Cricket

Bangladesh will have their full strength squad for the first time in South Africa as they will take on the hosts in the first of three-match one-day international series at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley today. The Tigers were unable to get the service of their most valuable player, Sakib al Hasan in the two-match ... Read more

Naeem Islam’s maiden double ton against Dhaka was the highlight of the 19th National Cricket League fifth round second day as Rangpur declared their first innings at 560-8 at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium on Saturday. At Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, all-rounder Ziaur Rahman scored his seventh first-class hundred and carried Khulna to 511-8 before declaring

Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Friday that they were not concerned about the result of the forthcoming three-match one-day international series against the hosts South Africa despite a string of poor result so far in the tour. Bangladesh suffered crushing defeats in both the Test matches against the hosts and they were also outplayed ... Read more

Regional cricket was the most neglected side under the present executive committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board as it is set to complete its full-term of four years today. When the 27-member board of directors took over the charge on October 13, 2013, one of their major pledges was strengthening regional cricket in order

Bangladesh cricket team’s dismal show in South Africa continued as they lost their only warm-up match before the one-day international series to Cricket South Africa Invitational XI by six wickets at Bloemfontein on Thursday. The presence of some senior cricketers like Sakib al Hasan and Mashrafee bin Murtaza could do little to motivate the visiting ... Read more

The election of Bangladesh Cricket Board will be held on October 31, it was announced by five-member election commission on Thursday The election commission, led by sports ministry joint secretary Omar Faruk, held a meeting with other representatives at the BCB before announcing the schedule.

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Monday accused Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim of damaging country’s image with his comments in South Africa but refused to confirm his removal from this position. Mushfiq came under fire from many corners after he opted to field first in the both the Test matches against South Africa in ... Read more

All four matches of the 19th National Cricket League ended in a draw with rain washing out final’s day’s play in at least one match on Monday. Opener Shamsur Rahman scored 102 off 67 balls to help Dhaka Metro set up 274-run target for Chittagong, but the hosts somehow managed to avoid a defeat,

Dispirited Bangladesh hit the rock bottom on Sunday as they suffered a crushing innings defeat against South Africa inside three days in the second Test in, Bloemfontein to concede a 2-0 series defeat in the two-Test series. This was Bangladesh’s first innings defeat in almost four years, having suffered the ignominy lastly way back in ... Read more

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Sunday that he would not resign from his captaincy despite humiliating innings and 254 runs defeat against South Africa in the second Test in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Mushfiq was highly criticised for his inappropriate decisions throughout the series, especially in both the tosses, where he asked South Africa

All four matches of the National Cricket League fourth round match are heading for a day when two centuries were scored on the third day in separate venues on Sunday. In the rain-hit match Bogra, where rain ate up more than one day’s play take an edge over Sylhet thanks to the fifth first-class century ... Read more

South African batsmen feasted on Bangladesh’s bowling for nearly two days to amass 573-4 before they declared their first innings of the first Test, but they are not the first team to do it with the Bangladeshi bowlers. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to read the pitch in successive Tests and that also should not be a ... Read more

Members of Bangladesh one-day international team, led by skipper Mashrafee bin Muratza, left Dhaka on Saturday for three-match series against South Africa, beginning on October 15. Mashrafee was joined by all-rounder Sakib al Hasan, who took a break from the ongoing Test series against South Africa

Bowlers dominated the second day of 19th National Cricket League fourth round with off-spinner Iftekhar Sajjad grabbing 5-91 to help Chittagong restrict Dhaka Metro to 369-9 on the second day on Sunday. Resuming on 236-3 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Metro could add only 133 runs before they were forced to declare ... Read more

Bangladesh suffered a huge blow before the second Test against South Africa as their star opener Tamim Iqbal was deemed unfit for the game due to an injury that he aggravated during the first Test. The left-handed batsman pulled his muscles during the three-day practice match at Benoni and was not in best of his ... Read more

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman said on Wednesday that he was hopeful to give a better performance in the pace-friendly Bloemfontein wicket which would host the second Test of the ongoing series against South Africa from Friday. The Tigers suffered a massive 333-run defeat against the hosts in the first Test at Potchefstroom where Bangladesh pacers ... Read more

Left-handed batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh ‘A’ team against Ireland ‘A’ in an unofficial four-day Test match at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, scheduled to start from October 11. The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 13-member squad on Wednesday for the four-day match before the Irish side was scheduled to arrive today to play

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim criticised his bowlers for letting the team down in the first Test against South Africa that ended with a massive 333-run defeat at Potchefstroom on Monday. The bowlers were unable to produce a single breakthrough on the opening day, which put the Tigers on the back foot at the start ... Read more

Bangladesh is gearing up for its first continental hockey event in 32 years, the Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup, which will be held at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium from October 11 to 22. The top eight teams of Asia – South Korea, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, China, Oman and Bangladesh – will participate ... Read more

No meaningful change made in 2012 constitution The Bangladesh Cricket B oard on Monday all but retained its controversial 2012 constitution in its much-talked about Annual General Meeting, held at a city hotel. Attended by 133 councillors in its first AGM in more than four years,