Former BCB director Khaled Mahmud Sujon came down heavily on the pair of Faruque Ahmed and Nazmul Abedeen over perceived 'greed' related to cricket operations department. Faruque, as the BCB president is currently heading the department as no standing committees are yet to be announced with only few board directors available.
During the West Indies Test series, Liton Das could be heard on stump mic telling captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz when to bowl. His guidance was well appreciated within the team and in the T20I series, under Liton’s leadership, Bangladesh won with great adventure and pride in the T20Is.
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan faced an unforeseen predicament during his recent county stint with Surrey during the recently-concluded county season. In an international career spanning over 17 years, this was the first time Shakib’s bowling action was questioned.
Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy said that captaincy should go to the player who can be the best fit for the betterment of the side. One half of the Bangladesh team are set to depart for UAE to play the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan starting from November 6 and Hridoy addressed the media in Mirpur before leaving for the airport.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the ODI series against Afghanistan in UAE without ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and experienced wicket-keeper batter Liton Das. While there was question marks over Najmul Hossain Shanto’s captaincy stint, he was named as captain and will lead the side in UAE.
Bangladesh made the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong International Sixes tournament after coming out second in their Group D standings. Bangladesh will face Pakistan in the fourth quarterfinal tomorrow at 4:40 pm local time.
Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been a very useful prospect for the Tigers in recent years and his performances in Pakistan recently garnered attention and drew comparison with ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, like many cricketers in the national team, have come out in support of Shakib Al Hasan after the ace all-rounder was named as one of the accused in a murder case.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announce a 15-member squad to be led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for the 1st and 2nd ODIs of the three-match series against Zimbabwe. Mashrafe last played for the Tigers when the 36-year-old pacer led Bangladesh to an eighth place finish in the World Cup in England last year.
Considerably a good day for Bangladesh as the Tigers manage to score 240 runs for the loss of three wickets before stumps after bundling out Zimbabwe for 265 early on the second day of the lone Test between the two sides at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Zimbabwe’s Craig Ervine notched a cool and composed hundred against Bangladesh in a wicket he said was ‘surprising’. He marked his debut innings as captain by carrying his side throughout Day One of the one-off Test while the other batsmen failed to apply themselves and play a longer innings.
The Bangladesh team management’s mantra to rid the Tigers of their dependency on spin at home was evident as a sporting pitch awaited at the centre of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur during the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe yesterday.
Zimbabwe have won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the one off Test at Dhaka today.
Test cricket hasn’t really worked out for Bangladesh in the recent times. Tigers have managed to avoid an innings defeat only once in their last six matches. The only time the Tigers were able to avoid a defeat by an innings and more during this period was when they were thumped by 224 runs by rookie Afghans in September last year.
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo has talked about changing the Test culture of Bangladesh and especially how the team prepares and schedules Test matches while speaking during a press conference at Mirpur today.
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that Mustafizur Rahman will not be playing the lone Test against Zimbabwe, starting from tomorrow, even as the left-arm pacer was named in the squad for the Test.
Bangladesh women’s side beat Pakistan by five runs in their World Cup warm-up match at Brisbane today. The earlier warm-up match against Thailand on February 16th was abandoned due to rain. The win will give them the required boost as they gear up for their first T20 World Cup match against India on February 24th.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan says that while Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will be ODI captain for the upcoming series against Zimbabwe, he strongly hints that it would be the 36-year-old’s last series as captain.
