Mohammad Rafique

Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mahmud expressed interest in participating in the ICL if they were offered them contracts that the Bangladesh Cricket Board approved

Shahriar Nafees and Habibul Bashar have been dropped from the ODI squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka

Mohammad Rafique says his performances in the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka are the worst of his career

A promising start by Africa's bowlers swiftly dissipated into another run-fest as Mahela Jayawardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni provided direction and then aggression to set up Asia's third win of the Afro-Asia Cup at the MA Chidambaram Stadium

Like in the first ODI at Bangalore, Asia won the toss, elected to bat on a flat pitch and batted the opposition out of the game, only this time the victory was more comprehensive

Mohammad Rafique won't bowl the ball of the millennium, but he has the admiration of his team-mates and the respect of the opponents

Rahul Bhattacharya tracks the rise of Bangladesh cricket

Anand Vasu salutes the good men of Bangladesh who have put in very hard yards, often unrewarded, even ridiculed

The slow bowlers who could star in the tournament

Men who can bat and bowl to international standard are the most sought-after accessory of all

Bangladesh demonstrated that a significant gulf in class exists between them and the genuine minnows of the World Cup, as they cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Bermuda at St John's

Bangladesh have named their 15-man squad for the World Cup and, as widely predicted, they have left out their experienced wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and chosen Mushfiqur Rahim

Vusi Sibanda and Gary Brent led Zimbabwe to their first ODI victory in 14 matches as they levelled the series against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club

Shahriar Nafees scored an unbeaten 105 as Bangladesh recorded an easy nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first ODI at Khulna on Thursday

A nationwide siege programme has caused havoc in Bangladesh's National Cricket league, with Dhaka's match against Barisal being postponed for "an indefinite period" and Chittagong's clash with Sylhet also under threat

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan meets up with the relentlessly optimistic Mohammad Rafique

A little over thirty minutes before lunch on the final day Australia wrapped up a crushing win in the second and final Test at Chittagong

Matthew Hayden showed how much he has changed, Ricky Ponting showed how much he hasn't but Bangladesh showed that Bangladesh will not back down so readily

Matthew Hayden showed how much he has changed, Ricky Ponting showed how much he hasn't but Bangladesh showed that Bangladesh will not back down so readily