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Bangladesh's new performers in focus against SL

A new-look Bangladesh side will be looking to challenge Sri Lanka, who are coming off a drawn series against Pakistan

26-Jan-2014•The Preview by Mohammad Isam

SL seek success in familiar conditions

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews believes that his team's familiarity with the conditions at the Mirpur Stadium will play to their advantage

26-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Mirpur

A Test series before a testing future

Caught up in anxious discussions over their cricketing future, Bangladesh attempt to stay in the present and ready themselves for a Test series against Sri Lanka

25-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

Safe Mathews could be more creative

Sri Lanka's captain has struggled to impose himself both on the field and while talking about his team's cricket. The Bangladesh tour offers a chance to change that

25-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Mirpur

Shakib wants sporting Mirpur pitch

Shakib Al Hasan has said Bangladesh's bowling attack has the ability to trouble Sri Lanka if the pitch for the first Test offers them help

25-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

'Changed my mentality to play Test cricket' - Imrul

Imrul Kayes said he had to fine-tune his mental make-up more than his batting technique to forge a comeback to the Bangladesh Test team after more than two years

24-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

Ajantha Mendis returns to Sri Lanka's Test squad

Ajantha Mendis has been named in Sri Lanka's Test squad to Bangladesh, after he had been directed to return from the Big Bash League at short notice this week

23-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SLC secretary expresses satisfaction in BCB security plan

Sri Lanka Cricket has effectively confirmed the tour of Bangladesh will go ahead as scheduled, after secretary Nishantha Ranatunga expressed satisfaction in the security plans prepared for the team's four-week tour

20-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Shamsur Rahman gets Test call-up

Shamsur Rahman, the opening batsman, has earned a call-up for Bangladesh's first Test against Sri Lanka, which begins on January 27 in Dhaka. Batsman Imrul Kayes, who last played a Test in November 2011, makes a return to the squad

20-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

SLC effectively rules out Sylhet as venue for Bangladesh series

Sri Lanka Cricket have effectively ruled out Sylhet as a venue for their series in Bangladesh, with board vice-president Mohan de Silva saying Sylhet was not on his security committee's schedule

15-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

SLC wants Bangladesh tour to go ahead

Sri Lanka Cricket has reaffirmed its commitment to the tour of Bangladesh even if a canceled tour may increase pressure for the Asia Cup and World Twenty20 to be moved elsewhere

13-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando and Mohammad Isam

SLC security team visits Bangladesh

Sri Lanka Cricket's two-member security committee has arrived in Dhaka on Sunday, a day earlier than scheduled, to inspect the venues for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka

12-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

'One incident could destroy our cricket' - BCB chairman

Nazmul Hassan, BCB president, asserted the importance of Sri Lanka's tour for Bangladesh hosting both the Asia Cup and World T20

10-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

Sri Lanka's Bangladesh tour takes step forward

Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh has taken a potentially decisive step forward following a meeting between officials of the two boards in Dubai on Thursday

09-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam and Andrew Fidel Fernando

Two rounds of BCL before Sri Lanka series

The Bangladesh players will get two first-class games before their Test series against Sri Lanka begins from January 27. They will be the first two rounds of the Bangladesh Cricket League which will begin on January 12

06-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

Cricket in Bangladesh dependent on political stability

The ACC's decision to retain February's Asia Cup in Bangladesh has been based on the government's promise of providing state-level security during all three major international cricket events from mid-January to early April

04-Jan-2014•Mohammad Isam

Sri Lanka offer to host Asia Cup, World T20

Sri Lanka have put their hand up as an alternate venue for this year's Asia Cup and the World Twenty20, instead of Bangladesh, the scheduled hosts

03-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

SL visit could prove crucial to hosting Asia Cup, World T20

Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh could be crucial to the host's prospects of hosting the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20.

25-Dec-2013•Mohammad Isam

BCB looks for guarantee over security issues

Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, will meet the major political leaders of Bangladesh to get assurances that cricket will remain uninterrupted in the country

24-Dec-2013•Mohammad Isam

SLC to appraise security situation in Bangladesh

Sri Lanka Cricket will commission an independent security appraisal of the political situation in Bangladesh, ahead of Sri Lanka's tour in January and February

12-Dec-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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