Cricket in Bangladesh

The Cricket-Culture is not at all a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. As elsewhere in the subcontinent, the game itself was first introduced to the Ganges- Brahmaputra delta region by the British rulers nearly two centuries ago. For the better part of the British rule, cricket remained a recreational game for the aristocrats, inaccessible to the common people because of colonial class distinctions and the complicated nature of the game which the locals did not make out so easily.

Following the bloody freedom struggle which ended in Bangladesh gaining independence in 1971, cricket has continued to grow. It was slow to start, other things having priority at the beginning. Early in 1975 the Dhaka (then "Dacca") stadium was in disrepair, the square having sunk several inches and the the Press Club shell-torn.

The M.C.C. tour in 1976/77 helped to build the enthusiasm, over 40,000 people attending the representative match at Dhaka. In 1977 Bangladesh became an Associate member of the I.C.C. Two further M.C.C. teams toured in 1978/79 and 1980/81.

The standard of cricket quickly rose, and Bangladesh soon was the top ICC associate country in the region, winning all ACC tournaments. This gave them the opportunity to play in the Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The Third Asia Cup took place in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participating as well as the host country. In 1989/90 Bangladesh played hosts to the First Under-19 Asia Cup.

In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for its first ever world cup appearance. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya were granted full ODI status by the ICC. Bangladesh posted it's first ODI win against Kenya in India in 1998.

In October of 1998, Bangladesh hosted (although they did not participate) the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out basis ODI tournament featuring all the test playing nations. In 1999, in their maiden appearance at the World Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then pulled off the upset of the tournament against favorites Pakistan. As a reward of bright performance in ICC and World Cup, Bangladesh was given the status of the 10th test playing nation on the 26th June, 2000.

As the famous ex-cricketer Mr.Ali Bacher of South Africa noted during his visit to Dhaka, 'the game of cricket has great prospects in a country like Bangladesh where there is cricket on the streets, cricket in the schools, in the villages, a competitive league and Friday cricket- drawing crowds of spectators who love the game in all it's forms.' The game having shed it's aristocratic restrictions prospers at the very grass-roots of Bangladeshi society.

First-class competition

Bangladesh only began an official national first-class tournament in 1999-2000 as they prepared to become Test cricket's 10th Full Member. In the first year games were not first-class, but from 2000-01 all matches were and the competition is league based with six sides playing each other home and away.

National Cricket League

Year	County
1999-00	Chittagong
2000-01	Birman Bangladesh Airlines
2001-02	Dhaka
2002-03	Khulna
2003-04	Dhaka
2004-05	Dhaka
2005-06	Rajshahi
2006-07	Dhaka
2007-08	Khulna
2008-09	Rajshahi

One-day competition

As with the first-class competition, six teams playing each other home and away once in a league.

Ispahani Mirzapore Tea One-Day League

Year
2000-01	Birman Bangladesh Airlines
2001-02	Sylhet
2002-03	Khulna
2003-04	Chittagong
2004-05	Rajshahi
2005-06	Rajshahi
2006-07	Dhaka
2007-08	Rajshahi
2008-09	Barisal

Bangladesh only began an official national first-class tournament in 1999-2000 as they prepared to become Test cricket's 10th Full Member. In the first year games were not first-class, but from 2000-01 all matches were and the competition is league based with six sides playing each other home and away.

National Cricket League

Year	County
1999-00	Chittagong
2000-01	Birman Bangladesh Airlines
2001-02	Dhaka
2002-03	Khulna
2003-04	Dhaka
2004-05	Dhaka
2005-06	Rajshahi
2006-07	Dhaka
2007-08	Khulna
2008-09	Rajshahi

One-day competition

As with the first-class competition, six teams playing each other home and away once in a league.

