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April
13, 2000 Dhaka,
Apr 12 (UNB)- An undefeated 74-run partnership between Tillekaratne and
Nahid steered Mohammedan SC to a five-wicket win against Wari Club in the
Janakantha Premier Division cricket League here today (Wednesday). With
this victory, Mohammedan Sporting Club collected twelve points from ten
matches. Wari bagged only four points from same number of outings. Mohammedan
has one match left in the first leg against Sadharan Bima, which will be
held on April 18. Chasing
a paltry 128-run target, Motijheel outfit fell into a big trouble losing
their first top order batsmen at 56 runs but Nahid and Tillekeratne
reached the target making 130 runs with twenty overs to spare at the
Bangabandhu National Stadium. Sri
Lankan left-handed batsman Hasan Tillekeratne made unbeaten 44 runs off 75
balls that featured eight boundaries while Nasirul Alam Nahid remained not
out with 27 runs off 47 balls that included three fours. Wari’s
new ball bowler Zakir made the first breakthrough in the third over’s
first ball sending Sri Lankan
Samaraweera to the pavilion. He struck 18 runs off 13 deliveries before
being bowled out. The
right hand pacer dismissed another opener Rashedul Haq Sumon trapping him
leg before wicket in the last ball of the third over. His
opening partner MI Montu also took two wickets of Mohammed Rafique (5),
who was promoted at the batting order, and Ruwan Kalpage (12). Both of
them fell victim to lbw. Earlier,
Wari Club were bundled out for 127 runs in 44.2 overs after they elected
to bat first. The match was fixed 48 overs a side due to a delayed start
for pitch condition. Captain
Athar Ali Khan, the gentle medium pacer, played the key role to wreck the
opposition batting line-up picking up four wickets for 14 runs in 10
overs. Left-arm
spinner Mohammed Rafique picked up two wickets for 28 runs in 9 overs
while Ruwan Kalpage and Shahidul Islam Babu took one wicket each for 22
and 24 runs respectively. Number
six batsman MR Salim was the top scorer for Wari Club making unbeaten 41
runs off 83 deliveries with three hits to the fence. Opener Anup Kumar scored 32 runs off 38 balls with four hits across the rope. Wari
Club Innings: A Kumar c Mortuza b Athar 32(38) D Ramanayake lbw Babu 7(8) SIS Saikat run out 12(41) C Mapatuna lbw Athar 0(1) H Shah c Mortuza b Athar 10(25) MR Salim not out 41(83) Rownak lbw Athar 0(26) Nasim b Rafique 0(5) JC Gamage lbw Kalpage 12(32) MI Montu st Mortuza b Rafique 5(8) Zakir run out 0(0) Extras: (lb3, nb1, w4) 8 Total: (for all in 44.2 overs)= 127 Fall of wickets: 1/10, 2/48, 3/48, 4/63, 5/64, 6/77, 7/78, 8/116, 9/127, 10/127. Bowling: O M R W MI Monju 8.2 0 23 0 SI Babu 4 0 24 1 NR Rahul 3 0 13 0 Athar Ali 10 3 14 4 R Kalpage 10 2 22 1 M Rafique 9 0 28 2 Mohammedan
SC innings: Samaraweera b Zakir 18(13) RH Sumon lbw Zakir 2(3) M Rafique lbw Montu 5(10) NR Rahul c Mapatuna b Saikat 11(13) R Kalpage lbw Montu 12(13) NA Nahid not out 27(47) H Tillekeratne not out 44(75) Extras: (nb6, w5) 11 Total: (for five wickets in 28 overs)= 130 Fall of wickets: 1/24, 2/29, 3/30, 4/56, 5/56. Bowling: O M R W Zakir 5 0 31 2 MI Montu 7 0 45 2 Saikat 6 3 11 1 C Mapatuna 2 0 10 0 Nasim 4 1 19 0 H Shah 4 0 14 0 Result: Mohammedan Sporting Club won by five wickets. Friday’s matches: Bangladesh Biman vs Surjo Tarun Club (BNS), and Brothers Union Club vs Gopibagh FA (DCS).
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