DHAKA: Sri Lanka won by innings and 248 runs in first test match against Bangladesh on Thursday in Mirpur.Bangladesh managed to score 250 runs losing all ten wickets in their second innings.Sri Lanka`s seamers began the slide before the Bangladesh middle order succumbed to the offspin of

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Wednesday managed to score 35 runs from the hefty 498-run lead that Sri Lanka accumulated over the last two days in Mirpur. Tamim lost his wicket early, while Ayub and Shamsur will hopefully try their best to bat out the fourth day to a position of relative safety.

DHAKA: Sri Lanka scored 616 runs losing six wickets with a lead of 384 runs in the 1st innings on Wednesday, the third day of the first test in Mirpur.Mahela Jayawardene and Kithuruwan Vithanage are on the crease152 and 44 runs respectively.Angelo Mathews scored 86 runs before back to the

DHAKA: Sri Lanka scored 512 runs losing five wickets with a lead of 280 runs in the 1st innings on Wednesday, the third day of the first test in Mirpur.Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews are on the crease 108 and 70 runs respectively.Bangladesh bowlers failed to make any breakthrough

DHAKA: Sri Lanka scored 408 runs losing five wickets with a lead of 185 runs in the 1st innings on Wednesday, the third day of the first test in Mirpur.DPMD Jayawardene and Mathews are on the crease with 66 and 18 runs respectively.Shakib Al Hasan begged three wickets while Al-Amin

Sri Lanka managed to score 375 runs for the loss of five wickets with a lead of 143 runs at stumps on day two of the first Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur. The tepid pace bowlers were treated with utter disdain earlier in the day by Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva, who set the tone

DHAKA: In a late development on Monday night, the BCCI, CA and ECB wrote to the ICC asking that the discussions on the proposal referring to the restructuring of the ICC`s administration and financial distribution model be deferred.After Cricket South Africa called the proposed revamp

DHAKA: Sri Lanka scored 209 runs with loss of one wicket in 65 overs on Tuesday, the second day of first test match in Mirpur.Kaushal Silva are on the crease with 98 runs and Kumar Sangakkara 44 runs respectively.Lankan batsman Dimuth Karunaratne scored 44     runs before back to the

DHAKA: Sri Lanka scored 139 runs with loss of one wicket after   resuming their first innings trailing by 172 runs on Tuesday, the second day of first test match in Mirpur.Lankan batsman Dimuth Karunaratne scored 44     runs before back to the pavilion.Kaushal Silva are on the crease

DHAKA: Sri Lanka are at 60 without any loss at stumps on Day one of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.They trail by 172 runs after the host Bangladesh were bowled out for 232 in their first innings on Monday. After the over-19, the visitors

DHAKA: Bangladesh scored 177 runs for six as they started the first innings in their first match against Sri Lanka in Mirpur on Monday.Tamim Iqbal, Marshall Ayub, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain returned to pavilion scoring 6, 1, 33, 8, 55 and 4 runs

DHAKA: Bangladesh have loose the toss and were invited by Sri Lanka to bat first in the first test match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.Bangladesh have went into the match with three pacers in the form of Robiul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Al Amin Hossain.Sri Lanka also

DHAKA: International Cricket Council Vice-president AHM Mustafa Kamal said the controversial draft position paper proposing two-tier test will be rejected in the upcoming ICC board meeting.  He made the disclosure while talking to journalist at Shahjalal International Airport Sunday when

DHAKA: Switzerland`s Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first Grand Slam title in a remarkable style Sunday when he upset injury-troubled world number one Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final.The eighth seed roared through the first two sets and overcame the distraction of a back injury

DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has opened up about his and the team`s disappointment at the proposed two-tier system in Test cricket. He has become the first international cricketer to voice his opinion about the `position paper` which is put forward by a working group of the

DHAKA: Malcolm Speed and Malcolm Gray, both former senior administrators with Cricket Australia and the ICC, have broken away from their national board`s position by undersigning a formal letter to the ICC and member nations requesting that the "big three" proposal be immediately

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is going to protest International Cricket Council’s proposal that would give greater control of the world cricket to England, Australia and India.BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus made the disclosure while talking to reporters at BCB office

DHAKA: Manchester United have confirmed they have reached a deal with Chelsea for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata, with the price thought to be £37m.United said on Friday they would pay a club-record fee,  subject to the 25-year-old passing a medical and agreeing personal terms, reports

DHAKA: Rafael Nadal extended his mastery over long-time rival Roger Federer as he stormed into an Australian Open final against Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets on Friday.Spanish top seed Nadal defeated the 17-time Grand Slam champion 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 in a dominant semi-final win

DHAKA: Amid special security measures, Sri Lankan Cricket team arrive Dhaka on Friday morning to play a bilateral series with Bangladesh.The flight carrying the Lankan cricketers landed at Shahjalal International Airport at 10:45am. Later, they were taken to Hotel Radisson.The team will