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First-class Mahmud

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Skipper Khaled Mahmud slammed his maiden first-class century enabling Dhaka Division to enforce a draw against Sylhet Division while Khulna Division was the only team that recorded an outright victory in the first round of the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Sixth National Cricket League yesterday.
Mahmud, the former Bangladesh captain, remained undefeated on 141 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium as Dhaka collected four points after the home side took a slim nine-run first innings' lead whereas Sylhet got two points.
Elsewhere on the last day, there was also another century-maker when Jamal Uddin (116) guided Khulna to a four-wicket victory over lowly Barisal.
Meanwhile, the four-dayer between Chittagong and Rajshahi ended as a draw with hosts Rajshahi earning four points by virtue of a first innings' lead.
All the teams will now switch to the limited-overs competition today.
DHAKA v SYLHET
When Mahmud walked into the middle, his side was struggling at
74-5 but he then called upon all his experience to rescue the situation.
Resuming on 70-4, Dhaka lost their fifth wicket in the third over of the day when overnight Anwar Hossain (9) was trapped lbw by pacer Hasibul Hossain.
Mahmud joined his young national mate Mohammad Ashraful (58 off 113 balls) and the pair produced 54 runs for the sixth wicket.
Further contributions down the order by Mohammad Rafique (21) and Arafat Sunny (20) aided Dhaka's rebuilding process as they were eventually bowled out 304 in their second essay, a lead of 313 runs.
For a change Mahmud was initially very watchful in reaching his fifty from 128 balls with six boundaries. However, the right-hander moved into top gear once he got the measure the opposition attack. His second fifty took only 45 balls.
In his 215-ball knock, Mahmud hammered 14 boundaries and a six. He offered only one chance on 99 but Sylhet wicketkeeper Golam Mabud failed to effect a stumping off Sadiqur Rahman.
The diminutive all-rounder was delighted by his maiden ton in the first-class competition and hoped his continued good form would lead to a Test call-up.
"I'm really excited because it was my first longer-version century. Actually I've had little opportunity to
score big runs in the national side batting at number eight or nine," said Mahmud.
"I'm still hopeful of reviving my Test career but I'll have to score more than six hundred runs in the League," he added.
Sylhet Division experienced a mini-collapse as they lost three wickets before finished 70-3 when the match ended.
Out of form Alok Kapali hit a strokeful 36-ball 40 before being trapped lbw by Mohammad Ashraful.
Besides, first-innings centurion Golam Rahman was fined Tk 2,500 for misconduct while returning to the dressing room after 160 in Sylhet's 316.
KHULNA v BARISAL
Resuming the day still needing 145 runs for victory, Khulna rode on Jamaluddin's 116 at the Khulna Divisional Stadium.
Khulna, who began on 85-2, reached the target scoring 232-6 in 98.3 overs.
National discard Jamal clobbered 14 fours and two sixes in 229 balls while his overnight partner Shafiul Alam added 62.
The third-wicket pair contributed 146 runs.
Barisal spinners Arafat Salahu-ddin captured two for 24 runs and Mosharaf Hossain took two wickets
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FROM PAGE 13 for 43 runs.
RAJSHAHI v
CHITTAGONG
A 93-run opening partnership between Kuntal Chanda and Nazim Uddin helped Chittagong to a brave draw against Rajshahi at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra.
Resuming the day at 176-6, Rajshahi declared their second innings on 208-7, setting their opponents a 322-run target.
The two Chittagong openers then showed real determination to thwart Rajshahi's hopes of victory. Kuntal's 71 featured six boundaries while his partner Nazim Uddin was one run short of a deserved fifty.
Ehshanul Haque contributed 45 off 94 deliveries as Chittagong ended on 213-4.
