Despite five of the top six batters returning with single-digit scores, Walton Central Zone chased a target of 218 to win this year’s Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. They beat BCB South Zone by four wickets riding on the superb fourth-innings hundred by veteran allrounder Shuvagata Hom. He smashed match-winning 114 under immense pressure. He also had a century in the first innings. Overall, he amassed 230 in the final and expectedly won the player of the match award. It was the third time Walton Central Zone won the BCL title. Read: BCL Cricket: Central Zone require 192 runs against South Zone on final day They won the inaugural edition of the event in the season of 2012-13. South Zone won the next two seasons before Central Zone won it again in the 2015-16 season. North Zone won their first title in the 2016-17 season before South Zone won it three consecutive times afterwards. Now, their winning streak came to an end finally thanks to wonderful batting effort from Shuvagata. In the way of chasing down the target of 218, Central Zone lost six wickets inside 68 runs. It was just a matter of time for them to capitulate to the South Zone at that stage. But Hom was rigid with the bat. He was too good for South Zone bowlers. Eventually, Central Zone scored 221 for six in 63.5 overs to seal the match and event. For South Zone, Mehedi Hasan Rana and Nasum Ahmed bagged two wickets each while Farhad Reza and Kamrul Islam Rabbi took one wicket each. Earlier, South Zone ended their second innings at 268 thanks to an incredible batting display by Rishad Hossain. The leg-spinner came up with the bat to rescue the team who had lost five for 70. Rishad scored 99— fell short of a single from his maiden First-class century. Read: BCL: Central Zone and South Zone march to final Abu Hider Rony scalped five wickets for Central Zone while Hasan Murad, Mukidul Islam, and Soumya Sarkar and Taibur Rahman took one wicket each. The teams which took part in the BCL longer version will now take on each other in the BCL 50-over from January 9. The event will kick off in Sylhet.

Right-handed batter Mohammad Mithun has notched up his maiden double hundred in the First class cricket on Tuesday at the final of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) 2021 for Walton Central Zone at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.  To reply to BCB South Zone’s first innings total of 387, Central Zone lost four wickets inside 16 runs. Mithun and Shuvagata Hom guided Central Zone to 299 without any loss.  Read: BCL Final: Farhad flourishes with ball after Zakir, Mithun smash ton Central Zone eventually ended up on 438, and along the way, Mithun smashed 206 off 306 balls with 27 fours and three sixes, and Shuvagata posted 116. In the fifth wicket stand, they put up 283 on the board.  206 is now the highest by Mithun in First-class cricket. His previous best was 186.  After the stand was broken by Mahedi Hasan, Jaker Ali scored a fifty for them, and helped them to come out well from their early damage.  Read: BCL final: Central Zone's Hasan Murad shines on Day 1 For South Zone, Farhar Reza and Kamrul Islam Rabbi bagged four wickets each.  At the end of day three, South Zone are trailing by eight runs with nine wickets in hand. 

Farhad Reza grabbed four wickets inside just 14 runs in the final of the Bangladesh Cricket League between BCB South Zone and Walton Central Zone on Monday, probing once again his credentials as one of best all-rounders in domestic play. Before his late outburst with the ball on day two, Zakir Hasan of BCB South Zone scored the fourth First-calls ton in his last five innings in the format. He ended up on unbeaten 107, and riding on his century and fifties from Anamul Haque, Pinak Ghosh and Farhad Reza, South Zone amassed a challenging 387 in the first innings of the match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Also read: Unfazed by names, I played deliveries, Mahmudul says after his maiden fifty vs NZ Losing their last five wickets, South Zone added up 126 runs to their overnight total of 261. At the end of day one, Zakir and Farhad were unbeaten for 44 and 46 respectively. While Zakir added 63 more to his innings, Farhad ended on 71 adding 25 more runs. In the sixth wicket stand, Zakir and Farhad added 119 runs to the board. For Central Zone, left-arm spinner Hasan Murad scalped five wickets— his fifth five-wicket haul in the format. Shuvagata Hom and Abu Hider Rony bagged three and two wickets respectively. Also read: Bangladesh hold firm after imperious batting display While replying to South Zone’s first innings, Central Zone’s top order fell prey to Farhad. He bagged four wickets before Central Zone posted 20 runs on the board. But in the unbeaten fifth wicket, Mohammad Mithun and Shuvagata amassed 168 runs and helped the team score 184 for four at the end of day two. Central Zone are trailing by 203 runs. Mithun remained unbeaten for 102, and Shuvagata for 67. It was the second century of Mithun in this year’s BCL. On both occasions, Mithun batted as an opener— his newest role in professional cricket.

Walton Central Zone's Hasan Murad bagged four wickets for 70 runs against BCB South Zone at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on the opening day of the final of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) Sunday. Winning the toss, Central Zone asked South to bat first, who posted 261 runs for five wickets in 80 overs at stumps, riding on Anamul Haque Bijoy and Pinak Ghosh. Read:NZ vs BAN 1st Test 2021: Bangladesh Sustains Hope Till the End of Day 2 Anamul and Pinak put on a 137-run opening stand, hitting a fifty each. Hasan broke the partnership in the 52nd over. After Pinak, the left-arm spinner also removed Anamul, Towhid Hridoy and Mahedi Hasan – all of whom had a good run of form in this season of the BCL. At the end of day, South Zone's Zakir Hasan and captain Farhad Reza remained unbeaten on 44 and 46.

Islami Bank East Zone trail by 376 runs with seven first innings wickets still in hand against four time-champions BCB South Zone at stumps on day 2 of the five-day Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) final, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Sunday.

Four times champions BCB South Zone made a good start in the final match of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) scoring 305 for 6 in 90 overs against Islami Bank East Zone at the end of first day of five –day affairs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Saturday.