Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 5th National Cricket League
Wickets tumble everywhere
Sports Reporter
Young Khulna paceman Syed Russell captured seven wickets as Dhaka tumbled from a position of strength to be dismissed for 224 on the opening day of their Ispahani Tea Fifth National Cricket League match at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday.Away at Sylhet, Barisal off-spinner Tariqul Islam also snapped up seven wickets but Sylhet managed to take a decisive 225-run first innings lead by the close of play on the second day. The home team amassed 355 runs in reply to Barisal's Saturday total of 130. On a day where bowlers dominated Rajshahi tweaker Saifullah Khan grabbed five and Imran Parvez four wickets respectively to plot Chittagong's downfall. The port city team could only score 104 runs before being all out when the four-day finally began on the Day Two. No play was possible on Saturday at the Rangpur Cricket Garden. DHAKA VS KHULNA Openers Al-Shahriar and Mehrab got Dhaka off to a flying start the league leaders decided to bat. The pair added 142 runs before left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak Raj trapped Al-Shahriar lbw. He also had Mehrab caught behind. That opened the door for left-arm new ball bowler Russell to be unlea-shed on the rest of Dhaka's batting order. They quickly lost their remaining eight wickets for only 67 runs. The 19-year-old pacer from Jessore finished with career-best seven for 55 in 26 overs while Raj ended up with three wickets for 73 runs. National discard Al-Shahriar, who hit an match-winning 61-run knock against the same opponents in the limited-overs match, smashed 92 off 157 balls that featured eleven fours and three over-boundaries. His fellow right-hand partner Mehrab made 57 off 138 balls with seven hits to the fence. In reply, Khulna were 2-1 at stumps. Neeyamur Rashid Rahul took the wicket sending Sajjadul Hasan to Naimur Rahman at slip. SYLHET VS BARISAL Four batsmen narrowly missed to score half-centuries but their efforts still helped Sylhet to smell victory against Barisal at the Sylhet Stadium. Number eight batsman Mohammad Rana was the top-scorer with 47 off 92 balls while Golam Mabud (45), Rezaul Haq Nayeem (43) and Golam Mowla (40) were the other notable scorers. Tariqul captured seven wickets conceding 116 runs in 43.3 overs but Sylhet piled up the runs after resuming on 101 for one. CHITTAGONG VS RAJSHAHI Title contenders Chittagong were all out for 104 runs after put into bat by Rajshahi. Spinner Saifullah started the carnage sending back Masumudowla (9) to finish with five wickets for 30 runs. Imran Parvez the other wrecker captured four for 34. Left-hander Faisal Hossain made highest 27 off 50 balls. Rajshahi had scored 10 runs without loss at the close.
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