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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced the itinerary for Ireland women’s team’s tour of Bangladesh, starting from November 22 The visitors will play a three-match ODI series against the hosts Bangladesh Women's team in Dhaka on November 27, 30 and December 2 all at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. All the matches will kick off at 10 am. The three match ODI series is a part of the 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championship: The Irish women's team will also play a three-match Twenty20 internationals series against Bangladesh Women's on December 5, 7 and 9 all at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium before they depart Bangladesh on December 10. The first two T20I matches will kick-off at 2 pm while the 3rd and last match will begin at 10 an.

  New Zealand secured an historic 3-0 series victory in India as it won a dramatic third test by 25 runs on Sunday. Ajaz Patel took 6-57 to bowl the Black Caps to victory as it became the first visiting side to complete a clean sweep in a minimum three-test series against India. Glenn Phillips provided strong support, picking up 3-42 as India crashed to 121 all out in 29.1 overs shortly after lunch on the third day. Rishabh Pant was the lone resistance for the hosts with 64 off 57 balls, including nine fours and a six, but his counter-attacking half century went in vain as India lost its last three wickets in four balls. India’s previous worst showing was a 2-0 loss to Hansie Cronje’s South Africa in 2000 in a two-test series. It last loss in a home series was to England — 2-1 in a four-test series — in 2012.Patel’s six wickets took his tally to 25 at the Wankhede Stadium in four innings. He bowled a record 10-119 here in 2021, finishing that game with 14 wickets. On Sunday, Patel finished with 11-160 to go past England’s Ian Botham who had taken 22 wickets at the same ground and was previously the most successful visiting bowler at any venue in India.New Zealand won the first two tests in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs, respectively, registering a landmark first test-series win in India, but an even greater achievement was to come. It was the first instance of New Zealand winning three tests in a series home or away, and the first instance of winning three successive away tests. “We are ecstatic. Looking back at the start of the series, to be now in this position, the boys have done a fantastic job over the last three tests. We understood how India play and just tried to do our best. Our players chipped in at different times through the series,” said Tom Latham, New Zealand’s winning captain. Chasing 147 runs to avoid an unprecedented home series whitewash, India stumbled to lunch at 92-6 with only Pant’s half-century proving a spanner in the works for New Zealand.Pant put on 42 off 53 balls for the sixth wicket with Ravindra Jadeja (6) to give India some hope of reaching the target after it had earlier slumped to 29-5. Skipper Rohit Sharma's poor series continued as he was caught for 11, going after Henry with another ill-judged pull shot that was caught at midwicket. Patel bowled Shubman Gill for one, the batter leaving the ball only for it to knock back his off stump. The Sunday crowd at the Wankhede Stadium was stunned when Virat Kohli was caught at slip for one in the following over. Phillips then sent back Yashasvi Jaiswal for five, out lbw. Sarfaraz Khan (one) hit a full toss straight to the square leg fielder as India collapsed. Pant then led India’s recovery with some unorthodox shots, while Jadeja was watchful for the most part. Their partnership pushed India back into contention, before Jadeja was dismissed at short leg for six off 22 balls. After lunch, Pant took India past 100 and remained key to the end-result for both sides.In the 22nd over, he was given out caught behind via television review. He seemed to have edged Patel, but the on-field umpire turned it down. New Zealand captain Tom Latham reviewed and the replays showed there was a deflection off the bat on to the pad which looped up and was caught by Tom Blundell. Pant walked back dejected, after hitting nine fours and a six, in what had looked a match-turning 35-run partnership with Sundar. Ravichandran Ashwin and Sundar added 15 runs as scoring dried up, before Phillips struck twice in the 29th over. The allrounder had Ashwin caught behind trying a reverse sweep, with DRS detecting a faint glove touch. Next ball, Phillips bowled Akash Deep to leave India on the precipice.Patel then created history as he bowled Sundar two balls later – India had collapsed losing its last four wickets for 15 runs. It was the second-lowest total defended by New Zealand to win a test after 137 runs against England in Wellington in 1978. “It is not something easily digestible,” said India skipper Rohit Sharma. "We didn’t play our best cricket and we have to accept it. I didn’t do well as captain and as batter. We made a lot of mistakes. They (New Zealand) did so much better than us throughout the series.” Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja picked a second five-for in the test as New Zealand was bowled out for 174 runs in its second innings. The Kiwis had closed day two at 171-9 and could only add another three runs from 14 deliveries. Jadeja dismissed Patel for eight, out caught, for his 15th five-wicket return in tests. Jadeja finished with match figures of 10-120, his third ten-wicket haul in his 77 tests. New Zealand scored 235 runs in its first innings, while India took a slender 28-run lead with 263 runs in reply.

