The contest not only showcased top-class batting from both sides but also rewrote several record books in women’s cricket.

In the same match in Vizag, the 29-year-old left-hander also became the fifth batter to score 5000 runs in women’s ODIs.

After three rounds of matches, the ICC Women's World Cup standings are taking shape. With one win in three games, Bangladesh are sixth in the eight-team points-table. To stay in the hunt for a place in the semifinals, Nigar Sultana and Co. need to pull off a few upsets. 

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav claimed five wickets as India bowled out the West Indies for 248 and enforced the follow-on in the second Test on Sunday.

Mushtaq, the former Pakistan leg-spinner now working with Bangladesh, credited Rashid’s control but said the batters failed to separate the bowler from the ball.

Pakistan famously used patio heaters and industrial fans to produce dry, turning tracks in their 2-1 series win over England last year.

Ten -- that's how many directors the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had when Faruque Ahmed took over as its president in last year's August.

The tourists were 140-4 at stumps, still trailing India by 378 runs at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.

England batter Harry Brook has cautioned against underestimating Australia in the Ashes series, even as doubts linger over the availability of their captain and fast bowler, Pat Cummins, for the opener in Perth.

Captain Nigar Sultana Joty’s form has also been under the spotlight, with the skipper averaging just nine runs so far.

Bangladesh will face Afghanistan in a do-or-die second ODI today in Abu Dhabi, where a defeat would hand them their third-successive series defeat in the format against the Afghans.

If there ever was an award in cricket for stating the obvious after a defeat, Bangladesh ODI captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz would be up for it for the reasoning he provided following the loss against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

All-rounder Avishek Das Aronno’s quickfire knock powered Khulna Division to the final of the National Cricket League (NCL) T20 after they beat Chattogram Division by four wickets in DLS method in the first qualifier at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

The West Indies have announced their squads for this month's white-ball tour of Bangladesh.

With the prospect of captain Pat Cummins being fit for the Ashes receding by the day, Australia's hopes of retaining the urn may rest on managing one of the biggest shake-ups to their leadership and bowling against England in years.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) board of directors' election on October 6 has divided the 76 clubs in Dhaka Metropolis into two distinct camps, as while some 40 of them have called for a domestic boycott, the others have adopted compliant silence.

The Caribbean side will play six white-ball fixtures against Bangladesh.

Despite being called up for Bangladesh's three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, which got underway on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, opener Mohammad Naim is yet to join the team in the UAE as he has not received his visa.

The right-hander has been in consistent form since the Asia Cup, and his latest performance helped him achieve his career-best T20I ranking.

Bangladesh will look to turn around their fortunes in the 50-over format and build on the momentum from their recent T20 success.