The other fifth round match between South Zone and East Zone ended in a draw.North v Central, SylhetAt Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Central, who were on the verge of defeat when they resumed the fourth and final day on 229 runs for eight wickets, were bundled out for 271 in their second innings.
Overnight batsman Tanbir Hayder scored 51 as Central lost their third game in the fifth edition to find themselves at the bottom of the points table with nine points.
Pace bowler Alauddin Babu picked up four wickets while left-arm spinner Sanjamul Islam took three for the bowling side.
Earlier, Central were all out for 181 in their first innings. In reply, North took the first-innings lead when they posted a huge total of 537/10, riding on hundreds from Naeem Islam (142), Nazmul Hossain Shanto (123) and Dhiman Ghosh (113).East v South, ChittagongAt Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, South resumed the fourth day trailing by 198 runs in their second innings. They eventually ended the day's play on 198/5.
Anamul Haque (35), Fazle Mahmud (36), Tushar Imran (31) and Shahriar Nafees (36) all made starts while wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun remained unbeaten on 29.
Nayeem Hasan took two while Mohammad Saifuddin, Rahatul Ferdous and Alok Kapali all took a wicket apiece East.
Earlier, South posted 296/10 in their first innings with Imrul Kayes smashing a hundred.
In pursuit, East took the first-innings lead before declaring their first innings on 523/7. Youngster Afif Hossain smashed his second century in the ongoing edition.BRIEF SCORESOUTH ZONE 296 & 198/5 in 96 overs (Shahriar 36, Nayeem 2/48) drew with EAST ZONE 523/7CENTRAL ZONE 181 & 271 in 76 overs (Saif 70, Alauddin 4/67) lost to NORTH ZONE 537 by an innings and 85 runs
POINTS TABLETeams M W L D PtsNorth 5 2 0 3 19South 5 1 0 4 13East 5 1 2 2 12Central 5 1 3 1 9
Monday, March 24, 2025
