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In the National, Osman Samiuddin writes that only the PCB and the Bangladesh board president Mustafa Kamal will benefit from the proposed Bangladesh tour of Pakistan.Mustafa Kamal, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chairman, has often dangled the prospect of a visit to Pakistan to curry favour, amounting until now to a string of broken promises.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has long been wary. But their need for international cricket to resume in Pakistan has compelled them into the agreement whereby both boards nominate Kamal for the ICC vice-presidency and eventual…

There is no doubting that no one understands the common cricketer’s mind, heart, soul, and insecurities as well as Sourav Ganguly, says Bikash Singh on Yahoo Cricket. When you consider all the issues the Pune Warriors had to go through in the run up to the [2012] IPL — the late entry, the fact that influential teams such as Mumbai and Chennai had been able to corral all the players they wanted, the unfortunate loss of Yuvraj Singh, the threatened Sahara pull out of sponsorship of the national team and…

Australian Stuart Law will step down as the national cricket coach of Bangladesh in June due to family reasons, the country's cricket board (BCB) said on Monday.

The Beatles are a prominent presence in Osman Samiuddin’s take in the National on James Anderson’s development into a top fast bowler. … the real sign of how much Anderson has evolved was this winter just gone in the UAE and Sri Lanka. It is not that fast bowlers do not, or cannot, prosper here. Eighteen wickets in five Tests, four of which were lost, should not mask the fact that Anderson was the best fast bowler through the two series.Here was an athlete in a beautiful, rare space in…

Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan offspinner, has said he will ensure that there are enough quality spinners to replace him in the national side when he retires

A wintry blast at the start of the English season and the return of the national team after a chastening winter coincide with the publication of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanac under its youngest editor for 72 years.

Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, has said that offspinner Harbhajan Singh has the ability to lead the national team following his showing for his IPL franchise, Mumbai Indians

Cricket South Africa will release Johan Botha from his national contract after this year's World Twenty20.

International cricket could next year be held in Australia in April for the first time since 1877, with the possibility of Canberra hosting the national team for the first time

RAWALPINDI, March 26: Police baton-charged cricket lovers and fired tear gas shells at them after they tired to forcibly enter Pindi Cricket Stadium where defending champion Rawalpindi Rams tested its cricketing muscle against Karachi Dolphins in the National Super Eight T-20 match on Monday night.