Cricket

The Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium of Khulna got the green light to host a Test match at the last minute after the Bangladesh Cricket Board made a revised itinerary on Monday. The BCB was heavily criticised when it did not include Khulna for hosting a Test match while they approved Chittagong venue to host two ... Read more

Taijul Islam became the sixth Bangladeshi bowler to take five or more wickets on debut as Bangladesh could finally assert some authority in the first Test against West Indies on Sunday. The hosts declared their first innings on 484-7, adding 77 runs to their overnight 407-3 before their bowlers struck back to reduce Bangladesh to ... Read more

Three Bangladesh captains lost their job for opting to bowl first in a Test match and two of them – Naimur Rahman and Habibul Bashar – are here in West Indies now in different roles. The other captain to suffer the fate, Khaled Mahmud, has now a policy making role in the Bangladesh Cricket Board ... Read more

The beauty of Kraigg Brathwaite’s batting is his patience, something in the mould of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who prefers staying at the crease instead of going for wild shots every now and then. A country known for its vast talent pool of power-hitters, West Indies were desperately looking for someone like Brathwaite to provide them some much-needed ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan returned to competitive cricket when he played for the Under-19 side against Bangladesh A team during the two-day practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Bangladesh Cricket Board reduced Sakib’s six-month ban imposed on him on July 7 and announced that he will be available for national duty and domestic ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board began the election procedure for the two vacant vice-president posts at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. The interested candidates will be allowed to buy and submit the nomination papers at the BCB headquarters till September 11. However, the withdrawal of Afzalur Rahman Sinha has

Heavy rain washed away the opening session of second day’s play in the Bangladesh-West Indies first Test, providing the visitors some much-needed relief at St Vincent on Saturday. The Tigers were facing an uphill task after West Indies ended the opening day’s play at 264-3, thanks to an unbeaten 123 of opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who ... Read more

Rarely a team rely too much on debutant players like Bangladesh did on the opening day of the first Test in St Vincent on Friday when maximum workload was shared by two newcomers Taijul Islam and Shubhagata Hom. Mushfiqur Rahim’s decision to protect his eight batsmen and expose the inexperienced attack, forced Taijul and Shubhagata feel ... Read more

Bangladesh national football team captain Mamunul Islam completed his signing on Saturday for the cash-rich franchise of the Indian Super League, Atletico De Kolkata, on a three-month deal for its inaugural edition beginning from October 12. The Kolkata-based franchise, owned by former Indian cricket star Sourav Ganguly and co-owned by current La Liga champions Atletico Madrid,

The Bangladesh Olympic Association will be pinning their hopes for medals on cricket and kabaddi and is aiming for a better show in shooting, archery and gymnastics in the impending Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, starting from September 19. Initially, the BOA decided to send athletes from 21 disciplines

West Indies batsmen took full advantage of Bangladesh’s weak bowling attack, making a solid start to the rain-hit first Test in St Vincent on Friday. Chris Gayle and Kraigg Braithwaite each slammed a fifty to help the home side reach 182-2 at tea on the first day as Bangladesh toiled on what looked like

Reporter’s Diary Welcome on board Liat airline Hours before leaving for the West Indies, I met Mashrafee bin Murtaza at the Bangladesh Cricket Board headquarters in Mirpur. Mashrafee had just returned from the Caribbean after completing the one-day international series, naturally I wanted some tips from him about my tour. The talismanic paceman issued just ... Read more

West Indies-Bangladesh 1st Test begins today Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe will be looking for a draw by banking on his batsmen as he has a limited stock of bowlers, when the Tigers take on the West Indies in the first of two-match Test series at the Arnos Vale in Kingstown today. GTV and Ten Cricket ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a strong National ‘A’ team for the first four-day match in the upcoming home series against Zimbabwe ‘A’. The 14-member Bangladesh squad included four former Test players. The second-string Zimbabwe side will arrive in Dhaka on

Both Bangladesh and the West Indies will be keen to improve their positions in the International Cricket Council’s Test rankings, when they face each other in the two-match Test series starting at St Vincent, Kingstown on Friday. The second and final Test will be held St Lucia’s Gros Islet from September 13-17. Earlier, the Tigers lost ... Read more

An Overview Of DPL Teams (6) Kalabagan CA – the ‘dark horse’ If any team can be called a dark horse in the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League, it must be Kalabagan Cricket Academy. Under the guidance of former national captain Khaled Mashud, KCA, a club recently taken over by a new management, have the chance to ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will emphasise on taking cricket to every possible corners of the land to make it more popular and search for the new talents, said the BCB president Nazmul Hasan on Wednesday. BCB distributed ground maintenance equipments among several District Sports Associations at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in order to improve

Veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul issued a stern warning to Bangladesh ahead of Friday’s start of the first Test, when he hammered a top class hundred in the three-day match on Monday. The West Indies batsman carved out a brilliant 183 as St Kitts and Nevis and Bangladesh played to a predictable draw on the final day ... Read more

An Overview Of Dpl Teams (5) Prime Bank ready for the title push Title aspirants Prime Bank Cricket Academy look forward to get the taste of their maiden Dhaka Premier League title on the back of several seasoned all-rounders and promising young talents. Prime Bank, who brought Old DOHS two years ago, are yet to win ... Read more

The three-day warm-up match between Bangladesh and St Kitts & Nevis was heading for a draw as the visiting bowlers were unable to make any impact at the Warner Park in Basseterre on Monday Resuming the day at 234-4, the local team reached 297-4 till filing this report, replying to Bangladesh’s 377-7 declared. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Shane ... Read more