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Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant fast bowler Milan Rathnayake both made fine fifties as Sri Lanka recovered from a dramatic top-order collapse on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford. Sri Lanka were in dire straits at 6-3 after skipper De Silva won the toss, losing their first three wickets for no runs in 10 balls, ...

Pakistan batters Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub hit fighting half-centuries to help their team to make a recovery on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Earlier, Bangladesh won what could be an important toss and made excellent use of the new ball in favourable conditions to take out three early wickets, but ...

Former captain and chief selector of the Bangladesh national cricket team Faruk Ahmed has been appointed as the new president of BCB. It has been confirmed by BCB. He previously served as the chief selector for the national team from 2003 to 2007 and was reappointed to the role in 2013 for a second term. Faruk Ahmed will talk to ...

Nazmul Hasan Papon has resigned from the post of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president. The decision was announced after an emergency meeting of the directors organized by the BCB at the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday. Nazmul Hasan was supposed to join today’s meeting virtually at the Ministry of Youth and Sports. There he announced his resignation. Earlier, ...

Bangladesh are looking to make a winning start in the ongoing SAFF U-20 Championship 2024 when they take on Sri Lanka in their first match on Tuesday at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal at 3:15 pm (BST). Sri Lanka had a disappointing start, losing 0-1 to host nation Nepal in the tournament’s opening match on Sunday, with forward Nirajan ...

England head into the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford starting Wednesday with several players given a chance to prove a point after captain Ben Stokes’s series-ending injury. Star all-rounder Stokes is set to play no part at all in the three-match contest after tearing his hamstring during the Hundred. And that means England will be without their ...

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said discussions are going on to reach a solution about the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as its president Nazmul Hassan Papon is yet to show up following a student-led mass uprising that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led government. News has been published in different media outlets that Papon, a lawmaker of Awami League ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Jalal Yunus has resigned from his position. Jalal Yunus, was also in charge of cricket operations, has submitted his resignation letter to the National Sports Council (NSC) on Monday. “I have resigned from the board for the interest of cricket,” Jalal said. He is the first director to resign from the current board which is ...

South Africa defeated the West Indies by 40 runs on an eventful third day of the second and final Test on Saturday to extend their dominance over the Caribbean side. Set a challenging target of 263 after fast bowler Jayden Seales’ Test-best figures of six for 61 dismissed the Proteas for 246 in their second innings in the morning session, ...

The protest continued against Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin and BFF women’s wing chairperson Mahfuza Akter Kiron as the present and former eve footballers today (Saturday) also demanded the resignation of Salahuddin-Kiron. A group of 20-25 woman footballers, led by national sports awardee and organizer Kamrun Nahar Dana, gathered at BFF house at Arambagh chanting slogan and ...