Cricket

Touring Zimbabwean cricket team remain focused on Bangladesh’s spinners when they take on the hosts in the first of the three Tests today, said skipper Brendan Taylor. Zimbabwe struggled to handle the part-time spinners of the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI during the just concluded three-day practice match, which only exposed

Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have lot of similarities as a cricket nation both in terms of strength and records as the two teams often fight it out to overtake each other. A similar battle will begin today when they will be involved in a three-match Test series for the first time in their fledging cricket history. ... Read more

Former Bangladesh cricket team coach Dav Whatmore arrived in Dhaka to commentate in the ongoing series against Zimbabwe which starts today in Dhaka. Whatmore said he was excited at the prospect of watching his old team and looked forward to reunite with some of his friends at the Bangladesh Cricket Board, where

Zimbabwe cricket coach Stephen Mangongo said Bangladesh batsmen must complement their bowlers if they are to come out on top in the forthcoming Test series against his side. Mangongo agreed to the suggestion that the series is essentially a battle between Zimbabwe batsmen and Bangladeshi bowlers but added that the other sets of players

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan brushed aside the suggestion that Bangladesh are overconfident before facing Zimbabwe in the three-Test series, beginning at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Though Bangladesh will begin the series as favourites, they will be hunted by the memories of their recent failure against Zimbabwe, who won two of their last three ... Read more

The tickets for the Bangladesh-Zimbabwe Test and one-day international series will be available in selected branches of the United Commercial Bank from Saturday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said at a press conference on Thursday. The maximum price for a ticket for the Test series is Tk 1000 while the minimum price is Tk 20. For ... Read more

Unheralded Bangladesh Cricket Board XI bowlers showed that there is nothing to be panicked about the Zimbabwe cricket team as they rattled some of the top batsmen from the visiting side to earn a draw in the three-day warm-up match that ended at Fatullah on Wednesday. The two teams accepted the draw after Zimbabwe reached ... Read more

Bangladesh’s cricketers are preparing for the forthcoming three-Test series against Zimbabwe with a single-minded focus as plenty of things are at stake for them in it. The Tigers will leapfrog Zimbabwe in Test ranking should they win the series, which in the long run may help them to avoid the play off against ICC Intercontinental

Test squad members Shamsur Rahman and Shubhagata Hom scored half-centuries as Bangladesh Cricket Board XI gained an 11-run lead and reached 252-6 on the second day of the three-day match against Zimbabwe at Fatullah on Tuesday. Shamsur scored highest 69 runs while Shubhagata remained unbeaten on 53 runs as stumps were drawn after 80 overs ... Read more

The International Cricket Council and the Bangladesh Cricket Board lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland against the reduced ban of former national captain Mohammad Ashraful, said an official. BCB’s disciplinary panel chairman Md Abdur Rashid reduced Ashraful’s eight-year ban to five-year, including a two-year suspended ban, on September 29, ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board XI gave Zimbabwe an idea about what to expect in the forthcoming Test series when they dismissed the visitors for 241 runs on the opening day of the three-day warm-up match at Fatullah on Monday. Bunch of medium pacers and an occasional spinner were enough for Zimbabwe as eight Bangladeshi bowlers ... Read more

Introduces SG balls, DRS in Test series Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to use SG cricket balls, instead of the more customary Kookabura, as well as the controversial Decision Review System in the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe, as part of its efforts to leave no stone unturned to ensure Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in the ... Read more

National captain Mamunul Islam returned to Dhaka on Monday from India to join the national team camp at BKSP ahead of two FIFA friendlies against Sri Lanka. Mamunul was released by Indian Super League franchise Atletico de Kolkata to play the matches after he failed to make it in their starting lineup in the first

Bangladesh name 14-man squad for first Zimbabwe Test Selectors sprang a surprise on Sunday when they included uncapped leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for the first Test match against Zimbabwe. The 19-year old prodigious bowler, hailed from Jamalpur, caught the attention of selectors only this year when he bowled Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim ... Read more

Batsmen named in 15-man squad for Kolkata tournament Batsmen Anamul Haque and Nasir Hossain have been effectively dropped from the Bangladesh squad for the first Test against Zimbabwe when they were selected for the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI for a tournament in Kolkata later this month. The BCB announced a 15-member squad for the Acharya ... Read more

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe was impressed with the preparation of his charges for the home series against Zimbabwe as the three-day practice match among probable players ended on Saturday. While the bowlers hardly could manage to produce a devastating spell, the batsmen dominated the match to give the hosts some much-needed confidence boost before the

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned to introduce a youth-level four-day competition featuring the franchises of Bangladesh Cricket League, said the officials on Saturday. BCB officials had a meeting with the representatives BCL franchises on Saturday where they all accepted the proposal positively, said Khaled Mahumd, the

A 24-member Zimbabwean Test squad led by skipper Brendon Taylor arrived at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport on Friday to participate in the forthcoming three-match Test series against Bangladesh. Zimbabwean squad which includes 17 players remained tight lipped on arrival as they were escorted to hotel after customs clearance and a routine screening

Bangladesh’s batsmen ruled the second day of the three-day practice match between Bangladesh Red and Green on Friday as Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque and Mohammad Mithun each scored half centuries for their respective side. Tamim scored 92 runs while Mominul added 84 as Green declared on 284-4 in 75 overs replying to Red’s 220-7 to

Selectors refused to pick any specialist spinner for the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI to face Zimbabwe in a three-day warm-up match and packed the 14-man squad with five pace bowlers. The squad, which was announced on Friday, included only two players from the regular Test side; Shamsur Rahman and Robiul Islam. ‘We included Shamsur Rahman ... Read more