Bangladesh

News Zimbabwe captain says he wanted to send a message to his batsmen that the pitch was still good Captain Brendan Taylor hopes his swashbuckling 92 inspires the rest of his Zimbabwe teammates to salvage a draw on the fifth day against Bangladesh. Taylor struck 16 fours in his 73-ball bonanza but got out with

Report The visitors went to lunch at 169 for 1 on day four Lunch Bangladesh 169 for 1 (Islam 72*, Shanto 47*) and 468 all out lead Zimbabwe 276 all out (Kaitano 87, Miraz 5-82, Shakib 4-82) by 361 runs Bangladesh’s lead swelled to 361 runs as they went to lunch at 169 for 1

News ESPNcricinfo has learned that he informed his team-mates at the end of day three in Harare Mahmudullah has announced to his Bangladesh team-mates that he has retired from Test cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that he made the announcement shortly after the end of the third day’s play of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in

News Takudzwanashe Kaitano, meanwhile, was elated to have made the highest score by a Zimbabwe opener on debut Takudzwanashe Kaitano is the latest of 13 Test openers that Zimbabwe have tried in the last five years. On day three in Harare, he made 87, the highest score by a Zimbabwe Test opener, breaking Grant Flower’s

File photo: Brendan Taylor hit 12 fours and a six © Associated Press Zimbabwe 209-2 (Kaitano 63, Myers 21*) trail Bangladesh 468 (Mahmudullah 150*, Liton 95, Muzarabani 4-94) by 259 runs Zimbabwe batted at a good pace to move to 209 for two at lunch on the third day, although Bangladesh would count Brendan Taylor’s

News The pair exchanged heated words during the second over of the day’s play Taskin Ahmed has said he decided against ceding any ground to Blessing Muzarabani during the duo’s heated mid-pitch face-off on day two in Harare, as a protest against what he saw as sledging from Zimbabwe’s players. The incident took place in

Report Mahmdullah and Taskin added 110 for no loss in day two’s first session Lunch Bangladesh 404 for 8 (Mahmdullah 112*, Taskin 52*, Muzarabani 3-72) vs Zimbabwe Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed turned Bangladesh’s innings around on the second morning of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe. On the back of their 134-run unbeaten stand for the

News Liton had spoken to Bangladesh’s new batting coach about wanting to curb his tendency to throw away his wicket when set Liton Das may have ended up five runs short of a maiden Test century, but he overcame one mental barrier during his day-one innings in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, according to Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque and Zimbabwe stand-in captain Brendan Taylor with the series trophy © Raton Gomes/BCB Bangladesh chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque chose to bat against Zimbabwe in the one-off Test at the Harare Sports Club ground. The home side are without regular captain Sean Williams and Craig Ervine after

Preview Mominul Haque’s men have lost three of their four Tests this year and might be without Tamim Iqbal for this one Big picture With not much at stake in the one-off Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Harare, there is hardly any pre-match buzz. Zimbabwe are not part of the World Test Championship. Bangladesh

News The Bangladesh head coach is also pleased with the “good energy and attitude” brought by the returning Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal is doubtful for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe that starts on Wednesday. According to coach Russell Domingo, the opener yet to recover fully from a knee injury that he picked up during

News New batting coach on a short-term contract says his major role will be to support head coach Domingo Ashwell Prince only has one month to make an impact as Bangladesh’s new batting coach and he aims to do that by keeping things simple. Bangladesh enlisted Prince’s services, and Rangana Herath’s, as well and their

News Injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal forced the selectors to recall the senior batter Mahmudullah has been added to Bangladesh’s Test squad three days after the line-ups for the three formats were announced for the tour of Zimbabwe starting next month. ESPNcricinfo has learned that injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal led

News Young allrounder Shamim Hossain the only new face in multi-format touring party Shakib Al Hasan has returned to Bangladesh’s Test and T20I squads, while Nurul Hasan‘s hot recent form in the domestic circuit has won him spots in all three squads for the tour of Zimbabwe later this month. Only one brand-new face figures

News BCB doctor on finger injury: “We will review the injury after one week, and then determine what to do next” Mushfiqur Rahim has picked up a hairline fracture on his left index finger, which he sustained during Abahani Limited’s Dhaka Premier League T20 match against Gazi Group Cricketers on Monday. The scan took place

