Cricket

For Samiul Sunday was just not another day, it could be counted as one of the brightest days of his life, when the second one-day international between Bangladesh and England took place at Mirpur. While others were enjoying the crunch match of the series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, he was witnessing his long cherished ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is eyeing to use ‘Ultra-edge’, Hawk Eye’s version of Snicko-meter, as part of the Decision Review System in the forthcoming series against England, said an official on Sunday. It is expected to give Tigers full support of DRS, unlike the past when some key components like snicko-meter went missing to curtail ... Read more

Rumana Ahmed’s historic hat-trick helped Bangladesh women’s cricket team beat Ireland by 10 runs to win the third one-day international of the series and take the three-match series 1-0 in Belfast on Saturday. The third ODI was not originally scheduled in the series but was added after the first ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled. ... Read more

Mominul Haque is simply tired of thinking about his chances in the Bangladesh one-day set-up and decided to focus on his play rather than wasting time to think about it. Mominul, arguably the best Test batsman of Bangladesh for his sound technique and solid temperament, looked to be irked trying to analyse where he went ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday that players’ draft of the fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League, country’s lone franchise-based Twenty20 tournament, will be held on September 30. The forthcoming edition of BPL will be played between seven teams unlike previous competition, which was featured by six teams, according to a BCB press release.

The second edition of Bangladesh Cricket Board’s High Performance Programme ended in August with no proper structure in place to assess the growth of the players, raising doubts over the effectiveness of the progarmme. Independent analysts said that the present HP programme is system-laid-approach that is far from winning-focused-approach,

Left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is looking to make an impact after his surprise inclusion in the 20-member pool of players for the forthcoming one-day international series against Afghanistan and England. Mosharraf, who played last of his three ODIs in 2008, was on a personal tour in India when a Facebook message from one

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to introduce two new franchises for the forthcoming edition of Bangladesh Premier League, officials said on Thursday after a meeting of the tournament’s governing council. The meeting, which was held at the Capital’s Bexmico office of the BCB president Nazmul Hasan, also decided to invite fresh bid for ... Read more

BCB expresses relief The international Cricket Council at its meeting of chief executives committee in Dubai on Wednesday decided to withdrew their proposal for two-tier Test structure much to the relief of Bangladesh. The matter was referred to this meeting for further scrutiny by the ICC board, which discussed the matter first in the organisation’s ... Read more

The much-talked-about two-tier national selection panel began their tenure with an element of surprise as they included as many as seven pace bowlers in their 20-member squad for the series against Afghanistan and England. Tigers’ recent success came on the back of some commendable performance by the pace bowlers that looked to have

Skipper Habibul Bashar guided Gemcon Khulna Masters to a four-wicket win over Expo All Stars Masters, to help his side clinch the title of inaugural Masters Cricket Carnival at Mirpur on Wednesday. Gemcon reached 125-6 in 17.3 overs after reducing their opponent to 124-8 to win the championship with Habibul making highest 28 runs.

Bangladesh’s new bowling coach Courtney Walsh began his tenure with Tigers through observing them closely on his first day in business at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. Walsh made a three-year deal with Bangladesh Cricket Board to work with the Tigers till the World Cup 2019. The Caribbean great, who will turn 54 next month,

Pacer Lucy o Reilly’s superb death bowling helped Ireland win over Bangladesh Women’s Team by six runs in the rain-interrupted opening Twenty20 internationals at Bready Cricket Club ground on Monday. Bangladesh were restricted to 48-6 in 10 overs chasing 54-8 runs as host took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Twenty20 series. Needing 10 runs to win ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team players are not losing their sleep despite having good chance to reach the sixth place in the ICC one-day international rankings for the first time in their cricket history. An International Cricket Council media release late on Sunday confirmed that a clean sweep victory against Afghanistan and a series win England ... Read more

Samaraweera confirmed batting consultant West Indies great Courtney Walsh would act as a mentor of Bangladesh’s pace bowlers once he joined the Tigers as their next pace bowling coach, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Friday. The BCB appointed Walsh on a three-year term as Tigers’ specialist pace bowling coach with his contract running ... Read more

Former West Indian bowling legend Courtney Walsh said he is excited to get his new job as Bangladesh bowling coach and looks forward to work with the Tigers. Walsh, who is the first ever bowler to get 500 wickets in Test cricket, has reached an agreement with Bangladesh Cricket board to work as their bowling ... Read more

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza on Thursday said that he was ecstatic to know Courtney Walsh being appointed as Bangladesh team’s bowling coach as he had been following the West Indian legend since his childhood. Former West Indian pacer Courtney Walsh made an agreement with Bangladesh Cricket Board to work as their bowling coach

Bangladeshi cricketers have been improving their fitness level significantly as they prepare for the forthcoming international assignments, said team officials on Wednesday. Tigers went through a one-and-half-month long fitness camp which was coupled with skill camp during the last three weeks in order to get them prepared ahead

Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful looked to have lost nothing as far as his fitness is concerned during his three years of suspension as he returned fitter than ever. Ashraful, whose three-year suspension due to an involvement in match-fixing at Bangladesh Premier League ended on August 13, performed to a satisfactory level

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal suffered a fracture in his ring finger on the left hand that ruled him out for three to four weeks, said officials on Sunday. Tamim received the injury during a practice session on Saturday, said Debashish Chowdhury, the chief medical officer of Bangladesh Cricket Board.