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Dhaka all out for 142 against Rajshahi on day one: Sylhet score 276 for 6 against Barisal

UNB, Dhaka

Opener Saikat Ali's century guided hosts Sylhet Division to a moderate 276 for 6 in 94 overs against league leaders Barisal Division on the first day of the 8th round match of the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Monday .

Saikat Ali played a superb innings of 111 runs off 203 balls with 16 fours and a six while middle order Golam Rahman was batting with 70 runs off 185 balls that featured nine fours and a six.

Tariqul Islam picked up four wickets for 73 runs while Abul Bashar and Saju Dutta took one wicket apiece.

Brief score: Sylhet Division first innings - 279 for 6 in 94 overs; Saikat Ali 111, Golam Rahman batting 70, Mohammad Mithun 24, Kamrul Islam 18, Taposh Ghosh batting 16, extras 22, Tariqul Islam 4/73, Abul Bashar 1/29, Saju Dutta 1/58.

In another match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka Division were sent into bat first and dismissed cheaply for 142 runs in 47.4 overs with national colour Mahmudullah Riyad making 38.

Delwar Hossain caused the major damage to Dhaka innings claiming five wickets for 45 runs while spinner Suhrawardy Shuvo and Safiul Islam grabbed two wickets each for 13 and 31 runs respectively.

In reply, Rajshahi Division opened the first innings to score 91 for 2 in 35.4 overs at stumps on day one with opener Jahurul Islam batting with 56 runs off 115 balls that included eight fours.

Mahmudullah Riyad and Emon Ahmed took one wicket each conceding 8 and 15 runs respectively.

Brief score: Dhaka Division first innings - 142 all out in 47.4 overs; Mahmudullah Riyad 38, Nadif Chowdhury 24, Javed Omar 21, Marshall Ayub 14, Arafat Sunny 14, Anwar Hossain 11, Delwar Hossain 5/45. Suhrawardy Shuvo 2/13, Safiul Islam 2/31.

Rajshahi Division first innings - 91 for 2 in 35.4 overs; Jahurul Islam batting 56, Farhad Hossain 16, Suhrawardy Shuvo batting 9, Mahmudullah 1/8 and Emon Ahmed 1/15.

In the day's another match, hosts Khulna Division scored 267 for 6 in 90 overs at stumps on the first day against Chittagong Division at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Motiur Rahman Stadium in Khulna today (Monday).

After the dismissal of four top order batsmen -- Habibur Rahman (4), Amit Majumder (17), Ashraful Aziz (1), Sahagir Hossain (33) -- for 76 runs in 22.4 overs, Raihan Anas pairing with Nahidul Haque carried the team total to a respectable position contributing 107 runs in the 5th wicket stand.

Number six Nahidul Haque scored 67 runs off 136 balls with nine fours and a six, number five Raihan Anas made 63 off 184 balls with nine fours while lower order Ziaur Rahman was batting with 43 runs off 64 balls that included eight fours.

Seamer Tareq Aziz Khan captured four wickets for 53 runs.

Brief score: Khulna Division first innings - 267 for 6 in 90 overs; Nahidul Haque 67, Raihan Anas 63, Ziaur Rahman batting 43, Sahagair Hossain 33, Mohammad Salim batting 20, Amit Majumder 17, Tareq Aziz 4/53.

ICC suspends spinner Razzak

AP, Dhaka

The International Cricket Council has suspended Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak for an illegal bowling action, pending a fresh assessment.

Razzak's suspension followed an independent analysis in Australia that confirmed his bowling action was suspect under current ICC regulations, the sport's world governing body said Monday.

The bowling review was ordered after he was reported by umpires Daryl Harper and Asoka de Silva for a suspect action at the end of Bangladesh's home series against New Zealand in October.

Razzak, who is now barred from playing international cricket, has the right to appeal. If his petition fails, he can ask for a reassessment after modifying his action.

There were no immediate comment from Razzak or the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Razzak had to leave in the middle of a tour of South Africa last month to travel to Australia to be assessed by Marc Portus, a member of the ICC panel of human movement specialists at the Australian Institute of Sports.

Portus' analysis showed Razzak bent his arm more than the 15 degrees allowed by the ICC for a faster delivery.

