Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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

Bangladesh ready for series in Dec: official

Bangladesh are ready to play a series in December involving India if they are formally invited, said a senior official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday. The talk of a series in December is hovering around for the last few days after it was reported that India are reluctant to play against Pakistan in ... Read more

BCB Meeting Today: Nazmul-Naimur cold war on focus

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will hold a crucial meeting today with former national captain Naimur Rahman finally getting a chance to raise his voice over certain issues that had undermined his authority as cricket operations chief. Naimur appeared unhappy as BCB president Nazmul Hasan recently overruled some of his recommendations regarding the appointment of Bangladesh ‘A’ team

BCB finds an ally in PCB chief

Australia were ‘overly sensitive’ to postpone their tour of Bangladesh over security concerns, says Pakistan Cricket Board president Shahryar Khan, reports BCC Online. Bangladesh police are investigating the murder of an Italian aid worker who was shot on Monday, with the Islamic State group saying it is responsible.

BPL bidders told to give pay-order by Aug 30

Companies that have submitted Expression of Interest to own a franchise of the Bangladesh Premier League have been asked to submit their pay-order and bank guarantee by August 30, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Thursday. The BCB on August 18 announced that 11 companies have shown their interest to own a franchise of BPL, ... Read more

Complete overhaul of BPL planned

Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to introduce the ‘players by choice’ system for the upcoming third edition of Bangladesh Premier League instead of traditional players’ auction, officials said on Sunday. The new edition of BPL is scheduled to be held from November 22 to December 15 after two years gap. The BCB also planned to ... Read more

Loye to join as head coach of HPU

Former England one-day cricketer Malachy Loye is all set to join Bangladesh Cricket Board as the head coach of newly revived High Performance Unit, said the BCB officials on Wednesday. Australian Allister de Winter of Australia was the front runner for the post before he withdrawn himself citing family reasons. Loye, a right-hand batsman and off-break bowler,

BCB to form committee on match-fixing probe

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will launch an investigation committee to probe the alleged match-fixing in the National Cricket League, said BCB president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday. BCB is expected to take immediate actions in this regard as they maintained zero tolerance in previous cases related with match-fixing corruptions. ‘We would form an investigation committee

BCB to dig deep into NCL fixing claim

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to investigate the allegation of match-fixing in the National Cricket League final round match between Dhaka Metropolis and Rangpur Division, said BCB officials on Tuesday. Rangpur earned their maiden title in NCL, country’s traditional first-class tournament, after beating Metropolis by 102 runs at BKSP. Khulna were among

All eyes on BCB chief’s press meet today

For some strange reason, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is silent over the spot fixing issue, rocking the country over the past few weeks. After the BCB president, Nazmul Hassan Papon, met Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) members, it was expected that he would disclose something, as names of the country’s top cricketers had come ... Read more

BCB hopeful of DPL in June

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it is confident of starting the Dhaka Premier League in June after it held a successful meeting with the representatives of the clubs on Monday. BCB president Nazmul Hasan attended the meeting, which discussed some new formats including the introduction of a new payment method for the players

BCB runs out of election deadline

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is running out of time to avoid a sanction by the International Cricket Council, who set a deadline for an elected body by June 2013. In the ICC’s annual general meeting in 2011, it was agreed that all member boards will have an independent elected body by June 2012. A further ... Read more

BCB bosses meet district organisers

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan met the officials of the District Sports Associations in an exchange of views programme at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Nazmul, who was accompanied by members of the ad-hoc committee, assured the officials of the DSA of every support in order to run cricket smoothly in their