Bangladesh

News Bangladesh head coach expects Mahedi Hasan, Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan to become key players for the team Russell Domingo, the Bangladesh head coach, expects his side to bank on their familiarity of the opponents as well as the conditions when they take on Sri Lanka in their first T20 World Cup Super 12s

Big picture When these teams met in the warm-up 11 days ago, neither Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka might have imagined they’d be playing each other again so soon. But after Bangladesh’s shock loss to Scotland and a withdrawn ICC press release later, they two teams have wound up in the same Super 12s group. Any

News After sealing a berth in the Super 12s, Mahmudullah admitted the criticism following their loss to Scotland had brought the team down Mahmudullah has said that it wasn’t right for Bangladesh’s “commitment” to be questioned, after their difficult week in Muscat ended with a ticket to the T20 World Cup Super 12s. Bangladesh were

Report PNG can only go through if they win with a comfortable margin and Oman lose big. Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Papua New Guinea Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah chose to bat after winning the toss against Papua New Guinea. This is the final day of Group B’s matches in the T20 World Cup’s first

News “I think we are capable of improving on this, but we shouldn’t be too worried by it.” Bangladesh felt comforted by their 26-run win over Oman on Tuesday but it was a lot of hard work, according to Shakib Al Hasan. He said that Bangladesh turned the corner through the spells of Mahedi Hasan

Preview Inexperienced PNG will look to capitalise on Bangladesh’s lack of run-scoring in the powerplay and at the death Big Picture The last time the T20 World Cup qualifiers round needed to be settled on the last day, one of the greatest chases in the format took place in Sylhet. Netherlands hunted down 190 in

News Dropping Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur down the order was a sensible call, even if it didn’t pay off against Oman Only one of Bangladesh’s changes was successful in their 26-run win over Oman. Mohammad Naim made 64 after being brought back to the side replacing Soumya Sarkar. But Mahedi Hasan, Nurul Hasan and Afif Hossain

Report Fast bowler Fayyaz Butt came in for Khawar Ali in the Oman XI Toss Bangladesh opted to bat vs Oman Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah chose to bat against Oman in Al Amerat. He admitted that dew is a factor as they looked to defend a big score. He also said that they want to build

News Bangladesh allrounder overtakes Lasith Malinga’s tally of 107 The left-arm spin-bowling allrounder now has 108 wickets in 89 T20Is. When he claimed his 100th wicket against Australia earlier this year, he became the first cricketer in T20Is to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets. Shakib also recently reached the No. 1 position in

News Bangladesh head coach wants better batting in the powerplay, with more balance between attack and defence Bangladesh will try to have different types of batters together in the middle, and focus on having a better powerplay against Oman, according to coach Russell Domingo. This is the reaction after their six-run defeat against Scotland on

Shakib Al Hasan will be under pressure after his struggle at No. 3 against Scotland © ICC via Getty Big Picture Bangladesh-Oman is looking increasingly like a knockout game in Group B, particularly after Scotland shocked Bangladesh on the opening day. Oman have already crushed Papua New Guinea, which means another win gives them a

News Greaves goes from delivering parcels for Amazon to dispatching Bangladesh in only his second T20I As soon as Saafyan Sharif closed out Scotland’s biggest win in World Cups – 50-over and T20 – captain Kyle Coetzer was trying to get the team together. There were little groups hugging each other around the Al Amerat

News Captain says Mushfiqur Rahim dismissal was “turning point” as small chase got out of hand Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah, frustrated with their shock six-run defeat at the hands of Scotland, said that they failed to bat aggressively throughout the 141-run chase. However, he still believed that Bangladesh could turn around from this messy start, particularly

Report Scotland have named two spinners in the playing XI – Chris Greaves and Mark Watt Toss Bangladesh chose to field against Scotland Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah chose to field after winning the toss against Scotland in the second match of the first round of the T20 World Cup in Muscat. Mahmudullah said that the dew

Preview Scotland won their two warm-ups, Bangladesh have series win over New Zealand and Australia to their credit in the near past Big Picture That said, Bangladesh have T20I series wins over Australia and New Zealand, from the last three months, to draw confidence from. Together with their 2-1 win over Zimbabwe in July, they

