It is important that some selection attitudes be sorted out as Bangladesh head towards the World Cup which, given Bangladesh's

"Mushy [Mushfiqur Rahim] I know you are able to get boundaries with this stroke but what you need to realise is that here in New

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and New Zealand's centurion Martin Guptill both agree that batting in the first 10 overs was the crucial factor behind the Tigers' eight-wicket loss

Pirojpur Government High School registered a 120-run win against Town High School to become champions of Pirojpur district in the Prime Bank Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament yesterday.

For any batsman, it's the bat that is the piece of equipment they value most and look after meticulously. During yesterday's net session, Mehedi Hasan Miraz was batting at and played a cover drive off a local net bowler.

In the middle of the Bangladesh team's training session at Nelson Park in Napier yesterday, two locals came up and sat just outside the fence to observe the players.

“I'm telling you, we are going to win tomorrow [Wednesday],” a confident Tigers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza told reporters while relaxing after a training session at McLean Park in Napier on the eve of the first match of the three-ODI series against New Zealand yesterday.

Opener Martin Guptill authored his 15th ODI ton as New Zealand defeated Bangladesh in the first of the three-match ODI series by eight wickets at Napier.

Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes remarked that New Zealand might now opt for some spinning wickets since Tigers lost their best spinner in Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh ace pacer Mustafizur Rahman has been in a good vein of form recently as he looks to bounce back from the shoulder injury which suppressed him for a long while. His performances last year has been impressive and Steve Rhodes, the Bangladesh coach talked about how crucial the left-arm pacer is going to be in the upcoming series.

Bangladesh will be missing their vastly experienced cricketer Shakib Al Hasan in the New Zealand ODI series after he sustained an injury during the Bangladesh Premier League final.

Bangladesh are in New Zealand to play a three-match ODI series before the Test series. However, the Tigers will be looking to emphasise on the ODIs to not only gauge their performance and experiment but also to prepare for the upcoming World Cup in England.

The lack of preparation ahead of the crucial tour of New Zealand has remained one of the biggest concerns for most of the players but Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza emphasised on the mental aspect to get the best outcome in testing conditions.

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill was aware of the threat that Bangladesh possesses and specifically remembered the damage that the Tigers inflicted during the Champions Trophy game at Cardiff where Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyad produced a miraculous comeback.

The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) has rescheduled the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), the country's lone top-flight 50-over domestic competition.

Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Tamim Iqbal were the last two members of the squad to reach the Scenic Hotel in Napier to join the team after a car journey of over six hours from Auckland yesterday.

With slightly unpleasant memories of their last tour and without talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh will kick off their

It was almost a fresh start for Sabbir Rahman after the hard-hitting batsman was included in the Bangladesh ODI side a month before his six-month ban from international cricket concluded.

All of the Bangladesh squad is now in New Zealand after skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal and three others are welcomed happily at the team hotel in Napier

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza reiterated that the New Zealand tour will be a bigger challenge now following the loss of ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan through injury.