Bangladesh

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

News “If he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL auction” “I think it is logical to think that if he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL [auction],” Hassan said. “But he went ahead

News The Bangladesh captain calls the conditions, especially when they were fielding, “not good” or “playable” Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh captain, has criticised the conditions in Dunedin, where her team lost their second game of the Women’s World Cup 2022 – a rain-hit fixture to New Zealand. She called the damp outfield unplayable and said

News “I was like a passenger in the Afghanistan series, which is never desirable. I didn’t enjoy the ODIs and T20Is” Shakib Al Hasan has said that he needs a break from international cricket, indicating to the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus that he could opt out of the ODI series against South Africa

Report After the bowlers restricted Bangladesh to 115, Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani helped knock the target off easily Afghanistan 121 for 2 (Zazai 59*, Ghani 47, Mahmudullah 1-2) beat Bangladesh 115 for 9 (Mushfiqur 30, Farooqi 3-18, Omarzai 3-22) by eight wickets Zazai struck his third T20I fifty and ended unbeaten on 59, but

News Bangladesh’s head coach also wants the batters to put together substantial partnerships Bangladesh’s trend of dropping catches continued as they missed three straightforward chances in the second T20I against Afghanistan. Both Hazaratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani were reprieved on their way to a 99-run second-wicket partnership in Afghanistan’s chase of 116. Nasum Ahmed dropped

Preview With Nasum and Litton in top form, the home team is eyeing a 2-0 sweep in Dhaka Big picture Shere Bangla National Stadium, both literally and figuratively, lit up on Thursday evening as crowds returned in full capacity to Bangladesh’s home of cricket. As icing on the cake, the home team trounced Afghanistan by

Report South Africa are without regular opener Lizelle Lee for this fixture Bangladesh chose to bowl v South Africa In their first appearance at a 50-overs World Cup, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana chose to bowl first in the hope of exploiting early dampness in Dunedin. Sune Luus would have done the same, but South Africa