Ispahani Mirzapore Tea One-Day League

Year
2000-01	Birman Bangladesh Airlines
2001-02	Sylhet
2002-03	Khulna
2003-04	Chittagong
2004-05	Rajshahi
2005-06	Rajshahi
2006-07	Dhaka
2007-08	Rajshahi
2008-09	Barisal

National Cricket League

Fertile, but poor, Bangladesh straddles the estuary of the River Ganges. It is a country of almost 150 million crowded into an area not much larger than the British Isles with a rich cricket history. Although it only gained independence in 1971, it was originally part of Bengal and after partition became East Pakistan. The ground at Dhaka, which hosted Pakistan Tests, fell into disrepair after the wars which led to independence but cricket emerged as a unifying force and in 1976-77 an MCC side played games in front of massive crowds at Dhaka. Official tours by various countries playing unofficial Tests followed, and in 1976 Bangladesh became an Associate member of the ICC and took part in the inaugural ICC Trophy in 1979, reaching the semi-finals in 1982 and 1990. With huge enthusiasm among the population, Bangladesh's claims for Test status were greatly boosted when they won the ICC Trophy in 1997 (they had been playing ODIs for a decade) and that dream came true in 2001.

Domestic cricket structure

First-class cricket only began in Bangladesh after it was awarded Test status, with the National Cricket League making its debut in 2000-01 (although the competition was actually set up the previous season on a non-first class basis). The National Cricket League features six teams (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet). A national one-day league also began in 2000-01 - the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea One-Day League - which is played by the same teams on a home and away basis. A Twenty20 competition started up in 2005 and there is a competitive club-based Dhaka Premier League.Bangladesh's international cricket history is still short so there are many more deeds to be done before they establish themselves at the top level. At first glance, Mohammad Ashraful's statistics are fairly modest but sometimes there is more to a player than meets the eye. The hugely talented right-hander made an instant impact on the international stage - and that has possibly counted against him over subsequent years. Ashraful scored a century on his debut - against Sri Lanka in Colombo - to become the youngest Test centurion, at 17 years and 63 days. Ashraful was also chiefly responsible for arguably Bangladesh's greatest international moment to date when his run-a-ball century helped them to a one-day victory against Australia in 2005.

Women' Cricket In Bangladesh

Curiously, Ireland and Netherlands are women Test playing nations while they are yet to gain Test status in the men’s version.

Women One Day Internationals are played since 1973 and the first ever Women’s Cricket World Cup was held in the same year in England in which the host emerged as champion. In addition to the above mentioned nations, Denmark, Japan and Scotland also have been awarded One Day status.

Only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are the two Test playing nations who do not play either Test or One Day cricket in the women’s version of the game. Recently Zimbabwe won the Women's World Cup Qualifiers – Africa region, to reach the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2007 (WCWCQT) in Pakistan.

Jubilinat Bhola cricketers

Bangladesh Cricket Board is expected to form a national cricket team out of the top 30 performers of the maiden championship. Ten teams have participated in the opening tourney in two groups.

Group A: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Ansar, Narayanganj. Group B: Bhola, Rajshahi, Jahangirnagar University, Bogra, Rangamati.
Amid huge enthusiasm, the opening ceremony of the tournament was held on 27th January 2007 at Mirpur Sher E Bangla National Stadium. Women cricketers showed good cricketing skills and were very enthusiastic on and off the field. Bhola, Dhaka, Jahangir Nagar University and Khulna reached to the semifinals. Bhola and Khulna were the winners over Dhaka and Jahangir Nagar University respectively to reach the final which was held on 5th February 2007 at Mirpur Stadium. Bhola emerged as the champion defeating Khulna by 5 wickets.

Now that the first step has already been taken, it is very important to take the subsequent steps with proper planning. An environment must be created so that girls from every sections of the society feel interested for the sport and regular domestic league is staged in every division if not in every district. Bangladesh Krira Shikhka Protisthan (BKSP) should also start considering a new discipline on women's cricket to nurture young talents and make them quality cricketers. Inter-University Women's Cricket Championship will promote interest as well. As Bangladesh is not receiving any ICC grant to promote women’s cricket, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) should create its own funding and encourage sponsors to come forward.

Certain religious groups might try to hinder the prospect of women’s cricket in Bangladesh, but cricket here has a deep and passionate root strong enough to keep the distractors away.

Fans, welcome and hail the initiatives of BCB, and expect Bangladesh Women Cricket team will make their mark soon enough.

Women' Cricket In Bangladesh

Start Of A New Era:

Bangladesh cricket has made a significant step forward by launching the first ever National Women Cricket Championship in 2007. This is also the first time in our history when women cricketers will play in any form of domestic cricket. While most of the test playing nations are regularly playing female versions of Test and One Day series, we do not even have a national women's cricket team. Limited efforts were taken to build a national team in the past, but an international side has never represented Bangladesh due mainly to lack of interest from the organizers on top of cultural difficulties.

