Match Details
and put the Chattogram Challengers in. Fazal Haque bagged an early scalp for Dhaka as he castled Zakir Hasan with a good delivery. There was a 40 runs partnership between Will Jacks and Afif Hossain which resurrected the innings. However, both found it difficult to score runs briskly as the pitch was slow and wasn’t coming onto the bat.
Three quick wickets fell in a space of 13 deliveries as the Challengers were reduced to 60/4 from 49/1. Both Jacks and Afif Hossain departed cheaply while Mehidy Hasan Miraz who was promoted to No 4 perished in an attempt to up the scoring rate.
Run-scoring became very difficult in the next few overs as Minister Dhaka kept chipping away with wickets and tight bowling. Challengers needed an impetus in the final stages of the innings and it was provided by Shamim Hossain and Benny Howell. Shamim played a brilliant knock and reached his maiden half-century while Howell remained unbeaten on 24 of 19 deliveries, finishing the innings off with a maximum.