The 18-year-old youngster was very impressive against India in the recently-concluded series where she finished as the ...

The afternoon in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, was humid and still. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world fell silent, but in this quiet rural village, a young girl ploughed a paddy field filled with ...

When Marufa Akter was ploughing a field on the farm her father works on during the Covid-19 pandemic, she would not have dreamed that two-and-a-half years later she'd be playing at two World Cups, ...

Bangladesh women's cricket team's latest sensation Marufa Akter's strenuous journey to the country's national team had her save tiffin money to buy tennis balls to play cricket, her mother Morzina ...

Imagine having taken almost 18% of the pace-bowling ODI wickets your country has ever got, all by yourself. Imagine having done all that in less than four years in internationals, and before you turn ...

The Women's Bangladesh Cricket League T20 tournament (WBCL) is set to begin on Monday, with national team skipper Nigar Sultana Joty and pacer Marufa Akter returning to the domestic fold after sitting ...

Bangladesh’s Marufa Akter enjoyed a stunning World Cup debut, taking 2 for 31 in seven overs to limit Pakistan to 129. The 20-year-old dismissed Omaima Sohail and Sidra Amin early, leading Bangladesh ...

Bangladesh pacer Marufa Akter's start in the Women's World Cup was nothing short of magical. Playing her first World Cup match, the 20-year-old Marufa scalped two wickets and gave away just 31 runs in ...