Cricket News

Tamim Iqbal was forced to sit out of the first Test against Sri Lanka due to the wrist injury he picked up at the Bangladesh Premier League, despite the cortisone injection he received in a bid to get match fit

It was all one-way traffic on the opening day in Galle as Sri Lanka's batsmen, with varying levels of experience, set the platform for a massive score and never allowed the initiative to slip

Bangladesh's captain, Mushfiqur Rahim, has said it is unlikely that opener Tamim Iqbal will be ruled out of the Galle Test despite pain in his right hand

Preview of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Galle

Bangladesh need a strong on-field performance to restore Test cricket to its level within the country's cricket system

The club versus country debate has cropped up again as the BCB president Nazmul Hassan has barred players from participating in the IPL during an international series

Bangladesh have been given financial incentive to draw a Test match

A gaping hole in the batting order stares at Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim, coach Shane Jurgensen and on-tour selector Habibul Bashar when they decide the final eleven of the first Test

Mohammad Ashraful will see a doctor in Galle for an eye allergy that has recurred several times in the last eight years

Mohammad Ashraful and Mominul Haque firmed up their chances of playing the first Test with significant innings on the last day of the tour game in Matara

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will take a call on Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal's participation in the Indian Premier League after discussion with the team management as the tournament clashes with Bangladesh's tour to Zimbabwe

Only six overs were possible on the second of Bangladesh's warm-up match before heavy showers engulfed the Uyanwatta Cricket Stadium

Sohag Gazi, the Bangladesh offspinner, looks like he will have to lead the bowling attack in the Tests after he bowled 30 overs and picked up five wickets in the Matara heat

Kithuruwan Vithanage was the entertainer of the day, as the Sri Lanka Development Emerging Team gave Bangladesh a Sri Lankan workout on the opening day of their tour game

Bangladesh's three-day practice match at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara has as much poignancy for the locals, as it has importance for the visitors' build-up

A slew of late injuries may have thinned Bangladesh's ranks by the time they landed in Sri Lanka for their month-long tour, but captain Mushfiqur Rahim remained optimistic about his side's chances

The organisation of the upcoming World Twenty20, scheduled for March next year, received a major logistical boost after the Bangladesh government granted land for an international stadium in the town of Cox's Bazar

BCB medical staff are not happy with the amount of injuries they have had to contend with, through players pushing themselves in the BPL

Jahurul Islam has been fined 50% of his Bangladesh Cricket League final match fee after appearing for Dhaka University in a university match without the BCB's permission

Shahriar Nafees, the Bangladesh top-order batsman, has been ruled out of the Test series in Sri Lanka after injuring his left-hand