**Official Bangladesh Domestic Cricket**

[Jungle Jumbo]

NCL, Final Round

Chittagong: Chittagong (2pts) drew with Rajshahi (4pts)
Rajshahi 347 (93.3)
Naeem Islam 68, Farhad Reza 55; Saju Datta 4-124
Chittagong 310 (108.2)
Gazi Salahuddin 79, Nafees Iqbal 77; Suhrawadi Shuvo 5-84
Rajshahi 318-7 (76)
Rabiul Karim 64, Mushfiqur Rahman 69*, Suhrawadi Shuvo 45* (15, 1x4, 6x6); Shabbir Khan 4-150
Chittagong 295-6 (75)
Ehsanul Haque 110*, Nadimuddin 82*; Farhad Reza 4-46

Fatullah: Dhaka (6pts) beat Khulna (0pts) by 3 wickets
Khulna 288 (93.2)
Imrul Kayash 78; Mohammad Azim 5-54
Dhaka 87 (45)
Manjural Islam 5-25
Khulna 168 (65)
Mohammad Azim 4-66
Dhaka 372 (129.3)
Anwar Hossain 55, Al Sahariar 59, Shamsur Rahman 50, Nazmul Hossain 65*; Manjural Islam 4-113

Fatullah: Barisal (4pts) drew with Sylhet (2pts)
Sylhet 408 (125.5)
Alok Kapali 141, Saif Mahmud 90, Hasibul Hossain 61*
Barisal 712-7 declared (221)
Hannan Sarkar 95, Raqibul Hasan 313* (609b, 660m, 33x4), Shahin Hossain 65, Ariful Haque 115

 

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 			P  W L D Pts  
1  Dhaka Division 	10 3 1 6 42 
2  Rajshahi Division 	10 4 0 2 40 
3  Chittagong Division 	10 1 1 4 30 
4  Barisal Division 	10 1 2 4 28 
5  Sylhet Division 	10 2 2 0 24 
6  Khulna Division 	10 0 5 2 14

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Fatullah: Dhaka (6pts) beat Khulna (0pts) by 3 wickets
Khulna 288 (93.2)
Imrul Kayash 78; Mohammad Azim 5-54
Dhaka 87 (45)
Manjural Islam 5-25
Khulna 168 (65)
Mohammad Azim 4-66
Dhaka 372 (129.3)
Anwar Hossain 55, Al Sahariar 59, Shamsur Rahman 50, Nazmul Hossain 65*; Manjural Islam 4-113

Now there's the stuff of legend.

Particularly Nazgul making an unbeaten 65 to win the league title.

(edit: and the day after the losing captain and nine-wicket-hauler dies...)

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Now there's the stuff of legend.

Particularly Nazgul making an unbeaten 65 to win the league title.

(edit: and the day after the losing captain and nine-wicket-hauler dies...)

Apparently the circumstance were 'dubious', with some really poor Khulna bowling.

Full season review to come this evening, done half of it already.

 

[Efaz]

Independence Cup Cricket

Sonargaon storm into final

CricBD Staff
23 March, 2007

Sonargaon Cricketers stormed into the Independence Cup cricket tournament final of the with a 22-run win over Victoria Sporting Club at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Friday.

The winners of Saturday's match between Mohammedan and Victoria will meet Sonargaon in the March 26 final.

It was Fahim Muntasir Sumit starred in Sonargaon's second win -- they beat Mohammedan by 52 runs in opening game -- as the off-spinner bagged four wickets for 24 to wrap up the Victoria innings for 226 runs.

Sonargaon thrived on two half centuries by Marshal Ayub and Elias Sunny to put on 248-9 in the stipulated 50 overs after deciding to bat.

Marshal smashed 67 off 78 balls with the help of four boundaries and then he also shone with his leg-spin to claim two wickets for 20.

Left-handed Sunny made 51 off 93 deliveries that featured four fours and he associated in a 71-run stand for the third wicket with Al Shahriar Rokon, who hit a 60-ball 48, smashing seven boundaries after his side lost two wickets on 18.

Hannan Sarker, who played a blazing 64-run knock in the first game, returned for a duck.

Nazmul Hossain scored 50 off 76 balls while Gazi Salahuddin and Shahnewaz Kabir chipped in with 42 and 43 respectively but their efforts were not good enough for Victoria to chase down the total as they were bundled out with 19 balls to spare.

BRIEF SCORES

Sonargaon: 248-9 in 50 overs (Al-Shahriar 48, Hannan Sarkar 0, Arafat Salahuddin 9, Elias Sunny 51, Marshal Ayub 67, Nahidul Haque 10, Dhiman Ghosh 15, Fahim Muntasir21, Masudur Rahman 10 n.o., Mahbubul Alam 7, extras 10; Shahnewaz Kabir 1-48, Waskurni Palash 1-39, Sabbir Khan 3-54, Saqlain Sajib 2-36, Humayun Kabir 1-46).

Victoria: 226 all out in 46.5 overs (Gazi Salahuddin 42, Nasiruddin Faruque 1, Hasan 14, Golam Mabud 3, Hasanuzzaman 10, Nazmul Milon 50, Sabbir Khan 13, Shahnewaz Kabir 43, Waskurni Palash 10, Humayun Kabir 4, Saqlain Sajib 2 n.o., extras 34; Mahbubul Alam 2-41, Fahim Muntasir 4-24, Hannan Sarkar 1-40, Elias Sunny 1-41, Marshal Ayub 2-20).

 

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1. Dhaka
P 10 W 3 L 1 DWF 6 DLF 0 ND 0 Pts 42

Player of the Year: Mohammad Sharif

Batting: Mohammad Ashraful (417 @ 83.40, 2x100) Shamsur Rahman (434 @ 43.40, 1x100, 3x50), Marshall Ayub (429 @ 42.90, 42.90, 1x100, 1x50), Uttam Sarkar (483 @ 37.15, 4x50).

Bowling: Mohammad Sharif (30 @ 20.50, 3x5i, 1x10m), Mosharraf Hossain (24 @ 21.54, 1x5i).

2. Rajshahi
P 10 W 4 L 0 DWF 2 DLF 3 ND 0 Pts 40

Player of the Year: Mohammad Shahzada

Batting: Junaid Siddique (372 @ 53.14, 1x100, 2x50), Anisur Rahman (494 @ 44.90, 1x100, 3x50), Mushfiqur Rahman (380 @ 42.22, 3x50).

Bowling: Farhad Reza (24 @ 15.79, 2x5i), Mohammad Shahzada (34 @ 15.82, 2x5i, 1x10m), Suhrawadi Shuvo (20 @ 16.20, 3x5i), Sumon Saha (15 @ 32.46, 1x5i).

3. Chittagong
P 10 W 1 L 1 DWF 4 DLF 4 Pts 30

Player of the Year: Gazi Salahuddin

Batting: Gazi Salahuddin (791 @ 46.52, 2x100, 5x50), Ehsanul Haque (735 @ 43.23, 3x100, 3x50), Nazimuddin (447 @ 37.25, 1x100, 3x50).

Bowling: Saju Datta (21 @ 23.52, 1x5i), Shabbir Khan (53 @ 28.30, 4x5i, 1x10m), Tareq Aziz (21 @ 32.00).

4. Barisal
P 10 W 1 L 2 DWF 4 DLF 3 Pts 28

Player of the Year: Arafat Salahuddin

Batting: Raqibul Hasan (498 @ 83.00, 1x100, 2x50), Arafat Salahuddin (613 @ 43.78, 2x100, 2x50).

Bowling: Arafat Salahuddin (22 @ 29.04), Ali Arman (23 @ 32.43, 1x5i), Sajidul Islam (18 @ 31.33, 1x5i), Tariqul Islam (26 @ 33.00, 3x5i, 10m).

