After two great innings in batting, Nasum Ahmed is skilled with the ball as well. Rangpur division is in its spin vortex. They have narrowed down the big goal. The Sylhet division finished the league with a win.
Sylhet won by 201 runs in the sixth round of the 25th season of the National Cricket League. Last season’s champions Rangpur were bowled out for 185 runs in a target of 387 runs in the first level match. Sylhet was all out for just 125 runs in the first innings. In reply, Rangpur got a lead of 56 runs by scoring 181 runs. Shamsur Rahman’s century scored 442 runs for the second time and Sylhet gave Rangpur a big target.
Sylhet got their second win in six matches. They finished the league at number three. Rangpur’s league ended at the bottom with just one win.
Nasum, who scored unbeaten 32 and 71 runs in two innings with the bat, caught 6 victims for 33 runs in the second innings. He got the man of the match award. He took 5 wickets for the ninth time in his first-class career.
Sylhet went a long way to victory the previous day. With 110 runs for 4 wickets, Rangpur can score 75 more runs in the last 6 wickets to play on Tuesday. Tanbir Haider scored maximum 40 runs for the team. They crossed 150 thanks to Abdul Ghaffar’s 19-ball 33 runs.
Top five batsmen of the recently concluded National League
Cricket team innings run highest average
Muminul Haque Chittagong 9 475 94 52.77
Naeem Islam Dhaka Metro 9 453 221 75.50
Sadman Islam Dhaka Metro 9 453 250 56.62
Shamsur Rahman Sylhet 8 446 160 55.75
Mohammad Naeem Dhaka Metro 10 444 120 49.33
Top five batsmen of the recently concluded National League
Cricket Team Innings Wicket Highest Average
Naeem Hasan Chittagong 12 36 7/75 15.88
Taijul Islam Rajshahi 8 26 7/76 24.38
Nazmul Islam Dhaka 10 25 6/56 15.44
Tanveer Islam Barisal 10 25 5/9 18.68
Hasan Murad Chittagong 8 24 6/21 16.25
