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BCB hopes NCL T20 will continue
“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.
42 all out: Sumon's hattrick helps skittle Rajshahi for lowest NCL total
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.
Early NCL ends expose Test woes
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.
Imrul departs for one in red-ball swansong
Veteran Imrul Kayes failed to end his red-ball career on a high as the Khulna Division batter was dismissed for one in his last innings first-class innings against Dhaka Division on the second day in the fifth round of the National Cricket League (NCL) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
Bowlers dominate Day 1 of NCL 5th round
Bowlers dominated in all four games on the opening day of the fifth round of the 26th National Cricket League (NCL) with a total of 50 wickets falling at four different venues today.
'The umpires’ association often gives us a hard time'
Iftekhar Rahman Mithu, chairman of BCB's umpires' committee for the last three years, in an interview with The Daily Star's Samsul Arefin Khan, expressed his concern regarding the recent increase in code of conduct violations by players in the ongoing National Cricket League while also admitting umpiring errors that have led to such a rise. Here are the excerpts of the interview:
A rotten domestic culture that puts players, umpires at loggerheads
While talking about Bangladesh cricket, many often lament that despite being a Test nation for around two-and-a-half decades, the country has failed to cultivate a domestic cricket culture. This assertion, however, is not quite true.
The curious case of NCL's older stars
Being in and around the national team periphery can help cricketers remain in contention to earn their place in the national team, but not if they are of a certain age. Players who have played a few matches in the national team but have not earned their place back are usually above 30. The case of Imrul Kayes, who played his last Test for Bangladesh in 2019 and is set to retire from first-class cricket on 16th November, is of that same ilk.
Tamim keen on playing NCL T20
Selector Hannan Sarkar, however, said that the left-hander must come through a standard fitness procedure.
Cricket: Third arrest made in Pakistan corruption probe
A third man has been arrested in relation to an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in Pakistani cricket, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
Rangpur promoted as Dhaka Metro go down
Dhaka Metro have been demoted to Tier Two, while Nasir Hossain's Rangpur were promoted to Tier One at the end of the National Cricket League (NCL), one of the two four-day domestic competitions in Bangladesh, yesterday.
Green-tops wanted for NCL
Once again the selectors asked for green-top pitches for the four-day National Cricket League (NCL), which will start from September 25.