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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has asked all-rounder Sakib al Hasan to return home immediately as he did not take any written permission to participate in the Caribbean Premier League, said an official on Thursday. Sakib flew from Bangladesh on Wednesday to play for Barbados Trident in the second edition of CPL but had to make an ... Read more

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan will leave for West Indies today to participate in the forthcoming Caribbean Premier League, said the officials of Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. In the second edition of the league, which begins on July 11, Sakib will play Barbados Trident, a team that he represented in the previous edition also

Nepotism and lack of discipline are at fault for Bangladesh’s recent failure, observed the new International Cricket Council president AHM Mustafa Kamal. Kamal was given a hero’s welcome on Monday on his return from Melbourne where he assumed the role of ICC president, a largely ceremonial post without any

Young Under-19 leg-spinner Jubair Hossain is the only surprise addition as Bangladesh named a 25-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming West Indies tour on Saturday. The squad saw the return of pace bowler Rubel Hossain, who was overlooked in the recent India series. Bangladesh will tour West Indies in August for two Tests and three one-day internationals.

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal received huge applaud as he became the first Bangladeshi to assume the role of the International Cricket Council president at the annual conference in Melbourne on Thursday. Kamal, former vice-president of the ICC from 2012-14 and chairman of its audit committee, succeeded New Zealand’s Alan Isaac

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan admitted that he made a mistake by leaving the dressing room during the recent one-day international against India only to be involved in a scuffle with a spectator. Sakib reportedly beat up a spectator, who had allegedly made a bad gesture towards his wife. His action did not go well with the BCB ... Read more

The third one-day international between Bangladesh and India was washed out by rain at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. The play was suspended at least twice before the match officials finally declared the match abandoned at 8:12pm. India were struggling at 119-9 in 34.2 overs after

The Anti-Corruption Tribunal, set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to deal with the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing issue, on Wednesday suspended former national captain Mohammad Ashraful for eight years and fined him Tk 10 lakh. The Tribunal, which announced the sanction after a long hearing at its Gulshan office, also banned Dhaka Gladiators managing

A dejected Bangladesh will take on India in the third and final one-day international of a three-match series at Mirpur today hoping to restore some pride after humiliating defeats in the first two matches. The Tigers were put into shame when an inexperienced Indian line-up dismissed them for just 58 runs, their lowest ever ODI total, ... Read more

Bangladesh are hoping to keep the ongoing three-match one-day international series alive when they take on India in the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. An under-strength India went 1-0 up in the rain-interrupted opener to pile more misery on the hosts, who were looking to make a turnaround from their recent woes ... Read more

India romped to a seven-wicket win in the rain-hit first one-day international against Bangladesh taking 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Dhaka on Sunday. Set a revised target of 150 in 26 overs, India, who are without at least seven regular players, reached 153-3 with seven balls to spare. The visitors

Bangladesh-A team recorded their first victory on the West Indies tour when they defeated Sagicor High Performance Centre by six wickets in the first T20 at the Kensington Oval on Saturday. Chasing 152, Kayes gave his team a solid start by hitting a quickfire 50 off 21 balls as they reached 71 in within the sixth ... Read more

Andre Russell proved to be the nemesis of the Bangladesh A team once again as the all-rounder grabbed six wickets to lead Sagicor High Performance Centre to a three-wicket win in the second one-dayer in Barbados on Tuesday. Russell, who scored 132 off 56 balls in the first match of the series, picked up 6-28 as ... Read more

Cricketer Mohammad Ashraful faces a minimum five-year ban after he was found guilty of violating a certain anti-corruption clause during the Bangladesh Premier League, said the lawyers on Monday. The Anti-Corruption Tribunal, formed to try the accused of BPL match-fixing scandal, on Sunday provided the details of their verdict which acquitted six accused and

The Anti-Corruption Tribunal on Sunday provided the details of its short verdict announced earlier that acquitted six of the nine accused in the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal. The Tribunal on February 26 acquitted six players and officials of match-fixing related offences but did not announce any punishment for the three players including former

Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza said Bangladesh should not expect any quick results from the newly-appointed specialist bowling coach Heath Streak as he does not have a magic wand. Streak joined the Bangladesh Cricket Board on a two-year contract as a specialist bowling coach last week and is currently busy honing the skills of the Tigers ... Read more

Selectors on Thursday picked uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun and paceman Taskin Ahmed in Bangladesh 15-man squad for the three-match one-day international series against India. Mithun played a Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka earlier this year but was not selected for the subsequent Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20.

The Anti-Corruption Tribunal, formed to try the accused in the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal, is expected to provide the Bangladesh Cricket Board with the details of its short verdict on June 8, said the officials on Thursday. The Tribunal on February 26 acquitted six players

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan took little time to jump into promotional activities after he returned from India on Wednesday following a successful stint in the Indian Premier League. Sakib flew to Chittagong in the afternoon after his arrival to participate in a programme of Boost, an energy drink for children, of which he is the ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s new bowling coach Heath Streak said on Tuesday that he was looking forward to helping his charges by guiding them through his vast experience. Streak completed his first day in office by getting introduced to some national team players including skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and took a look at the