Playing in his second Test, Bosch became the fourth South African to score a century and take five wickets in an innings in a Test.

Set a massive target of 537 for victory, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 208 in the afternoon session as Bosch, who finished 100 not out in the visitors' first innings, took 5-43 and debutant seamer Codi Yusuf chipped in with 3-22.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are have been invited to play the 2025 Top End T20 series in Australia’s Darwin, Australia’s Northern Territory Cricket announced in a media release on Tuesday.

Yorkshire's total of 887 against Warwickshire in 1896 remains the highest total in county cricket, with Surrey's record the fourth-highest in the list.

Andrew Flintoff said he has no desire to succeed Brendon McCullum as England head coach despite cutting his teeth with the second-string England Lions.

The trademark will be granted if no objections are raised within 120 days of publication.

Miraz's recent ODI record establishes him as a consistent performer, which makes him a good captaincy candidate as he could lead by example. His pedigree as a leader, however, is not as impressive.

The decisions came after a marathon six-hour-long meeting by the BCB board of directors.

Zimbabwe, set a near-impossible target of 537 runs to win, were 32 for one at the close after Takudzwanashe Kaitano was caught at third slip after defending determinedly to make 12 off 62 balls.

England named an unchanged team for the second Test against India starting at Edgbaston on Wednesday, as Jofra Archer was made to wait for his return.

The 43-year-old former opening batsman is facing flak from some quarters for his selections, man management and how he carries himself in press conferences.

Pakistan on Monday named former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood interim head coach of the Test side, the fourth man to take the post in the last 18 months.

Syed Ashraful Haque wants to devote his twilight years to the game he loves the most and wants to complete his unfinished works in Bangladesh cricket. Recently, Ashraful talked to The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan regarding all this and more.

Amid this challenging phase, with a new ODI captain in Mehidy Hasan Miraz set to lead the side in the upcoming Sri Lanka series starting June 2, the pressure to rebuild and restore confidence is more immense than ever.

Rangpur Riders were initially interested in drafting in all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for their campaign in the upcoming Global Super League (GSL), slated to begin in Guyana on July 10. However, the franchise eventually decided against roping in the all-rounder after considering the existing circumstances, said club officials.

The sanction relates to comments made by Sammy during a media interaction at the end of Day 2, where he criticised one of the match officials in reference to multiple incidents throughout the day’s play.

The fate of the Colombo Test and Najmul Hossain Shanto's captaincy was decided yesterday and the outcome in both cases was ill-fated but not unexpected.

“Bijoy bhai has scored heavily in domestic cricket. We needed someone experienced at the top because our openers have not been consistent in the past year,” Shanto defended.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius became the youngest South African to hit a Test century when he reached the mark on debut on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.

Shanto didn’t lash out. He didn’t name names. But his departure is a loud, unmissable protest.