With the final wicket of the day, Miraz—playing his 52nd Test—also became only the third Bangladeshi to reach 200 wickets (after Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan).
The latest slip-up came courtesy of Zimbabwe, who secured a gripping three-wicket win in fading light -- an outcome that, in truth, should never have been on the cards.
The Mohammedan captain was initially handed a one-match suspension and four demerit points for his first offence in altercating with on-field umpires. Later, his criticism of umpiring led to another sentence of three demerit points, which should equate to seven demerit points and two match suspensions.
Heavy rain and a storm hit Sylhet last night, leaving the outfield damp and unfit for play at the scheduled start time of 9:45 am.
In one of his first interviews since sustaining severe facial injuries in the accident in 2022, Flintoff admitted he initially found it hard to return to public life.
Bumrah won the honour in the men's section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
Bangladesh ended the day on 57 for one in their second innings, still trailing by 25 runs after Mehedi Hasan Miraz took five wickets to help bowl Zimbabwe out for 273.
Bangladesh took two more wickets post-lunch, but a half-century from Sean Williams helped Zimbabwe take a 22-run lead as they reached 213-6 at Tea break on Day 2 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan on Monday returned to India's central contract list after a year's absence, the cricket board said, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was promoted to Grade A.
Bangladesh pacers had their tails up in the first hour of Day 2 with Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud making inroads and reducing Zimbabwe to 88-3 in the opening Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Before yesterday, the Test series against Zimbabwe was seen as a chance for Bangladesh to bounce back from the five consecutive home Test defeats and also as an opportunity for some Bangladeshi batters to get back into runs.
After the abysmal performance with the bat, the bowlers also let down Bangladesh as Zimbabwe reached 67-0 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Jaker Ali and the tail-enders could not push Bangladesh’s total beyond 200 as the hosts got bundled out for a mere 191 in their first innings on Day 1 of the opening Test against Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Mohammedan Sporting Club’s captain Towhid Hridoy was recently handed a two-match ban but returned to the field today in his side’s Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match against Agrani Bank Cricket Club, with multiple stakeholder providing various explanations on how it was allowed.
Bangladesh lost five wickets in a disastrous post-lunch session, with Zimbabwean left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza taking three wickets to leave the hosts stuttering on 154-7 at Tea break on Day 1 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque formed an unbeaten half-century partnership after both openers fell cheaply to take Bangladesh into Lunch break on 84-2 after 24 overs on Day 1 of the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Shy schoolboy Vaibhav Suryavanshi is in dreamland at just 14, having become the youngest player in Indian Premier League history and marking the occasion with an audacious first-ball six.
At home, the Shanto-led side lost all four Tests they played, getting clean-swept 2-0 by both Sri Lanka and South Africa last year
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” for Bangladesh in Test cricket last year, as simultaneously they had their best ever year in Tests in abroad and the worse possible one at home.
