Why should Farzana Haque sit still when Nigar Sultana has scored a century?
Explore why Farzana Haque should sit still and celebrate as Nigar Sultana shines with a remarkable century. A moment of pride in women's cricket update on livecricketbd
Why should Farzana Haque sit still when Nigar Sultana has scored a century?
Nigar's century, why will Farzana sit; She brought back the memories of 2019 by scoring a century
When Nigar Sultana scored a century, why will Farzana Haque sit!
Nigar Sultana made history in Rajshahi today by becoming the first batsman from Bangladesh to score a century in women's first-class cricket. Nigar was unbeaten on 153 runs against Uttaranchal for Central Zone in the Bangladesh Women's Cricket League (BCL). Farzana also did not delay in sitting next to Nigar. A few hours later, she played an unbeaten 102 runs in the second innings of Uttaranchal against Central Zone in the same match. Farzana lost the opportunity to be the 'first' after being dismissed for 86 runs in the first innings.
With that, the memories of December 5, 2019 came back to the Shahid Kamaruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi. That day, Nigar and Farzana scored centuries against Maldives in SA Games women's cricket at Pokhara Stadium in Nepal. That day, Bangladeshi women's women's teams saw their first centuries in international cricket. Like today, Nigar became the first, and Farzana became the second after two overs by scoring a century.
Today, on the day Nigar-Farzana made history, the Uttaranchal-Madhyachal match was drawn. Madhyachal declared their first innings by scoring 387 runs for 8 wickets, supported by Nigar's 153 runs. Uttar's off-spinner Jannatul Ferdous took 6 wickets for 113 runs.
Uttar, who started the second innings after trailing by 147 runs, accepted the draw after scoring 204 runs for 1 wicket. Farzana added 196 runs to the opening partnership with Isma Tanzim, scoring 102 runs off 226 balls. Isma did not score a century for 10 runs.
The first win is for the South
The first win for Bangladesh's women's first-class cricket was won by the South. South defeated Purbanchal by 10 wickets in a three-day match at the Bangla Track Cricket Academy in Rajshahi.
Purbanchal, who started the last day with 26 runs for 3 wickets, was all out for 162 runs in the second innings. South captain Rabeya Khan took 5 wickets for 18 runs. South, having set a target of just 9 runs, reached the target without losing any wickets.
Rabeya, who scored 7 wickets in both innings and 70 runs in his only innings, was named the man of the match.
