West Indies clinched the three-match ODI series with a dominant seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second ODI in Basseterre on Tuesday. Spearheaded by Jayden Seales’ fiery 4-22 and a clinical batting display led by Brandon King’s 82, the hosts chased down the 228-run target with 79 balls to spare. After winning the toss, West Indies opted to bowl first, and Seales delivered immediately. The pacer dismantled Bangladesh’s top order, reducing them to 54-3 within 10 overs. Bangladesh v West Indies, 2nd ODI: After promising start, Tigers bowled out for 227 Tanzid Hasan provided early resistance with a brisk 46 off 33 balls, but wickets fell regularly. Gudakesh Motie and Justin Greaves chipped in with crucial strikes, and despite a record 92-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Mahmudullah (62) and Tanzim Hasan Sakib (45), Bangladesh was bundled out for 227 in 45.5 overs. In reply, West Indies’ openers Brandon King and Evin Lewis laid a solid foundation with a 109-run partnership. King’s 82 off 76 balls, laced with eight boundaries and three sixes, set the tone. Lewis fell agonizingly short of a half-century, dismissed for 49 by Rishad Hossain. Keacy Carty added 45, and captain Shai Hope (17 not out) and Sherfane Rutherford (24 not out) finished the job comfortably. “We were clinical today,” said Hope. “We have been struggling to win series at home, hope to finish 3-0 now.” West Indies opt to bowl first in 2nd ODI vs Bangladesh It was West Indies’ first ODI series win against Bangladesh after 10 years.  Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz lamented his team’s batting collapse. “We didn’t bat well in the middle overs. Partnerships were missing. 300-plus was needed on this wicket,” he said. West Indies aim for a 3-0 whitewash, while Bangladesh looks to regroup ahead of their Champions Trophy preparations.

Bangladesh Women secured a commanding five-wicket win against Ireland in the second ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka's Mirpur, ensuring a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.  With 37 balls to spare, the hosts comfortably chased down the 194-run target set by Ireland. After opting to bat first, Ireland Women managed 193 for 6 in 50 overs. Women’s Cricket: Bangladesh beat Ireland by big margin in series opener Amy Hunter was their best batter with 68 off 88 balls, anchoring the innings while receiving support from Orla Prendergast (37) and Laura Delany (33). Sultana Khatun took two wickets for 32 runs for Bangladesh, and Nahida Akter and Shorna Akter took one wicket each. In reply, Bangladesh began cautiously, losing Murshida Khatun early for 6. However, Fargana Hoque, 50 off 89, and Sharmin Akhter, 43 off 63, kept the team in the race to win the match. Women’s ODI: Bangladesh take on visiting Ireland on Wednesday Captain Nigar Sultana did well in the middle overs, scoring a quick 40 off 39 balls, which included four boundaries and a six. Sobhana Mostary (16) and Shorna Akter, 29 not out off 29, ensured there were no late hiccups, guiding Bangladesh to victory with ease. Ireland’s Laura Delany took two wickets for the tourists. Ireland women’s cricket team in Dhaka to play ODI, T20I series

English opener Jason Roy scored his 12th ODI century in the second match of the three-match series against Bangladesh in the capital's Mirpur on Friday. Riding on his century, England are looking to put a big total on the board. At the end of 39 overs, England scored 212-5. Roy completed his century off 104 balls, hitting 12 fours and a six. England's batting approach on the tricky Mirpur surface appeared to be working well. They did not appear extra aggressive against the Bangladesh's attack. They have so far played according to the conditions. Also Read: Bangladesh bowl first, look to avoid rare ODI series loss at home Taskin Ahmed took two wickets, Taijul Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Shakib Al Hasan picked one each for Bangladesh. Bangladesh lost the first match of the series by three wickets, making the second match a must-win affair for them if they want to win the series. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first to maintain their record of not losing an ODI series at home in the past seven years. The Tigers fielded an unchanged playing XI; England made two changes.  

