World class batter Williamson missed last month's ODI and T20 series against Bangladesh while he rehabilitated a knee injury sustained nine months ago.

“Alhamdulillah, I had a very good year. But if we could’ve done a bit better as a team, that would’ve felt even better,” Shoriful said

The third Test, which begins on Wednesday, will see the debut of 21-year-old opener Saim Ayub

Cricket South Africa (CSA) named seven uncapped players, including skipper Neil Brand, for next month's two-Test tour of New Zealand

"This is my last resort, but my backpack, which contained my Baggy Green, has been taken from my luggage, which was transported to Melbourne airport and flown ... to Sydney a few days ago," he said in a post on Instagram.

The ICC Twenty20 World Cup will begin on June 4 in the USA and the West Indies and run till the end of the month.

Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby will lead the team in the event, which will take place in South Africa from January 19

Bangladesh’s previous highest tally of Tests in a calendar year was in 2022, when they played 10 Tests

In the absence of Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain Shoriful has established himself as an all-format bowler

Six pacers and seven spinners were selected by the Strikers’ coaches out of around 900 cricketers who came at the trial.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is entering a new chapter in his life as he is contesting in the national polls from Magura-1. For Shakib, cricket will have to take a backseat for a while. Still new to his political career, he was not keen on some of the hard questions on both politics and cricket. However, during an interview with Abdullah Al Mehdi of The Daily Star, Shakib did say things that somewhat contradicted his original stance about not featuring in the next ODI World Cup and the national team captaincy issue, which gained steam as of late with many suggesting a change in leadership, especially since Najmul Hossain Shanto did bring promising results in his short stint as an an interim skipper.

Sri Lanka appointed all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga as the captain of their Twenty20 side on Saturday ahead of their series against Zimbabwe next month, while batsman Kusal Mendis will lead their one-day international team.

After two years of intense lobbying, cricket finally got the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) seal of approval to be part of the 2028 Los Angeles Games having last featured in the world's biggest sporting extravaganza in 1900.

The Bay Oval at the city of Mount Maunganui had cemented a special place in Bangladesh cricket history for having staged the Tigers’ maiden Test victory over New Zealand at the beginning of last year.

The Tigers are leading the hosts 1-0 in the series with a five-wicket win in Napier

“We are enjoying it, we are enjoying the challenge and we are enjoying watching these young guys flourish,” Pothas said

Mahedi, playing his first T20I for the Tigers in almost 14 months, claimed two wickets for just 14 runs with his off-spin

“Really excited and really proud with the way we played today,” Shanto said immediately after his side won the match by five wickets.

The start of play was delayed by 30 minutes because of damp patches on the pitch

At stumps, he was unbeaten on a glacial 44 off 120 balls and Travis Head was not out on nine after nearly three hours' play were lost to rain.