Bangladesh are yet to decide the final eleven for the opening Test against New Zealand that starts in Wellington on Thursday.

The Bangladesh team reached the windy city of Wellington yesterday afternoon to gear up for the Test leg of the tour of New Zealand.

India's Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) today rubbished speculation that this association will not host the India-Bangladesh Test scheduled in the southern city of Hyderabad from February 13 due to a fund crunch.

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman wanted to return home in the middle of the New Zealand series, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon told reporters during a press conference yesterday.

Steve O'Keefe's hopes of joining the Australian slow-bowling attack in the four-Test series in India from next month have been boosted after the left-arm spinner was withdrawn from the remainder of the Big Bash League to prepare for the tour.

Corey Anderson says a three-nil whitewash of Bangladesh in cricket's shortest format will give New Zealand confidence going into the Test series, but he predicts a scrap.

India’s Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) today rubbished speculations that the organisation will not host the India-Bangladesh Test scheduled in the southern city of Hyderabad from February 13 due to fund crunch.

Shakib Al Hasan rose to become the best all-rounder in the One Day Internationals and was adjudged the second-best all-rounder in Tests and T20Is in the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) latest rankings.

Mosaddek Hossain, the young all-rounder, was supposed to end his tour of New Zealand at the end of the limited-overs leg, which ended yesterday with the third T20I. However, injuries to crucial players have forced the Bangladesh team management to keep the 21-year-old as a back-up player for the upcoming Tests.

Australia were nine wickets away from a series clean sweep and Pakistan an improbable 410 runs from victory with one day left in the third Test in Sydney on Friday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the 15-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand at Wellington on January 12, 2017 today.

Ross Taylor completed rehabilitation from eye surgery to be named Thursday in the New Zealand squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh starting next week.

Pace bowler Taskin Ahmed is all set to make his Test debut after he was drafted in the Bangladesh squad for the two-match series against New Zealand.

Pakistan lost their leading series run-scorer Azhar Ali as Younis Khan closed on a century on the rain-disrupted third day of the final Test against Australia in Sydney on Thursday.

New Zealand have kept an unchanged group together for the opening Test against Bangladesh starting in Wellington next Thursday.

Pakistan were in early trouble after Australia called a halt to their massive first innings at 538 for eight on the second day of the third Test in Sydney on Wednesday.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has given the strongest indication yet that Australia will play two Tests in Bangladesh later this year, reports cricket.com.au

Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada claimed four wickets each as South Africa ripped out Sri Lanka for 110 on the second day of the second Test at Newlands on Tuesday.

Dean Elgar hit a career-best century to guide South Africa out of trouble on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Newlands on Monday.

After being dropped in the last two one-day internationals at Nelson, left-handed batsman Soumya Sarkar is likely to return in the first T20I against New Zealand at Mclean Park in Napier tomorrow.