Zimbabwe and Bangladesh last met at international level in March 2020 © BCB Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has given Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) permission to host Bangladesh in July despite a government directive to suspend all sporting activity in the country as part of measures aimed at containing Covid-19. The tour will consist of

News Akram Khan, BCB’s cricket operations chairman, “confused about the new programme” as it clashes with a ‘A’ team set-up The BCB has introduced a new programme, called Bangladesh Tigers, primarily aimed at providing round-the-year training facilities for cricketers in the national scheme of things but not in the national team. Board directors Khaled Mahmud

News Prime Bank, Prime Doleshwar and Abahani Limited well placed as teams head into Super League The first phase of the Dhaka Premier League T20 is over, and the teams now head into the Super League and relegation playoffs. Here’s a look at the highs and lows of the last few days. What does the

News The technical committee also warned Elias Sunny after a hearing on Wednesday evening Legends of Rupganj batter Sabbir Rahman and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club manager Sultan Mahmud have been fined BDT 50,000 (US $590 approx.) for their involvement in an incident on June 16 at the BKSP. Although the BCB’s press release didn’t mention

News Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club lodge the complaint for alleged offences against their player Elias Sunny; Rahman denies allegations Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club has lodged a complaint against Legends of Rupganj player Sabbir Rahman for racially abusing and throwing stones at their player Elias Sunny. The alleged incident took place during the Dhaka Premier League

News The two match referees and six umpires managed to get to the BKSP eventually and matches began after a delay A group of Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match officials escaped major injuries when the car ferrying them to the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) on Saturday morning was attacked during a violent skirmish between

News From run-ins with fans to groundstaff, Shakib Al Hasan has made headlines for the wrong reasons several times Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for three matches following his blow-up at a Dhaka Premier League game, where he lashed out the stumps in anger twice during one match. This is not the first time

News BCB finds him guilty of abusing the umpires, groundstaff and equipment during June 11’s Dhaka Premier League T20 The BCB has suspended Shakib Al Hasan for three matches and fined him Taka 5 lakh (USD 5800 approx.), having found him guilty of abusing the umpires, groundstaff and equipment during June 11’s Dhaka Premier League

News Also gets into war of words with opposition coach Khaled Mahmud, who is a BCB director In scenes rarely seen at a top-level cricket match, Shakib Al Hasan‘s temper flared up on two different occasions in one Dhaka Premier League match on Friday, with footage showing him kicking the stumps first, and later uprooting

News A summary of the first six rounds of games at the Dhaka Premier League T20s How the table stands Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club lost their top place in the Dhaka Premier League T20 following their three-run loss to Prime Bank Cricket Club on Thursday. Prime Bank and Abahani Limited are now on ten points

News Tuesday’s hearing was attended by captain Shakib and the CCDM chairman among others The BCB has decided to issue a notice to Mohammedan Sporting Club about their June 4 biosecure bubble breach during the ongoing Dhaka Premier League, following a hearing held on Tuesday. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) chairman Kazi Inam

News Senior Bangladesh batter will be available for the one-off Test and the three ODIs Mushfiqur Rahim has informed Bangladesh’s selectors that he wants to opt out of playing the T20Is against Zimbabwe next month. The BCB hasn’t approved his request yet but in recent months they have been understanding of the strain placed on

News Brothers Union captain said they played “a bit of mind game” with the batter, after the extraordinary finish Brothers Union 139 for 5 (Rahman 68, Ferdous 26, Islam 2-23) beat Old DOHS Sports Club 137 for 3 (Emon 64, Joy 34, Khan 1-14) by two runs You had to see it to believe it.

News An outsider entered the bubble when Shakib was having a batting session at the indoor facilities of the Shere Bangla National Stadium The Bangladesh Cricket Board has started an investigation on a biosecure bubble breach during a practice session of the ongoing Dhaka Premier League. This is the first such report incident since the

News No official BCB word yet on reduction of his ban, but he played a Dhaka Premier Division match on Saturday Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain, banned in November 2019 for five years for slapping a team-mate during a first-class match, played in a Dhaka Premier Division game on Saturday, despite there being no official