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Wari’s second win

MSC indebted to odds

Sports Reporter
bowling from Shahid Iqbal, who returning in 45th over almoat turned the table on the titans claiming three wickets for only six runs in his fatal 18-ball burst. But the tall Pakistani was robbed of the heroics, which gave a sensational twist into the match with Mohammedans slipping from a commanding position of 147 for three to a precarious 161 for six in 49 overs, by a deaf and dumb Asgar, the man in the uniform.
The tall umpire, standing at the VIP end. rose to the slnistral occasion by turning down a confident leg before wicket appeal against Minhazul Abedin Nannu. the last recognised Mohammedan batsman to stand
Number nine batsman Ja-maluddin Babu took a bye run in the last ball of the final over as Mohammedan Sporting Club came out of a rut to post a sensational win over Agrani Bank on better run-rate in a Janakantha Premier Division cricket league match at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday.
But their exciting victory failed to bring any cheers in the Mohammedan dressing room. There was a sense of guilt hung on the air as the victors along with their detected foes were well aware of the fact that it was a bad day for cricket, where bad umpiring lashed the true spirit of the noble game.
Mohammedans did won the thriller by virtue of enjoying a better run-rate in 40 overs, a standard yardstick to decide a tie-match, when the popular Motijheel outfit finished at par with the Agrani Bank total of 170 for seven in the stipulated 50 overs.
But they had hardly anything to offer against a fired-up
against those fireballs of Iqbal.
Although Asgar found no point of raising his dreaded finger against the established force in the domestic circuit while Nannu. playing across, missed an incoming deliver off Shahid Iqbal, it surprised all and sundry as his contentious call eventually saved the day for a Goliath against David.
When Nannu survived that close call, he was on 23 and Mohammedans required 10 runs from the last 10 deliveries. The drama reached a climax in the last over when Mohammedans required seven runs from the last six deliver-
les.
Nannu hit a fine cover-drive for three from the third ball to ease the pressure in that spill-thrill final over. But he was out in the next delivery, caught at point while trying to clear the close in-fiend circle.
When Nannu departed Mohammedan needed two runs from as many delivers to win and one run to tie the match. Babu, the off-spinner who had earlier took three wickets, joined veteran Nasu in a boiling condition. He failed to connect the fifth ball from Dofin and had also missed the final delivery. which went straight to wicketkeeper Sajjad.
But. much to the horror of the bankers. Sajjad failed (o collect the ball cleanly and Nasu ran from the non-striker's end in a way as if his shirt was on fire to complete the priceless single. And according to the league by-laws. Mohammedans were declared winner as they scored 123 runs against Agrani's distant 109 in 40 overs.
Meanwhile, in the other match of the day. Wari Club recorded their second successive win when they thumped down a crushing live-wicket defeat on Azad SC at the Dhan-mondi Cricket Stadium.
Batting first. Azad scored a fighting total of 193 before be Ing all out In 47.5 overs. Opener Sumon scored a breezy 82 off 90 balls punctuated with 11 fours and a huge sixer while skipper Rakib Hasan Bappi hammered an unbeaten 35 off 36 balls.
For Wari Ziaul Haq finished with fantastic figures of six for 38 in his 9.5 overs.
Wari the apparently daunting task easy with Adil notching an unbeaten 66. Besides, opener Rabbu chipped in with a rapid-fire 27 ana middle-order bat Sohail made 33 off 48 balls.