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Off-spinner Nathan Lyon not only shattered Bangladeshi cricket lovers’ dream of winning a Test series against Australia but also broke 130-year old record by bowling his career best in a match. Lyon, who grabbed 7-94 in the first innings, picked up 6-60 in the second innings at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on ... Read more

For a Test team number four is always a crucial position in batting order but it seems that Bangladesh is yet to settle someone at the fundamental position for quite some time. Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah, who was dropped from the squad before the series and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim had some great track records batting

Australia defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second Test on the fourth day in Chittagong to finish the two-Test series 1-1 in Chittagong on Thursday. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed 6-60 in the second innings to finish with a match haul of his career best 13 wickets as Australia bowled out Bangladesh for 157 runs

Mustafizur Rahman and Mehedi Hasan made most of the second new ball to bring Bangladesh back into contest in the rain-hit third day of the second Test against Australia on Wednesday. The duo staged a fight back just when it appeared that Australia were taking the game away from Bangladesh’s reach with David Warner hitting ... Read more

Australian batsman David Warner scored the slowest Test century of his career but he hailed his 123-run innings against Bangladesh on Wednesday as the best knock of his life so far. Warner, whose career average strike rate is over 77, played 234 balls to end the innings with a strike rate of just over 52 ... Read more

Mustafizur Rahman and Mehedi Hasan shared six wickets between them as Bangladesh restricted Australia to 377-9 in the rain-hit third day of the second Test in Chittagong on Wednesday. Resuming on 225-2 after rain washed out the entire opening session of the third day, the visitors clawed past Bangladesh’s first innings total 305 runs before ... Read more

Australian opener David Warner hit an uncharacteristic 88 not out to guide his side to a commendable 225 for two as Bangladesh’s defensive mindset allowed the visitors come back strongly to dominate the second Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Tuesday. Fresh from his maiden century in sub-continent, Warner combined two important partnerships

Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain said on Tuesday that they were on the back foot to some extent after Australia posted 225-2 in replying to Tigers first innings total of 305 at the end of second day’s play in Chittagong. The Tigers resumed their overnight score of 253-6 with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir were still ... Read more

Heavy rain delayed the start of the third day’s play in the second Test between Bangladesh and Australia at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday. Bangladesh were hoping to make some early inroads after being denied by doggedness of David Warner and Peter Handscomb much of the second day.

Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain said on Tuesday that they were on the back foot to some extent after Australia posted 225-2 in replying to Tigers first innings total of 305 at the end of second day’s play in Chittagong. The Tigers resumed their overnight score of 253-6 with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir were still ... Read more

The security measures taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for Australia cricket team came under serious scrutiny on Tuesday as the visiting side alleged that their team bus was stoned after the end of first day’s play in the second Test in Chittagong. None of the players sustained any injury in the incident and it ... Read more

Visiting Australia Cricket team coach Darren Lehmann on Tuesday said that they were surprised with the pitch of the ongoing Chittagong Test against Bangladesh but he was happy that his charges made a great performance. On the second day of the match, Australia, who lost the first Test in four days in Dhaka, had their ... Read more

Mehedi Hasan Miraz returned home from Sri Lanka immediately after Bangladesh’s historic four-wicket win in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka on March 19. However, the young off-spinner took a flight to Colombo yesterday and will join the team in Dambulla after the team management suddenly felt the need for another off-spinner considering

Bangladesh’s three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka has brought up a few interesting equations which may see them either rise or fall in the ICC ODI Rankings table. Bangladesh are currently in seventh place with 91 points, seven points behind sixth place Sri Lanka. If the Tigers manage a series whitewash, they will leapfrog Sri ... Read more

From the sea shores of Colombo, where they completed the Test series with a four-wicket win in their 100th Test, the Bangladesh cricket team travelled to the mountainous interior of Sri Lanka to the town of Dambulla yesterday to gear up for the ODI leg of the tour which starts at the Rangiri Dambulla International ... Read more

Bangladesh’s SL tour dates announced Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced the itinerary of the Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka, which will start with a two-day warm-up match on March 2 and lead into two Tests, three ODIs, and two T20Is, according to a BCB press release. The ... Read more

Australia called up uncapped, Zimbabwe-born all-rounder Hilton Cartwright on Tuesday as cover for their fast bowlers after the gruelling first Test win over Pakistan. Cartwright, 24, joins the squad for next week’s second Test in Melbourne as Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Jackson Bird recover from their exertions in the Brisbane heat.

T&T Club posted their third victory in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League with a 2-1 win over bottom-placed Chittagong Mohammedan at the Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Tanzimul Hasan gave T&T Club a 26th minute lead before Chittagong Mohammedan levelled the margin through Farhad in the 68th minute. However,

“Defeating Comilla [Victorians] is not pleasing, but defeating Mashrafe [Bin Mortaza] is,” Chittagong Vikings captain Tamim Iqbal joked after his side’s victory at Mirpur yesterday. “That’s because we have a special relationship,” he added while trying to control his laughter during the post-match press conference. The latter statement made by Tamim was a bit redundant ... Read more

3. Mashrafee bin Murtaza became the third Bangladeshi cricketer to hit more than 50 sixes in one-day internationals when he cleared the boundaries thrice on Sunday. Mashrafee has now 52 sixes to his name, only behind Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh. Tamim struck highest 64 sixes while Mushfiq hit 53 sixes. 4. Nasir Hossain ... Read more