South Zone 500 for five dec (Shadman 246, Marshall 120, Murad 2-147) beat Central Zone 230 (Jaker 53, Ariful 40, Nazmul 3-61, Anamul 2-7) and 237 (Hider 77, Sharifullah 63, Khaled 5-74, Nazmul 3-48) by an innings and 33 runs
South Zone cruised to their sixth Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) title, defeating Central Zone by an innings-and-33 runs within the closing in Cox’s Bazar. Central Zone had been the defending champions, however in consecutive matches now had been outclassed by South Zone on this 12 months’s league.
South Zone dominated the competition from begin to end. Shadman Islam‘s maiden double-century set-up his staff’s massive first innings rating. Throughout the course of his knock, Shadman set a brand new Bangladesh first-class file for batting the longest time in an innings – 674 minutes – beating Raqibul Hasan‘s 660 minutes set 16 years in the past.
Shadman stayed agency regardless of seeing three early wickets fall on the different finish early, however he added 154 runs with Fazle Mahmud (61), for the fourth wicket. Then got here a marathon 218-run fifth wicket stand with Marshall Ayub, who smoked 9 fours in his 120. The pair batted collectively for simply over 5 hours, as South Zone declared on 500 for five within the final session on the second day. Shadman struck 29 fours and three sixes throughout his 448-ball 246 earlier than falling to part-timer Mohammad Mithun.
Central Zone didn’t get wherever close to South Zone’s massive rating. They had been bowled out for 230 within the first innings, with Jaker Ali top-scoring with 53. Left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam took three wickets, whereas quick bowler Sumon Khan and part-timer Anamul Haque picked up two wickets every.
South Zone enforced the follow-on after which had Central Zone on the mat decreasing them to five for 3, with Soumya Sarkar, Abdul Mazid and Shuvagata Hom falling shortly. Mithun made 49 whereas Sharifullah’s 63 and Abu Hider’s 77 helped them get to 237, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to stop an innings defeat.
Khaled Ahmed took a five-wicket haul within the second innings, whereas Nazmul took three wickets. Moin Khan picked up two wickets too.
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