The cricket carnival known as the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will swing into its final stretch today with all eyes on pre-

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.

Mohabaj School registered a whopping 231-run victory in a Prime Bank Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament match against Nuriya High School, courtesy of a sparkling 114-ball 111 from Mohabaj batsman Basir and bowler Semanto's five-for in Barishal yesterday.

The Chittagong leg of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) produced the most exciting cricket out of all the legs in the tournament.

The pressure of playing in front of their home crowd transformed into inspiration yesterday as Chittagong Vikings snatched victory by 11 runs in a tight match against Dhaka Dynamites at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Rajshahi Kings rode on the 109-run fourth wicket partnership between Laurie Evans and Ryan ten Doeschate to successfully chase the challenging 189-run total posted by Sylhet Sixers -- ending Sylhet’s hope to reach the last-four -- and win the game by five wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

Opener Cameron Delport’s 57-ball 71 helps Chittagong Vikings to beat Dhaka Dynamites by 11 runs, ending their three-match losing streak in their Bangladesh Premier League encounter at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

The past five editions of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) had seen only two hat-tricks. With Andre Russell notching a hat-trick today, the hat-trick count of this season’s BPL is now three. He is the second bowler from Dhaka Dynamites to grab a hat-trick this season.

Baptist Mission School orchestrated their own downfall yesterday, conceding 57 extras in a 63-run loss against Town High School in the Prime Bank Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament at Barishal.

Bowling remained the main strength for the home side as Bangladesh Under-19 won the first of three youth ODIs against the visiting England Under-19 team by a comfortable five-wicket margin to establish a 1-0 lead at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed, who last featured in Bangladesh's Test and ODI sides during the September-October 2017 tour of South Africa, was recalled to the national team following his exploits in the Bangladesh Premier League.

While Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians have gathered momentum at the business end of the group phase, Chittagong Vikings failed to fire in front of their home crowd, losing their third game on the trot at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday.

Rangpur Riders successfully chase a modest 141-run total posted by Rajshahi Kings riding on the 55-run knock of Rilee Rossuw and win comfortably by six wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

Comilla Victorians opener Tamim Iqbal reaches the milestone of scoring 5000 runs in T20s on route to an unbeaten 54-run knock, which helped his side beat Chittagong Vikings by seven wickets in their Bangladesh Premier League encounter at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

An unbeaten 54 from opener Tamim Iqbal guides Comilla Victorians to a seven-wicket win over Chittagong Vikings in a rare low-scoring match of the Chattogram leg of the BPL.

The qualifying round of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 will begin on October 18 with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh placed in Group A and B respectively in the first round. ICC revealed the fixture list for both the men’s and women’s T20 World Cup today.

The Bangladesh Premier League match between Chittagong Vikings and Comilla Victorians was interrupted due to a light drizzle which led to play beginning 10 minutes late.

Comfort matters to AB de Villiers and he spoke of why the Riders outfit suits his kind of cricket.

Rangpur Riders batsman AB de Villiers, who scored an unbeaten 50-ball 100-run to help his side win by eight wickets against Dhaka Dynamites yesterday in Chattogram told at the post-match press-conference that it is more important for him to see his side win the game than the ton he scored.

The Prime Bank Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament witnessed contrasting results in all seven of yesterday's fixtures at venues.