In a normal cricket culture, this would not be an issue. Especially when a Test captain wants to resign, it is the captain who asks for the decision to be either made public or makes the announcement himself, preferably in a press conference in an official setting.

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul has decided to step down from his role as captain to focus on his batting, Mominul told the media today following a meeting at the BCB president Nazmul Hassan’s residence.

With the intention to strengthen the spin-bowling pipeline, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) cricket operations committee has initiated to hold a four-day training camp, under the guidance of Bangladesh spin-bowling coach Rangana Herath, starting from tomorrow.

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's availability before a series becomes a hot topic of discussion before every series. There are whisperings that Shakib could opt out of one of the formats in the upcoming series against West Indies.

With spinner Nayeem Hasan ruled out of the second Test following a fracture to his hand, all of a sudden the focus has turned to Mosaddek as a bowling option.

Right now, the ubiquitous buzzword in our cricket circuit is ‘mindset’. It seems all paths lead to that particular word in discussions about the problems surrounding the Bangladesh men’s national cricket team.

Bangladesh cricket set a unique example in regards to dealing with a player’s mental health. When a player wants to skip an international commitment citing a mental health issue, it deserves utmost attention and the highest levels of sensitivity.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned to Dhaka yesterday morning  alongside the team following a three-match ODI series in Chattogram and refreshingly he was available to reporters and fielded questions after turning up in the afternoon to fulfil a commercial commitment.

A sporting wicket levels the playing field during the series.

The difference in his technique is now evident.

The “shadow team” is to be called Bangladesh Tigers.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan’s antics during press briefings have been well-advertised, but the BCB boss probably violated the very essence of the game -- respect -- while taking a swipe at Mushfiqur Rahim’s decision to skip the Pakistan tour.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed yesterday during a press conference that the board has been given directives from the government to only go for a short tour of Pakistan.

The impasse between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and top cricketers was resolved when the BCB agreed to nine of the original 11 demands during a meeting between the two parties in Mirpur late last night.

There was little indication of recuperation from the turmoil that has engulfed Bangladesh cricket over the past two days following the boycott by cricketers led by Test captain Shakib Al Hasan.

In one of the most dramatic scenes in Bangladesh cricket history, around 50 of the country’s top cricketers convened in Mirpur announced yesterday that they would boycott all cricketing activities unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) met their 11-point demand put forward by the cricketers.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan had announced on September 11 that the board would stage the upcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on its own from December 6 and name the domestic T20 tournament after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to commemorate the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary.

A Dhaka court has placed Mohammedan Sporting Club director in-charge M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed for possessing narcotics at his Monipuripara residence.

The recent fuss in the country’s cricket fraternity seems to be over the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s newly-set requirements for the beep test that must be met in order to play in the National Cricket League (NCL), scheduled to begin next month.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday named the Under-23 squad for the tour of India and there was no place for left-arm pacer Abu Hider. His non-selection raised eyebrows as chief selector Minhajul Abedin told reporters a few days ago that the pacer