Shehzad, Hodge star in big Barisal win

Barisal Burners 121 for 1 (Shehzad 60, Hodge 54*) beat Sylhet Royals 120 for 7 (Tanvir 33, Naeem 22, Shuvo 3-20) by nine wickets

Suhrawadi Shuvo picked up three wickets in an economical spell © BPL T20

Barisal Burners sealed a comprehensive win over Sylhet Royals at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. A strong bowling performance, led by left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo who took 3 for 20, helped restrict Sylhet to 120, a score Barisal chased with ease.

Sylhet, after choosing to bat, began steadily but collapsed not long after. Kamran Akmal fell for a run-a-ball 17, and that was the start of the slide. In the 12th over, Sylhet were reeling at 58 for 6, having lost Akmal with the score on 21. Farhat Hossain picked up two of those wickets, Shuvo bagged two as well and Al-Amin Hossain and Yasir Arafat took one each. Sohail Tanvir (33) and Naeem Islam (22*) staged a recovery that gave the Sylhet score some respectability. The pair added 45 and helped post 120, which was inadequate.

Barisal openers Ahmed Shehzad and Brad Hodge made a mockery of the Sylhet score, putting together a stand of 116 that sealed their opponents' fate. Shehzad smashed five sixes in his 60 before being stumped; Hodge struck as many sixes in his unbeaten 54, and saw his team through in just 13.2 overs.

Sylhet are reeling at the bottom of the table with six defeats in a row. Barisal have three wins from six games.

Bangladesh Premier League T20 2012 Points Table | BPL 2012 Points Table (Feb/19/2012)

Bangladesh Premier League T20 2012 Points Table | BPL 2012 Points Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	N/R	Tie	Points	Net R/R
Chittagong	6	4	2	0	0	8	+1.086
Khulna	6	4	2	0	0	8	+0.503
Rajshahi	6	4	2	0	0	8	-0.239
Barisal	6	3	3	0	0	6	+0.243
Dhaka	6	3	3	0	0	6	-0.113
Sylhet	6	0	6	0	0	0	-1.518

Burners blow Duronto away

Barisal Burners 180/2 (20/20 ov)

Duronto Rajshahi 158/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Barisal Burners won by 22 runs

Barisal Burners make it two wins out of two after defeating Duronto Rajshahi by 22 runs in the fourth match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Duronto Rajshahi managed to score 158/9 in 20 overs, chasing 181 for victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.

Opener Mizanur Rahman held the innings for together before departing for a well-made 65. Abdul Razzaq was the other notable contributor with 27. Sabbir Rahman was 15 not out.

Yasir Arafat, Nazmul Islam and Shane Harwood took two wickets each. Ahmed Shehzad and Chris Gayle picked up one wicket.

Earlier, Barisal Burners, who won the toss, made 180/2 in 20 overs.

Ahmed Shehzad top-scored with 67. Brad Hodge remained unbeaten on 38 and Shahriar Nafees was not out 28. First match centurion Gayle made 39.

Gayle was caught by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim off Marlon Samuels
Marlon Samuels and Abdul Razzaq claimed a wicket each for Duronto.

Barisal Burners won their opening match against Sylhet Royals by 10 wickets on Friday.

SQUADS

BARISAL BURNERS

Chris Gayle, Ahmed Shehzad, Shahriar Nafees (cpt), Brad Hodge, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mithun Ali, Nazmul Islam, Shane Harwood, Mominul Haque, Yasir Arafat, Farhad Hossain

DURONTO RAJSHAHI

Mizanur Rahman, Junaed Siddique, Marlon Samuels, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Sabbir Rahman, Sean Ervine, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Sami, Saqlain Sajib

Bengals slay Gladiators

Khulna Royal Bengals 175/5 (20/20 ov)

Dhaka Gladiators 156/7 (20.0/20 ov)

Khulna Royal Bengals defeated Dhaka Gladiators by 19 runs in the third match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Saturday.

Andre Russell bagged four wickets to ease Bengals' victory. Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain picked up a wicket each.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (0) was caught out off Herschelle Gibbs off Russell. Naved-ul-Hasan (2) was bowled out by Russell.

Darren Stevens (38) was dismissed run out. Nazimuddin (21) was sent back caught by Dwayne Smith off Nasir Hossain.

Mohammad Ashraful (9) was out bowled by Russell. Earlier in the very same over Russell rid of Azhar Mahmood (28) for a catch to Saghir Hossain.

Imran Nazir (14) was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan.

Earlier, Khulna Royal Bengals posted 175/5 in their 20 overs.

Andre Russell (37) and Nasir Hossain (22) remained unbeaten for Khulna.

Nazmul Hasan Milon (1) was sent back by Elias Sunny for a catch to Naved-ul-Hasan.

Shakib Al Hasan (42) was bowled out by Naved. Mosharraf Hossain got rid of Dwayne Smith (37) for a catch to Azhar Mahmood.

