Bangladesh

News May usually ushers in the monsoon season in the country, but Chattogram and Dhaka will host international cricket in the month this season Bangladesh will play a home Test series in May, for the first time since 2015, when they face Sri Lanka in a two-match series, which is part of the World Test

News Screens at both ends malfunctioned before a ball was bowled The start of the Durban Test was delayed after the sightscreens at both ends malfunctioned before a ball was bowled. The match eventually began at 10:35am, 35 minutes after the scheduled start. Play began from the Umgeni End at Kingsmead, after the groundstaff put

News Captain says if team follows the blueprint that led them to victory in New Zealand in January, they will be fine Over three tours to South Africa, Bangladesh’s batters have averaged 18.05 and their bowlers 77.97. Even five years ago when they arrived fresh from drawing a home Test series against Australia, the results

News A round-up of the second week of matches, which included a very dodgy umpiring decision which is under BCB review Key takeaways Prime Bank Cricket Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club continue to lead the Dhaka Premier League points table with four wins each but both clubs also dropped their first points during the

Report Bangladesh bring in Shamima Sultana for Murshida Khatun in the last day of the 2022 ODI World Cup’s league stage Toss England Women chose to bat vs Bangladesh Women Defending champions England opted to bat against debutants Bangladesh in windy Wellington as they look to seal the third semi-finals spot of the 2022 ODI

Tammy Beaumont says there is no question of England taking liberties against a Bangladesh team that gave even the tournament favourites Australia a scare in windy conditions in Wellington on Friday. However, she remains confident that her own team is peaking at the right time, after dicing with an early exit following three consecutive defeats

Report Bangladesh unchanged in 43-overs-a-side contest, the first-ever ODI between the two sides Toss Australia Women chose to bowl vs Bangladesh Women The first-ever ODI between Australia and Bangladesh got off to a damp start as a two-hour rain delay reduced the league-stage 2022 ODI World Cup fixture in Wellington to a 43-overs-a-side contest. Australia,

News Bangladesh’s ODI captain was all praise for the allrounder’s decision to stay back for the third ODI in the face of a family emergency Shakib took the evening flight out of Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, shortly after Bangladesh clinched the ODI series 2-1 in Centurion. He is scheduled to land in Dhaka on Thursday.

News “Today our attitude was, no matter what, we will be aggressive. We will try to finish it off as quickly as possible” Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has said that the team’s tendency in the past to lose their way from promising positions urged him to go with an all-out attacking mindset against South Africa.

Report Bangladesh fielded the same XI for the sixth straight ODI Toss South Africa opt to bat vs Bangladesh South Africa captain Temba Bavuma decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the series-deciding third ODI in Centurion. Bavuma said that South Africa will have to see out the first hour, and then try to get

Preview Wayne Parnell has been ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury, while Temba Bavuma is fit to play Big picture Before reaching South Africa, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal and coach Russell Domingo were confident of notching up a maiden ODI series win here. They started with a big win in the first

Report Ritu Moni and Nahida Akter, who shared five wickets between them, triggered India’s slump from 74 for 0 to 108 for 4 India Women 229 for 7 (Bhatia 50, Verma 42, Moni 3-37, Akter 2-42) vs Bangladesh Women Had it not been for Yastika Bhatia‘s gritty half-century and Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana‘s seventh-wicket

News Several members of his family have been hospitalised due to various ailments Shakib Al Hasan is staying back in South Africa to play the third ODI in Centurion on Wednesday, after initially deciding to return home where several of his family members, including his children, are in hospital due to various illnesses. Khaled Mahmud,

News Kagiso Rabada, meanwhile, was pleased with the extra pace and bounce on offer at the Wanderers South Africa bowled well with the new ball in both the Centurion ODI on Friday, and at the Wanderers on Sunday. But where Bangladesh’s openers weathered their initial spells and put on 95 in Centurion, South Africa’s fast

Report de Kock returns from illness; Parnell, Shamsi back too Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v South Africa Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first in the second ODI in Johannesburg. Tamim wanted to put up a total to defend at a venue where the ball travels. The hosts have Quinton de Kock back

