In scenes more reminiscent of a movie than of practical life behind bars, prisoners took on officials of the Manikganj district administration in a friendly cricket match inside the district jail on Friday.

After the first day of the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand was washed out without the toss taking place, there is high chance of rain for the second day of the Test at the Basin Reserve today.

The opening day of the 50-over Dhaka Premier League (DPL) yesterday saw three enthralling encounters at three different venues.

The opening day of traditional 50-over version of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) saw three enthralling encounters at three different venues today. Opener Jahurul Islam became the first centurion of this edition as his unbeaten 121 runs off 147 balls helped defending champions Abahani Limited to post 216 for nine and defend it comfortably to win the game by 60 runs against Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Persistent rain ruled out any play on day one of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Wellington on Friday.

A day-long cricket carnival, titled DUFA Premier League, will be held on Friday at Jagannath Hall with former Dhaka University students from 1995-96 session taking part in six-a-side cricket.

A glance back through the pages of Bangladesh's Test history will reveal an inescapable reality -- the failure of the country's pacers in

The Dhaka Premier League (DPL) gets underway today at three different venues with defending champions Abahani taking on BKSP in one of the three opening day fixtures at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Of the 113 Tests Bangladesh have played so far including the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton last week, 52 have been played abroad and 61 at home.

New Zealand have pledged a win-at-all-costs approach to the second Test against Bangladesh, starting in Wellington on Friday, as they look to wrap up the series with a game to spare.

Bangladesh have quite recently played four spinners at home in Test matches but the Tigers pacers hardly get that sort of involvement when it comes to the longest format of the game in home series. Struggling with injuries and a greenish looking pitch in the offing, stand-in skipper Mahmudullah Riyad said it was not impossible for the team to play four pacers with Mustafizur Rahman coming back in to the lineup after being rested in the first Test at Hamilton.

Bangladesh go into the second Test match at in Wellington with further injury worries than they had in the first Test after Tamim Iqbal was the latest to suffer a niggle. Without another backup batsman in the lineup, Bangladesh could be one batsman short but Mahmudullah Riyad reiterated that Tamim’s injury will not likely keep him out of the second Test but the same cannot be said about Mushfiqur Rahim.

Even after an innings defeat at Hamilton, Bangladesh were able to turn some of the momentum in their favour following three centuries

A number of issues were raised and a few solutions suggested regarding the increase in alleged biased umpiring instances in

The national selectors picked a 30-member preliminary squad for the ICC World Cup to be held in England from May.

One of the oldest grounds in New Zealand, the Basin Reserve in Wellington has a rich history which the authorities try to preserve with a

The ongoing tour of New Zealand has long been anticipated to be a crucial and testing one for Bangladesh. The Tigers are playing

Just as he entered the Basin Reserve Stadium in Wellington, the venue for Bangladesh's second Test against host New Zealand, Mushfiqur Rahim looked up at the heavens, muttered something under his breath and joined his team mates for the warm up session yesterday.

Even after an innings defeat at Hamilton, Bangladesh were able to turn some of the momentum in their favour following three centuries over the two innings and the team will be a lot more confident when they play the second Test at Wellington on March 8. New Zealand quick Trent Boult knows that the Basin Reserve is usually a good track for batsmen and asserted that New Zealand will be trying more of their short stuff in the second Test after it worked in the first one.

Bangladesh team were more than surprised with how the grassy pitch at Hamilton turned out during the first Test. Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam confirmed that the wicket had changed its behaviour during the match.