Bangladesh Under-19 Women’s team will vie against India and West Indies in their Super Six Group 1 matches of the ongoing ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, currently taking place in Malaysia.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed on Thursday assured Dhaka First Division Cricket League players that the board would start the league this month, promising to hold the tournament without any disturbance.

Rocky, 16, hit six sixes as he scored 108 runs off 127 balls, guiding a struggling England Lions to a total of 319, ensuring a first-innings lead of 105 runs on day two.

Durbar Rajshahi put their off-field troubles away and pulled off a 24-run win over league leaders Rangpur Riders in a Bangladesh Premier League group-stage fixture at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

India's Test series defeat in Australia earlier this month prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to issue new guidelines to promote "discipline" in the senior men's set-up.

The Punjab batter belted eight sixes and five fours in a dazzling display of power-hitting to secure India's seven-wicket victory in the opening T20 International against England in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Clarke accepted the honour on Thursday, nearly a decade after he closed the chapter on his remarkable playing career. 

Recent tensions between Dhaka-based cricket clubs and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) over proposed constitutional amendments have thrown the future of the league and the livelihoods of many players into uncertainty.

Dhaka Capitals opener Tanzid Tamim laced his match-winning 54-ball 90 not out against Chittagong Kings in Chattogram yesterday with just four boundaries and a total of seven maximums -- becoming the Bangladeshi batter with the most sixes in a single edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with 29 in 10 matches so far.

The T20 series, followed by three ODIs, between the two teams serve as a warm-up for the 50-over Champions Trophy next month.

Mohammad Naim carried Khulna Tigers’ hope till the last over but in the end Fortune Barishal held on to win by seven runs and pick up their sixth win this BPL.

The win was only Dhaka’s third this season, keeping the franchise in contention for a place in the playoffs.

Chittagong Kings spinner Aliss Al Islam has been called for suspect action, BCB sources confirmed.

Captain Jos Buttler says England's match against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy should go ahead after calls for a boycott over the Taliban regime's assault on women's rights.

Bangladesh ensured their place in Super 6 stage of the ICC Women's U-19 World Cup with an 18-run victory against Scotland in their last Group D fixture in Selangor on Wednesday.

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty said her team is not yet thinking about direct qualification for this year's Women's ODI World Cup after inflicting a first-ever defeat on West Indies in Basseterre on Tuesday.

In a bid to secure a direct spot in this year's ICC Women's World Cup in India, Bangladesh women's team need to win the series decider on Friday against West Indies to leapfrog New Zealand.

The Sri Lankan on Tuesday spoke to The Daily Star's Samsul Arefin Khan over phone, sharing his experience regarding with the franchise and some other issues as well.

Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud, also a former director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has seen all the corridors of BCB, club cricket and franchise cricket in the country. Mahmud, who is coaching Dhaka Capitals in what has been a lacklustre campaign in the Bangladesh Premier League so far, gave his insights about the ongoing payment issues in the BPL, the state of his team and their star batter Liton Das, and Dhaka’s club cricket scenario in an interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

Bangladesh batter Afif Hossain revealed he was suffering from a lack of confidence under previous head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, a period which he feels had held him back from performing consistently.