5. Sylhet
P 10 W 2 L 2 DWF 0 DLF 6 Pts 24

Player of the Year: Alok Kapali

Batting: Rajin Saleh (334 @ 47.71, 1x100, 2x50), Golam Mawla (474 @ 43.09, 1x100, 1x50), Alok Kapali (744 @ 41.33, 3x100, 1x50).

Bowling: Nabil Samad (34 @ 35.32, 2x5i), Hasibul Hossain (20 @ 32.75).

6. Khulna
P 10 W 0 L 5 DWF 2 DLF 2 ND 1 Pts 14

Player of the Year: Manjural Islam Rana

Batting: Manjural Islam Rana (564 @ 40.28, 2x100).

Bowling: Manjural Islam Rana (34 @ 18.47, 2x5i), Ziaur Rahman (17 @ 22.94), Humayun Kabir (23 @ 32.91, 2x5i, 1x10m).

 

[Efaz]

Independence Cup Cricket

Ehsanul Haque guided Mohammedan to the cup final with a 65 runs not out knock, in Mohammedan-Victoria match. Other notable performer for Mohammedan is offspinner Rezaul Islam who took four wickets for 28 runs.

BRIEF SCORES

Victoria: 211 all out in 48.3 overs (Golam Mabud 29, Gazi Salahuddin 37, Rakibul Hasan 21, Hasanuzzaman 13, Nazmul Milon 28, Sabbir Khan 16, Saqlain Sajib 24, extras 24; Khaled Mahmud 3-50, Rezaul Islam 4-28).

Mohammedan: 212-4 in 40.2 overs (Rashedul Haq 32, Junaid Siddique 35, Ehsanul Haque 65 n.o., Sharifullah 29, Faisal Hossain 30 n.o., extras 21; Aslam Khan 2-35).

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Efaz, what's the point in this Independence Cup? It seems a bit pointless to me, unless there's some sentimental reason. Half the players aren't playing for their real club anyway.

 

[chris.hinton]

Was Manjural Islam Rana killed during a 4-day match

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Was Manjural Islam Rana killed during a 4-day match

No, a day after I think. There's a thread in his memory somewhere in the first couple of pages here.

 

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BKSP No.2 Ground: Sylhet (2pts) beat Chittagong (0pts) by 60 runs
Sylhet 215 (50)
Imtiaz Hossain 36, Sadiqur Rahman 28, Ejaj Ahmed 36, Sirajullah Khadeem 27; Elias Sunny 3-27, Shabbir Khan 2-40
Chittagong 155 (38.2)
Nafees Iqbal 56, Gazi Salahuddin 34; Nabil Samad 4-33, Golam Mawla 2-31

Dhanmondi: Dhaka (2pts) beat Barisal (0pts) by 5 wickets
Barisal 238 (49.4)
Imran Ahmed 47, Iftekhar Nayem 81, Abul Bashar 36; Mahbubul Alam 3-36, Sharifullah 2-51, Marshall Ayub 2-47
Dhaka 239-5 (46.1)
Anwar Hossain 39, Shamsur Rahman 39, Marshall Ayub 27, Sharifullah 56*, Sajjad Kadir 47*

Fatullah: Rajshahi (2pts) beat Khulna (0pts) by 72 runs
Rajshahi 285-6 (50)
Rabiul Karim 32, Junaid Siddique 50, Naeem Islam 81, Anisur Rahman 63; Murad Khan 5-50
Khulna 213 (48.3)
Imrul Kayash 26, Asadullah Khan 78; Mohammad Shahzada 2-42, Shafaq Al Zabir 2-46, Mushfiqur Rahman 2-25, Saqlain Sajib 2-26

 

