Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan, currently in USA due to a family emergency, is yet to join the side alongside Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mehedi Hasan Miraz.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said on Monday she looked forward to a likely Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final against defending champions Australia.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Khaled Mahmud had a great working relationship with Chandika Hathurusingha during the Sri Lankan’s previous stint as head coach of Bangladesh. Back then, Mahmud was the man who acted as a go-between for the head coach when it came to dealing with everyday dressing room issues and tactics.

Mahmud believes that Chandika will take Bangladesh to a new height after taking on the role of head coach

Australia are assured of winning Group One but the other qualifiers from the group will only be known after South Africa play Bangladesh at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday

It was a picture of a happy dressing room, Bangladesh players taking pride in their new-found strength from the depths of defeat after all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz’s heroics, with only Mustafizur Rahman for company, helped clinch the first ODI against India in Mirpur. Shakib Al Hasan himself was one of those lending a shoulder on the occasion as Miraz was hoisted in the air.

It was a first Test victory for England in New Zealand since 2008 and a 10th win in 11 matches since former Black Caps skipper Brendon "Baz" McCullum and Christchurch-born Ben Stokes took over as coach and captain

The IPL is set to begin five days after the final of the inaugural Women's Premier League on March 26, where all the ten team will feature in the opening weekend.

The pair have now taken 1,000 Test wickets in the 133 Tests they have played together, dating back 16 years.

Powered by an unbeaten 52-ball 79 from Johnson Charles, Comilla Victorians won a record-extending fourth Bangladesh Premier League title as they secured a seven-wicket victory against Sylhet Strikers in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

The left-handed Warner scored one and 10 at Nagpur last week and has struggled for form since scoring 200 in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Melbourne.

The 35-year-old will be the 13th Indian cricketer to play a century of Tests when he takes to the field against Australia in New Delhi.

The tourists raced to their total in just 58.2 overs -- boosted by blistering half-centuries to Ben Duckett and Harry Brook -- as England opened the two-Test series with the sort of attacking approach, dubbed "Bazball", that has carried them to nine wins from their past 10 Tests under coach Brendon McCullum.

"The ICC acknowledges, for a short period of time on February 15, 2023 that, due to a technical error, India were erroneously displayed as the No.1 Test team on the ICC website," it said.

The hosts will need to win the second match against Australia starting Friday in New Delhi to stay at the top after they hammered the tourists by an innings and 132 runs in the opener

The Black Caps were steamrolled 3-0 as England swept to nine wins in 10 tests with an attacking mindset under new captain Ben Stokes and head coach McCullum, the former New Zealand skipper

After losing the first qualifier against Comilla Victorians, Mashrafe Moratza's Sylhet made sure to deliver an all-round performance to cement a spot in the grand finale on Thursday where they will take on defending champions Comilla

Motie followed his seven for 37 in the first innings with six for 62 as Zimbabwe slipped to 173 all out in their second innings

The batter managed to score 37 and unbeaten 25 in the two innings of the first Test in Nagpur and on Tuesday, he seemingly had lost his immaculate focus making an error while wishing his wife on Valentine’s Day

Local players have called a boycott of professional cricket in Sylhet over demand of reinstatement of relegation system in the league,