Mominul misses out on double ton
East Zone captain Mominul Haque missed out on a double-ton as he remained six runs shy of the achievement against North Zone on the final day of their fourth round encounter in the Bangladesh Cricket League.
Elsewhere, South Zone managed a seven-wicket victory over Central Zone, courtesy of Anamul Haque's unbeaten 101-ball 86-run knock.
At the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi, East's two overnight batsmen -- Mominul and Mahmudul Hasan -- added 198 runs to build a 207-run third-wicket stand before the latter was dismissed off a Sunzamul Islam delivery after scoring 83 runs off 149 balls.
However the star of the day, Mominul, who struck a quick-fire 190-ball 194, laced with 23 boundaries and three sixes, was the next one to fall. East declared on 362 for four immediately after the the left-hander's dismissal.
Coming in to chase 452 -- an impossible task given that only a handful of overs remained on the day -- North went on an all-out attack, scoring 116 runs for the loss of one wicket in just 16 overs with a staggering run rate of 7.25 per over and ending the match as a draw.
In the other match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, South defeated Central convincingly as opener Anamul remained unbeaten to see the side through. Central's struggles continued as they lost their remaining five wickets just after adding 89 runs and were eventually bundled out on 269.
Chasing a very low 134-run total, South always seemed to be in control as they won the match comfortably by seven wickets in just 32.2 overs.
SCORES IN BRIEF
CENTRAL ZONE V SOUTH ZONE
CENTRAL ZONE: First innings 261 and second innings 269 all out (Shuvagata 71; Rabbi 4-59)
SOUTH ZONE: First innings 397 and second innings 134 for three (Anamul 86 not out; Shuvagata 2-21)
Result: South Zone won by 7 wickets.
EAST ZONE V NORTH ZONE
EAST ZONE: First innings 446 and second innings 362 for four declared (Mominul 194; Sunzamul 3-122)
NORTH ZONE: First innings 377 all out and second innings 116 for one (Junaid 51 not out; Taijul 1-33)
Result: Match drawn.
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