Two major trophies for the Bangladesh Under-19 side in the space of almost four years is a testament to the long-term plan set by the game development committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Bangladesh women’s improving white-ball performances scaled a new height yesterday as they produced a dominating 119-run win against hosts South Africa, a first-ever ODI win for the Tigresses in South Africa. The idea of rediscovering themselves saw the Tigresses open the portal to a new frontier.

Instability at the top of the batting order once again saw Bangladesh fall short in a rain-curtailed game against New Zealand at the University Oval in Dunedin yesterday, losing the first of the three ODIs by 44 runs via DLS method.

Nearly four years after ascending to the pinnacle of age-level cricket, the Bangladesh Under-19 team have scaled to another mountaintop when they thrashed the UAE by 195 runs in the final to clinch their maiden ACC Under-19 Asia Cup title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Andy Balbirnie struck an unbeaten 82 as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in Harare on Sunday to seal a 2-0 one-day international series victory.

Ashiqur Rahman Shibli hit a marvellous century to power Bangladesh to 282-8 in 50 overs before the bowlers did a tremendous job to skittle out the hosts for 87 runs in 24.5 overs. 

Left-armer Arshdeep took five for 37 and Avesh claimed four for 27 as they rose to the challenge of representing an Indian side which included only three players from the side that played in the World Cup final last month.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said the result was "very disappointing" after pacer Shoriful Islam's early fireworks.

Pakistan's unlikely bid to win their first Test in Australia since 1995 was left in tatters by the spin king and the home side's formidable pace attack, who wrapped up the game inside four days.

"Great to keep the series alive, a fantastic win. Any time you chase 220 is a fantastic innings - credit to Phil Salt," Buttler said.

Captain Kane Williamson will make his return to international Twenty20 cricket in the three-match home series against Bangladesh, New Zealand Cricket said Sunday.

The visitors will need 245 runs to win owing to the adjusted total by the DLS method.

Bangladesh have already ascended to the pinnacle of age-level cricket once, when the young Tigers won the ICC Under-19 World Cup title in 2020 in South Africa.

Bangladesh batter Murshida Khatun and left-arm spinner Nahida Akter starred as the Tigresses thumped South Africa by 119 runs in the first of the three-match ODI series in at the Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday.

Bangladesh women’s cricket team added another entry to their list of monumental victories in 2023, when they completely outplayed South Africa and won their first-ever ODI on South African soil at the Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday.

Bangladesh top-order batter Murshida Kahtun scored an unbeaten 100-ball 91 laced with 12 fours that guided her side to 249 for three -- the highest-ever ODI total by the Tigresses – against South Africa in the first ODI of the three-match series in East London on Saturday.

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has signed a two-year contract with Dhaka Premier League (DPL) side Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club. 

New Zealand have a number of fresh faces for the upcoming home ODI series against Bangladesh. Their squad for the three-game series has four players – Adithya Ashok, Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears, and Josh Clarkson – with no experience at the ODI level. Of these, Ashok and Sears have represented the Black Caps in T20Is.

Sharma, who made 67 in India's first-innings total of 428, took nine wickets including a red-hot 5-7 in the first innings, with the visitors bowled out for 131 to wrap up the match on the third morning in Mumbai.

The hosts reached stumps on day three in Perth at 84-2, building their lead to 300 after bowling out the visitors on the cusp of tea for 271 in reply to their first innings 487.