Cricket News

The Bangladesh board have announced squads for the first three one-dayers, the warm-up match and the Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe

A nationwide siege programme has caused havoc in Bangladesh's National Cricket league, with Dhaka's match against Barisal being postponed for "an indefinite period" and Chittagong's clash with Sylhet also under threat

Agriculture Secretary M Abdul Aziz has succeeded Ali Asghar Lobi as president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), after his resignation from the top job on Tuesday

Mohammad Ali Asghar has decided to resign from his post as president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), citing health reasons and political commitments

Nasim Ashraf has sparked confusion over the choice of venue for the final of the 2011 World Cup to be jointly held in the four subcontinent cricketing countries

Singapore-based Nimbus Sports International has won live coverage rights for cricket matches in Bangladesh till 2012 for a record 56.88 million dollars

Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lankan captain, has welcomed the ICC's decision to ban Darrell Hair from umpiring in internationals

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a tender to sell marketing rights, including those for television and the internet, for six years until 2012

Bangladesh selectors announce a 23-member probables list for the home series against Zimbabwe

The second edition of the Afro-Asia Cup is scheduled to be held at Chennai in June 2007. Both men and women will contest in matches between Asia XI and Africa XI.

Bangladesh will host Zimbabwe in a five-match one-day series starting in November, the Bangladesh board announced on Sunday

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on Shahriar Nafees, the architect of the win, and part of the upbeat and confident generation who face teams head on

Bangladesh emphatically sealed the battle of the minnows, thrashing Zimbabwe by 101 runs at Jaipur to end their Champions Trophy campaign on a winning note

Neither team has one Champions Trophy game so far but it's a stat that will mostly be altered. There's no sign of rain in the air and in case it's a tie, we'd have probably had the best match of the tournament from two teams on their way back home.

The lamentable part - as is usually the case with Bangladesh - is that they showed signs of creating a contest before unraveling spectacularly.

West Indies overwhelmed Bangladesh by ten wickets in the fourth qualifying match in Jaipur to secure a berth in the main stage of the Champions Trophy

Fitness of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Runako Morton remains a worry for West Indies though Imran Khan, the team's media manager, insisted that no one has been ruled out

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, is looking forward to a disciplined performance from his bowlers in the remaining qualifying matches of the Champions Trophy after making a winning start

Led by a fluent century by Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style beating Bangladesh by 37 runs in the first qualifying match at Mohali

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh face off at Mohali today to set the tournament rolling, and while Sri Lanka will start as overwhelming favourites Habibul Bangladesh will believe they have a chance of pulling off an upset