National Cricket League of Bangladesh
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The National Cricket League is the domestic first class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 competition in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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The National Cricket League had in fact been inaugurated in the 1999–2000 season but was not then first-class. Bangladesh became the tenth Full Member of the ICC in 2000 and the league which had begun in 1999–2000 as a minor competition became first-class in the 2000–01 season.

There are eight teams in the league, each of which plays each other team twice over the course of the season, which runs from October to December.

National Cricket League teams

  • Barisal Division
    Barisal Division cricket team
    The Barisal Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Barisal Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Barisal Divisional Stadium in Barisal.-External links:* *...

  • Chittagong Division
    Chittagong Division cricket team
    The Chittagong Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Chittagong Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong.-External links:* *...

  • Dhaka Division
    Dhaka Division cricket team
    The Dhaka Division cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the Dhaka Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.-Honours:...

  • Khulna Division
    Khulna Division cricket team
    The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Khulna Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Khulna Divisional Stadium in Khulna.-Honours:...

  • Rajshahi Division
    Rajshahi Division cricket team
    The Rajshahi Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Rajshahi Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium in Rajshahi.-Players:1 Anisur Rahman Sonchoy...

  • Sylhet Division
    Sylhet Division cricket team
    Sylhet Division is a first-class cricket team representing the Sylhet Division region in Bangladesh.-Honours:* National Cricket League 4 Day Matches - 3rd in 2010-11 * National Cricket League One-Day Format Champions - 2001-02...

  • Rangpur Division
    Rangpur Division cricket team
    The Rangpur Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Rangpur Division region in Bangladesh.-External links:* *...

  • Dhaka Metropolis
    Dhaka Metropolis cricket team
    The Dhaka Metropolis cricket team is a first-class cricket team in Bangladesh.The club initially played for only one season in 2000-01 with most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka....


National Cricket League Winners

  • 1999–2000 – Chittagong Division
    Chittagong Division cricket team
    The Chittagong Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Chittagong Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong.-External links:* *...

  • 2000–01
    2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season marked the beginning of first-class domestic competition in Bangladesh, although the country had already staged first-class matches against touring teams in the previous year. The Green Delta National Cricket League was constituted as the first-class...

     – Biman Bangladesh Airlines
    Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team
    The Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team was a first-class cricket team in Bangladesh that played in only the inaugural 2000–01 domestic season and won both of the two major domestic trophies...

  • 2001–02
    2001–02 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2001–02 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and Pakistan.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Dhaka Division* One-Day League – Sylhet Division* Most runs – Minhajul Abedin 1012 @ 72.28...

     – Dhaka Division
    Dhaka Division cricket team
    The Dhaka Division cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the Dhaka Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.-Honours:...

  • 2002–03
    2002–03 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2002–03 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and West Indies. It was followed by Bangladesh's first home series against South Africa.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Khulna Division...

     – Khulna Division
    Khulna Division cricket team
    The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Khulna Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Khulna Divisional Stadium in Khulna.-Honours:...

  • 2003–04
    2003–04 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2003–04 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and England.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Dhaka Division* One-Day League – Chittagong Division* Most runs – Faisal Hossain 809 @ 38.52...

     – Dhaka Division
    Dhaka Division cricket team
    The Dhaka Division cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the Dhaka Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.-Honours:...

  • 2004–05
    2004–05 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2004–05 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and New Zealand. There were additional tours by India and Zimbabwe.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Dhaka Division...

     – Dhaka Division
    Dhaka Division cricket team
    The Dhaka Division cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the Dhaka Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.-Honours:...

  • 2005–06
    2005–06 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2005–06 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and Australia.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Rajshahi Division* One-Day League – Rajshahi Division...

     – Rajshahi Division
    Rajshahi Division cricket team
    The Rajshahi Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Rajshahi Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium in Rajshahi.-Players:1 Anisur Rahman Sonchoy...

  • 2006–07
    2006–07 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2006–07 Bangladeshi cricket season featured a Test series between Bangladesh and India.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Dhaka Division* One-Day League – Dhaka Division* Most runs – Gazi Salahuddin 807 @ 42.47...

     – Dhaka Division
    Dhaka Division cricket team
    The Dhaka Division cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the Dhaka Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.-Honours:...

  • 2007–08
    2007–08 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2007–08 Bangladeshi cricket season featured a Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Khulna Division* One-Day League – Rajshahi Division* Most runs – Nazimuddin 720 @ 37.89...

     – Khulna Division
    Khulna Division cricket team
    The Khulna Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Khulna Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Khulna Divisional Stadium in Khulna.-Honours:...

  • 2008–09
    2008–09 Bangladeshi cricket season
    The 2008–09 Bangladeshi cricket season featured Test series between Bangladesh and New Zealand, and between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.-Honours:* National Cricket League – Rajshahi Division* One-Day League – Barisal Division...

     – Rajshahi Division
    Rajshahi Division cricket team
    The Rajshahi Division cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the Rajshahi Division region in Bangladesh.The club plays most of its home games at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium in Rajshahi.-Players:1 Anisur Rahman Sonchoy...



Biman Bangladesh Airlines Cricket team, sponsored by the Bangladeshi airline company featured for only one season in 2000–01 season, winning both of the domestic competitions on offer.

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