Bangladesh's 100th Test

Omar's stickability, Enamul's guile

Mar 13, 2017: From Javed Omar to Enamul Haque jnr, players skilled in the longer format have for long been treated condescendingly by a country that has grown up on a diet of one-day cricket. But the value they brought to Bangladesh's Test team is undeniable

Bangladesh news

Javed Omar retires from cricket

Jan 5, 2014: Javed Omar, the last link to Bangladesh's early days as a Test team, has retired from all forms of cricket

National Cricket League, 3rd round review

Sylhet pay for indiscretion

Nov 2, 2008: A round-up of the third round of matches of the National Cricket League in Bangladesh

Bangladesh player contracts

Omar and Mashud not handed new contracts

Jun 16, 2008: Bangladesh have dropped a few experienced campaigners and included a few rookies in their list of contracted players

National Cricket League, 4th round review

Dolar Mahmud helps Khulna go top

Nov 18, 2007: Khulna beat Rajshahi in a last-over thriller at home to leapfrog them in the standings. Barisal and Dhaka also made huge strides and along with Rajshahi occupied the second position

Bashar and Mashud continue to miss out

Rafique and Omar left out of Twenty20 squad

Aug 9, 2007: Bangladesh have named four newcomers to their squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa as the veterans missed out

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Colombo, 3rd day

Bangladesh resistance delays the inevitable

Jun 27, 2007: The hope Bangladesh held out early was however frittered away towards the end

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Colombo, 1st day

Sri Lanka dominate against insipid Bangladesh

Jun 25, 2007: It was, even by Bangladesh's modest Test standards, quite a collapse and Sri Lanka drove home the advantage by batting aggressively

Bangladesh v India, 2nd Test, Dhaka, 3rd day

Ashraful's blitz, and Zaheer's rise

May 27, 2007: Stats highlights from India's thumping three-day win in the second Test against Bangladesh

Bangladesh v India, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

Bangladesh still novices at chasing

May 12, 2007: The woes of Bangladesh batting veer from the promising Aftab Ahmed bent on giving his wicket away to Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar whose over-cautious approach often puts the brakes on the run chase

India in Bangladesh, 2007

Omar needs to think in singles

May 11, 2007: Javed Omar has ensured his place as an opener for Bangladesh in one-dayers but he needs to compensate his dot balls with some hitting in the slog overs

World Cup 2007

Mashud left out of Bangladesh squad

Feb 13, 2007: Bangladesh have named their 15-man squad for the World Cup and, as widely predicted, they have left out their experienced wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and chosen Mushfiqur Rahim

Bangladesh A v Zimbabwe A, Fatullah, 3rd day

Late strikes give Bangladesh the edge

Dec 17, 2006: The match between Bangladesh A and Zimbabwe A continued to ebb and flow as Zimbabwe fought back well on the third day at Fatullah, closing on 106 for 2 in their second innings, a lead of 19

Bangladesh A v Zimbabwe A, Fatullah, 2nd day

Omar and Shahzada floor Zimbabwe

Dec 16, 2006: After a good opening day for Zimbabwe A, it was Bangladesh A's turn to dominate at Fatullah and they ended in a strong position

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh, 2006-07

Omar included in probables list against Zimbabwe

Oct 30, 2006: Bangladesh selectors announce a 23-member probables list for the home series against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh announces 18-member squad

Mehrab Hossain jnr included in Bangladesh squad

Aug 28, 2006: Mehrab Hossain jnr is the only new face in Bangladesh's 18-member preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy

Bangladesh in Kenya 2006

Omar and Kapali excluded from Kenya tour

Aug 9, 2006: Javed Omar, the Bangladesh opener, and Alok Kapali, the allrounder, have been excluded from Bangladesh's squad for the three one-day internationals against Kenya beginning on August 12 at Nairobi

Australia v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Fatullah, 1st day

Nafees leads Bangladesh's magnificent charge

Apr 9, 2006: Shahriar Nafees's brilliant maiden Test hundred gave Australia a rude awakening and Bangladesh their most promising start to a Test match on the first day at Fatulllah

Bangladesh v Kenya, 2nd ODI, Khulna

Bangladesh race to emphatic win

Mar 20, 2006: Bangladesh raced to a crushing nine-wicket win over Kenya in a woefully one-sided OD at Khulna

Picking a motley breed of reliable cricketers

A Contemporary Sticker's XI

Dec 21, 2005: Jacques Rudolph's seven-hour hundred on the last day of the Perth Test was not only one of the great match-saving innings of the last decade; it also showed that, no matter how fast and attack-minded Test cricket becomes, there will always be a place in t