Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who served out a five-year ban for his part in spot-fixing scandal, is among 51 Pakistani cricketers listed for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament, said an official on Friday. Amir completed his ban in September and has already made a return to competitive cricket, taking 27 wickets in last
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Shuvagata to lead ‘A’ team
All-rounder Shuvagata Hom will lead Bangladesh ‘A’ team in their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, announced the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. Bangladesh ‘A’ team will leave Dhaka on October 14 for South Africa where they will play two warm-up one-day matches on October 19 and 27 along with a three-day
Women’s coach blames seniors
Bangladesh women’s team coach Janak Gamage on Thursday blamed the senior players of the team and lamented that their irresponsible batting caused the downfall of the team during their short visit to Pakistan. Gamage expressed his feelings to reporters after they returned from Pakistan where they lost all their games – two one-day Internationals
‘Saying no to Bangladesh was easy’
A week after Australia called off their tour to Bangladesh citing ‘security fears’, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said the ICC needs to step in and coordinate security efforts. He also said he believed the decision might have been a ‘little different’ had a similar situation arisen ahead of a tour to India. ‘The ICC ... Read more
BCB Meeting Today: Nazmul-Naimur cold war on focus
The Bangladesh Cricket Board will hold a crucial meeting today with former national captain Naimur Rahman finally getting a chance to raise his voice over certain issues that had undermined his authority as cricket operations chief. Naimur appeared unhappy as BCB president Nazmul Hasan recently overruled some of his recommendations regarding the appointment of Bangladesh ‘A’ team
Women finish all-loss Pak tour
Bangladesh women’s cricket team finished their winless tour to Pakistan on Tuesday with a six-wicket defeat against the hosts in their second and final one-day international at Southend Cricket Stadium at Karachi to lose the series 2-0. Pakistan, who won the first ODI by 20 runs, won the match with 69 balls to spare as they ... Read more
Dhaka, Rajshahi emerge winners
Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions emerged winners while two other matches ended in a draw in the second round of the National Cricket League that ended on Tuesday. At the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, Dhaka defeated holders Rangpur by eight wickets, despite a century of Rangpur batsman Sohrawardi Shuvo.
Batsmen continue to rule the roost
Batsmen continued to rule the second round of the National Cricket League as three more centuries were struck on the second day, including a double century by promising Barisal batsman Mosaddek Hossain at Khulna on Sunday. Mossadek hit an unbeaten 200 runs as Barisal, resuming on 295-5, declared their first innings for 527-9, at
Mosaddek shows rare consistency
Young batsman Mossadek Hossain continued his incredible form in domestic cricket as he hammered an unbeaten double ton against Sylhet in the ongoing National Cricket League on Sunday. It was his second century in as many matches in the current NCL and fourth consecutive first-class centuries after he hit 119 and 153 runs for Prime ... Read more
Women’s losing streak continues
Bangladeshi batter Rumana Ahmed’s fighting 70 went in vain as Bangladesh women’s cricket team lost by 20 runs against Pakistan in their first one-day international at Karachi on Sunday. Set a record chase after Pakistan were all out for 214, Bangladesh, whose highest ever ODI total is 210, could make only 194-9 from their stipulated ... Read more
Fazle, Irfan score tons on Day 1
Fazle Mahmud of Barisal and Irfan Sukkur of Chittagong made centuries in the opening day of the second phase of National Cricket League on Saturday to put their teams into comfortable position. Fazle Mahmud scored 103 runs to guide Barisal to 295-5 against Sylhet at Khulna while wicket-keeper Irfan Shakur made 102 to help Chittagong ... Read more
BCB proposes Zimbabwe Tests in November
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is trying to bring Zimbabwe in November for playing a Test series as it is trying to split the upcoming home series, said an official on Saturday. The BCB decided to propose for the new arrangement to the Zimbabwe Cricket Board as the Cricket Australia postponed their tour on security reasons, ... Read more
Sakib to miss NCL matches
All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is all set to miss next few rounds of National Cricket League as he is going for a leave to attend his pregnant wife in America, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Saturday. Sakib has been granted a leave till mid November but might have to return early if Zimbabwe agrees ... Read more
Bangladesh players shift focus on NCL
Bangladesh national team members shifted their focus on second round of National Cricket League after Australia unilaterally postponed their two-Test series against Tigers citing safety concerns. The Tigers were busy preparing themselves for the series that was scheduled to begin from October 9 in Chittagong. But they have been released to join their respective divisions
BCB finds an ally in PCB chief
Australia were ‘overly sensitive’ to postpone their tour of Bangladesh over security concerns, says Pakistan Cricket Board president Shahryar Khan, reports BCC Online. Bangladesh police are investigating the murder of an Italian aid worker who was shot on Monday, with the Islamic State group saying it is responsible.
BCB calls it ‘sad, unfortunate’
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday regretted the decision of Cricket Australia to postpone the two-Test series against Tigers for safety concern, saying it was sad and unfortunate. ‘Many countries now face these kinds of threat for terror attacks, but we don’t see cricket getting stopped. It is being played everywhere,’ BCB president Nazmul Hasan ... Read more
Women’s lose T20 series to Pakistan
Bangladesh national women’s cricket team lost the Twenty20 international series to Pakistan when the hosts beat them by 34 runs in the second and final match of the series at the Southend Club Cricket Stadium in Karachi on Thursday. Chasing Pakistan’ total of 114-7, the visitors could only manage 80-7 from the stipulated 20 overs. The hosts ... Read more
Bangladesh 9th in new women’s cricket ranking
Bangladesh secured 9th place in the ICC women’s team rankings, which was launched on Thursday. The rankings will incorporate results in all three formats of the game into one rankings system, said an ICC press release. Bangladesh scored 57 points while Australia scored 134 points to hold to top spot. England is on second position with 124 points
BCB hoping against hope
The Bangladesh Cricket Board did not give up their hope to revive the home series against Australia despite Cricket Australia asked its cricketers on Wednesday to leave the camp to join their state teams. The BCB was expecting the CA to give a decision today when it sits in a meeting with outcome of a ... Read more
It’s getting pretty tight, says Lehmann
Australia coach Darren Lehmann has conceded their Test series in Bangladesh is less likely to happen as discussions over the security in the country continue, reports allsports.com.gh. Lehmann and his team were due to depart for Bangladesh on Monday for the two-Test series, which was scheduled to start in Chittagong on October 9 following a ... Read more