Veteran cricket coach Altaf Hossain has been making hard and solitary effort to promote women’s cricket for the last few years. Bangladesh was invited in November 2005 to take part in the second Women’s Asia Cup and around 20 cricketers were selected for a camp under the supervision of coach Altaf Hossain. After a few weeks of camping, Bangladesh finally turned down the invitation fearing that the team’s performance would not be competitive enough.

In the history book, the first recorded women’s cricket match was held in 1745 and the first match between two teams representing counties was in 1811 in London. Women's Test cricket has been played since December 1934. The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 to coordinate women's cricket which was officially integrated with International Cricket Council in 2005 after the eighth Women’s World Cup in South Africa which was won by Australia. Following women cricket teams have been awarded Test status by International Cricket Council to date: Australia, England, India , Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa , Sri Lanka and West Indies.

Domestic cricket in Bangladesh

The standard of cricket quickly rose, and soon Bangladesh was the top ICC associate country in the region, winning all ACC tournaments. This gave them the opportunity to play in the Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Third Asia Cup took place in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participating as well as the host country.

In 1989/90, Bangladesh played hosts to the First Under-19 Asia Cup. In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for its first ever world cup appearance. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya were granted full ODI status by the ICC. Bangladesh posted its first ODI win against Kenya in India in 1998. In October 1998, Bangladesh hosted—although they did not participate—the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out basis ODI tournament featuring all the test playing nations. In 1999, in their maiden appearance at the World Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then won a match from favorites Pakistan.

After a disappointing performance in the last match, touring Bangladesh meets Zimbabwe in the 4th ODI of the five-match Grameenphone Cup Series tday (Sunday) at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo hoping seal the series with one match in hand.

The winning streak of new look Bangladesh, under the captaincy of energetic Shakib Al Hasan, was halted Friday as the Bengal Tigers conceded 69-run defeat in the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe, which made record score of 323 against Bangladesh and also at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.

The hope of Bengal Tigers to win the eighth consecutive ODI match did not materialize following their frustrating defeat in the 3rd ODI although they whitewashed West Indies 3-0 last month and earned a deserving eight-wicket and 49-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe in the first two matches of the ongoing series.

Bangladesh, however, has a fair chance of clinching the ODI series for the third successive time in a calendar year if they can beat Zimbabwe in Sunday’s 4th ODI match. Bangladesh earned a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe in Dhaka last January and a 3-0 victory over West Indies last month.

Earlier, Bangladesh won overseas ODI series only on three occasions — whitewashing non-test playing Kenya 3-0 in 2006, beating Zimbabwe 3-1 in 2006-07 and whitewashing West Indies 3-0 last month.

A win at Bulawayo on Sunday would enable Bangladesh to celebrate its 50th ODI victory in 205 matches since starting their international one-day campaign against Pakistan at Moratuwa in Sri Lanka in 1986.

Bangladesh has made one change for Sunday’s crucial 4th ODI of the Grameenphone Cup against Zimbabwe. Mehrab Hossain Jr., who played in the third match the Tigers lost by 69 runs, makes way for opening batsman Zunaed Siddique. Bangladesh leads the five-match series 2-1.

Tiger Cricket.com added that the injury-struck Bangladesh side is still without the services of pacer Nazmul Hossain who is nursing a thigh strain.

With Rubel Hossain already ruled out of the series due to injury Bangladesh will again rely on their only fit pacers Syed Rasel and Mahbubul Alam for early breakthroughs in tomorrow’s game. Rubel’s replacement Dollar Mahmud is expected in Bulawayo on the morning of the game.

“We know that we did not execute our plan well and we let our standards drop.

Everyone realises that we only have ourselves to blame for the defeat on Friday. We are really focused on putting up a much improved show tomorrow,” said vice captain Mushfiqur Rahim after the Bangladesh side had completed an intense training session at the Queens Sports Club today.

“The wicket is absolutely flat and there is no margin for error. The game has to be won with high intensity cricket and if you lose concentration for a few overs while fielding then the match can quickly get away from you,” added Rahim.

Bangladesh team:

Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Roqibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Vice Captain/WK), Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Enamul Haque Jr., Syed Rasel. 12th man – Mehrab Hossain Jr.

