David Hemp has been Bangladesh's batting coach for the past eight months, with 14 months remaining on his contract, but now faces criticism after recent batting failures against India and South Africa.

Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy, though unwilling to talk about his chances of becoming the new T20I captain, was confident that the team would put behind their recent disappointments and focus at the task at hand in the forthcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in the UAE.

It seems the Bangladesh national cricket team is on a mission to break all sorts of records in Tests, well, at least the ignominious ones. They hit a new low yesterday when they conceded an innings and 273-run defeat to South Africa in the second and final Test to suffer a 2-0 clean-sweep in Chattogram.

Tony de Zorzi remained unbeaten on 141 on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram as South Africa dominated proceedings reaching 307 for 2 before bad light ended play.

Former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will miss the third Test against India starting in Mumbai on Friday in the hope that his groin strain clears up in time to face England next month, New Zealand Cricket said on Tuesday.

Australian World Cup winner Matthew Wade announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday and will become an assistant coach with the national team.

On the day before a Test match, the common practice in Bangladesh is that the captain of the host team would attend the pre-match press conference.

Former South Africa international Gary Kirsten has resigned as the head coach of Pakistan's ODI and T20I sides just six months into his two-year contract, according to multiple media outlets.

India and Australia remain in the top two spots on the standings and a repeat of the memorable 2023 final at The Oval remains a distinct possibility.

Bangladesh cricket team reached Chattogram yesterday ahead of the series-deciding second Test against South Africa starting on Tuesday which could also be the last outing for Najmul Hossain Shanto as the Tigers’ skipper.

It was learnt that the board wants Shanto to continue as skipper and are trying to convince him to revert his decision

The match between Western Australia (WA) and Tasmania at the One-Day Cup, a domestic 50-over competition in Australia, was witness to an extraordinary batting collapse as WA lost eight wickets for just one run to go from 52-2 to 53 all out in Perth today.

With the day's feat, Sri Lanka A Team reached semifinal as the champions of four-team Group A while Afghanistan A team also booked a seat for the semis as the Group A runners-up

Veteran batter Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi to go past 6000 runs in Test cricket on the final session on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam entertained all with his witty responses in the press conference after the first day’s play of the ongoing first Test against South Africa on Monday.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy survived a close call right before bad light called an early end to the day's play for the second straight day as Bangladesh reached 101-3 at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

Taijul reached the milestone in his 48th Test, whereas it took Shakib 54 Tests, making him the quickest among Bangladeshi players to reach 200 Test wickets.

The ongoing Test between Bangladesh and South Africa is being held with minimum crowd attendance and heavy security.

The ball tracking technology was unavailable for a brief period in the opening session of the ongoing first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today due to an internet connectivity problem, during which South Africa opted and lost a review.

The remaining two ODIs will be held on Wednesday and Saturday.