Left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal became the second Bangladeshi batter to reach the 5000-run landmark in Tests on the opening day of their first Test against West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua today. 

Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman starts a Test after over 16 months as Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh have been asked to bat by West Indies in the first match of the two-Test series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua today. 

It might have been tough to find even a single Bangladesh football fan who expected anything big from the national football team when a depleted squad left the country last month.

Bangladesh Test captain said his troops are ‘ready for the challenge’ and Shakib Al Hasan also hoped for a bigger pool of players in near future in the pre-match press conference on Wednesday ahead of the Antigua Test, scheduled to get underway on Thursday from 8 pm [BST].

Top order batter Anamul Haque Bijoy has been added to the Bangladesh Test side for the West Indies tour, informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) through a press release today.

Shakib Al Hasan has backed fellow star teammate Mustafizur Rahman’s decision to prefer playing limited-over cricket in a pre-match press-conference today ahead of the Antigua Test, starting on Thursday [8:00 pm BST].

Four years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo produced an emphatic performance as the forward bagged his maiden World Cup hattrick to help Portugal draw 3-3 against Spain in their Group B encounter of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Sochi. 

Pakistan now boast the two highest-rated ODI batters in the world for the first time after in-form opener Imam-ul-Haq went past India veteran Virat Kohli, to join team-mate Babar Azam at the top of the ICC MRF Tyres Men's One Day Batter rankings.

Marnus Labuschagne's reign as the highest-ranked Test batter in the world is over as England right-hander Joe Root claimed top spot on the latest ICC MRF Tyres Men's Test Batter rankings.

Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood has continued his recent rise as a dominant white-ball bowler by claiming the No.1 ranking on the latest ICC MRF Tyres Men's T20I Bowler rankings.

The national cricket team's selectors are not considering any replacement for injured batter Yasir Ali, who has been ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies after suffering a back injury in the warm-up game.

The line-up for the 2022 World Cup was completed when  Costa Rica became the last team to qualify with a 1-0 win over New Zealand in their intercontinental playoff on June 14.

Former national handball player Shahjahan Hamid, popularly known as Boby Hamid, died of brain cancer this morning at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was 56.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to increase the honorarium of the referees conducting matches of the Bangladesh Premier League and the Bangladesh Championship League by up to 45 per cent.

’It’s not because of the runs he [Liton Das] has under his belt but his style of batting attracts me the most like many other fans. It’s eye-soothing, it’s pure entertainment,” said former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, who also enthralled the cricket fans all over the world despite being inconsistent during a topsy-turvy international career.

Marcelo said an emotional goodbye to Real Madrid on Monday as the most decorated player in the club’s history but insisted he has no plans to retire.

New Zealand collapsed to 224-7 as England gave themselves a chance to chase a dramatic series victory by close of play on the fourth day of the second Test.

After five goals in four Nations League games for Norway interest in striker Erling Haaland is at fever pitch as he was unveiled as a Manchester City player in what will be one of the biggest transfers of the English close season.

Allrounder Shadab Khan hit a fighting half century before taking four wickets to anchor Pakistan's 53-run win over the West Indies in the third and final day-night international in Multan which was interrupted by a dust storm.

Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi steered Afghanistan to a 21-run win over Zimbabwe on Sunday to claim a winning 2-0 lead in their Twenty20 international series in Harare.