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Former Pakistani paceman Aaqib Javed said that in order to prepare oneself as a good fast bowler one must assess himself and practice accordingly. Aaqib passed another day with the Bangladeshi pacer on Thursday and gave them some tips as part of his short-term training with them. ‘If you know which category you belong to, then your ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Control board is still undecided when and where paceman Mustafizur Rahman’s shoulder operation will take place, said BCB president Nazmul Hasan on Wednesday. Mustafiz has already taken advice from two shoulder surgeons in England –Lennard Funk and Tony Kocchar – to assess his condition and his reports were

Pace bowler Shafiul Islam said on Wednesday that he is striving hard to return in the national team and working hard to keep his fitness and regain form to do that. Bangladesh team had a wonderful year in the 2015 especially in the one-day international format but Sahfiul, who had been a regular member of ... Read more

In an unprecedented move, the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday barred some media houses from entering an unscheduled press meet of its president Nazmul Hasan at his corporate office. Nazmul invited the press to the headquarters of Beximco, a corporate house to which he is an employee, but the reporters of daily newspapers Prothom Alo,

More than one month has passed since Dhaka Premier League ended but most of the clubs were yet to complete the payment for the players in full, said players and the officials. The DPL payment issue resurfaced on Tuesday as a group of Brothers Union players, led by senior cricketer Shahriar Nafees, met BCB chief ... Read more

Bangladesh paceman Al-Amin Hossain on Tuesday said that he has been enjoying the challenge of his fellow pace bowlers to get a place in the national team and he thought it was helping the team as well. Recently Bangladesh team has changed their perennial mindset of spin-based attack to incline more on pace-based attack especially in ... Read more

Bangladesh will not be a part of any Twenty20 internationals in Florida as India will play two T20I’s against West Indies, according to West Indies Cricket Board on Tuesday. WICB announced that India will play against West Indies on August 27 and 28 at Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Earlier it was reported in

Pace bowler Rubel Hossain said on Monday that he was eagerly waiting to meet Pakistani paceman Aaqib Javed to learn a few tricks that he believes would help him to be a more competent bowler. Former UAE coach Aaqib, who played 22 Tests and 163 one-day internationals for Pakistan, is now in Dhaka to oversee ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan has failed to make justice to his reputation so far in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League being one of the world’s premier all-rounders as his performance has been limited to mediocrity with both bat and ball. Sakib’s Jamaica Tallawahs have been impressive in the tournament as they won six of their 10 matches ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is yet to get an appointment from professor Lennard Funk, shoulder surgery specialist in Manchester, for the assessment of pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman’s injury, said BCB official on Monday. Mustafiz, who met London-based shoulder specialist Tony Kocchar several twice, is trying to seek an appointment of Funk

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