University of Liberal Arts and Manarat International University reached the final of the ULAB Fair Play Cup Cricket by winning their respective semi-finals at the ULAB playground, Ramchandrapur, Mohammadpur yesterday.
In the first semi-final, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh had an easy time beating Independent University Bangladesh by 10 wickets, before Manart overpowered North South University Bangladesh by 6 wickets in the second semi.
ULAB, who opted to field first bundled, IUB for 85, with Tanvir Ahmed taking 2/11. In reply, ULAB raced to victory in 11.3 overs with man-of-the-match Hasan Zaman blasting 75 off 35 balls.
NSU won the toss and scored 92/9 from the stipulated 20 overs, with Kajol and Omar Faruk’s taking two wickets each for the bowling side. In reply, Manarat reached 94/4 in 17.3 overs. Omar Faruk added to his wickets by scoring 19 and was named man-of-the-match.
North South University will face Independent University Bangladesh in the third place decider at 9:30am tomorrow, while the final will be held at 1:00pm.
