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Tigresses register their biggest win in WODIs
Bangladesh women’s team recorded their biggest win by runs in the one-day format when they outplayed Ireland by 154 runs in the first WODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.
27 November 2024
Tigresses put up their highest ever total in first Ireland ODI
Sharmin Akhter narrowly missed out on a maiden ODI century but her career-best 96 off 89 balls powered the Bangladesh women’s team to their highest ever total in ODIs, 252-4, against Ireland in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.
27 November 2024
Tanzim’s Guyana ease past Lahore in GSL opener
Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Sakib earned the distinction of claiming the first ever wicket in Global Super League (GSL) and played his part with the ball in Guyana Amazon Warriors’ six-wicket win over Lahore Qalandars in the opening match of GSL at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.
27 November 2024
Australia marks 10 years since death of cricketer Phillip Hughes
Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the brain after he was hit by a rising ball during a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in November 2014.
27 November 2024
New Zealander Jacobs left shocked by Mumbai signing
Uncapped New Zealander Bevon Jacobs thought he was being pranked when he woke on Tuesday to a glut of messages congratulating him on being signed by Indian Premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians.
26 November 2024
Australia digests Perth mauling
After fixating obsessively over one spot in the batting order for the best part of the spring, Australia's media pundits and cricket fans have been handed a plethora of talking points by the abject defeat in the first Test against India.
26 November 2024
Sylhet clinch maiden NCL title
Sylhet Division clinched their maiden National Cricket League (NCL) title after they beat Barishal Division by five wickets in their sixth-round match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
26 November 2024
Shakib Khan’s Dhaka Capitals to host showbiz-cricket crossover match
For over two decades, Shakib Khan has been a leading figure in the Dhallywood film industry. Recently, he has ventured into the world of cricket through his business enterprise, Remark-Herlan, which has acquired a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise named Dhaka Capitals.
25 November 2024
Hasan and Co maintain keen focus on length
At the end of the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies, Bangladesh were probably left wondering whether they were able to fully capitalise on the conditions in Antigua even as their three pacers in Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam did not leave many stones unturned in their venture for wickets.
24 November 2024
Jaiswal slams unbeaten 90 as India seize control against Australia
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a composed unbeaten 90 and KL Rahul a stylish 62 Saturday as India built an ominous 218-run lead over Australia to take a stranglehold on the opening Test in Perth.
23 November 2024
Openers on song as India seize control against Australia
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul shared an unbeaten opening partnership of 84 Saturday as India built a 130-run lead over Australia to seize control at tea on day two of the first Test in Perth.
23 November 2024
Captain Miraz’s all-round test in Antigua
Not often can a cricketer boast reaching a milestone just by stepping onto the field. But on Friday, all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz reached not one but two significant career milestones when he went out for the toss ahead of the first of the two Tests against West Indies in Antigua.
22 November 2024
Bangladesh squad announced for U-19 Asia Cup
All-rounder Azizul Hakim Tamim will lead the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the upcoming ACC U-19 Men’s Asia Cup 2024 in the UAE as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today named a 14-member squad for the eight-team event.
21 November 2024
West Indies looking for change of fortune from Bangladesh Test series
West Indies head coach Coley believes it’s crucial for the hosts to come out on top against Bangladesh and raise the team morale before the tour of Pakistan next year, which will see them contest in their final two Tests of the ongoing WTC cycle.
21 November 2024
Pakistan name Aqib Javed white-ball coach till Champions Trophy 2025
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former fast bowler Aqib Javed as the interim head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team until the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
18 November 2024
Stoinis lets rip as Australia crush Pakistan for T20 series whitewash
Marcus Stoinis slammed five huge sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in Hobart on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20 series whitewash.
18 November 2024
Tamim best opening partner, Shakib best captain: Imrul
Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes’ red-ball career came to an end today at the end of the fifth round match between Khulna Division and Dhaka Division in Mirpur, which Imrul’s side Khulna lost by nine wickets.
18 November 2024
Pakistan win toss, bat in final T20 against Australia
Pakistan captain Salman Agha won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final T20 against Australia in Hobart on Monday.
18 November 2024
Rain brings England's West Indies tour to premature end, confirming 3-1 series win
West Indies were 44 without loss after five overs with Shai Hope on 14 and Evin Lewis on 29 when the heavens opened.
18 November 2024
Sports Adviser’s mild wake-up call for Faruque and Co
Yesterday, the most important figure in the country’s sports administration at the moment, youth and sports Adviser Asif Mahmud, openly spoke about the ‘haphazard’ manner in which the top brass of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), headed by president Faruque Ahmed, is running its operation -- a scenario that was technically impossible even a few months back.
18 November 2024