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A three-member security delegation of England and Wales Cricket Board will arrive today to monitor the security situation in Bangladesh ahead of England’s scheduled tour, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Tuesday. ECB’s security adviser Reg Dickason will lead the delegation that includes Professional Cricketers’ Association chief executive

Rahmatganj MFS moved to joint second in the Bangladesh Premier League points table after they secured a 2-2 draw against Arambagh Krira Sangha in Mymensingh on Tuesday. It was Rahmatganj’s third draw in five matches which put them level with Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club with nine points

Former Indian spinner Venkatapathy Raju will conduct a six-day specialised spin bowling camp designed for High Performance programme of the Bangladesh Cricket Board from today in Mirpur. The BCB has called up 25 spinners, including members of the preliminary national squad, to attend the camp. Raju has arrived in Bangladesh on Monday ahead

Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman is expected to return home on Friday to start his rehabilitation after his successful surgery on his injured left-shoulder, said officials on Monday. Mustafizur underwent a surgery on his left shoulder at the BUPA Cromwell Hospital in London by renowned shoulder surgeon Dr Andrew Wallace on August 10.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Sunday that they are planning to send Taskin Ahmed to Australia for undergoing a biometric test of his bowling action. Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny will accompany Taskin in Australia provided a satisfactory result of his test conducted by BCB’s bowling review committee on Sunday.

Former Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful said on Saturday that he is a relieved man as he is now eligible to return back into selected domestic tournament. The Bangladesh Cricket Board partially lifted the ban on Ashraful, allowing him to play in selected domestic competitions as he completed three-year suspension

Bangladesh women cricket team’s newly-appointed coach Sarwar Imran said on Saturday that he will focus on the fitness of his charges ahead of their Ireland tour. Women’s team will visit Ireland in next month for two one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches and Sarwar, who was Bangladesh’s coach in their inaugural

Bangladesh’s pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman underwent a successful shoulder operation on Thursday at around 9pm Bangladesh time under surgeon Andrew Wallace at Fortius clinic in England. ‘His operation was successful and we are wishing him for a quick recovery,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus told New Age on Thursday night.

Bangladesh national cricket team’s Sri Lankan coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Tuesday feared that it will be difficult for his charges to keep their focus in the forthcoming series due to long absence from international cricket. Bangladesh played their last Test match against South Africa in August 2015 while they played their last ODI series against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday called up 22 players to join a preliminary camp ahead of the next month’s tour of Ireland. All 15 players, who took part in the ICC World Twenty20 earlier in the year, have been included in the squad. They were joined by Suraiua Azmin, Shamima Sultana, Jannatul Ferdous, Happy Alam, Sultana ... Read more

Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza on Monday said he was eying a return to first-class cricket after nearly three years of hiatus with the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket League, franchise-based four day tournament. Mashrafee’s last first-class appearance came with Khulna Division against Barisal Division at the National Cricket League, traditional first-class

Bangladesh national team’s fielding coach Richard Halsall on Sunday said he is hopeful that England series will take place despite the security concern. Halsall, the former Zimbabwean Test cricketer and the former fielding coach of England national cricket team, returned to Dhaka on Sunday to join the national side.

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday that he is looking forward to bowl upfront in the innings for Jamaica Tallawahs against Guyana Amazon Warriors in their final match of the Caribbean Premier League. Sakib picked three wickets in one over to guide his side win against Trinbago Knight Riders in the second qualifying final. ‘Obviously

English bowlers made a combined effort to dismiss Pakistan in the fifth and final day to win the third Test match of the series at Edgbaston by 141 runs. James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Steven Finn and Moeen Ali all took two wickets apiece to bundle out Pakistan for 201 runs in 70.5 overs.

England Cricket Board’s security adviser Reg Dickason will leave for India and Bangladesh today to assess security situation ahead of their tour in these countries. The Bangladesh Cricket Board official said they are ready to fulfill the requirement of England team’s security adviser when he arrives next week.

Sakib al Hasan made important contributions with the bat and ball to help his side Jamaica Tallawahs beat Trinbago Knight Riders on Saturday in the second qualifier to confirm their berth in the final of Caribbean Premier League. Andre Russell made a belligerent 44-ball 100 and Sakib played a second fiddle with his 23-ball 19 runs ... Read more

Bangladesh national team coach Chandika Hathurusinghe returns today to take up the responsibility of the Tigers’ ahead of the home series against England. Hathurusinghe, who was enjoying vacation along with his family members, is due to arrive at 10:40pm through a Singapore Airlines. His arrival is expected

Rehabilitation will be the key for pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman after his scheduled shoulder operation at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London on August 11, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials. Shoulder specialist Andrew Wallace, who earlier had successfully operated Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, will conduct the operation to help Mustafiz find

On August 6, 2006, Bangladesh handed one-day international debut to two teenage prodigies during the fifth match of a series against Zimbabwe at Harare. The series was already lost, but plenty was at stake for the Tigers. Back then Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were fierce rivals. So, the Tigers had to win the game to restore ... Read more

Three sports journalist bodies in separate statements on Thursday protested the behaviour of Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan and his move of restricting the press freedom. The journalist bodies reacted after four media houses were denied an entry to cover an unscheduled press conference of Nazmul at his Beximco office on Friday.