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Al-Shahriar's chancy century

SPORTS REPORTER
Al-Shahriar scored a timely century as Victoria Sporting Club crossed a major hurdle in their quest for a maiden league title with a 66-run win over
Kalabagan Krira Chakra in a Super Six match of the GrameenPhone
Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The tall national opener struck 124 off 155 balls, his first ton in this year's League, to post an imposing Victoria total of 282 for seven after his captain Khaled Masood won the toss and decided to bat first.
Kalabagan, in their chase, could manage only 216 for eight before exhausting their quota of 50 overs.
With this win the 'centenary team' of Victoria maintained an impressive four-point lead with three matches to go.
The defeat on the other hand pronounced Kalabagan's title race all but over. The youthful side paid the penalty of dropping so many catches after showing a spectacular recovery
fielders dropped Al-Shahriar four times to let Victoria off the hook.
Dropped on nought by Rafiqul in slips, Al-Shahriar survived another two close calls while on 43. The culprits on those occasions were Pakistani Ziaur Rahman (at long off) and Mosaddek Hossain (at deep square leg).
The right-hander got another lease of life in his highly chancy innings at the score of 71. This time Anisur Rahman floored a simple catch at mid-wicket.
Al-Shahriar was eventually out in the penultimate over, but by that time the damage had already been done with Victoria strongly placed at 264 for five.
Al-Shahriar hammered seven fours and a six in his match-winning knock. He shared 85 runs for the
second wicket with Jahangir Alam, who scored a run-a-ball 48.
Al-Shahriar also featured in another vital 81-run stand for the fourth wicket with Pakistani Rashed Hanif, who hammered a breezy 36-ball 41.
Skipper Masood also scored a quickfire 18-ball 29 that included three fours.
The Kalabagan chase never took off after national left-arm spinner Monjurul Islam removed the opening pair of Rafiqul and Rajin Saleh cheaply. The southpaw struck with the very first ball of the innings, having Rafiqul caught behind for a duck.
Rajin scored seven before being spectacularly taken by Rashed Hanif in the seventh over.
Nasirul Alam made 55 off 83-balls. But Kalabagan's hopes of putting up a fight dashed when their Pakistani run-machine Ziaur Rahman, who hammered a whirlwind 90 in his side's victory against Bangladesh Biman, was dismissed
for 19.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the GrameenPhone Premier Super Six match between Victoria Sporting Club and Kalabagan Krira Chakra played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
VICTORIA
Parvez c Lablur b Mushfiq 5
Al-Shahriar st. Rajin b Manzarul 124
Jahangir lbw b Imran 48
Sajjad run out 14
Rashed c Mushfiq b Mosaddek 41
K Masood not out 29
Saiful c & b Manzarul 0
Kapali run out 1
Masudur not out 0
Extras: (b-1, lb-5, nb-1, w-13) 20
Total: (For 7 wkts in 50 overs) 282 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-108, 3-146, 4-227, 5-264, 6-264, 7-266
Bowler O M R W
Mushfiq 9 2 25 1
Talha 9 0 65 0
Mosaddek 9 0 48 1
Manzarul 9 1 51 2
Imran 10 0 66 1
Anisur 4 0 21 0
Rafiqul c Masud b Monjurul 0
Rajin c Rashed b Monjurul 7
Anisur c & b Enamul 32
Nasirul c Jahangir b Kapali 55
Ziaur c K Masood b Rashed 19
Mushfiq run out 27
Talha c Jahangir b Kapali 4
Manzarul not out 33
Mosaddek run out 2
Imran not out 15
Extras: (lb-7, nb-1, w-14) 22
Total: (For 8 wkts in 50 overs) 216 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-27, 3-58, 4-90, 5-146, 6-157, 7-167, 8-172
Bowler O M R W
Monjurul 6 0 36 2
Saiful 8 0 31 0
Enamul 9 0 29 1
Rashed 10 0 40 1
A Kapali 10 0 38 0
Masudur 6 0 28 0
Jahangir 1 0 7 0
Result: Victoria won by 66 runs.