shares Soumya Sarkar drives powerfully © AFP Soumya Sarkar‘s record-breaking unbeaten 208 propelled Abahani Limited to their 20th Dhaka Premier League title on the last day of action in Bangladesh’s domestic season. Thanks to Soumya’s blazing innings, Abahani topped Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club‘s 317 for 9 easily, winning by nine wickets and getting there

3:59 AM ET Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh wants fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman to be given enough time to recover from his ankle injury, and not be used too much during the tri-series in Ireland next month. Walsh suggested that given Mustafizur’s habit of picking up small injuries, he should be geared towards his work

2:49 AM ET Bangladesh have named pace bowler Abu Jayed as part of their 15 for the World Cup. Jayed, who is yet to debut in ODIs, had impressed with his swing bowling during the Tests in New Zealand last month. Middle-order batsman Mosaddek Hossain, who last played for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in

Dec 2, 2018 Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal have returned to Bangladesh’s ODI side for the three-match series against West Indies, which starts from December 9. Both players had missed Bangladesh’s previous ODI series, against Zimbabwe in October, due to fitness issues. Shakib made his return from a finger injury by leading the Test

11:19 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have cancelled their Under-19 team’s tour to Bangladesh, slated for this month, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques, in which at least 40 people had been killed. ALSO READ: ‘There’s shooting here, please save us’ NZC chairman Greg Barclay said both

12:46 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland will host West Indies and Bangladesh for an ODI tri-series in the first half of May, with a double round-robin phase followed by a final. The tri-series will begin on May 5, with Ireland facing West Indies, and conclude with the final on May 17. All the matches will

6:52 AM ET “Could you sleep last night?” “Nope. I was up for most of the night.” This is a text exchange with one of the Bangladesh coaching staff. Like most people in Christchurch, Friday night was tough on the Bangladesh contingent who spent a sleepless night. As many Muslim residents enquired about known faces

8:40 AM ET “If we had arrived there even five minutes earlier, we would all be killed.” Almost every Bangladesh player who had been on the fateful bus to the Christchurch mosque had these words on their lips, from the moment they got out on Deans Avenue to escape from the scene of the shooting,

4:10 AM ET Members of the Bangladesh team were just “about 50 yards from the mosque”, which was the site of one of two terror attacks in Christchurch on Friday morning that resulted in multiple fatalities, Khaled Mashud, the team manager, told reporters at the team hotel. The third and final Test match of the

  shares Tamim Iqbal plays a drive © Getty Images The Bangladesh team escaped from their bus after it had gone to a mosque near the Hagley Oval where police are responding to reports of shots fired in central Christchurch. Bangladesh team escaped from a mosque near Hagley Park where there were active shooters. They

11:47 PM ET Neil Wagner’s sustained short-ball attack has dominated Bangladesh over the first two Tests of the series, with the tactic fetching the New Zealand quick 15 out of his 16 wickets so far. Batsman after batsman fell to Wagner’s short-ball persistence: Mahmudullah and Mohammad Mithun were dismissed by the bowler three times, while

3:00 AM ET New Zealand 432 for 6 dec (Taylor 200, Nicholls 107, Williamson 74, Jayed 3-94) beat Bangladesh 211 (Tamim 74, Wagner 4-28, Boult 3-38) and 209 (Mahmudullah 67, Wagner 5-45, Boult 4-52) by an innings and 12 runs In the end this was much like the very first Test match between these two

  shares Comeback man Mosharraf Hossain is applauded by his team-mates © Associated Press Bangladesh cricketer Mosharraf Hossain has been diagnosed with brain tumour. Mosharraf is currently trying to complete visa formalities for Singapore where he wants to get the tumorous lump removed. The diagnosis, carried out a couple of days ago at a Dhaka

  shares Ross Taylor whips the ball into the leg side © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 198 for 3 (Taylor 103*, Nicholls 9*, Jayed 2-52) trail Bangladesh 211 by 13 runs Coming into this game, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor had played 162 Tests between them, and Abu Jayed, Ebadot Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman

  shares © Getty Images There is little doubt that the New Zealand fast bowlers, particularly Neil Wagner, will use the short ball against the Bangladesh batsmen throughout the Test series, and the major talking point on the tour now centers around the visiting batsmen’s plans to cope with it. Having tried it successfully in