News Pacers, Delany combine to take Ireland to a 33-run win Ireland 177 for 3 (Delany 88, Taskin 2-26) beat Bangladesh 144 all out (Nurul 38, Adair 3-33, Young 2-21, Little 2-22) by 33 runs Opting to bat first, Ireland were off to a good start before Nasum Ahmed struck to remove Paul Stirling, following

News The pair picked up six wickets between them to restrict Papua New Guinea to 96 for 8 Ireland 99 for 2 (Balbirnie 42*, Campher 42*) beat PNG 96 for 8 (Vala 32, White 3-10, Young 3-15) by eight wickets Ireland were too strong for Papua New Guinea, registering an eight-wicket win as the sides

News Mustafizur Rahman has linked up with the team following Rajasthan Royals’ exit from the IPL Mahmudullah, Bangladesh’s T20I captain, will miss his side’s first warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, as a precautionary measure after he complained of a “slight back pain”. Selector a href=”http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/habibul-bashar-55906″>Habibul

News The elections will be for 23 out of the 25 people on the board of directors The BCB announced on Tuesday (September 21) that its board of directors’ elections will be held on October 6. The announcement came from the election commission hours after BCB president Nazmul Hassan said that 171 councillors have registered

News The bilateral series will be Bangladesh’s first international assignment since the T20 World Cup last year Bangladesh are set to play a three-match ODI series against hosts Zimbabwe in November before the two sides enter the biobubble for the 10-team women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier to be played in the African nation. The bilateral

News India’s three ODIs in New Zealand likely to be postponed, with team not on government’s latest managed-isolation list Bangladesh, Netherlands and South Africa’s men’s teams are set to visit New Zealand in the 2021-22 season, having secured spots in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities, which are mandatory for people flying into the country.

News Aiden Markram, Mustafizur Rahman and Tom Latham also move up rankings Quinton de Kock, the South Africa wicketkeeper-batter, has jumped to a career-high eighth in the ICC’s Men’s T20I Player Rankings, following a productive series against Sri Lanka. de Kock, with 153 runs, topped the run-charts in the three-match series which South Africa won

News The series is set to begin five days after the T20 World Cup final, leaving little breathing room in case either side makes the knockouts Pakistan’s men’s team will travel to Bangladesh in November for their first bilateral series in the country since 2015. The tour will consist of three T20Is and two Tests,

News “Our team will be in Oman at least 15-16 days before, which is enough time for acclimatising with conditions and wickets.” Shakib Al Hasan believes Bangladesh have more than enough time to prepare for the T20 World Cup, and that the team will head to the upcoming tournament in UAE and Oman having built

News Nadir stood in 46 internationals, after a long domestic career playing for some of Bangladesh’s top clubs Former international umpire Nadir Shah passed away in Dhaka on Friday, after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 57. Nadir stood in 40 ODIs and six T20Is, after a long domestic career playing for some of

Report Hosts also ring in the changes – Sarkar, Shamim, Shoriful and Taskin come in, Shakib, Saifuddin, Mustafizur and Mahedi go out Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Tom Latham decided to bat first again after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the fifth T20I in

News Tamim Iqbal, who had opted out, Taijul Islam and Mosaddek Hossain are not a part of the squad Mahmudullah will lead Bangladesh at the 2021 T20 World Cup, with all their major players in the mix with the exception of Tamim Iqbal, who opted out of the tournament recently. There were no real surprises

News The Mzansi Super League has been replaced by a domestic T20 competition, with only top-tier teams participating India’s scheduled tour of South Africa between December 2021 and January 2022 has been confirmed as the marquee international series in South Africa’s home calendar. India are due to play three Tests, three ODIs and four T20Is

Preview New Zealand, for their part, will look to win the fifth T20I and end the series on a positive note before heading to Pakistan Big Picture The series was decided by two defining bowling performances from the Bangladesh side as Nasum Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman powered the hosts to an unassailable 3-1 lead against

News Nasum’s new-ball efforts have kept New Zealand quiet all series Nasum Ahmed‘s pivotal blows in two important phases of New Zealand’s innings amounted to a four-wicket haul, his second in as many T20I series in the last four weeks. It doesn’t necessarily make him an overnight star in the Bangladeshi audience, but it suggests