Sohrawardi Shuva grabbed three vital wickets to give Partex Group a 39-run victory over a star-studded Epillyon Group in yes-

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Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium.

In the day's other matches, Biman Bangladesh comfortably beat Asia Pacific Blossom Hotel by four wickets while MM Ispahani thrashed newcomers Raju Fish Culture Ltd by 66 runs.

Discarded national opener Javed Omar's slow but effective 45 off 100 balls steadied the Partex innings in face of an early collapse initiated by former national pace duo Tareq Aziz and Tapash Baisya and helped the side reach 203 for nine in the stipulated 50 overs after they were put into bat.

Hasanuzzaman Rosel contributed 40 but the fireworks came from paceman Nazmul Hossain's bat, which produced one four and three sixes in a 23-ball 37 cameo appearance.

Opener Gazi Salahuddin kept Epyllion on course with his 69 off 106 deliveries but having reached 140-4, they were unsettled by Shuvo's left-arm spin. Adjudged man-of-the-match, Shuva finished with 3-32 from eight overs as Epyllion lost their last six wickets in the space of 24 runs.

Sanwar Hossain led Biman from the front as the captain hit 49 not out in their 134-6 in reply to Blossom Hotel's paltry 131-8 at the BKSP

ground.

The Biman innings was halved with 61 runs on board but Sanwar, who won the man-of-the-match award, cantered the side home with a useful partnership -- 66 runs for the sixth wicket with Mosharraf Hossain (26 off 82 balls). Sanwar's 116-ball stay at the wicket featured two boundaries.

Earlier, debutants Blossom Hotel's decision to bat first backfired as they were reduced to 11-3 by the sixth over. In the next 20 overs, they added only 41 runs and never looked like setting a difficult target for the opposition.

Away at the Fatullah Stadium, Junaid Siddiqi (53 off 72 balls) and Sadid Hossain (68 off (120 balls) spearheaded Ispahani's total of 217-7 in 50 overs after opting to bat. Sadid, who hammered three sixes, was adjudged man-of-the-match although Mohibul Karim and Ashiqur Rahman shared seven wickets between them to restrict Raju Fish Culture Ltd to 151-9.

Skipper Sajjadul Hassan was the highest scorer for Raju Fish with an unbeaten 54 while Bishwanath Halder contributed 41.

SCORES IN BRIEF

Partex: 203-9 in 50 overs (Javed 45, Rizwan 14, Rosel 40, Mustakim 17, Shuva 14, Nazmul 37, extras 26, Tariq 2-33, Tapash 2-34).

Partex shock

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Epyllion: 164 all out in 45.1 overs (Salahuddin 69, Tushar 13, Dickens 10, Mushfiqur Rahim 26, Sonnet 11, extras 21, Mahbubul 2-26, Palash 226, Kamrul 2-26, Shuva 3-32).

Blossom Hotel: 131-8 in 50 overs (Kalim 13, Raju 30, Sajjadul 43, Rana 17, extras 19, Mushfiq Babu 2-12).

Biman: 134-6 in 45.5 overs (Tamim 14, Sanwar 49 n.o., Mushfiq 13, Mosharraf 26, extras 26, Azim 236).

Ispahani: 217-7 in 50 overs (Junaid 53, Sadid 68, Riyad 38, Arif 10, Saju 14 n.o., Yasin 10 n.o., extras 24, Mahmud 3-32, Jalaluddin 2-43).

Raju Fish: 151-9 in 50 overs (Rabiul 11, Sajjadul 54 n.o.,

Jalaluddin 10, Bishwanath 41, extras 12, Ashiqur 3-17, Mohibul 417, Riyad 2-17).