Caribbean Times 48th Issue - Thursday 1st December 2016
Caribbean Times 48th Issue - Thursday 1st December 2016
Caribbean Times 48th Issue - Thursday 1st December 2016
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16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>1st</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Marlon Samuels’ 55 not out<br />
carries Comilla home in BPL<br />
Comilla Victorians dented<br />
Rajshahi Kings’ charge<br />
towards a last-four finish,<br />
beating them by eight wickets<br />
with eight balls to spare.<br />
Young allrounder Mohammad<br />
Saifuddin took three<br />
wickets to help restrict Rajshahi<br />
to 124 for 7 before<br />
Marlon Samuels struck an<br />
unbeaten 55 off 41 to complete<br />
a convincing chase.<br />
The win took Comilla to<br />
six points on the table, still<br />
well behind Rajshahi, on 10.<br />
With two rounds of matches<br />
to go, Rajshahi will be engaged<br />
in a closely-contested<br />
battle with Rangpur Riders,<br />
also on 10 points, and Khulna<br />
Titans, on 12 points, as<br />
the race for semi-final berths Marlon Samuels hit his second fifty of the competition to steer Comilla home.<br />
tightens.<br />
Comilla opener Imrul<br />
Kayes holed out to deep<br />
square leg in the fourth over<br />
of the chase, giving Rajshahi<br />
a sniff.<br />
But Ahmed Shehzad and<br />
Marlon Samuels held sway<br />
Samuels hit two fours and<br />
four sixes in what was his<br />
second fifty of the competition.<br />
Shehzad was dismissed<br />
with 19 runs left for victory,<br />
but Samuels and Khalid<br />
Latif steered the chase home<br />
dismissing Mehedi Hasan<br />
and Rajshahi captain Darren<br />
Sammy in the 12th over, reducing<br />
them to 59 for 6. Comilla<br />
captain Mashrafe Mortaza<br />
picked up two wickets<br />
while Nabil Samad and<br />
Rashid Khan took one each.<br />
an unbeaten 44 off 31 that<br />
included two fours and three<br />
sixes. He struck two of those<br />
sixes in the last over, bowled<br />
by Shahadat Hossain, that<br />
cost Comilla 24 runs. In the<br />
end, even that late charge<br />
proved too little for Rajshahi.<br />
thereafter, adding 90 off 69 with no further losses. Only James Franklin,<br />
(ESPNcricinfo)<br />
for the second wicket. Shehzad<br />
Earlier, Saifuddin removed<br />
making his first BPL appearance,<br />
struck four fours and a<br />
six in his 45-ball 46, while the dangerous Samit<br />
Patel in the ninth over before stood out among the<br />
Rajshahi batsmen, making<br />
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