Bangladesh pace bowling coach Allan Donald lauded Ebadot Hossain due to his brilliant bowling effort on the rain-hit third day of their second Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Wednesday. With 39 overs having been lost to rain, Sri Lanka ended the day on 282-5, only 83 runs behind Bangladesh’s first innings total of ... Read more
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Mushfiqur Rahim to miss West Indies tour hajj pilgrimage
BCB has granted leave to Bangladesh veteran batter Mushfiqur Rahim for upcoming West Indies tour, so that he can perform hajj in July. “Mushfiqur wrote an application for a leave to attend this year’s Hajj a month ago ahead of the Sri Lanka series but nothing was official. However, the
Chattogram Test finished with the anticipated draw
There were no last-minute surprises as the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ended as an expected draw after Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella held their own in the final session on the final day of the contest at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today. Thanks to Chandimal and Dickwella’s stubborn stand, Sri ... Read more
Brendon McCullum appointed England Test coach
New Zealand legend Brendon McCullum has been appointed England’s Test head coach. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) made the announcement on Thursday that the 40-year-old will be in place to start his role for next month’s three-match Test series against New Zealand, which gets under way at Lord’s from 2 June, subject to
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
Toothless Tigers suffer an embarrassing defeat
Bangladesh batters continued their shambolic performance in the Test series as the Tigers failed to put up a fight in their second innings on the fourth day of the second and final Test in Gqeberha today. Resuming the day on 27 for three, Mominul Haque and Co. were in a hurry to score quickly and were ... Read more
Ramiz Raja’s quadrangular T20 idea gaining traction
Ramiz Raja’s proposal for a quadrangular T20 event may have acquired some non-specific support ahead of his presentation of the plans to the ICC Board on Saturday, according to a report on ESPNCricinfo. The report says that the PCB chairman will present an idea for an annual tournament involving Pakistan, India, Australia and England, which will ... Read more
Pak vs Aus: Australia defeat Pakistan by three wickets to win one-off T20I
Australia skipper Aaron Finch scored a timely half-century as they concluded their tour of Pakistan with a three-wicket win over the hosts in a one-off Twenty20 international match in Lahore on Tuesday. Finch, who has struggled for runs and failed to score in the last two games of the three-match one-day international series, returned to form ... Read more
Tigresses finish maiden ODI WC campaign with a 100-run loss
Defending champions England claimed their place in the World Cup semifinals while finally sealing New Zealand’s fate on Sunday. A 100-run win over Bangladesh in Wellington gave England their fourth victory in succession after beginning the tournament with three defeats. Their semifinal opponent was yet to be confirmed, with India playing South Africa in
Australia survive scare to beat Bangladesh in women’s cricket World Cup
Unbeaten Australia will enter the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-finals on the back of seven straight wins following a five-wicket triumph over a gallant Bangladesh in Wellington on Friday. In a match that was reduced to 43 overs per side due to overnight rain at Basin Reserve, Australia overcame an early scare from an ... Read more
Tigers secure historic away win against against South Africa
Inspired by a concerted batting effort from the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal and Yasir Ali, Bangladesh secured a 38-run victory over South Africa in the first ODI in Centurion today. The convincing win at the SuperSport Park, that helped Bangladesh take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, was also ... Read more
Joty and co are keen to improve their performances under pressure
So near and yet so far but Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty hopes his side will gain valuable experience from the four-run defeat against the West Indies as the ICC ODI World Cup game ended with a dramatic last-over finish at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today. In their maiden ODI World Cup, the ... Read more
Heartbreak for Tigresses as they fall short in nail-biter
Despite putting up another impressive show, Bangladesh could not keep the momentum going in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup as the Tigresses lost marginally by four runs against West Indies at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today. Another cracking game of cricket was witnessed in the ongoing 2022
Shakib available for South Africa series
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan sprang a surprise on Saturday stating that he would be available for the forthcoming series against South Africa despite the BCB permitted him a leave until April 30 from all forms of cricket. ‘I have been in a conversation with Papon Bhai [Nazmul Hasan] since the
Tigresses lose big against hosts in rain-curtailed match despite improved batting
ICC An unbeaten half-century from Suzie Bates has helped New Zealand register their first victory of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 with a comfortable nine-wicket triumph over Bangladesh in a rain-affected clash at an overcast Dunedin on Monday. Bates used all her experience and guile in a match that was reduced to
South Africa make winning start against Bangladesh in the Women’s Cricket World Cup
Bangladesh fight hard but lose to ‘unconvincing’ South Africa in their first-ever Women’s WC match Seamer Ayabonga Khaka tore through Bangladesh’s batting lineup to get South Africa’s Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign off to a winning start in Dunedin on Saturday. Khaka brought up her 100th one-day international wicket in her 74th match, snaring figures ... Read more
Liton, Nasum star in Tigers’ win
Liton Das hit a brilliant fifty while Nasum Ahmed ended with his career best bowling to earn a crushing 61-run win for Bangladesh against Afghanistan in their first of the two-match T20I series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Liton smacked a 60 off 44 balls, his fifth T20I fifty, while
Bangladesh crushed to defeat by Afghanistan
Bangladesh failed to bag their full 30 points after they conceded a seven wicket defeat against Afghanistan with a robust hundred from Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the third and final one-day international match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday. Rahmanullah Gurbazh smacked an unbeaten 106 off 110 balls, his third ODI ton
Lahore win first PSL title after thrashing Multan
Lahore Qalandars win maiden Pakistan Super League title after thrashing Multan Sultans by 42 runs Lahore Qalandars Sunday put up a clinical performance to defeat Multan Sultans by 42 runs and bag their first Pakistan Super League (PSL) title. Although Lahore had handed Multan a stiff 181-run target, they were stillrequired to be at their ... Read more
Sonny Ramadhin, legendary West Indies’ spin bowler dies aged 92
Former West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin has died aged 92. Born in Trinidad, he took 158 wickets in 43 Tests between 1950 and 1961, but he was best known for his exploits in the 1950 series against England. Bowling in tandem with slow left-armer Alf Valentine, the pair took 59 wickets in a spectacular series ... Read more