Category: Cricket

Islamabad: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will send a security team to review situation in Bangladesh before sending team for Asia T-20 tournament there, said Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday.

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants his opening batsmen and pace bowlers to make best use of the two longer-version matches later this month. The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), a first-class competition that starts next week, will provide the players match…

England batsman Kevin Pietersen is “determined to help regain the Ashes” when Australia visit in 2015.

England owed their Ashes victory over Australia last year to an ability to win the key moments in often tight battles between two sides far more evenly matched than the 3-0 scoreline suggests.

Dhaka – Despite the political unrest, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Saturday decided to go ahead with the Asia Cup in Bangladesh as scheduled from February 25-March 8, a top Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said. BCB media committee chairman…

New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson has struck the fastest ever international century.

Jacques Kallis ended his Test career with a victory as South Africa beat India by 10 wickets in Durban.

Abu Dhabi – Wily spinner Saeed Ajmal took four wickets while paceman Umar Gul grabbed three to help Pakistan restrict Sri Lanka to just 225 in the fourth day-night international in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Durban  – Indian batsmen Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara shared an unbeaten century partnership before bad light stopped play on the first day of the second and final Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Thursday.

Dhaka – Bangladeshi right-arm medium pacer Al-Amin Hossain emerged as the first bowler to take five wickets in a single over in any recognised form of cricket.

Johannesburg – South African cricketing great Jacques Kallis will retire from Test and First-Class cricket after the upcoming Test against India, which gets underway in Durban on Thursday, he announced on Wednesday.

Kevin Pietersen insists he will not change his risk-taking batting style, despite a run of failures resulting in Geoffrey Boycott branding him a “mug”.

Dhaka – Prime Bank Cricket Club tasted their first victory in the Amber Group Victory Day T20 Cup Cricket Tournament beating UCB-BCB Eleven by 7 wickets at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Monday.

Former England spinner Graeme Swann says he was not referring to anyone in the current squad when he said certain players are “up their own backsides”.

England will find it very difficult to fill the void left by spinner Graeme Swann’s retirement, says his former Test captain Michael Vaughan.

The PCB is gathering information from Pakistan’s foreign office as well as the ICC regarding the security situation in Bangladesh, with an eye on its team’s participation in two multi-nation events due to take place in Bangladesh in the next…

The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has accepted a challenge from the Vatican to play their first ever cricket match.

Virat Kohli struck 119 to help India to reach 255-5 on the opening day of the first Test with South Africa.

Former England coach Peter Moores says Andy Flower should continue to lead the team – as long as he remains motivated.

The tourists were beaten by 150 runs as Australia took a 3-0 lead in the series with two matches still to play.

Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, expressed concern over the failure of his bowlers to defend scores of 171 and 188 in the Twenty20 Challenge Series against Bangladesh A.

A century from Steve Smith took the first day of the third Test away from England as the tourists were once again unable to capitalise on a promising position.

Captain Alastair Cook says his 100th Test will be the “toughest” of his career as England look to turn around the Ashes after two heavy defeats.

Dhaka – Former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket Team Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and invited her to attend his wedding ceremony.

England are facing “annihilation” in the Ashes because they lack the “desire and heart” to compete with Australia, says former batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

St Jphn’s, Antigua,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has withdrawn the Under-19 team from its tour of Bangladesh.

England’s last four batsmen must survive the entire final day of the second Test to snatch an improbable draw as Australia close in on a 2-0 series lead.