Bangladesh

Preview Afghanistan showed there’s not much between the two teams, but they will want their batters to kick on from starts in what is a must-win game for them Big Picture Chattogram was still talking about Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Afif Hossain on the morning after their 174-run seventh-wicket stand that turned Bangladesh’s lost cause

Report Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said they were happy chasing as they expect the pitch to play well throughout the day Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Bangladesh Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Chattogram. His opposite number Tamim Iqbal said that

News BCB’s chief executive says this programme is separate to the Bangladesh A team set-up The BCB’s Bangladesh Tigers programme, designed to train the country’s top cricketers throughout the year, will begin on February 25 at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura. The initial intake is 23 players, including some Test specialists who are gearing

Preview The hosts have their senior group back, while BPL experience should stand the visitors in good stead Big picture ODI cricket is always welcomed with open arms in Bangladesh, and the three-match series against Afghanistan couldn’t have come at a better time. Super League points are at stake for both teams, but for the

News Fortune Barishal batter Munim Shahriar earns maiden call-up; Najmul Hossain Shanto, Nurul Hasan left out Shakib Al Hasan is back in Bangladesh’s T20I squad after having skipped the three-match series at home against Pakistan in November last year. Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das, who were both dropped for the Pakistan T20Is, also returned to

News “The franchise should be held responsible for this and it is totally unacceptable,” BCB chief Nazmul Hassan says The BCB has issued a show-cause notice to BPL 2022 runner-up Fortune Barishal after their captain Shakib Al Hasan broke the bio-bubble before the final for an ad shoot. Barishal initially said Shakib had stomach trouble

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the Afghanistan camp had wanted re-tests done as they suspected false positives The several members of Afghanistan’s touring party who had tested positive for Covid-19 in Sylhet yesterday, all returned negative results when re-tested today. This was confirmed by an ACB official. ESPNcricinfo understands that the Afghanistan camp had wanted re-tests

News The selectors have also named Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Joy in the 15-member squad Bangladesh have named four uncapped players for their three-match home ODI series against Afghanistan, which begins on February 23. Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Joy are the newcomers in the 15-member side that

Report Comilla will have another crack at the final when they face Chattogram Fortune Barishal 143 for 8 (Munim 44, Gayle 22, Shohidul 3-25) beat Comilla Victorians 133 for 7 (Litton 38, Moeen 22, Rana 2-15, Islam 2-16) by ten runs Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mehedi Hasan Rana bowled effectively in the slog overs to

News Bangladesh’s new batting coach arrived in the country last week Bangladesh’s new batting coach Jamie Siddons has tested positive for Covid-19. Jalal Yunus, the BCB’s cricket operations committee chairman, confirmed to the Dhaka-based Prothom Alo that Siddons has mild symptoms. The 57-year-old Australian, who arrived in Dhaka last week, didn’t initially have a role

Report Khulna Tigers’ hopes of staying alive in the BPL takes a beating Comilla Victorians 188 for 6 (Moeen 75, Litton 41, Perera 2-28) beat Khulna Tigers 123 (Sarkar 22, Rony 3-19, Mustafizur 2-16) by 62 runs How the match played out Comilla Victorians’ 62-run victory over Khulna Tigers ensured that the repeat duel between

Report His unbeaten 51 and economical four overs helped Fortune Barishal to an easy eight-wicket win Fortune Barishal 129 for 2 (Shakib 51*, Shahriar 37) beat Minister Group Dhaka 128 for 9 (Tamim 66, Shuvagata 21*, Mehedi 2-12) by eight wickets How the match played out Shakib Al Hasan‘s superb run in the format continued

News Also says Champaka Ramanayake likely to work with senior side’s fast bowlers till a replacement found for Ottis Gibson Siddons had arrived in Dhaka last week, without a role specified by the BCB – Hassan had said in December that it was “not yet finalised in which area he will work in, whether it

News “He has cited family reasons for his decision,” as per BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus Ashwell Prince has resigned as Bangladesh’s batting coach, according to the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. Prince, whose contract was supposed to run until the end of 2022, was in the job for less than a year.

