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Hosts off to fliers

Sports Reporter
Hosts grabbed the spotlight with victories in the one-day competition of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Seventh National Cricket League that began at different venues across the country yesterday.
Paceman Mohammad Sharif returned with a vengeance as Dhaka posted an eight-wicket win over Sylhet while defending champions Rajshahi registered a similar result against Barisal.
Both matches were however low-scoring affairs. The other game at least crossed the 200-run-mark but hosts Chittagong still managed to enjoy a seven-wicket cruise against Khulna.
All teams now lock horns in the more important four-day game at the same venues from today.
DHAKA-SYLHET
It was a tale of two skippers at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium with ace Bangladesh batsman Moha-mmad Ashraful outshining Rajin Saleh in the final analysis.
Both were leading their sides for the first time in the National League but it was Ashraful who scored an unbeaten 48 to help Dhaka reach their target in just 29.4 overs.
Earlier, Rajin-led Sylhet were shot out 147 in 46 overs. The total could have been much lower had their skipper not top - sco red with 31.
It was Mohammad Sharif, recently returning from lengthy lay-off, who upended the Sylhet line-up. The onetime national bowler bagged five for 21 in a spirited 9.2 overs. His new-ball partner Shahadat Hossain Rajib started the slump knocking over Golam Mabud (5).
Dhaka's other notable wicket-taker was left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique with 2-18 off 10 overs.
Dhaka's pursuit also had a shaky
start when national opener laved Omar fell for a two-ball duck. But an unbroken 110-run third wicket stand between Rashedul Haque and Ashraful eventually steadied the boat.
Seasoned opener Rashedul hammered a 93- ball 76 that included 13 fours and a six while Ashraful's 56-ball contribution produced ten boundaries.
RAJSHAHI-BARISAL
Bangladesh southpaw Shahriar Nafees also making his debut as Barisal captain, however, was not so lucky. They crashed
at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium.
Opting to bat first the visiting Barisal team, the traditional lightweights of the first-class competition, were dismissed for 108 in 46.2 overs. The left-handed Nafees laboured for 24 balls before being out for 11.
Pace bowlers Shafaq Al jabir, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Shahajada and Rezawanul Islam claimed two wickets each.
Khaled Masud's Rajshahi overcame a minor hiccup losing two wickets for 20 runs but Nayeem Islam and Anisur
Rahman shared 92 runs for the third wicket to propel their side to 112-2 just in 23.2 overs.
Nayeem slammed an unbeaten 54 off 72 balls and Anisur was not out with a 55-ball31.
CHITTAGONG-KHULNA
An unbeaten fourth wicket partnership between Ehsanul Haque and Faisal Hossain designed Chittagong's success at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.
Right-handed Ehsanul scored 66 off 78 balls and his left-hand partner Faisal hit team highest 92-ball 75 as the pair featured in a 134-run stand to see Chittagong race to 215-3 in 48.4 overs in reply to Khulna's 211 for eight in 50 overs.
Earlier, Khulna, without injured captain Habibul Bashar, rode on Tushar Imran's 57 after being sent into bat. The national middle-order batsman struck four boundaries in his 68-ball knock.
Yasin Arafat, Wasel Uddin and Sabbir Khan took two wickets each.
SCORES IN BRIEF
SYLHET: 147 all out in 46.2 overs
(Imtiaz 27, Rajin 31, extras 23, Sharif 521, Rafique 2-18).
DHAKA: 148 for 2 in 29.4 overs (Rashedul 76 not out, Ashraful 48 not out, extras 10; Nazmul 1-14, Hasibul 159).
Result: Dhaka won by eight wickets.
KHULNA: 211 for 8 in 50 overs
(Sajjadul 16, Shafiqul 16, Jamaluddin 18, Tushar 57, Hasanuzzman 27, Razzak 18, extras 32; Wasel 2-21, Yasin 2-31, Sabbir 2-50).
CHITTAGONG: 215 for 3 in 48.4 overs
(Salahuddin 17, Nafees 25, Aftab 25, Ehsanul 66 not out, Faisal 75 not out, extras 7; Ziaur 1-20, Razzak 1-49, AlAmin 1-14).
Result: Chittagong won by seven wickets.
BARISAL: 108 all out in 46.2 overs (Shaheen 22, Towhid 24, extras 14; Shafaq 2-20, Mushfiqur 2-16, Shahajada 2-24, Rezawanul 2-19).
RAJSHAHI: 112 for 2 in 23.2 overs (Moniruzzaman 13, Nayeem 54 not out, Anisur 31 not out, extras 14; Anisur 1-26, Rabbani 1-22).
Result: Rajshahi won by eight wickets.