Khaled Mahmud launched his battle to restore his profile with an encouraging half-century as Dhaka recovered from a shaky start to pile up a commanding total against Barisal in their opening Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Fifth National Cricket League match at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday.
The Bangladesh and Dhaka captain hammered 51 off 83 balls on the second day of the four-day encounter as the hosts resuming on 2-1 in reply to Barisal's first innings total of 193, reached 302 for seven, a lead 109 runs.
Under pressure since the home sires against England the gutsy allrounder was involved in a 93-run fifth-wicket stand with Halim Shah after Dhaka were reduced to 54-4 after some quality bowling from former national left-arm paceman Anisur Rahman, who added two more wickets to his tally.
Mahmud joined Halim in the rebuilding operation after discarded national opener Al-Shahriar was run out for 30.
Mahmud's statement of intent included one six and four boundaries. However, it was Halim who kept the ship afloat with an unbeaten 89.
The seasoned right-hander who
was only 11 runs shy of becoming the National League's first centurion this year, also featured in a 106-run stand with Neeyamur Rashid. Neeyamur scored a solid 62 that contained eleven fours.
Halim struck 14 boundaries in his vigilant knock of 240 balls. Off-spinner Fahim Muntasir was batting on 34 with Halim at stumps.
SYLHET V KHULNA
Away at Sylhet, holders Khulna turned the tables on the home team defending a poor first innings total of 160 when they bundled out the opposition for only 80.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak led the demolition job with a seven-wicket haul
Starting from where he left off Razzak, dashed Sylhet's hopes of taking a first innings lead by claiming five more wickets on the day.
It was an astonishing spell from Razzak that read 16.1-9-11-7.
Resuming on 36 for two, Sylhet could add another 42 runs to their total before being dismissed.
Opener Imtiaz Ahmed topscored for Sylhet with 30 while Golam Mabud (14) was the other batsman to reach double figures.
Khulna were 129 for eight at stumps in their second innings, which gave them a lead of 209 runs. One-down Raju Parvez scored highest 48 for the visitors.
CHITTAGONG V RAJSHAHI
In the other match at the Comilla Stadium, left-arm spinner Saifullah Khan took four wickets to help Rajshahi maintain the advantage over hosts Chittagong.
Chittagong were on 191-7 in response to Rajshahi's 234.
Saifullah, an experienced campaigner in domestic cricket, captured 4-54 in his marathon 32 overs on a wicket suited more for the spinners.
On the opening day debutant off-spinner Yasin Arafat claimed five wickets for Chittagong. He also took the last two wickets to finish with 762. Earlier, Rajshahi, resuming the day on 230 for eight, could add another four runs before being all out.
Opener Anisul Hakim topscored with 53 followed by a patient 38 from Chittagong captain Akram Khan.
SCOREBOARD
Scorecards on the second day of the four-day matches in the Mirzapore Tea Fifth National Cricket League at different venues yesterday:
Dhaka v Barisal
Venue: Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium (DCS)
BARISAL: First innings 193 all out in 92.2 overs ( Shahin 55, Ali Arman 43, Mustadir 30, Rafique 4-60, Neeyamur 2-15) DHAKA: First innings (overnight 2 for 1 in 2 overs)
Al Shahriar run out 30
Mehrab c & b Anisur 0
Jahangir lbw b Anisur 0
Sanwar b Anisur 14
Halim Shah batting 89
K Mahmud c Faruque b Mustadir 51
Neeyamur b Kamaluddin 62
Anwar c Mustadir b Kamaluddin 0
Fahim batting 34
Extras: (b-2, nb-15, w-5) 22
Total: (For 7 wkts in 93 overs) 302
Fall of wkts: 1-2, 2-18, 3-54, 4-54, 5-143, 6-249, 7-249.
