Rain is the spoilsport
Rain spoiled a spectacular setting at Fatullah yesterday as the Bangladesh Cricket League match between Nasir Hossain's BCB North Zone and Mominul Haque's Islami Bank East Zone was abandoned.
Batting first, North Zone were bundled out for 328. East Zone were going good at 84 for 2 in 13 overs before inclement weather compelled the umpires to ask the players to leave the field. A couple of hours later the match was called off.
Prior to that though the match witnessed a few entertaining knocks. Former Bangladesh under-19 captain Mahmudul Hasan and former national opener Junaid Siddique hammered 168 runs in 28.1 overs for the first wicket and gave North Zone their best possible start.
While Mahmudul played a cautious 80, Junaid seemed to take a leaf out of his past to hammer 136 off 124 balls. The opener, who has been in good touch ever since the National Cricket League, hit four sixes and 12 fours at a strike-rate of 109.
Perhaps the best part about his innings was that he continued to stay on the crease despite reaching his hundred. That was the reason why North Zone managed to surpass the 300-run mark.
The other batsmen, in a bid to take advantage of the scenario attempted to up the run-rate and lost their wickets in the process. Mushfiqur Rahim was stumped for four in the 31st over after he attempted to smack part-time bowler Mominul out of the ground. Nasir departed for a 13-ball 20, while Sabbir Rahman smacked five fours in his 25-ball 32 before getting stumped to Arafat Sunny.
Sunny was the key wicket-taker for North Zone yet again as he returned figures of 3 for 51 in 10 overs.
After the exchange, it was a Liton Kumar show as the young batsman hammered 47 off 33 balls and continued to hit those boundaries despite losing Tamim Iqbal and Mominul early in the innings. Liton, who is a candidate for the upcoming series against Pakistan, was in a menacing mood as he hit two sixes and six fours.
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