Cricket

Kalabagan survive after Partex walk out The controversy over the umpiring in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League resurfaced on Monday when Partex Sporting Club walked out of their relegation play-off match against Kalabagan Krira Chakra at the BKSP. Partex were demoted to the first division league as match referee Morshedul Alam awarded the game to Kalabagan ... Read more

Opener Tamim Iqbal is ruled out of the Dhaka Premier League after an MRI revealed that he tore his meniscus on the left knee, said an official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday. Tamim’s reported pain in his knee recently prompted the BCB to conduct the MRI, which, chief BCB physician Debasish Chowdhury, said ... Read more

Pace bowler Rubel Hossain promised to bring some happy memories from the upcoming World Cup as he returned to training on Sunday putting behind his recent personal controversy. Rubel hit front page headline in the recent days after film actress Naznin Akter filed a case against him accusing the cricketer of ‘rape’ and ‘false marriage ... Read more

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe will have the final say in Sakib al Hasan’s hopes of playing in Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 tournament, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Sunday. Sakib has formally sought no objection certificate from the BCB to play in the Big Bash from the first week of January, though he is yet ... Read more

The Super League of the Dhaka Premier League is set to get underway from December 24, said the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis on Sunday. Six teams —Abahani Limited, Prime Bank CC, Kalabagan Cricket Academy, Prime Doleshwar SC, Legends of Rupganj and Mohammedan Sporting Club — all will take on each other in the league. In the ... Read more

With the deadline for the announcement of Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the ICC World Cup 2015 looming large speculation is ripe about who is going to make it and who can miss it. If history is anything to go by, it could be unpleasant for at least one senior cricketer as it happened in the past ... Read more

Dhaka Premier League frontrunners Abahani Limited sidelined prodigious leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in their recent matches, leaving his chance of making it to the World Cup squad bleak. Jubair burst into country’s cricketing scenario during the recent home series against Zimbabwe when he did reasonably well in both Tests and one-day internationals to emerge as a bright

Bangladeshi umpires are not good enough to conduct matches at the highest level, said a senior official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday, adding that a massive improvement is needed to make them capable. The International Cricket Council have recently selected 20 umpires and five match referees for the World Cup 2015 to be staged ... Read more

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan is among the players retained by the Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming season. According to a media release posted on the official website of the IPL on Wednesday, a total of 123 cricketers including 79 Indians and 44 overseas players were

The High Court on Monday granted four weeks pre-arrest bail to national cricket team pacer Rubel Hossain in a case filed by film actress Naznin Akhter Happy. The bench of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury issued the bail after Rubel surrendered before the court in the afternoon seeking bail.

Suspended former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said on Monday that he is keeping himself fit so that he can make a comeback to competitive cricket as soon as his ban is lifted. Ashraful was slapped with an eight-year ban from all forms of cricket in June this year after he was found guilty of match-fixing by ... Read more

Legends, Doleshwar, Mohammedan and KCA all qualify The Super League line-up of the of the Dhaka Premier League were completed on Sunday with defending champions Legends of Rupganj, Prime Doleshwar and Mohammedan Sporting Club wining their respective matches to book a place. They are joined by Prime Bank CC and Abahani Limited and Kalabagan Cricket Academy ... Read more

Defending champions Legends of Rupganj opener Tamim Iqbal said that players are not worried about the off-field trouble of the club are thoroughly concentrating on their job at hand in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League. Tamim made watchful 73 runs on Sunday enabling Legends reaching the Super League with a six-wicket win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi ... Read more

Film actress Naznin Akther Happy said on Sunday that she will withdraw the case against national cricketer Rubel Hossain if he agrees to marry her. Happy filed a case at Mirpur police station against Rubel on Saturday, alleging the cricketer of ‘rape’ and a ‘false promise of marriage’, She alleged that Rubel has backed away from ... Read more

A 19-year old actress has filed a case against Bangladesh national team cricketer Rubel Hossain, with Mirpur police on Saturday, accusing him of having raped her. The victim is reportedly a former lover of Rubel, confirmed Salauddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Mirpur police station. In the first information report, the victim alleged

The final round of Dhaka Premier League first phase begins today with five teams vying for the four available slots in the Super League. Prime Bank Cricket Club and Abahani Limited have already qualified for the Super League, but battle for the other slots are all but intense. Defending champions Legends of Rupganj, Kalabagan

Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers refused to take part in training session on Saturday due to payment dispute at the Academy ground, according to officials and witnesses. Mohammedan take on Kalabagan Krira Chaka in their last Dhaka Premier League match of the first phase at Fatullah today, a game they must win to progress

The Cricketer Welfare Association of Bangladesh is divided into two camps over its position in the recent mudslinging war between the Bangladesh Cricket Board high-ups and banned Legends of Rupganj chairman Lutfar Rahman. Vice-president Khaled Mahmud came under fire from his fellow CWAB members for forcing the organisation to take a side in what is seen ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan and his wife Umme al Hasan Shishir celebrated their second marriage anniversary in grand style journey with on Friday. Sakib and Shishir got married on 12-12-12 and have since been under constant media spotlight for their celebrity images. ‘Feeling loved,’ Sakib wrote in his official facebook page

Opener Liton Kumar hit a sparkling hundred as Abahani Limited romped to a seven-wicket win over Kalagagan Cricket Academy in their Dhaka Premier League 10th round match at Fatullah on Thursday. Liton, recently included in the 30-man preliminary squad for World Cup, cracked 108 off just 77 balls as Abahani eased into 186-3 after dismissing KCA ... Read more