Runs Flow Aplenty In National League in Round 3
NCL (FC) Scores, Round 3, Day 1 of
Chittagong lead Dhaka by 334 runs with 4 first innings wickets remaining
Chittagong 334 for 6 (90) Masumud Dowla 73, Gazi Salahuddin 47, Nazimuddin 86, Faisal Hossain 77*; Mohammad Rafique 3 for 59
Four Chittagong batsman scored fifties as the away side moved into a decent position at stumps. There were century partnerships between Masumud and Gazi, and Nazimuddin and Faisal. National opener and Chittagong captain Nafees Iqbal failed to cash in though; he made just 6. Aftab Ahmed, the international batsman, is absent from the Chittagong side.
Khulna lead Barisal by 305 runs with 2 first innings wickets remaining
Khulna 305 for 8 (90) Tushar Imran 34, Manjural Islam Rana 108, Saghir Hossain 56, Abdur Razzak 56
Manjural Islam fired his first century of the year, occupying the crease for 224 balls and hitting eleven fours and two sixes. He recieved support from both Saghir and Razzak as Khulna closed firmly in the ascendancy, especially given their prolific bowling attack.
Rajshahi lead Sylhet by 236 runs with 2 wickets remaining
Rajshahi 236 for 8 (90) Farhad Hossain 48, Naeem Islam 58; Hasibul Hossain 3 for 40, Enamul Haque jnr 3 for 53
The Sylhet bowlers made good progress in reducing Rajshahi to 197 for 8 before a brief unbroken revival. Naeem Islam continued his excellent form, and although several other batsmen made starts, none could pass the fifty mark. An interesting second day looms.
Bangladesh U19s appear to have hit a real winning formula...
Bangladesh U19 beat Sri Lanka U19 by 62 runs
Bangladesh U19 281 for 7 (50) Raqibul Islam 121, Medhi Hassan 35, Mehrab Hossain jnr 54; Weerasinghe 3 for 45, Karunanayake 3 for 66
Sri Lanka U19 219 for 7 (50) Mathews 97, Coory 39
Now that I'm a staff writer, would anyone prefer it if I put the daily NCL updates on the CW home page? It might help to attract the interest of other CW members.