News Spin-bowling allrounder credits Shakib Al Hasan for timely advice in Centurion: “I always listen to him in tough situations” Mehidy Hasan Miraz wants to “dream big” and “win more overseas series” after playing a crucial role in Bangladesh’s historic ODI win in South Africa in the first match on Friday. Mehidy, who is usually

News All five Asian Test teams will feature in the T20I tournament with a sixth team joining them via a qualifier The 2022 edition of the Asia Cup, which on this occasion will be a T20I competition, is set to be held in Sri Lanka between August 27 and September 11. The dates and the

News He failed to fire in the Afghanistan series, but bounced back to help Bangladesh record their first win in South Africa Look at any famous Bangladesh win from the past, and you’d invariably notice how a freak performance got them home. Think 2005 and it’s hard to look beyond Mohammad Ashraful’s special at Cardiff.

Report de Kock, who is recovering from an illness, will sit out of the game with Kyle Verreynne replacing him in the XI Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Bangladesh South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has decided to field after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Centurion. Wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de

Report West Indies look to break out of the mid-table logjam Toss Bangladesh Women opt to bowl vs West Indies Women Bangladesh opted to bowl in their Women’s World Cup game against West Indies at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. It is the the first time both teams are playing each other in ODIs.

Preview Can Tamim Iqbal’s men win their first ever ODI in SA, or will Temba Bavuma’s team hold on to a proud 20-year record? Big picture South Africa haven’t allowed Bangladesh even a whiff of a chance in 20 years of cricket at home. But as Tamim Iqbal said before leaving Dhaka, and Russell Domingo

News “We are very happy that he is on the tour – his energy, attitude and work ethic has been fantastic,” head coach says of Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo wants to do what “no Bangladesh team has done” in South Africa: score a first ODI series win. “We have definitely come

News ESPNcricinfo understands the players’ decision to prefer the IPL over the two Tests was unanimous, leaving South Africa with a weakened squad South Africa are likely to field a weakened squad for the two home Tests against Bangladesh starting March 18, with all their Test players part of various franchises choosing to go to

News The deal is initially only for the ODI leg of Bangladesh’s tour of South Africa Albie Morkel has joined the Bangladesh men’s national team as the power-hitting coach for the ODI leg of their tour of South Africa. On Tuesday, Morkel linked up with the Bangladesh touring party at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,

News Legspinner, Player of the Match in Bangladesh’s win over Pakistan, is hoping her team gets to play the likes of Australia, England and New Zealand more Legspinner Fahima Khatun was brought back for her second spell in the 40th over of the Pakistan run chase. At that stage, Pakistan needed 72 in 66 balls

Report Bangladesh have won three of their last four matches against Pakistan Toss Pakistan Women opt to bowl vs Bangladesh Women Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won the toss and chose to chase in their Women’s World Cup clash against Bangladesh at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Pakistan go in unchanged while Bangladesh left out Lata Mondal

News Latest update comes following sequence of meetings between the allrounder and BCB boss Nazmul Hassan In yet another dramatic turn of events, Shakib Al Hasan has decided to tour South Africa with the Bangladesh team. He will now fly out from Dhaka on Sunday, in time for the ODI series that begins on March

News Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Yasir Ali given Test contracts; Mahmudullah and Mustafizur included only in ODIs and T20Is Shakib Al Hasan is among five Bangladesh men’s cricketers to be handed central contracts by the BCB for all three formats this year. The decision was taken despite Shakib’s unavailability for four Tests so far this

News “Ten years ago, I would have said that we want to play good cricket. Now I will say that we want to win there, and we will do what we have to do to win” Tamim Iqbal expects the Mount Maunganui Test win a couple of months ago to inspire Bangladesh when they travel

News “Shakib wanted rest, we gave him rest,” says BCB; allrounder to sit out South Africa tour The BCB has “rested” Shakib Al Hasan from all forms of international cricket till April 30. According to cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, the BCB considered Shakib’s plea for a break from cricket due to his mental and