SCOREBOARD
Scorecards of the three matches on the fourth and final day of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 6th National Cricket League yesterday:
DHAKA-SYLHET
DHAKA: First innings 325
SYLHET: First innings 316
DHAKA: Second innings (overnight 70-4)
Javed b Nazmul 10
Mehrab Jr lbw b Nazmul 6
Al Shahriar c Mabud b Tapash 0 Ashraful c Rahman b Nabil 58
Halim b Tapash 4
Anwar lbw b Hasibul 9
Mahmud not out 141
Rafique c Mabud b Sadiqur 21
Sunny b Kapali 20
Monir b Hasibul 5
Talha c Rezaul b Hasibul 0
Extras: (b-8, lb-9, nb-13) 30
Total: (All out in 87.3 overs) 304 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-20, 3-23, 429, 5-74, 6-128, 7-171, 8-279, 9-
296.
Bowler O M R W
Nazmul 10 2 29 2
Tapash 11 1 37 2
Nabil 26 10 52 1
Sadiqur 12 1 65 1
Rezaul 5 1 20 0
Hasibul 11.3 2 31 3
Kapali 10 0 42 1
Mawla 2 0 11 0
SYLHET: Second innings
Mabud lbw b Monir 10
Kapali lbw b Ashraful 40
Tapash c Anwar b Talha 14
Sadiqur not out 2
Rahman not out 1
Extras: (lb-3) 3
Total: (For 3 wkts in 13 overs) 70 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-52, 3-69
Bowler O M R W
Talha 6 1 38 1
Monir 5 2 24 1
Sunny 1 1 0 0
Ashraful 1 0 5 1
Result: Match drawn.
KHULNA-BARISAL
BARISAL: First innings 194
KHULNA: First innings 134
BARISAL: Second innings 169
KHULNA: Second innings (overnight 85-2)
Sadat c Shahin b Anis 4
Shafiul c Hannan b Moshsraf 62
Sajjad lbw b Salahuddin 15
Jamal Babu lbw b Hannan 116
Asadullah lbw Mosharaf 0
Salim b Arafat 1
Manzarul not out 20
Mashrafee not out 4
Extras: (lb-2, lb-2, nb-5, w-1) 10
Total: (For 6 wkts in 98.3 overs)232 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-32, 3-178, 4178, 5-181, 6-224
Bowler O M R W
Anis 16 2 42 1
Sonnet 6 3 8 0
Salahuddin 22 8 24 2
Mosharraf 21 9 43 2
Humayun 11 2 30 0
Nadif 15 4 54 0
Imran 3 0 8 0
Hannan 4.3 0 19 1
Result: Khulna won by four wickets.
RAJSHAHI-CHITTAGONG
RAJSHAHI: First innings 327
CHITTAGONG: First innings 214 RAJSHAHI: Second innings (overnight 176-6)
Naeem c lbw b Tareq 3
Jahurul c sabbir b Tareq 3
Nuruzzaman c Kuntal b Alamgir 6
Rafiqul b Alamgir 10
Forhad c Kuntal b Aftab 20
Mashud c Tareq b Rashed 70
Rosel lbw b Sabbir 57
Anisur not out 9
Extras: (b-4, lb-13, nb-10, w-3) 30
Total: (For 7 wkts in 79 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-14, 3-14, 4-28, 5-55, 6-168, 7-208.
Bowler O M R W
Alamgir 18 6 43 2
Tareq 18 3 33 2
Rashed 16 2 33 1
Aftab 6 1 15 1
Faisal 11 1 37 0
Sabbir 10 3 25 1
CHITTAGONG: Second innings Kuntal c Jahurul b Sumon 71
Nazim c Reza b Shahajada 49
Ehsanul run out 45
Aftab lbw b Shahajada 19
Faisal not out 16
Azam not out 4
Extras: (lb-6, w-3) 9
Total: (For 4 wkts in 68 overs) 213 Fall of wickets: 1-93, 2-163, 3-193, 4-193
Bowler O M R W
Shahajada 20 8 36 2
Reza 14 3 33 0
Sumon 20 3 74 1
Saifullah 10 0 51 0
Anisur 4 0 13 0
Result: Match drawn.