Trophy goes to South
A draw between Abdur Razzak's South Zone and Alok Kapali's East Zone led to the former lifting this season's Bangladesh Cricket League's four-day trophy in Chittagong yesterday.
South Zone topped the table with 46 points, while East Zone finished second with 39.
In the other game in Mirpur, Walton Central Zone beat BCB North Zone in a low-scoring encounter to finish third with 33 points. North finished at the bottom of the table with 18 points.
Kapali finished as the highest run-getter of the tournament, scoring 408 runs while Razzak scalped 18 wickets and was the highest wicket-taker. The selectors will be happy to see pacer Abul Hasan amongst the wickets. He took eleven wickets in two matches at an average of 15.36. They will also be glad to see Anamul Haque, who averaged 79.40 in this tournament, get back in the runs following his return from injury.
Having aced the required bonus points, Prime Bank South Zone had one hand on the trophy as early as Day 3. All they had to do was avoid an outright defeat and centuries from Soumya Sarkar (127) and Mosaddek Hossain (119) on the final day yesterday ensured exactly that.
They led their side to a mammoth 452 before being bowled out. After the exchange, Islami Bank East Zone finished on 166 for 3, with Litton Kumar and Kapali scoring half-centuries at the end of the match.
The game at Mirpur was a lot more interesting. Nasir Hossain's North Zone were set a target of 202 and they were expected to reach that. However, Central's bowling attack proved to be too good for them.
Mohammad Shahid, Mosharraf Hossain and Shuvagata Hom shared 10 wickets and cleaned up North Zone two hours before the end of play. Shuvagata's off-spinners scalped four wickets, while Shahid and Mosharraf took three wickets each to secure an 80-run victory.
Scores in brief
SOUTH ZONE: 385 and 452 all out in 107.2 overs (Soumya 127, Mosaddek 119; Abul 3-26) v EAST ZONE: 247 and 166 for 3 (Liton 74, Alok 55 not out; Al-Amin 3-43).
Result: Match drawn
CENTRAL ZONE: 289 and 200 v NORTH ZONE: 287 and 122 all out in 40.4 overs (Shuvagata 4-35, Mosharraf 3-27, Shahid 3-32).
Result: Central Zone won by 80 runs.
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