Category: Cricket

Cox’s Bazaar has been dropped as a venue for the 2014 World T20 to be held in Bangladesh between March 16 and April 6. Sylhet, another venue considered doubtful due to ongoing work at the stadium, has been retained.

The International Cricket Council has fined South African all-rounder Faf du Plessis 50% of his match fee for ball tampering against Pakistan.

Dhaka — Rain washed out the last day of the Bangladesh-New Zealand second cricket test to spoil what could have been an interesting Friday.

Mominul Haque and Tamim Iqbal exhibited patience and character to shore up Bangladesh, and by the end of the day the home side had secured a handy 114-run lead in Mirpur. Mominul remained unbeaten, a rare outcome from a young…

Corey Anderson’s maiden Test ton led New Zealand fightback as they took a slender 137-run lead with two wickets remaining at the end of the third day of the final Test against Bangladesh on Wednesday.

Dhaka — All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan bagged all three New Zealand wickets that fell on the rain-truncated second day’s play in the Dhaka Test on Tuesday.

Continuous rain from the afternoon forced an early end to the first day’s play of the Mirpur Test but Bangladesh would see it as a blessing in disguise as it stopped a batting problems from getting bad to worse. Opener…

Nick Walker, A challenging introduction to test match cricket is starting to hit home for one of the Black Caps’ newest test players.

Banned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir hopes the International Cricket Council will grant him a reprieve to resume his career and play domestic cricket.

First Test, Abu Dhabi (day four) Pakistan 442 & 45-3 beat South Africa 249 & 232 by seven wickets Match scorecard Pakistan ended South Africa’s 15-match unbeaten run with a seven-wicket victory in the first Test in Abu Dhabi.

Spinner Holly Colvin believes New Zealand will be out for revenge against England in the early hours of Thursday.

India legend Sachin Tendulkar has got his wish to play his 200th and final Test at his home ground in Mumbai.

By Lynn McConnell New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he was happy with his side’s first outing – a draw against Bangladesh season in Chittagong – in their first game of a new season.

Dhaka – A century and a hat-trick in a Test against New Zealand  helped  Bangladeshi cricketer Shohag Gazi make upward movements in all the three categories — batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders– list in the latest ICC Test rankings issued Sunday.

England’s women are in the West Indies to begin their winter tour programme.

Sohag Gazi’s maiden century had left the first Test in Chittagong nicely poised, but a passing shower drastically diminished chances of a result and New Zealand’s caution in their second innings, on a pitch that hardly turned, increased that probability.

Yuvraj Singh, playing in his first international since January, scored an unbeaten 77 as India beat Australia by six wickets in their Twenty20 meeting in Rajkot.

Sachin Tendulkar will retire from cricket after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies next month.

A late show of guile by Bangladesh spinners balanced the first day of the opening Test betw een Bangladesh and New Zealand as Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzak struck just before the closing of the first day’s play.

Sri Lanka opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has retired from Test cricket.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over an advert which implied he might have tampered with his bat.

World Cricket League, Sharjah: Afghanistan 96-3 (20.5 overs) beat Kenya 93 (43.3 overs) by seven wickets Afghanistan will play in the World Cup for the first time in 2015 after beating Kenya by seven wickets in their final qualifying match…

by: I.G. Bhatkali

Akram Khan, the former Bangladesh captain, has resigned from his position as chief selector, a week before his contract was to expire. The announcement came following Chittagong Divisional Sports Association’s decision to nominate him as its councillor ahead of the…

The BCB has failed to begin the hearing of its anti-corruption tribunal within the stipulated time frame of 40 days from the issue of charges against the players accused of fixing during this season’s BPL. The hearing should have begun…

Tamim Iqbal has submitted a letter to the BPL governing council, asking their assistance to clear the rest of his payments from Duronto Rajshahi. So far he has been paid 50 percent of his total amount for BPL 2013, and…

A century from Mignon du Preez, followed by effective spells from South Africa women’s spinners, ensured Bangladesh women remained winless on their tour. The 95-run loss also meant Bangladesh had conceded the ODI series 0-2 to South Africa, with a…

An incisive spell of 3 for 28 from offspinner Sunette Loubser, followed by a patient fifty from opener Lizelle Lee powered South Africa Women to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh Women in Benoni.