West Indies brace for Sri Lanka challenge as Da Silva returns
After a rain-ruined ODI series and a hard-fought T20 seriss, West Indies and Sri Lanka renew their Test rivalry in the Caribbean on Thursday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
After a rain-ruined ODI series and a hard-fought T20 seriss, West Indies and Sri Lanka renew their Test rivalry in the Caribbean on Thursday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
Bangladesh pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed believes the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe will be anything but easy, insisting the Tigers will face even greater pressure despite many viewing the hosts as a comparatively weaker side.
Returning captain Ben Stokes insisted he had been "man enough" to apologise to his England team-mates after missing the last Test for breaching a curfew.
Bangladesh may have suffered a T20I series whitewash against Australia after their historic ODI series triumph, but several Tigers have earned significant rewards in the latest ICC rankings update.
Zimbabwe have named a 15-man squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, with left-arm fast bowler Richard Ngarava set to captain the national side in Test cricket for the first time.
||ICC || Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim has beaten off stiff competition from teammate Taijul Islam and Nepal all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee to be crowned the ICC Men's Player of the Month for May 2026.
England will warm up for the 2027 Ashes with a one-off Test against Bangladesh in late May, according to reports.
Bangladesh have suffered a setback ahead of their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, with wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das ruled out of the one-off Test due to injury.
Matt Henry did the damage as New Zealand thrashed England by 253 runs in the second Test at the Oval on Sunday for a series-levelling victory after the hosts opened up the possibility of Ben Stokes returning to international cricket.
Shubman Gill will captain India for next month's three-match one-day international series against England, with veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma included.
Australia completed a 3-0 whitewash over Bangladesh in the T20I series with a commanding seven-wicket victory in the third and final match at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday.
Bangladesh T20I captain Litton Das and pace bowler Taskin Ahmed set to skip the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) granted them No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to feature in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), officials confirmed on Friday.