The future

Bangladeshi former captain Habibul bashar and former coach Dav whatmare have said that they hope Bangladesh will become a serious cricketing contender by 2010. Cricket's enormous popularity with the Bangladeshi people has produced a mood of optimism that this ambition can be achieved. Bangladesh's U19 team, the stepping stone before the International Test scene, regularly performs well against established Test nation's U19 teams.

Many have criticized Bangladesh's elevation to Test Status. The country's supporters counter this by pointing out that it took New Zealand, now a strong international side in both forms of the game, 20 years to win its first Test match. Possibly due to these doubts about Bangladesh's ability to compete at the highest level, Bangladesh will only get the opportunity to play 41 Tests through 2006–2012 (the least among full ICC members with the sole exception of Zimbabwe), according to the recently publicised ICC Future Tours Programme.

India, which strongly supported Bangladesh’s bid for Test status in 2001, is the only full member nation not to invite Bangladesh to play on its own soil, even though India is due to tour Bangladesh three times between 2006 and 2012. Bangladesh has yet to play a Test on Indian soil. Some have suggested that India, which will be one of the busiest cricketing nations during this period, did not schedule to play Bangladesh because of time conflicts and fear of player fatigue. However, this still strengthens the notion that Bangladesh is not on an even footing with other Test playing nations when it comes to securing regular international fixtures. For example, Bangladesh usually plays only two Tests in a Test series, while most other countries play three or more matches.

The future

Bangladeshi former captain Habibul bashar and former coach Dav whatmare have said that they hope Bangladesh will become a serious cricketing contender by 2010. Cricket's enormous popularity with the Bangladeshi people has produced a mood of optimism that this ambition can be achieved. Bangladesh's U19 team, the stepping stone before the International Test scene, regularly performs well against established Test nation's U19 teams.

Many have criticized Bangladesh's elevation to Test Status. The country's supporters counter this by pointing out that it took New Zealand, now a strong international side in both forms of the game, 20 years to win its first Test match. Possibly due to these doubts about Bangladesh's ability to compete at the highest level, Bangladesh will only get the opportunity to play 41 Tests through 2006–2012 (the least among full ICC members with the sole exception of Zimbabwe), according to the recently publicised ICC Future Tours Programme.

India, which strongly supported Bangladesh’s bid for Test status in 2001, is the only full member nation not to invite Bangladesh to play on its own soil, even though India is due to tour Bangladesh three times between 2006 and 2012. Bangladesh has yet to play a Test on Indian soil. Some have suggested that India, which will be one of the busiest cricketing nations during this period, did not schedule to play Bangladesh because of time conflicts and fear of player fatigue. However, this still strengthens the notion that Bangladesh is not on an even footing with other Test playing nations when it comes to securing regular international fixtures. For example, Bangladesh usually plays only two Tests in a Test series, while most other countries play three or more matches.

The future

Bangladeshi former captain Habibul bashar and former coach Dav whatmare have said that they hope Bangladesh will become a serious cricketing contender by 2010. Cricket's enormous popularity with the Bangladeshi people has produced a mood of optimism that this ambition can be achieved. Bangladesh's U19 team, the stepping stone before the International Test scene, regularly performs well against established Test nation's U19 teams.

Many have criticized Bangladesh's elevation to Test Status. The country's supporters counter this by pointing out that it took New Zealand, now a strong international side in both forms of the game, 20 years to win its first Test match. Possibly due to these doubts about Bangladesh's ability to compete at the highest level, Bangladesh will only get the opportunity to play 41 Tests through 2006–2012 (the least among full ICC members with the sole exception of Zimbabwe), according to the recently publicised ICC Future Tours Programme.

India, which strongly supported Bangladesh’s bid for Test status in 2001, is the only full member nation not to invite Bangladesh to play on its own soil, even though India is due to tour Bangladesh three times between 2006 and 2012. Bangladesh has yet to play a Test on Indian soil. Some have suggested that India, which will be one of the busiest cricketing nations during this period, did not schedule to play Bangladesh because of time conflicts and fear of player fatigue. However, this still strengthens the notion that Bangladesh is not on an even footing with other Test playing nations when it comes to securing regular international fixtures. For example, Bangladesh usually plays only two Tests in a Test series, while most other countries play three or more matches.

