Tamim century powers Abahani to second position

Tamim Iqbal blazed to his first century of this season’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League in Abahani Limited’s nine-wicket win against Cricket Coaching School at the BKSP-3 Ground. Abahani finished the first phase of the league at second position with 14 points while CCS ended with just four points, and were second from bottom. They will now battle for survival in the relegation play-offs.

Tamim struck 11 fours and four sixes in his unbeaten 86-ball 105 and shared an unbroken 160-run second-wicket stand with Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who was not out on 53 off 70 balls. Abahani reached their revised target of 168 in 26.1 overs after rain stopped play during the chase, for an hour and 28 minutes. Opening the batting with Tamim was Yusuf Pathan who fell for 8 in the second over.

Asked to bat, CCS were earlier bowled out for 205 runs in 50 overs with Rajin Saleh top-scoring with 95 off 135 balls which included five fours and …

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