Cricket

Bangladesh bounced back firmly in the second Test in St Lucia thanks to three pace bowlers, who bowled their hearts out to leave West Indies all out for 380 runs on the second day on Sunday. Al-Amin Hossain claimed three wickets while Robiul Islam grabbed two as West Indies folded 11 overs into the second session, ... Read more

Bangladesh paceman Al-Amin Hossain advised the batsmen to learn from West Indies about how they should play in the wicket in St Lucia during the ongoing second Test. The wicket at the Beausejour stadium appeared tricky for the batsmen, providing sharp bounce and sideways movement that can always be difficult to handle.

New West Indies opener Leon Johnson has to contend with the fact that had he asked for a review of his dismissal, he might have gone on to secure a century on his Test debut. The left-handed Guyanese batsman thrust into the top of the order in his first Test in Chris Gayle’s absence, top-scored ... Read more

Left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib created a record by taking nine wickets as Bangladesh A team dismissed their Zimbabwean counterparts for 204 in 74.1 overs on the opening day of the four-day match at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Sunday. In reply, opener Liton Kumar and Sadman Anik made a solid start for the hosts with 30-0 ... Read more

Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar received a severe jolt in getting ICC’s approval as a Test venue when the false ceiling of the its dressing room collapsed during the opening day of the first four-day match between Bangladesh A team and Zimbabwe A on Monday. This is the first stadium of the ... Read more

Paceman Shafiul Islam and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam removed both the openers to bring Bangladesh back into the contest after West Indies made a solid start in the second Test at St Lucia. Shafiul had first Test double centurion Kraigg Brathwaite dismissed for 63 runs before Taijul trapped debutant Leon Johnson leg-before for 66 as West ... Read more

Cox’s Bazar stadium is set to host its maiden first-class cricket match when Bangladesh A team take on their Zimbabwean counterparts in the first of their two four-day matches, beginning from today. The stadium became the eighth cricket venue of the country and was inaugurated during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 with some of the matches ... Read more

Richie Richardson is considered as the last member of the West Indies’ golden generation. On the eve of the country’s 500th Test match, Richardson, the manager of the current West Indies side, described the journey to a group of Bangladeshi journalists in St Lucia. Here are the excerpts: Q: Can you describe the journey towards ... Read more

Bangladesh are planning to do something extra-ordinary as they seek to end the ongoing West Indies tour with a positive result in the second Test, beginning at St Lucia from today. The Tigers, still winless in the series, are inspired by the wicket at the Beausejour stadium, which produced draws in all three Tests held ... Read more

In his Cape Town home umpire Marais Erasmus has a large framed picture. In the picture, Erasmus is flanked by Virender Sehwag and Sakib al Hasan, the two captains of his first ever Test match. Speaking to a group of Bangladeshi journalists on Thursday, Erasmus said he will carry the memory of 2010 Test in ... Read more

The Players and coaching staff of the Bangladesh cricket team backed paceman Al-Amin Hossain to return clear after his bowling action was questioned by the match officials in the first Test against West Indies in St Vincent. The two umpires of the match found all deliveries of Al-Amin in a few particular overs illegal and ... Read more

Since the inaugural Test, Bangladesh’s involvement in a historic Test match was the inauguration of electronics scoreboard at Basin Reserve, the traditional hub of New Zealand cricket. In January 2008, prior to the second Test against Bangladesh, New Zealand inaugurated the scoreboard 140 years after the ground hosted its first ever cricket match.

Cricket was once the most popular sport in the Caribbean, but things are changing rapidly with athletics and basketball taking its place in most of the islands of the region. St Lucia is one of the few islands where the sporting icon is still a cricketer and he is none other than Darren Sammy, the ... Read more

Paceman Taskin Ahmed’s chances of playing in the Asian Games Twenty20 cricket for Bangladesh brightened when an MRI report suggested that it was nothing serious with his right knee, Brett Harrot, manager of BCB’s physiotherapy department, told New Age on Thursday. Taskin, who has been suffering from a tendon injury in his

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s election for the vice-president posts took a new twist when Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club’s representative Nazib Ahmed entered the race by submitting his nomination paper on Thursday. The interested candidates were allowed to buy and submit their nomination papers at the SBNS until September 11 after the BCB initiated the move to ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s disciplinary panel completed its final hearing of the appeals against the BCB anti-corruption tribunal’s verdicts in the Bangladesh Premier League’s match-fixing trial on Thursday. The disciplinary panel had earlier completed the preliminary hearing on August 6 and began the final hearing from last Monday. Former national team captain Mohammad Ashraful

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was taking inspiration from the team’s second innings batting in the first Test as they moved to St Lucia on Wednesday for the second and final Test against West Indies. Bangladesh were thrashed by 10 wickets in the first Test, but they at least showed some courage in the second innings when ... Read more

Bangladesh’s struggling cricket team suffered a further blow when fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain was reported for suspect bowling action during the side’s 10 wickets loss to West Indies in the first Test in St Vincent. Al-Amin is a second Bangladeshi bowler to be reported during this tour after off-spinner Sohag Gazi, who has returned home without ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board began a two-day long specialist skill training programme for the coaches from different corners of the country in order to introduce them to the modern coaching method, said BCB officials on Wednesday. The programme was organised by the BCB’s game development committee to see the development made by district coaches and further ... Read more

Mushfiqur Rahim eked out his third Test century but that could only help Bangladesh avoid the innings defeat in the first Test against West Indies in St Vincent on Tuesday. West Indies romped to a 10-wicket win after Bangladesh set them a target of 13 runs in the second innings on the fifth day morning ... Read more