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Wicket spoils final

Biman retain nat'l title

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Biman retained the National Cricket Championship title when they defeated Comilla by five wickets in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Although the national airline outfit celebrated their seventh championship crown, it was never going to be a runfeast despite the presence of a host national cricketers in both teams.
The pitch at the national stadium gave a reminder of what happened in Mymensingh, where on a sub-standard surface Comilla upset Chittagong a couple of days ago to set up a final clash in the capital.
Sent into bat, Comilla struggled to make just 132 before being all out in 47.3
overs with number nine batsman James notching highest 29.
Biman also found it difficult to score on a slow and low wicket before Mushfiqur Rahman and Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud combined in a match-winning partnership for the fifth wicket after the airliners were reduced to 59-4.
They added 51 runs as Biman eventually made a safe landing, scoring 136-5 in 42.1 overs.
All-rounder Mushfiq, who was the outstanding performer for Bangladesh during the home series against England, continued his good run of form hammering an unbeaten 45 off 55 balls.
Fittingly, it was the Rajshahi righthander who finished the chase in grand style, hitting off-spinner Ali Arman for a massive six over long-on.
Mahmud might have had a forgettable series against England, but the experienced middle-order batsmen
provided the support Mushfiq needed to get Biman out of the gutters. He scored a typically aggressive 24 off 39 balls that included a towering six against Comilla paceman Sumon Barua.
But no matter how many aggressive shots were hit, it could not conceal the fact that how a pitch played a major role in deciding a winner.
Can somebody explain the way Habibul Bashar, who won the match for Comilla the other day, was out playing a textbook on drive against Mushfiq. Bashar was through with his shot but the ball arrived so late that it kissed the back of the bat into the hands of the bowler.
Bashar made only one. His only remarkable contribution in the match was a stunning catch in the slips that saw the back of Biman and national opener Javed Omar, who scored 23 off 69 balls. On a wicket that suited the spinners Mohammad Rafique led the way for Biman with three wickets for 25 runs that included the prized scalp of Rajin Saleh, the second highest Comilla scorer with 26. His slow left-arm partner Saifullah Khan took two for 17.
Mushfiq also took a wicket to complete a good day's work with bat and ball. He was later adjudged man-of-the-final.
But it seems there was no luck for Mohammed Ashraful. The youngest Test centurion on debut scored only ten opening the innings with Javed.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the Emirates National Cricket Championship final match between Biman and Comilla at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday:
COMILLA
Hannan c Mushfiq b Anis 8
Boglu c S Kadir b Aminul jr 14
Rajin c Saifullah b Rafique 26
Sumon b Anis 1
Bashar c & b Mushfiq 1
Wasel c & b Rafique 16
Monirul st S Kadir b Saifullah 11
Rashed c & b Saifullah 3
James not out 29
Ali Arman b K Mahmud 10
Kabir b Rafique 1
Extras: (b-1, lb-1, w-9) 11
Total: (All out in 47.3 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-31, 3-33, 4-36, 575, 6-82, 7-87, 8-96, 9-131.
Bowler O M R
W
Aminul jr 8 0 2 8
0
Anis 10 2 2 4
2
K Mahmud 7 0 20 1
Mushfiq 4 0
16 1
Rafique 9.3 2
25 3
Saifullah 9 3
17 2
BIMAN
Javed c Bashar b Arman 23
Ashraful c Bashar b Sumon 10
Jahangir lbw b Kabir 4
Sanwar c Rashed b Monirul 12
Mushfiq not out 45
K Mahmud b Monirul 24
Rafique not out 4
Extras: (b-1, lb-2, nb-2, w-9) 14
Total: (For 5 wkts in 42.1 overs) 136
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-25, 3-59, 4-59, 5110.
Bowler O M R
W
Kabir 10 2
19 1
Sumon 7 1 2 0
1
Monirul 10 4
34 2
Ali Arman 8.1 2 3 1
1
James 5 1 2 2
0
Rajin 2 0 7
0
Resul: Biman won by five wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Mushfiqur
Rahman (Biman).