British High Commission in Dhaka has hosted a reception to celebrate the England men’s cricket team’s visit to Bangladesh and the upcoming ODI and T20I cricket series between England and Bangladesh. Players from both Bangladesh and England cricket teams, along with technical and coaching staff attended the reception. British Deputy High Commissioner Javed Patel welcomed guests. He said, “I am delighted to see the England cricket team, as reigning ODI and T20I world champions, visiting Bangladesh in 2023 for what I know will be an exciting series."    

After shepherding Bangladesh to a thrilling victory against India from a seemingly lost position, Mehidy Hasan Miraz revealed he had only one thing on his mind, to win the game for his team, even as last man Mustafizur Rahman joined him in the middle with 50 runs still required to win. Bangladesh produced a lacklustre batting display while in pursuit of 187 runs. Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed off the first ball, prodding at a delivery outside the off stump to first slip. The hosts adopted an ultra-slow approach against India's quality bowling attack, and it all seemed to have gone horribly wrong when the side lost five wickets in a span of 27 balls scoring just eight runs. Read: Mehidy, Fizz carry Bangladesh to nailbiting win over India Ultimately Bangladesh managed to clinch the win thanks to Mehidy’s extraordinary effort with the bat, and his maturity in guiding Mustafizur through the unbroken, matchwinning last-wicket partnership. “It may sound crazy, but I'm telling the truth when I say that I had the belief we could do it,” Mehidy declared in the post-match press conference. “I was addressing my partners and told them we didn't have to lose hope even after losing quick wickets.” After Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed for 18 off 45 balls, Mehidy Hasan came to bat at number eight and had an immense responsibility to steer the Tigers back on track. Unfortunately, Afif Hossain failed to accompany him in the pursuit. After Afif, Ebadot Hossain and Hasan Mahmud failed to provide adequate support to Mehidy in the middle. However, Mustafizur Rahman proved to be a sturdy ally, standing out strongly for Bangladesh. Read: Tamim, Taskin ruled out of India ODIs “When Mustafizur arrived in the middle, he told me he wouldn't get dismissed and that he would take any ball that came his way and take it on his body,” Mehidy said, commending his partner's courage. “It really inspired me.” Bangladesh have endured a number of crushing defeats to India in recent years, with heartbreaks including failing to score two runs off three balls in the 2016 T20 World Cup, unsuccessfully defending 12 runs off the last over of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy final, and losing in the last T20 World Cup by just five runs earlier this year. However, Bangladesh were finally able to turn the tides in their favour on this occasion. Mehdiy was determined to end their streak of close defeats against India. “This is a start,” he declared. “We have been too close for too long. We need to play differently from now on.”

Bangladesh pulled off an incredible one-wicket victory over India in Mirpur on Sunday. The outcome was sealed by a remarkable 51-run partnership between Mehidy Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman for the last wicket, propelling the hosts forward in the series.  Despite a dismal batting performance that saw Bangladesh lose five wickets for eight runs in the span of 27 balls - from 128/4 to 136/9 -, a win was unexpected for the Tigers. But Mehidy and Mustafizur led the hosts to a memorable victory against the odds. Mehidy remained unbeaten with 38 runs off 39 balls, featuring four fours and two sixes. Mustafizur also remained not out after scoring 10 runs off 11 balls. In pursuit of 187, Bangladesh got off to a slow start as they lost four wickets within 95 runs. Liton Das top-scored among the top-order batters with 41 runs off 63 balls, while Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed off the first ball, prodding a Dipak Chahar delivery towards the first slip. Liton and Anamaul Haque Bijoy managed to steady the ship with a 26-run partnership before Anamul had a close call when the umpire overturned a lbw call after the third umpire determined the ball was missing the leg-stump.

Pakistan resisted a determined chase from the Netherlands to win the third one-day international by nine runs on Sunday and sweep the series 3-0. The visitors scored 206 in 49.4 overs before limiting the Dutch pursuit to 197 all out with four balls left. Naseem Shah took 5-33 in 10 overs of pace for Pakistan and Mohammad Wasim got key wickets in his 4-36. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss, chose to bat first and hit 91 in 125 balls before the No. 3 was caught and bowled by spinner Aryan Dutt. Azam had seven fours and two sixes. Netherlands pacer Bas de Leede finished with 3-50. Read: Sridharan Sriram to take big role in Bangladesh team In reply, Dutch opener Vikramjit Singh was caught behind off Wasim for an 85-ball 50. Singh shared a 71-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Tom Cooper (62 off 105). The Netherlands needed 56 runs off the last 10 overs with five wickets left but Cooper was finally dismissed by Wasim, leaving his team on 174-7 in the 46th. Wasim bowled Dutt to finish the match. Pakistan had already clinched the three-match series. It won the first ODI by 16 runs and the second by seven wickets.

