Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has asked the board verbally to be excused from the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies next month, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon today. 

Tigers' pace bowling coach Allan Donald was all about the aggression and pace during his playing days. With paceman Taskin Ahmed shining for the Tigers in South Africa when he last played before his injury, Donald had been trying to instill the belief within Taskin ahead of the T20 series in West Indies.

Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie was called up Tuesday by the West Indies for next month's one-day internationals against Bangladesh, while fast bowler Obed McCoy returns to the T20 squad after injury.

When the International Cricket Council (ICC) unanimously gave Bangladesh full membership and made the country the tenth Test-playing nation in June 2000, the immediate reaction from then Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury was that it would inspire Bangladesh's cricketers to strive harder towards their goals.

Despite the 2-0 defeat in the two-match Test series against West Indies, Bangladesh will be hoping to bounce back in the limited over formats with the three-match T20I series starting from July 2.

After a series loss, questions are being asked about how Bangladesh approach Test cricket as a whole. Shakib said that culturally, Test cricket is not valued in Bangladesh and there needs to be a discussion surrounding it.

‘We were not as tough as we could have been’, was the remark made by skipper Shakib Al Hasan when asked on the team’s game awareness during the Windies Tests. Shakib had taken the reigns of the team just ahead of the tour of West Indies. Bangladesh lost both Tests to lose the series 2-0 and Shakib felt his team did not show the character they could have shown given their abilities.

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan excused the batters’ poor performance following the 10-wicket loss in the second Test at St Lucia and lose the series 2-0.

The first and second session on day four of the St Lucia Test was devoid of any action as rain saw play begin five hours later than the start time at 10 am. The Tigers were already six down when play started in the afternoon at 3 pm and then Nurul Hasan Sohan lit up the day’s play with an incredible 60 not out. While the majority of the Tigers’ top-order had lacked so much in terms of application, Sohan showed how things were supposed to be done in West Indies and he did it under more precarious circumstances than his teammates.

Bangladesh reached the elusive three-figure mark in Test defeats when they succumbed to a 10-wicket defeat on Day Four of their second Test against the West Indies at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia on Monday.  

Mehedi Hasan Miraz did not take long to head back to the pavilion but Bangladesh have managed to at least avoid an innings defeat as play finally began after a five-and-a-half hour rain delay on the fourth day of the second and final Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Monday.

Overnight rain and a wet outfield delayed the start of play on the fourth day of the second and final Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Monday.

Bangladesh’s team management apparently took a chance when they recalled pacer Mustafizur Rahman and batter Anamul Haque Bijoy for the Test series in West Indies. But after ignoring due process and drafting in the two players to the Test fold, those chances ultimately did not pay any dividends.

Kemar Roach failed to take a wicket during Bangladesh's first innings, but the West Indies pacer wasn't going to make the same mistake a second time as he tore through the visitors' top-order late on the third day of the second Test to bring up his 250th Test wicket in style.

Paceman Khaled Ahmed bagged a fifer for the first time in his career during the first innings against West Indies in the second Test at St Lucia yesterday. For Khaled, bagging the wicket of centurion Kyle Mayers on day three was special given that his plan had worked.

Bangladesh failed to offer much resistance with the bat in the final session of the day as they lost three more wickets before rain saved them further embarrassment as stumps were called on day three of the second Test at St Lucia with Bangladesh still trailing by 42 runs.

"This is not a wicket where you can do anything you want. You have to play a patient game in Test cricket," Tamim Iqbal had said after Bangladesh scored a paltry 234 despite Tamim and Liton Das scoring a 46 and 53, respectively, on day one of the ongoing Saint Lucia Test.

Khaled Ahmed got rewarded for his consistent effort with the ball as the Bangladesh fast bowler picked his first five-wicket haul on day three of the Saint Lucia Test between Bangladesh and West Indies today.

Kyle Mayers’ brilliant innings finally ended as play resumed following rain delay and Lunch interval on day three of the Gros Islet Test today.

Shakib Al Hasan and Bangladesh team would be pleased to have scalped two wickets before bad weather stopped proceedings in the morning session on day three of the second and series-deciding Test in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia today.