3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand chose to bowl v Bangladesh After the first two days were washed out, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson opted to bowl first against Bangladesh in the second Test in Wellington, on the third morning. The home side predictably chose Matt Henry in place of legspinner Todd Astle as they

3:00 AM ET Rain continued to play havoc with the Wellington Test with two full days now washed out. The call-off came at 4.30 pm, after umpires Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Paul Reiffel conducted three inspections. It probably didn’t help that there was no wind all day – which is ironic since this is the windy

3:00 AM ET Heavy rain has washed out all of the first day’s play in Wellington. The umpires called off play at 3:09 pm – roughly half an hour before the scheduled tea break. None of the players from either side turned up at the ground, though a few members of the backroom staff including

  shares Tamim Iqbal falls after scoring a hundred © Getty Images Big Picture New Zealand have almost everything in place in Wellington to wrap up the Test series against Bangladesh. They have the pace attack, which has already sent a stern message across to the visiting batsmen. They also have the firepower in batting,

11:00 PM ET Mushfiqur Rahim remains “extremely doubtful” to return to the Bangladesh side for the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington despite taking part in a net session at the Basin Reserve. Mushfiqur is suffering from a wrist injury, as well as a flare-up of a rib problem, which kept him out of

7:13 AM ET Another new-look pace attack, another big total conceded. This has been the case for Bangladesh in Test cricket, especially when they have travelled outside the subcontinent over the past three years. Since March 2016, they’ve been to South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand and in each of those countries, they’ve given

  shares Soumya Sarkar celebrates scoring his maiden Test century © Getty Images That Soumya Sarkar‘s first instinct when he walked out to the bat in the second innings of the Hamilton Test against New Zealand was survival suggests that Bangladesh’s dire situation must have affected him quite seriously. In his short international career so

3:30 AM ET Bangladesh were far too casual with their choice of strokes in the first innings and it cost them the Hamilton Test against New Zealand, said Mahmudullah, their captain, after the innings-and-52-run defeat inside four days. The visitors were bowled out for only 234 in their first hit despite Tamim Iqbal setting things

Mar 1, 2019 Bangladesh 234 and 174 for 4 (Soumya 39, Mahmudullah 15*) trail New Zealand 715 for 6 dec (Williamson 200*, Latham 161) by 307 runs Kane Williamson‘s second Test double century followed by four wickets in the evening session put New Zealand on course for a comprehensive victory in Hamilton as Bangladesh wilted

  shares Kane Williamson celebrates his 20th Test hundred © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 605 for 6 (Williamson 166*, Latham 161) lead Bangladesh 234 all out (Tamim 126, Wagner 5-47) by 371 runs New Zealand continued pummeling Bangladesh’s bowlers as they rose to 605 for 6 at lunch on the third day in Hamilton.

3:19 AM ET Mustafizur Rahman‘s fitness limitations were the reason for his exclusion from the Hamilton Test, Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes has said. The team management, Rhodes said, felt it was better to rest him, with a bigger workload planned for him in Wellington. Mustafizur’s absence has come into focus with Bangladesh’s inexperienced three-man pace

New Zealand 86 for 0 (Raval 51*, Latham 35*) trail Bangladesh 234 (Tamim 126, Wagner 5-47) by 148 runs Neil Wagner upset Bangladesh’s rhythm with a trademark short ball barrage as they were bowled out for 234, after being 121 for 1 shortly before lunch on the opening day in Hamilton, undoing the good work

  shares Tamim Iqbal reached his hundred from 100 balls © Getty Images At some points on the first day in Hamilton, Tamim Iqbal looked downright ugly. He crouched a lot more than he usually does, saw the short ball closely and ducked under it. Or he jumped off the ground, to get the body

Dec 14, 2018 Big Picture With both Bangladesh and West Indies looking to get their preparations into gear for next year’s World Cup, one wonders what context a T20I series holds for them and the fans. What will they do with these three matches? Yet for West Indies, the T20Is offer some hope on an

3:00 AM ET New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh New Zealand captain Kane Williamson decided to field first in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton. The home side, on the back of four consecutive Test series wins, have already released Matt Henry to play in the Plunkett Shield, and