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BKSP No.2 Ground: Rajshahi (2pts, 2-0) beat Barisal (0pts, 0-2) by 6 wickets
Barisal 216-8 (50)
Raqibul Hasan 56, Ariful Haque 51, Arafat Salahuddin 40; Shafaq Al Zabir 2-31, Mushfiqur Rahman 2-37
Rajshahi 220-4 (43.2)
Junaid Siddique 70, Naeem Islam 52*, Mushfiqur Rahman 57*; Monir Hossain 2-45

Dhanmondi: Chittagong (2pts, 1-1) beat Khulna (0pts, 0-2) by 67 runs
Chittagong 344-8 (50)
Nadimuddin 35, Mahbubul Karim 78 (46b, 9x4, 5x6), Ehsanul Haque 92, Dhiman Ghosh 65; Nazmus Sadat 3-66
Khulna 277 (42.4)
Imrul Kayash 31, Nahidul Haque 101 (84b, 9x4, 3x6), Jamaluddin Ahmed 33, Mohammad Salim 31*; Kamrul Islam 4-43, Mohammad Younus 2-44

Fatullah: Sylhet (2pts, 2-0) beat Dhaka (0pts, 1-1) by 5 wickets
Dhaka 269-9 (50)
Uttam Sarkar 67, Sharifullah 30, Sajjad Kadir 60; Golam Mawla 4-46
Sylhet 273-5 (44.5)
Imtiaz Hossain 44, Alok Kapali 114* (125b, 12x4, 3x6), Sadiqur Rahman 35; Mohammad Azim 2-67

 

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Dhanmondi: Barisal (2pts, 1-2) beat Khulna (0pts, 0-3) by 10 runs
Barisal 307-8 (50)
Raqibul Hasan 50, Nasiruddin Faruque 33, Imran Ahmed 25, Iftekhar Nayem 29, Raisul Islam 83* (70b, 6x4), Ariful Haque 28, Arafat Salahuddin 27
Khulna 297 (48)
Monirul Islam 65 (56b, 7x4, 2x6), Imrul Kayash 56 (47b, 7x4, 1x6), Asadullah Khan 42, Fahim Muntasir 41*; Monir Hossain 3-61

BKSP No.2 Ground: Dhaka (2pts, 2-1) beat Chittagong (0pts, 1-2) by 39 runs
Dhaka 252-9 (50)
Anwar Hossain 113* (157b, 17x4), Al Sahariar 60; Tareq Aziz 2-53, Mahbubul Karim 2-17, Elias Sunny 2-55
Chittagong 213 (47.2)
Mahbubul Karim 38, Dhiman Ghosh 91; Sharifullah 3-27, Rashedul Islam 2-36

Fatullah: Rajshahi (2pts, 3-0) beat Sylhet (0pts, 2-1) by 79 runs
Rajshahi 288-6 (50)
Hamidul Islam 36, Rafiqul Islam 25, Anisur Rahman 82, Mushfiqur Rahman 49, Hasanuzzaman 44* (28b, 2x4, 2x6); Maruf Reza 2-34
Sylhet 209 (43.4)
Alok Kapali 59, Sadiqur Rahman 55; Saqlain Sajib 2-42, Anisur Rahman 3-23

 

[Aritro]

Well, I was trying to find out which of the youngsters in the National League will be playing in the next U19s World Cup when the google search yielded the 4th page of this thread as a search result.

I'm in absolute awe. Not only has this thread been maintained with almost religious dedication, the bloke responsible for it appears to have no connection whatsoever to Bangladesh. It seems that this also applies to some of the contributors in it. I can say without a hint of a doubt that JJ knows more about Bangladeshi cricket than any Bangladeshi I know, or any Bangladeshi I'm ever likely to meet.

Superb thread. Please keep it up next season JJ, you've acquired one more regular reader.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Seven (yes, seven) hundreds on day four of the one-day NCL led to a run feast. All six innings yielded run rates in excess of six an over. The bowlers, meanwhile, had little to write home about.

