Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday came down heavily on Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) and two national players Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan who raised their voices in favour of the campaign boycotting the National Cricket League (NCL). After an emergency board meeting yesterday, which was called to discuss the crisis over ... Read more

Rajshahi Division earned the third successive victory in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League beating Sylhet Division by 103 runs at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Thursday. In the other match of the day, Dhaka Division defeated Barisal Division by eight wickets at the same ground. Winning the toss Rajshahi Division opened ... Read more

Wills Little Flower School earned an exciting two-run victory over Nawabpur High School in a Dhaka Metro Zone match of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National School Cricket Tournament at the Gulshan Youth Club ground on Thursday. Batting first, Wills Little Flower School amassed 277 runs for all in 48.2 overs with Jawad making

Title contenders Dhaka Moha-mmedan continued their winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League edging past Rahmatganj 1-0 amid poor refereeing at the Kamalapur Stadium on Wednesday. It was the sixth successive win for Mohammedan, who lead the points table with maximum 18 points. Dhaka Abahani also have equal 18 points, but Mohammedan remained at the ... Read more

The crisis over the National Cricket League has deepened further as no players responded to the ultimatum of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The BCB on Tuesday had issued the ultimatum asking the players to join practice for their respective divisional sides by July 30 and warned that failing to do will be deemed ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the details of Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition and India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2010. Itinerary: Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition Date Details Venue 01 Jan – Fri Sri Lanka Team Arrives/Rest & Practice SBNCS

Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year. After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the ... Read more

Rajshahi continued their excellent run in the Women’s National Cricket League with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Barisal at the Khulna University Ground yesterday. The losing team had decided to bat first, but like a pack of cards they were skittled out for 59 runs in 35.2 overs. More than half of those runs came ... Read more

Parerhat RL High School of Pirojpur, Rahmatullah Model High School of Dhaka and GK Pilot High School won their respective matches in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament yesterday. At Pirojpur Stadium, Parerhat RL High beat Hularhat High School by 116 runs. Batting first, Parerhat scored 214 before being all out in ... Read more

The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh is adamant about boycotting the ensuing National Cricket League unless its demands for increased match fees are met but the Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to bow down. The BCB has taken a hard line and asked the players to join their respective divisional teams by today or face ... Read more

Khulna and Rajshahi Divisions won their respective matches in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League at separate venues across country on Tuesday. Hosts Khulna Division earned a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Chittagong Division at the Khulna University ground while Rajshahi Division outplayed Dhaka Division by 100 runs at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) in

First-class cricketers have threatened to boycott the upcoming National Cricket League if the Bangladesh Cricket Board does not increase the match fees for the players. Under a banner of Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) the players came up in hard line in a bid to fulfill their demands. In a formal press conference at ... Read more

Dhaka Division brushed aside Chittagong Division by 4 wickets while Sylhet Division posted a comfortable 75-run victory over Barisal Division in the Women’s National cricket League yesterday. At the SANS ground in Khulna, Chittagong put on 112 for the loss of nine wickets in their 50 overs. Fatema-Tuj-Johora was the topscorer for Chittagong with 36 ... Read more

Rasulpur High School thumped Pole Star Poora School by 80 runs while Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Govt High School beat Sher-e-Bangla Ideal High School by 3 wickets in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers National School Cricket yesterday. At Satkhira Stadium, batting first Rasulpur made 129 all out in 32 overs, courtesy of a 33-run knock from Billal ... Read more

Mahmudul Hasan has been appointed as Bangladesh captain for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in New Zealand in January. Hasan, who featured in the 2008 edition of the tournament in Malaysia as well, has successfully led the U-19 side this year during their home series against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England. He was ... Read more

The Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National Cricket tournament will kick off tomorrow (Saturday) with the aim to identify a good number of cricketers from the grassroots level. BKSP will take on Dhaka Ideal School in the opening match at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. A media briefing was arranged in this regard on Thursday at ... Read more

Khulna Division takes on Rajshahi Division in the opening match of the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League that begins on Saturday at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) in Khulna. On the following day, Sylhet Division will play against Barisal Division at Khulna University ground while Dhaka Division will

Mehedi Hasan and Sadaf Sarkar struck a brilliantly paced century as Agrani Bank Cricket Club thrashed City Club by 69 runs in the First Division Cricket League at Dhaka University ground on Thursday. Mehedi struck a blockbuster unbeaten 158 off 155 clattering 14 fours and eight huge sixes, while Sadaf Sarkar blasted an unbeaten 134 ... Read more

Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club emerged champion in the Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League defeating arch rival Dhaka Abahani by three wickets in the last Super League match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Batting first, Abahani scored a challenging 273 for nine in its stipulated 50 overs, Mohammedan batsmen showed great determination ... Read more

Mohammedan skipper Khaled Mashud Pilot thanked his luck after he sealed a last-ball thriller to help his side regain the Dhaka Primer League title with a Three-wicket win against Abahani. Mashud came to the crease only to face the last ball in which Mohammedan needed a boundary to win the match and the trophy. Mashud ... Read more