Cricket

Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez continued his rich vein of form in Test cricket by hitting his third hundred in consecutive Test in Khulna on Wednesday. The right-hander hit an unbeaten 137 to put Pakistan in a strong position on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh. Hafeez has now become the sixth Pakistani batsmen to ... Read more

Left-hander Mominul Haque’s half-century guided Bangladesh to 236-4 against Pakistan at the close of opening day’s play of the first Test at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Tuesday. Mominul scored 80 runs from 162 balls before he was dismissed in the last over and the stumps on the first day were drawn immediately ... Read more

Batsman Mominul Haque displayed his class and temperament once again when he led Bangladesh’s batting charge in the first Test against Pakistan on Sunday. Benched in the one-day series and left out from Twenty20 International, Mominul returned to his groove in the Test and made an instant impact to score 80 off 162 balls. His exploits led ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board was successful in its last-ditch attempt to add decision review system in the two-match Test series against Pakistan that started in Khulna on Tuesday. Initially there was no plan for DRS in the Test series but the BCB said it had initiated the move on the night just after the three-match one-day ... Read more

Bangladesh believe they were not defensive when they took the field on the opening day of the first Test match against Pakistan despite making a slow progress to reach 236-4 at the close in Khulna on Tuesday. The Tigers came into this game with promise of playing attacking cricket but the team that they selected for ... Read more

A confident-looking Bangladesh are eying to make another historical effort when they take on beleaguered Pakistan in the opening Test match at Khulna today. Bangladesh outclassed their heavyweight opponents by earning a clean sweep in the three-match one-day internationals that began through their first win over the rivals in 16 years. They followed it with their first ... Read more

Bangladesh will look to play their natural attacking game instead of playing defensively for a draw, Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim promised on Monday. The Tigers will seek their maiden Test win over Pakistan when they take on the visitors in the first of the two Tests at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna from today. Mushfiqur, who ... Read more

Bangladesh will have the psychological edge over the Pakistanis after their swashbuckling show in run up to the Test series, said coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ahead the first Test, beginning at Khulna today. The Tigers will go into the series aiming improve their underwhelming Test record after just seven wins in 14 years, seven of which came ... Read more

Pakistan Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq admitted on Monday that his side is under pressure to perform in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh after being humbled in limited over formats. Pakistan is seeking for a turnaround when they take on the Tigers in the opening Test match of the two-match series in Khulna today. ‘There is always a ... Read more

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan is confident of making a good show in the upcoming two-match Test series against visiting Pakistan that commences on Tuesday at Khulna. Sakib, who correctly forecasted his team as favourites before they made a clean sweep in one-day international series, is little sedate this time and said that they are ... Read more

Bruised and battered in the one-day and Twenty20 series, Pakistan are hoping to restore some lost pride in the two match Test series against Bangladesh, beginning in Khulna on Tuesday. The return of veterans Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan in the national fold gave them a renewed hope as they seek to overcome the hangover of ODI ... Read more

Chairman of International Cricket Council and former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India, Narayanaswami Srinivasan is in the centre of controversy again. The man who has been frequently faced with many allegations this time may face an accusation of spying his own colleagues and that with the money of the cricket board, reports ... Read more

Bangladesh filed more misery on visiting Pakistan after a clean sweep in one-day international series, inflicting a seven-wicket defeat on the visitors in the lone Twenty20 International in Dhaka on Friday. Sakib al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman slammed unbeaten half-centuries as the Tigers showed their batting depth to race to 143-3 in just 16.2 overs to ... Read more

Bangladesh’s batting depth comes into light as they followed their one-day international series clean sweep to break their Twenty20 duck against Pakistan on Friday. Unlike the one-day series, the openers failed to provide them a sparkling start and Mushfiqur Rahim also showed rare failure but it could not prevent the Tigers from posting another dominant win. After ... Read more

Selectors sprung few surprises on Friday when they included uncapped paceman Mohammad Shahid and retained out-of-form Imrul Kayes in Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for two match Test series against Pakistan. Shahid joined Liton Kumar Das and Soumya Sarkar as three uncapped player in the Test squad, which is strikingly different from the one-day and Twenty20 squad that

Prime Bank South Zone got off to a flying start in the Bangladesh Cricket League as they won by 216 runs against BCB North Zone in the first match at Fatullah on Friday. Prime skipper Abdur Razzak mesmerised the opposition with a brilliant spell of 6-69 as BCB outfit were all-out in their second innings for just ... Read more

The euphoria over the one-day international series sweep is yet to be over, but Bangladesh need to turn their attention quickly in Twenty20 format as they face Pakistan in the one-off series in Mirpur today. The day-night match will start at 6:30pm with Pakistan beginning as somewhat favourites despite a 0-3 mauling in the just-concluded one-day ... Read more

Pakistan will look to start afresh putting behind the one-day international series nightmare when they take on Bangladesh in a one-off Twenty20 International match in Mirpur today. Shahid Afridi will lead a relatively experienced side with the return of himself, Sohail Tanvir and Ahmed Shehzad, who he believes can turn their fortune in their favourite format.

Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team defeated their South African counterparts by one wicket in the seventh youth one-day international to take the series by 6-1 in Chittagong on Thursday. Set a modest target after bowlers had restricted South Africa Under-19 to 232 runs the junior Tigers won the cliffhanger by one wicket with two balls to spare. Hosts ... Read more

Anamul Haque’s unbeaten 96 in the second innings steered Prime Bank South Zone to 213-2 helping the side stretch their lead over BCB North Zone to 330 runs at close on the third day of the Bangladesh Cricket League match at Fatullah on Thursday. Prime Bank dismissed the BCB outfit for 235 runs after they resumed ... Read more