Tushar hits record 19th century

The second day of the fourth-round matches of the National Cricket League (NCL) was marked by hundreds from Anamul Haque, Tushar Imran and Suhrawardi Shuvo yesterday.

33-year old Tushar also made a record by hitting his 19th century as the right-hander now holds the record of making the highest number of first-class hundreds in Bangladesh's domestic cricket. Mohammad Ashraful and Alok Kapali follow him with 18 tons each.

Khulna's first innings at BKSP saw twin tons as they posted 371 runs in reply to Barisal's first-innings 171 as Anamul hit 136 in a stay over four hours with 11 fours and six sixes, while Tushar Imran also batted for more than four hours to score 108 with 12 fours and a six. The two centurions added 217 runs for the third wicket, which blunted left-arm spinner Monir Hossain's six-wicket haul.

Facing a huge deficit, Barisal finished the day without any damage for 10 runs in the first-tier match.

At the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, resuming the day on 62, Rangpur Division batsman Shuvo completed a century in their tier-2 encounter against Chittagong Division. The left-hander scored 121 runs off 204 balls with 14 fours as Rangpur posted 450 before being bundled out after starting the day at 315 for seven.

Mohammad Saddam picked up two wickets as Chittagong ended the day on 82 for two.

At the Fatullah Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Division could manage only a 21-run first innings lead as Dhaka Metro bowlers Shahidul Islam and Mohammad Ashraful took three wickets each to wrap up their innings for 187 runs.

Mohammad Sharif and Shahadat Hossain however brought the smiles back to the Dhaka Division tent by the end of the day's play as Metro lost four wickets for 27 runs at stumps.

At the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, Forhad Reza claimed five wickets as Rajshahi bounced back from their poor first innings batting performance and ended the day with a 77-run lead with seven wickets in hand.  

SCORES IN BRIEF 

DHAKA METRO V DHAKA DIV 

DHAKA METRO:  166 and 27-4 in 17.2 overs (Shadman 14 not out, Ashraful 0 not out; Sharif 2-2, Shahadat 2-13)

DHAKA DIV: 187 all out in 63 overs (Minhaz 43, Zahiduzzaman 32; Shahidul 3-44, Ashraful 3-47)

BARISAL V KHULNA 

BARISAL: 171 and 10-0 in 2.1 overs (Nafees 4 not out, Sayeem 5 not out)

KHULNA:  371 all out in 102 overs (Mahedi 57, Anamul 136, Tushar 108; Salman 2-68, Monir 6-66) 

RAJSHAHI V SYLHET 

RAJSHAHI: 204 and 92-3 in 20 overs (Myshukur 38, Junaed 42 not out) 

SYLHET: 219 all out in 72.1 overs (Sayem 36, Kapali 40, Ruman 41, Abul 59 not out; Reza 5-91, Mamun 3-47) 

RANGPUR V CHITTAGONG 

RANGPUR: 450 all out in 108 overs (Liton 73, Nasir 30, Ariful 52, Shuvo 121, Babu 64; Saifuddin 4-93, Ali 3-77)

CHITTAGONG: 82-2 in 32 overs (Avishek 28, Irfan 24 not out; Saddam 2-16)