Dhaka – Bangladeshi Bowling Sensation Mustafizur Rahman made a return as Bangladesh’s 15-member ODI squad for the first game against New Zealand has been announced. Mustafiz is among five entrants to the ODI squad for the first game against New…
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England collapse to humiliating defeat vs India
Dhaka — England’s losing tour of India ended in further failure on Tuesday when the tourists collapsed to an innings and 75-run loss in the fifth test in Chennai.Well placed at 167-4 going into the final session and playing for…
National Cricket League resume tomorrow
Dhaka- After a two-month break, the four-day National Cricket League (NCL) resumes tomorrow (Tuesday) at four separate venues across the country.On the day in tier 1 matches , Khulna Division will take Barisal Division at BKSP ground no 3 in…
Tigers reach NZ from Sydney
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Cricket team reached New Zealand from Sydney, Australia on Sunday.The Tigers landed at New Zealand International Airport at 10:15 am (Bangladesh time). Bangladesh will have around a week for preparation, including a warm-up match against a…
U19 Asia Cup: BD through to semis despite loss to Pak
Dhaka – Despite a narrow loss against Pakistan in the 8-nation Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup on Sunday,Bangladesh ended the group phase as champions of Group B champion by virtue of better net run rate as they advanced to…
U19 Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 team got off to flying start in the eight-nation Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup outplaying Afghanistan Under-19 by four-wicket with 41 balls remaining in a Group-A match at Uyanwatte Stadium, Matara, Sri Lanka on Thursday.Chasing…
Australia, England to meet in 1st day-night Ashes test
Dhaka – Australia and England will meet in the first day-night Ashes cricket test at the Adelaide Oval in December 2017.Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed the schedule for the 2017-2018 series, indicating a new 60,000 seat stadium in Perth will…
Tigers’ 2nd group to leave for Sydney Saturday night
Dhaka – The 12-member second group of Tigers’, including Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan, will leave Dhaka for Sydney, Australia on Saturday night to join the conditioning camp there.Bangladesh cricketers will be trained in a two-week long…
India make strong start after England post 400
Dhaka – India’s batsmen made a strong start in their reply to England’s 400 all out on day two of the fourth test,reaching 146 for the loss of just one wicket by the close.Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara put on…
Australia wins toss, to bat 1st in final ODI vs New Zealand
Dhaka – Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final one-day international against New Zealand on Friday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,AP/UNB news reported.
BPL final on Friday defies predicting
Dhaka – Dhaka Dynamites will play against Rajshahi Kings in the grand finale of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.The final of the seven-franchise tournament will begin at 5:45 pm.Dhaka will…
Sammy hopes to bag maiden title for Rajshahi
Dhaka – Rajshahi Kings skipper Darren Sammy is optimistic to win the much-anticipated final game of the 4th BPL T20 against mighty Dhaka Dynamites, scheduled to be held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.“Hopefully we will come…
England on 196-2 at tea in fourth India Test
Dhaka – A century by debutant Keaton Jennings propelled England to 196-2 at tea on the opening day of the fourth Test against India Thursday as the tourists made a strong start to the must-win match.
Shakib fined 20% of his match fee
Dhaka – Temperamental Dhaka Dynamites captain Shakib Al Hasan once again landed in trouble as he was fined 20 percent of his match fee by Bangladesh Cricket Board ‘s disciplinary committee yesterday.World ‘s number one all rounder Shakib has been…
Rajshahi sent Chittagong packing home
Dhaka – Skipper Darren Sammy led from the front with a swashbuckling 55 not out to enable Rajshahi Kings to send Chittagong Vikings home as their eliminator match saw Kings beat Vikings by three wickets in the Bangladesh Premier League…
BPL T20: Ctg face Rajshahi in eliminator Tuesday
Dhaka – Chittagong Vikings will play against Rajshahi Kings in the eliminator game of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.The first battle of the four-team Play-off stage of the tournament will…
Comilla stay in hunt as they beat Rangpur by 8 runs in BPL
Dhaka – Comilla Victorian’s revived their hope for the last four places as they registered an exciting eight runs win over Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 held on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.Chasing…
Breaking boundaries: Bangladesh’s women cricketers
At the age of 10, Ismat Ara was facing a wretched future. Like millions of girls born into acute poverty and deprivation in rural Bangladesh, she was destined for marriage in childhood, perhaps as young as 12, an abrupt end…
BPL4: Rangpur stay in the running for play-off berth
Dhaka – Rangpur Riders secured a 29-runs victory against Barisal Bulls to stay alive in the race for four-team Play-off stage in the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.With the 6th win…
Tamim’s fifty guides Vikings to post 134/6 against Dynamites
Dhaka -Chittagong Vikings opener-cum-skipper Tamim Iqbal’s knock of 74 propelled to post a target of 135 against Dhaka Dynamites in their 11th tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.Chittagong played stipulated 20…
NZ Cricket introduces concussion substitutions
Dhaka – New Zealand Cricket will follow Australia in allowing concussed players to be substituted in its domestic limited-overs competitions this season.In October, New South Wales batsman Daniel Hughes became the first player to be replaced under the Australian rule…
Barisal reduce Rajshahi’s hopes of final four
Dhaka – Barisal Bulls defeated Rajshahi Kings by 17 runs in their 11th league encounter of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.Barisal, the side already out of last-four race, advanced to…
Thailand beat Nepal by 8 wkts in Women’s Asia Cup
Dhaka – Nepal conceded an eight-wicket defeat against Thailand in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup at Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok on Thursday.The Thai women chased a target of 64 runs in 16 overs for…
BPL T20: Dynamites topple Riders again by 42 runs
Dhaka – All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan-led Dhaka Dynamites out played Rangpur Riders by 42 runs in the seven-team 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 in their 10th league encounter at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday.With this win, Dhaka…
Comilla topple Barisal by 8 wkts
Dhaka – A dazzling opening pair stand of 93 runs between Ahmed Shehzad and Imrul Kayes spurred the bottom-placed Comilla Victorians to secure an eight-wicket win against Barisal Bulls in a dead-rubber game of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20…
Tigresses pull off 92 runs win over Nepal in ACC Women’s Asia Cup
Dhaka – Thanks to opening pair stand of 71 runs between Nigar Sultana and Sanjida Islam that helped Bangladesh secure a huge 92-run margin victory over Nepal in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup at Asian Institute of…
Pakistan 76-0 at lunch on day 5, 2nd test vs. New Zealand
Dhaka – The second test between New Zealand and Pakistan remained in the balance at lunch on the final day Tuesday as Pakistan openers Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali batted through a first session in which only 75 runs were…
New Zealand declare at 313-5, set Pakistan 369 to win
Dhaka – New Zealand declared at 313-5 in their second innings after Ross Taylor scored his 16th century, to set Pakistan a 369-run target in the second Test in Hamilton on Monday. Taylor was not out 102 while Tom Latham…
Women’s T20: BD wins by 35 runs against Thailand
Dhaka – Bangladesh beat Thailand by 35 runs in the 5th match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground in Bangkok on Monday.Bangladesh Women posted a target of 88 runs for 6 wickets in…
1st year team emerges champion in RU law cricket contest
Rajshahi – The Ist year team emerged champion in the Shahin-Babul Memorial Cricket tournament, an annual sports competition of law department of the Rajshahi University (RU) beating 2 nd year by 29 runs on Sunday.