Australia's Glenn Maxwell has not given up hope of playing Test cricket again and says his record in the subcontinent could earn him a recall for the first time in more than seven years when the team tour Sri Lanka in early 2025.

The Bangladesh cricket team had a long meeting yesterday regarding their batting and bowling display in the first Test against New Zealand. Head coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes they were guarded against complacency creeping in and senior players such as Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque had talked emotionally in the dressing room to send a message to the rest of the team.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha spoke highly of Najmul Hossain Shanto’s captaincy and leadership capabilities, hailing him as a strong contender to take the Tigers’ reins for the long term.

Pakistan's cricket board (PCB) has given fast bowler Haris Rauf permission to make a limited appearance in Australia's Big Bash League, ending a standoff with the player.

Bangladesh wrote a new chapter in Sylhet with their first-ever home Test victory over New Zealand. However, a much broader achievement awaits the hosts as the second and final Test of the series commences in Dhaka on Wednesday.

The 11th edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) -- the country's only franchise-based first-class competition -- will begin today with four teams set to face each other on the way to glory in a single league format.

The body will be headed by former police officer Dave Lewis, taking the role of interim director, and will be overseen by an independent cricket regulatory board.

“If they win the series, they will get a big bonus, no doubt about that,” said the BCB president

Bangladesh women’s cricket team added another triumph in what has been an eventful year for them when they defeated South Africa in the first Twenty20 of the three-match series in Benoni on Sunday.

The umpiring controversy in the recently-concluded National Cricket League had resulted in BCB Umpires' Committee open a fact-finding body. It has been learnt that evidence of poor umpiring was found and the BCB has pulled out six umpires from the Bangladesh Cricket League, which starts tomorrow.

West Indies ODI skipper Shai Hope credited a chat he had with former India captain MS Dhoni after leading the Caribbeans to a thrilling four-wicket over England with his fastest ODI ton in the first of the three-match series in Antigua on Sunday.

Shorna, who finished with 5-28 in her four overs, came into the attack in the 14th over of the innings and bowled four overs on the trot from one end

Bavuma opened the innings in the World Cup but averaged only 18.12 across his eight games with a high score of 35

"Warner and Smith are heroes in my mind," Khawaja told reporters on Monday.

“I think they gave us a blueprint on what's successful in these conditions, and hopefully we can apply that to this next Test match,” Sodhi said

A magnificent century by Shai Hope powered West Indies to a thrilling four-wicket victory over England in the first of three one day internationals at North Sound on Sunday.

 Australia's chief selector George Bailey has cautioned against repeating the mistakes made in the aftermath of leg-spinner Shane Warne's retirement when long-standing opener David Warner finally calls time on his test career.

Bangladesh’s build-up to the first Test against New Zealand -- their opening World Test Championship fixture of the third cycle – had been murky given the absence of key stars. But the team showed that it could live up to the pressure of facing a big side such as New Zealand.

Bangladesh leg-spinner Shorna Akter spun circles around South Africa batters as her maiden T20I five-wicket haul turned the tide in favour of the Tigresses in a 13-run win in the first T20I in Benoni yesterday.

India's Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century and fast bowlers Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh took a combined five wickets as the home side beat Australia by six runs in the final Twenty20 International to deny the visitors a consolation win on Sunday.