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Preliminary hearing of BPL appeals held The Bangladesh Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council want the Dhaka Gladiators managing director Shihab Chowdhury to be banned for life as they presented their appeal to the disciplinary panel chairman retired justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid. The preliminary hearing of all four appeals made by the

The technical ability of Bangladesh batsmen to survive in the middle will be tested when they will play their first practice match ahead of West Indies tour at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The 15-member squad along with some other national players will be divided into two groups to play the 60-over-a-side match which will be ... Read more

The preliminary appeal hearing of the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing trial will start today, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s disciplinary panel chairman on Tuesday. Former national team captain, Mohammad Ashraful, and two other convicts along with the International Cricket Council and the BCB appealed against the

National captain Mushfiqur Rahim has opted out of Asian Games for his marriage ceremony, said the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza is expected to lead the Bangladesh team in the Asian Games, scheduled in Incheon, Korea from September 19 to October 4,

Bangladesh heaved a sigh of relief as the blow that opener Tamim Iqbal received in the training on Monday appeared nothing but a routine bruise. Young pacer Taskin Ahmed struck Tamim in his ankle with a yorker off the first ball the left-hander was facing in the net at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Bangladesh opener Anamul Haque said on Monday that Australian psychologist Phil Jauncey’s classes can have an immediate impact on the Tigers as they have touched all the details about how they should approach a game in the present situation. Jauncey, a former psychologist of Australia cricket team,

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal suffered an injury scare on Monday when he was struck by a yorker from young pacer Taskin Ahmed in his ankle off the first ball he faced in the net at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Tamim limped off the field and did not take any further part in the training. The gravity of ... Read more

Bangladeshi cricketers need to prevent the tricks played by the brains when chips are down in order to perform to their ability, said Australian performance psychologist Phil Jauncey on Sunday. Jauncey, who arrived late on Saturday on a short visit, spent a busy day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, conducting a session attended by all the ... Read more

Bangladesh cricket team resumed their training on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ahead of their West Indies tour after eight days of break for Eid-ul-Fitr. All eyes, however, were on one player who was not the member of the West Indies-bound squad and trained separately at the gymnasium. Suspended

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former Sri Lankan cricketer Ruwan Kalpage as the national team’s fielding coach on a two-year contract, said an official on Saturday. Kalpage, who worked as the head coach of the National Cricket Academy from 2008-10, has agreed to join the Tigers as soon as possible. ‘Kalpage was among

Bangladesh’s pace bowling coach Heath Streak expects his charges to trouble the West Indian batsmen in the upcoming tour after a raise of confidence in the last series against India. Bangladesh included four pace bowlers in their 15-member one-day squad for the tour that also featured two Tests and a Twenty20 International. Experienced Mashrafee bin Murtaza

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is keeping the option open for suspended cricketer Sakib al Hasan to make a return to competitive cricket with the Dhaka Premier League, beginning in October. The BCB initially had dropped Sakib a from a list of pool players, but officials said he may be included in the list after a meeting ... Read more

Former national cricketer and member of Bangladesh’s first ICC Trophy squad in 1979 Ziaul Islam Masud died at the Anwar Khan Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 63. A lethal pace bowler in his playing days, Masud was working as a national umpire and trainer of umpires for the last few years. In a ... Read more

The ICC World Cup trophy was greeted with huge enthusiasm and fanfare as prime minister Sheikh Hasina, national cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim and the people from all walks life seized the opportunity to catch a glimpse of it. The trophy came as part of its visit to the countries that

Bangladesh Name Squad For Windies Tour Kayes in for Sakib Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday recalled opening batsman Imrul Kayes into the 15-man squad for the three-match one-day international series against West Indies next month. Kayes replaced all-rounder Sakib al Hasan, who is serving a six-month ban, imposed on him by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team’s coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said on Thursday he is looking forward to the challenge in West Indies without being too much concerned about how his charges had fared in recent international matches. Bangladesh failed to win a one-day international and Test in 2014, making the year one of the worst in their

The ICC Cricket World Cup trophy arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday as part of its visit to countries that will participate in next year’s tournament to be staged in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29. The trophy will be taken to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today where it will be received by ... Read more

The legal battle over the constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board could resurface after Eid-ul-Fitr as a fresh move is being considered by the organisers involved. A five-member bench of the Supreme Court Appellate Division on July 25, 2013, had ruled in favour of holding the BCB election on the basis of its amended constitution after ... Read more

National cricket team head coach Chandika Hathurinsinghe asked suspended all-rounder Sakib al Hasan to join the practice on August 2, sources confirmed on Tuesday. Sakib came into the practice session of the Tigers on Tuesday and spent a good amount of time in the dressing room. He also had a long discussion with Hathurinsinghe over his practice

Dhaka Bank Limited was unveiled as the title sponsor of forthcoming Bangladesh-West Indies cricket series in West Indies on Tuesday. Bangladesh will leave home on August 13 to play three one-day internationals, two Tests and a Twenty20 International from August 20 to September 17 in the Caribbean. The series will take place in four different islands