Bangladesh

News The Bangladesh seamers were accurate with the new ball and then picked up late wickets to restrict New Zealand to 258 for 5 on day one Bangladesh’s bowlers ensured that their team ended the first day of the Mount Maunganui Test feeling they are still in the hunt. It is not how they have

News Starting with the New Zealand tour, Bangladesh would want to improve their record of 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests Bangladesh will look to forget 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests, and set shorter goals for a better 2022. Their first task in hand, on the

Preview The visitors don’t have Shakib and Tamim; the hosts are missing Williamson, but have been boosted by the return of Boult and Conway Big picture New Zealand vs Bangladesh contests have been complete mismatches, wherever they have been played. Bangladesh have lost each of their away matches against New Zealand, irrespective of the format,

News The officials involved in the game tested positive for the virus The Under-19 Asia Cup match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was called off after one of the umpires tested positive for Covid-19 in Sharjah. Bangladesh had moved to 130 for 4 in 32.4 overs when the players left the ground following the news.

Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafe Mortaza will play for the same BPL franchise for the first time after Dhaka signed the trio for the upcoming season. Tamim and Mashrafe were two of Dhaka’s first three picks while Mahmudullah was the team’s only direct signing. The Dhaka franchise had an overnight change in ownership after the

News “It is not yet finalised in which area he will work in, whether it is the High Performance, Under-19s or the senior team,” Nazmul Hassan said of Siddons The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has brought back former Australia batter Jamie Siddons to Bangladesh cricket – this time as batting consultant – over ten years

News Bangladesh allrounder says he is rethinking his Test future, and wants to skip ODIs that aren’t part of the Super League Shakib Al Hasan has cast doubts over his future in Test cricket, as he feels it is “close to impossible” to play all three formats, especially during the pandemic. Shakib also said that

News North Zone vs South Zone ends in draw with Towhid Hridoy scoring his maiden double-century Nayeem Hasan triggered Central Zone‘s fourth innings collapse and helped East Zone post a 10-run win in the Bangladesh Cricket League. The offspinner took 6 for 48 as Central Zone, who were cruising on 145 for 1 at one

News Six teams will take part in the tournament, which was last held in December 2019 The 2021-22 Bangladesh Premier League will take place from January 21 to February 18. The players’ draft will be held on December 27 in Dhaka, although the participating teams are allowed to sign one Bangladeshi and three overseas players

News “We will discuss the situation with the NZ board if the quarantine is extended beyond December 21,” board president says The latest three-day in-room quarantine imposed on the Bangladesh squad in New Zealand has put the visitors’ preparation in disarray, ahead of the first Test that begins on New Year’s Day in Mount Maunganui.

News Entire contingent sent into three-day room quarantine again; training set to be delayed Bangladesh’s spin bowling coach Rangana Herath, currently on tour in New Zealand with the Test squad, has tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday, but is believed to have only “mild symptoms.” Eight other Bangladesh players have been sent into isolation after another

News Mahedi Hasan and Nasum Ahmed shine with ball for South Zone Central Zone made a strong start in the Bangladesh Cricket League, trouncing North Zone by an innings and 70 runs in Chittagong. Central Zone’s top three – Mohammad Mithun, Mizanur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar – all struck hundreds as they racked up 563

News They are the first confirmed cases of the new variant in the country The Bangladesh health minister has confirmed the detection of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in two players of the women’s cricket team, which recently returned from Zimbabwe from the suspended Women’s World Cup Qualifier. “Both the cricketers are in quarantine at

News Top-order batter who also bowls left-arm spin was the highest run-getter in Bangladesh’s first-class tournament Mahmud, a left-handed top-order batter who also bowls left-arm spin occasionally, was the highest run-getter in Bangladesh’s first-class competition this season, making 603 runs at an average of 60.30. He made his ODI debut in October 2018, playing two

News “I don’t think anyone here believes in the process. Without results, it is very difficult,” says Bangladesh captain Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque said that playing too defensively against Pakistan in the second Test cost his side wickets, holding that the batters needed to look for runs to have a better chance of surviving on

