New Zealand include O'Rourke, Sears for Afghanistan, Sri Lanka Tests

New Zealand included promising seamers Will O'Rourke and Ben Sears on Monday in their Test squad to face Afghanistan and Sri Lanka as the Black Caps look to bounce back from their Twenty20 World Cup debacle.
12 August 2024, 08:07 AM

England's Stokes suffers injury in The Hundred

England Test captain Ben Stokes was helped off the field after suffering an injury while playing for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Sunday.
12 August 2024, 05:20 AM

Athanaze heroics guide West Indies to South Africa draw

Alick Athanaze missed out on a maiden Test century but played the key role in ensuring the safety of a draw for the West Indies against South Africa on the final day of the rain-affected first Test of a two-match series at Queen's Park Oval on Sunday.
12 August 2024, 04:55 AM

No headway yet on Women’s T20 WC hosting

The Youth and Sports Adviser has also asked BCB to explore the possibility of appointing an interim board president under ICC’s framework.
12 August 2024, 01:13 AM

Retire first, then join politics: Sohan

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Nurul Hasan Sohan has voiced his dissent about players entering politics during their playing careers. 
11 August 2024, 15:26 PM

Shakib included in Bangladesh squad for Pakistan Tests

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was included in the Tigers’ 16-member squad for the upcoming Test tour of Pakistan despite Bangladesh Cricket Board sources claiming that the 37-year-old’s fitness for red-ball cricket would be taken into consideration before selection.
11 August 2024, 13:20 PM

Bangladesh HP make winning start in Australia T20 series

Left-handed batter Parvez Hossain Emon smashed 69 off 48 deliveries as Bangladesh HP registered a 77-run victory against Melbourne Renegades in their first Top End T20 series match of the Australia tour in Darwin on Sunday.
11 August 2024, 05:08 AM

Maharaj, Rabada help SA to keep hopes of WI win alive

Steady rain restricted play to just the final session on the fourth day.
11 August 2024, 04:13 AM

Tigers to leave for Pakistan on Monday

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to prepone the men’s national team’s scheduled flight to Pakistan as the team will now leave for the country on August 12 instead of the 17th.
10 August 2024, 15:04 PM

Fahim wants to propose plan to reform BCB

Veteran coach Nazmul Abedeen Fahim on Saturday said that he wants to introduce a comprehensive outline to reform the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
10 August 2024, 13:40 PM

South Africa's Maharaj shines on rainy third day of Windies Test

Keshav Maharaj's discipline and persistence earned him three important wickets as the West Indies were limited to 145-4 in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 357 at the end of the third day of the rain-affected first Test at Queen's Park Oval on Friday.
10 August 2024, 02:09 AM

BCB pushing to keep WC hosting rights

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is trying to make headway in communicating with the relevant authorities of the interim government over hosting the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, slated to be played in October this year.
10 August 2024, 02:00 AM

Bavuma, de Zorzi put SA on front foot in first WI Test

Bavuma's determined 86 and a more enterprising 78 from de Zorzi were linchpins in the Proteas' effort on a benign surface offering little for the bowlers but also made free scoring difficult because of its two-paced nature.
9 August 2024, 02:49 AM

Bangladesh ‘A’ vow to keep focus on cricket

“Our job is to play cricket. The players, the coaching staff are all professionals. We are more focused on our matches than anything else,” Bangladesh ‘A’ coach Mizanur Rahman Babul told reporters in Mirpur on Thursday.
9 August 2024, 01:00 AM

Manager Bithi gets job back after being dismissed for helping student protestors

Former cricketer and coach, Arifa Jahan Bithi, confirmed that she has been reinstated as the manager of the women’s cricket team in the Rangpur division.
8 August 2024, 09:06 AM

Uncertainty over Shakib’s Pakistan Tests inclusion

It remains unclear whether Shakib's political identity would impact his selection in the national team.
8 August 2024, 01:00 AM

‘Uncomfortable’ presence of outsiders at Mirpur stadium

Security concern is a quickly growing issue in Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium's premises due to the presence of outsiders.
7 August 2024, 19:09 PM

‘Mentally devastated’ Saifuddin requests two-month break

According to sources, Saifuddin’s recent letter to BCB has irked the selectors as the cricketer had also skipped the Bangladesh Tigers’ majority practice sessions in Sylhet and Chattogram last month.
7 August 2024, 18:36 PM

Wellalage stars as Sri Lanka hammer India to clinch ODI series

Spinner Dunith Wellalage took 5-27 as Sri Lanka clinched a first ODI series victory over India in 27 years with a 110-run thrashing of the tourists in the third match on Wednesday.
7 August 2024, 15:36 PM

Taskin waiting for A team nod

“He wants to play Tests, and we will talk to the medical team,” a member of the selection panel told The Daily Star.
7 August 2024, 14:47 PM