News The tour will be part of the ODI Super League and the World Test Championships respectively. Bangladesh are set to tour South Africa for three ODIs and two Tests starting in March 2022 as part of the ODI Super League and the World Test Championships respectively. The tour will start with the ODIs, scheduled

Report Gayle chipped in with a 45-ball 51 as well as Sylhet were shut out of the BPL playoff race Fortune Barishal 199 for 4 (Gayle 51*, Munim 51, Nazmul 1-14) beat Sylhet Sunrisers 187 for 6 (Ingram 90, Mosaddek 34, Shanto 2-2) by 12 runs How the match played out Fortune Barishal ended Sylhet

Report They climbed to third position in the BPL by handing a 15-run defeat to Sylhet Sunrisers Khulna Titans 182 for 3 (Soumya 82*, Mushfiqur 62*) beat Sylhet Sunrisers 167 for 6 (Anamul 47, Mosaddek 38*) by 15 runs How the match played out Khulna Titans climbed to third position in the BPL by handing

News The BCB, though, is confident he will be available for the upcoming white-ball series against Afghanistan Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out of the rest of the BPL because of a back injury, according to the Sylhet Sunrisers. Taskin didn’t play the last two matches for the franchise because of the injury but the

News The BCB ends the matter after accepting explanations provided by both parties BPL governing council secretary Ismail Haider Mallick, BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury, BCB’s head of anti-corruption Maj (retd) Abu Mohammad Humayun Morshed and BPL tournament in-charge Saiful Amin heard the respective accounts on the matter. Challengers’ owner Rifat Uzzaman and chief operating

Report Mohammad Mithun’s 72 went in vain for Sylhet Khulna Tigers 144 for 1 (Fletcher 71*, Soumya 43) beat Sylhet Sunrisers 142 for 5 (Mithun 72, Mosaddek 34, Khaled 2-20) by nine wickets How the match played outAndre Fletcher and Soumya Sarkar blasted out Sylhet Sunrisers with a rapid opening partnership that set up Khulna

News They were originally scheduled to visit Zimbabwe in February but that series was postponed for a second time Afghanistan will tour Bangladesh for three ODIs and two T20Is in February-March this year. Afghanistan were originally scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in February, but the white-ball series was postponed for a second time ”due to the inability

News The rest of the squad left from Dhaka to Auckland on Thursday afternoon Three members of the Bangladesh contingent, bound for New Zealand to participate in the Women’s World Cup, have tested positive for Covid-19. The rest of the squad left from Dhaka to Auckland on Thursday afternoon. While the three Covid-positive members will

News “This shouldn’t have become such a big incident. We will do a hearing shortly and ask both parties to attend it,” says chairman Sheikh Sohel, the chairman of the BPL governing council, has said that they will investigate the captaincy row between Mehidy Hasan Miraz and the Chattogram Challengers’ officials. Miraz nearly left the

Report Captain hits 41 off 27 and then backs it up with a spell of 4-0-10-2 as Khulna pace their chase all wrong Fortune Barishal 145 (Shanto 45, Shakib 41, Khaled 3-41) beat Khulna Tigers 139-6 (Yasir 57*, Mushfiqur 33, Bravo 3-40) by six runs How the match played out Fortune Barishal prevailed by six

News CEO said Miraz was removed as captain on coach Nixon’s advice, but Miraz says that conversation never happened. Mehidy Hasan Miraz was talked out of leaving the Chattogram Challengers’ team hotel on Sunday afternoon following his rift with the franchise officials. Miraz, who was removed as the captain, hours before their match against Sylhet

Report Rana took three wickets in the 19th over, including the key scalp of Mushfiqur Rahim, as Khulna Tigers fell short by 17 runs Fortune Barishal 141 for 9 (Gayle 45, Perera 2-18) beat Khulna Tigers 124 (Mushfiqur 40, Rana 4-17) by 17 runs How the match played out Fortune Barishal put together a late

News Decision effectively rules him out of T20 World Cup 2022, but he’ll reconsider if team’s circumstances become difficult Tamim Iqbal has made himself unavailable from T20Is for the next six months, effectively staying out of contention for the T20 World Cup later this year. Tamim, however, said that he could reconsider this decision if

Report Offspinner joins Shahid Afridi in bowling the most economical four-over spell in the BPL Comilla Victorians 158 for 7 (Joy 48, Bravo 3-30, Shakib 2-25) beat Fortune Barishal 95 (Shanto 36, Nahidul 3-5, Tanvir 2-19) by 63 runs How the match played outNahidul Islam claimed extraordinary figures of 4-1-5-3 as Comilla Victorians thumped Fortune

Report Nazmul Islam impresses with maiden four-for as Sylhet record first win Sylhet Sunrisers 100 (Mahmudullah 33, Nazmul 4-18) beat Minister Group Dhaka 101 for 3 (Anamul 45, Mashrafe 2-21) by seven wickets How the match played out Sylhet Sunrisers opened their account in BPL 2022 with a seven-wicket win over Minister Group Dhaka. It

Report Shakib Al Hasan becomes the fifth bowler to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket Minister Group Dhaka 130 for 6 (Mahmudullah 47, Russell 31*, Shafiul 2-20) beat Fortune Barishal 129 for 8 (Gayle 36, Russell 2-27, Udana 2-29) by four wickets How the match played outAndre Russell was in his element, following up figures