Bangladesh

West Indies 95 for 2 (Brathwaite 42*) trail Bangladesh 103 (Shakib 51, Seales 3-33, Joseph 3-33) by eight runs Bangladesh gained another share of an unwanted record on Thursday when six players were out for ducks in their paltry first innings of 103 on the first day of the first Test against the West Indies.

For the first time since 2001, a Test match involving Bangladesh will not be broadcast on TV in Bangladesh as negotiations between the rights-holders and Bangladesh’s TV networks failed to materialise for the rights to the Test series in West Indies. The Antigua Test, which begins on June 16, will only be available on the

Big picture Four years ago, Bangladesh’s last visit to Antigua wasn’t a pleasant experience. On the first day of their 2018 tour, West Indies routed them out for 43, their lowest Test total. The visitors went belly-up for the rest of that Test series, which lasted a total of six days. While humiliation was the

A back injury has ruled Yasir Ali out of Bangladesh’s two-Test series in the Caribbean, which begins later this week in North Sound. The 26-year-old batter is suffering from discogenic back pain on the lumber spine, according to the team’s physio Bayjedul Islam. “Recovery from such injuries take about two to three weeks’ time. Therefore,

“What I have discussed – or, what we have discussed – and learnt is that he [Shakib] is available to play,” BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Thursday. “After the series against West Indies, we have a series against Zimbabwe. Shakib is uncertain for that series, and it’s unclear how long Shakib will remain the

Wasim Jaffer is in line to join the BCB’s game-development wing, where he is likely to work with both the Bangladesh Under-19 boys as well as at the board’s high-performance centre. Jaffer had a previous stint with Bangladesh as a batting consultant at the BCB’s academy in Mirpur, for a few months in 2019. During

Incidentally, Shakib’s future in Test cricket has been a topic of discussion in recent months, with the allrounder going back-and-forth on his commitment to red-ball cricket. In February, Shakib had reportedly asked the BCB for some time off from Test cricket, but was nonetheless selected in the squad for the tour of South Africa. Shakib,

Sri Lanka 29 for no loss (Oshada 21*, Karunaratne 7*) and 506 beat Bangladesh 169 (Shakib 58, Asitha 6-51) and 365 by 10 wickets Asitha Fernando‘s searing post-lunch spell burst through Bangladesh’s defiant middle order, then swiftly uprooted the tail, to thrust Sri Lanka toward victory, which they achieved by 10 wickets in Mirpur. Envenomed

Bangladesh 365 (Mushfiqur 175*, Litton 141, Rajitha 5-64, Asitha 4-93) and 34 for 4 (Mushfiqur 14*, Litton 1*, Asitha 2-12) trail Sri Lanka 459 for 5 (Mathews 123*, Chandimal 120*, Shakib 3-83, Ebadot 2-114) by 107 runs Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka’s two most senior batters, forged a 199-run stand to put the

Lunch Sri Lanka 210 for 4 (de Silva 30*, Mathews 25*, Shakib 2-38, Ebadot 2-54) trail Bangladesh 365 (Mushfiqur 175*, Litton 141, Rajitha 5-64, Asitha 4-93) by 155 runs Ebadot Hossain cleaned up Sri Lanka’s nightwatchman, Kasun Rajitha, with the second ball of the morning, and Shakib Al Hasan looped one through Dimuth Karunaratne’s defences

Knowing his responsibility, understanding the pattern of the game, avoiding looking at hard numbers and changing his training method are some of the things that have helped Litton Das become a more consistent Test batter. Litton’s 141 in the first innings against Sri Lanka in Dhaka is his third Test hundred in the last six

Lunch Bangladesh 361 for 9 (Mushfiqur 171*, Rajitha 5-62, Fernando 4-93) vs Sri Lanka When Fernando took the ninth wicket in the minute before lunch was scheduled, the umpires decided to extend the session by half an hour, to give Sri Lanka the chance to wrap the innings up. Thanks to Mushfiqur, who progressed to

Two wickets for 416 runs in 157 overs. These are the damming numbers of Sri Lanka’s spinners in the tour of Bangladesh so far. And Chris Silverwood, their new head coach, didn’t mince words at what he thinks of their show so far. On Monday, Sri Lanka had Bangladesh on the mat at 24 for

Toss Bangladesh opt to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh have won the toss and chosen to bat first in Dhaka, as both sides made two changes apiece to the XIs that started the first Test in Chattogram. The hosts have brought in Mosaddek Hossain for the injured Nayeem Hasan, who took six wickets in the

