Bangladesh

Report Scott Kuggeleijn and Jacob Duffy miss out, Bangladesh remain unchanged Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Tom Latham decided to bat first, predictably, against Bangladesh, in the fourth T20I in Dhaka. Both sides have only chosen to bat first in this series after winning the toss. New Zealand made

News Bangladesh had been skittled for just 76 in the third T20I Bangladesh’s batting coach Ashwell Prince found the batters to be “too aggressive” when chasing New Zealand’s 129 target in the third T20I in Dhaka. He said that they could have chased down the total had they been a bit more circumspect, rather than

Preview New Zealand have improved as the tour has gone on, but they still face a massive challenge Big Picture Bangladesh will look to close out the T20I series on Wednesday, even though New Zealand showed that they can level it up. Mahmudullah’s men have a proud record at home, coincidentally dating back to 2010

Mushfiqur Rahim has informed the Bangladesh team management that he will no longer keep wicket in T20Is, according to head coach Russell Domingo. Mushfiqur didn’t keep wicket in the third T20I against New Zealand, although it was declared before the series that he would split wicketkeeping duties with Nurul Hasan in the first four games.

News Bangladesh coach says loss in third T20I against New Zealand just a blip in a successful recent period From the point Liton Das fell in the third over, in which he had already struck Cole McConchie for two fours, Bangladesh hit just one more boundary in the rest of their innings. By drying up

Mustafizur Rahman had a scare in the last over of the second T20I but managed to hold his nerves to defend 19 © AFP/Getty Images Big Picture Bangladesh will be buoyed by their victory in the second T20I, after Mustafizur Rahman successfully defended 19 runs in the final over against New Zealand on Friday. While

It will be the first time Bangladesh U-19 shall play a series after their World Cup victory in February 2020 © ICC via Getty Bangladesh Under-19 will play five one-dayers and a four-day game against Afghanistan Under-19 later this month in Sylhet. It will be the first Afghanistan team to play international cricket in any

Mahmudullah flicks one on the way to his match-winning 37 © AFP/Getty Images A different pitch in Dhaka finally allowed a good contest. It was firmer, which meant more bounce and spin and skid, but once the ball got older, life for the batter got easier. Bangladesh, who were bowling second, had to contend with

Shakib Al Hasan’s 25 was the highest individual score in the first game © AFP/Getty Images Big picture Bowling out New Zealand for just 60 and then reaching the target in 15 overs, Bangladesh looked in ominous form in their seven-wicket win in the first T20I. They continued where they had finished against Australia, having

News “Tamim will continue to be one of the best batters but nobody wants to see him lose form by playing T20s forcibly,” Mashrafe said Tamim Iqbal‘s decision to drop out of the upcoming T20 World Cup has been met with praise from two influential names in Bangladesh cricket. Former captain Mashrafe Mortaza wrote a

Shakib Al Hasan is back in the list of Bangladesh’s contracted players © AFP/Getty Images Shakib Al Hasan is back in the list of Bangladesh’s centrally contracted players, after missing out in 2020 on account of a large part of the year being part of his one-year ban from all cricket. Shakib is one of

News “I don’t think it would be fair on those players who have played in the last 15-16 T20Is that I haven’t played.” Tamim Iqbal has stepped aside from Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup squad, explaining that he did not want to take the place of openers who have been playing in the format more regularly

News Bangladesh batter sympathises with team-mates’ plight on spin-friendly surfaces Shakib Al Hasan didn’t sugarcoat his words about the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, where New Zealand were bowled out for just 60 and Bangladesh needed the better part of 15 overs to overhaul that meagre target. “I think the wicket in the

News ‘Rankings don’t necessarily show the real picture,’ captain says as he hopes the team would continue to keep the momentum going against New Zealand Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah believes healthy competition within the side, which has led to players being more confident, gives a fairer assessment of the team rather than the one based on

