Cricket

The International Cricket Council and Bangladesh Cricket Board have appealed against the verdict of the BCB’s Anti Corruption Tribunal on the Bangladesh Premier League match fixing trial, said the officials on Tuesday. ICC and BCB sent their plea addressing retired justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid, the BCB’s disciplinary panel head as both parties were

Regardless of what happens to his appeal, all-rounder Sakib al Hasan will not be considered for the forthcoming West Indies tour, the Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Monday. Nazmul appeared to have softened his position regarding Sakib, who on Sunday submitted an appeal against his six-month ban and issued a rare public ... Read more

Dhaka Gladiators managing director Shihab Chowdhury had appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board disciplinary panel chief against his 10-year ban in the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing verdict, said the official on Monday. Shihab is the only accused convicted in the trial despite not pleading guilty, but the three-member Anti-Corruption Tribunal banned him for 10 years ... Read more

Bangladesh team physio Vibhab Singh informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board that he will leave after the end of his current tenure in July, said an official on Monday. The decision of Vibhab will allow the BCB to have an entire new set-up in the Tigers dressing room with all support staff who were associated with ... Read more

All-rounder apologies to board, team-mates, fans All-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Sunday issued a public apology and passionately appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board to review his six-month ban. Sakib met acting chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury at the BCB office in the afternoon to submit his plea before reading out a carefully written statement, admitting ... Read more

Time is running fast for former national captain Mohammad Ashraful to appeal to the Bangladesh Cricket Board disciplinary panel chief against the eight-year ban imposed on him by the Bangladesh Cricket Board Anti-Corruption Tribunal. The Tribunal, set up by the BCB to deal with the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing allegations, on June 18 suspended

Bangladesh national cricket team will play two practice matches in their preparation for their month-long tour to West Indies, said chief selector Faruk Ahmed on Saturday. The Tigers will leave for the West Indies on August 13 to play three one-day internationals, two Test matches and a Twenty20 international beginning on August 20. ‘We will play two ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has at last decided to appoint a permanent chief executive officer as the post remained vacant for the last two years after the sudden demise of former CEO Manzur Ahmed on January 10, 2012. In the last BCB Board of Directors meeting on July 7, the issue of appointing a permanent CEO ... Read more

The Bangladesh national cricket team is scheduled leave for Australia on January 26 next year, 19 days ahead of the forthcoming ICC World Cup 2015, to set up a base camp for their preparations, said an official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday. The ICC World Cup 2015 will get underway on February 14, 2015 ... Read more

Khulna cricket and sports organisers expressed their deep shock at the BCB’s decision to deprive Khulna of hosting any of the Tests or ODIs against Zimbabwe starting on October 26. Zimbabwe national cricket team is due to arrive on October 17 to play three Tests and five one-day international matches against Bangladesh. The first two Tests will ... Read more

The International Cricket Council and the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday confirmed they will appeal against the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing verdict delivered by the BCB Anti-Corruption Tribunal. As per the rule, the first appeal will be made to the chairman of the BCB’s disciplinary panel, retired Supreme Court Justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid,

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday finalised the players’ pool for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League without the suspended all-rounder Sakib al Hasan. A total of 23 cricketers have been named on the pool with players who represented the national side in international cricket since last October. Sakib was in the initial 24-member pool, but officials

Zimbabwe national cricket team will arrive on October 17 to play three Tests and five one-day international matches against Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Wednesday. The series will mark the first ever three-Test series in Bangladesh, though the selection of the venues by the Bangladesh Cricket Board already raised some questions.

Bangladesh national cricket team will leave home on August 13 for the forthcoming tour of West Indies, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Monday. Bangladesh will play two Test matches along with three one-day internationals and a lone Twenty20 international during their five-week long tour in the Caribbean. Tigers will begin their campaign with the ODIs at

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe will arrive today to formally take the helm of the national cricket team on a two-year contract with his beginning already soured by the controversy surrounding Sakib al Hasan. Hathurusinghe, who oversaw the recent series against

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will not give all-rounder Sakib al Hasan any letter explaining his six-month ban, acting chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said on Saturday. Sakib was waiting for the BCB letter before deciding whether he will appeal against the ban, but according to the official ‘it is unnecessary’ and that the all-rounder can appeal ... Read more

Dhaka Premier League club Gazi Tank Cricketers owner Lutfar Rahman Badal took a swipe at the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials for suspending former national captain Sakib al Hasan for a period of six months. The suspension ruled Sakib out of the forthcoming edition of the league, dealing a major blow to Gazi in their quest for ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan will come back even stronger once he gets back into the national team after serving his ban imposed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, said his mentor and former fielding coach of Tigers, Mohammad Salahuddin . The BCB directors on Monday unanimously decided to suspend Sakib from all kinds of competitive cricket for ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan arrived from England on Sunday to clear the smoke regarding the ongoing controversies that compelled him to return without going to West Indies for the Caribbean Premier League. Bangladesh Cricket Board had called back Sakib from London to join the national camp after he failed to collect the written NOC (no-objection-letter). His ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board took a firm stand against all-rounder Sakib al Hasan after he allegedly threatened coach Chandika Hathurusinghe to quit Test and one-day internationals if he is not allowed to play Twenty20 tournaments worldwide. BCB sources said Hathurusinghe asked Sakib to cut short