Cricket

Dhaka —The Bangladesh Crickest Board (BCB) started meetings with the franchise-based Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 teams at the board office in Mirpur on Monday to chalk out a new agreement for a new circle of the event. The BPL governing council conducted meetings with Dhaka Dynamites, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings on the first day today (Monday). “We have ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad started gearing up after the Eid vacation as he batted for an hour and bowled five overs at the academy ground in Mirpur on Sunday. Mahmudullah had been suffering from several injuries. But as per the latest update, he felt no pain while batting, and bowled five overs without complaining any pain as well. ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) called 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp beginning on Monday (August 19) under National Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario Villavarayen. Read More »

Dhaka – The Bangladesh Women’s Hockey team is set to play their first match against a foreign opponent, the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI)-National Women’s Hockey Academy team on Tuesday at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium here. The match will kick-off at 4 pm (BST).Bangladesh Women’s Hockey team will play six preparatory matches against the Indian side ahead of their maiden ... Read More »

Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) — Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the High-Performance Unit (HP). They will play a three-match one-day and two-match four-day series against their Sri Lankan counterparts. Najmul Hossain Shanto, the 20-year-old top-order batsman, will lead HP while Yasir Ali was appointed as his deputy. On August 18, 21 and 24, Bangladesh ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh National Women’s Cricket team left here for the Netherlands on Thursday to take part in a 10-day training camp as part of their preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier’2019 in Scotland. Bangladesh will take on Papua New Guinea in the opening day of the Qualifiers on August 31.Two top teams of the eight –team ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal will not play in the Bangladesh’s lone home Test against Afghanistan and also in the Tri-Nation T20 Series involving Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in September next. Read More »

Dhaka — Bangladesh national women team is all set to fly for the Netherlands on Thursday to conduct a practice camp before their assault in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 in Scotland. Read More »

London,(AP/UNB)  — The start of play in the second Ashes test between England and Australia at Lord’s has been delayed by rain. Read More »

London (AP/UNB) — Australia has left fast bowler James Pattinson out of its 12-man squad for the second Ashes test against England, giving Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood the chance of a recall at Lord’s. Pattinson made his return to test cricket in the 251-run win at Edgbaston. He collected just two wickets in that game and, although not injured, ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal wants to skip the first two international events of the Tigers through which their home season will start. Read More »

Harare (AP/UNB) — The Zimbabwe cricket board has been reinstated by a government body in what could be the first step to ending a suspension by the International Cricket Council. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is happy with the presentation of Russell Domingo as a candidate of the head coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. Read More »

Dhaka – After waiting for weeks, Zimbabwe cricket team have finally confirmed their tour to Bangladesh to take part in a T20 tri-series, also involving Afghanistan. Read More »

Wellington (AP/UNB) – Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 37. Read More »

Dhaka – Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on Tuesday said they are still optimistic about Zimbabwe’s participation in the proposed tri-series which is scheduled in September. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, one of the most popular sportspersons the country has ever produced, is close to retirement after an 18-year career frequently plagued by injuries. Read More »

Dhaka (AP/UNB) -South Africa’s Dale Steyn retired from test cricket on Monday, ending the red-ball career of a player who was one of the world’s fiercest fast bowlers and the best in the game at his height but whose latter years were curtailed by a serious shoulder injury. Read More »

Dhaka – Amid several franchises’ move to rope in star players for their teams for the next season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said it has no validity as they are yet to renew contracts with the franchises for a new cycle of the tournament. Most of the franchises who played the last season ... Read More »

Birmingham (AP/UNB) – Australia won the first Ashes Test by a huge margin of 251 runs on Monday after dismissing England for 146 in its second innings on the final day. Read More »

Birmingham (AP/UNB) – Steve Smith moved within touching distance of a second century of the match as he led Australia to a 141-run lead at lunch Sunday on the fourth day of the Ashes opener at Edgbaston. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) denied Shakib’s move to the Rangpur Riders for the 7th season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket without a fresh contract. Read More »

Dhaka – Hosts South African Emerging Players Women’s Cricket team whitewashed Bangladesh Emerging Players Women’s team in the three-match unofficial one-day series beating them in the one-over eliminator after the 3rd and last match between two the teams ended in a tie at the Mandela Oval in Hammanskraal on Sunday. Read More »

Dhaka – Sri Lanka Emerging High Performance (HP) Team will arrive here on August 16 to play a three-match one-day and two-match four-day series against their Bangladesh counterparts in Khulna, Cox’s Bazar and BKSP (Savar). Read More »

Dhaka – Newly crowned Bashundhara Kings played a 1-1 draw with Chattogram Abahani Limited in the last league match of the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday. Read More »

Dhaka – Three franchises of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), including defending champions Comilla Victorians, have so far confirmed their icon players from A-plus category. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan are set to leave for Saudi Arabia tonight to perform Hajj. Read More »

Dhaka – Within two years of his debut in international cricket, Mohammad Saifuddin was close to becoming an integral part of Bangladesh’s limited-overs set-up. Read More »

Dhaka – Touring Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Eleven were eliminated from Dr (Capt) K Thimmappaiah Memorial Cricket Tournament of Karnataka losing to Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangha (SCS) by seven wickets in the four-day semifinal that concluded on the 4th and final day at Alur-1 (Platinum Oval) ground in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangha will play the final against ... Read More »

Dhaka — Bangladesh suffered a humiliating clean-sweep in the three-match ODI series losing the last and final match to Sri Lanka by 122 runs on Wednesday at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo. Read More »