Cricket

Leg-spinner Jubair Hossain is the only notable omission as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced 27-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming international Twenty20 commitments on Wednesday. Jubair, who made his T20I debut during the Zimbabwe series in November last year, was unable to make the cut apparently due to his lack of match practice

Paceman Shahadat Hossain claimed that he is innocent and has become a victim of conspiracy in child maid assault case that left him in the lurch. Shahadat is currently freed on bail after more than two months in jail and has started his rehabilitation in a bid to revive his career that seemed all but ... Read more

The Pran Frooto BSJA Media Cup cricket tournament is set to get underway from today at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. A total of 24 media houses will be vying in the six-day long tournament. The teams split into eight groups, will play the round-robin matches and top teams from each group will advance in to ... Read more

The indecision over format has left the upcoming home series against Zimbabwe uncertain as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is yet to announce the schedule. The BCB is in two minds regarding the format as some officials preferred a Test match and three Twenty20 matches while others are in favour of Twenty20s only.

More awareness on anti-doping stressed The local sports authorities have emphasised on more awareness about doping after two international cricketers of Sri Lanka and Pakistan were tested positive recently. Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera faces a lengthy four-year ban after he failed in an out-of-competition anti-doping test in October.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday said the spectators will need ticket to enjoy the forthcoming Under-19 World Cup for security reasons. The chief executive officer of Bangladesh Cricket Board Nizamuddin said the price will be minimal but they cannot allow the spectators without tickets to ensure security measures.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to include three new faces in its payroll for 2016, officials said on Sunday. Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman, Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman have been recommended by the national selectors for the payroll after their impressive performance in the outgoing year. The BCB sources said that a total of 15 ... Read more

Cricket Australia security head and an ICC official have arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday to observe the security condition of the country ahead of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, said officials on Sunday. ICC security consultant Sean Norris arrived on Sunday before CA security head Sean Carroll joined him to take part for the scheduled ... Read more

Former national pace bowler Shahadat Hossain, who is undergoing through a police case of beating his house help on Saturday, began his rehabilitation for injured left-knee with a bail granted by High court. HC has granted him a 3-month bail in a case filed against him and his wife for torturing their domestic help. Shahadat arrived at ... Read more

With the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh is barely a month away, Australia are yet to confirm their participation in the tournament, officials said on Thursday. The tournament is scheduled from January 27 to February 14 in four cities of Bangladesh, but the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board said they are still waiting

The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis in a meeting on Thursday decided to retain the ‘players by choice’ system for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League, which will start on March 24. CCDM member secretary Rakib Haider Pavel told the reporters after the meeting that most clubs are in favour of the system that players argued ... Read more

Bangladesh will propose Zimbabwe to play a Test and three Twenty20 Internationals during the upcoming home series in January, the cricket operations committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided on Wednesday. Zimbabwe were originally scheduled to play two Test matches during the series, but the visitors had proposed to play five

All-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz will lead Bangladesh team in the ICC Under-19 World Cup for the second time in a row as hosts Bangladesh named a 15-member squad for the tournament on Wednesday. Mehedi led Bangladesh to plate title in the previous edition in UAE two years ago and was tasked with a bigger responsibly at ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday expressed its satisfaction over successfully hosting the Bangladesh Premier League’s third edition putting behind all doubts. The BPL was held two years after it had been postponed following match-fixing, payment disputes and other anomalies that tainted the image of country’s cricket.

BCB bans the ex-captain provisionally from cricket The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday provisionally suspended former national captain Roquibul Hasan from all cricketing activities following his recent verbal tirade against officials. BCB umpires committee took the decision in an emergency meeting where it was decided that Roquibul will be served with a show-cause notice to ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board received mixed news from its Australian coaching staff in recent times as Under-19 team technical adviser Stuart Law confirmed his arrival in January while High Performance manager Stuart Karppinen tendered his resignation. Law, who is scheduled to spend 24 weeks with the Junior Tigers in three phases ahead

Sakib al Hasan will be able to earn a maximum $140,000 if he is selected by any franchise for the upcoming Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournament. Pakistan Cricket Board earlier announced to host the first edition of the PSL from February 4-23 in UAE after the sale of five teams for $93 million last week.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is considering of hosting five Twenty 20 internationals against Zimbabwe in January instead of two Test matches, which is originally scheduled. Officials said both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are interested to play only Twenty20 matches during this period of time as part of their preparation for the ICC World Twenty20.

National cricket captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza was voted as the most popular sportsman of the country as the Bangladesh Sports Press Association handed its annual prizes on Saturday. A total of 23 players, officials and sponsors received the Kool-BSPA Sports Award for their achievements in 2013 and 2014. BSPA, the lone internationally recognised