http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Domestic: National Cricket League - Khulna Division v Rajshahi Division – Match Update
Rajshahi Division 149/129 v Khulna Division 179/102 - Khulna Division won by 8 wickets
On Monday, December 12, 2011 Khulna Division beat Rajshahi Division by eight wickets in the National Cricket League match at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah.
After ending the first day on 98 runs for the loss of five wickets in their first innings, Khulna began their batting on the second day of the four-day match in a bid to amass a massive total against their opponents.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sheikh-Tushar-Imran-c89942 and Jobaydur Rahman were the overnight batsmen from Khulna, who came out to bat their way to domination.
However, Rajshahi managed to make an early breakthrough as they dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193, who departed after playing a knock of 35 runs.
Meanwhile, Rahman batted handsomely as he knocked a belligerent innings of 44 runs to help his side post 179 runs in response to Rajshahi’s first innings tally of 149 runs.
It was then time for Rajshahi to bat in their second innings and put pressure on their opponents, however, they were taken aback by some phenomenal bowling from Khulna as their bowlers prevented the batsmen from taking the game away from them.
Rajshahi batsmen looked uneasy in front of Khulna bowlers, as they failed to play freely and post a difficult total on the board.
Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hamidul-Islam-c76902, was the most successful batsman from his side with 37 runs to his name, while the rest of the batsmen failed to give the bowlers a befitting challenge.
In the end, the side could only muster 129 runs on the board, giving a target of 100 run to win the match.
Coming out to bat, Khulna had an easy task ahead as they had two days remaining in the match with only a small total to chase.
Openers, Soumya Sarkar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Farhad-Hossain-c56786 after scoring a knock of 17 runs.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160, fell after playing an innings of 26 runs, while Nazmus Sadat and Tushar Imran played unbeaten knocks of 34 and 24 runs to help their side win the match.
Khulna’s Al-Amin Hossain was named as the Player of the Match for taking nine wickets in the game.
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