Bangladesh News

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is in doubt for a triangular one-day series in January after he ignored medical advice and continued to play cricket despite a broken hand, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday.

MELBOURNE: In a scathing attack on the Indian cricket board, Australian media Monday said the financially strong Board of Control for Cricket in India is doing every bit to kill Test cricket even as their team has taken the top spot in the traditional format.

Following their crushing victory over Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third Test in Mumbai [ Images ], which saw them win the three-Test series 2-0, India took over as the top team in Tests.

STEEPLE Ashton cricketer James Vince has been called up to the England squad for next year's U19 World Cup.

DUBAI, 1 DEC: The 2011 World Cup's hosts may get to play their quarter-final and semi-final matches at home if they reach those stages.

AS expected once he injured his hip after nine overs on the first day of the West Indies' massive defeat in the first Test against Australia, Jerome Taylor is to return to the Caribbean for treatment.

By Omar Khalid, Karachi, Dec 2 : Pakistan's cricketers cleared the final hurdle in their way to feature in the Indian Premier League Wednesday when the country's interior ministry Wednesday gave them a clearance to play in India.

"We should be making our players available for the whole of the IPL window. We are not great at Twenty20 cricket.

With a skipper who doesn't even want to play Test cricket, the West Indies are in complete disarray and should be barred from the longer version of the game until they prove themselves worthy, feels former Australian captain Kim Hughes.

Host nations at the 2011 Cricket World Cup are set to be allowed to play quarter and semi-final matches on their own soil, according to plans submitted to the International Cricket Council .

Karachi News.Net Tuesday 1st December, 2009 Wellington, Dec.1 : Black Caps strike bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the test series against Pakistan with an abdominal tear.

Australia moved closer towards the unique experiment of holding day-night Tests, a move designed and urgently needed to save the fading format of the game.

Muralitharan, who has already announced his Test retirement after next year's series against the West Indies [ Images ], said he may walk into the sunset before the 2011 World Cup in the sub-continent. Sri Lanka is currently trailing 0-1 in the three-match Test series against India, the final game of which starts on December 2 in Mumbai [ Images ].

OVER the past three days Chris Gayle, Travis Dowlin and Adrian Barath - the hare, the tortoise and the colt - displayed the best and worst of West Indian cricket.

Australian Peter Siddle successfully appeals for the dismissal of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the first Test yesterday.

Kanpur, Nov 26 : Shantakumaran Sreesanth's five for 75 against Sri Lanka in the second cricket test at the Green Park Stadium here Thursday were the best by any Indian bowler at home.

Stuart Broad has taken the first step towards playing in next year's Indian Premier League and possibly landing a $750,000 deal.

New Zealand Cricket has distanced itself from anti-social allegations levelled against Jesse Ryder, saying a dispute between neighbours and the international batsman falls outside its jurisdiction.

West Indian captain Chris Gayle practises in the nets after rejoining the side at a training session in Brisbane on November 25, 2009 No matter who you ask, whether it be Brian Lara, Ian Chappell or Shane Warne, the answer is the same - Australia will give West Indies a hiding this summer.

KANPUR: Former India captain Rahul Dravid hit a classy 144 in the second Test against Sri Lanka here Wednesday and became the fourth highest scorer in Tests.