Cricket

It began in January 1971 with a match between England and Australia. Step by step, ODI cricket has come a long way. After 55 years, the 5,000th ODI match has been played. The 50-over format reached this new milestone with the Scotland-Canada match.Let's take a look at how the journey from the 1st to the 5,000th international ODI unfolded.The First Match: January 5, 1971, Australia vs England, MelbourneThere was no plan for an ODI during this tour of England. After the third Test between the two...

Cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers, widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, has died at the age of 89. He passed away just two weeks before his 90th birthday. His death has prompted an outpouring of grief and tributes from across the cricketing world on social media. Sobers played 93 Test matches for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. He scored 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78, including 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries. In 1958, he made...

Mushfiqur Rahim has won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for May, in recognition of his outstanding batting performance in the home Test series against Pakistan. The former Bangladesh captain beat teammate Taijul Islam and Nepal all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee to claim the award. The...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has congratulated the Bangladesh cricket team for winning a historic, first-ever home Test series against Pakistan.The Tigers secured a 78-run victory over Pakistan in the second Test match held in Sylhet today, Wednesday.Earlier, Bangladesh won the first Test in Mirpur...

Bangladesh’s bowlers lit up the morning session before the batters took control late in the day as the hosts tightened their grip on the Sylhet Test against Pakistan. After bowling Pakistan out for 232 in the first innings, Bangladesh finished the day on 110 for 3 in their second innings, extend...

After dominating both batting and bowling on the second day of the Dhaka Test, Pakistan looked well placed. However, from the very first session of the third day on Sunday, Bangladeshi bowlers asserted their authority. In the first one and a half hours of play, the Tigers picked up four wickets, red...

Taskin Ahmed showed little concern for playing along the line of the ball, instead swinging his bat freely. This only increased the frustration of the Pakistan bowlers at a rapid pace. The ball flew to the boundary off Taskin’s bat, and he also sent one sailing over long-on for a six. With this fear...

In the 53rd over of the match, bowled by Mohammad Abbas, Bangladesh Test Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto experienced both the joy and cruelty of cricket on consecutive deliveries. The episode once again underlined the reality for a batter at the crease: life at the wicket can end in a single ball....

Bangladesh lost two wickets while scoring 31 runs in the first 10 overs. Pakistan bowlers made full use of the morning moisture on the pitch at the start of the day. However, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque steadied the innings after the early setback and brought their sid...

The wait is over. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has disclosed the names of those involved in corruption and match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and has imposed temporary bans on them. After a lengthy investigation into the controversial 2025 BPL season, the board has now mov...

Tamim Iqbal has taken responsibility, as head of the ad hoc committee, to hold elections at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The committee has been given three months. It must conduct the election within this timeframe set by the National Sports Council. Questions had arisen over whether those co...

Mehedi Hasan has long carried the same frustration. He is only selected for one format in international cricket, and he has little choice but to accept it. Due to team combinations, he rarely gets opportunities in ODIs and Tests. As a result, he mainly features in the T20 side, which has led to...

The Bangladesh Tigers program last held its activities in 2022. Since then, the initiative for cricketers outside the national team has effectively remained inactive. The project introduced under the board led by Nazmul Hasan Papon will not return. In an effort to reduce costs, the Bangladesh Cr...

Tawhid Hridoy has become a trusted name in Bangladesh’s middle order. Against New Zealand, he scored 55, 30* and 35*. Earlier against Pakistan, he played unbeaten innings of 48 and 28. Overall, he has played six ODIs in 2026. He batted in five innings and was dismissed twice. With three not-out...

Dean Foxcroft was busy counting sixes, striking seven of them toward the end of the innings. Even Mustafizur’s trademark slowers seemed ineffective. For a moment, a sense of impending defeat was visible on Mehidy Hasan Miraz's face. Taking matters into his own hands, Miraz came on to bowl, forcing F...

Tanjid Hasan Tamim’s explosive half-century and Najmul Hossain Shanto’s steady fifty guided Bangladesh to a 6-wicket win over New Zealand, bringing the series to a 1-1 deadlock. Despite the victory, the team’s batting vulnerabilities remained evident, as four of the seven batters who took the crease...