He was reported for the same offense in 2004, during an Asia Cup match against Pakistan in Colombo.

Razzak, 26, has taken seven wickets in five test matches and claimed 111 wickets in 81 one-day internationals since his 2004 debut.

Razzak suspension a big loss: chief selector

bdnews, Dhaka

Chief selector Rafiqul Alam on Monday termed the ICC suspension on left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak a big blow for Bangladesh, ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka in December-January.

"It is certainly a big loss for Bangladesh in both versions of the game as the team has been going through a transitional period since the players' exodus to the Indian cricket league," Alam told bdnews24.com.

The 26-year old spinner has been suspended from international cricket for illegal bowling action and will remain out of cricket until he is corrected.

"He (Razzak) was a very important player on the side, especially on home ground," said Alam and added, "We are hopeful about finding a solution to this current crisis soon."

Razzak has taken seven wickets in five test matches and claimed 110 victims in 79 one-day internationals.

The Bangladesh cricket team is scheduled to return home on Tuesday evening from South Africa, where they lost both the one-day internationals and the Tests series.

Coach Jamie Siddons is not coming with the team as he had already left South Africa for Australia.

Khulna advances to final eliminating Barsial DSA by seven runs

UNB, Dhaka

Khulna DSA advanced to the final of the 29th National (Inter-District) Cricket Championship eliminating Barisal DSA by seven runs in a keenly contested first semifinal at the Shams-ul-Huda Stadium in Jessore on Monday.

Khulna will play the final on Thursday (Dec 4) against the winners of Rangpur and Dinajpur DSAs, who meet in the 2nd semifinal today (Tuesday) at the same venue.

In the day's semis, coin-favoured Barisal invited Khulna to bat first and dismissed them for 177 in 40.4 overs.

Delwar Hossain contributed highest 47 runs off 81 balls with seven fours, while Ali Imran (29), Shamsul Alam (26), Riazul Islam (14), Ashrafunnabi (12) and Golam Mabud (12) were the other major contributors for Khulna. Another useful 24 runs came from extras.

Maidul Alam, Zayedi Hasan, Manik and Tariqul Islam claimed two wickets each for 14, 29, 29, and 34 runs respectively.

Chasing a moderate target, Barisal made a good start scoring 90 runs in the opening stand in 20.5 overs, but they were miserably all out for 170 in 49.2 overs.

Opener Fazle Rabbi hammered 80 runs off 95 balls with six fours and six sixes to be adjudged man of the match, although his team lost the match.

Apart from Rabbi, another opener Bikash Sharma scored 23 runs, lower order Zayedi Hasan made 16 and Manik 10 for Barisal, while another 13 runs came from extras.

Mosaddek Iftekhar claimed three wickets for nine runs while Kazi Shamim grabbed two wickets for 36 runs.

BFF searches booters in 20 districts

bdnews, Dhaka

The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to run a long-term training camp from January next in a bid to produce standard footballers.

In this regard, the BFF will initially search under-15 footballers in 20 districts this month and later, the selected players will be receiving higher training under the supervision of the federation.

The two-day searches, conducted by the BFF nominated coaches, have already started on Monday in three districts - Magura, Borguna and Sirajganj.

Apart from these three, 17 other districts will also come under the search this week as the BFF has already appointed its coaches.

Lalmonirhat, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Tangail, Netrokona, Jessore, Pabna, Sunajganj, Patuakhali, Bhola, Laxmipur, Comilla, Rajbari, Satkhira, Joypurhat, Chapainawabganj and Mymensingh will also see a two-day hunting programme.

England's itinerary altered again

AP, New Delhi

The Indian cricket board has altered England's tour itinerary and dropped the lone warmup game.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India says the opening test match will now be played from Dec. 11-15 in the southern city of Chennai. The northern Indian city of Mohali will stage the second test from Dec. 19-23.

Chennai was chosen as the alternative venue in place of Mumbai, where last week's terrorist attacks killed at least 172 people. On Monday, the Indian board also changed the venue of other test match from Ahmadabad, which was earlier supposed to host the opening test.

Indian cricket board secretary N. Srinivasan says the lone warmup game from Dec. 5-7 was dropped from the schedule.