Mohammad Sharif was again on fire with bat and ball steering Biman to a massive 116-run win over last year's runner-up City Club while Agrani Bank coasted to a five-wicket victory against Orient Sporting Club.

BIMAN-CITY
Sharif hammered 28 off just nine balls in a cameo appearance as Biman reached a competitive total of 250-8 in 50 overs after Moha-mmad Ashraful (43 off 80 balls) and captain Sanwar Hossain (42 off 67 balls) provided the launching pad.

After being sent into bat at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Ashraful and Sanwar came together at 46-3 to repair the early damage during an 84-run stand.

Mushfiqur Rahman and Sajjad Kadir also contributed handsomely but Sharif, who smashed a run-a-ball 68 in their win over Abahani in the first round, whacked four successive sixes off Saifullah Jem, three in one over and one off the first ball of the left-arm spinner's next over as the national flag-carrier rattled 47 runs in the final five overs.

City Club, still ruing their loss to Old DOHS in the previous match, had the worst possible start when they slumped to 9-3 and despite Rajin Saleh's sedate 43 off 79 balls, crashed to 134 all out in 47.5 overs.

The national vice-captain, who hit five fours, was run out while Sharif dismissed Tushar Imran (23) and Khaled Mahmud (7) in quick succession as City suffered another collapse in the tail, losing five wickets in the space of 26 runs.

Sharif, who was adjudged man-of-the-match for the second consecutive time, finished with 2-22 from 6.1 overs while left-arm pacer Syed Russel (2-11 from seven overs) and left-arm spinner Mosharraf Rubel (2-12 from ten overs) were as impressive as the last game.

AGRANI-ORIENT
Shahnewaz Kabir Shuvra grabbed five wickets to help newcomers Agrani Bank collect their second win when the right-arm seamer restricted Orient to 186-9 in 50 overs at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium in Narayanganj.

The inserted Orient were off to a flying start when Tamim Iqbal (47 off 86 balls) and captain Masumuddowlah (50 off 82 balls) added 103 runs for the first wicket.

But man-of-the-match Shuvra took all five wickets in his second spell to end with 5-35 from ten overs and set an easy target for his teammates, who stunned holders Victoria in the league opener.

Opener Rakib Hassan anchored the Agrani essay with a 100-ball 51 while Kuntal Chandra (37) and Najmus Sadat (24) shared 44 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket to guide Agrani home with 15 balls to spare.