Cricket

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s newly appointed specialist bowling coach Heath Streak arrived in Dhaka on Monday to take over the charge. Former Zimbabwe’s Test skipper Streak is expected to join the national cricket team training session today at Mirpur ahead of their home series against India. Streak, 40, looked to be tired after a hectic travelling but still ... Read more

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was crowned sixth most valuable player in the just-concluded Indian Premier League that saw him winning the title for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Glenn Maxwell, the Australian batsman of Kings XI Punjab, won cash prize money of Indian Rs 10 lakh as the most valuable player after his incredible batting display ... Read more

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim formally changed his club on Sunday, joining Prime Dholeshwar from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at a programme in Dhaka. His signing gave a kick start to the player recruitment process for the next Dhaka Premier League with the formal transfer date set for August 5 and 6 while the

Bangladesh U-19 team played to a draw against Madhya Pradesh Cricket AssociationUnder-19 team of India on the fourth and final day of their first four-day match at Fatullah outer stadium on Sunday. Resuming the 1st innings on Sunday with overnight 192 for 3 in 85 overs, Bangladesh declared the innings at 352 for 6 in 132 ... Read more

A total of 108 cricketers on the Bangladesh Cricket Board payroll remained unpaid since January as the list prepared by the tournament committee did not get the approval from the board of directors. The BCB brought 120 cricketers under the payroll in 2013, with 12 earning the national contract and the rest being placed in three ... Read more

Bangladesh U-19 trailed by 129-run against Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Under-19 team of India on the third day of their first four-day match at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Fatullah on Saturday. Bangladesh resumed the first innings with overnight 60-3 in 27.2 overs and added 192 runs without losing any more wicket in 85 overs at stumps ... Read more

Newly appointed Bangladesh bowling coach, Heath Streak will arrive on Monday to join the preparation camp of the national team ahead of their three-match one-day international series against India, said a BCB official on Friday. The former Zimbabwe skipper recently signed a two-year contract with the Bangladesh Cricket Board as a specialist bowling coach

Offended at seeing India selecting an under-strength squad, Bangladesh captain Musfiqur Rahim promised to give the side a fitting reply when the two teams play a three-match one-day international series in June. India rested seven senior cricketers – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami

Bangladeshi spin bowling duo Abdur Razzak and Sohag Gazi will be looking to cement their places in the squad when Bangladesh play the three-match one-day international series against India next month at home. Experienced left-arm spinner Razzak and off-spinner Gazi had been far from their very best in the recent times and their dip in form ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will send a letter to the Anti-Corruption Tribunal soon asking it to expedite the full verdict of the Bangladesh Premier League’s match-fixing trial, BCB president Nazmul Hasan said on Wednesday Nazmul said the BCB is under pressure from the International Cricket Council for receiving the full verdict after the tribunal had acquitted ... Read more

Bangladesh A team are facing a defeat against Sagicor High Performance Centre in their first four-day match in West Indies, now being held at the Windward Park in Barbados. A four-wicket haul by Carlos Braithwaite saw the second string Bangladeshi side being dismissed for 140 runs in 41.4 overs in their first innings on the ... Read more

The preliminary national squad for the home series against India will start their preparations today under the newly-appointed assistant coach Sarwar Imran. The players are expected to undergo ‘beep’ tests in order to give the team management an idea about their fitness level. With the new coach for the Tigers yet to join

The Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the Bangladesh Cricket Board is unlikely to deliver its full verdict on the Bangladesh Premier League’s match-fixing scandal in May, the Tribunal chief told New Age on Saturday. The Tribunal on February 26 acquitted six players and officials of match-fixing related offences but did not announce any punishment for the three

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced a 23-member preliminary squad for the three-match home series against India starting from next month. India will arrive on June 13 to play three one-day internationals against the Tigers scheduled to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on June 15,

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan became the toast of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League scoring his maiden fifty in four years in their 30-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Sakib’s 60 from 38 balls with five fours and three sixes came just after he hit ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday appointed former Sri Lankan Test cricketer and current assistant coach of New South Wales Chandika Hathurusinghe as the next head coach of the national team ending all speculations. The announcement came at an impromptu press conference arranged at BCB president Nazmul Hasan’s business office Beximco Limited

A fully equipped computer lab was set up at the National Cricket Academy building at Mirpur by the American International University-Bangladesh on Saturday as part of its ongoing partnership with the Bangladesh Cricket Board. As the BCB’s official education partner AIUB arranges English language classes, leadership courses, cultural awareness and

A Twenty20 cricket tournament, featuring 10 public and two private universities, will be held from May 19 to 23, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Saturday. The BCB will organise the tournament at BKSP with local electronics giant Walton being the title sponsor. The participating universities are

Local TV channel Gazi Satellite Limited has bagged the media and broadcasting rights of the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the next six years as the board decided to sell the rights for half the price of the present market value. Gazi offered highest $20.25 million in the open bidding at a city hotel on Friday though ... Read more

Chandika Hathurusingha on Friday vehemently denied getting any offer to become Bangladesh national team’s head coach although the Bangladesh Cricket Board claimed that they are close to inking a deal with him. ‘I don’t know where you are getting these things,’ Hathurusingha told a private TV channel. ‘I am very happy what I am doing here,’ said ... Read more