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An Overview Of DPL Teams (3) Doleshwar stronger than ever Prime Doleshwar, the new forces in the Dhaka Premier League, are looking forward to getting one better than the third-place finish when new season kicks off in October. Doleshwar were in the title race in their very first season at the top flight last year ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club clinched the title of the Metropolitan Women’s Cricket League for the fourth time in a row when they edged arch-rivals Abahani Ltd by 77 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Rumana Ahmed scored a century to steer Mohammedan to 204-7 in their stipulated 40 overs before three wickets each by Salma ... Read more

An Overview Of Dpl Teams (2) Runners-up Jamal eye super league Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are perhaps the worst-affected side in the just-concluded inter-club players’ transfer, yet the runners-up team in the last season formed a squad that is capable of giving a fight against any opponents. Jamal were unable to flex their financial muscle like ... Read more

Bangladesh made a stumbling start after winning the toss on the opening day of the three-day warm-up match against St Kitts & Nevis at the Warner Park in Basseterre on Saturday. The visitors were 60-3 when his report was filed with Mahmudullah and Imrul Kayes at the crease. Shamshur Rahman, Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque

Strength And Weaknesses Of Dpl Teams —(1) Sakib back at Gazi to defend DPL title Champions Gazi Tank Cricketers have formed a formidable team that is well capable of defending their Dhaka Premier League title, said skipper Sakib al Hasan on Friday. The management of Gazi did everything they could to assemble a side, which ... Read more

Bangladesh’s off-spinner Sohag Gazi is out of the forthcoming Test series in the ongoing tour of West Indies and will also not be available for the upcoming Asian Games, said the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. It was learnt that left-arm spinner Elias Sunny is expected to replace him for the Test series ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced to lift the ban of all-rounder Sakib al Hasan from next month, making him available for domestic and international cricket from September 15. The BCB president Nazmul Hasan announced the decision at a crowed press conference in Dhaka after a board meeting reviewed his appeal against the ban imposed ... Read more

The second phase of inter-club players’ transfer took a new twist on Tuesday after the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis decided to put Sakib al Hasan in auction instead of allowing him to the team of his choice. The decision came shortly after the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to lift Sakib’s six-month ban from September 15, ... Read more

Former national captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza will lead the Bangladesh cricket team in the forthcoming Asian Games, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Tuesday. Mashrafee returned to helm after regular skipper Mushfiqur Rahim opted to skip the competition for his wedding ceremony. The BCB president hinted that the decision

Four cricketers – all-rounder Shubhagata Hom, left-arm spinner Taijul Islam and pace bowlers Robiul Islam and Shafiul Islam – have been added to the Bangladesh squad for the two-Test series against West Indies, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Monday. Of the four players, Taijul, who is also part of

The fate of all-rounder Sakib al Hasan’ appeal against his six-month ban will be decided today when the Bangladesh Cricket Board holds a meeting of its board of directors at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The board is expected to show some leniency toward Sakib, who already apologised for his actions that earned him the ban in ... Read more

Mushfiq’s captaincy under BCB scrutiny The year 2014 will go down in the history of Bangladesh cricket as one of their worst not just because they have yet to win any Test or one-day international but because how they lost one after another match after creating opportunities for themselves. It all began with the two ... Read more

Bangladesh, who are struggling as a cricket team in West Indies, suffered a further blow on Sunday when off-spinner Sohag Gazi was reported with suspect bowling action during Friday’s second one-day international in Grenada. The match officials’ report, which was handed over to Bangladesh team manager Habibul Bashar on Saturday, cited concerns about the legality

The pull-shot that Imrul Kayes played off Ravi Rampaul can best describe Bangladesh’s approach in Friday’s second one-day international against West Indies in Grenada. Kayes was struggling to connect to the ball and had to rely on a risky slog to get off the mark after replacing Anamul Haque at the crease. After being unable to

With all the gossips going around Anushka Sharma’s presence around Virat Kohli in India’s disastrous tour of England, a Board of Control for Cricket In India official revealed that the Bollywood beauty was allowed to stay with the Delhi dasher as the two are set to marry soon, reports India.com. ‘The team management was slightly taken ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to resume the money-spinning Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition in December, said an official on Saturday. The BPL governing council members on Saturday sat in a meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to discuss the probable date for the competition that

A late revival by Bangladeshi bowlers restricted West Indies to 247-7 after opener Chris Gayle and one-down Darren Bravo struck half-centuries in the second one-day international of the three-match series at St George Park on Friday. Gayle scored his first half-century almost in a year but could not prolong his innings to more than 58 runs ... Read more

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam left Dhaka on Friday for West Indies to join the Bangladesh national cricket team for the one-off Twenty20 International and the two-Test series against the home side. Taijul’s inclusion in the Twenty20 and Test squad, his much-anticipated first call-up to the national team, however, was not officially announced, denying him

Bangladesh-WI second ODI today Bangladesh paid the price for their lack of bowling option and penetrating power as West Indies recovered from a grave situation to romp to a three-wicket win in the first one-day international in Grenada on Wednesday. West Indies were struggling at 34-5 before Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin added 145 runs for ... Read more

Opener Anamul Haque said on Wednesday that he keeps his century against West Indies in the first one-day international of the three-match series ahead of two other centuries he scored so far. Anamul scored 109 runs from 138 balls, his first century away from home, that helped the Tigers post 217-9, though it went in vain ... Read more