The Bangladesh Cricket Board revealed on Sunday that the winners of the National Cricket League (NCL) T20 will receive Tk 20 lakhs as prize money.
Sylhet skipper Amite Hasan was adjudged player of the tournament, for having scored a tournament-high 785 runs at an average of 78.50. Dhaka pacer Anamul Haque finished as the tournament’s highest wicket-taker with 36 wickets.
Meanwhile, in a poignant moment, Rajshahi’s veteran all-rounder Farhad Reza played his final first-class knock, but he departed without scoring.
Sabbir scored 116 off 137 balls and shared a 109-run opening stand with Habibur Rahman (57).
Sylhet Division clinched their maiden National Cricket League (NCL) title after they beat Barishal Division by five wickets in their sixth-round match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Sylhet Division are on the verge of winning their maiden National Cricket League title as they need 105 runs to win their sixth-round match against Barishal Division on the final day at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
“In first-class cricket, the national league is the backbone of our cricket. So from this year onwards, we will be putting effort to hold the T20 tournament alongside the National Cricket League,” Faruque said during the event.
Pacer Sumon Khan took seven wickets including a hattrick as Rajshahi Division were bowled out for 42 runs – the lowest in the history of National Cricket League (NCL) – against Dhaka Division today at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium on Bogura.
Even after 24 years since Bangladesh's first Test, the persistent problems of poor batting and substandard wickets in the domestic circuit, evidenced in the National Cricket League’s (NCL) fifth-round fixtures, highlight why the national team continues to struggle in the red-ball format.
Earlier, it was announced that the NCL format would change this year, adopting a single round-robin format.
The umpiring controversy in the recently-concluded National Cricket League had resulted in BCB Umpires' Committee open a fact-finding body. It has been learnt that evidence of poor umpiring was found and the BCB has pulled out six umpires from the Bangladesh Cricket League, which starts tomorrow.
Spinner Nayeem Hasan was adjudged the player of the tier-2 tournament for his 36 scalps.
The rotten core of domestic cricket in Bangladesh cricket is often discussed but ebbs away when the national team results are good. This time amidst the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup, an umpiring controversy is once again in the centre of debate.
While sifting through the wreckage of Bangladesh’s disastrous World Cup campaign in India to find out what caused the team to crash and burn out in the competition, there are many apparent reasons that come in sight.
Rangpur Division skipper Akbar Ali's 179-run knock was followed by fellow batter Tanbir Hayder's 169 as they were bundled out for 435 against Dhaka Metro on Day 2 of their National Cricket League fixture at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.
Shamsur Rahman Shuvo hit 160 in the National Cricket League's third round as Sylhet Division dominated proceedings against Rangpur Division in a Tier 1 game at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday.
Chattogram's Hasan Murad had already had a four-for before Day Four began and had scalped three wickets in four deliveries on the previous day before stumps at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in the NCL's tier 2 game.
Khulna Division batter Anamul Haque Bijoy scored a century on the second day of a National Cricket League's second-round fixture against Chattogram Division at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
Rony nearly carried his bat through the innings before departing as the final batter, as Rangpur bundled out Dhaka for just 166.
