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Akram stars in Abahani’s win

Sports Reporter
Neil Fairbrother's debut in local league cricket paled into insignificance as reigning champions Abahanl
Krira Chakra, boosted by a batting blitzkrieg from Akram Khan posted thetr sixth su ccessive win in this year's Navana Premier Division cricket league.
Yesterday at the Dhaka Stadium. Akram, the burly Chittagonian hit a whirlwind unbeaten 94 off Just 68 balls as Abahanl amassed 240 for four wickets only from their stipulated quota of 45 overs. They then restricted the lowly Udity to 91 winning day's one of the two Navana matches by 149 runs.
Inspired by the presence of two Englishmen in their ranks Abahanl skipper Gazi Ashraf Upu. a former captain of the Bangladesh naUonal team, won the toss and opted to bat first.
Indian GP Singh who opened Abahani's batting and bowling in the previous matches was dropped to make way for Fairbrother and Upu himself opened with Harun-ur-Rashid Uton.
Udity bowlers had enough reasons to congratulate themselves when the fourth Abahanl wicket — that of Fairbrother fell with the total on 88 in the 25th over. The mouse-eyed left hander from Lancashire could make 25 from 48 balls before spooning a catch to Nahld off Tltu.
The anticlimactic acquaintance of Fairbrother with the Dhaka Stadium was compensated by a superb fifth-wicket stand between Akram and Mlnhazul Abedin Nannu. another former naUonal skipper.
The two put 152 runs In 20.3 overs with Akram weighing In with 94 Including three massive sixes and three fours.
Nannu played second fiddle to his fellow Chittagonian only in hefty hitting. He did the Job of gleaning after Akram’s brutal mowing and remained unbeaten on 51 made off 61 balls. The leading batsman of the country sent the ball to the fence thrice.
Tltu and Nahid were the only two Udity bowlers to meet with success, having claimed one
wicket each.
Udity tottered to 91 for seven wickets tn their turn with Upu using as many as ten bowlers to force on outright win.
Tltu. who got a wicket earlier. was Udity’s topscorer, grafting 30 from 92 balls. Chapal with 17 was the only other batsman to make It to the double figures.
Illingworth, the other Eng llsh Test player In Abahanl apart from Fairbrother had the best bowling analysis claiming
two for 13 from nine overs with hla left arm spin
' Saiful. Babu. Fairbrother. Upu and Uton got a wicket apiece.
The other match between Gulshan Youth and Dlianmondi at the Mlrpur Pallabl Ground fell through because unplayable wet condition of the pitch
TODAY’S MATCHES
Biman vs GMCC (Dhaka Stadium)
Surjo Tarun vs Wan (DCS