Mashiur turned in an ad mirable all rbund show bui ploughed in the sand* a* Barisal Zills School went down fighting by seven run* In an exciting contest on the Inaugu ral day of 12th Nirman Schools cricket final round at the Mlrpur Pallabi ground yester <*«y

In a curtailed match with each side allowed to pay max imum 25 over* because of a delayed start. Mashiur cap tured three wickets and then scored 41 as an opener but Barisal could only thake 100 for nine falling seven short of Nllphamari's total of 107 for eight wickets.

The match got off to a de layed Mart as the umpires de cided to bide some time to al low the damp spots, owing to the recent wet patch. deMc cate

Nllphamari's innings of 107 was built around two useful knocks from Imtiaz and Nadeem (Junior).

Opener Imtiaz made 31 while one of the two Nadeems made 25.

Wicketkeeper Nadeem and Nasim were the other boys to enter the double digits with 12 and 10 respectively. ,

Mashiur was Bansal's most successful bowler bagging three for 20 from four overs.

There was one wicket apiece for Rubel and Shahkhi.

Mashiur played 66 balls for a patient topscore of 41 but with no one else reaching dou ble figures barring skipper Suman who made 11. Barisal could not have asked for a change in their eventual lot.

Nllphamari's Tltu. Nowshad and Imtiaz engineered Barisal s doom taking two wickets apiece.

Day's other match between Satkhira PN High School and Jhalakathi Government School fell through because of the unplayable condition of the Dhanmondi Club ground.

Twenty zonal teams and four semiflnalists of Dhaka zone are taking part in the final round of the annual school cricket tourney.