Bangladesh’s star opener Tamim Iqbal hit a hundred, but struggling left-handed batter Mominul Haque could not even open his account on the opening day of their ongoing three-day warm-up match against CWI President’s XI at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua today. 

Bangladesh are set to embark on a month-long tour in the West Indies this month to test their skills in all three formats against the home side, once an undisputed powerhouse of the game.

The last time Bangladesh played a Test series in West Indies, Kemar Roach hobbled away to a fifer, conceding just eight runs in Antigua, the

Bangladesh are set to embark on a month-long tour in the West Indies this month to test their skills in all three formats against the home side, once an undisputed powerhouse of the game.

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud said that it will totally depend on Tamim Iqbal to make a call on his T20I future but also reiterated that it would help Bangladesh in planning accordingly for the upcoming T20 World Cup if Tamim made his decision sooner. 

The fracas in the media over Tamim Iqbal’s recent comments and those of the Bangladesh Cricket Board has exposed a pretty dismal picture of the national team environment ahead of the West Indies tour. As the team leaves for the Caribbean for the month-long tour starting with the first Test in Antigua on June 16, it is not the longest format or the players of the format that are hogging the limelight, instead it is ODI captain Tamim Iqbal’s T20I future that is the talk of the town.

Bangladesh stalwart Tamim Iqbal stated that he would like to be provided the courtesy of speaking his mind regarding his T20I future by the media and everyone else.  

Bangladesh are set to embark on a month-long tour in the West Indies this month to test their skills in all three formats against the home side, once an undisputed powerhouse of the game.

England’s Joe Root came off a match-winning innings yesterday, having scaled the 10,000-run mark in his Test career during an incredible unbeaten 115 in the fourth innings against New Zealand.

Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has joined the leading digital service provider, Robi, as its brand ambassadors for the next two years. This was disclosed at a press conference held at the Robi Corporate Office on Sunday.

In response to comments made by Bangladesh batting coach Jamie Siddons on Saturday regarding Tamim Iqbal’s chances of batting at number four position, the Tigers’ ODI skipper said he did not see any reason to bat at that position, adding that he thought ‘it was a stupid question to ask’ on the journalist’s part.

On the back of a 1-0 defeat in the recently-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka and with a packed schedule ahead of Bangladesh, some of the members of the national team have taken a break ahead of their upcoming West Indies tour next month.

There was not any significant difference between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of international experience as the two subcontinental rivals locked horns in a two-match Test series within the past two weeks.

Bangladesh batter Liton Das and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews have made valuable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after fine performances in the drawn first match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Chattogram.

Both Shakib and Mushfiqur are 35 and Tamim is 33. Siddons said that his aim was to get the seniors to end their careers on a high.

There were very slim chances that the Chattogram Test, between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, would render a result. In fact, Sri Lanka all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva admitted that they ‘knew it was going to be a draw from the first day.’

Mushfiqur Rahim beat Tamim Iqbal to the punch as the former became the first Bangladeshi batter to have reached the 5000-run landmark in Tests during the Tigers’ fourth day’s play of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram today.

Bangladesh batting coach Jamie Siddons highly praised the disciplined effort from opener Tamim Iqbal after the lefty had scored a scintillating hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

Two Bangladesh batters – Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim – are on the verge of reaching the five thousand-run landmark in Test cricket as the Tigers approach the third day of the Chattogram Test against Sri Lanka today.

Bangladesh players Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad and Taijul Islam -- witnesses to the horrific and tragic shooting in Christchurch last Friday that left 50 dead -- attended a doa mahfil alongside Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza in Mirpur yesterday.