Mominul saves NCA blushes

A half-century by left-hander Mominul Haque Sourav yesterday brightened up an otherwise gloomy GP-BCB National Cricket Academy performance.
After South Africa Cricket Academy plundered 581 runs in their first innings, the hosts fell into a five-wicket hole in the 30 overs they were given to bat on the second day at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium.
When Shuvogoto Hom Chowdhury fell in the 12th over, the Academy side were 47 for five, with Dane Paterson and Hardus Viljoen running riot.
Mominul's fine unbeaten 51 and a 33 from all-rounder Mahmudul Hasan were the saving grace as the pair somewhat repaired the innings with an 84-run unbeaten sixth wicket stand.
Earlier, the tourists batted out 141.3 overs with Romano Terblanche hammering 95 off 149 balls with sixteen fours. Shaker Ahmed, the left-arm spinner from Sylhet, took three wickets as did paceman Shubhashish Roy who also conceded a hundred runs.

SCORES IN BRIEF
SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET ACADEMY: First innings 581 all out in 141.3 overs (Schoe-man 212, Terblanche 95; Shubhashish 3-100, Shaker 3-165)
GP-BCB NCA: First innings 131-5 in 30 overs (Mominul 51 not out; Paterson 3-48)