Opener Tim Robinson hit a maiden half century to lift New Zealand to 178-7 in 20 overs before pacer William O'Rourke claimed 3-27 to keep Pakistan down to 174-8
The batting bias of cricket's shortest format is evident in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), where 200-plus scores have become a routine and 300 does not look impossible anymore.
Airee joined Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard to become the third batter to achieve the feat in Men's T20Is.
BCB's chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu identified a few problem areas following the recent debacle in the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.
Openers Alyssa Healy (65*) and Beth Mooney (55*) stitched an unbroken 127-run partnership as Australia romped to a 10-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the first match of the three-match T20I series in Mirpur on Sunday.
Babar Azam was named Pakistan's white-ball skipper on Sunday, four and half months after the batter had stepped down as their all-format captain following their World Cup debacle in India.
The Zimbabweans will arrive on 28 April and play the first match of the series on May 3 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
Nuwan Thushara bowled a special spell to pick up a five-wicket haul, including a hattrick, to dismantle Bangladesh’s top-order in the third and decisive T20I at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
Following the post-match press conference on Wednesday, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto was asked whether a change of environment from his BPL franchise to the national team had seen him get back to runs.
Sri Lanka appointed all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga as the captain of their Twenty20 side on Saturday ahead of their series against Zimbabwe next month, while batsman Kusal Mendis will lead their one-day international team.
Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy feels the team have been in a good place since the end of the World Cup and they would want to continue the good work in the last match of the New Zealand tour and beyond.
Bangladesh's bid to win a T20I series in New Zealand will have to wait till Sunday after the second match of the series was called off due to rain.
Handed a shock recall after a two-year absence, Russell shone with bat and ball at Kensington Oval as the home side reached the victory target with ease to finish on 172-6 from 18.1 overs.
Bangladesh women's team will play the first of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, but rain threat looms large on the series.
They bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs with Kushal Malla crashing 137 not out off 50 balls, including 12 sixes and eight fours, and Dipendra Singh Airee hitting eight sixes in 10 balls in his unbeaten 52.
Ish Sodhi and Kyle Jamieson collected three wickets apiece as New Zealand beat England by 74 runs on Sunday in the third Twenty20 international at Edgbaston, keeping the visitors' hopes of drawing the four-match series alive.
In the opening T20I of the series against UAE in Dubai, Tim Seifert's blazing fifty and Tim Southee's fifer helped New Zealand to victory. The Kiwis won by 19 runs.
No one in the world has hit more sixes than Rohit's 182, with Kohli (117) and Suryakumar (101) chasing their experienced captain and among a group of 14 men’s players in international cricket to have gone past the magical three figure milestone
As part of the ICC’s Future Tour Programme (FTP) Bangladesh will tour New Zealand to take part in three match ODI and three match T20I series in December this year, confirmed New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Wednesday.