Women's nat'l cricket

Farhana Haque smashed 73 runs to help her side Rajshahi win against Dhaka by 100 runs in the Women's national Cricket league yesterday. Depending on Farhana's knock, Rajshahi scored 174 runs in 49.1 overs. In reply, Dhaka got bowled out cheaply for 74 runs in 37.5 overs. In the other match of the day, Khulna chased down a 55 run-target without losing a wicket to hand Chittagong a 10-wicket defeat. Shuktara and Salma took three wickets each for Khulna, and later Shuktara remained unbeaten on 26 to guide her side to this easy win.