Mohammedan maul Prime Bank on reserve day

Table topper Mohammedan Sporting Club gave Prime Bank Cricket Club a 82-run thumping at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on the reserve day of play today.

Chasing 225, Prime Bank were well placed at 113 for 1 inside 22 overs. However the middle order collapse precipitated by Subashis Roy and Naeem Islam jnr threw Prime Bank off the rails and they crashed to a huge defeat. Only three batters reached double figures for Prime Bank. Mehedi Maruf made 48 while Sabbir Rahman contributed with 41.

Mohammedan bowlers brought their A-game on the reserve day and took wickets at regular intervals to hurt Prime Bank. Naeem Islam jnr grabbed his best bowling figures of DPL 2016 with 4-21 from 4.4 overs, his third four-for in this competition. He was selected as the player of the match for his incisive spells today.

At Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No. 3 ground, Shamsur Rahman’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL was not enough to prevent Gazi Group Cricketers from crashing to a 32-run defeat against Abahani Limited today.

Chasing 277, Gazi Group were rocked early, and were struggling 5-64 inside 13 overs. Shamsur Rahman held one end secured with his 136 off 130 balls. He struck 13 fours and three sixes in his blistering knock. The next highest scorer for Gazi Group in their failed chase was Faruque’s 29.

Taskin Ahmed of Abahani recorded his best bowling figures of DPL 2016 with 4-32 from nine overs. He removed Gazi Group’s top-order with a hostile spell of bowling. Abul Hasan and Rajat Bhatia picked up two wickets each.

Scores in brief

Mohammedan Sporting Club: 224 all out in 49.2 overs (Nazmul 64, Azim 3-40)

Prime Bank Cricket Club: 142 all out in 32.4 overs (Mehedi 48, Naeem 4-21)

Result: Mohammedan won by 82 runs

Abahani Limited: 276 for 6 in 50 overs (Bhatia 90*, Mahedi 2-32)

Gazi Group Cricketers: 244 all out in 48.1 overs (Shamsur 136, Taskin 4-32)

Result: Abahani Limited won by 32 runs