Cricket News

West Indies and Bangladesh began their Champions Trophy campaign with easy warm-up wins

Coach Dave Whatmore has said Bangladesh are under no illusion about their chances in Champions Trophy and would instead like to use the tournament to prepare a side for the future

The injured Bangladesh fast bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Syed Rasel will be fit for the Champions Trophy, the coach Dav Whatmore has confirmed

Injured Bangladesh fast bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Syed Rasel will miss the first of two practice matches ahead of the team's departure for the Champions Trophy

Khaled Mahmud, the former Bangladesh captain, has been appointed the team manager for the Champions Trophy

Shahriar Nafees, the Bangladesh opener, has been named his country's cricketer of the year

It is being reported in the UAE that Dubai Sports City is trying to get the Asian Cricket Council to relocate a little more than a year after it lured the ICC away from Lord's

Bangladesh are facing fitness concerns over two of their leading fast bowlers before the start of next month's Champions Trophy in India. Both Mashrafe Mortaza and Syed Rasel have suffered freak injuries.

Shahriar Nafees, the Bangladesh opening batsman, has been nominated for the ICC's Emerging Player of the Year award

Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayawardene have been nominated in four categories for the annual ICC awards

The inaugural Asian Super Sixes Challenge 2006, which was scheduled to be held in Karachi on the weekend of September 15-16, has been postponed

As was widely predicted, Bangladesh have picked uncapped batsman Mehrab Hossain Jr in their 14-man squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in India. Opener Javed Omar, batsmen Mushfiqur Rahim, Tushar Imran and all-rounder Alok Kapali were omitted from

The Bangladesh board is in a dilemma as Habibul Bashar's fitness staus can be confirmed only a week after ICC's deadline for the same

Whereas TV deals are the lifeblood of most countries' boards, it has emerged that the Bangladesh Cricket Board has not got one in place, even though it only has a little more than two months until it hosts a one-day series in November

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

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has concluded an investigation into reports of serious problems during the recent tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya

Mashrafe Mortaza's career-best figures of 6 for 26 led Bangladesh to a convincing six-wicket win over Kenya to take the series 3-0

Mashrafe Mortaza held his nerve to steer Bangladesh to a frenetic two-wicket win, and with it the series, in the second one-day international at Bangladesh

An incisive spell from Mashrafe Mortaza, miserly acts from the spinners and Mohammad Ashraful's quick-fire half-century overwhelmed Kenya in the first one-day international at Nairobi