Cricket

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

The Bangladesh Cricket Board in an unprecedented midnight disciplinary action on Tuesday banned Legends of Rupganj chairman Lutfar Rahman and two other officials, raising quite a few eyebrows. Lutfar was handed a life ban from participating all cricket activities for his inflammatory comments against the BCB high-ups while club joint secretary Tarikul Islam was banned

The temperature in local cricket has suddenly shot up after officials of different Dhaka Premier League clubs got involved in mudslinging over the last few days. Legends of Rupganj owner Lutfar Rahman effectively started a war against Bangladesh Cricket Board officials last week by making ‘inflammatory’ certain

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday announced 30-member preliminary squad for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2015 to be staged in Australia and New Zealand without any major surprise. Suspended off-spinner Sohag Gazi, who is busy remodeling his action, is the only notable omission as selectors are unsure if he will be able to get cleared ... Read more

Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan is relieved to be back to all forms of cricket and thanked Bangladesh Cricket Board after they lifted the embargo on him from playing in overseas leagues. BCB on Thursday formally lifted the ban on Sakib, imposed on July 7 and scheduled to run until December 31, 2015. ‘I am very happy,’ ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board umpires committee chairman Nazmul Karim Tinku admitted their mistake of appointing a particular umpire in consecutive matches of a particular team in the Dhaka Premier League. Defending champions Legends of Rupganj alleged that umpire Jahangir Alam and Mizanur Rahman Milon were appointed in consecutive matches of

Suspended only few months ago for ‘severe attitude problem,’ Sakib al Hasan hit the headlines for a wrong reason again on Wednesday when he was fined Tk 10,000 for his behaviour in the Dhaka Premier League match. Sakib, playing his first match for Legends of Rupganj, allegedly charged umpire Mizanur Rahman verbally during their match against ... Read more

For Abul Kalam, an under privileged boy living at a dormitory run by non government Aparajeyo Bangladesh for the last five years, it was not a routine day. Kalam was in a state of euphoria after being able to execute the guideline provided by his senior partner Sakib al Hasan, whom he had only watched ... Read more