History of Bangladesh Cricket

2008

Bangladesh started their year of 2008 by touring New Zealand. They finished their ODI matches in December 2007 and started to play their Test matches against New Zealand. Their 1st Test with New Zealand was at Dunedin on January 4–6, 2008. The result shows that they had bad start in 2008 because New Zealand won by 9 wickets. Bangladesh 137 and 254; New Zealand 357 and 39/1. In the second Test, New Zealand scored 393, whereas Bangladesh scored 143 and 133. The game took place at Wellington on January 12–14, 2008. Again, New Zealand won by an innings and 137 runs.

South Africa toured Bangladesh in early 2008 and won all their matches, winning the Tests 2–0 and the ODIs 3–0. Bangladesh then beat non-Test playing Ireland 3–0 in an ODI series.

On 9 October 2008, Bangladesh recorded its first ever victory over New zeland in an ODI winning by seven wickets in Mirpur reinstating their reputation of being so called "giant killers". What followed was a closely contesting two-match Test series won by New Zealand 1–0, where despite Shakib Al Hasan's 7/36, New Zealand scored the necessary 317 for victory in the first Test for the loss of 7 wickets. The second match was drawn due to rain.

In November, Bangladesh had a tour away to South Africa. They lost all their matches, in the only T20 match, 2–0 in the ODI series (with the third one being washed out due to rain) and 2–0 in the Test series. They only could become competitive in the Twenty20 and the first of the ODIs. Otherwise, glimpses of good performances were shown in an otherwise total disappointing tour.

In December, however, Bangladesh bounced back from the previous lacklustre performances by threatening to win the first Test match against Sri Lanka by chasing down the highest 4th innings of total of 513. Though they fell 107 runs short, their performances were praised but in the second match of the home series in January, Bangladesh fell to an innings defeat.

2009

The year started with the innings defeat in the 2nd Test match against Sri Lanka. Then Zimbabwe joined the hosts and the Lankan team for a tri-series tournament, which proved to be more evenly matched than was expected. In the first match, Zimbabwe defeated Bangladesh by an excellent performance but then fell to defeat by a huge margin by Sri Lanka leaving Bangladesh needing to win against the Lankans in the last match in order to go through to the finals to join the Lankans, and that also with a bonus point. The hosts managed to do that thanks to a sparkling performance from the current No. 1 ODI all-rounder in the world SAkib, and the newcomer Rubel.

The final was one which managed to go down as one of the most entertaining matches ever in ODI cricket history. Sri Lanka bundled out the hosts for a mere 151 and were preparing for a straightforward win, only to be stunned by some deadly bowling performances from Masrafe which saw the Lankans to be reduced to a shocking 6/5, which was the lowest total for a team to lose five wickets at. Then appeared to take the game away from the hosts, but striked with two quick wickets reducing the Lankans to 114/8. And then just when the Bangladeshis were getting the sniff of their first major ODI series win, an unlikely and equally enthralling hitting display from the Sri Lankan legendary offspinner snatched the victory away from the tearful hosts. was announced as the man of the tournament, which barely consolated the Bangladesh team which performed out of their skin only to let it slip at the end.

In March 2009, the Bangladesh government indefinitely postponed all sports tours of Bangladesh because it could not guarantee the safety of touring sportsmen . This meant that of the country – which was scheduled to include five ODIs and two IT20s – was postponed. As yet the tour has not been rescheduled. In an attempt to prevent Bangladesh players choosing to play in the and risk a 10-year ban, the BCB raised the wages of its players by 30% in March 2009.^[8]

After the World championships in England, the selectors appointed Mashrafe Mortaza as the new captain of the team for the so that Ashraful could focus on his batting. The two Test series was played amidst controversy when a pay dispute between the West Indian players and the West Indies Cricket Board led a number of West Indian players boycotting the series, which forced the West Indies to select a number of inexperienced players as replacements.Bangladesh went on to win both of the Tests, wining the first Test by 95 runs and the second by four wickets^. In the process they achieved their first ever overseas Test series victory. In the One Day International series which followed Bangladesh secured their first ever One Day International win against the West Indies at the 14th attempt.They finished the ODI series 3-0 against the weaken West Indies side, but lost the only Twenty20 match.

