Mahedi steers South propel past 300

Mahedi Hasan dominated a 54-run tenth-wicket partnership to help Prime Bank South Zone dart past 300 runs in the first innings of their third-round clash yesterday in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCBL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. South Zone, who finished the first day at 280 for nine, posted a total of 329 runs against BCB North Zone on day two. After Tushar Imran and Raqibul Hasan’s fifties that salvaged the pride of the defending champions on the first day, Mahedi, too, belted a half-century and remained unbeaten on 63 while the tailenders failed to pose any challenge to the opponents.

North Zone spinner Sunzamul Islam did not miss his chance to bag a fifer as took South Zone’s only remaining wicket after finishing the previous day with four wickets to his name.

Mahedi translated his batting performance into the bowling innings as well, as South Zone inflicted an early shake in North Zone’s batting lineup.

After Delwar Hossain earned South Zone a breakthrough by dismissing Rishad Hossain for a duck, Mahedi removed Farhad Hossain for four runs, as North Zone were left reeling at 10/2.

The batting side, however, restored the innings, with Naeem Islam and Junaid Siddique sharing an unbeaten 126-run stand.

Junaid was not out on 70 and Naeem remained unbeaten on 62 when the stumps were drawn on the second day. The two batsmen will need to add some pace to their innings when they resume the third day’s play, as North Zone managed to score at a run rate of 1.91 in the 71 over that they played.

In the day’s other game, Central Zone recovered from the poor first innings outing to take a 71-run lead over Islami Bank East Zone as they ended the second day on 139 for two at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura. Earlier their medium pacer Shahidul Islam took five for 62 to help the side Central Zone dismissed for 186 in its first innings and thereby kept the first innings lead limit to 68. Central Zone resumed the day on 37 for one.

None of their batsman could reach half-century mark with the highest came from Mahmudul Hasn who made 41.

East Zone who were bowled out for 118 in its first innings, made amend in the second innings thanks to opener Pinak Ghosh and one down batsman Abdul Majid who scored highest 67. Pinak however remained unbeaten on 52.

Mahedi steers South propel past 300

Mahedi Hasan dominated a 54-run tenth-wicket partnership to help Prime Bank South Zone dart past 300 runs in the first innings of their third-round clash yesterday in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCBL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. South Zone, who finished the first day at 280 for nine, posted a total of 329 runs against BCB North Zone on day two. After Tushar Imran and Raqibul Hasans fifties that salvaged the pride of the defending champions on the first day, Mahedi, too, belted a half-century and remained unbeaten on 63 while the tailenders failed to pose any challenge to the opponents. North Zone spinner Sunzamul Islam did not miss his chance to bag a fifer as took South Zones only remaining wicket after finishing the previous day with four wickets to his name. Mahedi translated his batting performance into the bowling innings as well, as South Zone inflicted an early shake in North Zones batting lineup. After Delwar Hossain earned South Zone a breakthrough by dismissing Rishad Hossain for a duck, Mahedi removed Farhad Hossain for four runs, as North Zone were left reeling at 10/2. The batting side, however, restored the innings, with Naeem Islam and Junaid Siddique sharing an unbeaten 126-run stand. Junaid was not out on 70 and Naeem remained unbeaten on 62 when the stumps were drawn on the second day. The two batsmen will need to add some pace to their innings when they resume the third days play, as North Zone managed to score at a run rate of 1.91 in the 71 over that they played. In the days other game, Central Zone recovered from the poor first innings outing to take a 71-run lead over Islami Bank East Zone as they ended the second day on 139 for two at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura. Earlier their medium pacer Shahidul Islam took five for 62 to help the side Central Zone dismissed for 186 in its first innings and thereby kept the first innings lead limit to 68. Central Zone resumed the day on 37 for one. None of their batsman could reach half-century mark with the highest came from Mahmudul Hasn who made 41. East Zone who were bowled out for 118 in its first innings, made amend in the second innings thanks to opener Pinak Ghosh and one down batsman Abdul Majid who scored highest 67. Pinak however remained unbeaten on 52.