India all-rounder Hardik Pandya will reportedly miss Sunday's World Cup match against England in Lucknow as he continues to recover from an ankle injury.

Bangladesh left-arm spinner Nahida Akter picked up her maiden T20I five-wicket haul to help set up a five -wicket win for her side against Pakistan in the first of the three-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday. 

Bangladesh women's team will play the first of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, but rain threat looms large on the series.

Test captain Ben Stokes has signed just a 12-month extension while other England cricketers have agreed multi-year deals amid a raft of new central contracts announced Tuesday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants to restore the Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium at Fatullah to international standard and the board today inaugurated the renovation venture at a press conference.

Former skipper Bishan Singh Bedi was a bold and sometimes rash voice in Indian cricket known as much for impetuous commentary on other players as his stellar left-arm spin.

"Former captain of the Indian Cricket team, a bowler who was always remembered by the nation, Bishan Singh Bedi, is no more," Thakur, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, told reporters.

Healy was a late withdrawal from her Sydney Sixers team on Sunday ahead of their 42-run defeat to Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League.

Bangladesh Emerging side slumped to a five-wicket defeat to lose the one-day series 2-1 against hosts Sri Lanka in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium today.

Chattogram's Hasan Murad had already had a four-for before Day Four began and had scalped three wickets in four deliveries on the previous day before stumps at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in the NCL's tier 2 game.

A Melbourne Stars side boasting Australia skipper Meg Lanning and several England internationals was bundled out for just 29 runs -- a record-low score in the women's Big Bash League.

Left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam Apu's five-wicket haul helped Dhaka Division secure a seven-wicket win over Sylhet Division on the third day of the ongoing National Cricket League's (NCL) second-round fixture in Bogura yesterday.

Khulna Division batter Anamul Haque Bijoy scored a century on the second day of a National Cricket League's second-round fixture against Chattogram Division at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Bangladesh Emerging team drew level against Sri Lanka Emerging side in the three-match one-day series following their 21-run DLS win in the second one-day at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium yesterday.

Naeem Islam became just the second cricketer from the country to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in Bangladesh’s first-class cricket during the first round’s matches of the ongoing NCL. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday awarded a crest to Naeem ahead of Dhaka Metro’s second round match against NCL’s defending champions Rangpur Division.

Bowlers held sway over batters in yesterday's proceedings as the second-round matches of the National Cricket League (NCL) kicked off across the country.

India batter Virat Kohli smashed his 48th ODI ton to guide India to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in their World Cup encounter in Pune on Thursday. 

Women have historically struggled to establish themselves in the sporting scene of deeply patriarchal and conservative Pakistan.

Shorifa Khatun, Nishita Akter Nishi and pacer Fariha Trisna were also called up for the T20I series.

The 32-year-old batsman was arrested in November last year just hours after his country lost to England in their final Twenty20 World Cup match in Australia.