Bangladesh

News The first one-dayer was abandoned after an Irish player tested positive for Covid-19 but now everyone from both sides have returned negative tests The second one-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and Ireland Wolves will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday, after players from both teams tested negative for Covid-19. Ruhan Pretorius, whose positive

Yasir Ali top-scored for the Bangladesh Emerging Team with 92 © BCB Bangladesh Emerging Team 313 (Yasir Ali 92, Saif Hassan 49, Adair 3-22, Hume 3-56) beat Ireland Wolves 151 (Campher 39, Tanvir Islam 5-55) and 139 (Tector 55, Tanvir Islam 8-51) by an innings and 23 runs Tanvir Islam‘s career-best match haul of 13

News “If I am not selected, I will take BCB’s advice,” says pacer who was picked up by Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 auction Mustafizur Rahman has said that he will be available for Bangladesh’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in April, if selected. Rahman had been picked up by the Rajasthan Royals in

News BCB president says star allrounder’s ask to skip home Tests for the IPL has left him disappointed The timing of Shakib Al Hasan‘s request to the Bangladesh Cricket Board to allow him a longer stint in the IPL has left the board president Nazmul Hassan “disappointed”, and it has prompted the BCB to ask

News They will have a short turnaround after their New Zealand series The Bangladesh team will get a short turnaround from their New Zealand tour after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that they are likely to travel to Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series any time between April 12 and 15. Bangladesh play

News Mohammad Naim, Mosaddek Hossain and Al-Amin Hossain return to the side Bangladesh have left out left-arm spinner Taijul Islam from their 20-man contingent for the white-ball tour of New Zealand, where they play three ODIs and three T20Is. Uncapped left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed got his maiden call-up, while opener Mohammad Naim, middle-order batsman Mosaddek

News Shakib, who was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore in the 2021 auction on Thursday, wrote to the BCB asking for the leave The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted Shakib Al Hasan leave during next month’s Test series against Sri Lanka so he can take part in the

News Some more of the tourists will be administered the vaccine on February 20 Tamim Iqbal and Russell Domingo were among several Bangladesh cricketers and support staffers to be administered Covid-19 vaccines in Dhaka on Thursday, ahead of the team’s departure for New Zealand next week to take part in a limited-overs international series. Soumya

News Ben Stokes loses top spot in allrounder list after Chennai Test India opener Rohit Sharma, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and allrounder R Ashwin all made significant gains in the ICC Test player rankings for batsmen, following the hosts’ 317-run victory against England in Chennai. Sharma, whose 161 in the first innings gave India the early

Shakib Al Hasan has said that the Bangladesh team has the ability to bounce from adversity, after their first series whitewash at home in nine years. The home side lost the Dhaka Test by 17 runs against West Indies, after already losing the game in Chattogram by three wickets. It led to stinging criticism led

Mominul Haque knows that winning and losing a game for Bangladesh produces two very different types of reactions. It was all very calm when Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe last year, but after West Indies blanked them 2-0 in their backyard, he knew “a lot of things won’t be in your favour and a lot of things

Taijul Islam celebrates a wicket © BCB Innings break West Indies 409 and 117 (Bonner 38, Da Silva 20, Islam 4-36, Hasan 3-34) set Bangladesh 296 a 231-run target A flurry of wickets post-tea – West Indies lost their last four wickets for 13 runs inside 21 balls – has set up a potentially exciting

Mehidy Hasan got to the milestone when he sent back Shayne Moseley © Raton Gomes/BCB Mehidy Hasan became the fastest (in terms of number of Tests) Bangladesh bowler to take 100 Test wickets, when he removed Shayne Moseley on the third evening of the Dhaka Test against West Indies. The offspinning-allrounder got to the milestone

Shahriar Nafees and Abdur Razzak were felicitated at the Shere Bangla National Stadium © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Shahriar Nafees and Abdur Razzak have announced their retirements from all forms of cricket, making public their decisions after being employed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Razzak, the 38-year-old former left-arm spinner, has been appointed as a senior selector

Tamim Iqbal is disappointed as he walks off © AFP via Getty Images Bangladesh went into the second Test against West Indies with a spin-heavy attack, but two days into the game, the tactic hasn’t worked, with the home team finding themselves 105 for 4 in reply to West Indies’ 409 all out. Tamim Iqbal,

