Cricket

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are eager to erase the memory of IFA Shield and return on a winning note when they take on Indian side Pune FC in the final of the King’s Cup in Thimphu today. The Bangladesh champions reached the final of the three overseas tournaments in the recent time but they could come ... Read more

Bangladesh will not give Zimbabwe an inch concession as they seek 5-0 clean sweep when they take on the visitors in the fifth and final one-day international in Dhaka today. The match will pull down the curtain of the month-long home series which featured three Test matches and five ODIs. If Bangladesh come out victorious today,

Bangladesh’s one-day international skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said on Sunday that he is leading the Tigers successfully due to a combined effort put in by Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and his current deputy Sakib al Hasan. Mashrafee, who succeeded Mushfiq as ODI skipper in this series, said the duo are playing a major role in making ... Read more

Defending Dhaka Premier League champions Legends of Rupganj demanded their crucial eighth round match against Prime Bank Cricket Club to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium instead of BKSP on December 3. In a letter to the Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday, Legends said being the defending champions they deserve to play ... Read more

Zimbabwe stand with their last chance to pull off a consolation win when they face Bangladesh in the fifth and final one-day international in Dhaka today. Zimbabwe are still winless in the tour having lost the Test series 0-3 before defeats in all four ODIs they played so far. Batsman Hamilton Masakadza, who

All-rounder Soumya Sarker was added to the Bangladesh squad for the fifth one-day international against Zimbabwe, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday. Hard-hitting Soumya, who opens the innings for Prime Bank Cricketers in the Dhaka Premier League, can also bowl medium-pace. Soumya has been included as

Zimbabwe cricket team have been fined for slow over rate during the fourth one-day international against Bangladesh, the International Cricket Council said on Saturday. Zimbabwe fell one over short during their stipulated time. The players were fined 10 per cent of their match fees with

Bangladesh showed their true character recovering from a potentially disastrous situation to post a 21-run win in the fourth one-day international and take 4-0 lead in the five-match series against Zimbabwe in Dhaka on Friday. Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah each struck a fifty to salvage Bangladesh from 32-4 to guide the hosts to 256-8 and the ... Read more

All-rounder Mahmudullah hit a match-winning fifty in the fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe on Friday and then hit back Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan for implicating him in a so-called player’s syndicate. Nazmul in a press conference on Thursday said junior players were unwelcome in the national team until recently and cited the

Zimbabwe have finally something to cheer in the one-day international series against Bangladesh despite a narrow 21-run loss in the fourth match at Dhaka on Friday. The visitors were competitive for the first time in the five-match series and with little luck could have won the game after Solomon Mire put in a fine all-round

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Thursday claimed that until recently, new players were unwelcome in the national team, as a strong syndicate of seniors always opposed their inclusion. Speaking to a press conference at his Bexmico office, Nazmul said once he took over the board he successfully dismantled the syndicate, contributing to their recent ... Read more

With the series in the back, Bangladesh are planning for some experiment during today’s fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe at Mirpur. Keeping an eye on the upcoming ICC World Cup, the Tigers may hand leg-spinner Jubair Hossain and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam an ODI debut while pace

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Thursday that they have turned down an International Cricket Council proposal to play a tournament in Dubai before the upcoming World Cup. The ICC had invited the BCB to play the tournament, featuring its associate members who have qualified for the tournament. The tournament is scheduled to take place ... Read more

Bangladesh put up a clinical performance with both bat and ball to thrash Zimbabwe by 124 runs in the third one-day international and wrap-up the five-match series in Dhaka on Wednesday. The proceedings followed the script of second match in Chittagong as the openers put another century stand and Mashrafee bin Murtaza rattled Zimbabwe with his ... Read more

Bangladesh’s batting showed rare consistency during the first three games of the ongoing five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe which helped them to wrap up the series without any serious hiccup. Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe in all three matches to clinch the series but more than that, it showed that the performance graph of the batting unit ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team will be looking to wrap-up the five-match one-day international series when they face Zimbabwe in the third match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Bangladesh are leading the series 2-0 thanks to their two convincing wins in the first two matches, which also made them firm favourites in today’s day-night affair starting ... Read more

Zimbabwe are preparing for a do-or-die contest as they take on Bangladesh in the third one-day international of five-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Zimbabwe must win the game if they are to stay alive in the series after going down 0-2 in Chittagong with defeats in the first two matches. ‘It is pretty ... Read more

Bangladesh will continue to experiment with their batting order if the opening partnership can give them a start similar to the one in the second one-day international against Zimbabwe, said skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza on Tuesday. The Tigers reshuffled their batting order in the second ODI after openers put a 158-run stand and bat out 33 ... Read more

The 1998 match at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad is still vivid in the memory of Akram Khan. Bangladesh were already 12 years into international cricket and still searching for their maiden win. In familiar conditions against a side like Kenya, it was their best chance to get a breakthrough. But there were no ... Read more

A superb opening partnership coupled with skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza’s fiery opening spell helped Bangladesh take a 2-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series against Zimbabwe as the host registered a 68-run win at Chittagong on Sunday. Opener Tamim Iqbal (76) and Anamul Haque (80) put up 158 runs that enabled Bangladesh to post 251-7 before ... Read more