The first batch of Bangladesh National Cricket team left Dhaka for Dubai Saturday evening to play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Sharjah. A 14-member Bangladesh team including cricketer and coaching staff, not in the Bangladesh squad for Chattogram Test against South Africa, left here for UAE Saturday evening at 5:30 pm in the day's first batch. Shubman Gill guides India’s revival with an impressive unbeaten 70 in third Test against New Zealand Bangladesh will play three ODI matches against Afghanistan on November 6, 9 and 12, all at the Sharjah International Stadium. Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tanim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Towhid Hridoy, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana left Dhaka for Dubai in the day's first batch. The remaining members of Bangladesh squad including captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, vice-captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Zakir Hasan and others will fly for Dubai Sunday afternoon. Tk 1 crore rewarded to Women’s SAFF Champions Bangladesh ODI Squad: Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hassan Miraz (Vice Captain), Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, and Nahid Rana.

Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 70 as India fought back from an overnight 86-4 to reach 195-5 at lunch on Day 2 of the third test against New Zealand on Saturday. Gill added 96 runs off 114 balls for the fifth wicket with Rishabh Pant, who scored a whirlwind 60 off 59 balls, as the duo helped India recover from the evening session on the first day. India had endured seven deliveries of mayhem late on day one as it crashed from 78-1 to 84-4. Ravindra Jadeja (10 not out) was the other unbeaten batter at lunch, as India trailed by 40 runs. New Zealand had scored 235 runs in its first innings after opting to bat. New Zealand won the first two tests in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs respectively, registering a landmark first test-series win in India. On Saturday, Pant was dropped on 53 at long off — Matt Henry missing the catch off Glenn Phillips’ bowling. Gill also survived a catching chance, as New Zealand’s fielding dropped below regular standard in hot and humid conditions. Gill went on to score his seventh half-century off 66 balls. In the second hour, New Zealand struck back as Pant was out lbw off Ish Sodhi against the run of play. The batter reviewed, but the decision stayed in Sodhi’s favor as India lost its sole wicket of the morning session.

Evin Lewis hit four times as many sixes as the entire England team in a commanding innings of 94 which led the West Indies to an eight-wicket win Thursday in the rain-affected first one-day international. First-time captain Liam Livingstone hit two sixes in a top score of 48 in his team's under-par total of 209. That was England's best performance as it was bowled out in 45.1 overs on a tricky pitch on which only Lewis flourished. The left-handed Lewis hit eight sixes in his innings of only 69 balls but was out 13 runs before the West Indies reached their Duckworth-Lewis System revised total of 157 to lead the three-match ODI series. No overs were lost when rain extended the interval between innings but the West Indies innings was reduced by 15 overs after a lengthy rain break after the 15th over. They already were in command, thanks to Lewis. He had reached his half century from 46 balls before the rain came and the West Indies were 81-0, 48 runs ahead of the Duckworth Lewis calculation though they had to face 20 overs for the result to count. Lewis returned to the West Indies ODI lineup for the first time in almost three years during their recent tour to Sri Lanka, scoring an unbeaten 102 in the third one-day international in Pallekele. That was his last innings before Thursday and he narrowly missed back-to-back centuries. Lewis was the only batter to command tricky conditions at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium. During the England innings, deliveries from both the seamers and spinners tended to grip and hold up, making expansive stroke play difficult. Brandon King made 30 in a 118-run opening partnership with Lewis and Keacy Carty was 19 not out when the West Indies won with 9.1 overs remaining. Livingstone's 48 and Sam Curran's 37 in a 72-run partnership for the fifth wicket provided the backbone of England's innings. Both batters were undone by left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who took 4-41. England may have struggled because it was coming off a test series against Pakistan while the West Indies have been playing white-ball cricket in Sri Lanka. England named four players on debut — Jamie Overton, Jordan Cox, John Turner and Dan Mousley — though Overton and Cox previously had played Twenty20 internationals and Overton had played one test. Livingstone hit the first six of the England innings in the 32nd over, signaling the difficulty that England had getting the ball to the boundary. Phil Salt had made 18 and England was 38 in the ninth over when he swung hard at a ball from Jayden Seales which held up after bouncing and he mis-timed his shot to Alzarri Joseph, who took an outstanding running catch in the deep. Will Jacks was on 19 when he tried to crack a full delivery from Seales into the leg side. Again the ball gripped and took the leading edge of Jacks' bat flying to Motie, who ran around behind the bowler to take the catch. Cox was looking settled on 17 when he tried to hit hard down the ground and the ball, which stood up sharply, took a top edge and flew to third man. Livingstone's disciplined innings of 48 from 49 balls ended when he pushed too far forward at a ball from Motie which held up and straightened and which he patted back to the bowler. The teams are scheduled to play the second ODI Saturday and the third next Wednesday ahead of a five-match Twenty20 series.

