Sri Lanka government 'temporarily' takes over cricket board
Sri Lanka's government took control of the island's cricket board on Wednesday, saying it was a temporary measure designed to pave the way for "structural reforms".
Sri Lanka's government took control of the island's cricket board on Wednesday, saying it was a temporary measure designed to pave the way for "structural reforms".
The second T20I between Bangladesh and New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has revised its earlier stance and permitted fast bowler Nahid Rana to participate in the final of the Pakistan Super League for Peshawar Zalmi.
A magnificent century from Babar Azam guided Peshawar Zalmi to a dominant 70-run victory over Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League Qualifier, sealing their place in the final.
The batting-friendly nature of the Sagarika surface once again put bowlers under pressure in the opening T20I against New Zealand, but Bangladesh’s all-rounder Mahedi Hasan remains confident after his team’s strong comeback and bowling resilience.
Sri Lanka Women kicked off their tour of Bangladesh with a convincing 25-run victory in the first T20I at Sylhet, successfully defending a competitive total of 161/4.
Bangladesh produced a confident all-round display to defeat New Zealand by six wickets in the first T20I in Chattogram, chasing down a challenging 183 with 12 balls to spare.
Tom Latham has been ruled out of New Zealand’s opening T20I against Bangladesh after suffering a toe injury during training.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced the squad for the first Test of next month’s series against Pakistan national cricket team, with two uncapped players earning maiden call-ups.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is set to introduce a revised incentive structure that will reward players for beating top-ranked teams while penalizing defeats against lower-ranked sides such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Australia's Pat Cummins says Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is his "new favourite player" after the 15-year-old sensation became the youngest and fastest to score 1,000 T20 runs in a 36-ball century in the IPL.
Bangladesh captain Litton Das has said the decision to rest senior pacers Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana for the first two T20Is against New Zealand is part of a long-term plan to develop backups.