Category: Cricket

Khulna: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim warned of a backlash from Zimbabwe in the second Test in Khulna from Monday as his side hunted for only their third series win in Test cricket. The hosts have the lead in the three-match…

Mumbai: Banned Bangladeshi umpire Nadir Shah has again been denied Indian visa on Thursday. The 51-year-old had approached the Office of the Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh on October 28 and had submitted his passport – valid till May 26,…

Cave Hill (Barbados) – Windward Island batsman Sunil Ambris says he is inspired by the presence of cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards as he prepares with the Sagicor West Indies High Performance (WIHP) team for the upcoming series with Bangladesh…

Former Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusingha has left his position as assistant coach of New South Wales in favour of coaching Bangladesh. This will be his first stint as head coach of an international side. Bangladesh had been contemplating on…

Fiji has appointed Australian Shane Jurgensen as their national coach. The 38 year-old spent 2 and a half years as Bangladesh national coach before resigning last month. Cricket Fiji’s General Manager, Inoke Lesuma, says it is a remarkable coup to…

Pace bowler James Anderson has been recalled to the England one-day squad to face Scotland in Aberdeen on 9 May.

Coach crises hit Bangladesh today as former Queensland cricketer Shane Jurgensen resigned as the coach of Bangladesh cricket team. The 38 year old put in his papers which were received by the Bangladesh Cricket Board who have begun a search…

Muktar Ali said he would have slammed a few more big hits had someone told him that he had equaled the record for most sixes in a first-class innings, during his 168 that helped Rajshahi Division beat Chittagong Divison by…

Sometimes it feels like these Kate and William photo ops are generated in some sort of factory in a Mad Libs-style assembly line: “Let’s put her . . . in a ferris wheel . . . with ribbons in her…

England captain Charlotte Edwards has become only the second woman to be named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.

After heartbreaks in two finals, Sri Lanka lifted their first World Twenty20 trophy comprehensively beating India six wickets in the final on Sunday. The Lankans produced a brilliant all-round display to topple favourites India with 13 balls remaining at the…

Australia thrashed England by six wickets to win a third successive Women’s World Twenty20 title.

Sri Lanka have gone through to the final of the World Twenty20 beating the West Indies by 27 runs in D/L method in a rain-spoiled the first semifinal. A severe hailstorm forced an early end after Sri Lanka made 160…

The Bangladesh women have beaten Sri Lanka women by 3 runs to pick up their first T20 World Cup win in their last group match on Tuesday. Electing to bat first, the hosts posted 115 for 9 with Rumana Ahmed…

Bangladesh ended their World Twenty20 campaign with a seven-wicket loss to Australia in their last Super 10 match on Tuesday. Chasing 154 runs for victory, Aaron Finch and David Warner stitched a 98-run opening stand in 68 balls as the…

West Indies swept into the semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 eliminating unpredictable Pakistan by 84 runs in a must-win last Group 2 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. The Caribbean team will play Group I…

Sri Lanka breezed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals after left-arm spinner Rangana Herath destroyed New Zealand in a 59-run romp in Chittagong on Monday. Playing his first match in the tournament proper, the 36-year-old bowler claimed five wickets for only…

England ended their winter of discontent on a new low as they were beaten by minnows Netherlands at the World Twenty20 in Chittagong.

Bangladesh crashed out of the World Twenty20 after going down to a 50-run defeat against Pakistan in their Group 2 tie of the Super 10 on Sunday. Chasing a huge 191, the hosts’ top order taken was care of before…

India’s Supreme Court has installed former captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar as the interim head of the country’s cricket board.

Hosts Bangladesh will play their next door rivals and the ICC World Cup Champions India in their 2nd Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket in Dhaka on Friday.

India’s Supreme Court intends to bar Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from this year’s Indian Premier League, which starts on 16 April.