Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

No dissent allowed

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday closed an extraordinary chapter of embarrassment with the strongest possible signal that it would go the distance to bring the perpetrators to the book.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Mosaddek in Grade C, but Mehedi in Grade D

Nasir Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain and Arafat Sunny have been excluded from the Bangladesh Cricket Board's national contract this year.
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM

A lesson in scapegoating

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) came down heavily on two players and their clubs for 'tarnishing the image of Bangladesh cricket'.
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Mushy's 134 in warm-up

Stand-in skipper Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten century for Bangladesh in the rain-abandoned 50-over warm-up game against Duke of Norfolk XI on Monday.
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Bowler who leaked 92 runs banned for 10 years

Lalmatia Club bowler Sujon Mahmud, who had given away 92 runs off four balls in order to protest ‘poor umpiring’ at a second division match in the form of wides and no-balls, has been suspended from playing cricket for ten years by the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
2 May 2017, 11:14 AM

End of Big 3?

The Indian Cricket Board's hegemony in world cricket today came under severe threat as the richest board was comprehensively voted out on governance structure and revenue model at the ICC Board Meeting in Dubai.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM

BCB's objections

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan made it abundantly clear that the BCB did not agree with two things on the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) docket during the ongoing board meeting.
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Devaluing first-class cricket

While the national cricketers witnessed around a 60 per cent increase in their salaries earlier this week, there is a chance that the country's first-class cricketers, a number of whom are under the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) contract, may not get any monthly salaries from next season.
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Action analyst to train coaches

A bowling analyst from England is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh next month in order to train coaches on aspects dealing with bowling actions.
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Australia edges closer to Bangladesh tour

A Bangladesh Cricket Board senior official has indicated he believes a proposed Test tour by Steve Smith's Australians will go ahead later this year.
19 April 2017, 07:24 AM

15-man squad selected for Champs Trophy

The Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) selection panel yesterday submitted a 15-member squad to the board for the Champions Trophy and the tri-nation series in Ireland. While the panel did not reveal the squad, there are not likely to be any new faces in the squad.
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Not goodbye yet, captain

It was 1998 and the venue was the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. A tall and muscular pace bowler was gearing up to play for the pride of his division, Khulna.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Hassan's incontinence hurting Tigers

As successful as this tour of Sri Lanka by the Bangladesh cricket team has been, it has also been one marred by off-field controversies and more than a little cloak-and-dagger.
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM

We want CA to honour FTP schedule: BCB CEO

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made it clear yesterday that they will not accept any proposal of changing the format for Australia's cricket team's scheduled tour to Bangladesh this year.
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh turns down PCB’s proposals for Pakistan tour, compensation

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board’s proposal to send its national team to Pakistan for two T20 internationals after the ICC Champions Trophy in June this year.
31 March 2017, 06:48 AM

‘PCB may ask for compensation before touring Bangladesh’

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has said they may ask Bangladesh for compensation for not touring Pakistan before agreeing to visit them for a series in July-August this year.
28 March 2017, 02:56 AM

PCB invites Bangladesh for two T20s

On the back of successfully holding the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited Bangladesh to play two T20 matches here before their tour to Bangladesh in July-August.
23 March 2017, 10:33 AM

This win started when we lost in Galle: Tamim Iqbal

Tamim Iqbal, the man-of-the-match in Bangladesh’s historic four-wicket win in the second Test match against Sri Lanka today, said the 259-run defeat in the first Test in Galle worked as an impetus for their win in Colombo.
19 March 2017, 11:46 AM

Mashrafe and co depart for Sri Lanka

Bangladesh ODI and T20I captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza along with three members of ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series left for Colombo from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka today.
18 March 2017, 07:59 AM

Celebratory start for Tigers’ 100th Test

Bangladesh’s 100th Test at the P Sara Oval in Colombo this morning, started on a special note before a pre-match ceremony to mark the auspicious occasion.
15 March 2017, 08:32 AM