There has been incessant rain during Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka but no communication had come in on whether the T20I series -- set to begin on May 9 and currently threatened by rain -- faces possibility of being rescheduled.

Katherine Sciver-Brunt retired from international cricket on Friday after a superb 19-year career in which she took more wickets than any other woman for England.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday became the fastest batter to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi.

A BCB Under-16 team drew the second three-day game against a Mumbai Under-16 side at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana ground in Mumbai on Friday, with the result enough to see them clinch the two-match series.

Bangladesh's only warm-up against the Ireland Wolves ahead of their three-match ODI series against Ireland in Chelmsford, England has been washed out due to rain at the Leys Cricket Ground in Cambridge.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strict policies and said that ever since the Indian PM took office, nothing positive has come out for Pakistan, and neither can anything be expected in the future from the head of the Indian government.

The report also says that the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has emerged as the front-runner to host the high-profile India vs Pakistan match, the first match between the two arch-rivals on Indian soil since 2016.

Pakistan's underperforming middle-order has been a concern but opener Imam-ul-Haq said they should not experiment with it and should instead go for consistency with only a few one-day internationals (ODI) left before the World Cup later this year.

Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy defended eight runs in the last over of Sunrisers Hyderabad's chase to seal a five-run victory for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Thursday.

Bangladesh have chosen to reside in the quiet village setting of Hatfield Heath in Essex County, away from the hustle and bustle that usually accompanies the team on away tours.

Selector Habibul Bashar was surprised to learn that Afif Hossain’s unbeaten 111 at Fatullah yesterday was the batter’s first-ever List A ton, ending a six-year wait since making his List A debut in 2017.

Twelve out of the 18 net bowlers provided by the Irish Cricket Board to the Bangladesh national team to help them prepare for the upcoming series in Chelmsford in England are of Bangladeshi origins. 

Bangladesh Women’s cricket team came out second best in the second ODI of the two-match series against Sri Lanka as they lost the rescheduled match by 58 runs at the P.Sara Oval in Colombo on Thursday. 

It took six years, 106 matches, and 95 innings but Afif Hossain finally managed to strike his maiden List A century as he scored an unbeaten 111 to help set up a 42-run win for Abahani over Prime Bank Cricket Club at the Fatullah Stadium on Thursday in the ongoing season of the Dhaka Premier League.

Having made his Test debut back in November 2018, Khaled Ahmed then played in another Test at Hamilton in 2019 before he found himself jolted by injury. Waiting in the wings through the pandemic, Khaled resurfaced as a sort of red-ball specialist with good performances, especially away from home. While he struggled at home conditions, he has been able to leave a mark with away performances. Khaled talks about the two captains he has played under so far in Tests, how his bowling tends to be at home and away from home, working with Donald and attending the ‘white-ball camp’ in Sylhet last month with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi.

Pakistan registered their first one-day international series win over New Zealand in 12 years with a hard-fought 26-run victory in the third match in Karachi on Wednesday.

Indian stars Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav smashed blistering half-centuries to help Mumbai Indians chase down 215 in a six-wicket IPL win over Punjab Kings on Wednesday.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board named the Bangladesh A squad today for the four-day Tests against West Indies with the likes of Afif Hossain, Zakir Hasan and Rejaur Rahman getting the nod. Afif will lead the side against touring West Indies A as the captain.

The BCB Combined School U-16 team were in a strong position at the end of day one of the second three-day game at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana today with Shaikh Imtiaz bagging a fifer.

Hosts Lucknow were 125-7 in 19.2 overs when rain interrupted play in the north Indian city. After an hour and 40 minutes of waiting, the officials decided the points would be shared between the teams, abandoning the game