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NCL Begins Today Rajshahi start as firm favourites Rajshahi are firm favourites to win their third consecutive National Cricket League which gets underway in three different venues across the country today. The holders, who will face Sylhet at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore in the opening round, were in their elements and executed their ... Read more

Khulna topped the points table in the 4th Women’s National Cricket League with a 13-run win over Rajshahi at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. At the end of the first round of matches, Khulna are followed by Rajshahi, Dhaka and Barisal. Dhaka beat Barisal in the day’s other match by 26

The second warm-up match between New Zealand and the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, scheduled to be held at the BKSP on Saturday, was called off as persistent rain over the last few days has made the ground condition unplayable. The decision meant New Zealand will go into the five-match one-day series without any

Micromax ODI Cup, Bangladesh vs Newzealand, 2010 Ticket goes digital The ticketing system goes digital for the five-match one-day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur from October 5. “Ticket will be available in different outlets of Grameenphone and for the first time we have introduced ... Read more

Visiting New Zealand on Friday were seemingly infuriated after the BCB denied them a chance to practise at the centre wicket of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, the single venue to be used in the five-match one-day series. The request from the tourists came after their first warm-up match at the BKSP was called off

New Zealand vice-captain Ross Taylor does not mind taking up the responsibility as he aims to hit the form having scored his last one-day international century in Chittagong in 2008. ‘There are a lot of other experienced players in our side but I enjoy the responsibility and the role I am playing in the team. ... Read more

Bangladesh batsman Junaed Siddique is hoping to carry on his good form against New Zealand when he will face them in the upcoming five-match ODI series as the Tigers were preparing themselves at the Sher-e-Bangla Ntional Stadium on Friday. The lanky opener, who scored a brilliant 85 to inspire Bangladesh to win their only ODI ... Read more

Chameli Khatun hit an unbeaten 42 as Dhaka posted an emphatic eight-wicket victory against hosts Sylhet in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Sylhet scored 91 for nine in the stipulated 20 overs after deciding to bat first. Jahanara top scored with 24 off 27 balls with two boundaries. Chameli ... Read more

Visiting New Zealand are facing a prospect of going into the five-match one-day series against Bangladesh without any match practice after toady’s first warm-up match was cancelled due to an unplayable ground condition. Match referee Roquibul Hassan along with two other New Zealand team officials inspected

Khulna and Rajshahi secured comfortable wins against their respective rivals in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Khulna posted a ten-wicket victory over Dhaka in the rain-curtailed match. Dhaka managed only 19 runs without any loss in the allotted 5 overs while Khulna reached the

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said on Wednesday that they singled out Shakib Al Hasan, the world’s number one all-rounder, as the main threat in next week’s five-match one-day series. And the Kiwis’ skipper believes that the absence of dashing opener Tamim Iqbal, who was ruled out for the series due to a surgery on ... Read more

Micromax Informatics Limited, an Indian mobile phone company, has come to the rescue of the Bangladesh Cricket Board by agreeing to sponsor the upcoming five-match one-day day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The BCB floated a tender seeking a sponsor for the series but received no response from anyone, the chief executive officer of ... Read more

Khulna and Chittagong won their respective matches of the 4th Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The matches were a welcome relief for organisers, after two full days were washed out due to rain. In the day’s first match, Chittagong beat Barisal by four wickets in a

The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Dhaka last night to play a five-match one-day series against the Tigers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The Kiwis will play two warm-up matches against a BCB XI on October 1 and October 3 at the BKSP before the start of the five-match series on

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced the men’s and women’s cricket teams which will participate in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful will lead the strong Bangladesh men’s team while Salma Khatun will lead the women’s

Opener Tamim Iqbal, who returned from Australia after a successful surgery on his injured wrist, is now a very relaxed man and is hopeful of returning to his international duty soon. Tamim, who will be out of action for at least eight weeks and will miss the impending five-match one-day series against New Zealand, paid ... Read more

A 15-member New Zealand cricket team, led by all-rounder Daniel Vettori, will reach Dhaka today to play a five-match one-day international series against the hosts starting from October 5. The series, fourth between Bangladesh and New Zealand in the last four years, which originally had two Tests and three-ODIs, will be followed by two

Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful will lead the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in the first warm-up match against New Zealand at the BKSP on October 1, the BCB said on Monday. The BCB announced a 14-memebr squad for the match with top-order batsman Shamsur Rahman named as the vice-captain of the side. The squad included ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan is confident to carry on the good form in the upcoming series against New Zealand after joining the practice session of the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Sakib, who had a successful stint in county cricket where he helped his side Worcestershire get promotion to Division One, was holidaying ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday unveiled the new calendar for domestic season starting with the Dhaka Metro Under-18 Academy Tournament on October 1. The different standing committees of he BCB will organise as many as 29 competitions during the long season with the development committee hosting highest 12 tournaments including