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Ajax trounce Azad

MSC survive a scare
arrive in the capital from Lahore yesterday But due to some unknown reasons he could not avail the scheduled flight, much to the horror of the Mohammedan officials, who were overconfident about his arrival in the nick of time.
But in a low-scoring affair, Mohammedans, defending a paltry total of 141. put up a gal-
A ten-man Mohammedan Sporting Club lived dangerously before being scraped past a threatening Wari Club to record their third successive win in the Janakantha Premier Division cricket league at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday.
Mohammedans posted a shaky 21-run win over their Motljhee) neighbours. Quite oddly though, they had to play with ten man as their Pakistani leg-splnner Shahed Mehmud. who was in the list of the final eleven, failed to turn up in the field. Mehmud was scheduled to
lant light to beat the odds when they shot War! out for a meager 120 in 44 overs.
Sajid Hasan took three brilliant catches including the vital one of Aamir Wasim, who fought a lone battle with a dazzling 44. which eventually swung the pendulum decisively in Mohammedans' way.
War! were, however, only to be blamed to let their more illustrious opponents off the hook when tneir top-order perished in an awful fashion, chasing at deliveries better should be left alone.
They lost half of their wickets with only 37 runs on the board. Their willow-wielders went on reckless shots on a wicket producing uneven bounce. Left-handed Aamir Wasim tried to mend the early damage. But once he was out in the 34th over leaving War! at 87, the Mohammedan bowlers backed up by some excellent fielding dug tneir side out of grave.
Slow-left arm spinner Mohammad Rafique with four for 28 runs was the wrecker-in-chief. But it was former national left-arm seamer Jahangir Talukder Dulu and his new-ball partner Morshed All Khan Sumon. who made the early in-roads by removing both the Wari openers cheaply. Sumon captured three wickets for only 16 runs In his 10 overs while Dulu took two for 12 in his eight overs.
Wari number eleven batsman Arifu] Islam with a huge
sixer over long-on off left-arm spinner Babu threw a caution to the wind at the dying hours of the game. But the latter had the last laugh as Artful fell in the same over, thanks to a sharp catch by an agile Sajid at forward short-leg.
Sajid, the son of former national captain Raquibul Hassan. had earlier played the sheet anchor role to salvage Mohammedans out of the rut to a face-saving total, scoring a defiant 32.
The young right-hander ahared a vital 47 runs for the fifth wicket with stand-In skipper Mlnhazul Abedin Nannu, who made a characteristic 34 off 63 balls.
It was Wart's first defeat in the league after two consecutive victories.
Meanwhile, in the other match of the day, it was the battle of the two promotees in the Premier league this year at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. A virtuoso all-round performance by Pakistani Maksud Raja propelled Ajax Sports Club to a re-aoynding 61-run win over Azad
Maksud scored 44 runs in Ajax's commanding total of 205 and then went on to capture three wicket to restrict Azad for only 114.
Maksud's showing, however, outclassed by yet another brilliant all-round performance from Azad's Sabbir Khan,
The young off-spinner captured four wickets for only 37 runs and scored 31 runs for the his side. But that was not enough to save the day for Azad, for whom it was their third successive defeat.