Javed Omar

Habibul Bashar picks an all-time Test XI from the Bangladesh players he played with

A nation's frustrated relationship with an admirable cricketer

From Javed Omar to Enamul Haque jnr, players skilled in the longer format have for long been treated condescendingly by a country that has grown up on a diet of one-day cricket. But the value they brought to Bangladesh's Test team is undeniable

Javed Omar, the last link to Bangladesh's early days as a Test team, has retired from all forms of cricket

Bangladesh play their 21st Test match tomorrow when taking on Australia at the second new Test venue in the world within a week, at Cairns in northern Queensland

A round-up of the third round of matches of the National Cricket League in Bangladesh

Bangladesh have dropped a few experienced campaigners and included a few rookies in their list of contracted players

Khulna beat Rajshahi in a last-over thriller at home to leapfrog them in the standings. Barisal and Dhaka also made huge strides and along with Rajshahi occupied the second position

Bangladesh have named four newcomers to their squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa as the veterans missed out

The hope Bangladesh held out early was however frittered away towards the end

It was, even by Bangladesh's modest Test standards, quite a collapse and Sri Lanka drove home the advantage by batting aggressively

Stats highlights from India's thumping three-day win in the second Test against Bangladesh

The woes of Bangladesh batting veer from the promising Aftab Ahmed bent on giving his wicket away to Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar whose over-cautious approach often puts the brakes on the run chase

Javed Omar has ensured his place as an opener for Bangladesh in one-dayers but he needs to compensate his dot balls with some hitting in the slog overs

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

The match between Bangladesh A and Zimbabwe A continued to ebb and flow as Zimbabwe fought back well on the third day at Fatullah, closing on 106 for 2 in their second innings, a lead of 19

After a good opening day for Zimbabwe A, it was Bangladesh A's turn to dominate at Fatullah and they ended in a strong position

Bangladesh selectors announce a 23-member probables list for the home series against Zimbabwe

Mehrab Hossain jnr is the only new face in Bangladesh's 18-member preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy