They say that size does matter, but that was certainly not the case yesterday in the Pepsi Media Six-a-Side Cricket Tournament as former champions The Daily Star, with more than one dimensionally big player, succumbed to an 11-run defeat to ATN News at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. It was particularly disappointing as the team were depending heavily on Sakeb Subhan and Hanif Mohammad Faisal, whose failures matched their generous size.

After being put in to bowl first, the Daily Star bowled superbly to restrict the opponents to 41 /2 in the first four overs but they failed to keep the momentum when captain Hasan Jahid Tushar and Sakeb came to bowl as they together conceded 41 in the remaining two overs that eventually helped the opponents put up a fighting total of 82 on the board.

In reply, Zia and Faisal got off to a flying start after adding 29 runs in the first two overs but later their reckless batting saw The Daily Star collapsed to 71 at the cost of all five wickets.

In the day's other matches, Independent TV (68/5) defeat Boishakhi TV (64/3) by four runs, Channel 24 (93/2) thrashed The Independent (70/0) by 23 runs, ETV (113/3) routed Channel 9 (70/4) by 43 runs and Shamokal (129/1) handed a massive 73-run defeat to New Nation (56/2).

BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon declared the 24-team meet open as chief guest while sponsor Transcom Beverage Ltd's executive director Khurshid Irfan Chowdhury, BSJA president Syed Mamun, former president Manjurul Haque, BCB members Jalal Younus and Ismail Haider Mallik, Mohammedan cricket committee chairman Hanif Bhuiyan were among others present.