BKSP No.2 Ground: Barisal (2pts, 2-2) beat Sylhet (0pts, 2-2) by 4 wickets
Sylhet 288-8 (43)
Golam Mabud 60, Alok Kapali 101 (77b, 9x4, 5x6), Ejaj Ahmed 50 (34b, 4x4, 1x6); Ariful Haque 2-62, Raisul Islam 2-47
Barisal 293-6 (37.4)
Nasiruddin Faruque 115 (87b, 16x4, 2x6), Raqibul Hasan 93* (75b, 7x4, 4x6); Hasibul Hossain 2-69, Rashedur Rahman 2-49

Fatullah: Chittagong (2pts, 2-2) beat Rajshahi (0pts, 3-1) by 4 wickets
Rajshahi 329-6 (50)
Junaid Siddique 104 (97b, 10x4, 3x6), Rafiqul Islam 38, Anisur Rahman 107* (98b, 9x4, 2x6), Mushfiqur Rahman 47 (25b, 5x4, 3x6); Tareq Aziz 2-37, Mohammad Younus 2-55, Elias Sunny 2-67
Chittagong 333-6 (42.5)
Mahbubul Karim 145 (121b, 10x4, 8x6), Dhiman Ghosh 147 (100b, 19x4, 1x6); Rafiul Islam 2-40

Mahbubul Karim and Dhiman Ghosh put on 290 for Chittagong's third wicket, the third highest third-wicket stand in List A limited overs history (up to 2002, data not available since). A win for Rajshahi would have given them the title; they must now play Dhaka on Wednesday in a decider.

Dhanmondi: Dhaka (2pts, 3-1) beat Khulna (0pts, 0-4) by 2 runs
Dhaka 335-3 (50)
Anwar Hossain 41, Mehrab Hossain jnr 155* (127b, 19x4, 2x6), Al Sahariar 59 (46b, 6x4, 2x6), Nazmul Hossain 56* (20b, 4x4, 5x6)
Khulna 333-9 (50)
Nahidul Haque 85, Mazhar 85, Mohammad Farid 45, Asadullah Khan 68, Fahim Muntasir 54 (31b, 5x4, 2x6); Nazmul Hossain 3-58, Mohammad Sukran 2-54, Rashedul Islam 2-72

Dhaka's narrow victory over winless Khulna effectively set up a final with Rajshahi. Mehrab Hossain hammered his second List A ton, sharing stands of 112 with Anwar Hossain and 139 with Al Sahariar.

 

[Perm]

Good to see Mehrab Hossain jr striking some form, while Alok Kapali has been quite impressive this season.

 

[Aritro]

Hope Mehrab keeps this up too. I'd like to see him in the reckoning for the India series.

Can anyone tell me what sort of bowler Mohammed Shahzada is? Is he quicker, for instance, than someone like Rasel?

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Hope Mehrab keeps this up too. I'd like to see him in the reckoning for the India series.

Can anyone tell me what sort of bowler Mohammed Shahzada is? Is he quicker, for instance, than someone like Rasel?

I'm not entirely sure - there is very little by way of comment from the Bangladeshi media - but I think he's a bit quicker than Rasel and offers a little swing.

He's definitely one to watch though.

 

[tigerPassion]

Good to see Mehrab Hossain jr striking some form, while Alok Kapali has been quite impressive this season.

This isn't Mehrab jnr.....I think Jungle Jumbo made a mistake..........this is Mehrab snr

Mehrab jnr is now in Sri Lanka with Bangladesh A team.

 

[tigerPassion]

Can anyone tell me what sort of bowler Mohammed Shahzada is? Is he quicker, for instance, than someone like Rasel?

Shahazada isn't that tall......he is around 5'7'' which is very short for a seamer

Just to compare with the other bd bowlers

Shahadat 6'3''
Mortaza 6'1''
Rasel 5'11''