Barisal's five-wicket victory over Chittagong on their home ground in the tenth and final round meant they finished fifth ahead of Sylhet, who suffered a nine-wicket defeat against Rajshahi at the Sylhet Stadium on the final day.

It was Barisal's only second outright victory in ten games, improving their tally to 22 points, four points clear from Sylhet. It was quite an improvement for the southern division after the first five editions, where they finished last.

While Barisal hogged the spotlight for a second successive day after left-arm spinner Mosharaf Hossain Rubel captured nine wickets on Saturday -- a first-class bowling record -- champions Dhaka scored a satisfying draw against Khulna after they had ensured the title for a second successive year in the previous round.

BARISAL-CHITTAGONG
Needed 185 more runs with eight wickets in hand, Barisal conquered the former champions thanks to two priceless half centuries by Towhid Hossain and Prasenjit Bose.

Towhid struck a fine 79 off 171 balls with the help of a dozen fours while Prasenjit Bose scored a 116-ball 84 (4x15) as Barisal, resuming the day on 82-2, raced to 272-5 in 75.1 overs.

Ali Arman gave the finishing touch with an unbeaten 37 off 42 balls.

Chittagong paceman Gazi Alamgir captured three wickets for 57 runs. The man-of-the-match award however went to Mosharaf for his record breaking figures of 109-9.

SYLHET-RAJSHAHI
Alamgir Kabir finished a successful competition with a five-wicket haul to steer runners-up Rajshahi to an emphatic nine-wicket victory against Sylhet.

The out of favour national paceman took 5-26 as Sylhet, resuming the day on 69-6, were bundled out for 103, leaving Rajshahi with a simple task of scoring 124 that they whipped up in 25 overs.

Jahurul Islam and Moniruzzaman put on 79 runs for the opening stand before Moniruzzaman became the lone casualty after making 45 off 49 balls. Jahurul remained not out on 52 off 83 balls that featured four boundaries. Alamgir's five-wicket burst raised his tournament tally to 45 from nine matches while Sylhet left-arm spinner Nabil Samad finished second with 35 wickets from ten games.

KHULNA-DHAKA
Monirul Islam slammed his maiden first-class century as Khulna declared their second innings for 274-3 at the Khulna Divisional Stadium.

The one-down batsman scored an unbeaten 118 off 195 balls while Sajjadul Hasan contributed 59 and Sahagir Hossain added 61 after Khulna had resumed their second essay on the final day at 57-1.

Chasing an improbable 296-run winning target in 32 overs, Dhaka never chased it and eventually finished on 102-2 before both captains agreed to end the match.