Being of subcontinent descent often brings with it an expectation that a player will be adept at playing spin, and that is something that

Nine stories above the busy streets of Mohakhali, a mere seven stories above the zooming motors on the Mohakhali flyover, Australia

It was a Shakib Al Hasan day. A smile was glued to his face throughout the practice session; it did not evaporate even when he took

Australia's two-day warm-up match against a BCB XI scheduled for today was cancelled yesterday after captain Steven Smith and coach Darren Lehmann visited Fatullah and found the ground still waterlogged.

Although the recent selection drama over Mominul Haque attracted all the headlines as the left-hander made a comeback after initially being left out of the squad, according to Australia coach Darren Lehmann Bangladesh's top order will be a crucial factor in the upcoming Test series for the visitors.

Mominul Haque has been reintroduced into the squad for the first Test against Australia after a lot of drama, for now putting an end to the whirlwind regarding team selection even though fears remain about how much harm the current muddled selection process will cause the country's cricket in the long term.

Despite the subcontinental conditions where pacers have to work really hard on spin-friendly pitches, Tigers' pacer Taskin Ahmed is of the opinion that the Australian seamers are ahead of the Bangladesh pacers when it comes to reverse swing and variations.

Mominul out, Mominul in. It is a drama that lasted just over 24 hours and the parting shot gives us an impression of a happy ending to a tale that started bitterly.

A regular face in the national set-up only two years ago before he fell out of favour, things have changed drastically for Nasir Hossain, the talented all-rounder who played the last of his 17 Tests in 2015, as he has returned to the squad for the first Test against Australia.

Mominul Haque and Soumya Sarkar are both talented players. The national selectors and the head coach will not disagree with that

All-rounder Nasir Hossain and pacer Shafiul Islam were recalled as the selectors announced the 14 member Bangladesh squad for the

Visiting Australia cricket team will be given VVIP protocol during their upcoming two-match Test series with the hosts starting from August 27 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, police say.

The BCB confirms dates of Australia's tour of Bangladesh later this year. The visitors will play two Tests in October in what will be their second Test series in Bangladesh.