Cricket

Sakib al Hasan heroics helped his side Jamaica Tallawahs to win for the two consecutive days as they beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 109 runs in their Caribbean Premier League match on Sunday at Jamaica. Sakib, who scored an unbeaten century and picked up a wicket in Jamaica’s win against Guyana Amazon Warriors a ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s $1million worth High-Performance Programme started on Sunday at Mirpur with an aim to have 25 prospective cricketers the best prepared for international cricket in near future. BCB vice president and chairman of the HP programme Mahbubul Anam inaugurated the camp and promised to do whatever it takes to prepare the players

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to provide their players some competitive longer-version matches before the forthcoming England series, said BCB officials on Saturday. England are supposed to visit here in next October and BCB has decided to arrange some matches of the Bangladesh Cricket League, the longer-version domestic tournament,

Sakib al Hasan’s brilliance lifted his Caribbean Premier League side Jamaica Tallawahs from a precarious 2-4 to a five-wicket victory against Guyana Amazon Warriors on Saturday at Sabina Park, Jamaica. Chasing the Guayan’s score of 128-6 Jamaica made a horrendous start but Sakib kept his cool to guide his side home by playing a unbeaten 54-run ... Read more

Minhajul Abedin-led new selection committee of Bangladesh national cricket team will get a two-year contract from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, officials said Saturday. BCB offered them the contract, which will be effective from July 1, and Minhajul and his other two colleagues, Habibul Bashar and Sazzad Ahmed agreed with the terms

Bangladesh Cricket Board will start the camp of its High Performance Unit on July 17 with 25 players but they will not get their Australian coach Simon Helmot from the beginning. Helmot is currently working as the coach of Trinibago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League and many assumed that he may not return ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday beefed up the security measures at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur following a couple of terror attacks in recent weeks with England cricket team due in September. All sorts of free movements and the entry to the stadium were restricted and only one of the gate remained open amid ... Read more

Rain ruined the Caribbean Premier League match between Barbados Tridents and Jamaica Tallawahs at the Kensington Oval on Monday, denying Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan an opportunity to cherish a special Twenty20 match in his career. It was Sakib’s 200 career Twenty20 match, but the Bangladeshi talisman could not get into action as only

Mustafizur Rahman’s stint with English county side Sussex could be delayed further as he is yet to receive his UK visa, officials said. Mustafiz was scheduled to join Sussex in June after signing as their second overseas cricketer for the NatWest T20 Blast and the Royal London One-Day Cup. But his participation was delayed by ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday added batsman Salman Hossain to their 25-member High Performance squad for 2016-17 season. The players will be under the supervision of BCB’s intense training programme with an aim to nurture the budding talent. The BCB had announced a 24-member squad last month, where the former Under-19 batsman failed

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday ruled out the prospect of hosting the England cricket team in October at a neutral venue despite the attacks of suspected militants in recent weeks that rocked the country. ‘We always believe that suspending cricket in a particular country will not bring any solution,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday ruled out the prospect of hosting the England cricket team in October at a neutral venue despite the attacks of suspected militants in recent weeks that rocked the country. ‘We always believe that suspending cricket in a particular country will not bring any solution,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday paid the partial dues of the players of Dhaka Premier League clubs Kalabagan Cricket Academy and Coaching school while Victoria Sporting Club and Brothers Union players remained unpaid and uncertain. The board paid the KCA players 30 per cent and the CCS players 52 per cent of their total ... Read more

The base of the domestic cricket, the qualification round of Third Division League ended within a single day on Tuesday, exposing huge problem in the bottom tier of local cricket. Only three teams registered in this year’s competition but one of them withdrew their name, making the league a one-match affair. Santinagar Cricket Club beat

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s bowling action review committee chief Jalal Yunus on Tuesday said that the committee discussed their policy issues and will start their work from July 20. The BCB last week formed the four-member committee who are tasked with overseeing the procedure related to suspect bowling action in domestic cricket and the remedial ... Read more

England will play three one-day internationals and two Test matches against Bangladesh in their month-long tour in October, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Tuesday. England, who will arrive on September 30, will start their tour with a one-day warm-up match at Fatullah on October 4 before playing the first two ODIs

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s vice president Mahbub Anam on Monday said that there is no way Bangladesh should support the two-tier system in the Test cricket that may be implemented after ICC’s ongoing annual meeting. The ICC started its annual meeting at Edinburgh on Monday where it will discuss two-tier system among other issues that would ... Read more

West Indies reduced the gap with Bangladesh in the ICC one-day international rankings after the Caribbean side gained six points by reaching the final of the triangular series in their own soil. According to an ICC press release on Monday, West Indies’ ranking points moved to 94, just four points behind Bangladesh, though they remained ... Read more

The players of the Victorian Sporting Club on Thursday approached to Bangladesh Cricket Board with the allegation that their club officials did not pay them even after the completion of Dhaka Premier League. According to BCB rule the clubs were obliged to pay at least 60 per cent of the payments to players before the ... Read more

Abahani Limited became champions of the Dhaka Premier League after they beat last season’s champions Prime Bank Cricket Club by 115 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Abahani skipper Tamim Iqbal played a blazing innings of 142 runs to help his side post 316-7 before Saqlain Sajib’s seven-for, the only instance of the league, ... Read more