Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com India and Sri Lanka advanced to the eighth Women’s Asia Cup semi-finals after defeating Thailand and the host Bangladesh, on a rain-hampered day in Sylhet on Monday. Pakistan joined them in the semi-final as well because both teams have eight points and are tied for second position with Sri Lanka. Bangladesh ... Read more
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Bangladesh utterly defeated by India
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com India recovered from a shocking loss to Pakistan to defeat hosts Bangladesh by 59 runs on Saturday in Sylhet, effectively securing a spot in the semifinals of the eighth Women’s Asia Cup. India has eight points after winning four of its last five games, with one more match to play in ... Read more
ICC announces schedule for women’s T20 world cup
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the schedule for the massive tournament on Monday, and Bangladesh will play Sri Lanka in their first match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on February 12 of next year in Capetown. The eighth iteration of the competition will get underway on February 10, ... Read more
Tigers depart for New Zealand
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com At 11:55 pm yesterday, Bangladesh boarded a flight to Christchurch to compete in a tri-nation series, also attended by hosts New Zealand and Pakistan. The Tigers are expected to reach Christchurch on October 2 ahead of the opening game of the series against Pakistan at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, the ... Read more
BPL names seven franchisees for the next three editions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Governing Council has asked seven companies to complete the process of acquiring franchise ownership for the next three (9th, 10th and 11th) editions of the league on Sunday, according to a press release from the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Although there were rumours, two of the ... Read more
Tigers head coach Domingo to arrive tomorrow
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Russell Domingo, the head coach of Bangladesh, is scheduled to arrive in the country on Friday before the team departs on August 23 for the UAE to participate in the forthcoming Asia Cup.On August 30, Bangladesh will play Afghanistan in their opening game of the tournament, which is set to start ... Read more
Mominul wants to quit Test captaincy
By Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque has decided to step down from his role as captain after relentless criticism from the cricket fraternity due the team’s poor performance under his leadership and his off-form with the bat. Under his captaincy the hosts suffered a crashing 10-wicket defeat against the touring
BCB want Mustafizur to play West Indies Tests
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has urged pacer Mustafizur Rahman to participate in all three formats of the West Indies Tour in June. “We have been thinking about it and we want Mustafizur to take part in all three formats from the West Indies series,” BCB sources
One day they are going to be legends of Bangladesh: Naveed
It will be a teacher coming up against a few of his students when Sri Lanka’s assistant coach Naveed Newaz comes up against his former students Shoriful Islam and Mahmudul Hasan Joy as the Tigers’ series against Sri Lanka nears. Shoriful and Mahmudul had both won the U-19 World Cup in 2020 with Naveed in
‘Isn’t the country bigger than money?’, Sujon criticises Fizz’s reluctance to play Tests
Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud came down heavily on pacer Mustafizur Rahman regarding his reluctance to play Tests. Mahmud said that the left-arm pacer has not yet reached the level of Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal or Mushfiqur Rahim and that he
Shakib, Tamim return to Test squad for South Africa series
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal have been included in Bangladesh’s 18-man Test squad for their two-match series against South Africa starting on March 31 in Durban. Shakib was rumoured to skip the Test series against the Proteas but the all-rounder, who last played in the format against Pakistan back in November 2021, ... Read more
BCB to discuss with Shakib on Test availability for next one year
Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to hold an in-person meeting with Shakib Al Hasan within a couple of days to know his next one-year plan before they sew up the central contract of the Tigers for 2022. BCB’s cricket operations chairman Mohammad Jalal Yunus further informed the reporters on Monday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury ... Read more
Comilla win hat-trick BPL title
Comilla Victorians won their hat-trick title in the Bangladesh Premier League with a one-run win in a thrilling final against Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Defending ten runs off the last over and three off the last ball, Comilla’s pacer Shohidul Islam pulled off a successful one as Barishal ... Read more
Rajin named Tigers’ fielding coach for Afghanistan series
Former Bangladesh national cricket team captain Rajin Saleh has been named the interim fielding coach of the Tigers for their forthcoming series against Afghanistan, starting on February 23. ‘We have appointed him [Rajin] as the fielding coach for the series against Afghanistan,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus told the media on
Bangladesh squad for ODI series against Afghanistan announced
The Bangladesh Cricket Board today announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, with wholesale changes owing to various reasons. As many as seven players from the 16-member ODI series against Zimbabwe in July last year – the last series for the Tigers – lost their places while five players have ... Read more
Afghanistan name squad for Bangladesh ODI and T20I series
Afghanistan have named their squads for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Bangladesh. Hashmatullah Shahidi would lead the side in the ODIs, slated to begin from February 23rd while Mohammad Nabi will captain the side in the T20Is. The T20Is will count towards the ICC T20I Rankings, while the
‘Tamim doesn’t want to play T20Is’
Bangladesh opener and one-day international captain Tamim Iqbal doesn’t want to return and play T20 cricket with the national team anymore, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday. ‘He [Tamim] told me, please don’t force me to return. If you say so, I must return and play. But I don’t really want to ... Read more
Women make it lively in a dull year
The incredible cheers that exploded at the Kamalapur stadium after Anai Mogini’s long-ranger beat India goalkeeper, it just represents the desire to be proud of sporting excellence the sports-crazy nation. The fans’ longing was fulfilled when they witnessed the young girls make laps around the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium with the national flag after ... Read more
Pakistan clean sweep Test series
The resistance of Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das wasn’t enough to save Bangladesh from the humiliation of an innings defeat as they lost the second Test by an innings and eight runs against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. Shakib top-scored for Bangladesh with 63 while Mushfiq and
Bangladesh to co-host 2031 World Cup with India
Bangladesh and India will jointly host the 2031 ICC Cricket World Cup, the ICC announced on Monday when they confirmed the host nations for every major ICC men’s limited overs event between 2024 and 2031. Bangladesh had earlier hosted the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup alongside India and Sri Lanka. In that edition, Bangladesh hosted all ... Read more