Bowler O M R W
Bikas 15 0 69 0
Anisur 13 5 27 3
Kamaluddin 16 3 60 2
Ali Arman 18 2 53 0
Mustadoir 25 5 73 1
Nahidul 2 0 9 0
Imran 4 1 9 0
Khulna v Sylhet
Venue: Sylhet Stadium
KHULNA: First innings 160 all out in 76.5 overs (Tushar 43, Razzak 34, Sajjadul 25, Bashir 20, Nayeem 5-45, Tapas 2-22)
SYLHET: First innings (overnight 36 for 2 in 12 overs)
Shishir lbw b Razzak 14
Imtiaz c Raju b Razzak 30
Parvez b Razzak 0
Sami c raju b Razzak 2
NTsieiml h IVTnniiiml 9
Hadi lbw b Al-Amin 4
Mowla c Hasan b Al-Amin 5
Tapas c Raju b Razzak 4
Nayeem st Hasibul b Razzak 3
Al-Wadud c Monjurul b Razzak 2
Nabil not out 2
Extras: (b-6, lb-4, nb-1, w-1) 12
Total: (all out in 50.1 overs) 80
Fall of wkts: 1-36, 2-36, 3-45, 4-48, 5-58, 6-64, 7-70, 8-71, 9-73.
Bowler O M R W
Al Amin 12 4 26 2
Monjurul 13 3 29 1
Razzak 16.1 9 11 7
Bashir 9 6 4 0
KHULNA: Second innings
Sajjadul lbw b Nayeem 18
Hasibul lbw b Sanjid 2
Raju lbw b Al-Wadud 48
Tushar b Nabil 3
Salauddin c Imtiaz b Nayeem 7
Bashir batting 16
Hasan b Tapas 6
Asadullah c Imtiaz b Al-Wadud 6
Razzak run out 5
Extras: (b-9, lb-8, w-1) 18
Total: (for 8 wkts in 48.1 overs) 129
Fall of wkts: 1-10, 2-32, 3-39, 4-56, 5-99, 6-108, 7-129.
Bowler O M R W
Tapas 13.1 6 29 1
Sanjid 5 1 10 1
Nabil 12 3 29 1
Nayeem 10 2 27 2
Al-Wadud 8 2 17 2
Rajshahi v Chittagong
Venue: Comilla Stadium
RAJSHAHI: First innings (overnight 230 for 8 in 92 overs)
Rafiqul lbw b Arafat 17
Zunaed c&b Alamgir 26
Humayun lbw b Alamgir 29
Zahurul c Sabbir b Arafat 33
Nuruzzaman c Anisul b Arafat 39
Mashud c Minhazul b Alamgir 16
Anisur c Debobrata b Arafat 23
Shahjada c Masum b Arafat 18
Aminul not out 2
Sohel lbw b Arafat 2
Saifullah c Anisul b Arafat 0
Extras: (b-3, lb8, nb-6, w-2) 19
Total: (all out in 96.4 overs) 234
Fall of wkts: 1-30, 2-43, 3-94, 4-118, 5174, 6-184, 7-230, 8-230, 9-234.
Bowler O M R W
Alamgir 17 6 37 3
Debobrata 14 2 34 0
Arafat 36.4 10 62 7
Hasan 19 5 42 0
Masum 5 1 15 0
Faisal 5 1 25 0
CHITTAGONG: First innings Anisul c Humayun b Sohel 53
Masum st K Mashud b Saifullah 12
Azam st K Mashud b Saifullah 13
Minhazul c Nuruzzaman v Saifullah 28
Akram c Sohel b Saifullah 38
Faisal not out 21
Sabib b Shahzada 10
Ahsanullah lbw b Sohel 2
Arafat batting 1
Extras: (b-6, lb-4, nb-3) 13
Total: (For 7 wkts in 83 overs ) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-49, 3-106, 4-151, 5-162, 6-182, 7-184.
Bowler O M R W
Aminul jr 10 4 12 0
Shahzada 17 2 44 1
Saifullah 32 11 54 4
Sohel 21 6 62 2
Humayun 3 1 9 0