Opener Shivnarine Chanderpaul (19) was sent back bowled by Mahmood while his partner Herschelle Gibbs (14) was sent back by Mahmood off a decent caught and bowled effort.

Earlier, Khulna Royal Bengals won the toss and elected to bat first.

SQUADS

KHULNA ROYAL BENGALS

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Herschelle Gibbs, Fidel Edwards, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan (cpt), Jos Buttler, Abdur Razzak, Maisuqur Rahman, Nasir Hossain

DHAKA GLADIATORS

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (cpt), Anamul Haque, Dhiman Ghosh, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Ashraful, Naved-ul-Hasan, Nazmul Hossain, Saeed Ajmal, DI Stevens, Azhar Mahmood, Elias Sunny

Chittagong Kings won by 53 runs

Chittagong Kings 206/4 (20/20 ov)

Duronto Rajshahi 153 (19.5/20 ov)

Chittagong Kings won by 53 runs

• Bangladesh Premier League - 2nd match
• Twenty20 match | 2011/12 season
• Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
• 10 February 2012 - day/night (20-over match)

	Chittagong Kings innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Samuels b Mohammad Sami	3	10	7	0	0	42.85
	Jahurul Islam†	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Ervine	11	21	13	0	1	84.61
	Nasir Jamshed	c Sabbir Rahman b Qaiser Abbas	56	46	38	5	3	147.36
	JJ Roy	b Samuels	43	31	25	3	3	172.00
	Mahmudullah*	not out	43	23	18	3	3	238.88
	DJ Bravo	not out	38	18	19	3	2	200.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 8)	12
	Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs; 78 mins)	206	(10.30 runs per over)

Did not bat Ziaur Rahman, KJ Coetzer, Enamul Haque jnr, M Muralitharan, Arafat Sunny

Fall of wickets 1-14 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Jahurul Islam, 5.1 ov), 3-122 (Roy, 13.2 ov),4-128 (Nasir Jamshed, 14.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Sami	4	0	28	1	7.00
	SM Ervine	4	0	39	1	9.75	(1w)
	Syed Rasel	2	0	29	0	14.50	(1w)
	MN Samuels	4	0	42	1	10.50	(1w)
	Abdul Razzaq	1	0	8	0	8.00
	Saqlain Sajib	2	0	26	0	13.00
	Asif Ahmed	1	0	16	0	16.00
	Qaiser Abbas	2	0	14	1	7.00	(1w)

	Duronto Rajshahi innings (target: 207 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Ervine	c Roy b Bravo	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Junaid Siddique	c Mahmudullah b Enamul Haque jnr	42	48	23	5	2	182.60
	MN Samuels	c Mahmudullah b Bravo	6	2	3	0	1	200.00
	Abdul Razzaq	b Enamul Haque jnr	21	24	23	2	0	91.30
	Mushfiqur Rahim*†	c Ziaur Rahman b Enamul Haque jnr	22	21	19	1	0	115.78
	Qaiser Abbas	b Mahmudullah	3	3	4	0	0	75.00
	Sabbir Rahman	not out	41	37	28	1	3	146.42
	Asif Ahmed	c Roy b Bravo	5	10	10	0	0	50.00
	Mohammad Sami	c Ziaur Rahman b Muralitharan	2	5	3	0	0	66.66
	Syed Rasel	c Roy b Muralitharan	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	Saqlain Sajib	st †Jahurul Islam b Arafat Sunny	1	9	3	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 5)	10
	Total	(all out; 19.5 overs; 80 mins)	153	(7.71 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Ervine, 0.1 ov), 2-6 (Samuels, 0.4 ov), 3-66 (Abdul Razzaq, 7.4 ov), 4-80 (Junaid Siddique, 9.3 ov),5-85 (Qaiser Abbas, 10.3 ov), 6-105 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 13.2 ov), 7-132 (Asif Ahmed, 16.2 ov),8-136 (Mohammad Sami, 17.1 ov), 9-136 (Syed Rasel, 17.3 ov), 10-153 (Saqlain Sajib, 19.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DJ Bravo	3	0	17	3	5.66	(2w)
	M Muralitharan	4	0	29	2	7.25
	Mahmudullah	4	0	24	1	6.00
	Arafat Sunny	3.5	0	44	1	11.47
	Enamul Haque jnr	4	0	27	3	6.75	(1w)
	KJ Coetzer	1	0	7	0	7.00

Match details

Toss Chittagong Kings, who chose to bat Points Chittagong Kings 2, Duronto Rajshahi 0

Twenty20 debut Asif Ahmed (Duronto Rajshahi) Player of the match DJ Bravo (Chittagong Kings)

Umpires JW Lloyds (England) and Sharfuddoula TV umpire Anisur Rahman Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire Masudur Rahman