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Bangladesh's batting crisis continued as they succumbed to a 86-run defeat against New Zealand in the second ODI in Dhaka. But the return of Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah will be encouraging, as both looked sharp although they couldn't kick on after getting starts. Mahmudullah top-scored with ...
Former India left-arm spinner SridharanSriram has returned to the Bangladesh team as its technical consultant on Thursday for the upcoming World Cup. Sriram will be joining the team in Guwahati on September 27, as Bangladesh begin their preparation for the two warm-up matches ahead of the tournament...
Shakib Al Hasan feels Bangladesh should rest their ODI World Cup-bound players during the home series against New Zealand later this month to ensure that they are "fit and healthy." The three-match ODI series begins on September 21 and concludes on 26 in Dhaka, with both teams set to trave...
With Bangladesh on the brink of elimination at the Asia Cup, there was an onus on their in-form players to step up against Afghanistan. And step up, they did. Najmul Hossain Shanto, the team's leading run-scorer in all formats this year, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, their transformed allrounder, stru...
Najmul Hossain Shanto scored half of Bangladesh's runs in their first Asia Cup match, against Sri Lanka. Extending his bright form from the last ten months, he got stuck in to the Sri Lanka bowlers and tried to stitch partnerships in the middle overs only for Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim to...
Shakib Al Hasan has been appointed Bangladesh ODI captain once again on Friday, and will lead them in the Asia Cup and World Cup. Shakib takes over following Tamim Iqbal's resignation on August 3 after he was ruled out of the Asia Cup because of a back injury.Shakib takes over at a critical time...
The tickets for the 2023 ODI World Cup, to be played across India, will finally go on sale on August 25, just over 40 days before the first game of the tournament on October 5. The update came from the ICC soon after the revised schedule for the World Cup - also much delayed - was released, with dat...
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has called for more women's Tests as well as a resumption of long-duration domestic cricket in India. Harmanpreet, 34, is broadly representative of the top-level women's cricketer of her time in how many games she's played in each of the three formats: only...
The Road Safety World Series, a T20 league involving former international stars, is set to feature a team from Pakistan for the first time, when the third season will be played in September this year. The league has been played in India so far but the coming season will be held in England and ESPNcr...
Papua New Guinea have qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup after beating Philippines by 100 runs in Port Moresby to guarantee a first-place finish in the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier.Quickfire fifties from Tony Ura, Assad Vala and Charles Amini laid the platform for PNG to post a total of 2...
An Abdullah Shafique double-ton and a rapid Agha Slman century were the major highlights in a day in which Pakistan ground down and extinguished any lingering hopes Sri Lanka might have harboured of winning this Test. The visitors' commanding performance on day three saw 363 runs scored for the ...
Bangladesh are slotted to play Afghanistan on September 3 in Lahore followed by Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan at the Gaddafi Stadium on September 5 while Pakistan are set to play India on September 2 in Kandy in the 2023 Asia Cup. The schedule to start the Asia Cup on August 30, a day earlier than o...
Going forward winning a World Cup in men's or women's cricket will come with the same prize money. In a massive leg-up for the women's game, the ICC announced equal prize money for both men's and women's events today, following its annual conference in Durban. The decision includ...
Bangladesh missed a golden opportunity to beat India for the first time in five years after their batters failed to reach the 96-run target in the second T20I in Dhaka. They lost five wickets for one run in the last eight balls to collapse spectacularly to fall short by eight runs and spinner Nahida...
Ben Stokes hailed the performance of his England side in "another down-to-the-wire" Ashes Test at Headingley, but insisted that their dramatic three-wicket victory is "just the start" of their bid to come back from two-nil down and win the series.Unlike four years ago, Stokes was...
Bangladesh are writing off this ODI series defeat to Afghanistan as "two bad days", according to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The hosts were crushed by 142 runs as their recent ODI form deserted them, and Afghanistan went on to amass 331 by breaking a few records and seal their first series against...
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has suggested that Ollie Robinson needs to back his words up with skill after the England seamer referenced Ponting's sledging as a player to justify his send-off to Usman Khawaja during the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.On the third morning of the Test, Ro...
Bangladesh's fast bowlers showed maturity during the one-off Test against Afghanistan, something that impressed head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe. The pace trio finished with their best match haul as the home side beat Afghanistan by 546 runs. It was a significant win, particularly at the Sher-e...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] has apologised after their security personnel assaulted a journalist during the third day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Dhaka.BCB director Ismail Haider Mallick came to the press box within the hour of the incident, and assured that the ...
Bangladesh captain Litton Das believes their experience will give them the edge over Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Dhaka that begins on Wednesday. Litton is standing in for the regular captain Shakib Al Hasan who is out with a finger injury. His opposite number, Hashmatullah Shahidi, is also ma...
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