Cricket

The national selection committee, led by former captain Akram Khan, ended its two-year term on Sunday after a bitter-sweet journey that saw the Tigers go through many ups and down. During its tenure the Bangladesh national team reached the Asia Cup final for the first time while they also won the one-day series against West ... Read more

The remaining 2nd round matches of the 33rd National Cricket Championship have been suspended until further notice due the inclement weather prevailing across the country. A fresh itinerary of the round will be announced in due course, said a press release on Sunday.

DELAY IN ACSU REPORT BCB calendar left in disarray The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s annual calendar was left in total disarray after the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of the ICC failed to submit its report on the alleged corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League during the world ruling body’s annual conference in London. The BCB was ... Read more

The International Cricket Council on Saturday formally expressed its concern over Bangladesh’s preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 in 2014. ‘The ICC reviewed an inspection report on the venues for the ICC WT20 2014 and expressed its concern regarding the progress of Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet venues,’

Four national women cricketers received show-cause notices from their services organization, Bangladesh Ansar as it was claimed that they toured India with the national team in April without prior permission. Ayesha Akhter, Chameli Khatun, Shahnaz Parvin and Tithi Rani Sarker are the four cricketers who were blamed for violate code of conduct after traveling to ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s umpires committee dropped ICC panel umpire Sharafuddowlah Ibne Saikat for the ongoing National Cricket Championship despite choosing all others for the competition. Sharafuddowlah, who was suspended in October 2012 along

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 21-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming Asian Cricket Council’s Emerging Nations Cup to be held in Singapore in August, said a BCB press release on Wednesday. The Bangladesh team are expected to start their

A significant week for Bangladesh cricket has begun with the International Cricket Council’s annual conference getting underway at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Tuesday. The conference, which will end with the IDI Board meeting on June 29, started with the Associate and Affiliate Members’ meeting.

Mubasshar Hussain, a cricket organiser, who is fighting against the interference of the National Sports Council in Bangladesh Cricket Board’s constitution in court, has demanded immediate election in the body. In a press conference at the Bangladesh Olympic

The Champions Trophy final between England and India at Edgbaston was scheduled to start at 4.20pm (1520 GMT) on Sunday after more than five hours play was lost to rain. The match has been reduced to 20 overs a side and India will bat first after England captain Alastair Cook won the toss. Both sides ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to increase its annual grants for the Dhaka Premier League clubs in manifold in an attempt to lure the councillors in the forthcoming election, it was alleged. The Dhaka-based clubs are expected to play a bigger role in the long overdue election, currently suspended because of a legal ... Read more

Treble winners Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra moved one step closer to history after outclassing Brothers Union 2-0 in the first semi-final of the Super Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. In search of an unique quadruple, Russell drew first

Bangladesh will face a hard time in the upcoming ICC annual general meeting not only because of match-fixing and governance issues, but also for its lack of preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 next year, a top official said on Friday. The ICC meeting, scheduled in London from June 26-29,

The Bangladesh Cricket Board deferred the earlier scheduled dates of Dhaka Premier League’s players recruitment programme and the beginning of the tournament for unavoidable reasons, said a BCB text-message on Friday. BCB media manager Rabeed Imam informed the media

For the last 10 months, life is not the same for Bangladesh Cricket Board groundsman Anisur Rahman Arzu. Ever since his youngest son Abu Saeed developed a tumour on his neck, Arzu had to abandon all his regular works and rush to hospitals and clinics once or twice

Bangladesh is in danger of losing its International Cricket Council membership as the Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to hold the election due to legal complications, BCB president Nazmul Hassan felt. Nazmul is set to face some unsavoury questions

CWAB lifts boycott threat Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh backtracked from their earlier decision of boycotting Dhaka Premier League after they held a successful discussion with the officials of Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The withdrawal came amid a new twist of the event

The Bangladesh Cricket Board paid very little attention to the players’ threat of boycotting the Dhaka Premier League as it has enough reasons to feel that this is nothing but a call of meow. The cricketers in a meeting on Monday decided to boycott the league unless the BCB meets their certain demands including the ... Read more

Banned senior umpire Nadir Shah on Tuesday formally appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board president to reconsider their decision after receiving his expulsion letter from the BCB recently. Nadir Shah was banned for 10 years on March 18 after the BCB had conducted a detailed inquiry into allegations of corruption brought on by satellite television

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan regained his number one position in the International Cricket Council’s ODI all-rounder ranking after Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez fared poorly in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. Hafeez replaced Sakib at the top after Bangladesh’s