Cricket

Bangladesh let another victory slip from their grasp as they lost to West Indies by three wickets in the first one-day international of three-match series in Grenada on Wednesday. The Tigers were on top when they left West Indies reeling at 34-5 before Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin took the game away with 145-run sixth ... Read more

The 22-member preliminarily squad of the Bangladesh A team will start their preparations for the home series against their Zimbabwean counterparts from August 24, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Wednesday. The Zimbabwe A team will arrive in Dhaka on September 10 to play two four-day games and three one-day matches during their stay.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to protect the pace bowling prodigy Taskin Ahmed from excessive workload, ruling him out of Test contention until the World Cup next year, said the officials. Taskin came to spotlight by picking up five wickets on his one-day international debut against India in June and is presently touring West Indies ... Read more

Bangladesh team are looking forward to starting their campaign in the West Indies with a full-fit squad when they play their first practice against Granada national team today. The Tigers completed a full-fledged practice session on Saturday, despite several players still missing their kit bags that was supposed to reach them in 24 hours,

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced a strong 15-member squad for the forthcoming Asian Games with uncapped all-rounder Mukter Ali being the only surprise inclusion in the touring party. Selectors opted to have the best possible squad for the Twenty20 meet and packed the squad with as many as seven all-rounders including Mukter, a medium

Bangladesh cricket team have reached West Indies safely and had their first training session in Granada on Friday, said an official. Manager Habibul Bashar told New Age over phone from Grenada that they did not face too many difficulties on their way to the Caribbean apart from a slight delay in Dubai. ‘We had a slight delay ... Read more

Selectors are unlikely to bring any major changes to the Bangladesh squad for the Asian Games as it seeks to retain the gold medal, said chief selector Faruk Ahmed. ‘I have told you earlier that we will send our best possible team,’ Faruk told New Age on Thursday. ‘There is very little room for change. ... Read more

Former assistant coach of England Richard Halsall has joined the Bangladesh cricket team as a fielding consultant for the West Indies tour, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Thursday. Halsall, 46, accepted the BCB’s offer to undertake the responsibility of a fielding specialist for the series and has already reached the West Indies to join up ... Read more

Drawing inspiration from their past success and seeking to revive their fortune Bangladesh’s 15-member ODI squad led by Mushfiqur Rahim left Dhaka for West Indies on Wednesday. During the tour, Bangladesh will play two Test matches along with three one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international. The Tigers, who are having

All is not lost for spinner Sohag Gazi and Arafat Sunny, the only two pool players not to be picked by any club in the first phase of inter-club players’ transfer for the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League. Sohag and Sunny hit the headlines on Tuesday as no club showed any interest in them despite both being ... Read more

A 15-member Bangladesh ODI squad, led by Mushfiqur Rahim, will leave Dhaka tonight for West Indies to play two Test matches along with three one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international match. Tigers will play their first two matches at the national stadium in Grenada on August 20 and 22 before moving to St Kitts for the ... Read more

A seven-member team of the Bangladesh Cricket Board arrived in Khulna on Monday to see if the city’s Sheikh Abu Nasser Stadium is ready to host a Test match against Zimbabwe in November. The BCB team included its director Sheikh Sohel, grounds and facilities manager Syed Abdul Baten, media committee manager Rabeed Imam, cricket operations manager ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team will go to West Indies hoping to win the series, said coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Sunday, as the Tigers signed off their preparations. Bangladesh will leave home on August 13 for a month-long tour where they will play three-match one-day internationals, a Twenty20 international

Inter-Club Players’ Transfer Nasir pulls off the biggest surprise National team all-rounder Nasir Hossain pulled off the biggest surprise when he joined Abahani Limited against all speculations on the first day of the Inter-club players’ transfer for the Dhaka Premier Cricket League on Sunday. The two-day long first phase of the transfer began at the Bangabandhu ... Read more

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Ruwan Kalpage arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to join the Bangladesh cricket team as their new fielding coach putting an end to his long relationship with the Sri Lankan side. Kalpage was appointed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board recently as the Tigers’ fielding coach on a two-year contract after the post fell ... Read more

The first phase of the inter-club player transfers for the Dhaka Premier League will be held today with all but a few national players already confirming their next destination. In the first phase of the transfers only pool players will participate as they will leave home for West Indies on August 13. The Tigers will not ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team signed off their preparations for the forthcoming West Indies tour with a day-night warm-up match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Opener Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque both slammed a fifty as Bangladesh Red, led by Mushfiqur Rahim, beat Bangladesh Green by seven wickets. Tamim, who showed some signs of

Sri Lanka has refused to accept the resignation letter of spin bowling coach Piyal Wijetung creating an stumbling block for him to take up the similar role in Bangladesh, said a report on Saturday. Piyal and Ruwan Kalpage are supposed to join Tigers before the West Indies tour as their spin bowling and fielding coach respectively ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan’s chance of playing in the Dhaka Premier League was put into uncertainty as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is unlikely to consider his appeal before the transfer process begins. The BCB was expected to review his six-month ban today in the meeting, but it was forced to postpone the meeting because of the unavailability ... Read more

A delegation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board will visit Khulna on August 11 to see the facilities available ahead of a planned Test against Zimbabwe in November. The original plan was that two matches of the three-Test series will be played in Chittagong and one in Dhaka, but the BCB has changed its heart and ... Read more