The penultimate stage of the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) came to a close as Dhaka Dynamites secured their

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's Rangpur Riders look to have hit top gear when it matters most, confirming first place in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with a whopping nine-wicket victory over Comilla Victorians in their last league match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

Former captain Khaled Mashud was appointed team operations manager for Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand this month following a meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) board of directors meeting yesterday. CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury confirmed the 42-year-old's appointment, who played 42 Tests and 126 ODIs during his long career.

The penultimate phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) closed with Shakib Al Hasan's Dhaka Dynamites becoming the last team to ensure a spot in the final four following a six-wicket win over Khulna Titans in the final match of the group phase at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Shakib Al Hasan’s Dhaka Dynamites made the playoffs after defeating Khulna Titans by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Bangladesh paceman Taskin Ahmed’s New Zealand tour is all but over following the ankle injury he suffered yesterday during Sylhet Sixers’ last group match against Chittagong Vikings.

The tickets of the Eliminator and Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2 and the final of the ongoing sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League will be available from February 3, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced through a media release today.

The names of 17 players have been included in the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s central contract for the year 2019. There are now 12 players in the A and B categories while five players were handed rookie contracts.

Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers made short work of the 73-run target as Rangpur Riders scampered to a nine-wicket victory with 10.4 over to spare at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Former captain Khaled Masud Pilot has been appointed as the Team Operations manager for Bangladesh cricket team’s upcoming series against New Zealand.

Young pacer Mohammad Saifuddin seemed to have come of age and if yesterday's game was any indication, managed to exorcise the ghost of being struck for five sixes in an over by South Africa's David Miller in 2017, which led to him losing his place in the Bangladesh team.

Thakurgaon Government Boys High School registered a whopping 231-run win against Thakurgaon Sugar Mills High School in a Prime Bank Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament match in Thakurgaon yesterday.

Batting remained the biggest concern for Dhaka Dynamites as Shakib AL Hasan's side failed to chase a small 128-run target, succumbing to a one-run defeat against Comilla Victorians in an action packed Bangladesh Premier League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Pacer Ebadat Hossain’s figures of four wickets for 17 runs helps Sylhet Sixers -- who are already out of the title race -- to defend a challenging 165-run total and win their last game of this BPL by 29 runs against Chittagong Vikings -- who already confirmed their last-four spot -- and end Sylhet’s BPL campaign on a sweet note at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today.

It was a pressure scenario in the match when all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin was asked to bowl the last over with Dhaka Dynamites needing 13 runs for victory. The bowler responded by giving his side Comilla Victorians a narrow victory and later spoke of how senior player Tamim Iqbal kept him calm.

When Mohammad Saifuddin and death overs are mentioned together, a Bangladesh cricket team fan usually thinks about the over where David Miller plundered five sixes off the bowler. Today, Saifuddin, who bowled magnificently throughout, came out on top as he was able to thwart Dhaka Dynamites’s passage into the last four of the Bangladesh Premier League, snatching a one-run victory over Dhaka Dynamites.

The target of 128 looked an easy enough task for Dhaka Dynamites but Comilla Victorians’ bowlers pulled out brilliant performances to thwart Shakib Al Hasan’s men. Mohammad Saifuddin bagged four and delayed Dhaka’s top-four finish as Comilla won by just a run in a tight match.

The school cricket, named after Prime Bank School Cricket Tournament, is going on all over the country and in terms of number of participating schools it is the biggest cricketing carnival for young schoolgoing children. But many former cricketers will tell you that the halcyon days are past because the tournament has lost its main component -- the rivalries among participating schools.

Bangladesh will take on neighbours Pakistan and India in warm-up matches in late May ahead of their 2019 World Cup campaign which begins with a game against South Africa at The Oval in London on June 2.

Miraz Hawlader of Khulna National High School and Taizul Islam of Bangladesh Railway Government High School hogged the spotlight in the Prime Bank School Cricket tournament at different venues yesterday.