Dhaka – Islami Bank East Zone won the sixth and final round of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) beating Walton Central Zone at Sylhet International Stadium on Wednesday,in which Nayeem Hasan scalped eight wickets in the last innings of the match. In the other encounter, Anamul Haque Bijoy, the right-handed opener of Prime Bank South Zone, missed a double ton for 20 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, but helped his team to roll over the opponent in the match.
The last round win brought East Zone in a possible position to win the championship. If South Zone fail to win their last match against BCB North Zone, East Zone will emerge champions.
East Zone posted 425 in the first innings of the match. Central Zone replied with a moderate total of 201 runs, and thus East Zone secured a huge lead of 201 at the end of one innings of each team.
In the second innings, Mominul Haque and Yasir Ali hit the centuries for East Zone they declared the innings at 254 for three and set a massive target of 456 for Central Zone.
But Central Zone tumbled for 134 and East Zone won the match by 321 runs which gave them an edge to win the title as they secured 29.14 points at the end of last round of game.
Nayeem Hasan, the 18-year-old off-spinner, grabbed eight wickets for 47 runs which his best First-class bowling performance. The young lad registered another eight wicket-haul in the last edition of National Cricket League for 106 runs.
In the other match of BCL, South Zone are leading against BCB North Zone at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. In the first innings of the match, BCB North Zone scored 293 runs and South Zone replied with a big total of 541 and thus they managed a lead of 248 runs. Anamul Haque recorded 180 for South Zone which is his second ton in the contest. The right-handed opener finished this year’s BCL scoring 638 runs with three more fifties to his credit. Anamul is the only batsman to gather more than 600 runs the league.
In the second innings, North Zone posted 186 for five wickets at the end of third day’s play and they are trailing by more 62 runs with five wickets in hand. In this match, South Zone are in a good position to win the match. If they finally manage to win, they will have the trophy as well.
The ongoing 6th round became a perfect final stage for the participating teams as every team had the chance to win the title. But Central Zone fell from the race as they lost the last round to East Zone.
Walton Central Zone started the final round with most points as they had managed 21.87 after the first five rounds, South Zone were just after them with 20.63 points. East Zone started the final round with 17.89 points while North Zone managed 17.68 points. Right after the final round match, Central Zone finished the event with 23.37 points, and East Zone earned 29.14 points to their credit.UNB
