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Ban-Afg tickets on sale online

Tickets go on sale from for the three matches on September 25, 28 and October 1, and can be bought at shohoz.com, the official ticketing partner for the series.
22 September 2016, 15:12 PM

Cricket: Captain De Villiers misses ODI against Ireland

South Africa captain AB de Villiers is to skip Sunday's one-day international against Ireland to allow further recovery time from an elbow injury ahead of a five-match series against Australia.
22 September 2016, 11:31 AM

Cricket: Bangladesh squad for Afghanistan ODI series announced

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announces the 13-member squad for the first and second one-day international matches against Afghanistan.
22 September 2016, 07:54 AM

Jimmy may sit out Bangladesh, India series

England fast bowler James Anderson may sit out some of the Test matches on their tours of Bangladesh and India, he said on Wednesday.
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Afghanistan arrive for 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh

Afghanistan national cricket team arrives to take part in the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh starting from September 25 at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
21 September 2016, 10:27 AM

Cricket: Proud skipper Misbah wants Pakistan isolation to end soon

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hopes international cricket will soon return to the country as he celebrated the team's climb to the top of the Test rankings.
21 September 2016, 08:16 AM

Cricket: Saeed Ajmal eyes comeback amidst farewell rumours

Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistani spinner who was suspended for an illegal bowling action in September 2015, refuses to quit international cricket in the wake of some farewell rumours that started doing the rounds following the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi's tweet.
21 September 2016, 06:17 AM

BCB plans Sydney camp for NZ tour

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to arrange a short camp in Sydney as part of the Tigers' preparation for the New Zealand tour in December and January next year.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Green-tops wanted for NCL

Once again the selectors asked for green-top pitches for the four-day National Cricket League (NCL), which will start from September 25.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Kulasekara out on bail

Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Kulasekara has been released on bail after he was involved in a crash that resulted in the death of a 28-year-old motorcyclist, the country's cricket board said.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ishant out of first Test

Indian pace bowler Ishant Sharma was Tuesday ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand after contracting the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

India aim at NZ in 500th Test

Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev will be among the icons celebrating India's 500th Test in Kanpur this week as Virat Kohli's team begin their quest to regain the top spot in the world rankings against a dangerous New Zealand.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Root took his time over Bangladesh decision

Joe Root has admitted that he thought long and hard before deciding to make himself available for England's upcoming tour of Bangladesh.
20 September 2016, 08:04 AM

Cricket: India eye NZ scalp in 500th Test

Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev will be among the icons celebrating India's 500th Test in Kanpur this week as Virat Kohli's team begin their quest to regain the top spot in the world rankings against a dangerous New Zealand.
20 September 2016, 06:07 AM

Cricket: Mohammad Ashraful’s father passes away

Former Bangladesh international cricketer Mohammad Ashraful’s father Abdul Matin passes away last night at the Apollo Hospital, Dhaka.
20 September 2016, 05:18 AM

Cricket: Mustafizur Rahman bowls over journos

Reporters started to gather like any other day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, well before the Tigers started
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Smith backs Starc for Proteas tests despite 'gruesome' injury

Australia captain Steve Smith thinks Mitchell Starc will be fit to face South Africa in November despite a freak accident in training last week that left the pace bowler with a "gruesome" injury.
19 September 2016, 07:59 AM

No blacklist for Morgan

England supremo Andrew Strauss says there will be no "blacklist" for Eoin Morgan despite the one-day captain, along with fellow batsman Alex Hales, opting out of the Bangladesh tour on security grounds.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

'Want to get them into the groove'

Bangladesh's newly appointed batting consultant Thilan Samaraweera has said that his first target will be to help the Tigers 'get into the groove' of international cricket.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Tamim batting again

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal seems to have recovered in time from a finger fracture and is now looking good to play a part in the Afghanistan series
18 September 2016, 12:48 PM