Cape Town pitch gets away with ‘unsatisfactory’ rating by ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday that the surface in Cape Town, where India defeated South Africa in five sessions of a Test match last week, has been classified “unsatisfactory” and has accrued one demerit point. The Newlands match took place over 642 balls, and India won the shortest test ever to have … Read more

Inexperienced Windies will be ‘lambs for slaughter’ in Australia, says Dujon

Sending an inexperienced Windies team to Australia to play against the top-ranked Test squad is like sending lambs to the slaughterhouse, according to former West Indies wicketkeeper-battler Jeffrey Dujon. It’s a little embarrassing since Australia isn’t in the same predicament as us. “This is like sending lambs to slaughter, even though their players may be … Read more

‘No comment on captaincy yet’

Since the ODI World Cup in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has been unsure about Shakib Al Hasan’s availability to skipper the team. Although Shakib is still the captain for all three forms, he had said before to the World Cup that he would not be the captain of the ODI team one day after … Read more

False sense of confidence again?

Less than two weeks remain before the 10th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) event, which will serve as the national team’s primary preparation for the next ICC Twenty20 World Cup in June. The significance of this year’s BPL is increased by the Tigers’ limited schedule of eight Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) – three at home against Sri … Read more

Smith to open in Tests, captain in ODIs

Australia’s two-match series against the West Indies will start on January 17 and will include 13 players in total. The composition suggests an opening role for Steve Smith, with Cameron Green expected to return to the starting XI and Matt Renshaw in the squad most likely as backup after David Warner’s retirement. Renshaw defeated Marcus … Read more

Rashid Khan to miss India T20 matches

Due to injury, Afghanistan’s spinner Rashid Khan will miss the team’s three-match Twenty20 series against India; nevertheless, captain Ibrahim Zadran said on Wednesday that the squad has a wealth of experience in reserve. Despite having had lower back surgery in November, Rashid, a leg-spinner with 347 international wickets across formats, is still included in the … Read more

Two Bangladeshi umpires in ICC U-19 World Cup

The line-up of match officials for the 2024 ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, set to take place in South Africa from January 19 to February 11, was released today by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament will be officiated by a skilled group of 16 umpires, which includes two Bangladeshi umpires, Gazi Sohel … Read more