Preview Opportunity for NZ’s young, inexperienced players to make a mark in tough conditions Big picture Like most Bangladesh-New Zealand bilateral contests, the one beginning on Wednesday in Dhaka has the familiar one-sided feel to it. Pitches and weather have often contributed to it here, where the visitors have won just one out of their

News “The plan is to split wicketkeeping duties in this series, make it two games each and make a decision in the fifth game.” Nurul Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim will share wicketkeeping duties in the first four matches during the T20I series against New Zealand, according to Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo. The announcement comes as

News Liton missed the Australia T20Is where Sarkar and Naim opened for the team Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince expects Liton Das to be in the mix for one of the opening spots in the T20I series against New Zealand. Liton was one of two returnees to the side after missing the T20Is against Zimbabwe

News Mohammad Mithun dropped after the Australia series earlier this month Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das are back among Bangladesh’s 19-man squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand starting on September 1 in Dhaka. Legspinner Aminul Islam is the other addition while Mohammad Mithun has been dropped from the squad that played against

News The NZ contingent will undergo a three-day in-room quarantine before starting to train, but they are not inclined to play a practice match The New Zealand contingent arriving in Dhaka on August 24 will have most of the elements of the bio-secure environment that the BCB provided Australia with, according to chief executive Nizamuddin

Ashwell Prince has resigned as head coach of South Africa’s Western Province to take up a permanent role as batting coach of the Bangladesh men’s national team. His present stint will be till the end of the 2022 men’s T20I World Cup, to be played in Australia in October-November. Prince was in charge of the

Report Australia are playing an extra spinner in Zampa while Bangladesh finally changed their combination after a record four games with the same XI Toss Bangladesh opt to bat vs Australia Bangladesh chose to bat first in the fifth and final T20I of their series against Australia, having made two changes to their XI from

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Preview Other than Mitchell Marsh the visitors have struggled to find answers to Bangladesh’s attack Big Picture In the space of 48 hours, Bangladesh have put themselves within touching distance of their first series win over Australia in any format. They have exploited the visitors’ weakness on slow, gripping wickets expertly and shown enough ticker

News Henriques praises Mustafizur’s skills in restricting Australians On a difficult, sticky and turning Mirpur deck, 21-year old Afif Hossain hit an unbeaten 31-ball 37 to drag Bangladesh out of a bit of a mess, helping rescue the hosts from 67 for 5 to winning with eight balls to spare. After the victory, Afif said

Report The home side won the opening match of the series by 23 runs Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh Having watched his team flounder in last night’s run chase, Matthew Wade opted to set a target when the coin fell Australia’s way in the second T20I in Dhaka. Both teams

News The 1994 tour to Pakistan was the last time a full series was not available to viewers in Australia For the first time since 1994 a tour by the Australia men’s team will not broadcast into Australia after a last-minute deal failed to materialise for the rights to the T20I series in Bangladesh. It

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the two boards favour rescheduling the series for late 2022 or early 2023 The England white-ball tour of Bangladesh has been postponed, but not cancelled altogether, the BCB has said, adding that talks were on to slot it after the T20 World Cup, which ends on November 14. “Both the teams

News The teams were scheduled to play three ODIs and three T20Is in September-October England’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, which was originally scheduled for September and October this year – shortly before the start of the men’s T20 World Cup – has been postponed indefinitely. That will now allow the England players who are a

News Mahmudullah on the positive side of biosecure bubbles: “You can spend more time with your team-mates, discuss plans and strategies” No Tamim Iqbal, no Liton Das and no Mushfiqur Rahim. Bangladesh’s plans of putting it past a depleted Australia side in what is the first bilateral T20I series between the two teams have been

Preview The home side are missing some senior figures but Australia’s batting line-up is uncertain Big picture Another opportunity awaits for these two teams to work on plans and players to press for selection ahead of the T20 World Cup. The series could not be much more condensed – five matches played across seven days