Anamul Haque has earned a recall into the Bangladesh white-ball squads following his record-breaking run in the recently-concluded Dhaka Premier League List A competition, while Mustafizur Rahman has been named in all three squads for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. Bangladesh will play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is on their tour

Big picture On a flat Chattogram surface, neither Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka had the kind of superlative attack that would have swung the game decisively. The result being the first Test ending in a draw with not even three innings completed after five days. Although Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have both had their bowling stocks

The BCB has granted leave to Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh’s upcoming tour of West Indies, so that he can perform Hajj in July. This year’s Islamic pilgrimage is in July, for which Mushfiqur is likely to travel to Saudi Arabia on June 22. “He informed us before the Sri Lanka series that he wants to

There’s more bad news for Bangladesh’s bowling attack, with Nayeem Hasan ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, in Dhaka, with a finger injury. A BCB statement quoted national team physio Bayzidul Islam as saying, “Nayeem had a contusion of the right middle finger while batting and fielding in the first Test. An

Bangladesh left-arm quick Shoriful Islam has been ruled out of the rest of the Test series against Sri Lanka after he sustained a right hand injury on the fourth evening in Chattogram. An X-ray revealed a fracture and Shoriful has been ruled out for four to five weeks, which is likely to make him unavailable

Tamim, who retired hurt on 133 on the third day following cramps on his back and wrist, is currently at 4981 runs. In 2015, Tamim had overtaken Habibul Bashar’s tally of 3026 to become Bangladesh’s leading run-getter in Test cricket. Since then, the record has changed hands a couple of times between Tamim and Mushfiqur.

Lunch Bangladesh 385 for 3 (Litton 88*, Mushfiqur 85*, Rajitha 2-31) trail Sri Lanka 397 (Mathews 199, Chandimal 66, Nayeem 6-105) by 12 runs Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh cricketer to reach 5000 runs in Test cricket as the hosts continued to surge ahead on the fourth day of the first Test in Chattogram.

Bangladesh will play a T20I tri-series in New Zealand, likely in September-October, as part of their build-up to this year’s T20 World Cup, BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus has confirmed, adding that Pakistan are likely to be the third team, and the series is going to be held in Christchurch. Before reaching New Zealand,

Lunch Sri Lanka 327 for 6 (Mathews 147*, Chandimal 66, Nayeem 4-87) vs Bangladesh Angelo Mathews kept Sri Lanka on track for most of the second day’s morning session in Chattogram. Bangladesh got back into the game only in the last 18 minutes when Nayeem Hasan removed half-centurion Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella in the

Bangladesh are looking for ways to get out of tight spots in Test cricket, something that hurt them repeatedly in South Africa last month. But how? Russell Domingo believes the batters must be more focused when batting in poor light, and be more mindful of conditions. He also wants the team to be ruthless, and

It is the fifth Test that Shakib will miss since playing one against Pakistan back in December last year. He skipped the New Zealand series due to personal reasons and then had to miss the South Africa Tests due to illness in his family. Shakib has now played three Tests out of Bangladesh’s 11 since

Allan Donald will have his work cut out this week as he prepares one of Bangladesh’s least experienced pace attacks for the Chattogram Test against Sri Lanka. The home side are missing their important spin duo in Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, apart from Taskin Ahmed, their most in-form fast bowler. The South

Shakib Al Hasan has tested positive for Covid, and is ruled out of the first Test against Sri Lanka that begins on May 15. He tested positive on Tuesday in a PCR and a rapid antigen test, pre-requisites for joining the team. Shakib was supposed to join the Bangladesh Test squad on Wednesday, two days

Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh batting coach, has backed Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque to return to form in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram next week. Mushfiqur and Mominul had made only 59 and 13 runs respectively in the two Tests in South Africa. In fact, Mominul had the personal-worst two-Test series of

Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Shoriful Islam will get a chance to meet and interact with Naveed Nawaz, their one-time mentor who is now in the opposition camp, as the assistant coach of the Sri Lanka team that is in Bangladesh for a two-Test series. The reunion will take place in Chattogram on May 12 before

Khaled Mahmud, the Bangladesh team director, feels Mustafizur Rahman should not have been allowed to pick and choose the formats he wished to play, as it has led to a fast-bowling vacuum in the Test side. Mustafizur is currently playing in the IPL for Delhi Capitals, having taken eight wickets in as many matches this