Cricket News

Mashrafe Mortaza and Dhiman Ghosh combined for an unbeaten 97-run eighth-wicket partnership that gave Bangladesh their first win on their Australian tour

Brett Lee will miss the one-day series against Bangladesh for family reasons

Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh coach, wants the bowlers to improve ahead of their second encounter against the Australian Institute of Sports

Junaid Siddique, the left-handed opening batsman, has been called-up to the Bangladesh squad in Australia as a replacement for the injured Nazimuddin

Tamim Iqbal blasted 85 from 45 deliveries but Bangladesh fell 14 runs short in their warm-up match against the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) in Darwin

Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, has stressed the need to be competitive after his side arrived in Darwin for their three-match one-day series against Australia

Ricky Ponting's recovery from wrist surgery will prevent him from appearing in the one-day series against Bangladesh

Bangladesh have made a last-minute change to the 15-member squad for the three-ODI series in Australia

Bangladesh chief selector Rafiqul Alam has said the decision to pick five pace bowlers for the three-match one-day series in Australia was keeping the weather conditions in Darwin in mind

Medium-pacer Nazmul Hossain, who missed the last few games of Bangladesh A tour of England due to illness, has been recalled to the national side after a two-and-a-half year absence

Bangladesh selectors will be looking to address concerns over player fitness and the opening batsmen

Shakib Al Hasan and Syed Rasel have been included in Bangladesh's preliminary squad of 21 for the four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Toronto in August and the following tour of Australia

Australia will host Bangladesh in three one-day internationals in Darwin in August and September, but the two Tests have been scrapped