An on-field brawl between two Bermuda club cricketers during the country’s Champion of Champions final on September 12 has resulted in one of them being banned for life by the Bermuda Cricket Board. At the end of an over during the game, Cleveland County Cricket Club’s wicketkeeper Jason Anderson, while changing ends, smacked the Willow ... Read more
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Cricketer Shahdat’s house maid gives deposition
National team cricketer Kazi Shahadat Hossain’s house maid on Monday gave her statement before a metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka alleging that she was tortured by the cricketer and his wife. Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakraborty recorded the statement under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000 and sent back the 10-year-old
Rain pushes NCL matches to draws
Incessant rain continued for the two consecutive days to end all four first round matches of National cricket league into draws as there was very little play on the fourth and final day of those matches. There was, however, enough play in Khulna between Khulna division and Dhaka division for the hosts to finish their ... Read more
Bangladesh mourn its true friend
Bangladesh on Monday mourned the death of Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya, terming him ‘a true friend and a genuine well-wisher’ of country’s cricket. President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina led the tribute for Dalmiya, also a former president of International Cricket Council, who passed away in Kolkata
‘A’ team face Ranji champs from today
After losing the one-day series against India ‘A’, the touring Bangladesh ‘A’ team will hope that the change of formats will bring fortune when they take on Ranji trophy champions Karnataka in a three-day match starting in Mysore today. In all the three one-day games, the visitors had their moments but failed to capitalise on that ... Read more
Top-order failure costs ‘A’ team
Suresh Raina’s century and another top order failure of Bangladesh ‘A’ side helped India ‘A’ clinched the three-match one-day series, with a 75-run win in the final match in Bangalore on Sunday. The hosts clinched the series 2-1 after Bangladesh won the second match of the series. In a rain-hit encounter, Suresh Raina (104)
All set for B’desh women’s Pak tour
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is taking all necessary steps to ensure women’s cricket team’s Pakistan tour goes as planned, officials said on Sunday. The formal announcement for the tour was delayed due to the absence of BCB president Nazmul Hasan, who is currently in Canada on a private visit. The BCB was hoping Nazmul would return on ... Read more
Tigers want pay hike
Bangladesh national cricketers under Bangladesh Cricket Board payroll have requested for an increase in their salary, said a BCB official on Sunday. Naimur Rahman, the chairman of cricket operations department of the BCB, confirmed they received such a request from senior cricketers. ‘Yes, they have requested whether the board can increase their salary,’
NCL matches hit by rain
All the excitements of first round matches of the National Cricket League was dampened as not a single ball could be bowled in any of the four matches in different venues on Sunday. Torrential rain with the influence of low pressure created in Bay of Bengal is expected to continue today and chance of any ... Read more
All-round Nasir sinks India ‘A’
Nasir Hossain put on a brilliant all-round performance as Bangladesh ‘A’ team beat their Indian counterparts by 65 runs in their second one-day match to level the three-match series in Bangalore on Friday. Nasir struck an unbeaten 102 off 96 balls to help Bangladesh post 252-8 in 50 overs and then grabbed 5-36 to dismiss ... Read more
Streak delighted with ‘A’ team’s fightback
Bangladesh ‘A’ team coach Heath Streak said on Friday that he was delighted to see his charges taking the game away from the hosts despite making a modest total to level the three-match one-day series against India ‘A’ Bangladesh scored 252-8 on the back of Nasir Hossain’s unbeaten century and later dismissed the hosts for 182 ... Read more
Women’s Pak tour all but cleared
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has all but cleared the national women’s cricket team’s proposed tour to Pakistan as the security delegation that visited the country earlier this month gave a positive report, said an official. Bangladesh women’s cricket team are expected to play three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 internationals against their Pakistani rivals
Mosaddek hits first ton of NCL
Barisal’s Mosaddek Hossain scored the first century of the domestic season as the new-look two-tier National Cricket League first-round got underway at different venues of the country on Friday. Mosaddek scored 122 runs as Barisal put 302 against Rajshahi before reducing the hosts to 19-2 to make them trail by 283 runs at the Shaheed ... Read more
Law asks to lower expectations on Under-19 side
Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team’s technical advisor Stuart law said too much expectation over the teenage boys will not bring any good but some fatal results in the upcoming junior World Cup. The former Australian cricketer, who also coached Bangladesh national side, gave his opinion about the future of the age-level side in Dhaka on Thursday after ... Read more
Aussies warned of ‘real fright’ in Bangladesh
Former Australia cricketer Stuart Law on Thursday asked his countrymen to prepare for a ‘real fright’ when they visit Bangladesh for a two-match Test series later this month. Law, who played a Test and 54 one-day internationals for Australia, coached Bangladesh’s national team in 2012, taking them to the Asia Cup final, before quitting for ... Read more
New-look NCL starts today
National stalwarts to star for respective division The 17th edition of country’s premium first-class competition, National Cricket League, will start today in four venues under a new format, with eight participating teams splitting in two tiers. Defending champions Rangpur will take on Dhaka Metropolis at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra while Khulna will host Dhaka at ... Read more
‘A’ team’s 2nd one-day today
Bangladesh ‘A’ team will be looking to bounce back after their dismal show in the first match when they take on their Indian counterparts in the second of the three-match one-day series at Bangalore today. The visitor’s top-order batsmen must return to form if they are to stay alive in the series. In the first ... Read more
BCB names 6 BPL franchises
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday confirmed six franchises for the third edition of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament, which gets underway from November 24. Eastern city Comilla will join Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rangpur and Barisal for the event that will resume after a gap of two years. The BCB excluded Rajshahi and
B’desh ‘A’ suffer big defeat
Bangladesh ‘A’ suffered 96-run defeat in the opening game of the three-match one-day series against India ‘A’ at Bangalore on Wednesday. Gurkeerat Singh’s all-round performance helped India ‘A’ to clinch a comfortable win as he scored 65 runs and later picked 5-29 That dashed the hope of the visitors as they were dismissed for 226 runs in ... Read more
Taskin’s India tour over
Bangladesh ‘A’ fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out of India tour after he suffered an injury during the first match in Bangalore on Wednesday. Taskin , who suffered a strain on the left side, will return home today and he will be replaced by paceman Kamrul Islam Rabbi. Kamrul is expected to reach Bengaluru ... Read more