South Africa’s stand-in cricket captain, Aiden Markram, expressed satisfaction with the security and hospitality arrangements during the team’s Bangladesh tour despite security concerns. This was the first international cricket series in Bangladesh after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, which had been increasingly seen as an autocratic regime. With dismal performance, Bangladesh suffer clean sweep against South Africa Following Hasina's ouster in a popular uprising, the security situation remained volatile for weeks. Due to these concerns, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was relocated from Bangladesh, and the South Africa series also faced uncertainty. Concerns escalated when fans clashed over Shakib Al Hasan’s absence from the series. In response, the government bolstered security, deploying army and police personnel. Bangladesh vs South Africa test: Mominul fights back after Rabada takes five-for “It was quite confusing before coming here, lots of unknowns, but if I’m being very honest with you, we’ve actually had a really good time here,” Aiden Markram said after the match. “The hospitality from a hotel point of view has been really good; people are always really friendly and welcoming, and logistically, how things worked on the roads, the security side of things—it went really smoothly,” he added. South Africa won the series 2-0, with their latest victory in Chattogram, where they defeated the hosts by an innings and 273 runs—their biggest-ever win in Test cricket.

Bangladesh lost the second Test against South Africa by an innings and 273 runs on Thursday in Chattogram. With this win, South Africa won the series 2-0. It was their biggest win in history and Bangladesh’s second-biggest defeat. Bangladesh crumble for 159, South Africa enforce follow-on Bangladesh lost 16 wickets on day three to lose the match by a big margin. Kagiso Rabada bagged five wickets in the first innings, while Keshav Maharaj took five in the second. “Incredibly proud. Hard work went into it and good to see the hard work paid off. We played some really good cricket,” South Africa’s stand-in captain, Aiden Markarm, said. In the second innings, Bangladesh’s highest runs came from Hasan Mahmud. He scored 38 with four sixes and remained unbeaten. Bangladesh vs South Africa test: Mominul fights back after Rabada takes five-for Seven Bangladeshi batters, including Mushfiqur Rahim, Mominul Haque, Zakir Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, failed to reach even a double-digit total. Mominul scored a fifty in the first innings but failed to score anything in the second. Chattogram's wicket is traditionally known as batting-friendly, which was proved once again when South Africa posted 575 in their only innings. But Bangladesh failed on the same surface. Three South African batters— Tony De Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, and Wiaan Mulder — hit their maiden Test ton in this match. Both the pacers and spinners of the tourists were equally unplayable by the hosts’ batters. “They (bowlers) work really well together. Taking wickets with the new ball, no matter where you play, is important. KG was special,” Markram added, praising Rabada and other bowlers. In the first innings, they scored 159 in 45.2 overs; in the second, they scored only 143 in 43.4 overs. In both innings together, they could not bat for 90 overs. “I think we need to improve a lot of things. We bowled well for a few hours, but overall we need to improve,” Bangladesh captain Najmul said. “It's not just about mental. It is mental and skills. We need to improve in both. Taijul's bowling was a positive. Mominul showed character in the first innings,” he added.

