Anamul completes hattrick of centuries in DPL
Prime Bank Cricket Club captain Anamul Haque completed a hattrick of centuries in the Dhaka Premier League to set up a 16-run win over Abahani Limited, the defending champions' first defeat of the season, at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah yesterday.
Meanwhile, the last team that bore the brunt of Anamul's purple patch, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, won a last-ball thriller by two wickets against Mohammedan Sporting Club at the BKSP. The day's other match between Legends of Rupganj and Gazi Group Cricketers was not as exciting, with the former acing what could have been a tricky chase -- thanks to opener Mehedi Maruf's unbeaten run-a-ball 137 -- at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur by eight wickets with 27 balls remaining.
It was Anamul's magnificent 128-ball 102 alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran's 85 runs from 96 balls and all-rounder Ariful Haque's quick fire unbeaten 27-ball 51 that helped Prime Bank post a mammoth 302 for five against Abahani
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Abahani gave a spirited chase with Wasim Jaffer's 91-ball 94 and Nazmul Hossain Shanto's 82-ball 73 providing the launchpad. The star-studded Abahani however fell flat in the late stage of their run chase to slump to their first defeat with Nahidul Islam, Abdur Razzak and Al Amin all bagging three wickets each.
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