Rony nearly carried his bat through the innings before departing as the final batter, as Rangpur bundled out Dhaka for just 166.

The 25th edition of the National Cricket League (NCL) is set to commence across the country on Thursday, but the scheduling and organisation of one of the most important longer-format domestic competitions is still a problem area for regional organisers.

Dhaka Division kept their hopes alive in the title race after they managed to seal a thumping 333-run win over table-toppers Sylhet on the third day of their National Cricket League Tier 1 encounter at the Sylhet International Stadium on Wednesday.

Two out of four National Cricket League Round 2 matches between Dhaka Division-Rangpur and Dhaka Metropolis-Khulna are expected to see results on the third day of the ongoing first-class competition following today's play.

The wicket at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium proved decisive yet again as Dhaka wrapped up a four-day game inside two days by handing Rangpur a heavy defeat of an innings and 62 runs in a National Cricket League (NCL) encounter on Tuesday. 

Bowlers dominated the opening day of the 24th National Cricket League (NCL) as the trend of low-scoring affairs continued in the first-class competition across four venues in the country yesterday.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz takes seven wickets for just 24 runs in 11.4 overs as Dhaka Division innings fold for just 113 runs in the National Cricket League.

A third man has been arrested in relation to an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in Pakistani cricket, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

Dhaka Metro have been demoted to Tier Two, while Nasir Hossain's Rangpur were promoted to Tier One at the end of the National Cricket League (NCL), one of the two four-day domestic competitions in Bangladesh, yesterday.

Once again the selectors asked for green-top pitches for the four-day National Cricket League (NCL), which will start from September 25.