Bangladesh opener and one-day international captain Tamim Iqbal doesn’t want to return and play T20 cricket with the national team anymore, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday. ‘He [Tamim] told me, please don’t force me to return. If you say so, I must return and play. But I don’t really want to ... Read more
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Nasum, Shoriful seal Ctg win over Dhaka
Nasum Ahmed’s economic bowling and a four-wicket haul from Shoriful Islam helped Chattogram Challengers to a 30-run win over Minister Group Dhaka in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Nasum took 3-9 while Shoriful bagged 4-34 to bundle out Dhaka for
Comilla edge past Sylhet in a low-scoring encounter
Star studded Comilla Victorians barely edged past Sylhet Sunrisers in a low-scoring encounter, winning by two wickets while chasing 97 runs in both sides opening match in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. The Sylhet bowlers forced Comilla to bat till 18.4 overs to chase the puny target on an exceedingly slow track at the ... Read more
T20 World Cup: Tigers grouped with India, Pakistan
Bangladesh have been placed in the same group with India and Pakistan as the fixtures for the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be held in October-November in Australia were announced on Friday. The International Cricket Council announced the fixture for the 16-team tournament on Friday, where Bangladesh were drawn in Group 2 with India, ... Read more
Khulna win high-scoring contest against Dhaka
Rony Talukdar’s brilliant half-century and two bludgeoning knocks from Andre Fletcher and Thisara Perera at either ends of the innings catapulted Khulna Tigers to a five-wicket win over Minister Group Dhaka in the evening match on the opening day of the eighth Bangladesh Premier League on Friday. Rony made 61 off 42 balls, Fletcher struck ... Read more
Fortune Barishal win BPL opener
Shykat Ali set up the chase and Ziaur Rahman completed it for Fortune Barishal as they defeated Chattogram Challengers by four wickets in the opening match of the eighth Bangladesh Premier League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Shykat made 39 off 35 balls while Ziaur struck two fours and a six ... Read more
Maxwell destroy history with highest ever BBL score
Glenn Maxwell has created BBL history, notching up the highest score recorded in the competition’s existence, 154 off just 64 balls. He headlined this ultimate performance with a stellar 22 fours and four sixes against the Hurricanes. Glenn Maxwell produced a sparkling performance with the
Tigresses beat hosts Malaysia by eight-wicket
Bangladesh women’s cricket team posted a dominating eight-wicket victory over hosts Malaysia in their first match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur today. Electing to field first, Bangladesh bowlers fired on all cylinders against the Malaysia batters. The Tigresses were a wicket away to skittle out their counterparts as
Bangladesh lose by an innings and 117 runs
Despite a first overseas century from Liton Das, Bangladesh were bowled out for 278 runs in their second innings as the tourists suffered defeat by an innings and 117 runs in the second Test against New Zealand on Tuesday. Liton scored 102 off 114 deliveries — his innings featuring 14 fours and a six, before ... Read more
Tigers seal historic Test win over Kiwis
An immensely special chapter has uncovered in Bangladesh cricket history as as the Tigers pulled off a crushing eight-wicket victory over world champions New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. The tourists needed only 40 runs in their second innings for the historic win, their first ever in New Zealand and only their sixth in ... Read more
Pakistan clean sweep Test series
The resistance of Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das wasn’t enough to save Bangladesh from the humiliation of an innings defeat as they lost the second Test by an innings and eight runs against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. Shakib top-scored for Bangladesh with 63 while Mushfiq and
Bangladesh to co-host 2031 World Cup with India
Bangladesh and India will jointly host the 2031 ICC Cricket World Cup, the ICC announced on Monday when they confirmed the host nations for every major ICC men’s limited overs event between 2024 and 2031. Bangladesh had earlier hosted the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup alongside India and Sri Lanka. In that edition, Bangladesh hosted all ... Read more
Tigers suffer five-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka
Charith Asalanka’s unbeaten 80 alongside two dropped catches by Liton Das crushed Bangladesh’s hopes of a winning start to the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup, with the Tigers suffering a five-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday. Bangladesh posted a challenging total of 171 for four in ... Read more
Bangladesh remain alive with the victory over Oman
Based on the excellent and versatile performance of Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh won the must win match by 26 runs against co-host Oman to keep their Super 12’s hopes alive in the T20 World Cup. Shakib hit a quick 42, then took three wickets with the ball in hand, while Bangladesh narrowed the co-hosts to ... Read more
Scotland sinks Bangladesh in opening World Cup qualifier
Scotland have won the first Group B fixture against Bangladesh by six runs at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat today. Bangladesh’s batting effort was largely subdued despite the fact that Scotland managed just 140 for 9 on a surface good for strokeplaying. The lower middle-order was left with too much to do in ... Read more
Tigers reach Oman safely
The Bangladesh team reached Oman today at the early hours of Monday after Cyclone Shaheen bearing down on Oman, had thrown their departure from the Bangladesh into doubt on Sunday night. The Mahmudullah Riyad-led squad took off from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 1:10am, more than two hours shy of their scheduled flight ... Read more
Tigers depart for Oman after last minute panic
Bangladesh’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup bound contingent faced some last minute drama before finally leaving for Oman an hour after the scheduled time on Sunday. The Bangladesh team players, support staff and a few board officials were scheduled to leave for Muscat at 10:45 pm from the Hazrat Shahjalal
New Zealand abandons Pakistan cricket tour over ‘security alert’
The Black Caps have abandoned their tour of Pakistan on the day of their first match after being warned by the New Zealand government of an “escalated” security threat. New Zealand’s decision to abandon their tour came after “an escalation in the New Zealand government threat levels for Pakistan”. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has
Rameez Raja formally elected chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board
Former Pakistan captain and renowned cricket commentator Ramiz Raja on Monday became the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after being elected “unanimously and unopposed”, according to a press release issued by the board. A special meeting of the Board of Governors elected the 36th
New Zealand series ends on sour note
Bangladesh end the successful series against New Zealand on a sour note as they lost the fifth and final Twenty20 of the series by 27 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Afif Hossain played a lone hand for the Tigers with a valiant unbeaten 49 off 33 balls but could only take them ... Read more