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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

Bangladesh management’s experimentation with the batting order of the national cricket team nearly backfired against Zimbabwe in the second one-day international at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Sunday. Though the experiment had little impact on the result it was about to bring a catastrophe despite a formidable start in the game. Opener Tamim Iqbal and

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said he is yet to be fully satisfied with his bowling despite putting a match-winning performance in the second one-day international against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Mashrafee, who picked up two wickets in the opening game, showed a glimpse of his previous self when he bowled opening batsman Hamilton Masakadza with a ... Read more

A 20-member visually impaired Bangladesh cricket team will leave for South Africa this week to participate in the fourth Blind World Cup Cricket to be held in Cape Town from November 26 to December 9. Barring Zimbabwe, nine Test playing countries and Nepal will participate in the tournament, organised by the World Blind Cricket Council. Hafizur Rahman ... Read more

Zimbabwean skipper Elton Chigumbura believes that the five-match one-day international series is not yet over for the visitors despite them going 0-2 down in Chittagong on Sunday. Bangladesh, followed their 87-run win in the first ODI with a 68 runs success that took them closer to winning the series with three matches left in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to reshuffle their standing committee in the next board meeting, BCB president Nazmul Hasan said on Sunday. It looks like that there will be some major changes in the cricket committee of Dhaka Metropolis and cricket operations sector. AZM Nasir, the current CCDM chairman will have to step

Bangladesh are likely go into the second one-day international against Zimbabwe in Chittagong today with the same combination despite their decision of fielding three pace bowlers, which nearly backfired in the opening game. Bangladesh decorated their bowling attack with three pacers – Mashrafee bin Murtaza, Al-Amin Hossain and Rubel Hossain – considering the dew factor,

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is in a two-way battle respectively with team-mates Mashrafee bin Murtza and Tamim Iqbal as far as individual performance is concerned during the ongoing one-day international series against Zimbabwe. The prolific cricketer is jointly country’s second highest wicket taker along with Mashrafee (175 wickets), though the latter is one international

Sakib al Hasan returned to one-day international cricket with a stunning all-round performance leading Bangladesh to a crushing 87-run win over Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Friday. Sakib scored 101 off 99 balls and followed that with 4-41 with the ball as Bangladesh scored 281-7 runs in 50 overs and later dismissed the visitors for 194 in ... Read more

Every time Sakib al Hasan takes the bat or ball he gets a reason to look for something special in the ongoing series against Zimbabwe. The first one-day international in Chittagong on Friday was also not an exception. Making a comeback in the ODI side, Sakib, the newly-appointed vice-captain, saw the team wobbling at 3-31, meaning he ... Read more

Bangladesh’s new one-day skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said they have little room to relax despite a convincing 87-run win in the first one-day international against Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Friday. Bangladesh overcame a poor start to put 281-7 and then dismissed Zimbabwe for 194 runs in 42.1 overs to end their 12-match losing streak and take ... Read more

Defending Dhaka Premier League champions Legends of Rupganj alleged that they were forced to play their fourth round match against Abahani on Friday with a controversial umpire in charge. Legends’ joint-secretary Tarikul Islam Titu said they lodged an official complaint to the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis about umpire Mizanur Rahman a day before the game ... Read more

Bangladesh will be looking forward to end their 12-match losing streak when they play the first match of the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe in Chittagong today. The day-night affair, which will start at 1:30 pm, is considered to be the best platform for the hosts to raise their morale before the World Cup ... Read more

Bangladesh has agreed to play in an one-day international tournament in Dubai in January as part of its preparation for the forthcoming ICC World Cup 2015, officials said on Wednesday. The High Performance Unit of International Cricket Council will organise the tournament from January 10-24 to give its associate members an opportunity to

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is looking forward to facing a stiffer challenge from the Zimbabwean side in the five-match one-day internationals, giving his side an ideal platform for preparation ahead of the next ICC World Cup. Bangladesh complete their international commitments before the World Cup with the ODI series against Zimbabwe. Tigers are

The new blood in the Zimbabwe one-day squad will help the visitors regain their composure through their fresh approach in the upcoming five-match ODI series, said coach Stephen Mangango on Tuesday. Zimbabwe, who were swept away by the Tigers in the three-match Test series, will be bolstered by the inclusion of new faces in Soloman Mire, ... Read more

A confident-looking Bangladesh national cricket team is all set to kick off their preparations for the upcoming ICC World Cup through the five-match one-day internationals against Zimbabwe. Tigers swept Zimbabwe in the just concluded three-match Test series 3-0 to raise their self-confidence and are now looking to carry the momentum into the ODI series starting from

Bangladesh rode on a brilliant team effort to thrash Zimbabwe by 186 runs in the third Test in Chittagong on Sunday, completing a memorable clean sweep in the three-match Test series. It was not like a single bowler wreaked havoc in the ranks of the opposition or a certain player dominated, the Tigers acted as a ... Read more

Bangladesh feel they have accomplished a mission after beating Zimbabwe 3-0 in the three-Test series to overtake their African rivals in Test rankings and prove their worth. Bangladesh were languishing at the bottom of Test rankings for several years and the series provided them a rare opportunity to improve that and avoid the

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday that he had no regrets on missing out another all-round record during the third Test against Zimbabwe in Chittagong. Sakib needed just two wickets on the fifth and final day to become the first cricketer to score 250 runs and take 20 wickets in a three-Test series. He ... Read more