Greenish pitch in Bangladesh surprises Kiwis

The management of the New Zealand team arrived to play a two-Test series against the hosts with a decent understanding of what to anticipate, having toured Bangladesh twice in the previous three years. In actuality, most teams travel to Bangladesh with the assumption that they will be greeted with slowness and lowness. The green hue … Read more

Tamim meets PM

It was unable to find out what was discussed during the meeting. Tamim was joined during the meeting by his spouse as well.  “Meeting the Honourable PM is always a pleasure,” Tamim posted on Facebook. Tamim had changed his mind about retiring from international cricket earlier in July of this year when the Prime Minister … Read more

BCB prioritises rehab prior to NZ tour

As Bangladesh started training today in Sylhet, batter Najmul Hossain Shanto gave the bowler a backhanded blow that nearly resulted in Hasan Mahmud’s injury. Hasan, who may play his first Test match in the forthcoming series against New Zealand, was taken out clutching his arm but eventually got back up to resume bowling at the … Read more

BCB sees activity but plans still cloudy

After a few days of nothing going on at the BCB offices, yesterday’s events got some media notice, especially since all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and head coach Chandika Hathurusingha were there. Both Shakib and Hathurusingha had not been to Mirpur since the mess in India during the World Cup. Coach Hathurusingha and team head Khaled … Read more

India series dampens Aussie celebrations

Australia won the World Cup, but they couldn’t have a full heroes’ return home because they have a lot of cricket games coming up. On Thursday, they play India in the first game of a Twenty20 series, four days after playing them in the one-day final. Australia won the ODI World Cup for the sixth … Read more

Rashid Khan out of BBL with back injury

Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan had to pull out of the Big Bash League on Thursday because he hurt his back and needs to have minor surgery, according to his team. It was set that the best Twenty20 bowler in the world would play for the Adelaide Strikers for the seventh year in a row … Read more