One cannot expect that basket to be filled adequately when only a handful of tournaments are organised just to complete the calendar.

Currently ranked 10th in the ICC ODI standings and outside the direct qualification zone for the 2027 World Cup, Bangladesh face a crucial year ahead.

Four-time champions England booked their ticket to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup after pulling off a nail-biting four-run win over hosts India in Indore on Sunday.

Chasing 131 for victory in a match that was reduced to 26 overs a side, Marsh scored 46 not out as the home side cruised to an easy win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Pakistan beat World Test champions South Africa by 93 runs inside four days last week with spinners taking 34 of the 40 wickets on a turning Gaddafi Stadium pitch.

Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed has been included in the Bangladesh ODI squad for the ongoing series against the West Indies.

The wicket served at Mirpur wore a dark foreboding.

Rows of empty seats glowed under the lights, as if waiting for voices that never came. The ground, where once thousands roared at every wicket and every run, now echoed only with the wind.

Colombo's wet spell showed no signs of letting up as the Women's World Cup fixture between Pakistan and New Zealand was washed out at R. Premadasa Stadium on Saturday.

Zimbabwe will feature in next month's Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan after Afghanistan withdrew over political tension with the host country, officials said Saturday.

West Indies skipper Shai Hope on Saturday admitted that the lack of adaptability from their batters cost them the opening ODI of the three-match series against hosts Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.

Even Doctor Strange, who had traversed timelines to find a comparable wicket, concluded that no other pitch came close to such dark perfection.

23-year old Rishad Hossain attained the best figure by a Bangladesh spinner in ODIs, bagging six wickets for 35 runs against West Indies in the first ODI on Saturday to get Bangladesh back on winning track in ODIs following a 3-0 thrashing by Afghanistan.

“In the end, it was a great knock by Rishad,” Miraz said at the post-match presentation. 

The first T20 international between New Zealand and England was abandoned Saturday after rain prevented the tourists from defending their score of 153-6.

Rishad Hossain gave Bangladesh their first breakthrough in the 12th over as the West Indies have reached 51-1 chasing 208 in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.

For fans, the nostalgia will be palpable — two legends possibly making their final bow in Australian conditions, cheered on by crowds packed with Indian supporters in Perth, Adelaide, and Sydney.

The match is set to begin at 1:30 pm.

The 31-year-old had a strike rate of 302.86, becoming the only woman to score a century at a strike rate of over 300.

The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border to take part in a friendly match.