Sri Lanka’s chief cricket selector Ashantha de Mel resigned on Thursday after the national team lost both Tests of the two-match home series against England, the cricket board announced. It said the 61-year-old former Test player, had stepped down citing “personal reasons.” “We respect Ashantha’s decision and we thank him for the services he rendered to Sri Lanka Cricket during his tenure,” the Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from de Mel....
Sports Reporter :A five-wicket haul by Rishad Hossain powered BCB XI to bundle out West Indies for 257 in the...
Agency :Pakistan defeated South Africa by seven wickets on day four of the first Test match in Karachi on Friday,...
West Indies vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood feels that mental preparation to handle spin will be the key to success in the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed in principle to bring local cricketers under a Covid-19 vaccination programme by February in an effort to re-start domestic cricket.The decision was taken in the ninth board meeting, which was held virtually on Wednesday.To resume the domestic cricket is the first priority of the BCB as the large number of the cricketers in the country depend on this league to run their family.Earlier BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon said that if the Bangladesh government...
As part of their preparation for the two-match Test series, the West Indies will take on BCB XI in a three-day warm up game, which starts today at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram.Wicket-keeper batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan will lead the BCB XI, which included some the ICC Under-19 World Cup winning players. Some players of the Bangladesh’s Test squad will also play the match to prepare them for the Test series.The West Indies team however was whitewashed in the...
UNB, New Delhi :India’s cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly, affectionately known as ‘Dada’, has been hospitalised again. The 48-year-old former India...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the 14th edition will be held on February 18 in Chennai, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Wednesday (January 27). Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained the most number of players – 22 – while Royal Challengers Bangalore have 14 players in the squad having traded Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel from Delhi Capitals. Kings XI Punjab, however, will enter the auction with the biggest possible purse of INR 53.20...
Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Ireland all-rounder Paul Stirling have made notable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s...
Pakistan were 308 for eight – a lead of 88 – at the close of play on Wednesday on the...
With two consecutive Test series losses at home against India, the pressure has been mounting on Tim Paine. The Test captain had to endure a frustrating four-Test series against India this time as they failed to close out two games – in Sydney and in Brisbane – on the final day.After their come-from-behind win in Adelaide, Australia were outplayed in Melbourne and then couldn’t break through the resistance of the injury-hit Indian side. Post the 1-2 series loss, Paine was...
Sports Reporter :Experienced pacer Kemar Roach of West Indies said they are expecting to show better performance in the Test series against Bangladesh after a conceding a 3-0 whitewash in the recently concluded ODI series. The Caribbeans played with an inexperienced squad in the ODIs, nine cricketers made debut while and tasted three big defeates.Before the upcoming Test series Kemar Roach played 60 Test matches, will present some veteran leadership in the Test squad, with only five cricketers retained from...
