Saif Hassan and Mohammad Naim notched a 164-run stand for the second wicket to help Central Zone to a dominating five-wicket win over North Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League final at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to stage the four-day version of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) in mid-April as part of preparations for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan.

Bangladesh batter Saif Hassan wants to move on from the disappointment of missing out on the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup and focus on the upcoming ODI assignments, with qualification for the next year’s ICC ODI World Cup still on the line.

Jishan Alam’s scintillating maiden List A century followed by Mosaddek Hossain’s nerveless unbeaten half-century powered Central Zone to a thrilling two-wicket win over North Zone and into the final of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day version at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium on Saturday.

Pacer Nahid Rana and all-rounder S M Meherob Hasan delivered impressive spells as North Zone registered their second consecutive victory in the ongoing Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day competition with a six-wicket win over South Zone at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium on Thursday.

Bangladesh’s ace pacer Taskin Ahmed last played an ODI in October last year. Since then he has been primarily playing T20s. Taskin today appeared in his first 50-over game in a while in the ongoing Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day tournament and returned figures of two for 46, bowling his full quota of overs.

Akbar, who led Bangladesh to the U-19 World Cup title in 2020, described the atmosphere as a rare experience in domestic cricket.

Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque has once again voiced his frustration at being labelled a “Test-only” player -- a tag he believes has consistently deprived him of opportunities in white-ball cricket.

The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) began in style on Monday, with two centuries lighting up the opening day and an unusually vibrant crowd filling the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura for the North Zone–East Zone clash.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to begin a four-team Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day tournament from Sunday at two venues -- Rajshahi and Bogura. However, questions remain as to whether the players have truly recovered from the trauma of missing the ICC T20 World Cup.

At the Ground 2 of Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar, centuries from Abdullah Al Mamun and Pritom Kumar enabled North Zone to seal a comfortable six-wicket victory over South Zone.

With the win, East Zone finished with 20 points in the competition, 10 more than runners-up Central Zone

Utilising playing conditions to their advantage in Sylhet and Dhaka, the likes of Khaled Ahmed, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Shohidul Islam and other quicks tormented the batters to scalp 16 wickets.

Chasing a small target of 149, East Zone ended the day on 108 for 3 with Amite Hasan and Shamim Hossain not out on 40 and 37 respectively.

Nasum claimed five for 75 while pacer Rejaur Rahman Raja picked up three wickets to bundle out South Zone for 282

The 11th edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) -- the country's only franchise-based first-class competition -- will begin today with four teams set to face each other on the way to glory in a single league format.