Abahani overcome Torun
Shafiul fires Partex
Abahani overcame a hurdle in their attempt to retain the Premier Division Cricket League title when they handed a six-wicket defeat to Surjo Torun at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.
After Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's three wickets haul, Indian Venugopal took the charge with a run-a-ball 66 as Abahani secured a comfortable victory against Surjo Torun who upset Biman in the previous round.
With the seventh win, the Dhanmondi outfit secured the top spot by rattling up 14 points but Biman follows them with 12 points having played one match less. Biman have a good chance to share the lead as they meet BKSP in the eighth round match tomorrow but Surjo Torun slip to the second position with 12 points from eight matches.
Away at BKSP, Shafiul Alam slammed a hundred as Partex registered a six-wicket win against Cricket Coaching School (CCS). Partex improved their tally to six points with the third victory while CCS remained on six points from same number of outings.
ABAHANI-SURJO TORUN
Nazmul Hossain gave the early breakthrough by removing Indian Sandeep Sharma for four runs after Surjo Torun decided to bat first but an 83-run second wicket partnership between Zunaed Siddiqui and Hannan Sarker consolidated their position.
Nasir Hossain broke the partnership when he clean bowled Hannan for 45 runs but it was Mashrafe who claimed two quick wickets by sending back national-partners Zunaed and Rajin Saleh to the pavilion as Surjo Torun were reduced to 138 for five.
Surjo Torun finally managed 201 before being bundled out in 49.4 overs.
In reply, Tamim Iqbal and Rony Talukdar made a solid start before the former fell victim of run out for nine runs to put an end to the opening stand for 31 runs. Imran Ahmed then joined Rony to add 64-run in the second wicket to steady the ship. Imran scored 33 off 66 balls with three fours.
It was however Venugopal who made the chase easy for the holders as the former Indian batsman hit three fours and four sixes while Sahagir Hossain contributed an unbeaten 32 off 53 balls.
PARTEX-CCS
Uttam Sarker missed a deserved hundred as the opener was dismissed in the nervous nineties but his effort helped CCS to put up a decent total of 212 for nine after being sent into bat first.
But Shafiul Alam made no mistake to reach the three-digit mark and his 130-run opening stand with former national opener Mehrab Hossain guided Partex to secure a comfortable victory as they reached 215-4 in 47.3 overs.
The 24-year old right-hander from Khulna clobbered ten boundaries and two sixes during his 130-ball 104 knock while veteran Mehrab added 54 off 84 balls with the help of six fours and a six.
Pakistani Rashed Hanif was the other notable scorer with run-a-ball 35 that featured five boundaries.
Earlier Uttam was trapped leg-before by Hanif for 90 runs which came from 119 balls with six fours and two sixes. Shuvagoto Hom added 47 off 52 balls.
Iqbal Hossain claimed four wickets for 37 runs.
BRIEF SCORES
SURJO TORUN: 201 all out in 49.4 overs (Zunaed 55, Hannan 45, Rajin 22, Mashud 21, extras 13; Mashrafe 3-54, Zia 2-14).
ABAHANI: 203-4 in 46 overs (Rony 52, Imran 33, Venugopal 66, Sahagir 32 not out, extras 10; Shafiul 1-43, Saqlain 1-40, Sabbir 1-27).
Result: Abahani won by six wickets.
CCS: 212-9 in 50 overs (Uttam 90, Elias 21, Shuvagoto 47, extras 9; Iqbal 4-37, Hanif 2-27).
PARTEX: 215-4 in 47.3 overs (Shafiul 104, Mehrab 54, Hanif 35, extras 4; Shakil 2-47).
Result: Partex win by six wickets.
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