Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is in no hurry to send Taskin Ahmed for testing to be get cleared by the International Cricket Council for his illegal bowling action, said officials on Sunday. Taskin along with spin bowler Arafat Sunny was suspended from bowling in international cricket after his action was found illegal during the ICC ... Read more

Former Pakistani pace bowler Aaqib Javed said on Saturday that Bangladesh will produce some genuine pace bowlers in future as the present generation has their own role models. Aaqib arrived here on Friday to conduct a week long training programme to help the upcoming pace bowlers of the specialised bowling camp as well as the ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Saturday said that they will take a decision about Mustafizur Rahman’s surgery on next Monday and hinted it could be in England. Mustafiz is expected to go under the knife to have a shoulder surgery early next month which could sideline him for six months as he aggravated his ... Read more

A stoppage time equaliser from Nigerian forward Nkowcha Kingsley helped Brothers Union to secure a point against Team BJMC as both the sides played out a 1-1 draw in their Bangladesh Premier League match in Chittagong on Saturday. In the day’s second match Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra tasted their first win of the league with a ... Read more

Batsman Liton Kumar Das seems uncertain to take part in the first few rounds of Bangladesh Cricket League due to his knee injury, said Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Monday. Liton is currently going through a rehabilitation process that begun on July 18 and had been ruled out for the next four to six weeks ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is in favour of taking a second opinion before deciding about the surgery of injured pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman, said the officials on Friday. Mustafiz was advised to undergo a surgery by British shoulder specialist Tony Kocchar after his second arthrogram report reconfirmed a grade-2 tear in his bowling shoulder.

Former Pakistani pace bowler Aaqib Javed arrived in Dhaka on Friday to conduct a special fast bowling camp for the pacers under the High Performance Programme. Aaqib will start his programme from today through conducting a four-day long specialised pace bowling camp, an expanded programme of the ongoing High Performance unit.

Batsman ineligible for national team and BPL for two more years Suspended former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful is leaving no stone unturned to make a comeback in competitive cricket with the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket League. Ashraful’s ban, imposed upon him by a special tribunal set-up by the Bangladesh board, is expected to be lifted on ... Read more

The second arthrogram report of Bangladesh paceman Mustafizur Rahman reconfirmed a grade-2 tear in his shoulder, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Thursday. Mustafiz underwent the test as the first one found fluid in his shoulder that prevented London-based shoulder specialist Tony Kocchar from taking any decision regarding him.

Although a gap from international cricket may hamper the rhythm of a team, Bangladesh national team batsman Soumya Sarkar said on Thursday it also can help them to recover and rectify mistakes. Soumya entered into the Bangladesh team like a storm and the stylish left-handed batsman was one of the chief architects of Bangladesh’s one-day ... Read more

Bangladesh may feature in a triangular Twenty20 series with India and West Indies in United States of America in the late August, reports The Indian Express. India and West Indies cricket boards are currently considering hosting a few Twenty20 matches at the Central Broward Regional Park at Lauderhill in Florida

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday said that they are not willing to take any risk with paceman Mustafizur Rahman and ready to put him under the knife as they expect long-term service from him. Mustafiz will have a second MRI as the first one found fluid in his shoulder that prevented shoulder specialist Tony Kocchar ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Wednesday regretted his lack of opportunities to play more Test matches and said with more opportunities he could have excelled more in Test arena. Tamim, who is statistically the most successful Bangladeshi batsman across all formats till date, made his debut on January 4, 2008 and has played only 42 ... Read more

The second round of Bangladesh Premier League begins today after a one-day gap with holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club facing Uttar Baridhara at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. Baridhara, one of the two promoted sides of the league, will take the field as league leaders with an upset 1-0 win over Sheikh Russell, who ... Read more

Bangladesh’s most successful Twenty20 batsman of the year 2016, Sabbir Rahman, said on Tuesday that he dreams to play and perform well in the Test cricket. The 24-year old stylish batsman is yet to make his Test debut but he is confident that if he gets chance he can do well in the most coveted ... Read more

Stalemates became the norm in the Bangladesh Premier League as both of its matches on Tuesday ended in 1-1 draw at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. In the first match of the day, Brothers Union came from behind to draw with Feni Soccer Club while the match between Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra

Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin consolidated his top position of ICC player rankings for the all-rounders with his century and seven-wicket haul in Antigua Test and widened the gap with Bangladesh’s Sakib al Hasan, said an ICC press release on Tuesday. Ashwin’s knock of 113 and 7-83 against West Indies

All-rounder Mahmudullah said on Sunday that he wants to do well against England in their forthcoming home series and the whole Bangladesh team is eager to show their transformation of mentality Mahmudullah has fond memories against the English side as his stylish century paved the way for Tigers to grab a historic 15-run win against ... Read more

Bangladesh can heave a sigh of relief as pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman did not suffer any severe injury though he was ruled out to participate for Sussex on Sunday. Mustafiz sustained a shoulder injury during a practice session that restricted him from making his debut in Royal’s London Cup, 50-over cricket tournament.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s bowling action review committee completed their work of capturing the actions of all the 10 suspected bowlers on Sunday, said the chief of the committee, Jalal Yunus. The committee will now assess the actions of those bowlers, who all were reported during this year’s Dhaka Premier League, through software for further scrutiny.