The Bangladesh team returned yesterday after a successful West Indies tour in which they won their first Test in West Indies since 2009 and clinched their maiden T20I series in the Caribbean.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board revealed on Sunday that the winners of the National Cricket League (NCL) T20 will receive Tk 20 lakhs as prize money. 

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty hit an unbeaten 85 for Central Zone against North Zone on the second day of their BCL match at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Sunday.

Dhaka and Rangpur will square off in the final on Tuesday.

Teenage opener Sam Konstas says he is ready and equiped to take on India's feared pace attack in the Boxing Day Test after being called up to Australia's squad for the first time.

India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs in the final to win the inaugural ACC Women's Under-19 Asia Cup title in Kuala Lumpur today.

While he was dismissed for just 11 in his first innings of the series, Head went on to hit 89, 140 and 152 in his next three outings.

Currently, BCB is asking Tk three crore from each BPL franchise as a bank guarantee, which they wanted to confirm by December 24 after extending the deadline multiple times and reducing the amount on each occasion.

Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter shone on the opening day of the Women's Bangladesh Cricket League - the first-ever three-day first-class competition in the women’s game in the country - as the Central Zone player returned seven wickets for 48 runs against North Zone at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Saturday.

Teenage spinner AM Ghazanfar took 5-33 as Afghanistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third and final one-day international on Saturday to claim the series 2-0 after the opening game was washed out by rain.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its plans to increase the number of players under contract in the pool of women cricketers, BCB boss Faruque Ahmed told reporters after a board meeting in Mirpur on Saturday.

Rangpur Division earned a spot in the final of the National Cricket League (NCL) T20 by defeating Dhaka Metro in the first Qualifier while Chattogram Division got eliminated after losing to Khulna Division in the eliminator in Sylhet today.

Dumped opener Nathan McSweeney said he was "devastated" Saturday after being cast out of Australia's team after just three Tests against India but vowed to come back a better player.

Years of dedication and hard work has reaped the fruits of performance for Jaker Ali in the just-concluded West Indies tour where the wicketkeeper-batter impressed with the willow in all three formats, playing a key role in Bangladesh completing a 3-0 sweep over the hosts in the T20I series yesterday.

A career-best 72 not out off 41 balls from Jaker Ali catapulted Bangladesh to a commanding 80-run win over West Indies in the third and final T20I in St Vincent yesterday, a victory that confirmed the Tiger’s maiden 3-0 clean-sweep over the Caribbean side in the shortest format.

Bangladesh cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Nepal to seal a spot in the final of the ACC U-19 Women's Asia Cup in Malaysia on Friday.

During the West Indies Test series, Liton Das could be heard on stump mic telling captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz when to bowl. His guidance was well appreciated within the team and in the T20I series, under Liton’s leadership, Bangladesh won with great adventure and pride in the T20Is.

Uncapped opener Sam Konstas wins a call-up for the omitted Nathan McSweeney, while all-rounder Beau Webster and pace duo Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson are also included in the 15-player group for the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.

Benefiting from a huge reprieve when he thought he had been run out on 18, the attacking right-hander took heavy toll of an uninspired Caribbean team.

Jaker Ali's blistering unbeaten 72 highlighted a dominant Bangladesh effort as the visitors thrashed the West Indies by 80 runs in the third and final T20 International to sweep the series 3-0 at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on Thursday.