Ton-fest continued in the Ispahani Premier Division Cricket League matches yesterday as young batsman Asif Hossain slammed a big hundred in a losing cause for Orient Sporting, and Mominul Haque slammed one in a winning cause for Victoria. Another youngster Asif Ahmed shone with both bat and ball to give BKSP a hard-fought victory.
ORIENT SC v SURJO TARUN At the Sheikh Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi, Orient's Asif Hossain played a brilliant knock of unbeaten 134 to guide his team to a challenging total of 252. Asif struck 12 boundaries and 8 sixes to amass the runs off just 129 balls, while opening batsman Robiul Islam contributed with 59.
Surjo Tarun's successful reply got modest contribution from all down the order with opener Imtiaz Hossain scoring the highest 59 and wicketkeeper batsman Dhiman Ghosh chipping in with a quickfire 39.
VICTORIA SC V KALABAGAN KC Victoria bagged a second consecutive victory when they handed an 8-run defeat to Kalabagan at BKSP Former U-19 batsman Mominul Haque was the driving force with a 121-ball 100, supported by Fahadul Haque's 52. Mominul's spin proved vital too as he struck twice to leave Kalabagan 8 short of the chase as no batsman could muster a big innings. BKSPvPRIME DOLESHWAR SC BKSP all-rounder Asif Ahmed's unbeaten 85-run knock from just 57 deliveries, coupled with Ashiqul Islam's 71 at the top of the order set up a challenging total of 276 before Prime Doleshwar to chase. But as with the bat, Asif shone with the ball
too, taking three important wickets to thwart Doleshwar’s run chase 28 runs short of the target. Zakaria Masud too took three wickets including the vital one of Uttam Sarker who scored 61 runs.
SCORES IN BRIEF
ORIENT SC: 252 for 7 in 50 overs (Asif 134 not out, Robiul59; Rizwan 3-67) SURJO TARUN: 253 for 8 in 48.5 overs (Imtiaz 56, Dhiman 39; Robiul 2-45) Result: Surjo Tarun won by 2 wickets.
VICTORIA SC: 216 for 9 in 50 overs (Mominul 100, Fahadul 52; Sharif 4-45) KALABAGAN KC: 208 all out in 49.1 overs (Mahmudul 37, Sadat 31, Monir3-37)
Result: Victoria won by 8 runs.
BKSP: 276 for 5 in 50 overs (Asif 85, Ashiqul 71; Nazmul 3-53)
PRIME DOLESHWAR SC: 248 all out in 49.2 overs (Uttam 61, Zahid 50; Asif 3-59)
Result: BKSP won by 28 runs.