Sunny bowls East Zone to comfortable win

Arafat Sunny's four-wicket haul skittled South Zone for 122, after which East Zone eased to a six-wicket win in one of two opening-day matches of the BCL one-day competition.

After deciding to bowl first in Mirpur, the East Zone bowlers never let any partnerships develop. Left-arm spinner Sunny took the wickets of Mohammad Mithun, Nurul Hasan, Sohag Gazi and Abdur Razzak to finish with 4 for 11 in seven overs. South Zone lost their last four wickets without adding a run.

Apart from Sunny's four, Nabil Samad took two wickets.

East Zone took 26 overs to overhaul the small target. Litton Das top-scored with 45. Rubel Hossain took two wickets.

In Fatullah, North Zone beat Central Zone by two wickets. The match ended in the final over when No. 10 Sanjamul Islam struck consecutive fours off Mahmudullah.

North Zone's chase was held together by Nasir Hossain's 76 off 94 balls that had six fours and a six. He came to bat in the 17th over with the score on 56 for 3 and got out in the penultimate over with his side needing eight runs to win.

Earlier Central Zone made 209 for 6 in 50 overs with Shamsur Rahman top-scoring with an unbeaten 76. He struck seven fours and a six in his 101-ball innings. Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam took three wickets while Nasir took two wickets.