Cricket News
The national board of Pakistan stated on Wednesday that Pakistan’s best cricketers have agreed to new central contracts that would see some of them get salary raises of 200 percent. This news comes just days before the World Cup gets off in India. The players will finally get a portion of the money that the … Read more
As Bangladesh were building around a half-century from Najmul Hossain Shanto in the third and final match against New Zealand at Mirpur on Tuesday, Mahmudullah Riyad became the fourth Bangladesh batter to surpass the 5,000 ODI runs landmark. Right-handed batter Mahmudullah attained the milestone in the 16th over by taking a single off of Lockie … Read more
In the third and final one-day international match between Bangladesh and New Zealand, which took place on Tuesday at the Sher-e-Bangla national Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh’s captain Najmul Hossain Shanto struck a fifty but the Tigers were bowled out for 171. Shanto reached his fifth fifty in one-day internationals with a score of 76 … Read more
On Tuesday, Sri Lanka announced the 15 players that would represent the country in the World Cup. All-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga and bowler Dushmantha Chameera were not included. Since Sri Lanka made the announcement just two days before the cut-off date set by the ICC, the two players were unable to get fit in time. The … Read more
As the Tigers try to defend 171 in the third and final one-day international match on Tuesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam picked up two wickets in two balls in the 10th over of the innings to dismiss New Zealand opener Finn Allen and top-order batter Dean Foxcroft. … Read more
Will Young, the opening batsman for New Zealand, hit fifty runs as his team, the Blackcaps, defeated Bangladesh in the third and final one-day international match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. New Zealand won by seven wickets. It’s the first time the Blackcaps have won a bilateral series in Bangladesh … Read more
Tuesday’s third one-day international match between Bangladesh and New Zealand was going poorly for them when they lost three wickets for 35 runs in six overs. In Mirpur, under cloudy conditions, debutant Zakir Hasan (1) and juvenile Tanzid Hasan Tamim (5) were unable to negotiate the movement from Adam Milne and Trent Boult. Towhid Hridoy, … Read more
Tamim Iqbal was not selected for Bangladesh’s ICC World Cup team, which was revealed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Friday night. This decision came after a series of controversies surrounding the veteran opener. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided to release Tamim because they were concerned about his condition. The left-handed hitter has been … Read more
When naming the World Cup roster yesterday, the Bangladesh team management aimed for a combination of youth and experience, with the omission of veteran Tamim Iqbal owing to injury worries being the biggest repercussion from the announcement. The other significant event that occurred was the return of Mahmudullah Riyad. Concerns about Mahmudullah’s own fitness were … Read more
At the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, the focus was not on Bangladesh’s performance in their third and series-deciding match against New Zealand because of all the rumors surrounding the release of the World Cup squad. Instead, the focus was on the rumors surrounding the announcement of the World Cup squad. The question of … Read more
