“ It is one of the best partnerships I have seen as a coach in Tests, ” said Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo.... But substitute fielder Kamindu Mendis dropped the chance at backward square leg. Kamindu came to the field after Kusal Mendis left for a hospital with pain in his chest.... YET TO BAT: Mosaddek Hossain, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain....

had struck a huge blow when he took the wicket of Bangladesh's top scorer Liton Das, who was on

NEW ZEALAND spinner Ish Sodhi celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh batter Soumya Sarkar during the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. —AFP DHAKA: Ish Sodhi became the first New Zealand spinner to claim six wickets in a One-day International, guiding the Black Caps to an 86-run victory in the second match of their three-match series in Bangladesh. Sodhi contributed a crucial 35 with the bat as well to go with his career-best 6-39 as New Zealand registered th

“ I think Bangladesh played well today.... They put the pressure back on the bowlers, they made life difficult for us, ” he said.... “ I think we bowled well in patches — there were periods when we could have bowled better, ” he added....

SYLHET: Afghanis-tan’s Karim Janat grabbed a hat-trick in the final over but Bangladesh held their nerve to sneak a two-wicket win with just a ball to spare in the first T20 International here at the Sylhet International Stadium on Friday. The hosts seemed to be cruising towards victory in the first encounter of the two-match series after Towhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain put on 73 runs for the fifth wicket in reply to Afghanistan’s 154-7. Then a drama erupted. Rashid Khan removed Sha-mim for 33

Join our Whatsapp channel DHAKA: Newly elected lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan was on Tuesday recalled to the Bangladesh squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka. The former captain, an all-rounder, successfully stood for the ruling Awami League during general elections in January.He has not played for Bangladesh since the end of the 50-over World Cup in November and his last Test was in April 2023, against Ireland. ADVERTISEMENT Ads by KARAM MEDIA Playback speed 1x Normal Quality Auto Back 360p 240

DHAKA: Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel claimed a career-best 4-16 as New Zealand kept alive their Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh with a thumping 52-run victory in the third game on Sunday.... New Zealand’s Henry Nicholls and Tom Blundell shared an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 66.... Nicholls scored 36 off 29 deliveries with Blundell contributing a run-a-ball 30....

“ This is a big series for us and a very challenging one, ” Ferguson, who is on his maiden tour of Bangladesh, said Wednesday.... “ But our batters have been preparing, ” he said.... “ The players who will play have been out of international cricket for a long time, ” he said....

DHAKA: Bangladesh will rest batsman Mushfiqur Rahim for the three-match Twenty20 international series against Pakistan starting in Dhaka on Friday. Mushfiqur was under fire for his below-par performance in the recent Twenty20 World Cup, having scored just one half-century in eight matches. Bangladesh had a dismal tournament, where they lost to Scotland in the qualifiers and failed to win a single game in the Super-12 phase. They were forced to make at least six changes to the squad for the upcom

Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa bowled them to a resounding eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 contest on Thursday, giving their hopes of making the semi-finals a major boost. Australia and South Africa are vying to grab the second semi-final spot from Group I, behind leaders England, and Aaron Finch's team needed a net run-rate boost to go with a victory and their bowlers rose to the occasion. Zampa( 5-19) led the rout, skittling out Bangladesh for 73 in 15 o