Liton Das and Yasir Ali were the stars of the show with the bat while Mehedi Hasan was the pick of the bowlers on day three in the first round of the Bangladesh Cricket League.
In a feisty, topsy-turvy contest, the game ebbed and flowed between Walton Central Zone and Prime Bank South Zone at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and at the end of the third day, South Zone require 228 runs with eight wickets remaining.
The day started with Central Zone batting at two for no loss with a lead of three runs.
Earlier, they score 282 runs and South Zone almost matched that first innings score with 281 before losing all of their wickets.
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Liton, after getting dropped from the Test side, once again produced a sparkling innings in the domestic circuit with 84 from 95 deliveries at the top of the order for Central Zone.
Spinner Mehedi was the most impressive bowler for South Zone taking 5/72.
Central Zone were eventually all out for 264 leaving South Zone with a target of 266 to win.
In reply, Abu Haider bowled well to take Anamul Haque (five) and Fazle Mahmud (11) and peg South Zone back to 38/2 before stumps on day three.
7TH BCL, ROUND 1, DAY 3
CENTRAL ZONE 1ST INNINGS R B
Liton lbw b Shafiul 0 3
Saif c Nurul b Al-Amin 0 4
Shanto b Al-Amin 23 39
Mazid not out 141 219
Marshall c Shahriar b Rubel 4 7
Shuvagata b Razzak 11 25
Taibur c Nurul b Rubel 3 8
Mosharraf c Raqibul b Al-Amin19 48
Robiul lbw b Razzak 0 4
Haider lbw b Razzak 13 21
Shahidul c Shafiul b Mehedi 58 75
Extras (lb 4, nb 4, w 2) 10
Total (74.5 Overs) 282 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Liton), 2-0 (Saif), 3-41 (Shanto), 4-46 (Marshall), 5-61 (Shuvagata), 6-73 (Taibur), 7-130 (Mosharraf), 8-131 (Robiul), 9-158 (Haider), 10-282 (Shahidul)
Bowling
Shafiul 15-2-44-1, Al-Amin 17-5-65-3, Rubel 12-3-42-2, Razzak 20-1-70-3, Mehedi 10.5-1-57-1
SOUTH ZONE 1ST INNINGS R B
Shahriar c Mazid b Shahidul 71 124
Anamul lbw b Shahidul 31 44
Fazle c Liton b Robiul 94 194
Tushar c Taibur b Robiul 2 18
Raqibul c Shanto b Mosharraf 7 27
Nurul c Liton b Mosharraf 17 39
Mehedi c Shuvagata b Mosharraf 2 6
Razzak c & b Mosharraf 0 2
Shafiul b Shuvagata 4 7
Rubel c Liton b Haider 30 52
Al-Amin not out 6 10
Extras (b 13, lb 4) 17
Total (87.1 Overs) 281 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-72 (Anamul), 2-149 (Shahriar), 3-170 (Tushar), 4-183 (Raqibul), 5-213 (Nurul), 6-215 (Mehedi), 7-215 (Razzak), 8-220 (Shafiul), 9-253 (Fazle), 10-281 (Rubel)
Bowling
Haider 16.1-2-66-1, Robiul 15-1-72-2, Shuvagata 19-6-45-1, Shahidul 16-6-28-2, Mosharraf 21-4-53-4
CENTRAL ZONE 2ND INNINGS R B
Liton c Nurul b Mehedi 84 95
Saif c Shahriar b Rubel 8 43
Shanto lbw b Mehedi 24 72
Mazid lbw b Shafiul 4 28
Marshall c Nurul b Mehedi 4 27
Shuvagata st Nurul b Razzak 36 35
Taibur b Mehedi 0 4
Mosharraf c Mehedi b Shafiul 11 16
Shahidul not out 41 54
Haider b Razzak 0 1
Robiul lbw b Mehedi 37 87
Extras (b 9, lb 3, nb 2, w 1) 15
Total (76.4 Overs) 264 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-55 (Saif), 2-125 (Shanto), 3-126 (Liton), 4-132 (Mazid), 5-138 (Marshall), 6-142 (Taibur), 7-161 (Mosharraf), 8-185 (Shuvagata), 9-185 (Haider), 10-264 (Robiul)
Bowling
Shafiul 12-1-61-2, Al-Amin 6-1-21-0, Rubel 14-4-35-1, Razzak 20-2-63-2, Mehedi 24.4-4-72-5
SOUTH ZONE 2ND INNINGS R B
Shahriar not out 11 21
Anamul lbw b Haider 5 6
Fazle c Liton b Haider 11 13
Tushar not out 10 14
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (9 Overs) 38/2
Fall Of Wickets
1-11 (Anamul), 2-27 (Fazle)
Bowling
Haider 4-0-17-2, Shahidul 2-0-6-0, Robiul 1-0-4-0, Mosharraf 1-0-5-0, Taibur 1-0-5-0
South Zone need 228 more runs to win