Cricket

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

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