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DT<br />
18<br />
Sports<br />
MONDAY, MAY 8, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Abahani,<br />
Mohammedan<br />
face off today<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
The season’s first clash between<br />
arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani Limited<br />
and Mohammedan Sporting Club<br />
Limited takes place at the BKSP 4<br />
ground today.<br />
Both Mohammdean and Abahani<br />
have won five out of seven<br />
games so far in the Dhaka Premier<br />
Division Cricket League. However,<br />
the Sky Blues are second in the<br />
points table, behind table-topper<br />
Gazi Group Cricketers, thanks to a<br />
better run rate.<br />
The traditional Black and Whites<br />
have registered four consecutive<br />
wins after losing two of their first<br />
three matches. The chief architect<br />
of their comeback was captain Raqibul<br />
Hasan.<br />
On the other hand, Mohammad<br />
Mithun’s Abahani have also played<br />
some good cricket with wicketkeeper-batsman<br />
Liton Kumar Das<br />
and youngster Shadman Islam leading<br />
the way with the bat recently.<br />
No doubt the battle between the<br />
giants will attract all the attention<br />
in round eight.<br />
Meanwhile, opening batsman<br />
Robiul Islam Robi, who<br />
smashed consecutive centuries for<br />
Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity,<br />
will look to continue his fine form<br />
when they take on Legends of Rupganj<br />
at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium<br />
in Fatullah.<br />
In the other match of the day at<br />
BKSP 3, Prime Doleshwar Sporting<br />
Club will face Victoria Sporting<br />
Club, who are yet to register their<br />
first win this season. •<br />
Tigers reach Ireland backed by conditional camp<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
The Bangladesh cricket team<br />
reached Ireland with around four<br />
days in hand before their first<br />
game of the tri-nation series also<br />
involving New Zealand. The Tigers<br />
will face the host in the tri-series<br />
opener at Malahide Cricket Club<br />
Ground, Dublin on Friday.<br />
The Bangladesh squad reached<br />
the island in the North Atlantic<br />
following a 10-day long conditional<br />
camp in Sussex, England. The<br />
tri-series is part of the Tigers’<br />
preparation for the <strong>2017</strong> Champions<br />
Trophy, starting June 1 in England.<br />
The Bangladesh think tank<br />
arranged the camp in Sussex so that<br />
Bangladesh cricket team arrive in Dublin, Ireland yesterday ahead of the tri-nation series also involving New Zealand<br />
the cricketers can get acclimatised<br />
with the chilly conditions since its<br />
their first tour to England in seven<br />
years.<br />
The Tigers squad sweated it<br />
out in alien conditions with the<br />
exception of ODI captain Mashrafe<br />
bin Mortaza, all-rounder Shakib<br />
al Hasan and left-arm pacer<br />
Mustafizur Rahman. Mashrafe<br />
travelled to England with the team<br />
on April 26 only to return home four<br />
days later due to family emergency.<br />
Mashrafe’s wife had fallen sick and<br />
was admitted to hospital. Having<br />
spent sufficient time with his wife,<br />
the veteran pacer travelled to<br />
Ireland yesterday evening, along<br />
with the team manager for the triseries,<br />
Jalal Younus, who is also a<br />
BCB director.<br />
On the other hand, Shakib and<br />
Mustafizur was busy participating<br />
in the 10th edition of the IPL<br />
T20. Their campaign however,<br />
was not a memorable one to say<br />
the least, given that Shakib and<br />
Mustafizur played only a game<br />
each for Kolkata Knight Riders and<br />
Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.<br />
Both Shakib and Mustafizur<br />
returned to Dhaka and following<br />
a short break, travelled to Ireland<br />
yesterday afternoon.<br />
During their stay in England,<br />
Bangladesh played two 50-over<br />
practice matches - against Duke<br />
of Norfolk XI and a second string<br />
Sussex County Cricket Club XI. The<br />
games were somewhat contested<br />
in lighthearted fashion, bearing in<br />
mind that Bangladesh fielded some<br />
members in the opposition team.<br />
The match against Duke of<br />
Norfolk XI was abandoned due to<br />
rain. Batting first, the Tigers got to<br />
play the full 50 overs, posting 345<br />
runs for the loss of seven wickets,<br />
riding on an unbeaten century from<br />
wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur<br />
Rahim. The diminutive batsman<br />
struck 134 off 98 deliveries while<br />
opening batter Soumya Sarkar<br />
added 74 in 73 balls. Duke of<br />
Norfolk XI were 95 without loss<br />
when rain came pouring down,<br />
paving the way for the game to be<br />
COURTESY<br />
cancelled.<br />
In the second practice match,<br />
against Sussex, Bangladesh won<br />
by 134 runs. Taking first guard,<br />
opener Imrul Kayes’ 78-ball 92 and<br />
youngster Mehedi Hasan Miraz’s<br />
unbeaten 60 enabled the tourist to<br />
register 314/9. Top-order batsman<br />
Sabbir Rahman chipped in with 52.<br />
Chasing the target, Sussex<br />
managed 184 on the board<br />
before losing all of their<br />
wickets. Bangladesh all-rounder<br />
Mahmudullah, who played for<br />
Sussex, scored 32. Bangladesh’s<br />
Miraz picked up three wickets<br />
while fast bowlers Subashish Roy<br />
and Taskin Ahmed bagged two<br />
each. •
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