DHAKA: The upcoming Ashes will witness players sporting their names and numbers on the back of jerseys for the first time in the history of Test cricket.  So far, only ODI and T20 jerseys had personalised player jerseys but the longest format is about to see its biggest change as far

England's World Cup winner Ben Stokes says he is "flattered" to be nominated for the New Zealander of the Year award - but wants Black Caps captain Kane Williamson to win. All-rounder Stokes was named man of the match as England broke Kiwi hearts in the Lord's final this month.

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges after being accused of sexual assault, US prosecutors say. Kathryn Mayorga, 34, had alleged that the Juventus player raped her at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. She reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with the Portuguese

DHAKA: Zimbabwe Cricket Saturday (July 20) announced that the team will not travel to Bangladesh for the T20 tri-series following suspension of its membership from International Cricket Council (ICC). In theses circumstances, the future of the T20 series that also includes Afghanistan

DHAKA: T20 franchise Rajshahi Kings signed former South African batsman JP Duminy for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) later this year. In its social media page, the Rajshahi Kings announced that South African all-rounder Duminy is a King now.   Duminy retired from all forms of

Bangladesh Cricket Team reached Sri Lanka Saturday (July 20) to play an ODI series against the hosts. Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Soumya Sarker, Mosaddek Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman reached Sri Lankan capital city Colombo around 6pm local time

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Team left here for Sri Lanka Saturday (July 20) to play an ODI series against the hosts. Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Soumya Sarker, Mosaddek Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman left Dhaka together around 12:55pm.  Rubel

Rookie Afghanistan participated in CWC 2019 qualifying along with champions of the past world champion and cricket super power West Indies. This was their second appearance in crickets global event. With few glittering great names like Rashid Khan, Mujeeb and Nabi in the team Afghanistan

DHAKA: Bangladesh ODI Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been ruled out of upcoming Sri Lanka tour due to his hamstring injury. He sustained the injury while bowling on central net, during practice. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physician Debashish Chowdhury confirmed the matter to

The HEXA mission of Australia at CWC 2019 was crushed in the semi final against traditional and oldest foe England get badly bruised, battered and humiliated. Australia is known in sporting world as a team with never say die looked pretty ordinary.  No one possibly recollect when in

Ben Stokes is already receiving award nominations for his match-winning role in England's Cricket World Cup win - but not from who you would expect. Despite breaking Kiwi hearts at Lord's, he has been nominated for the New Zealander of the Year award. Stokes, 28, was man of

DHAKA: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and South African pace legend Allan Donald have been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame. Along with them, two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick was also inducted into the

Team Bangladesh in the context of the experience of the key players, performance in the limited version cricket in the recent past (Asia Cup, Nidahas Trophy and Triangular ODI series in Ireland) were tagged as a dark horse of CWC 2019.  It was widely believed that Bangladesh would

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended Zimbabwe for failing to ensure there is no government interference in its running of the sport. ICC funding has been withdrawn and the country will be barred from participating at ICC events, BBC reports. Zimbabwe are due

DHAKA: Black Caps all-rounder Jimmy Neesham paid a tribute to his high school cricket coach David James Gordon, who died during New Zealand's World Cup 2019 final's Super Over against England. Despite a spectacular show, a tie in ICC Men Cricket World Cup 2019 final, a tie in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 franchise Khulna Titans signed former Australia skipper all-rounder Shane Watson for 2019-20 edition. Watson has become one of two direct overseas signings for Titans, its official confirmed Thursday (July 18).  Watson missed the 2017 BPL

The very eventful cricket world cup 2019 just concluded in England and Wales left behind nostalgic memories. The favor of the effervescent event has not died yet. The excitement, tensions and competitiveness of the best ever final at Lords is being right across the cricket world. This

In the eye of storm, in the middle of the greatest game of cricket where he was the protagonist, just before the last ball of the match, before it went to Super Over, Ben Stokes was thinking about Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh wicketkeeper.  “Just before that last ball, all I was

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a squad of 14 players to tour Sri Lanka for an ODI series. Spinner Taijul Islam and batsman Anamul Haque Bijoy have replaced Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das. The recently ended ICC World Cup playing duo are on leave. The squad will be

Ben Stokes is set to become Sir Ben Stokes for his World Cup heroics after the two contenders to be the next prime minister of the UK said they would give the allrounder a knighthood. Both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have promised to KNIGHT Ben Stokes after his heroics in 2019