Tests

Tigers begin West Indies tour with first Test today

The match will be telecast live on T Sports from 8:00 pm (Bangladesh time).

South Africa name spin-heavy squad for Bangladesh Tests

South Africa spinner Senuran Muthusamy made a return to the Test team after a year and will be part of a three-prong spin attack that has Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt.

Akram lauds ‘miracle kid’ Pant’s comeback

What was to be a surprise visit to his mother in December 2022 went horribly wrong when the car Pant was driving on that fateful Friday morning hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire.

If Ashwin was English, then they would have told him to retire: Monty Panesar

Despite Ashwin's impeccable red-ball record, Panesar asserted that he won't fit into England's current Test Cricket set-up.

Afghanistan-NZ Test second day called off after 'huge mess'

The one-off Test at Afghanistan's adopted home near India's capital New Delhi was supposed to start on Monday but the toss is yet to take place because of rain and the poor condition of the Greater Noida ground.

Nissanka stars as Sri Lanka beat England by eight wickets

Victory for Sri Lanka ended a run of seven straight Test defeats to England and was their first on English soil since 2014. England, however, won this three-match series 2-1.

A triumph spurred by belief

“Belief is very important. Every single player believed that we can come back,” Shanto said at the post-match press conference.

Liton hails ‘team effort’ in historic Test series win

“If you want to win a Test match then you have to bat, bowl, and field well. You saw in the first Test, the catch Zakir [Hossain] took and the one I caught off Babar [Azam]…brought the momentum.” said Liton during the post-match presentation.

Shanto lost for words after historic Pakistan series win

"We can't express feelings with words, we are really happy," said Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.

November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023

Wagner recalled for New Zealand Test series in Bangladesh

Wagner, who returned to domestic first class cricket action this week with Northern Districts, joins a three-man pace attack which includes captain Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson - himself missing from Test duty for 18 months because of back problems.

June 6, 2023
June 6, 2023

‘The money's nice, but I'd love to play 100 Tests’

Starc has learned to manage his body and has been deliberate in choosing which cricket he plays – or doesn't – as his career wears on

June 6, 2023
June 6, 2023

Australia or India: Legends predict WTC final winner

Australia's Ricky Ponting, India's Ravi Shastri, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, England's Ian Bell and New Zealand's Ross Taylor sat down ahead of the showpiece Final in London to speak about the one-off Test

June 6, 2023
June 6, 2023

Moeen considering Test return ahead of Ashes: reports

The 35-year-old, who announced his retirement from the longest format of the game in September 2021, is said to have been contacted by England skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum over a potential return to Test cricket

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

Warner wants to play his last Test in Sydney next January

The 36-year-old said on Saturday that he wanted to play on until the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup but would call time on his Test career after the third Test against Pakistan, before the two-match series against West Indies that follows

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

Anderson says will 'definitely' be ready for Ashes opener

England's leading bowler in tests with 685 wickets, Anderson suffered the injury playing for Lancashire last week. He is unlikely to play in the one-off test against Ireland before the Ashes after the uncapped Josh Tongue was added to the squad

April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023

Sri Lanka wipe out wilting Ireland

In Sri Lanka's biggest win as well as Ireland's worst defeat to date, the visitors were bundled out for 168 on day three in a humid seaside Galle stadium after being made to follow-on

April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023

What happened to Shakib?

“It has been the greatest day in Ireland’s Test history,” international commentator Andrew Leonard told this reporter when talking about what transpired on the third day of the one-off Test, which saw Ireland take a 131-run lead against hosts Bangladesh

April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023

Tigers not taking Ireland Test ‘lightly’

Bangladesh’s long stretch of assignments since the Asia Cup last year will pause briefly after the lone Test against Ireland, starting from Tuesday, and resume with an away ODI series against the same opponents in May. The Tigers geared up for the longer version yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur but were without skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who himself had a far busier schedule off the field than rest of his teammates.

March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023

New Zealand demolish Sri Lanka to sweep series 2-0

Having been asked to follow on, Sri Lanka needed 416 runs to make the hosts bat again but were bowled out for 358 in their second innings at the Basin Reserve