The West Indies cricket team toured Bangladesh for the fourth time. The tour consisted of two Test matches, five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 match. West Indies won both Test matches and the Twenty20 while Bangladesh won the ODI series 3–2.
The 2012–13 National Cricket League (NCL) was its thirteenth edition as a first-class competition. Khulna Division won the championship title for the fifth time.
| team | home ground | first season |
| Barisal Division | Barisal Divisional Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Chittagong Division | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Dhaka Division | Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Dhaka Metropolis | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | 2000–01 |
| Khulna Division | Khulna Divisional Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Rajshahi Division | Rajshahi Divisional Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Rangpur Division | Shaheed Chandu Stadium | 2011–12 |
| Sylhet Division | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | 1999–2000 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | DWF | DLF | ND | BP | Pts |
| Khulna Division | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 |
| Dhaka Division | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 37 |
| Dhaka Metropolis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| Rajshahi Division | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 26 |
| Sylhet Division | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Chittagong Division | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Rangpur Division | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Barisal Division | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Barisal Division | Chittagong Division | Dhaka Division | Dhaka Metropolis | Khulna Division | Rajshahi Division | Rangpur Division | Sylhet Division |
| Barisal Division | DhakaInnings and 105 runs | Dhaka Metro7 wickets | RangpurInnings and 40 runs | Sylhet165 runs | |||
| Chittagong Division | Chittagong8 wickets | DhakaInnings and 69 runs | Match drawn | Khulna299 runs | ChittagongInnings and 113 runs | Match drawn | Match drawn |
| Dhaka Division | Match drawn | Dhaka5 wickets | Dhaka127 runs | Dhaka7 wickets | |||
| Dhaka Metropolis | Khulna188 runs | Rajshahi76 runs | Dhaka Metro9 wickets | Dhaka Metro9 wickets | |||
| Khulna Division | Khulna52 runs | Khulna5 wickets | Khulna10 wickets | ||||
| Rajshahi Division | Match drawn | Khulna33 runs | |||||
| Rangpur Division | Rajshahi224 runs | Match drawn | |||||
| Sylhet Division | Sylhet10 wickets | Rajshahi10 wickets | |||||
| Scorecards |
The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League, the second staging of the tournament, was held from 18 January to 19 February and featured seven teams, with the addition of the Rangpur Riders to the original six. Champions Dhaka Gladiators retained their title, defeating Chittagong Kings by 43 runs in the final.
The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) was inaugurated in the 2012–13 season as a first-class tournament comprising the best performing players from the 2012-13 National Cricket League (NCL). The BCL consists of four teams with each team made up of players from teams representing two adjacent regions in the NCL. The four teams were placed on sale as franchises, but only three of the teams attracted a buyer. The teams are as follows: Walton Central Zone (Dhaka Division and Dhaka Metropolis) , Prime Bank South Zone (Khulna Division and Barisal Division) , Islami Bank East Zone (Sylhet Division and Chittagong Division) , BCB North Zone (Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division)
| Team | Pld | W | L | DWF | DLF | ND | BP | Pts |
| Central Zone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| North Zone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| South Zone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| East Zone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 27–30 December 2012 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | South Zone |
| 433/9d (115.4 overs)Ziaur Rahman 152* (118)Mosharraf Hossain 5/52 (21 overs) | 343 (73 overs)Marshall Ayub 125 (193)Sohag Gazi 4/162 (46 overs) | |
| 93/6 (29 overs)Tushar Imran 65 (138)Mosharraf Hossain 4/68 (30 overs) | 216 (66.4 overs)Mahmudullah 50* (83)Robiul Islam 5/17 (6 overs) |
| Match DrawnSher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Player of the match: Mosharraf Hossain (Central Zone) |
| 27–30 December 2012 Scorecard |
| East Zone | v | North Zone |
| 419/8 (113 overs)Nasir Hossain 93 (133)Tapash Baisya 3/63 (22 overs) | 499/6d (131 overs)Dhiman Ghosh 107* (141) |
| Match DrawnShaheed Chandu Stadium |
| 2–5 January 2013 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | North Zone |
| 436/9dMohammad Ashraful 133 (190), Mehrab Hossain, Jr. 131 (345)Saqlain Sajib 3/98 (38.1 overs) | 361 (111.5 overs)Junaid Siddique 78 (135)Elias Sunny 3/80 (25 overs) | |
| 397/6 (84 overs)Nasir Hossain 131 (112)Mohammad Ashraful 3/65 (15 overs) |
| Match DrawnShaheed Chandu Stadium Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Central Zone) |
| 2–5 January 2013 Scorecard |
| East Zone | v | South Zone |
| 232 (65.3 overs)Nafees Iqbal 83 (116)Sohag Gazi 6/66 (20.3 overs) | 248 (73 overs)Anamul Haque 74 (151)Yasin Arafat 4/50 (15 overs) | |
| 227 (72.1 overs)Nafees Iqbal 63 (124)Sohag Gazi 5/73 (28 overs) | 248 (91 overs)Anamul Haque 73 (122)Nabil Samad 6/81 (37 overs) |
| South Zone won by 37 runsSher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Player of the match: Sohag Gazi (South Zone) |
| 8–11 January 2013 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | East Zone |
| 655/7d (159.4 overs)Marshall Ayub 289 (367), Mehrab Hossain, Jr. 218 (388)Nabil Samad 4/161 (52.4 overs) | 396/8 (107 overs)Faisal Hossain 92 (103)Shahadat Hossain 3/73 (17 overs) |
| Match DrawnShaheed Chandu Stadium Player of the match: Marshall Ayub and Mehrab Hossain, Jr. (Central Zone) |
| 8–11 January 2013 Scorecard |
| South Zone | v | North Zone |
| 205 (47.4 overs)Soumya Sarkar 51 (93)Saqlain Sajib 6/74 (19.4 overs) | 291 (88 overs)Sajidul Islam 76 (75)Ziaur Rahman 4/32 (14 overs) | |
| 278 (86.3 overs)Sohag Gazi 85 (59)Saqlain Sajib 4/90 (29 overs) | 362/7d (81.4 overs)Mushfiqur Rahim 89 (162)Abdur Razzak 3/129 (38 overs) |
| North Zone won by 170 runsSher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Player of the match: Saqlain Sajib (North Zone) |
| 22–26 February 2012 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | North Zone |
| 227 (75.5 overs)Raqibul Hasan 125 (204)Farhad Reza 4/18 (11 overs) | 274 (79.1 overs)Nasir Hossain 74 (88)Mosharraf Hossain 4/65 (24.1 overs) | |
| 247 (68 overs)Raqibul Hasan 68 (106)Sanjamul Islam 8/73 (20 overs) | 219 (65.1 overs)Jahurul Islam 81 (133)Elias Sunny 3/26 (11 overs) |
| Central Zone won by 31 runsSher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Player of the match: Raqibul Hasan (Central Zone) and Sanjamul Islam (North Zone) |
Source: Wikipedia