Samuels banned for six years under anti-corruption code

An independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Marlon Samuels guilty of breaking the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code and banned him from all cricket for six years. Samuels used to play for the West Indies. It was in September 2021 that the ICC charged Samuels as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official under the ECB Code. In August … Read more

Shakib doubtful for December’s New Zealand tour

Shakib Al Hasan, an all-rounder for Bangladesh, might not be able to go on the Tigers’ December trip to New Zealand, where they will play three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20s. He missed the home Test series against New Zealand. Shakib went to the BCB office in Mirpur today for the first time since November … Read more

Murad, Shahadat excel before NZ Tests

Hasan Murad and Shahadat Hossain, two new players to the Bangladesh national team, had good games in the final round of the National Cricket League (NCL), which ended on Tuesday. Other members of the Test group, on the other hand, had bad games. A total of 10 players out of the 15-member Bangladesh squad for … Read more

New Zealand touch down in Dhaka ahead of Test series

New Zealand’s team arrived in Dhaka early Wednesday morning, one day before their two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which begins on November 28 in Sylhet. Today, the semifinalists from the World Cup that just ended are expected to go to Sylhet. The Test series is Bangladesh’s first match in the ICC World Test Championship period … Read more

Transgender cricketer retires after ICC ruling

Danielle McGahey, a transgender Canadian cricket player, has ended her international career because the game’s controlling body said that players who had gone through male puberty could not play at the highest level in the women’s game. The International Cricket Council (ICC) made its choice at a board meeting on Tuesday. It is similar to … Read more

Gul, Ajmal named Pakistan bowling coaches

Pakistan kept changing their coaching staff after not making it to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. On Tuesday, they hired former international stars Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal as bowling teachers. A statement from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that Gul would be in charge of the fast bowlers and Ajmal would … Read more