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SPORTS REPORTER

Agrani Bank Cricket Club secured a walkover win yesterday after Brothers Union players boycotted their Dhaka Premier League ninth-round match at BKSP over unpaid wages, while rain forced the other five fixtures into the reserve day.

Brothers, who have only two points and are already bottom of the 12-team table, will now be relegated because of the walkover, according to CCDM officials.

The day’s major highlight came at PKSP Ground 2, where Mushfiqur Rahim struck a blistering century for Mohammedan Sporting Club against Gazi Group Cricketers. Mushfiqur reached his hundred off 54 balls and was dismissed for 100 off 55 deliveries, hitting eight fours and six sixes in a curtailed 42-over innings.

It was his 16th List A century and also took him to 12,000 List A runs, making him the first Bangladesh batter to reach the milestone.

Mohammedan captain Tawhid Hridoy continued his fine form with an unbeaten 101 off 66 balls, adding 173 runs with Mushfiqur. Openers Anamul Haque and Mohammad Naim also made fifties as Mohammedan posted 334 for four. Gazi Group were 41 for two in 4.3 overs when rain stopped play.

Elsewhere, Legends of Rupganj made 275 against Abahani, with Mustafizur Rahman taking four for 30. Abahani were 51-1 chasing a revised 163 in 20 overs before rain returned. The matches involving Bashundhara Strikers, City Club and Prime Bank Cricket Club were also pushed to the reserve day.

(R-L) Australia’s Nathan Ellis, Marnus Labuschagne and Cooper Connolly enter Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka yesterday evening after flying in from Pakistan following their ODI series, which the current world champions lost 2-1. The Aussies will play three ODIs against Bangladesh in Dhaka, starting on June 9, followed by three T20Is in Chattogram, starting on June 17.