Bangladesh

News Bangladesh head coach says he does not expect big turning tracks in his side’s bid to register their first T20I series win over Australia Bangladesh are looking for their first-ever T20I series win against Australia, but they won’t resort to big turners in order to achieve this. Head coach Russell Domingo said as much

News He was initially appointed only for the Zimbabwe tour, but positive feedback from the players spurred the BCB to extend his stay The BCB has extended former South Africa batter Ashwell Prince‘s contract as batting consultant up to this year’s T20 World Cup. Prince was initially roped in only for Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe,

News Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan are also nursing injuries, while Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim are out of contention Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman remain the main injury worries for Bangladesh ahead of their T20I series at home against Australia, which begins on August 3, but chief selector Minhajul Abedin expects the two

News Two nights after failing to close out a chase, the teenager delivers under pressure Shamim Hossain, in his second T20I, is under pressure. Three fruitless slogs in the 18th over later, Bangladesh need 25 off 15 balls. The game has wildly swung both ways until this point. Dion Myers had conceded just three off

Bangladesh have brought in Nasum Ahmed in place of Mahedi Hasan © AFP For the third match in a row, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh, in the third T20I against Bangladesh in Harare. The series is locked at 1-1 after the hosts won the second

News The WI-Aus ODIs were rescheduled after a non-playing member from the WI camp had tested positive The BCB is prepared to handle a delay for their home T20I series against Australia after the West Indies-Australia ODIs were rescheduled. The second ODI between West Indies and Australia was postponed moments before the first ball after

Preview If fit, Mustafizur Rahman and Liton Das could come back to the visitors’ playing XI for the decider Big picture It is rather apt that a series that has had almost every shade of drama possible, including a touch of the inexplicable when, in Friday’s game, there was the hit-wicket-that-wasn’t, should have a finale

News “If I think of competing with others, it puts pressure on me,” he said Bangladesh allrounder Soumya Sarkar said he has to better prepare himself mentally in order to become a more consistent batter. He was adjudged Player of the Match for his half-century along with bowling figures of 1 for 18 in two

Mahmudullah is standing in as captain for the injured Tamim Iqbal © BCB Bangladesh’s stand-in captain Mahmudullah said that his side didn’t lose focus but were simply outdone by Zimbabwe’s effort in the second T20I in Harare. The visitors went down by 23 runs, their first defeat in this Zimbabwe tour, to set up a

Report Zimbabwe also made two changes to their XI from the opening T20I Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza decided to bat in the second T20I against Bangladesh in Harare. He took the same decision in the first game too, although they went down by eight wickets yesterday. Zimbabwe rested Richard Ngarava and dropped Tarisai Musakanda, and

News BCB cricket operations chairman says CA “didn’t agree to Mushfiq entering quarantine two days after it began” Mushfiqur Rahim will miss Bangladesh’s T20I series against Australia next month after he was unable to join the rest of the team in time for a ten-day quarantine in Dhaka. The quarantine was originally set to begin

Report Hosts are without Taylor and Williams; Naim comes in for Bangladesh Sikandar Raza, the Zimbabwe captain, decided to bat first in the first T20I against Bangladesh, who are playing their 100th T20I, in Harare. Raza last captained Zimbabwe in a T20I in 2015, where they beat India by 10 runs. The hosts are without

News Bangladesh’s young players step up to seal a 3-0 sweep over Zimbabwe Two critical moments in the third ODI demanded that Bangladesh find someone besides their experienced trio to help the team turn a corner. On both occasions, the “other guys” came through. Nurul Hasan will take the headlines. The 27-year old was playing

News Bangladesh batter to miss T20Is in Zimbabwe as well as home fixtures against Australia and New Zealand Tamim Iqbal will miss competitive cricket for at least two months because of a knee injury. He will return home from Harare after the ongoing ODI series against Zimbabwe – the third game is taking place today

News The allrounder reined himself in during an unbroken 69-run stand with Shakib to help Bangladesh seal the series Mohammad Saifuddin has said that he had to rein himself in during the unbroken 69-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Shakib Al Hasan in the second ODI against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Saifuddin contributed 28 not

It is understood that the Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh T20I schedule was changed to address logistical issues © AFP The final leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe will take place sooner than expected with both boards agreeing to bring the T20I series forward by a few days. The original schedule had the three matches set for

