Correctness I* never totally wa* ted even if you lose Pilot, the Kalabagan wicketkeeper. proved

that tn the Kalabagan Brother* match of the Damal Summer cricket tournament at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday

A superb Innings of un beaten 66 by this young bats man from Rajshahi failed to keep his side into the reckon tng In thia tournament as Kalaba#in crashed to a 39run defeat to Brothers Union who with their second straight win tn their group advance to the next round

Kalabagan skipper Ishtiaq won the toss and asked his counterpart Nurul Abedin Nobel to make the first use of the strip

Zahid Razzak Masum and Nobel put on 98 for the first wicket tn 25.3 overs before Nobel fell lbw for a well compiled 51 Including three fours and one sixer

Habibul Bashar Sumon left cheaply for 13 but Athar came tn to give Masum the support he wanted to celebrate his first marriage anniversary. But the tall aggressive batsman got carried away, giving In to his characteristic Impetuosity when he looked well set for a

Masum moved away to the leg side to make room for a cut and the straight ball from Pappu knocked his stumps down the Chittagong batsman struck two fours and two sixer* tn his 112-ball knock.

Ather Alt. Brothers' last year s captain stroked a breezy 20 off! I I balls which included one four and a well timed sixer over square leg

The rest of the Brothers batting caved In the face of

»omt tight bowling by the Kalaba^tn bowlers

They managed 196 for eight off 40 overs — five short of the original quota of 45 — when the clock struck 12.45 pm. the stipulated time for those who bat tn the morning ses

Pappu was the most sue ceaaful Kalabagan bowler tak tng three for 42. Veteran Dipu

Roy bagged two late wickets to finish with two for 29 off eight overs. All and Rafiqul took one wicket apiece.

Kalabagan started badly losing two batsmen — Calcuttan Joydev and oldie Rumi for only 16. Lanky Nadir soon left for seven to make It 31 for three.

Ishtiaq the Kalabagan Skipper was unable to keep things pushing at the other and making 14 off 46 balls. The opener developed trouble 1n hts leg and retired on 14. giving way for Shaheed. who along with Pilot brought back life tn the game

While Shaheed kept the scoreboard moving In hts own unorthodox style Pilot, the son of former Abahani footballer Shamsu. picked up runs with delightful exhibition of correct technique and nimble footwork The First year B Com student of Rajshahi College danced down the wicket to reach the pitch of the ball with an air of sureness that would have made many senior* proud. Even when he missed one or two deliveries from the spinners tn search of quick runs the ball did not go to the keeper, so close he kept hl* bat with the pad — hall mark of a good batsman. He reached his fifty by disdainfully clipping a Athar full toss past square leg for a four, to follow it up with a similar stroke for a four of the next ball.

He lifted left-arm spinner Shamsul between long off and extra cover for a sixer that eluded a desperately running Fernando.

In the end the runs proved too many for the balls left for the lower order Kalabagan batsmen and Pilot failed to pilot hts team to the runaway it badly needed, leaving Brothers winners by 39 runs

Shamsul made the most of the airy-fairy attempts of Kalabagan batsmen with figures of three for 38. Athar. Mor-shed and Fernando took one wicket each.

Kalabagan's speculated potential was considerably attenuated by the absence of former Indian Test player Klrtl Azad, who reportedly left Dhaka after having arrived here few days back to play for the club. Klrtl Is expected to Join the club 1n the forthcoming league.