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Veni vidi vici for DOHS

Akram leads from the front

Sports Reporter
Abahani on January 15 now only has academic interest The newcomers have already collected 18 points with their ninth victory. Only City Club, on 16 points, can catch them if they win their last match and DOHS lose to Abahani at the same time. However, DOHS will be declared winners by virtue of their head-to-head record against City Club if that situation arises.
Having put Brothers into bat, DOHS did well to restrict their opponents to 166-8.
Bangladesh paceman Nazmul Hossain captured four wickets for 24 as Brothers stumbled to 26-4 by the 11th over before Halim Shah (47 off 95 balls) and Nasirul Alam Nahid gave the total some respectability.
DOHS also suffered early setbacks when they were red uced to 9-2 but Pakistani Zahoor Elahi, the highest scorer in the championship
Old DOHS came, saw and yesterday with a piece of inspiration from captain Akram Khan, won the Green Delta Premier
Division cricket league in their debut season.
Akram, the former Bangladesh captain who joined the season’s dream team severing a tie spanning two decades with Abahanl, could not have foreseen a more fitting contribution as his unbeaten 53 (85 balls) helped DOHS edge Brothers Union by just one wicket at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium which confirmed the title with a game to spare.
DOHS's last match against so far, and Akram repaired the damage.
Zahoor made 31 off 54 balls but his departure saw another collapse aS they were reduced to 76-6. Akram however, called on ail his experience to guide the side home with four balls to spare.
DOHS lost two wickets in the 49th over to go nine down but could still count on the big man from Chittagong to puli them through. Spinner Rezaul Haque almost bowled his side to victory with a brilliantspeUoflO-3-12-4.
"It was a fine all-round team effort of players, the management staffandteamofficials-Thcrewasno pressure on the coach or on myself. We did what we thought right and no one interfered," said the DOHS captain on his club's recipe for success. "I think this is a great result
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because we were probably third or fourth on strength on paper before the start of the league," he added.
Akram was relishing the prospect of taking on Abahani in the last game which is sure to be an emotional occasion forhim.
"We would like to finish the league on winning note. A loss won' t matter in the next match but we would like to seal the championship with as many victories as possible," said Akram whose side's only league defeat came in their second game against last two season's champions Victoria.
It will only be the second time Akram will play against Abahani where he spent 16 years with the exception of 1990 when he led Brothers Union to league glory.
"Yes, it will be a special occasion playing against Abahani where I won so many crowns. For the last three or four years, Abahani have fielded weak teams in the league which was one of the reasons why I had left the club. I took captaining DOHS as a challenge. I am grateful to the Almighty for this success," saidAkram.
In other matches of the day, Indira Road Krira Chakra upset Bangladesh Biman by 55 runs in a reduced 26-overs a-side match. Overnight rain had made the BKSP ground soggy which delayed the start. Biman crumbled to 74 all out while chasing Indira Road's 129.
In an exciting game at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Young Pegasus and Orient Sporting Club shared points following a tie. Orient reached 213-9 in 50 overs after they had bowled out Pegasus for the same.