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SPORTS REPORTER
Chittagong maintained their solo lead in the Ispahani National Cricket League one-day competition with an emphatic eight-wicket win over hosts Sylhet yesterday.
Fifties from openers Masumu-ddowla, Gazi Salauddin and one-down Ehsanul Haque helped Chittagong, chasing Sylhet's 217 in 50 overs, reach 220-2 in 46.1 overs.
Opener Masum scored highest 81 off 124 balls with seven boundaries while his opening partner Salauddin added 62 off 81 balls. Ehsanul chipped in with a run-a-ball 65 that featured a six and eight boundaries.
The Chittagong openers put on 115 runs before Salauddin fell. Masum then shared 93 runs with Ehsanul before eventually perishing.
Earlier, electing to bat, Sylhet were restricted to 217-7 with captain Parvez hammering highest 41.
The victory kept leaders Chittagong atop with 12 points from eight matches while Sylhet remained on eight points from as
many matches.
RAJSHAHI V DHAKA
Hosts Rajshahi registered a hard-fought two-wicket win over Dhaka at the Rangpur Cricket Garden.
In a low-scoring affair, middleorder batsman Anisur Rahman led Rajshahi's 39-over chase of a poor Dhaka total with a 76-ball 58.
Lower-order batsman Golam Mortuza who was unbeaten on 30.
Earlier, put into bat, Dhaka were bundled out for 108 with only former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud playing a real knock with 24.
Rajshahi's fifth win in eight matches placed them second in the table with 10 points, two short of Dhaka who have eight points.
BARISAL V KHULNA
In the other match of the day, Barisal trounced Khulna by 50 runs at the Barisal Stadium.
Opener Imran Ahmed scored 69 as the home team scored 221-6.
Imran hit six boundaries in his 113-ball knock. Middle order batsman Arafat Salauddin (48 not out) and one-down Nahidul Haque (43) were the other notable run-getters.
In reply, Khulna were all out for 171 in 40.1 overs.
Opener Shafiul Alam scored 58
off 95 balls.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboards of the three National Cricket League one-day matches held at different venues yesterday:
Chittagong v Sylhet
Venue: Sylhet Stadium
SYLHET
Shishir c Ehsanul b Alamgir 0
Intiaz c Arif b Habib 5
Parvez run out 41
Sanjid st Arif b Sabbir 23
Nasirul b Ahsanullah 26
Mowla b Ahsanullah 38
Rana not out 21
Nayeem lbw b Sabbir 27
Ejaj not out 3
Extras: (b-5, lb-11, nb-3, w-14) 33
Total: (For 7 wkts in 50 overs) 217
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-22, 3-86, 4-92, 5-156, 6-159, 7-210.
Bowler O M R W
Alamgir 9 1 39 1
Habib 7 2 24 1
Sabbir 10 1 36 2
Ahsanullah 10 1 35 2
Masum 4 0 18 0
Faisal 5 0 25 0
Ehsanul 5 0 24 0
CHITTAGONG
Masum c Nabil b Sanjid 81 Salauddin b Mowla 62
Ehsanul not out 65
Arif not out 1
Extras: (b-3, lb-7, w-1) 11
Total: (For 2 wkts in 46.1 overs) 220 Fall of wickets: 1-115, 2-205.
Bowler O M R W
Samad 4 0 24 0
Nayeem 7 0 32 0
Sanjid 4.1 0 40 1
Nabil 10 3 24 0
Parvez 5 0 21 0
Mowla 4 0 15 1
Imtiaz 10 0 39 0
Ejaj 2 0 15 0
Result: Chittagong won by eigh wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Masumu
ddowla (Chittagong)
Barisal v Khulna
Venue: Barisal Stadium
BARISAL
Imran st Salim b Jamaluddin 64
Rabbi c Jamaluddin b Faizul 0
Nahidul run out 43
Nayan run out 11
Towhid c Jamaluddin b Tamim 32
Arafat not out 43
Mustadir c Salim b Russe ll 3
Sonnet not out 0
Extras: (b-1, lb-5, nb-5, w-9) 20
Total: (For 6 wkts in 50 overs) 221 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-102, 3-128, 4 155, 5-181, 6-210.
Bowler O M R W
Russell 9 1 40 1
Faizul 10 1 51 1
Shafiul 4 1 16 0
Razzak 10 1 37 0
Jamaluddin 8 0 50 1
Tamim 9 0 41 1
KHULNA
Shafiul b Arman 58
Sanjay run out 9
Nizamuddin c & b Anisur 5
Salauddin c Nayan b Tariq 18
Jamaluddin b Mustadir 19
Salim b Mustadir 22
Razzak b Mustadir 5
Niaz c Nayan b Mustadir 6
Tamim b Arman 5
Russell c Mustadir b Arman 7
Faizul not out 0
Extras: (lb-3, nb-2, w-17) 22
Total: (All out in 40.1 overs) 171 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-52, 3-92, 4112, 5-122, 6-128, 7-138, 8-152, 9171.
Bowler O M R W
Sonnet 9 3 31 0
Anis 7 0 26 1
Arafat 4 1 22 0
Tariq 5 0 20 0
Arman 9 0 39 3
Mustadir 6.1 0 30 4
Result: Barisal won by 50 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Imran Ahmed (Barisal)
Dhaka v Rajshahi
Venue: Cricket Garden, Rangpur.
DHAKA
Rashedul c Hasan b Aminul jr 7
Sajjad c Zunayed b Shahzada 4
Moniruzzaman c & b Mahbub 21 Sanwar run out 5
Mehrab run out 3
Illyas b Mahbub 5
K Mahmud st Mortuza b Mahbub 24 Neeyamur b Mahbub 4
Kadir not out 10
Fahim c Aminul jr b Saifullah 13
Arafat lbw b Saifullah 0
Extras:(lb-3, w-9) 12
Total: (All out in 41.4 overs) 108 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-13, 3-25, 435, 5-47, 6-62, 7-79, 8-86, 9-108.
Bowler O M R W
Aminul jr 10 4 19 1
Shahzada 8 2 19 1
Nuruzzaman 5 0 26 0
Mahbub 10 3 22 4
Saifullah 4.4 0 19 2
Rizwan 1 1 0 0
RAJSHAHI
Rafiqul c Kadir b K Mahmud 0
Zunayed st Kadir b Fahim 0
Mahbub lbw b k Mahmud 4
l-lacan n Kadir h Moouami ir 9
Nuruzzaman c fahim b Neeyamur 0
Anisur c Fahim b Arafat 58
Riwan lbw b Fahim 4
Mortuza not out 30
Aminul jr c Neeyamur b Sanwar 1
Shahzada not out 1
Extras: (lb-1, w-8) 9
Total: (For 8 wkts in 39 overs) 109 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-8, 4-8, 5 13, 6-47, 7-98, 8-103.
Bolwer O M R W
K Mahmud 8 2 19 2
Illyas 10 3 26 0
Fahim 7 0 24 2
Neeyamur 5 1 14 2
Arafat 8 1 17 1
Sanwar 1 0 8 0
Result: Rajshahi won by two
wickets.