conference, as well as to discuss several

The Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan took a swipe at one his predecessors, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, and threatened to unmask people who put the country’s cricket into shambles. Nazmul returned from the ICC annual conference on Sunday and vented his anger in front of the media at the Shahjalal International Airport regarding a remark

Dashing Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal will cut short his honeymoon and might join the Tigers’ training camp in a day or two, informed coach Shane Jurgensen on Monday. Tamim, who got married to Ayesha Siddiqa on June 22 at his hometown Chittagong, will join the camp on Wednesday if he is unable to unite ... Read more

The government is confident that the Sylhet and Cox’s Bazar venues will be handed over to the International Cricket Council for the ICC World Twenty20 ahead of the August deadline. The ICC in its annual conference in London reviewed an inspection report by the venue consultant and expressed their concern about the progress of construction