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Women’s BCL / Joty hits 85 on batters’ day

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty hit an unbeaten 85 for Central Zone against North Zone on the second day of their BCL match at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Sunday.

25m ago

Stokes out of England's Champions Trophy squad

Key batter Joe Root, who preceded Stokes as Test captain, returns to the ODI side for the first time since the 2023 World Cup in India.

3h ago

Naim, bowlers take Dhaka Metro into NCL T20 final

Dhaka and Rangpur will square off in the final on Tuesday.

5h ago

Australian teen Konstas ready for Indian pace challenge

Teenage opener Sam Konstas says he is ready and equiped to take on India's feared pace attack in the Boxing Day Test after being called up to Australia's squad for the first time.

7h ago

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.

9h ago

'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.

11h ago

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.

13h ago

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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Argentina seamer Fennell joins exclusive club with T20I double hattrick

Fennell picked up four wickets in four consecutive deliveries during the final over of Cayman Islands innings, becoming just the sixth player to have completed the feat previously in men's T20I matches.

6d ago

Commentator Isa Guha sorry for Bumrah 'primate' remark

"He's the MVP, isn't he? Most valuable primate," she said on Sunday while commentating for Fox during the second day's play at the Gabba in Brisbane.

6d ago

Williamson scores big as NZ set 658 for England to win third Test

Kane Williamson top-scored for the home side with 156 while part-time spinner Jacob Bethell finished with England's best figures of 3-72.

6d ago

Ben Stokes limps off in fresh injury scare

England captain Ben Stokes hobbled off injured as New Zealand powered 478 runs ahead in the third Test Monday on the back of an unbeaten Kane Williamson century.

6d ago

India limp to 48-4 as rain plays havoc with Gabba Test

Needing 245 to avoid the follow-on, India lost wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant during a stop-start session in which only 6.5 overs were bowled because of three rain delays.

6d ago

Mahedi, Hasan earn Tigers a thrilling win

Mahedi Hasan's career-best bowling performance and some sharp bowling in the death overs earned Bangladesh a seven-run win over West Indies in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent today.

6d ago

Shakib’s bowling ban carries over to int’l cricket

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is banned from bowling in international cricket and domestic cricket overseas due to the suspension imposed on him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for having an illegal action, confirmed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday.

6d ago

Hridoy, Mushy set to join Rajshahi

Rajshahi are set to get a boost in the NCL T20 as star national team batters Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim will be returning to competitive cricket through the tournament following injuries.

6d ago

‘Quality’ emerges as Akbar, Salman, Jishan deliver

The performances of the likes of Akbar, Salman and Jishan weigh in on the notion that quality alone, not age, matters as Bangladesh looks to unearth and nurture emerging T20 talents.

6d ago

Bumrah needs somebody to back him up: Morkel

Despite Jasprit Bumrah’s 12th five-wicket haul in Tests for the visitors, the hosts had a field day with the bat.

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