Chittagong, day three: Sylhet, with nine second innings wickets remaining, lead Chittagong by 42 runs
Sylhet* 305 (101.4)
Golam Rahman 25, Golam Mabyd 85, Tapash Baisya 112 (173b, 9x4, 2x6); Tareq Aziz 3-67, Shabbir Khan 3-106, Elias Sunny 2-50
Chittagong 360 (137)
Masumud Dowla 25, Ehsanul Haque 153 (334b, 16x4), Faisal Hossain 121 (239b, 17x4), Elias Sunny 27; Enamul Haque jnr 4-84, Nazmul Hossain 3-63, Rezaul Haque 2-44
Sylhet 97-1 (29)
Golam Rahman 39*, Alok Kapali 33*
Ehsanul and Faisal took their unbroken overnight stand of 167 to 225 before Faisal, who was far from the fluent batsman of the day before, fell to Enamul. Elias Sunny then provided useful support for Ehsanul as the pair took the Chittagong total past Sylhet's. But Sylhet pushed themselves back into the match, thanks to Enamul and Nazmul, who cleaned up the tail, and some positive batting from Golam and Alok to regain the lead.
Rajshahi, day three: Rajshahi, with seven second innings wickets remaining, require 178 runs to be Khulna
Khulna* 179 (65.5)
Sajjadul Hasan 72, Abdur Razzak 25; Mushfiqur Rahman 5-51, Mohammad Shahzada 3-49, Shafaq Al Zabir 2-44
Rajshahi 265 (76.5)
Junaid Siddique 88, Naeem Islam 59; Abdur Razzak 5-55, Dolar Mahmud 2-61, Ziaur Rahman 2-65
Khulna 312 (97)
Nazmus Sadat 59, Sajjadul Hasan 35, Tushar Imran 46, Manjural Islam Rana 37, Saghir Hossain 46, Ziaur Rahman 30; Mohammad Shahzada 7-95
Rajshahi 49-3 (24)
Junaid Siddique 31*, Mushfiqur Rahim 10*; Adbur Razzak 2-14
Khulna wrestled hard on day three to regain control of an up-and-down match. There was no significant performance in their innings but eight batsmen made double figures (and Dolar Mahmud finished 1*), despite Shahzada completing his first ten wicket haul. The telling blows were however landed by Razzak and Syed Rasel to set Rajshahi on the back foot in the final session.
Dhaka, day two: Dhaka, with ten second innings wickets remaining, lead Barisal by 241 runs
Dhaka* 370 (108.5)
Al Sahariar 55, Mohammad Ashraful 121 (158b, 19x4), Nadif Chowdhury 33, Mohammad Sharif 41*; Sajidul Islam 5-61, Ali Arman 2-67
Barisal 175 (57.3)
Imran Ahmed 26, Humayun Kabir 64, Ishraq Sonet 27; Shahadat Hossain 3-15, Mohammad Rafique 3-43, Mohammad Ashraful 2-3
Dhaka 46-0 (9)
Javed Omar 23*, Mehrab Hossain 21*
The strong Dhaka bowling attack reduced Barisal to shreds on day two at the Dhanmondi and should wrap up an easy victory tomorrow. Barisal captain Shahriar Nafees disappointed, making just one before being bowled by Shahadat Hossain and the only significant contribution was from Humayun. In reply Dhaka thumped home their advantage, putting themselves in a position to declare early tomorrow, perhaps after some quick runs from Ashraful. Earlier in the day Sharif had hit a rapid 41 to take Dhaka to 370.