COMMITTEE OF BANGLADESH CRICKET

Working Committee
Chairman	Mr. Mahbubul Anam
Member	Mr. Ahmed Sajjadul Alam
Member	Mr. Assaduzzaman Kshru
Member	Mr. Enayet Husain Siraj
Member	Mr. Ahmed Iqbal Hasan

Cricket Operations Committee
Chairman	Mr. Md. Enayet Husain Siraj
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Moyeen Uddin Chowdhury (Kamru)
Member	Mr. Ahmed Sajjadul Alam
Member	Mr. Mohd. Ali Ahsan Babu
Member	Mr. G M Shameem Huossain
Member	Mr. Azhar Hossain Shantu

Game Development Committee
Chairman	Mr. Md. Aminul Huq Moni
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Shamsul Huda
Member	Md. Ziaur Rahman (Tapu)
Member	Mr. Md. Salim
Member	Mr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman
Member	Mr. Shawakat U R Rahman

Grounds & Facilities Management Committee
Chairman	Mr. Shafiqur Rahman
Member	Mr. Hossain Mollah
Member	Mr. Tobarukul Islam Arif
Member	Mr. Kazi Shamim Ahsan
Member	Mr. Md. Golam Mowla Naqib
Member	Mr. Shahidul Islam

Finance Committee
Chairman	Mr. Ahmed Iqbal Hasan
Vice – Chairman	Mr. A M Mosaddique Ahmed
Member	Mr. Mofazzal Husain
Member	Mr. Md. Manirul Islam
Member	Mr. Salim Shahed

Media & Communications Committee
Chairman	Mr. Mohammad Jalal Yunus
Vice – Chairman	Mr. Kazi Aziz Ahmed Toimur
Member	Mr. Nazrul Islam Babul
Member	Mr. Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol
Member	Al-Haj Ali Abbas
Member	Mr. Rezaur Rahman Sinha
Member	Mr. Mehedul Islam Baset

Logistics & Protocol Committee
Chairman	Mr. Mizanur Rahman
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam
Member	Mr. Wahiduzzaman
Member	Mr. Arman Islam Nammu
Member	Mr. Tariquzzaman (Monir)
Member	Mr. Iftekhar Rahman (Mithu)

BCB Medical Committee
Chairman	Mr. Syed Zahid Hossain
Vice - Chairman	Dr. Asad-uz-Zaman (Misha)
Member	Dr. Mr. Ismail Haider Mallick
Member	Mr. Md. Abu Bakkar Siddique
Member	Mr. Md. Hamayet Hossain
Member	Mr. Md. Mazedur Rahman Mohsin

Audit Committee
Chairman	Mr. Feroz Ahmed
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Shaheen Aftabur Reza
Member	Mr. Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol

Tender & Purchase Committee
Chairman	Mr. Mirza Salman Ispahani
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Obeid R Nizam
Member	Mr. Jahangir Alam
Member	Mr. A. Bashar Shiplu

Umpires Committee
Chairman	Mr. Mahmood Jamal
Vice-Chairman	Mr. M.A.Bari Khan
Member	Mr. Golam Nabi Dulal
Member	Mr. S.M.A. Ahsan Tuhin
Member	Md. Akteruzzaman Khan
Member	Mr. Anisur Rahman
Member	Mr. Debabrata Paul

Disciplinary Committee
Chairman	Mr. Sirajuddin Md. Alamgir
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Md. Jubaidur Rahman Rana
Member	Mr. Adv. M. A. Hai
Member	Mr. Gazi Golam Murtoza

Marketing & Commercial Committee
Chairperson	Mr. Aziz Al Kaiser
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Syed Farhad Ahmed
Member	Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmed
Member	Mr. Ameer Khan

Tournament Committee
Chairman	Mr. Gazi Ashraf Hossain
Vice - Chairman	Mr. Imran Chowdhury
Member	Mr. Shahidur Rahman
Member	Mr. Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad
Member	Mr. Fahim Shinha
Member	Mr. Joynal Abedin
Member	Mr. Alamgir Hossain
Member	Mr. Rakib Haider Pavel

Women’s Wing Committee
Chairman	Mr. Abdullah Al Fuad Redwan
Member	Mr. Shahinul Islam Bhuyian
Member	Ms. Monowar Anis Khan Minu
Member	Ms. Nazma Shamim