Despite a fightback from Mominul Haque and Taijul Islam, with a 103-run stand, Bangladesh ended up on 159, giving up a 416-run lead to South Africa, who have decided to enforce a follow-on.  Mominul scored 82 before falling prey to Senuran Muthusamy. Taijul posted 30. Keshav Maharaj dismissed him.  By lunch, Bangladesh were batting at 137 for eight wickets, with Mominul remaining not out for 74 and Taijul Islam for 18.  They forged out a 103-run stand in the ninth wicket, offering a fightback to South Africa, who had been in command in this Test since day one.  The wicket suddenly started to look flat to make the batter play easily. But at the start of the day, there were cracks on the wicket, as the legendary South African pacer Shaun Pollock said to the broadcaster in the morning.  Bangladesh vs South Africa test: Mominul fights back after Rabada takes five-for Rabada had already taken two wickets on Wednesday. He took three more in the first season of day three. Rabada first trapped Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto with an angling delivery that was going away lately. Shanto prodded it to the wicketkeeper. Mushfiqur Rahim fell to a soft dismissal in the next over while driving to the mid-wicket. He just flicked it straight to the fielder at the mid-off.  In his next over, Rabada took two wickets in three balls. Mehidy Hasan Miraz edged to the wicketkeeper off an outside-off delivery, and then Rabada trapped Mahidul Islam lbw for a duck.  Bangladesh lost the first Test in Dhaka and are now on the verge of another defeat unless they create any unlikely history in the second innings.  Bangladesh played 24 Tests in Chattogram, with two wins, seven draws, and defeats in all others. 

Left-handed batter Mominul Haque hit a fifty after Bangladesh lost eight wickets for 48 runs in reply to South Africa’s mammoth total of 575 runs in the Chattogram Test.  Bangladesh are trailing by 438 runs, and they still need 239 more to avoid a looming follow-on.   At day three lunch, Bangladesh were batting at 137 for eight wickets, with Mominul remaining not out for 74 and Taijul Islam for 18.  They forged out an 89-run stand in the ninth wicket, offering a fightback to South Africa, who had been on command in this Test since day one.  South Africa tightens grip in 2nd Test against Bangladesh The wicket suddenly started to look flat to make the batter play easily. But at the start of the day, there were cracks on the wicket, as the legendary South African pacer Shaun Pollock said to the broadcaster in the morning. Rabada had already taken two wickets on Wednesday. He took three more in the first season of day three. Rabada first trapped Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto with an angling delivery that was going away lately. Shanto prodded it to the wicketkeeper. Mushfiuqr Rahim fell to a soft dismissal in the next over while driving to the mid-wicket. He just flicked it straight to the fielder at the mid-off.  South Africa opt to bat first in Chattogram Test vs Bangladesh In his next over, Rabada took two wickets in three balls. Mehidy Hasan Miraz edged to the wicketkeeper off an outside-off delivery, and then Rabada trapped Mahidul Islam lbw for a duck.  Bangladesh lost the first Test in Dhaka and are now on the verge of another defeat unless they create any unlikely history in the second innings.  Bangladesh played 24 Tests in Chattogram, with two wins, seven draws, and defeats in all others. 

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), during its 15th board meeting held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday, made a series of pivotal decisions, including the cancellation of several directorships and the acceptance of three resignations from board members. Following constitutional guidelines, the board moved to vacate the directorships of eleven members due to their absence from three or more consecutive meetings. Those affected include Nazmul Hassan Papon, Manzur Kader, AJM Nasir Uddin, Sheikh Sohel, Advocate Anwarul Islam, Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, Muhammed Ismail Haider Mallick, Tanvir Ahmed (Titu), Obeid Rashid Nizam, Gazi Golam Murtoza, and Nazib Ahmed. In addition, the board formally accepted the resignations of three directors: A.M. Naimur Rahman Durjoy, Khaled Mahmud Shujon, and Md. Enayet Husain Siraj, marking further shifts in the organization’s leadership. To adapt to the changing needs of the sport and ensure continued organizational efficiency, the BCB has established a Constitution Amendment Committee, led by BCB Director Nazmul Abedeen. The committee’s role is to review the current BCB Constitution, propose necessary amendments, and ensure alignment with the board’s long-term strategic goals. In a bid to support athlete performance, the board also approved the construction of three fully equipped, modern gym facilities at the Test venues in Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet. These new training centers are intended to enhance the physical conditioning of national athletes. Furthermore, the board confirmed the dates for the upcoming 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket tournament, which is set to commence on December 30, 2024, and conclude with the final match on February 7, 2025. To improve fan experience, the BCB has agreed in principle to implement a comprehensive e-ticketing system, simplifying the ticketing process for spectators and reducing on-site congestion.