The national selectors submitted a 15-member Bangladesh squad to the board for the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe yesterday.

There was finally some good news in the saga surrounding the injury to the left little finger of Shakib Al Hasan as test results yesterday indicated that the Tigers' Test and T20I skipper's infection was under control.

There was a demand for someone professional to speak about the current medical condition of Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's infected left hand for which he is currently undergoing treatment in Melbourne. Instead, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan held a lengthy press conference on the issue and by the end the picture seemed even murkier.

On the second day in the second round of the 20th National Cricket League (NCL), the batsmen once again returned to the fore with a total of three centuries being scored yesterday.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be held in West Indies from November 9 to 24.

Bangladesh openers had been struggling since the start of the Asia Cup and the team was losing too many wickets early on with early disasters in every game before Liton Das and Mehedi Miraz had starred in a 121-run opening stand in the final against India. Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza gambled and sent in Miraz to open with Liton. According to BCB president Nazmul Hassan, he was left frustrated by the team’s opening slot situation and had actually told captain Mashrafe in a meeting to go and open the innings with Liton in the final.

Surgery was required immediately as Shakib was in danger of having his hand completely disabled if the pus had burst. Shakib had said before the Asia Cup that he wanted to undergo the surgery to correct his little finger on the left hand before the Asia Cup but later joined the team at UAE.

The Bangladesh women's cricket team finished the campaign against their Pakistan counterparts on a happy note thanks to off-spinner Khadija Tul Kubra, who achieved a new milestone for the country's women's cricket in the one-off ODI at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

The first round of the 20th National Cricket League may have been dominated by the batsmen, but it was the bowlers who made headlines on the first day of the second round of the first-class completion being played across four venues yesterday.

Two issues surrounding Shakib Al Hasan's worsening finger injury scream out for attention. The first one is that Shakib wanted to have surgery on a persistent left little finger problem before the Asia Cup, but the board, medical staff and team management all thought that he could postpone it. The recklessness of that decision was proven when during the Asia Cup the finger became infected and he had to come home and have around 60 mg of pus removed to save his hand.

Following an exciting first round of the 20th National Cricket League, the second round of the domestic first class competition will begin today across four venues.

A left little finger injury that just a month ago seemed to be a minor one has now worsened to the point that ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's participation in the 2019 ICC World Cup, set to begin on May 30 in England, is currently in jeopardy.

Batting remains to be a major concern for the Bangladesh women's cricket team as the hosts suffered yet another heavy defeat in the final T20I against their Pakistan counterparts at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

It is widely known that Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza does not usually celebrate his birthday since he likes to keep a low profile on the special day.

The third edition of the Beximco National Snooker Team Championship, comprised of 16 clubs and 17 teams, kicked off yesterday with a total of 52 competitors.

With Bangladesh Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan suffering from injury and expected to be out of cricket for up to three months, there are questions about who will lead the Tigers in the upcoming home series against Zimbabwe, starting this month, and the following series against the West Indies in November.

Bangladesh Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s injured left hand little finger will never get hundred percent fit and the doctors will only try to make it better to play cricket, said the all-rounder before departing for Australia Friday night at the Hazrat Shahjalal International airport.

The Bangladesh women's cricket team achieved a better score than their ignominious performance in the previous match but it was not good enough to avert a series defeat against their Pakistan counterparts at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

With an aim to be prepared for the next ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) banked on a fresh batch of cricketers in the Under-19 Asia Cup at home in a campaign that ended in a nerve-wracking two-run defeat against India in the semifinal on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has denied the No Objection Certificates (NOCs) that Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Mithun required to participate in the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) in the United Arab Emirates.