England's ever-changing attack will have yet another iteration in the Ashes finale in Sydney with Matthew Potts expected to replace injured fast bowler Gus Atkinson for the fifth and final Test.

Rangpur Riders put in a dominating performance in their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) opener against Chattogram Royals to pick up a seven-wicket win at Sylhet International Stadium on Monday.

England beat Australia by four wickets in the final session of day two, with no batter scoring more than 46 across the four innings.

England meekly surrendered the famous urn after just 11 days of play with back-to-back eight-wicket defeats in Perth and Brisbane and an 82-run loss at Adelaide.

Parvez Hossain Emon has batted mostly as an opener in Bangladesh’s T20I side, but with an opener-heavy top order at the moment, Emon could be seen at a new position in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

His most recent international appearance came at Test level against Sri Lanka in Wellington in 2023.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder capped a remarkable 2025 by becoming the most prolific wicket-taker in T20 cricket in a single calendar year, breaking a long-standing record held by Afghanistan’s spin king Rashid Khan.

Just days after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was forced to take over Chattogram Royals in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a similar and equally rare development has unfolded in franchise cricket, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) set to operate Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Multan Sultans from the upcoming season.

Shadab Khan, 27, returns after missing a significant portion of Pakistan’s cricket since June because of a shoulder injury.

Australia's Travis Head Sunday backed under-pressure opening partner Jake Weatherald to come good after an "extremely tough" start to his Test career in a wild Ashes series.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan labelled the pitch "a joke".

Cricket in the country took a backseat on Saturday after a heart-wrenching incident on the field left everyone in utter disbelief, shock, and grief.

Sylhet will look to carry this thrilling victory into their next match, while Noakhali must regroup after consecutive losses in the opening stages of the tournament.

Dhaka Capitals began their campaign in the 12th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with a five-wicket victory over Rajshahi Warriors in the opening match of Saturday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, played under a cloud of grief.

Bangladesh’s cricket fraternity is mourning the sudden demise of Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki and are sending in their condolences for the revered local coach.

A relieved Ben Stokes hailed his team's "courage and bravery" Saturday after they finally won a Test in Australia, calling it "really special".

Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki has passed away after collapsing on the field during the team’s pre-match practice session at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

A fighting England won their first Test on Australian soil in 15 years Saturday, restoring their battered pride with a gutsy four-wicket victory to clinch a chaotic fourth Ashes clash that was all over inside two days.

Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg said Saturday that short Tests were bad for business as some of the biggest names in the game attacked the state of the Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch.

The year 2025 will be remembered less for what Bangladesh cricket achieved on the field and more for the turbulence that engulfed it off it..