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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

The Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed retired major Abu Mohammad Humayun Morshed as the head of its Anti-Corruption Unit as per the International Cricket Council’s guideline, said a BCB official on Monday. The BCB decided to separate the anti-corruption unit from its security unit following the ICC instruction. ‘Anti-corruption and security unit was earlier just

Former national skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said on Monday that all is not lost for the Tigers despite losing the recently concluded one-day international series 3-0 against the West Indies in the Caribbean. ‘I don’t deny we played badly but that does not mean we will do it in the forthcoming World Cup,’ Mashrafee told reporters ... Read more

Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain scored a century each to help Bangladesh recover from a batting collapse to reach 377-7 before they declared their first innings on the second day of the three-day match against St Kitts and Nevis on Sunday. Mushfiq was unbeaten on 106 while Nasir made 100

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