Bangladesh

News The cases were discovered five days after the team returned from the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe Two members of the Bangladesh women team tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, five days after returning from the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. Both are in isolation while the rest of the contingent has

News Nazmul Hassan says BCB has no problem with players wanting a break, but says it should happen via official channels BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday that the board has accepted Shakib Al Hasan‘s leave request to skip the New Zealand tour for which Bangladesh are scheduled to leave later this week. Some

Report The weather lived up to the original forecast of rain on Sunday, and it is likely to continue into the third and fourth days Lunch Pakistan 161 for 2 (Babar 60*, Abid 39, Taijul 2-49) vs Bangladesh Lunch was taken at 11:25am local time after play was suspended during the first session of the

News Spinner says the hosts’ bowlers failed to form partnerships as Pakistan put on 161 for 2 on day one in Dhaka Bangladesh rarely pick five specialist bowlers at home, so when they did so against Pakistan in the Dhaka Test, there were more expectations of them. But as Mehidy Hasan Miraz put it, even

News BCB president Nazmul Hassan said the allrounder informed the board “unofficially”, and would need to do so “officially” Shakib Al Hasan has been included in Bangladesh’s squad for the two-match Test series in New Zealand that begins on New Year’s Day, despite the allrounder having informed the BCB “unofficially” that he does not want

Report The hosts look to level series against a red-hot Pakistan side Pakistan opt to bat vs Bangladesh Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat. Pakistan will look to complete a 2-0 series win in Dhaka over a week where the weather is expected to play spoilsport to some extent. They go into

News The Bangladesh captain explains why they named a 19-member squad for the Dhaka Test against Pakistan Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque has put the size of their 19-member squad for the second Test against Pakistan down to unavailability of several senior players through injury and retirement rather than any experimentation tactics. Bangladesh will be

News Taskin Ahmed also included in 20-man squad after regaining fitness Bangladesh’s Test loss in Chattogram was followed by good news after Shakib Al Hasan was ruled fit for the second Test against Pakistan starting December 4. Shakib missed the first Test, as well as the T20I series against Pakistan and the last couple of

News Head coach bemoans ‘silly mistakes at crucial stages’ that, he says, cost them positions of dominance against Pakistan in the Chattogram Test Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo was left frustrated by his players giving away strong positions in the Chattogram Test. Twice in the match the home side bounced back from difficult positions but just

News Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute, although he won’t be allowed to keep wickets Debutant Yasir Ali was taken for scans at a local hospital in Chattogram after being stuck on the back of his helmet during Bangladesh’s second innings on the fourth morning. Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute,

News Batter used his time away from the team to get his mind ready for long-form cricket Liton Das said that getting a break from T20s after the World Cup was a blessing in disguise after scoring by his maiden Test century against Pakistan in Chattogram. Liton was one of several high-profile players to be

News Allrounder could miss entire series after failing to recover from hamstring injury Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s first Test against Pakistan in Chattogram, which begins on Friday. It was, however, an inevitable decision from the BCB’s medical team after Shakib apparently failed to recover from the hamstring injury he sustained

Report Abdullah Shafique makes his Test debut for Pakistan Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in Chattogram in their first Test. Hours after an earthquake hit the city, the players were ready to begin play at the usual

News In a statement released by the BCB, Mahmudullah said “leaving a format of which I have been a part of for such a long time is not easy” Four months after informing his team-mates that he would no longer play Test cricket, the BCB has confirmed that Mahmudullah has indeed retired from the format,

News Bangladesh captain urges team-mates to “back each other” and stay focused amid waves of public criticism Mominul Haque has the monumental task of changing Bangladesh’s mood in and out of the dressing room. There has been an air of negativity around the team for the past two months. Nine defeats, fiery press conferences and

Preview The hosts will be without Tamim, Shakib and Mahmudullah while Pakistan will be keen to carry forward their T20I form into Tests Big Picture Bangladesh will look to bridge the gap in experience, skills and temperament with Pakistan, who have so far looked to be in control on this tour, when the two teams

