Bangladesh

7:25 AM GMT Bangladesh chose to bat v Zimbabwe Bangladesh won the toss and batted first in their first one-day international for seven months. Mehidy Hasan, who was left out of the Test squad, returned to Bangladesh’s white-ball playing XI, as did Mahmudullah. Mohammad Saifuddin and Mustafizur Rahman were also included. Zimbabwe, likewise, have not

11:09 AM GMT Big picture The Mashrafe Mortaza retirement speculation circus has taken the spotlight in Bangladesh, turning the ODI series against Zimbabwe into a bit of a sideshow. To add more spice to the unfolding melodrama, BCB president Nazmul Hassan has already said that this is going to be Mashrafe’s last series as captain.

7:32 AM GMT Tears streamed down Bangladesh medium-pacer Ritu Moni‘s face at the Junction Oval’s press conference room as she took her mind back to where her journey began – Bogra – and to Muslim Uddin, the man who helped her live her dream. It is in Bogra, a northwestern city in Bangladesh, that the

9:17 AM GMT Mushfiqur Rahim has stressed that he would not change his mind about skipping the tour of Pakistan, despite BCB president Nazmul Hassan’s tough stance on the matter, where he said that Mushfiqur was “contract-bound” to tour with the rest of the team. “I made my stance clear about Pakistan, and they [BCB]

Play 04:56 February 27: Australia vs Bangladesh at the Manuka Oval, Canberra Our XI: Alyssa Healy, Nigar Sultana, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning, Murshida Khatun, Rachael Haynes, Salma Khatun, Ellyse Perry, Panna Ghosh, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt Captain: Alyssa Healy Healy has had a horrid time in recent T20Is. She has 6 single-digit scores in her

Wesley Madhevere took three wickets and struck an unbeaten half-century © ICC/Getty Images Allrounder Chamu Chibhabha, who last played white-ball cricket for Zimbabwe in 2018, has been named captain of both the ODI and T20I sides for the ongoing Bangladesh tour. Sean Williams, the regular long-format captain who had missed the one-off Test due to

11:45 AM GMT BCB president Nazmul Hassan has told Mushfiqur Rahim that he was contract-bound to travel to Pakistan for the one-off ODI and second Test in Karachi – the last leg of a three-part tour – in April, saying that players must “think about the country, and not about themselves”. “We are expecting that

3:14 PM GMT South Zone completed a hat-trick of BCL titles after beating East Zone by 105 runs in the final in Chittagong. The win came shortly after tea on the fourth day when they bowled out East Zone for 248 runs, with Shafiul Islam and Mahedi Hasan picking up three wickets each. South Zone

5:53 AM GMT Lunch Zimbabwe 114 for 5 (Raza 33*, Nayeem 3-44) and 265 trail Bangladesh 560 for 6 dec (Rahim 203*, Mominul 132) by 181 runs Bangladesh’s march to victory continued with a couple of vital wickets on the fourth morning in Mirpur. It was the spinners that struck first, with Taijul Islam opening

2:12 PM GMT Mushfiqur Rahim has admitted that he had his eyes on a maiden triple-century, but was cut short by a surprising declaration against Zimbabwe late on the third afternoon in Mirpur. Rahim remained unbeaten on 203, his third double-century in Tests and second against Zimbabwe, before Bangladesh took two wickets to put the

6:15 AM GMT Lunch Bangladesh 351 for 3 (Haque 119*, Rahim 99*, Tshuma 1-58) lead Zimbabwe 265 by 86 runs Bangladesh raced into the lead with a batting masterclass from Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim on the third morning. Haque raised his ninth Test century, his first as captain, and the first by a Bangladesh

11:08 AM GMT Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim have been included in the Bangladesh ODI side for the first time as they take on Zimbabwe in a three-match series next week. Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Taijul Islam, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim, Al Amin Hossain,

1:43 PM GMT There won’t be any overseas players in the 2019-20 Dhaka Premier League, the league chairman Kazi Inam Ahmed said on Sunday. This is the first time in 46 years that the most lucrative competition in Bangladesh’s domestic scene will not include any overseas cricketers. Inam said this decision was taken to give

11:13 AM GMT Zimbabwe 228 for 6 (Ervine 107, Masvaure 64, Nayeem 4-68) v Bangladesh On an attritional first day’s play in Mirpur, two men stood head and shoulders above everyone else on the field as Zimbabwe compiled 228 for 6. Craig Ervine was the glue in Zimbabwe’s middle order, compiling the fourth hundred by