Islami Bank East Zone opener Rony Talukdar registered a half-century and pacer Hasan Mahmud picked up four wickets in the first round of the Bangladesh Cricket League at stumps on day two, Thursday.
Right-handed opener Rony struck 54 as East Zone trail by 320 runs against BCB North Zone in Rajshahi’s Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium.
Driven by Rony’s half-century, East Zone posted 125 losing four wickets.
Pacer Ebadat Hossain and spinner Sanjamul Islam bagged two scalps each for North Zone.
Earlier, North Zone resumed their batting in the first innings to start the day with 335 for two on the board from their overnight score with Naeem Islam and Jahurul Islam unbeaten on 111 and 100 respectively.
Jahurul got dismissed on 104 to break the 239-run stand with Naeem for the third wicket.
Naeem got dismissed for 137 as East Zone youngster Hasan notched four wickets to restrict the East Zone innings to 445.
Veteran left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr picked up three wickets.
7TH BCL, ROUND 1, DAY 2
BCB NORTH ZONE 1ST INNINGS R B
Mizanur retired hurt 63 96
Junaid b Hasan 28 25
Farhad lbw b Jayed 12 41
Naeem b Enamul Jr 137 246
Jahurul c Zakir b Jayed 104 163
Sabbir b Saifuddin 0 7
Ziaur c Zakir b Hasan 29 53
Sanjamul c Zakir b Hasan 5 15
Shariful c Tasamul b Enamul Jr 12 6
Subashish not out 1 3
Ebadat b Hasan 1 2
Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 12, w 3) 24
Total (112.1 Overs) 445 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-67 (Junaid), 2-100 (Farhad), 3-339 (Jahurul), 4-378 (Mizanur), 5-383 (Sabbir), 6-404 (Naeem), 7-420 (Sanjamul), 8-437 (Ziaur), 9-443 (Shariful), 10-445 (Ebadat)
Bowling
Jayed 18-0-81-2, Farhad 10-1-56-0, Hasan 24.1-3-84-4, Saifuddin 21-4-47-1, Enamul Jr 30-4-122-3, Afif 8-0-37-0, Shamsur 1-0-9-0
EAST ZONE 1ST INNINGS R B
Rony c Farhad b Sanjamul 54 98
Shamsur b Sanjamul 24 54
Zakir c Jahurul b Ebadat 5 8
Afif c Ziaur b Ebadat 9 13
Tasamul not out 24 43
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 2) 9
Total (36 Overs) 125/4
Fall Of Wickets
1-46 (Shamsur), 2-61 (Zakir), 3-73 (Afif), 4-125 (Rony)
Bowling
Subashish 10-2-47-0, Shariful 6-1-21-0, Ebadat 9-2-26-2, Sanjamul 9-1-17-2, Ziaur 2-0-7-0
East Zone trail by 320 runs