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Cakewalk win for Kalabagan

Anis astounds Abahani

Sports Reporter
Holders Abahani Krira Chakra were upended at the nascent stage of the Premier Division cricket league when giant-slayers Surjo Tarun Club handed the popular Dhanmondi outfit a stunning five-wicket defeat at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday.
Unlike Abahani. Kalabagan Krira Chakra, their close door neighbours and last year's run-ners-up, cruised to their third successive win with a sevenwicket whack of a lowly Lalma-tia Club at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium.
Seamer Anisur Rahman scored a captain's knock of an unbeaten 37 as Surjo Tarun, chasing a moderate Abahani total of 182 for six in the stipulated 50 overs, rattled up the required 183 for the loss of five wickets and with 16 balls to spare.
The discarded national leftarm seamer, who came into bat after opener Zahid Razzak Masum departed for a dazzling 62, surprised all and sundry with his unfamiliar ability with the willow. Anis, ignored for the national selection chiefly because of his erratic bowling, bedeviled his more accomplished opponents in his 42-baIl defiance. It was Abahani's first defeat in the season.
When everyone at the big bowl was expecting Anis to play a second fiddle to former na-
tional opener Nurul Abedin Nobel. the otherwise long-handled bat. in an object lesson to his recognised mates, batted like a champion to guide his side to a remarkable victory after Suijo , Tarun's sensational three-wicket triumph against Bangladesh Biman in their inaugural match on Tuesday.
After Masum helped Surjo Tarun getting into groove with a cracking half-century. Anis captured the centre-stage when he put on a vital 36 runs for the fifth wicket with Nobel and then went on to steer his side home and dry sharing 28 runs for the undefeated sixth wicket
with Ehsan.
In his 41-ball vigil at the crease. Anis worked the ball all around the wicket with sheer confidence and put pressure on the fielders by picking every possible single with great running between the wicket. He also executed an eye-pleasing flick off his pad off Abahani's right-arm seamer Zakir Hossain that whistled past the midwicket boundary.
Although Anis stole the lime-light at the end of the day. it was former national opener Masum, who literally toyed with the toothless attack of Abahani at the start of the Suijo Tarun innings.
In a day where the local resources ruled over the foreign imports. Masum. the talented right-hander rediscovering the pristine touch of his heydays, provided the thick bone to the Surjo Tarun total.
After his opening partner Pakistani Nadim Younis was bowled by Zakir in the very third over and Shaheed Saeed (12). the other .Pakistani in the
Surjo Tarun line-up. was undone by a shooter from the same bowler. Masum stroked his way to a flawless half-century. which included two huge sixes In off-spinner Naimur Rahman's one prodigal over.
Besides, the tall right-hander who was Instrumental in forcing Abahani captain to remove his new-ball bowlers from the attack, hammered a couple of four against Zakir and Colonel in successive overs.
The day certainly belonged to Surjo Tarun, who outplayed an under-strength Abahani in every department of the game. Abahani, whose five key players including their regular skipper Akram Khan are now in New Zealand to play for the national team, batted badly.
Left-handed opener Imran Hamid Partho made a characteristic 44 off 49 balls embellished with half a dozen fours, but others perished quickly in the face of some accurate bowing from their opponents, which was marshaled by none but Anis.
After the departure of Partho. Abahani limped their way to 124 for six with their Pakistani middle-order bat Mohammad Hussain notching
But it was the two tail-enders Sheikh Salahuddin and Iqbal who propelled their side to a dependable total producing 58 runs for the undefeated sixth wicket.
Meanwhile, in the other match of the day. Kalabagan. chasing a not-so-impressive Lalmatia total of 150 in the allotted 50 overs, raced on to garner 150 in only 33 overs with seven wickets in hand.
After a Jumpy start with Kalabagan losing both their openers with 30 runs on the board, the Pakistani duo of Sher All and Gaffar Kazmi throttled their side closer to victory producing 94 runs for the third wicket before the latter departed for 44.
Sher All remained unbeaten on rapid-fire 59 spiced with a quartet of fours and a huge sixer.