A brilliant unbeaten century by Myshukur Rahman helped league leader Rangpur Division score 304 for 7 in 90 overs against Sylhet Division on the first day of the four-day National Cricket League at the BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Sunday. Sent in to bat first in the day’s title deciding final round match of Tier-1, Rangpur Division, riding on opener Myshukur Rahman’s polished innings of 131 runs off 264 balls featuring 14 fours, made a good total of 304 runs on the very first day. Apart from Mushukur ton, wicket keeper Dhiman Ghosh (54), Suhrawardy Shuvo (37), Naeem Islam (27), Alauddin Babu (21), captain Ariful Haque (14) and Tanvir Haider (13) were the other notable scorers for Rangpur. Debutant Jaynul Islam grabbed three wickets for 63 runs while spinner Enamul Haque Jr and Ahmed Abidul Haque took two wickets each conceding 73 and 75 runs respectively. In the day’s another Tier-1 league match, Dhaka Division scored 263 for 6 in 90 overs against Khulna Division on the first day of the four-day affairs at the BKSP ground-3 in Savar on Sunday. Read: NCL Cricket: Dhaka Div makes flying start beating Sylhet Div by 7 wkts One down Mahidul Islam Ankoin contributed the team highest 92 runs off 190 balls hitting nine fours and three sixes for Dhaka. Besides, opener Rony Talukder (48), Abdul Mazid (32), captain Taibur Rahman (32), Shuvagato Hom (21) and Raquibul Hasan (15) were the other main contributors for Dhaka. Pacer Al Amin Hossain claimed three wickets for 38 runs while Tipu Sultan took two for 77 runs. In a Tier-2 match, Chittagong Division opened the innings first after winning the toss and were out for 223 runs in 71.1 overs featuring 83 runs off 116 balls with nine boundaries by one down batter Mahmudul Hasan Joy at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Besides, Pinak Ghosh (47), Jashimuddin (31), Sajjaful Haque (25), and captain Irfan Sukkur (12) were the other notable scorers for Chittagong Division. Sharfuddin did a major damage in Chittagong innings taking four wickets for .62 runs. In reply, Dhaka Metro team scored 52 for 2 in 14 overs when the bails were drawn for the first day (Sunday) to trail by 171 runs. Marshall Ayub and captain Shamsur Rahman were batting with 24 and 17 runs respectively. Read: National Cricket League to be more competitive, hopes Habibul In the day’s other Tier-2 league match at the Academy ground of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Barishal Division batted first after losing the toss and made 225 for 7 in 90 overs featuring a captain knock of 122 runs by Fazle Mahmud. Captain-cum-one down batter Fazle Mahmud hammered a century scoring 122 runs off 212 balls hitting 13 fours and a six. Islamul Ahsan made a half century for Barisal scoring just 50 runs in 216 balls with three boundaries while Moin Khan was the other Barishal batter scoring the double figure of 13 runs. Saqlain Sajib captured three wickets for 59 runs while Sunjamul Islam and Shafiqul Islam took two wickets each giving away 39 and 52 runs respectively.

Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League by 25 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. In the rain-hit game, which was reduced to 13-over a side, Mohammedan batted first and posted 103 runs for five in 13 overs, with Parvez Hossain Emon hitting the highest of 26.  READ: From U-19 star to national team prospect: The incredible journey of Shamim For Prime Doleshwar, Enamul Haque junior bagged two wickets.  Under the DLS Method, Prime Doleshwar needed to score 107 in 13 overs to seal the game. But they only managed to score 81 for all wickets and lost the game by 25 runs.  For Mohammedan, Ruyel Miah bagged five wickets conceding 21 runs in 2.4 overs, his best bowling figures in T20s.  It was the only win for Mohammedan in the Super League stage of the Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, which is all set to end on Saturday.  In the initial part of the league, Mohammedan won six matches out of 11. They had marched to the Super League as the fifth out of six teams. Shakib Al Hasan led Mohammedan in most part of the initial part of the league. But before the Super League takes place, Shakib went on a leave. Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, the all-rounder, led Mohammedan later. READ: T20 WC shifted to UAE from India Parvez Hossain, the left-handed top-order batsman, scored 330 runs, most by any Mohammedan batsman, from 14 matches with one fifty, while Asif Hasan and Abu Jayed were the best bowlers for this team taking 12 wickets each. 

Two stunning fifties from Mushfiqur Rahim and Mosaddek Hossain powered Abahani Limited’s fourth win in the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Abahani won the toss in this game and sent Gazi Group Cricketers bat first, who posted a challenging total of 150 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Mahedi Hasan and Soumya Sarkar came up with a 78-run stand in this game. Mahedi fell prey to Aminul Islam, who ended up taking two wickets in this game, for 43 while Soumya smashed his first fifty, 67 off 50 with six fours and two sixes, of the season. Mominul Haque was the only other Gazi Group batsman to have reached a double-digit score, 12, in this game. Also read: Mushfiqur Rahim nominated for ICC player of the month While Aminul bagged two wickets for Abahani, Shohidul Islam also scalped two wickets but he conceded 41 runs in four overs. In reply, Abahani openers, Mohammad Naim and Munim Shahriar, posted only 28 runs in the first wickets, and number three Najmul Hossain Shanto scored five. Before reaching 50 runs, Abahani lost three wickets. In the fourth wicket stand, Mushfiqur and Mosaddek added 105 runs, remaining unbeaten for 53 and 50 respectively, and sealed the game for Abahani by seven wickets with 12 balls to play. Also read: Mushfiqur opts out of Zimbabwe T20Is Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan and Sanjit Saha bagged one wicket each for Gazi Group. In the other games of the day at BKSP, Brothers Union beat Partex Sporting Club by 33 runs, and Prime Bank Cricket Club beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by seven wickets.