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The upcoming New Zealand tour to Bangladesh could only have one-day matches due to the upcoming World Cup early next year. The schedule was supposed to have two Tests and a three-match one-day series but it could

The new International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele, Kandy which will be one of the venues to host matches of next year’s cricket world cup will be renamed as the Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium. The Central Provincial Council in Kandy has taken this decision unanimously to

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has at long last decided to appoint a permanent chief executive officer after running with an interim for almost three years. Manzur Ahmed, a former cricketer and long-time chief executive of Brunei Cricket Association, has

Bangladesh take on Scotland today in a one-off one-day international at Glasgow. The Tigers are on their last leg of their United Kingdom tour where they have already completed two series against England and Ireland respectively. Last Friday, the Tigers leveled their two-match series with a 6-wicket win against

Former Pakistan Test captain Shahid Afridi vowed to return to England on Sunday, saying the limited over series starting next month will be the launch pad for his ambitions to win the 2011 World Cup. The 30-year-old announced he would retire from Test cricket after the second and final Test

LONDON: Salman Butt was appointed Pakistan’s new Test captain by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday after Shahid Afridi’s decision to quit Test cricket. Butt, who was serving as Afridi’s deputy in the first Test against Australia at Lord’s, will lead

Cricinfo After a disappointing show in the first game, Bangladesh’s bowlers hit back with a disciplined performance to restrict Ireland to 189 and set up a six-wicket win to draw the series 1-1 at Stormont on Friday. Bangladesh held the upper hand from the very beginning, nipping out early wickets in overcast conditions and

LONDON: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said ON Friday he would retire from Test cricket following the second Test against Australia at Headingley starting next Wednesday. Afridi made his announcement to BBC Radio after leading Pakistan to a 150-run defeat in the first

CricInfo Captain William Porterfield led from the front with a century as Ireland outplayed Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first one-dayer of the two-match series at Stormont in Belfast yesterday. The left-hander struck 108 off 116 balls with seven boundaries and three sixes as Ireland reached

Shakib Al Hasan remained on top of the ICC one-day all-rounders’ rankings despite running into a trough. The latest ratings, released by the game’s governing body, confirmed that the left-handed all-rounder has 390 points, followed by Pakistan captain

Bangladesh will take on Ireland in the first one-day international of the two-match series at Belfast today. The series against the ICC associate member country will be vital for the Tigers to improve their winning tally this year as Tigers have won only one game against England, their first-ever success against the English

After Saturday’s five-run win over England in their 13th attempt, Bangladesh have completed a cycle of defeating all Test-playing nations in one-day cricket. Here’s a quick look at the Tigers’ maiden victories over every team, starting from May 31,

After posting a thrilling five-run victory over England in the second ODI at Bristol in England on Saturday, the plucky Tigers will meet the English Lions today in the third and final ODI at Birmingham in England. The match starts at 3.45 PM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time). Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from

With the whole world pensively waiting for a grand World Cup football final, Bangladesh silently yet boldly created a small piece of history on a cricket field on Saturday by defeating England by five runs at Bristol. The Bangladesh camp erupted into unbridled joy when young paceman Shafiul Islam, blowing the last over of a ... Read more

Mohammad Ashraful got a lucky break when he was considered the replacement of middle order batsman Roqibul Hassan, who sustained an injury on his left toe while batting during the first ODI against England on Thursday in Nottingham. Ashraful, who was dropped following his dismal performance in the last couple of series, joined the side ... Read more

Bangladesh middle order batsmen improved drastically putting behind their dismal performance against Sussex to throw a stiff challenge to the English county club Middlesex in the second and last warm up match at Lord’s on

Bangladesh got off to a really bad start to their one-day tour with a terrible performance against Sussex yesterday. The Tigers went down by a whopping 149 runs at the county ground in Hove after Sussex made 253 from 47.5 overs. Rokibul Hasan made 23 while Jahurul Islam, opening with Tamim Iqbal,

The ICC has awarded the next two World Twenty20 tournaments in 2012 and 2014 to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively, while England will host the Champions Trophy in 2013. The 2015 World Cup will be held by Australia and New Zealand and the 2013 Women’s World Cup will be played in India. The decisions were ... Read more

Bangladesh were due to leave the country for England in the early hours on Wednesday by Qatar Airlines for their three-week long UK tour. During their UK tour, the Bangladeshi batsmen will get the support of India’s former skipper and one of best batsman during his era Saurav Ganguly, who will look Bangladesh’s vulnerable middle

The Bangladesh cricket team took off early today morning for a one-day international tour of the United Kingdom. After two warm-up games, the Tigers play a three-match series against England before playing two matches against Ireland and one each against Scotland and the