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Vol. 4 Num 271 Tue. March 02, 2004  
   
Sports


NCL final round from tomorrow


The title-deciding final round of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Fifth National Cricket League starts at three different venues across the country from tomorrow.

Dhaka will take on Khulna at Jessore while Sylhet host Rajshahi at the local stadium and Chittagong travel to Barisal to play the limited-overs matches first. They start the four-day encounters at the same venues from Thursday.

While Chittagong and Rajshahi will be looking for the one-day title, Dhaka and Sylhet will be gunning for the four-day glory against their respective opponents.

Chittagong top the one-day table with 14 points, only two points ahead of their nearest rivals Rajshahi. Dhaka and Sylhet have already crashed out of the race with eight points each. Khulna and Barisal have secured only six points apiece.

On the other hand, Dhaka and Sylhet go into the last round jointly leading the four-day table with 36 points each. Holders Khulna and Rajshahi are following them with 24 points each. Both Chittagong and Barisal have 18 points after the penultimate round.