News With stories mirroring those of cricket nuts across the subcontinent, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja are on the brink of realising their dreams Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja, the newest faces in Bangladesh’s Test squad, might have taken very different paths to the top, but taped-tennis-ball cricket, ubiquitous in cricketing

News Key takeaways from the final round of NCL 2021-22 Dhaka Division lifted the NCL tier-1 trophy after seven years when they beat the other domestic powerhouse Khulna Division by 179 runs in the final round. Dhaka has now won six NCL titles, level with Rajshahi Division, while Khulna is on top of the list

News Shakib Al Hasan’s inclusion for first Test against Pakistan subject to fitness Batter Mahmudul Hasan Joy and fast bowler Rejaur Rahman Raja have earned their maiden call-ups to the Bangladesh Test squad for the first match against Pakistan, to be held in Chattogram from November 26. The team management, meanwhile, is waiting for Shakib

Report Bangladesh handed out three debuts, with Shamim Hosain, Shahidul Islam and Nasum Ahmed coming in Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first. For the third straight game, the home captain Mahmudullah called correctly and once more opted to set Pakistan a target. Bangladesh made three

News Fifties from Nida Dar and Aliya Riaz rescued Pakistan from a precarious 49 for 5, but their total of 201 proved just short of defendable Bangladesh 202 for 7 (Rumana 50*, Hoque 45, Sandhu 2-24, Sohail 2-44) beat Pakistan 201 for 7 (Dar 87, Riaz 61*, Akter 2-25, Moni 2-36) by three wickets Having

Report Mahmudullah said that the start with the bat will be important for his side, although he felt they were playing at a better pitch today Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah once again chose to bat first after winning the toss against Pakistan, in the second T20I in Dhaka. The

News Batter’s comments about being dropped from the T20I squad have come under the scanner On the sidelines of the series opener against Pakistan, BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury, disciplinary committee chairman Sheikh Sohel and media committee chairman Jalal Younis met with Mushfiqur and handed him a letter which they

News Bangladesh add uncapped Saif Hassan, Shahidul Islam, Yasir Ali and Akbar Ali for the T20Is Mushfiqur Rahim has become the biggest casualty of Bangladesh’s fallout from the T20 World Cup after being dropped for the three-match T20I series against Pakistan starting Friday. This is the first time Mushfiqur is excluded from a senior side

Report Zimbabwe were bundled out for 72 following which Bangladesh batters chased down the target with ease Bangladesh 74 for 3 (Murshida 39*) beat Zimbabwe 72 all out (Mayers 39, Akter 5-21) by seven wickets Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter‘s five-for helped Pakistan beat Zimbabwe and seal the ODI series 3-0. Akter ran through the hosts’

News Tamim revealed another X-ray showed a fracture of the thumb still remained A thumb injury has ruled Tamim Iqbal out of Bangladesh’s two-match Test series against Pakistan starting later this month. An X-ray report on Sunday revealed that he had a fracture on his left thumb, which he had earlier injured during an Everest

News Two-member panel expected to speak to squad members, coaching staff, board officials, and even members of the media The BCB has formed a two-member committee to review Bangladesh’s dismal performance at the T20 World Cup. Directors Jalal Yunus and Enayet Hossain are the members of this committee – they have not been given a

News West Indies’ defeat to Australia meant that they slipped to 10th in the T20I rankings, while Sri Lanka are ninth West Indies and Sri Lanka will both have to play an additional qualifying round to make the Super 12s in next year’s Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, while Bangladesh and Afghanistan are assured

Report Australia’s 82-ball win is the biggest T20I victory between two full-member teams in terms of balls remaining Australia 78 for 2 (Finch 40) beat Bangladesh 73 all out (Zampa 5-19, Hazlewood 2-8, Starc 2-21) by eight wickets It was deja vu all over again for Bangladesh. If it was South Africa in Abu Dhabi

News Bangaldesh skipper admits shortcomings, but has no plans to step down Mahmudullah insisted that he would neither retire nor step down as captain in the aftermath of a T20 World Cup in which his Bangladesh side squeezed through their first-round group – despite losing to Scotland – before losing all five of their Super