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Even going on Day 1

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Half-centuries by Monirul Islam and Sakibul Hassan helped hosts Khulna recover from an early collapse against first-class champions Dhaka on the opening day of the tenth and final round match of the Ispahani Sixth National Cricket League yesterday.
In other matches, visiting Chittagong hit back against Barisal after being bundled out for a moderate total while the Golam brothers lifted Sylhet at home against runners-up Rajshahi.
KHULNA-DHAKA
Dhaka, who secured their back-to-back title in the previous round with an unassailable seven-point lead over Rajshahi, reduced Khulna to 23-2 after the home side elected to bat at the
Khulna Divisional Stadium.
But Monirul's unbeaten 82 off 202 balls and a 96-ball 54 by Sakib helped Khulna reach 230-5 at stumps.
Arafat Sunny grabbed three wickets including opener Rezwan Kabir, who gave a return catch to the Dhaka left-arm spinner after repairing the initial damage with a stubborn 42. Sunny also dismissed Sakib, who hit six fours and one six.
Monirul, who has so far cracked seven fours and three sixes in his 272-minute effort, had Jamal Babu batting with him on 26.
BARISAL-CHITTAGONG
Pace bowler Mohammad Sharif captured four early wickets and leftarm spinner Mosharraf Hossain picked up three to help Barisal book Chittagong for 230 in the first innings. But the visitors hit back with Sabbir Khan reducing the home side to 85-6 at close of play at the Barisal Stadium.
After opting to bat, Chittagong crashed to 37-3 before Ehsanul
Haque (81 off 133 balls) and skipper Sabbir Khan (49 off 79 balls) inspired a fightback during an 84-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Barisal openers Imran Ahmed (25) and Bikash Sharma put on 63 runs in 17 overs but all hell broke loose as they lost five wickets on the same score in the space of 23 deliveries.
Off-spinner Sabbir bagged 3-13 and fellow left-arm tweaker Ahsanullah Hassan took 2-25 to inflict the stunning collapse.
SYLHET-RAJSHAHI
At the Sylhet Stadium, tournament top scorer Golam Rahman made 71 and his elder brother Golam Mabud scored 70 as the home side finished the day on 264-7 after choosing to bat.
Left-handed opener Rahman's 152-ball stay featured nine fours and
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one six while wicketkeeper Mabud, who was dismissed on the last ball of the day, made 70 off 118 deliveries with five fours and three sixes.
The third Golam sibling, Mawla, contributed third highest 33 while left-arm spinner Saifullah Khan was the pick of Rajshahi attack taking 484 from 23 overs.
SCORES IN BRIEF
KHULNA-DHAKA
KHULNA: First innings 230-5 in 90 overs (Rezwan 42, Monirul 82 batting, Sakib 54, Jamal 26, Sunny 3-58).
BARISAL-CHITTAGONG
CHITTAGONG: First innings 230 all out in 58.1 overs (Masum 33, Ehsanul 81, Sabbir 49, Ahsanullah 13, Yasin 22 n.o., extras 15, Shuvro 2-42, Sharif 4-63, Mosharraf 3-42).
BARISAL: First innings 86-5 in 31 overs (Imran 25, Bikash 33, Prasenjit 7 batting, Mosharraf 16 batting, Sabbir 3-13, Ahsanullah 2-25).
SYLHET-RAJSHAHI
SYLHET: First innings 264-7 in 89.1 overs (Rahman 71, Moniruzzaman 25, Parvez 28, Mabud 70, Mawla 33, Ezaz 17 batting, Shahzada 2-29, Saifullah 4-84).