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Zia reaches 4000-run milestone

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Published: 08:16, 16 October 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Zia reaches 4000-run milestone

Abdullah M Rubel: Ziaur Rahman reached the milestone of 4000 runs in first-class cricket.

The hard-hitter reached the milestone against Rangpur Division at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on the day-2 of 3rd round of the 20th Walton National Cricket League (NCL) on Tuesday.

Zia was 39 runs off the milestone before he entered the ground on Tuesday. He smashed a brilliant fifty, before returned to the pavilion. He was able to bag 53 runs off 89 balls with 7 boundaries.

He touched milestones in 108 matches with 8 centuries and 16 fifties. His best is 167 runs.

Zia’s bowling statistics is not bad comparing to the batting. He has been waiting for a milestone in bowling too. In 108 matches, he bagged 192 wickets. He needs only 8 wickets to reach the milestone of 200-wicket. His best bowling figure in the first-class cricket is 5/36. He also achieved five-wicket haul in innings for times in the first-class.

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