If anything, Sri Lanka are difficult to beat at home. However, Bangladesh A team opener Saif Hassan took charge and scripted a small piece of history for the visitors’ second-string side as his blazing hundred clinched the three-match one-day series yesterday.

Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny bagged six wickets as Dhaka Metropolis fought back to bowl Chattogram Division out for 290 on the second day of the opening round of the National Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

The first game of the three-match T20 series between Bangladesh Women’s A and India A was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Barbados Tridents defeated Trinbago Knight Riders by 12 runs in the second qualifier match at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad to go through to the final of the Caribbean Premier League.

The opening-day fixtures of the 21st edition of the National Cricket League (NCL) were all marred due to rain yesterday. The first day’s play between Barishal Division and Sylhet Division in Rajshahi and Khulna Division’s encounter against Rangpur Division in Khulna were completely washed out due to rain and a wet outfield.

Bangladesh A prevailed in a last-ball thriller to draw level in the three-match one-day series against Sri Lanka A, winning the second match by one wicket at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.

The seventh version of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the premium T20 competition in the country, has already been dubbed as a special BPL.

The 21st edition of the National Cricket League (NCL), the country’s oldest first-class competition, will kick off across the country today with an emphasis placed on more competitive cricket.

Bangladesh national bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Mehedi Hasan Miraz will not be featuring for Khulna Division in their National Cricket League (NCL) opening-round fixture against Rangpur Division today, with the official line being that both players were rested, but for different reasons.

Bangladesh Under-19s, who clinched the five-match one-day series by winning the first three matches of a five-match series, tasted their first loss on tour when hosts New Zealand Under-19 won the fourth youth ODI by four wickets at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln yesterday.

Bangladesh A succumbed to a seven-wicket defeat in the first one-day match against Sri Lanka A at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today.

Bangladesh U-19 cricket team, which already clinched the five-match one-day series with three wins in the first three matches, succumbed to their first defeat of the tour, losing by four wickets against New Zealand U-19s at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln.

Having already won the three-match one-day series with a victory in the second game, the India women’s A team completed a whitewash yesterday with a comfortable seven-wicket win over the hosts in the third and final match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

With a tour of India, which consists of a three-match T20I series followed by a two-match Test series, set to begin from November 3, the 21st edition of the National Cricket League (NCL) starting tomorrow will be of immense value to Bangladesh national players as the domestic four-day competition could be ideal preparation for the demanding tour.

The two-match four-day series between Bangladesh A and their Sri Lankan counterparts was drawn after the second unofficial test between the two sides ended in a stalemate at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.

Even before the start of the 21st edition of the country’s oldest four-day domestic competition, the National Cricket League (NCL), has already created more excitement in the cricket fraternity than many previous editions.

Less than a week after he had voiced doubts about the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) starting on December 6 as originally scheduled, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee chairman Jalal Yunus yesterday expressed optimism about the T20 tournament starting on time.

A magnificent innings from opener Brandon King was the difference between the two sides as Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated Barbados Tridents by 30 runs at the Providence Stadium in the first qualifier of the Caribbean Premier League.

The Sri Lanka A team staged a comeback in the second unofficial Test against their visiting Bangladesh counterparts and ended the third day with a 64-run lead and all their second innings wickets intact in Hambantota yesterday.

In order to raise the fitness levels of domestic cricketer, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) set a minimum score of 11 in the beep test to participate in the upcoming National Cricket League.