Sylhet bagged their first win of the National Cricket League season beating Dhaka division by nine wickets inside three days at Khulna’s Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium yesterday. Dhaka Metropolis were comfortably placed against Barisal with a lead of 257 runs at stumps of the third day.
Meanwhile the days play in the other two matches of the third round - Chittagong versus Khulna and Rajshahi versus Rangpur – did not roll on the field due to drizzle and overcast conditions.
Dhaka division v Sylhet
Dhaka resumed the day on 111 for three in their second innings and reached 269 before getting bowled out in front of some controlled spin bowling from Abu Jayed and Nasum Ahmed. Jayed and Ahmed claimed four wickets each. Sylhet was set a target of 13 runs to win which they achieved in three and a half overs.
Barisal v Dhaka Metro
At Fatullah’s Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium’s outer ground, Barisal were cruising along with a superb third wicket partnership between opener Fazle Rabbi and Iftekhar Nayeem before left-arm spinner Abu Bakkar wrecked through their innings with a five-wicket haul. Barisal ended their first on 249 for nine. Mohammad Sajib hurt his finger while fielding and could not bat. Resuming on 109-2, Fazle carried on and scored 121 while Iftekhar made 70 as they added 159 runs together.
Metro, with a massive 400 in their first innings, ended the day at 106 for four in their second innings with Marshal Ayub and Tasamul Haque unbeaten on 26 and 10 respectively. Off spinner Islamul Ahsan picked three wickets for Barisal.
Brief score:
Sylhet v Dhaka Div
Dhaka (1st innings): 100 all out in 39.4 overs
Sylhet (1st innings): 356 all out in 110.3 overs
Dhaka (2nd innings): 269 all out in 85 overs
(Rakibul 54, Nasum 4/60, Jayed 4/82)
Sylhet (2nd innings): 14/1 in 3.3 overs
(Rumman 6*, Nurul 1/3)
Sylhet won by nine wickets
Dhaka Metro v Barisal
Metro (1st innings): 400/ 9 declare in 119.2 overs
Barisal (1st innings): 249/9 in 102 overs
(Rabbi 121, Nayeem 70, Bakker 5/25)
Metro (2nd innings): 106/4 in 27 overs
(Sunny 31, Marshal 26*, Ahsan 3/22)
Dhaka Metro leads by 257 Runs