Sylhet Division v Rajshahi Division - National Cricket League – Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Rajshahi Division 387/219 v Sylhet Division 277/210 - Rajshahi Division won by 119 runs
April 24: On Tuesday, - Rajshahi Division earned a place in the final of the ongoing National Cricket League against Khulna Division after beating Sylhet Division by 119 runs, in the four-day match played at Shere Bangla National Stadium.
Rajshahi Division resumed their second innings after having posted 100 runs for the loss of four wickets at stumps on the penultimate day of the contest.
Sabbir Rahman (26) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hamidul-Islam-c76902 (12) were their best hope to secure an unbeatable lead on their opponents in order to win the match.
The duo launched an early charge against the bowlers, keeping their focus on posting a big total by the end of their innings.
Finally with 117 runs on the board, Islam became the first casualty of the day when he lost his wicket after playing an innings of 21 runs.
Next to walk back to the pavilion was Rahman, who after adding just ten runs to his overnight tally was dismissed.
With both top batsmen, back in the pavilion, the rest of the middle-order steadfast and kept the scoreboard ticking.
It was the unbeaten innings of 32 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mukhtar-Ali-c77932 that finally helped the side amass 219 runs on the board, giving Sylhet an intimidating total of 330 runs to chase.
However, Sylhet had an unimpressive start to their innings, as they lost their first wicket with just nine runs on the board.
Then on 32 runs, they suffered the demise of their second wicket when, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadif-Chowdhury-c78440, the number-three batsman, was sent off the field.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alok-Kapali-c43787, was disappointing as he could forge only four runs off 14 deliveries before losing his way.
The rapid fall of wickets added pressure on the batting side, while at the same time, it encouraged Rajshahi to go all out on the batsmen in order to prevail by the end of the day.
Althought with most part of the day remaining, the asking tohttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472al was achievable, but Sylhet just couldn’t halt the demise of their batsmen, which ultimately cost them the game as they were bowled out on 210 runs.
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