Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday named a star-studded A team for the West Indies tour which will begin later this month. Batsman Nasir Hossain will lead the team during the tour featuring two four-day matches, three one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches. Middle-order batsman Naeem Islam was named his deputy. The team, which also

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam continued his wicket-taking spree as he wreaked havoc on Prime Bank South Zone by claiming eight wickets, putting BCB North Zone in a comfortable position on the opening day of the Bangladesh Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Taijul ripped through the opponents’ batting line-up taking 8-86

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam is enjoying every moment of his new found success as his superlative performance in the Bangladesh Cricket League has started to get him the recognition that he was looking for since 2010. Taijul helped Orient Sporting Club getting the promotion in the Dhaka Premier League in 2010 and immediately caught the attention ... Read more

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim said they should move ahead with a plan for the World Cup 2015 without worrying too much about the departure of head coach Shane Jurgensen. Mushfiq and his fellow team-mates bade farewell to Jurgensen and fielding coach Corey Richards on Thursday at a simple ceremony at the BCB office

Bangladesh Cricket Board North Zone and Prime Bank South Zone will look for their maiden Bangladesh Cricket League title when they will face off in the final beginning at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. North Zone will go into the five-day final slightly as the favourites after knocking out holders Walton Central Zone in the previous ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board was served with a legal notice on Wednesday by Channel-9 after the channel was barred from buying the tender documents for the media and broadcasting rights for financial disputes. Enayatur Rahman Bappy, the owner of the channel, said they had no choice but to take the legal course as the BCB denied ... Read more

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam bagged 11 wickets in the match as BCB North Zone moved into the final of the Bangladesh Cricket League with an easy 51-run win over Walton Central Zone at the BKSP on Tuesday. North Zone will meet Prime Bank South Zone in the final, a five-day match, which will be held at ... Read more

National all-rounder Mahmudullah was left to regret for his behaviour in the Bangladesh Cricket League match on Monday that led him to receiving a 100 per cent match fee as fine and two-match suspension. Mahmudullah achieved a rare feat of scoring a century and a hat-trick in the game but saw his performance overshadowed by the ... Read more

All-rounder fined full match fee, suspended for two matches for lewd gesture pointing at dressing room National cricketer Mahmudullah achieved a rare feat on Monday by scoring a century and a hat-trick in the same first class match but spoiled the celebration with lewd gesture using the handle of the bat during the Bangladesh Cricket ... Read more

Spinners ruled the proceedings on the second day of the Bangladesh Cricket League third round on Sunday as Enamul Haque Junior’s five-wicket haul helped Islami Bank East Zone in making a comeback against Prime Bank South Zone. Enamul grabbed 5-126 as East Zone dismissed South Zone for 376 runs before ending the day at 138-1. East Zone, ... Read more

The curtain on the Shane Jurgensen drama is expected to fall today with the Bangladesh Cricket Board set to decide the fate of national cricket team’s Australian head coach in its board of directors meeting in the afternoon. The officials said BCB president Nazmul Hasan and a few other directors, closely involved in policy making decision, ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will make a decision on national team’s head coach Shane Jurgensen only after knowing why he had resigned, president Nazmul Hasan said on Saturday. ‘Till now we have not thought of removing him,’ Nazmul told reporters at the Apollo Hospital, where he went to visit Mushfiqur Rahim. ‘We must think that

Middle-order batsman Farhad Hossain cracked a century to help BCB North Zone complete the day one comfortably at 287-4 against Walton Central Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League which resumed after a break at BKSP on Saturday. In the other match, Abdur Razzak and Sohag Gazi shared seven wickets between them as Prime Bank South Zone

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Friday that the resignation of head coach Shane Jurgensen did not come as a surprise and they are not willing to make an approach to keep him for long. ‘When a tournament ends and the performance of the team is not up to the mark, the coach is ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team captain Mushfiqur Rahim was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on Thursday as he had been suffering from fever for the last four days and after some tests he was diagnosed with some complications in his liver, Bangladesh Cricket Board’s physician said on Friday. Mushfiq’s unexpected illness came as a major blow for BCB ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is being kept on their toes as the wait for Shane Jurgensen lingers on after the Australian head coach of the national team, who resigned recently, changed his arrival flight schedule. BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan said on Tuesday that Jurgensen was expected on Wednesday rescheduling his original arrival date on

Stars Sports and Ten Sports are among the bidders for Bangladesh’s media rights for the next six years, said the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. Gazi Television and a private consortium Mediacom also bought the tender documents, providing BCB a major boost in their quest for a permanent broadcaster

National cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Tuesday signed a one-year deal with cookies and biscuit manufacturer Goldmark Foods Ltd as its Brand Ambassador. A grand signing ceremony was held on the occasion at the Westin Hotel where managing director of the company, Mohammed Bashir was present

BCB did not accept resignation, says decision spurred by emotion The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday suffered a serious blow as national team’s Australian head coach Shane Jurgensen resigned from his post apparently being upset by certain media speculation about his future. The BCB received an e-mail minutes before it was preparing to hold an emergency ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board at an emergency meeting on Monday formed a committee to finalise the details of media rights, said the officials. BCB’s chairman of the marketing and commercial committee Kazi Enam Ahmed will head the committee which also included directors Afzalur Rahman Sinha,