BANGLADESH CRICKET GOVERNING BODY

	President
		Mr. AHM Mustafa Kamal, FCA, MP
	Senior Vice-president
		Mr. Mahbubul Anam
	Vice-president
	Mr. Ahmed Sajjadul Alam Mr. Assaduzzaman Kshru
	Directors
	Mr. Dewan Shafiul Arefin Mr. Abdullah Al Fuad Redwan Mr. Siraj Uddin Md. Alamgir Mr. Moyeen Uddin Chowdhury Mr. Mahmood Jamal Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Shamsul Huda Mr. Syed Zahid Hossain Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam Mr. Md. Imran Chowdhury Mr. Aziz Al Kaiser Mr. Mirza Salman Ispahani Mr. Ahmed Iqbal Hasan Mr. Mohammed Jalal Yunus Mr. Md. Enayet Husain Siraj Mr. Md Aminul Haq Moni Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Mr. Mizanur Rahman Mr. Golam Dastagir Gazi Bir Protik Mr. G S Hasan Chowdhury Tamim Mr. Gazi Ashraf Hossain Mr. Feroz Ahmed

INTERNATIONAL VANUE OF BANGLADESH

Short History :

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have drawn a massive plan to materialize their dream of setting up the ‘’Home of Cricket’’ at the Mirpur Sher-e Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

With the 2011 ICC cricket World Cup in the focus along with an aspiration of building complete cricket facilities under the same roof. BCB has been working hard to turn the stadium into a world standard.

Having granted the Test status. The cricket board has got the authority of the sher-e Bangla Stadium following a crisis of a permanent international cricket venue in the capital.

Bangladesh weaved its dream of becoming a cricketing nation with the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the centre of their activities but they never owned the stadium. After being awarded the Test status, they had an impression that no other sports will demand the BNS nack but they were wrong. Football federation, who had been allocated with the sher-e Bangla stadium at Mirpur from BNS, demanded back the sytadium with an excuse that they are losing spectators.

The BCB made emergency move to End their own place After a series of talks among BCB, National Sports council (NSC) and football federation. NSC allocated BCB the Sher-e- Bangla Stadium in the year 2003. NSC. Governing authority of sports in the country, handed over papers of allotment of the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium to BCB on 26 June 2003, the third anniversary of Bangladesh's owning of Test status.

The Mirpur Sher-e•Bangla Stadium was made as a modern football stadium. lt made debut with the Asian Club Cup Football Championship match between Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club and Sri Lanka Sanders in l987.A sum of Taka 2l0 million was spent to build the stadium with floodlights with the capacity of 50,000 spectators. Later, Taka 40 million more was spent for setting up an international standard athletic track with the SAF Games l993 in the vision. Now the stadium has no evidence of once being a football with athletic tracks. Now it is the Home of cricket


lt was not that the cricket authority of the country, at the time they were allocated with the stadium, dreamt of setting up a one-stop” cricket at one place. Dav Whatmore, national Coach I at that period, provided the idea to the cricket board Authority. A swimming complex, lodging facility and an open ground next to the stadium inspired the authority to take the audacious plan to turn the stadium into the Home of Cricket.


At The beginning, the cricket board had a plan to prepare the ground for internationals with a grant support of .5 million US Dollar from the lCC through ACC. Plan was to go further with the other developments of the stadium accessing fund from other sources. But the development process got a huge boost as the Master Plan of a Cricket Complex free of cost from Australia's lSM. The board considered seeking help from NSC when they found realizing the master plan was difficult for the board with funding. BCB appointed local consultent 'Basat' for Construction & Conversion of the SBNCS into a modern international stadium.

TEST STATUS OF BANGLADESH:




Bangladesh is the newest member to join the Test playing nations club. Bangladesh got Test status in 2000. The decision received a lot of flak from many cricketing big wigs, and was also quite understandable as Bangladesh lost 31 of its first 34 Tests, with a record 21 losses. The team was clearly weak gave no competition to the other Test teams across the world. However the disappointing spell finally came to an end in early 2005 when Bangladesh, playing their 35th Test, defeated Zimbabwe by 226 runs, thereby creating history for themselves. The team had come very close to winning a few matches in the past, but nothing quite went their way and so this victory called for a lot of celebration. The victory did a lot to boost the morale of the Bangladeshis. They followed the win by a one day series win, which not only saw Bangladesh win its first series but also it's first ODI. But the icing on the cake came on June 18 when Bangladesh caused one of the biggest upsets by defeating the mighty Australians. It was a historic occasion for Bangladeshi cricket and they celebrated in style.