Dumped opener Nathan McSweeney said he was "devastated" Saturday after being cast out of Australia's team after just three Tests against India but vowed to come back a better player.
Years of dedication and hard work has reaped the fruits of performance for Jaker Ali in the just-concluded West Indies tour where the wicketkeeper-batter impressed with the willow in all three formats, playing a key role in Bangladesh completing a 3-0 sweep over the hosts in the T20I series yesterday.
A career-best 72 not out off 41 balls from Jaker Ali catapulted Bangladesh to a commanding 80-run win over West Indies in the third and final T20I in St Vincent yesterday, a victory that confirmed the Tiger’s maiden 3-0 clean-sweep over the Caribbean side in the shortest format.
Bangladesh cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Nepal to seal a spot in the final of the ACC U-19 Women's Asia Cup in Malaysia on Friday.
During the West Indies Test series, Liton Das could be heard on stump mic telling captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz when to bowl. His guidance was well appreciated within the team and in the T20I series, under Liton’s leadership, Bangladesh won with great adventure and pride in the T20Is.
Uncapped opener Sam Konstas wins a call-up for the omitted Nathan McSweeney, while all-rounder Beau Webster and pace duo Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson are also included in the 15-player group for the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
Benefiting from a huge reprieve when he thought he had been run out on 18, the attacking right-hander took heavy toll of an uninspired Caribbean team.
Jaker Ali's blistering unbeaten 72 highlighted a dominant Bangladesh effort as the visitors thrashed the West Indies by 80 runs in the third and final T20 International to sweep the series 3-0 at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on Thursday.
Pakistan veterans Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan laid the foundation for a convincing, series-clinching 81-run win over South Africa in the second one-day international at Newlands on Thursday.
Following their first T20I series victory over the West Indies since 2018, Bangladesh will be eyeing a rare clean sweep over the two-time world champions when they play the third and final match of the series in St. Vincent on Friday.
The National Cricket League (NCL) T20 has provided a laudable setting for Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to gauge performances in the shortest format with plenty of new names coming into focus and selectors getting to see players perform specific roles.
Sediqullah Atal scored his maiden one-day international century as Afghanistan crushed Zimbabwe by 232 runs in Harare on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The 2025 Champions Trophy will be staged under a hybrid model as the International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally broken the deadlock.
In five completed innings so far in Border-Gavaskar series, only once have India managed an opening stand of more than 12 runs.
Bangladesh will look to bounce back when they face Nepal tomorrow in their second and final Super 4 fixture at the same venue.
A T20 specialist of sorts, Shamim’s blistering 35 off just 17 deliveries gave Bangladesh crucial momentum in the second T20I in St Kitts yesterday, earning him the Player of the Match award.
Pakistan’s ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi will play for reigning champions Fortune Barishal in the upcoming 11th edition of Bangladesh Premier League T20, scheduled to start on December 30.
Dhaka Division and Sylhet Division kept their hopes of qualifying for the ongoing National Cricket League T20’s playoffs mathematically alive after wins against Rajshahi Division and Barishal Division respectively in the penultimate round matches in Sylhet on Wednesday.
