Cricket

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned an emphatic 147-run win over Victoria SC in the Women’s Club Cup Cricket at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. In the day’s other match, Gulshan Youth Club outclassed Rising Girls Cricket Academy by nine wickets at the City Club ground in Mirpur.

An all-round performance by Sathira Jakir enabled Dhaka Mohammedan SC to crush Azad Sporting Club by a massive 230 runs in the Women’s Club Cup Cricket Tournament at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Batting first after winning the toss, Mohammedan SC piled up a comfortable 255 runs for 4 in 40 overs and later ... Read more

Mention the word ‘Ashes’ to any cricket fan and they know you are talking about a Test contest between England and Australia. But cricket’s oldest rivals had been playing each other for five years before the idea of the Ashes was born.

1956 – Perfect 10 for Laker At Manchester in the fourth Test of a series England won 2-1, off-spinner Jim Laker achieved cricketing perfection when he took 10 wickets in the second innings to end with an incredible match haul of 19. Anil Kumble has since become the second bowler to take all 10 in ... Read more

Cricket and politics collided with almost devastating consequences for Anglo-Australian relations. England captain Douglas Jardine took his side into the lion’s den and returned with the Ashes urn after adopting their controversial ‘bodyline’ bowling tactic. Designed mainly to limit the threat posed by Australia’s star batsman Don Bradman, it consisted

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