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March 29, 2000
Surjo Tarun Club crossed a major hurdle in their chase for a maiden title when the news force in the domestic cricket recorded a comprehensive five-wicket win over Mohammedan Sporting Club in a crucial Janakantha Premier Division Cricket League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The
fifth Win of Surjo Tarun from six games was mastermind firstly by veteran
left arm seamer Anisur Rahman, who claimed three wickets with the shiny
ball, followed by an unbeaten half-century from inform Khaled Masood. On-song
Masood continued his terrific form with a composed 51 as Surjo Tarun,
chasing a modest Mohammedan total of 168, reached 170 in 44.2 overs. The
national wicket-keeper-batsman celebrated his fourth fifty in style,
hitting the winning runs with a sweetly timed four that went straight over
the head of bowler Hannan Sarker. Although
Masood's innings was the icing on the cake, it was a sensational opening
burst from former national seamer Anisur Rahman that did half the job done
for Surjo Tarun earlier on the day. The
southpaw struck ill the very first over after his captain Minhazul Abedin
won a good toss in the morning and decided to field. Anis
took two wickets in the space of three deliveries and his new ball partner
Morshed Ali Khan struck with his first ball to reduce Mohammedan to three
for four from where the popular Motijheel outfit could never recover. Mohammedan,
a source of disappointment for its legion of fans for the last few years,
were awe-struck when opener Reshudul Haq and one-down Nahid returned to
the dressing room without troubling the scorers. Rashed
survived a confident appeal off the very first ball he faced from Anis.
But the Pakistani umpire did not hesitate to raise the dreaded finger
when. Anis struck him again with the next delivery. Anis then rattled
Nahid’s wickets with a beautiful in-swinger with the fifth ball of the
opening over. Morshed,
who switched to Surjo Tarun from Mohammedan this year, responded from the
other end when he successfully enticed big-hitting Imran Hamid to chase an
out-swinger into the safe hands of Masood. Skipper
Athar Ali Khan and Hannan Sarker hung around for a while but it was a solo
effort from former Sri-Lanka Test caps Hasan Tillekeratne that resurrected
Mohammedan from a horrible start to post a face-saving total. Tillekeratne,
the lone quality players in an otherwise mediocre Mohammedan side produced
another classy knock of 70 off 98 balls before becoming the last batsman
to go with three balls to spare. His effort in company with Golam Mortuza,
who scored 24 in a vital 55-runs ninth wicket stand after Mohammedan were
reduced to 99/8, enabled the team escape humiliation. The
experienced Lankan hammered a couple of fours and a massive sixer against
slow left-armer Enamul Hoque over long on in his polished knock. The
veteran of more than one hundred internationals also gave an unimaginative
Mohammedan a ray of hopes when he captured two wickets in one over,
leaving Tarun in an unconvincing position with 64 for three. But
Tarun overcame the looming pressure with experienced Minazul Abeding and
Khaled Masood producing 46 runs for the fourth wicket. Minhaz scored 23
off 40 balls before falling to a fine catch by Tallekeratne at cover. Source:
The Daily Star
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