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Cricket: Stage set for ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017

A chance to qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, places in the next ICC Women’s Championship and ODI status for the next four-year cycle – there’s a lot at stake in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 to be held in Colombo from 7-21 February.
30 January 2017, 09:59 AM

Cricket: Warner seizes top spot in ODI rankings for the first time

Australia opener David Warner has wrested the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen with a stupendous run in recent matches that is a warning for other teams in the year of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, which will be held in the United Kingdom from 1-18 June.
27 January 2017, 08:45 AM

Cricket: Pakistan captain Azhar handed ban for slow over-rate

Pakistan one-day international captain Azhar Ali has been suspended for one contest and fined 40 percent of his match fee for the team's slow over-rate in Thursday's game against Australia, cricket's world governing body (ICC) has said.
27 January 2017, 06:32 AM

Cricket: New Zealand want run-out review after odd dismissal

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has called for a review of run-out rules following the bizarre dismissal of Neil Wagner in the second Test against Bangladesh.
24 January 2017, 05:04 AM

Dowling -- an old friend of Bangladesh cricket

There are a number of avid promoters of Bangladesh cricket and former New Zealand captain Graham Dowling is one of them. He was one of the three-man ICC inspection team that visited Bangladesh in March 2000 to assess the country's application for Test status.
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Aussie 1987 WC heroes awarded

The first Australia squad to win the World Cup in 1987 were presented with medals during the innings break at the fourth one-day international against Pakistan in Sydney on Sunday.
22 January 2017, 18:00 PM

cricket: 1987 Cricket World Cup winners receive medals 30 years after their triumph

The International Cricket Council (ICC) joined forces with Cricket Australia (CA) on Sunday to recognise Australia’s World Cup winners of 1987.
22 January 2017, 09:56 AM

Cricket: Hayden, Boon inducted into Australia Hall of Fame

Test greats David Boon, Matthew Hayden and the late Betty Wilson will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame this week, Cricket Australia said on Sunday.
22 January 2017, 06:48 AM

England fined

England have been fined for a slow over rate during the second one-day international against India in Cuttack, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday.
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Cricket: Shakib Al Hasan on top with 217

Shakib responded brilliantly with the bat to notch the highest score in Test cricket for Bangladesh with 217 runs on 13 January, 2017 at Wellington. The lefthander faced only 276 balls in his blistering innings, and smacked 31 fours, especially square on both sides of the field.
13 January 2017, 08:06 AM

Shakib best all-rounder again

Shakib Al Hasan rose to become the best all-rounder in the One Day Internationals and was adjudged the second-best all-rounder in Tests and T20Is in the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) latest rankings.
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Aussies to prepare in Dubai for India

Australia plan to prepare for their Indian Test series in Dubai as team officials seek more control over the state of practice pitches, reports said Monday.
2 January 2017, 05:29 AM

Cricket: Mustafizur, Santner attain career-best rankings in ODIs

Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has attained career-best rankings after creditable performances in a three-match One-Day International series which New Zealand won 3-0 at home.
1 January 2017, 08:49 AM

Mash, Tigers fined

Bangladesh have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand during the first ODI yesterday.
26 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Banned Petersen 'feared for safety'

Banned former South Africa Test batsman Alviro Petersen said Thursday he hired a bodyguard because he feared for the safety of himself and his family during investigations into cricket match-fixing.
23 December 2016, 07:30 AM

Fizz ICC's emerging player of the year

Mustafizur Rahman, one of Bangladesh's most famous cricketing exports, has broken new ground for his country by becoming the first player to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) award.
22 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Mustafizur Rahman claims ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award

Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. In the period under consideration, Mustafizur played three ODIs and took eight wickets, while he yielded 19 wickets in 10 T20Is.
22 December 2016, 07:43 AM

Cricket: Brathwaite T20 heroics light up year of master batsmen

The prolific Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson all enhanced their burgeoning reputations in 2016 but, aided by the screams of commentator Ian Bishop to "remember the name", the year will forever belong to Carlos Brathwaite.
20 December 2016, 08:45 AM

Cricket: Bangladesh lose to Pakistan by nine wickets

Bangladesh suffer the ignominy of being bowled out for their lowest T20 total as they go down by nine wickets to Pakistan in the ninth match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground in Bangkok.
30 November 2016, 07:04 AM

Sabbir's double offence

Rangpur Riders players Mohammad Shahzad and Liam Dawson, and Rajshahi Kings batsman Sabbir Rahman have all been found guilty of breaching the BCB Code of Conduct during the teams' Bangladesh Premier League match in Mirpur on Monday.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM