National team cricketer Mohammad Mithun was elected as the new president of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), beating lone competitor Salim Shahed in the election held at the BCB Academy building on Thursday.

With 10 candidates already elected uncontested, Thursday's Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) election to be held alongside the Annual General Meeting (AGM) has turned into a formality, saved for the contest for the top post.

Despite much hype surrounding the upcoming Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh’s (CWAB) elections on September 4, voting will now take place only for the presidential post out of 11 positions.

Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto and all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz were among others who collected nomination forms on Tuesday for the upcoming Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh’s (CWAB) elections, set for September 4. Yesterday was the deadline for form collection.

The roadmap for the upcoming election of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh's (CWAB) was finalised on Friday after an informal get-together at a restaurant in Dhaka, a programme arranged by Tamim Iqbal, and attended by many current and former cricketers.

In the past few months, the women's cricketers of Bangladesh have faced gross neglect from two of the leading cricketing entities in the country – the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) – in two different instances.

The flashpoint appears to be the activities of the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), which has not involved any women cricketers in its recent activities.

The Cricket Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) announced that its election will take place on September 4, following a meeting yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium premises in Mirpur.

A key decision that raised eyebrows was the removal of voting rights for former first-class players.

“All of us have our backs to the wall. Everyone’s salary [in DPL] has decreased. We discussed how we can get out of this situation. The players have already accepted it for this season,” a cricketer who was in today’s meeting told The Daily Star.

Top cricketers of the country, including Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim, had assembled in October 2019 voicing an 11-point demand, which, if not met, would have meant boycotting of all cricketing activities.

The players remain tight-lipped about what they discussed during Wednesday's meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in

The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) lauds the response of the Bangladesh Premier League’s (BPL) governing body in regards to Barisal Bulls co-owner MA Awal Choudhury comments on Mushfiqur’s captaincy.