Using barely half its allotted overs, India beat Zimbabwe by five wickets to win their three-match one-day international cricket series with a game to spare. India scored 167-5 in 25.4 overs at Harare Sports Club in reply to Zimbabwe's 161 all out in 38.1 overs after winning the toss and bowlng first on Saturday. Seamer Shardul Thakur took 3-38 and helped reduce the hosts to 31-4 in the 13th over before Sean Williams (42) and Ryan Burl (39 not out) staged a middle order rally for Zimbabwe. Read:Pakistan’s Afridi to miss T20 Asia Cup and England series In reply India lost skipper KL Rahul in the seond over for one, before veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill both scored 33. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson made a quickfire 43 not out off 39 balls, including three fours and four sixes. He hit the winning six as the visitors reached the target with 146 balls to spare. India has a 2-0 insurmountable lead in the three-match series after winning the opener by 10 wickets. The third ODI is on Monday at the same venue.

Afif Hossain, unbeaten at 85, and Anamul Haque Bijoy, hitting his second fifty in the series, propelled Bangladesh to 256 for nine in the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe on Wednesday at the Harare Sports Club.  Zimbabwe won the first two matches of the series, and they are on the verge of registering a clean sweep over Bangladesh.  Bangladesh suffered their last clean sweep over Zimbabwe back in 2001.  The Tigers need to defend this total to avoid a whitewash against the hosts.  For the third time in the series, Bangladesh lost the toss and were inserted to bat first. Like the first two matches, Bangladesh managed a brisk start as Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque added 41 runs in 8.3 overs. Tamim going well until being trapped in a run-out for 19 off 30 balls.  After Tamim’s departure, Bangladesh suffered a mini-collapse with out-form batter Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim fell quickly within the 10 overs of the innings. Both suffered a duck each.  Read: Bangladesh bat first in 3rd ODI vs Zimbabwe In the fourth-wicket stand, Anamul and Mahmudullah Riyad added 77 runs. But the unusually slow batting from Mahmudullah put immense pressure on Bangladesh. Mahmudullah eventually fell for 39 off 69 balls. Afif was firm at the other end of the wicket. But he did not get enough company from Mehidy Hasan Miraz who batted for 24 balls to score 14 runs.  Afif remained unbeaten for 85 off 81 balls with six fours and two sixes.  For Zimbabwe, Brad Evans and Luke Jongwe scalped two wickets each.  Bangladesh have three pacers in their arsenal along with Taijul Islam and Mehidy as the spinners to defend a total of 256. In the last two matches of this series, Bangladesh failed to defend 303 and 290.

Zimbabwe won the toss again, and for the third and final time in the ongoing series, they sent Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh have lost the first two matches of the series. Now the Tigers can only have a consolation win on Wednesday. In the first match, Bangladesh scored 303 and failed to defend it. In the second, they posted 290 and failed to defend it too. In both the matches, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe hit a ton and guided his team to two outstanding victories. Bangladesh are struggling to field their best XI as Liton Das is suffering from injuries. Mustafizur Rahman also missed a match before staging a comeback for Wednesday's game. The third match of the ODI series is the 400th ODI of Bangladesh. Coming into this landmark match, Bangladesh are eying a win -- the only happiness they can bring back from Zimbabwe. Bangladesh made two changes to the playing XI, overlooking Shoriful Islam and Taskin Ahmed to pave the way for Ebadot Hossain and Mustafiz. Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2021: ODI Series PreviewRead: Sikandar, the king of Zimbabwe in this series, will lead them in the last match. Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal (c), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman   Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Tadiwanashe Marumani, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Innocent Kaia, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza (c), Clive Madande (w), Tony Munyonga, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Richard Ngarava