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Match won but not hearts!

Premier League

Sports Reporter
Mohammedan • Sporting Club got back to the win-_ nlng track after their debacle in a high-scoring drama aghlnst Kalabagan Krira Chakra when the popular Motl-Jheel outfit handed a five-wicket defeat on Agranl Bank in the Janakantha Premier Division Cricket League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday
But that victory had hardly bucked up the spirit of their loyal supporters as Mohammedan displayed a mediocre performance against the uo-hopers.
Chasing a modest Agrani total of 184 for eight in the re-Jtu ed 49 overs. Mohammedan • .>< hed 188 for five in 44.5 aits for their second win from i In re games. But the title-aspi-iants lacked the killer instinct while fielding after winning a good toss in the morning and then came up with a docile batting display, much to the frustration of a few hundred fans at the big bowl.
Although _ Mohammedan started the day impressively, sending half of the Agrani men back to the dressing room for only 30 runs on the board, they failed to tighten grips further as the lowly Premier League outfit eventually ended up scoring a face-saving total.
Playing his first match for Mohammedan, young rightarm seamer Shamsul Arefin made an Instant impact with the new ball when he dismissed both the Agrani openers in successive overs. Sri Lankan allrounder Ruwan Kalpage and left-arm seamer Monjurul Islam then removed the two Pakistani recruits of Agrani Bank -- Abid Hanif and Haider in quick succession.
But the bankers recovered from a horrible start with Mofizul Islam and Shaheen Malik producing 77 runs for the sixth wicket. Mofizul scored a brilliant 55 off 106 balls with the help of five boundaries while Shaheen chipped in with a 56-ball 35. It was however a big-hitting Mofizur Rahman, who in company with his captain Ziauddin Ahmed, took the Mohammedan bpwlers to the sword. Together they plundered 4 I runs off only 35 balls for the seventh wicket.
Mofizur blasted a breezy 23-ball 28 that included a couple of huge sixes against Sri Lankan off-spinner Kumara Dhar-masena. formerly a mean customer in the international cricket. The lanky Lanka bowler seemed to have lost his bite with a changed bowling action. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had labelled Dharmasena as a bowler with
suspect action shortly before the World Cup and asked the Srl Lanka Board not to consider him for selection unless he rectified his style. Since then he did not play a single match for his country.
The offic bowled eight overs and conceded 33 runs without any success in yesterday’s match. He also had an unimpressive first match against Kalabagan. where he conceded 52 runs in ten overs and got only one wicket. His compatriot. Kalpage however bowled
ins on-spinners unite effectively and returned most successful with three for 38 in his ten overs.
Mohammedan, in their chase, looked very uncomfortable despite an aggressive 27 from their young opener Rashcdul Haq. Captain Athar Ali failed to reach double figure in successive matches. The veteran opener was bowled for only two. two less than what he made against Kalabagan.
One-down Nasirul chanced his arm to score a struggling 75-
A seasoned Kalpage scored a sedate 49 off 86. Another Sri Lankan Test cap Hassan Tillek erantne scored an enterprising 33 before limping off the ground with a strained groin
It was Agrani s third coiisec -utive defeat tn the league.