Mehrab Hossain laid the foundation but Mohammad Younus took the honours with a hattrick as Brothers Union confirmed themselves as the first to the semifinals of the Habib Group PCL Twenty20 tournament at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday.
After Mehrab's 59 made sure Brothers reached 148-8, the well-built left-arm spinner from Cox's Bazar, Younus, finished the game in style for Brothers against Top Sports of Noakhali to secure a comfortable 60-run victory.
Younus removed Mahmudullah Riyad, Aslam Khan and Alamgir Hossain in the 16th over to close the Top Sports innings at 88 runs only and in the process become the first man to take a hattrick in this version of the game in Bangladesh.
“It was fantastic and the most pleasing moment for me. My captain (Nafis Iqbal) advised me before the start of the over to bowl my best and I did just that,” the excited Younus said after the hattrick.
Riyad, who offered some fight with 37 in his side's otherwise poor showing, was the first victim when the right-hander went down the wicket but missed and got stumped by wicketkeeper Sadid Hossain. Aslam Khan played the ball on to the stumps off the next ball and then Alamgir was trapped leg before.
The Brothers win also confirmed Abahani's berth in the last four which will take place on Saturday as Top Sports joined Mohammedan to exit the competition.
Brothers rode on left-handed opener Mehrab's 52-ball 59 that contained six fours to put up a fighting total on board while local boy Nafis contributed a 28-ball 36.
In the second match, it was Pakistani Wasim Nayeem who dominated the proceeding with a splendid all-round performance as Dhaka Sports handed a six-wicket defeat to Pirates of Chittagong to brighten their chance of reaching the semifinals.
After a three-wicket haul, Wasim put the bowlers to the sword during his 43-ball 79 that featured six boundaries and as many sixes as Dhaka Sports raced to 161-4 in reply to Pirates' 156-4. Anisur Rahman contributed 29 off 23 balls with three fours.
With the outcome, Dhaka Sports now have six points from two matches while Pirates lost both the matches they have played so far.
Earlier Waqas Ahmed entertained the sparse crowd with a bizarre knock which saw 43 runs came from 14 balls with seven fours and two sixes after Pirates of Chittagong decided to bat first.
National all-rounder Nayeem Islam however was the top-scorer with a 47-ball 57 that saw five fours.
SCORES IN BRIEF
BROTHERS UNION: 148-8 in 20 overs (Mehrab 59, Nafis 36, Mubarak 6, Dollar 6, Kapugedara 18, Tushar 0, Rezaul 11, Razzak 10, extras 2; Weeraratne 2-15, Elias 1-12, Sanwar 3-37, Lokuarachchi 2-29)
TOP SPORTS: 88 all out in 15.5 overs (Sadat 1, Sanwar 5, Weeraratne 26, Lokuarachchi 7, Riyad 37, Elias 6, extras 4; Mubarak 2-7, Dollar 2-18, Rezaul 1-12, Razzak 1-13, Younus 3-17)
Result: Brothers won by 60 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Mehrab Hossain (Brothers)
PIRATES OF CHITTAGONG: 156-4 in 20 overs (Nayeem 57 not out, Waqas 43, Noman 20, Extra 5: Wasim 3-34, Shahadat Hossain 1-47).
DHAKA SPORTS: 161-4 in 18.4 overs (Wasim 79, Anisur 29, Rajin 16, Hanif 15 not out, Extras 6; Nomanullah 2-25, Waqas 1-32, Nayeem 1-18).
Result: Dhaka Sports Club won by six wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Wasim Nayeem (Dhaka Sports).
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