Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad said the second Ashes test starting Thursday next week will be a lottery and the toss is a key factor in Brisbane with the pink ball.

Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mosaddek Hossain and several other players have been left out of the final list of local players for the upcoming auction of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

The ICC-sanctioned event will feature six teams and players from more than 35 countries.

England captain Ben Stokes said Saturday that lessons had been learned from their crushing first Test loss to Australia but that the team had moved on, as he defended a decision for players to skip a pink-ball tour game.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will host a tea party today at the Westin Dhaka in an effort to resolve the ongoing crisis surrounding the commencement of the Dhaka leagues.

A defeat in the first T20I against Ireland has disrupted the pre-series calculations of the Bangladesh selectors as thoughts of T20 World Cup preparation have now been set aside and the focus has shifted towards winning the series.

Bangladesh’s cricketers often say, “If the team doesn’t win, my runs mean nothing.” But deep down, how many of them truly believe that? Through their on-field antics and off-field comments, the players often fail to justify that statement

Defending a target of 266, Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for 238 in their second innings on the final day.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Governing Council is still waiting for reports from BCB's Anti-Corruption Committee's consultant Alex Marshall before finalising the list of both local and foreign players ahead of the players' auction scheduled for November 30.

Bangladesh U-17s enjoyed a good day with the bat even as the morning session did not quite show the day.

The postponement was confirmed on November 18, when Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Abdur Razzak told The Daily Star that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had informed them of the decision via email.

In Thursday’s 39-run loss to Ireland in the first of three T20Is, every Bangladesh batter except Hridoy came under heavy fire.

Cummins has not played since picking up a lower back injury against the West Indies four months ago.

Last year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) introduced the T20 iteration of the National Cricket League (NCL) to expose domestic players to competitive T20 cricket and help Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchises identify local talent.

Bangladesh’s 39-run defeat to Ireland in the first T20I in Chattogram raised fresh questions about the team’s form, but Tawhid Hridoy’s post-match remarks drew just as much attention as his unbeaten 82 off 50 balls.

A little while after Bangladesh lost the first T20I against Ireland in Chattogram, Tawhid Hridoy slowly walked into the press conference. He had just played the best T20I innings of his career, but it had no impact on the team’s fate.

The tournament will now begin on December 26, instead of the previously announced December 19.

With the 12th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 fast approaching, the six participating franchises have already begun assembling their squads and finalising their coaching and managerial setups.

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first of three T20Is against Ireland in Chattogram today.

The unraveling of India’s home dominance began last year when New Zealand stunned them 3-0, ending a 12-year unbeaten streak.