Preview Captain Tamim Iqbal’s knee injury remains a concern for Bangladesh Big picture Zimbabwe would be hoping they can take away at least 10 points from the ODI series against Bangladesh, while the visitors wouldn’t want to slip up like they did against Sri Lanka in May. This is a critical time in the ICC

News ‘Mindset over physical preparation’ for the allrounder as he makes a match-winning 96 There is something maddening about playing against Shakib Al Hasan in a high-pressure game. He gives you nothing. No reactions. No window into his thoughts. No hope. Shakib’s stony façade is his first line of defense, and then the rest of

Report Ryan Burl and Timycen Maruma ruled out due to injuries; Bangladesh unchanged Zimbabwe choose to bat vs Bangladesh Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor decided to bat first in the second ODI against Bangladesh in Harare. However, his counterpart Tamim Iqbal said it was a good toss to lose. Taylor’s decision was based on the fact

Preview Bangladesh look the better side, but if Zimbabwe’s batters come good, they could well script a bounceback Big picture For two successive games now – in the one-off Test and the first ODI – Zimbabwe have had a great start with the ball but have failed to build on the advantage, allowing Bangladesh to

This is not the first time Shakib has become Bangladesh’s highest ODI wicket-taker © Getty Images Shakib Al Hasan became Bangladesh’s highest wicket-taker in ODIs when he dismissed Brendan Taylor in the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare. The left-arm spin-bowling allrounder overtook Mashrafe Mortaza‘s tally of 269 with a ball that deceived the batter,

News “I batted like in a Test match for the first 20-25 overs. The situation wasn’t in our favour” Bangladesh’s basic batting plan for the last six years, at least, has been to ask one of their top three batters to anchor the innings till the 40th over at a steady pace, by letting the

Report Brendan Taylor became the fifth Zimbabwe cricketer to 200 ODIs, after Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Elton Chigumbura and Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe win the toss and bowl first vs Bangladesh Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor decided to field first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Harare. Playing his 200th ODI, Taylor

News Sean Williams and Craig Ervine not back yet, Brendan Taylor to captain against Bangladesh Allrounder Sikandar Raza is back for Zimbabwe following four months on the sidelines while he recovered from a serious bone-marrow infection. Raza was picked in a squad of 16 that will take on Bangladesh at home in a three-match ODI

News The wicketkeeper-batter is flying back to Dhaka for “family reasons” Mushfiqur Rahim will miss the remainder of Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe for “family reasons”, according to the BCB. He will travel back to Dhaka today from Harare. The visitors have an ICC Super League ODI series scheduled from July 16, and a T20I series

News He might have to stay on in the team’s bubble in Zimbabwe to be eligible for the full series Mushfiqur Rahim could be one of two players asked to stay back with the Bangladesh contingent after their ODI series against Zimbabwe, to avoid a longer quarantine period ahead of their T20I series against Australia

News Shadman’s maiden Test century in Bangladesh’s second innings helped them get into a winning position against Zimbabwe in Harare According to Bangladesh batter Shadman Islam, the team was so moved by Mahmudullah‘s retirement announcement during the Harare Test against Zimbabwe, that the players felt motivated to win the match and dedicate it to the

News “After looking at the pitch, I expected it to turn on the fourth or fifth day, which is why I decided to bat first” Bangladesh needed eight batters to deal with the first day pitch in Harare, according to their captain Mominul Haque. The visitors eventually won the Test by 220 runs against Zimbabwe,

Report Mehidy Hasan Miraz andf Taskin Ahmed pick up two wickets each after Bangladesh drop three catches on day five Lunch Zimbabwe 276 and 176 for 7 (Tiripano 27*, Miraz 3-52, Taskin 3-54) need another 301 runs to beat Bangladesh 468 and 284 for 1 decl (Shanto 117*, Shadman 115*) Bangladesh are closing in on

News “It was always going to be useful to give our bowlers more time to get Zimbabwe bowled out” Najmul Hossain Shanto has said that Bangladesh went for quick runs on the fourth day to give his team’s bowlers ample time to bowl Zimbabwe out in the fourth innings. Shanto and Shadman Islam both struck