National Cricket League of Bangladesh

The National Cricket League is the domestic first class cricket competition in Bangladesh.

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
• Chittagong Division
• Dhaka Division
• Khulna Division
• Rajshahi Division
• Sylhet Division
• Rangpur Division
• Dhaka Metropolis

National Cricket League Winners

• 1999–2000 – Chittagong Division

(NB: 1999–2000 was not a first-class competition)

• 2000–01 – Biman Bangladesh Airlines
• 2001–02 – Dhaka Division
• 2002–03 – Khulna Division
• 2003–04 – Dhaka Division
• 2004–05 – Dhaka Division
• 2005–06 – Rajshahi Division
• 2006–07 – Dhaka Division
• 2007–08 – Khulna Division
• 2008–09 – Rajshahi Division

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.

See also

• Cricket in Bangladesh

External links

• CricInfo Bangladesh domestic cricket

References

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)