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India beat Bangladesh by 41 runs to win Women's U-19 Asia Cup title

India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs in the final to win the inaugural ACC Women's Under-19 Asia Cup title in Kuala Lumpur today.

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'Travis Head is in the form of his life': Shastri on India’s headache

While he was dismissed for just 11 in his first innings of the series, Head went on to hit 89, 140 and 152 in his next three outings.

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Player payment concern looms over BPL

Currently, BCB is asking Tk three crore from each BPL franchise as a bank guarantee, which they wanted to confirm by December 24 after extending the deadline multiple times and reducing the amount on each occasion.

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Nahida takes seven in Women's BCL opener

Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter shone on the opening day of the Women's Bangladesh Cricket League - the first-ever three-day first-class competition in the women’s game in the country - as the Central Zone player returned seven wickets for 48 runs against North Zone at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Saturday.

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Teenager Ghazanfar spins Afghanistan to ODI series win in Zimbabwe

Teenage spinner AM Ghazanfar took 5-33 as Afghanistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third and final one-day international on Saturday to claim the series 2-0 after the opening game was washed out by rain.

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BCB to introduce first-class contracts, winning bonus for women cricketers

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its plans to increase the number of players under contract in the pool of women cricketers, BCB boss Faruque Ahmed told reporters after a board meeting in Mirpur on Saturday.

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NCL T20 / Rangpur through to final, Chattogram eliminated

Rangpur Division earned a spot in the final of the National Cricket League (NCL) T20 by defeating Dhaka Metro in the first Qualifier while Chattogram Division got eliminated after losing to Khulna Division in the eliminator in Sylhet today.

17h ago

Australia's McSweeney 'devastated' by Test axing

Dumped opener Nathan McSweeney said he was "devastated" Saturday after being cast out of Australia's team after just three Tests against India but vowed to come back a better player.

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Hridoy, Mushfiqur suffer defeat in return to competitive cricket

Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim shined on their return to competitive cricket after injury but failed to get Rajshahi Division over the line against Chattogram Division in the fifth round match of the ongoing National Cricket League T20 at the Sylhet Outer Stadium today.

4d ago

India avoid follow-on as third Australia Test heads for draw

India's Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep pulled off an unlikely 10th-wicket partnership on Tuesday to avoid the follow-on and put the third Test against Australia in Brisbane on course for a draw.

4d ago

Hazlewood likely to miss rest of Australia-India series

Australia pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood is likely to miss the rest of the India Test series after injuring his right calf during his warm-up before play in Brisbane Tuesday.

4d ago

Bangladesh girls bowl out Malaysia for 29, march into Super Four

Bangladesh women’s Under-19 cricket team decimated their Malaysian counterparts, handing them a crushing 120-run defeat in their second Group B match of the U-19 Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur today and have qualified for the Super Four as group champions.

4d ago

New Zealand great Southee bows out after 'incredible journey'

Tim Southee said he would never forget his "incredible journey" after the New Zealand great confirmed Tuesday he had retired fully from international cricket.

4d ago

Stunning Smith catch removes Rahul as India reach lunch at 167-6

In a match that has lost almost two days to rain, India have no real hope of winning and are hoping to salvage a draw and head to Melbourne on Boxing Day with the series locked at 1-1.

5d ago

Southee sent off in style as New Zealand crush England by 423 runs

Southee finished with 2-34 in his 107th and final Test, ending the career of one of New Zealand's finest players.

5d ago

Tigers eye T20 series win over WI

After defeating West Indies by seven runs in a nail-biting first T20I yesterday, Bangladesh now stand with a chance of winning their first T20I series over the Caribbean side in over six years when both teams face off in the second game of the three-match series on Wednesday.

5d ago

No update on Shakib, but Tamim in focus

National team chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu said yesterday at a press conference that they are willing to sit down with Tamim Iqbal to discuss his availability for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy but provided no insights on what the board’s plans are regarding Shakib Al Hasan.

5d ago

Mahedi nails tactics in Tigers’ much-needed win

Off-spinner Sheikh Mahedi Hasan, a peripheral character in the Tigers T20I outfit, turned up as the star of the show with four wickets in the first T20I against the West Indies.

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