Sylhet Division are on the verge of winning their maiden National Cricket League title as they need 105 runs to win their sixth-round match against Barishal Division on the final day at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Chasing 334 to win the match, Bangladesh will go into Tuesday's final day still 225 runs short of victory and with just three wickets in hand.

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain made headlines after he was drafted in by Hobart Hurricanes to play the upcoming edition of the Big Bash League (BBL). He would be the second cricketer from Bangladesh after Shakib Al Hasan to play in the tournament but uncertainty shrouded his stint in the tournament due to scheduling clash with the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Mustafizur was the only Bangladesh cricketer to get picked in the last edition's auction. He played nine matches for the Chennai Super Kings, taking 14 wickets at an economy rate of 9.26.

Bumrah stood in as captain for Rohit Sharma, who missed the opener due to the birth of his second child, leading the tourists to a stunning 295-run victory on day four.

Two years after Rishabh Pant feared his cricket career was over in a serious car crash, the wicketkeeper has become the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history.

India ran riot to win the opening Test in Perth by a crushing 295 runs on Monday and leave Australia shellshocked and searching for answers.

Kane Williamson will definitely return to the New Zealand team to play England in a three-Test series that starts this week despite missing the tour of India with a groin strain, coach Gary Stead said on Monday.

At the break on day four, Australia were 104-5 with a defiant Travis Head not out 63 and Mitchell Marsh on five as they chase a near insurmountable 534 to win.

It was three runs fewer than the previous record of 10, set by the Isle of Man when they lost to Spain in 2023 and equalled by Mongolia against Singapore in September.

Bangladesh batter Shahadat Hossain Dipu's resistance came to an end as West Indies' lead pacer Kemar Roach nicked off the right-handed batter at the stroke of the opening hour of play on Day 3 of the first Test in Antigua on Sunday. 

The teams meet again on Tuesday and Thursday before playing a three Twenty20 internationals. Pakistan then travel to South Africa for an all-format tour.

Pacer Anamul Haque completed his second five-for to help Dhaka Division clinch victory by an innings and 11 run against Rajshahi Division inside two days during their sixth round match of the National Cricket League at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura on Sunday.

Out of his four Test hundreds in his short career so far, Yashasvi Jaiswal believes his latest in the Perth Test stands out.

Overcoming his recent lean patch in the longest format, Virat Kohli blazed his 30th Test ton and his first in Australia since 2018 on Day 3 of the opening Border-Gavaskar series Test in Perth.

The winning bid for Pant surpassed the 267.5 million ($3.17 million) paid to Shreyas Iyer by Punjab Kings, in the first set of marquee players in the ongoing auction in the Saudi Arabian city of Jed

Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a majestic 161 and Virat Kohli roared back to form with a vintage century Sunday as India zeroed in on victory against Australia in the first Test in Perth.

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a majestic 161 but Australia took four wickets in the middle session to give themselves a sliver of hope in the first Test at Perth on Sunday.

The Indian Premier League opens its "mega-auction" later Sunday in Saudi Arabia with teams primed to splash out millions of dollars on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

De facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has backed extravagant sports investments -- set to culminate in Saudi Arabia hosting the football World Cup in 2034 -- to diversify its oil-rich economy.