Report Bangladesh go to tea on the fourth day on a precarious 22 for 3 after Pakistan declared on 300 for 4 Tea Bangladesh 22 for 3 (Shanto 13*, Sajid 2-10) trail Pakistan 300 for 4 dec (Babar 76, Azhar 56, Rizwan 53*, Fawad 50*, Taijul 2-73) by 278 runs Sajid Khan struck two early

News Najmul Hossain Shanto claims defending was inadvisable on difficult Dhaka wicket Bangladesh lost seven wickets in the 100-odd minutes they batted on the fourth afternoon, but looking at the number of chances they offered Pakistan, it could have been a far worse day. Amidst their dominance, the visitors managed to drop one catch and

News The cases were discovered five days after the team returned from the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe Two members of the Bangladesh women team tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, five days after returning from the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. Both are in isolation while the rest of the contingent has

News Nazmul Hassan says BCB has no problem with players wanting a break, but says it should happen via official channels BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday that the board has accepted Shakib Al Hasan‘s leave request to skip the New Zealand tour for which Bangladesh are scheduled to leave later this week. Some

Report The weather lived up to the original forecast of rain on Sunday, and it is likely to continue into the third and fourth days Lunch Pakistan 161 for 2 (Babar 60*, Abid 39, Taijul 2-49) vs Bangladesh Lunch was taken at 11:25am local time after play was suspended during the first session of the

News Spinner says the hosts’ bowlers failed to form partnerships as Pakistan put on 161 for 2 on day one in Dhaka Bangladesh rarely pick five specialist bowlers at home, so when they did so against Pakistan in the Dhaka Test, there were more expectations of them. But as Mehidy Hasan Miraz put it, even

News BCB president Nazmul Hassan said the allrounder informed the board “unofficially”, and would need to do so “officially” Shakib Al Hasan has been included in Bangladesh’s squad for the two-match Test series in New Zealand that begins on New Year’s Day, despite the allrounder having informed the BCB “unofficially” that he does not want

Report The hosts look to level series against a red-hot Pakistan side Pakistan opt to bat vs Bangladesh Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat. Pakistan will look to complete a 2-0 series win in Dhaka over a week where the weather is expected to play spoilsport to some extent. They go into

News The Bangladesh captain explains why they named a 19-member squad for the Dhaka Test against Pakistan Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque has put the size of their 19-member squad for the second Test against Pakistan down to unavailability of several senior players through injury and retirement rather than any experimentation tactics. Bangladesh will be

News Taskin Ahmed also included in 20-man squad after regaining fitness Bangladesh’s Test loss in Chattogram was followed by good news after Shakib Al Hasan was ruled fit for the second Test against Pakistan starting December 4. Shakib missed the first Test, as well as the T20I series against Pakistan and the last couple of

News Head coach bemoans ‘silly mistakes at crucial stages’ that, he says, cost them positions of dominance against Pakistan in the Chattogram Test Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo was left frustrated by his players giving away strong positions in the Chattogram Test. Twice in the match the home side bounced back from difficult positions but just

News Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute, although he won’t be allowed to keep wickets Debutant Yasir Ali was taken for scans at a local hospital in Chattogram after being stuck on the back of his helmet during Bangladesh’s second innings on the fourth morning. Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute,

News Batter used his time away from the team to get his mind ready for long-form cricket Liton Das said that getting a break from T20s after the World Cup was a blessing in disguise after scoring by his maiden Test century against Pakistan in Chattogram. Liton was one of several high-profile players to be

News Allrounder could miss entire series after failing to recover from hamstring injury Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s first Test against Pakistan in Chattogram, which begins on Friday. It was, however, an inevitable decision from the BCB’s medical team after Shakib apparently failed to recover from the hamstring injury he sustained

Report Abdullah Shafique makes his Test debut for Pakistan Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in Chattogram in their first Test. Hours after an earthquake hit the city, the players were ready to begin play at the usual