Cricket

Rain is likely to play a big part in the second four-day match between Bangladesh A and Zimbabwe A that got underway at the Fatullah Stadium on Monday. Only 21 overs of play were possible on the opening day, with Bangladesh A reaching 88-0 before bad light forced the umpires to call off the play ... Read more

The Dhaka Premier League, scheduled to begin on October, is set to be delayed by a few more days after national coach Chandika Hathurusinghe requested to arrange a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series against Zimbabwe. The league, which was originally scheduled to start from October 10, was earlier deferred by the Cricket Committee ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team will see end of an era today as long-serving physiotherapist Vibhav Singh departs after more than three years at the helm. The South African physio tendered his resignation before the West Indies tour to be with his newly wedded wife after a successful stint when helped several players

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim didn’t have any problems regarding the issue of splitting the captaincy in all formats of the game in the coming days if that serves the best interest of the national cricket team. Mushfiq along with his team-mates returned on Saturday after their disastrous tour of West Indies where they lost both the ... Read more

Off-spinner Sohag Gazi returned home on Saturday after completing his bio-mechanical test at the Cardiff University in Wales and was confident of a positive result. The spinner was reported for suspect bowling action by the International Cricket Council during their second one-day international match against West Indies

The second four-day match between Bangladesh ‘A’ and their Zimbabwean counterparts will begin on September 22 at the Fatullah stadium. The match was originally scheduled to start from today but due to unavoidable circumstances, the match was deferred by a day. The dates for the first two one-day internationals have also been changed. The matches will ... Read more

Visiting Zimbabwe A team captain Vusi Sibanda thinks that the wicket of the Cox’s Bazar Stadium during their first four-day match against the hosts was under-prepared and inappropriate for hosting first-class cricket. Bangladesh A team registered a six-wicket win over their Zimbabwe counterparts in a low-scoring game to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series ... Read more

The Bangladesh national cricket team will return home today after finishing their miserable tour of West Indies. The Tigers will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by an Emirates flight, scheduled to reach at 8:40am. West Indies defeated Bangladesh by 3-0 margin in the one-day international series and followed that with two convincing victories in ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team will be eager to erase their bitter memories of the last twelve months by winning their second successive gold medal at the 17th Asian Games when the Twenty20 event kicks off in Incheon on October 1. The Tigers will directly play in the knock-out stage along with Sri Lanka for being a ... Read more

Talent is useless if there is no discipline in batting Bangladesh’s miserable West Indies tour ended with yet another mere capitulation as they suffered a huge 296-run defeat against the hosts in the second Test in St Lucia on Tuesday. The visitors lost eight wickets for just 34 runs in the final session of the ... Read more

Bangladesh batted exactly the way West Indies wanted, falling into the trap to waste their hard work, said West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin after his side notched a 296-run victory in the second Test to complete a clean sweep in the two-Test series on Tuesday. Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque batted doggedly

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo were engaged in an unusual bust-up on Tuesday during the fourth day of the second Test adding some spice to an otherwise dull Test series. When Shamsur Rahman got out, Bravo, who usually field at slip, came to non-striking batsman Tamim and sledged him in way ... Read more

Bangladesh A team defeated Zimbabwe A by six wickets in their first four-dayer to take 1-0 lead in the two-match series at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Wednesday. Resuming the day at 43-1, Bangladesh A lost another three wickets to score the required 61 runs on the final day as they made 105-4 in 38.1 ... Read more

Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque shared 66 runs in their unbroken third wicket stand as Bangladesh continued to defy West Indies attack in the second Test in St Lucia on Tuesday. Set an improbable target of 489 runs, the Tigers reached 114-2 by tea on the fourth day, still needing 375 runs or bat out ... Read more

The second Test against West Indies in St Lucia provided another indication that if Bangladesh’s pace bowlers are given proper wicket and opportunity they can also do well, said bowling coach Heath Streak. Three pacers – Al-Amin Hossain, Shafiul Islam and Robiul Islam – did reasonably well to bowl West Indies out for 380 runs and ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board directors Mahbub Anam and AZM Nasiruddin were elected vice-presidents in the election held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. The election got spiced when Najib Ahmed submitted the nomination papers at the last minute for the largely ceremonial posts, but hardly he could manage to

Left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib continued to torment the Zimbabwe ‘A’ batsmen after yet another five-wicket haul as Bangladesh A team were scenting a victory at the end of third day of their first four-day match at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium on Wednesday. Saqlain finished with 6-50 in the second innings in addition to his record 9-82 ... Read more

All-rounder Mahmudullah made a dogging fifty but it did little to hide Bangladesh’s batting woes as West Indies claimed a huge first innings lead in the second Test at St Lucia on Monday. The visitors were dismissed for 161 runs in the first session of the third day, trailing West Indies by 219 runs, which ... Read more

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal refused to put the blame on wicket for their massive batting failure that took them to the brink of yet another embarrassing defeat in the second Test in St Lucia. The wicket provided sharp bounce and movement and West Indies appeared to have taken full advantage to leave Bangladesh struggling at 104-7 ... Read more

Any comparison made between Kemar Roach and Malcolm Marshall would irk most of the West Indian fans but he at least revived some memories of the fast bowling great with his fierce spell on Sunday. On his way to 5-33 that left Bangladesh trembling on the second day of the second Test, Roach surprised the batsmen ... Read more