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Bangladesh’s three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka has brought up a few interesting equations which may see them either rise or fall in the ICC ODI Rankings table. Bangladesh are currently in seventh place with 91 points, seven points behind sixth place Sri Lanka. If the Tigers manage a series whitewash, they will leapfrog Sri ... Read more

From the sea shores of Colombo, where they completed the Test series with a four-wicket win in their 100th Test, the Bangladesh cricket team travelled to the mountainous interior of Sri Lanka to the town of Dambulla yesterday to gear up for the ODI leg of the tour which starts at the Rangiri Dambulla International ... Read more

Bangladesh’s SL tour dates announced Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced the itinerary of the Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka, which will start with a two-day warm-up match on March 2 and lead into two Tests, three ODIs, and two T20Is, according to a BCB press release. The ... Read more

Australia called up uncapped, Zimbabwe-born all-rounder Hilton Cartwright on Tuesday as cover for their fast bowlers after the gruelling first Test win over Pakistan. Cartwright, 24, joins the squad for next week’s second Test in Melbourne as Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Jackson Bird recover from their exertions in the Brisbane heat.

T&T Club posted their third victory in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League with a 2-1 win over bottom-placed Chittagong Mohammedan at the Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Tanzimul Hasan gave T&T Club a 26th minute lead before Chittagong Mohammedan levelled the margin through Farhad in the 68th minute. However,

“Defeating Comilla [Victorians] is not pleasing, but defeating Mashrafe [Bin Mortaza] is,” Chittagong Vikings captain Tamim Iqbal joked after his side’s victory at Mirpur yesterday. “That’s because we have a special relationship,” he added while trying to control his laughter during the post-match press conference. The latter statement made by Tamim was a bit redundant ... Read more

3. Mashrafee bin Murtaza became the third Bangladeshi cricketer to hit more than 50 sixes in one-day internationals when he cleared the boundaries thrice on Sunday. Mashrafee has now 52 sixes to his name, only behind Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh. Tamim struck highest 64 sixes while Mushfiq hit 53 sixes. 4. Nasir Hossain ... Read more

For Samiul Sunday was just not another day, it could be counted as one of the brightest days of his life, when the second one-day international between Bangladesh and England took place at Mirpur. While others were enjoying the crunch match of the series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, he was witnessing his long cherished ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is eyeing to use ‘Ultra-edge’, Hawk Eye’s version of Snicko-meter, as part of the Decision Review System in the forthcoming series against England, said an official on Sunday. It is expected to give Tigers full support of DRS, unlike the past when some key components like snicko-meter went missing to curtail ... Read more

Rumana Ahmed’s historic hat-trick helped Bangladesh women’s cricket team beat Ireland by 10 runs to win the third one-day international of the series and take the three-match series 1-0 in Belfast on Saturday. The third ODI was not originally scheduled in the series but was added after the first ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled. ... Read more

Mominul Haque is simply tired of thinking about his chances in the Bangladesh one-day set-up and decided to focus on his play rather than wasting time to think about it. Mominul, arguably the best Test batsman of Bangladesh for his sound technique and solid temperament, looked to be irked trying to analyse where he went ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday that players’ draft of the fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League, country’s lone franchise-based Twenty20 tournament, will be held on September 30. The forthcoming edition of BPL will be played between seven teams unlike previous competition, which was featured by six teams, according to a BCB press release.

The second edition of Bangladesh Cricket Board’s High Performance Programme ended in August with no proper structure in place to assess the growth of the players, raising doubts over the effectiveness of the progarmme. Independent analysts said that the present HP programme is system-laid-approach that is far from winning-focused-approach,

Left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is looking to make an impact after his surprise inclusion in the 20-member pool of players for the forthcoming one-day international series against Afghanistan and England. Mosharraf, who played last of his three ODIs in 2008, was on a personal tour in India when a Facebook message from one