Having bowled out West Indies for 205, New Zealand posted 278 before being all out in the final session on day two at Basin Reserve.

Bangladesh players’ focus will be the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) starting on December 26.

An injury during the NCL T20 nearly ended Mukidul Islam Mugdho's entire domestic season. But the pacer not only fought his way back to the field, but also played a pivotal role in Rangpur Division's title win in the red-ball NCL, finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker with 29 scalps in just four matches and was adjudged the player-of-the-tournament.

S Venkataraman, the head coach of the Cricket Association of Pondicherry’s (CAP) U-19 team in India, has been reportedly attacked by three local players after they were left out of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad.

Cummins is the only addition to an otherwise unchanged squad from Brisbane, where Australia won by eight wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Winning any trophy is always special, but this time it was even sweeter for captain Akbar Ali due to the competitiveness of the tournament, which had often been questioned, and the quality of the wickets, which added further satisfaction.

It marked Rangpur’s first longer-version title since the 2022–23 season and underlined their growing dominance in Bangladesh’s domestic circuit.

"You are a great cricketer, a trusted friend and an even finer human being. Best wishes for your next chapter, dost [friend].”

Miller has been a mainstay in South Africa's white-ball teams across the majority of his career and was part of the team that narrowly lost the most recent T20 World Cup final to India in Barbados.

"Really flat for him. A couple of setbacks that we didn't see coming," McDonald said.

Despite being Bangladesh's most prolific scorer in T20Is over the course of the last 12 months, the jury is still out on Tanzid Hasan Tamim as an impactful performer.

Bangladesh will be touring Australia next year for a Test series for the first time since 2003, when Darwin and Cairns hosted matches in Australia’s 2–0 win.

Bangladesh T20I side right now is strewn with openers and figuring out how they can be incorporated in different roles is a question the management is trying to answer before the ICC T20 World Cup comes around in February next year.

"My plan is to go back to Bangladesh, play one full series – ODI, Test and T20I – and retire. That's the plan I have," Shakib said.

The story of England’s tour so far has been one of flashes -- brief moments of belief, quickly swallowed by pressure.

England's Ashes preparations -- or lack of -- have come under renewed fire after they were well beaten in Brisbane on Sunday to leave them staring down the barrel in the series.

Australia cruised to an emphatic eight-wicket win over England in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane on Sunday for an ominous 2-0 lead in the series.

England captain Ben Stokes and off-spinner Will Jacks led a fighting rearguard action to ensure Australia will have to bat again in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane on Sunday.

The 37-year-old amassed 302 runs including two centuries and one fifty  in three matches to dispel any doubts over his enduring quality as a top-order batter.

Rangpur Riders have once again secured the services of experienced coach Mickey Arthur for the forthcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which is scheduled to get underway in Sylhet on December 26.