The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Dhaka yesterday to participate against Bangladesh in a bilateral five-match T20I series starting from September 1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings retained the title of Bangladesh Premier League after handing a 2-0 defeat to three-time champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Batsmen on both sides are set to face a stiff examination when an England team without Ben Stokes face India in the first Test in Nottingham starting on Wednesday.
From a potential batting collapse to winning the game by 155 runs, Bangladesh scripted an applaudable turnaround in the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on Friday. To get the desired outcome, there were a number of boxes that the Tigers had to tick but a few others were still unmarked. Here, we look at both:
Bangladesh proved to be vastly superior to Zimbabwe as the hosts faced a comprehensive 155-run defeat after Liton Das struck a brilliant century to help the Tigers in taking the first foot forward in the first of the three-match ODI series in Harare yesterday.
A few aspects of Bangladesh’s cricket will be put to test when they begin the important three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, part of the ICC ODI Super League, today at the Harare Sports Club Ground.
Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal expressed consternation regarding the delay in the announcement of Zimbabwe’s squad ahead of the three-match ODI series during an online press conference on the eve of the first ODI yesterday.
Bangladesh had a good outing in the 50-over warm-up game yesterday, looking comfortable as they posted 296 for six against Zimbabwe Select XI ahead of the first ODI of the three-match series tomorrow.
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed realised that the Tigers would need to give their best to extract a good result in their current tour of Zimbabwe.
With an aim to better their away records against Zimbabwe, the Bangladesh Test squad left for the African nation in the early hours of Tuesday for a full series which will begin with the lone Test, starting from July 7, followed by three ODIs and as many T20Is.
Dark clouds concerning the relatively less younger players to assume the leadership role in future has hovered over Bangladesh cricket in the recent years as the four horsemen, the most experienced players — Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mahmudullah Riyad — approaches the tail-end of their respective careers.
South Africa spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and George Linde stifled West Indies’ chase as the visitors claimed a 16-run victory in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday to level the five-match series at 1-1.
Changes in attitude are imperative for Bangladesh as they try to salvage a drawn series with a win in the last of two Tests against the West Indies, starting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Prior to the start of the Test in Chittagong, Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha had publicly stated that the main challenge for the hosts in this series would be South Africa's pacers and that the result of the battle between them and his batsmen could play a big role in deciding the outcome of the game.
It was not a full house at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. But the half-packed audience at Bangladesh's home of cricket in Mirpur witnessed a turnaround that only suits a team affectionately called Tigers. With their back against the wall after three demoralising defeats including the first one-dayer that put their Champions Trophy berth in the balance, the Tigers needed something to answer back at their critics in the second one-day international. And they did it with some style, hammering South Africa for seven-wicket defeat.
The first ODI began two hours and forty minutes after the scheduled time due to heavy rain but when it began, South Africa's debutant
India avoided the embarrassment of 'Banglawash' when they recorded a face-saving 77-run win against Bangladesh in the third and final one-day international in Mirpur yesterday.
Key Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah Riyad has been ruled out of the India series after fracturing his index finger while training at