Report Mehidy Hasan one strike away from becoming fourth Bangladesh bowler with 100 Test victims Lunch West Indies 325 for 6 (Bonner 90, Da Silva 70*, Joseph 34*, Jayed 2-75) vs Bangladesh A career-best 90 from Nkrumah Bonner preceded a rollicking 59-run partnership between Joshua Da Silva (70*) and Alzarri Joseph (34*) as West Indies

News Bangladesh are likely to leave for New Zealand on February 24, nine days after the Dhaka Test ends Shakib Al Hasan will miss Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand later this month as the BCB granted him paternity leave for the duration of the entire tour. According to BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, board

News Cricketers bound for the New Zealand tour could be vaccinated before they depart, while the rest of the domestic players will follow thereafter Bangladesh’s 2020-21 domestic season hinges on the BCB’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, with officials hopeful that they can get at least the main tournaments underway. According to Akram Khan, the head of

Report Bangladesh brought in Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar and Abu Jayed among the three changes Toss West Indies chose to bat v Bangladesh West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite chose to bat in the second Test in Dhaka against Mominul Haque’s Bangladesh, with the visitors looking to seal a series victory having won the first Test

News Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque, meanwhile, admits “we have never faced such a situation,” as they fight to level the series The mood is quite different in both the Bangladesh as well as the West Indies camps ahead of the second Test in Dhaka, especially after the visitors hunted down 395 in Chattogram. But visiting

News Saif Hassan, Aminul Islam Biplob picked in squad alongside U-19 stars Akbar Ali and Rakibul Hasan The BCB has named Saif Hassan and Aminul Islam Biplob in the 20-member preliminary Bangladesh Emerging players squad for their upcoming home series against the Ireland Wolves – the Ireland A side. The visitors arrive on February 18,

News The allrounder had hurt his left thigh during the first Test, which Bangladesh lost by three wickets Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies, beginning in Dhaka on February 11, because of the left-thigh injury that kept him away from large chunks of the action during the

News He made a second-innings 108, but was ‘more hurt’ than satisfied due to South Africa’s series loss Aiden Markram could not enjoy his first century in the subcontinent because it came in a defeat for South Africa, who have lost four of their last five series and have not won a series away from

News Bangladesh captain rues absence of Shakib, concedes spinners could have bowled better lengths Ramifications, analysis and criticism will be the predictable aftermath of Bangladesh’s three-wicket loss against West Indies in the Chattogram Test. But at the forefront of Bangladesh failing to defend a target of 395 in the fourth innings was the lengths bowled

News “We never gave up. We always said in the dressing room that we need to keep fighting.” When West Indies stepped out for the fifth day of the Chattogram Test, every conceivable odd was against them. They had been thoroughly outplayed by Bangladesh for the first four days, and having already lost three wickets

Report Resuming on 47 for 3, they lost just one wicket in the session and went into the lunch break with a lead of 320 Lunch Bangladesh 149 for 4 (Haque 83*, Das 38*, Cornwall 3-61) and 430 lead West Indies 259 (Brathwaite 76, Blackwood 68, Miraz 4-58) by 320 runs Mominul Haque was eyeing

News Bangladesh left-arm spinner suggests long break away from the game may have messed with their rhythms Taijul Islam was critical of the way Bangladesh’s spinners – including himself – bowled for most of the first and second sessions of the third day of the Chattogram Test. And even though they now have a lead

Report Nayeem and Miraz removed Brathwaite and Mayers respectively as West Indies slumped to 189 for 5 at lunch Lunch West Indies 189 for 5 (Blackwood 34*, Da Silva 12*, Rahman 2-36, Miraz 1-31) trail Bangladesh 430 by 241 runs An attacking partnership between captain Kraigg Brathwaite (76) and debutant Kyle Mayers (40) headlined the

News It remains unclear if it is the recurrence of the same groin niggle he suffered in the third ODI Shakib Al Hasan is “still being assessed” for a groin injury, which kept him off the field on the third morning of Bangladesh’s first Test against West Indies at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, a Bangladesh

News “I realise now that if I work hard enough, I can establish myself as an allrounder” says Miraz Tamim Iqbal told him to mind the short ball, Mushfiqur Rahim told him to leave the ones outside off stump and Shakib Al Hasan tweaked his sweep shot. When Mehidy Hasan Miraz returns to the team