ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2018

their three drawn matches, together with a greater accumulation of batting bonus points. Their only victory was by an innings over North in the last match of the season, so despite the fact that North won more matches, perhaps justice was done in the final table. The season’s only other first-class match came in October when – in a sign, perhaps, of things to come - Bangladesh A took on their Irish counterparts, who were styled as Ireland Wolves. Aided by more consistent batting throughout their innings, as well as greater familiarity with the conditions, the home side ran out the winners by five wickets. Tushar Imran (Khulna and South Zone) was the only batsman to reach 1000 runs in the season, scoring in total 1102 runs at an average of 73.46. He had also been the leading scorer of 2016/17 with the national record for a single season of 1249 runs, but even these consistent performances were not enough for the 35-year-old to add to the five Test caps that he won between 2002 and 2007. Another long-established name led the season’s wicket-takers: 36-year-old slow left-armer Abdur Razzak (also Khulna and South Zone) who took 68 wickets, albeit at an expensive 30.38. His tally was a new high for a Bangladesh season, beating his own record of 66 set in 2015/16. He at least was briefly recalled to the Test team – after a four-year, 22-match absence – for the second Test against Sri Lanka, but with Shakib returning he was unable to find a place on the West Indies tour. (KSW) National Cricket League 2017/18: Final tables Tier 1 P W WI L D A Pts 8 9 0 2 2 1 Khulna Division 6 1 1 0 4 0 25 2 Rangpur Division 6 0 0 0 6 0 12 3 Barisal Division 6 0 0 1 5 0 10 Dhaka Division 6 0 0 1 5 0 10 Tier 2 P W WI L D A Pts 8 9 0 2 2 1 Rajshahi Division 6 1 1 0 4 0 25 2 Sylhet Division 6 1 0 1 2 2 16 3 Chittagong Division 6 0 0 1 4 1 10 Dhaka Metropolis 6 0 0 1 4 1 10 Bangladesh Cricket League 2017/18: Final table P W WLF L LWF D DWF BatBP BowBP Pts 11 10 0 1 3 4 1 South Zone 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 23 14 65 2 North Zone 6 2 0 1 0 3 0 16 14 61 3 Central Zone 6 0 0 1 0 2 3 20 13 51 4 East Zone 6 0 0 1 0 1 4 18 13 50 Abandoned matches: Dhaka Metropolis v Sylhet, Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium No.2, Cox’s Bazar, 22, 23, 24, 25 September. Chittagong v Sylhet, Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra, 29, 30 September, 1, 2 October. 106 Bangladesh in 2017/18