Dhaka beat Rajshahi inside two days in NCL

Pacer Anamul Haque completed his second five-for to help Dhaka Division clinch victory by an innings and 11 run against Rajshahi Division inside two days during their sixth round match of the National Cricket League at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura on Sunday.

Anamul finished with 5-54 in Rajshahi's second innings to take his tally to 32 in the ongoing season, while another pacer, Ripon Mondol, claimed 3-20 to bowl their opponents for 128 to move to second spot in the league table with 25 points.

Resuming on overnight score of 18-1, Rajshahi batters could survive only 24 overs on Day Two. They had scored only 42 runs in their first innings before Dhaka, in reply, made 181 runs on Day One.

At the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, fifties from Amite Hasan (56), Mubin Ahmed (53) and Nasum Ahmed (53) helped league leaders Sylhet Division reach 217 for six in reply to Barishal Division's first innings total of 304 runs.

Earlier, Barishal added 46 runs to their overnight score of 258-7. For Sylhet, pacer Rejaur Rahman Raja finished with 5-69, his third five-for in first-class cricket.

At the other Sylhet venue, Khulna took a 40-run lead after reaching 56-1 at stumps in their second innings against Chattogram Division.

Earlier, Chattogram, who had resumed on 31 without loss, saw opener Parvez Hossain Emon make a brilliant 107 off 139 balls – his maiden first-class ton – while Irfan Sukkur scored 40 before Chattogram posted 220 runs to take a narrow 16-run lead in the first innings.

For Khulna, pacer Mehedi Hasan Rana, who was playing his first first-class game after more than two years, claimed 5-65 while another pacer, Masum Khan Tutul, finished with 4-32.

At Cox's Bazar Academy Ground, Mohammad Naim struck a career-best 180 off 285 balls while Marshall Ayub made 61 as Dhaka Metro scored a massive 475 runs in their first innings against Rangpur Division after resuming on 276-2.

Rangpur lost both openers in the first over to pacer Mehedi Hasan before finishing the day at 32-2.