Mustafiz proved his Class
Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman made an amazing start in the County Cricket Championship underway in England. On Thursday night, the Bangladeshi fast bowler, who never visited any European country before, brushed all speculation, asserted himself in strong self-confidence, and thereby captured four wickets giving away just 23 runs in his four overs to help Sussex beat Essex by 24 runs.
He will play two more T20 matches and four one-day internationals for Sussex before returning to Bangladesh. More success was that Mustafiz was able to wrap up the English weather and the language problem, and convinced the management that they did not make mistake in picking up him for their team —The Sussex.
We congratulate Mustafizur Rahman and shall ask him to remain steady and to avoid exultation. At the same time, we shall request the BCB to keep watch on the Bangladesh’s cricket asset.
Abdullah Akber
Dhaka
Premier Football League
In the sixties, seventies and the eighties, supporters of the leading soccer clubs swarmed into the tents during the players’ transfer tornado. The transfer got momentum in 1961 when half a dozen footballers from Calcutta Mohammedan Sporting Club and leading clubs of Karachi signed for either Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club or the Victoria Sporting Club.
Hasan Killer from East Bengal, Omar and Moosa from Calcutta Mohammedan Sporting Club, Yusuf Jr from Karachi signed for the Victoria Club, while Abbas, Yusuf Sr and Abdullah from Karachi, Abid Hossain and Ghaffur from Calcutta Mohammedan Sporting Club signed for Dhaka Mohammedan SC.
Dhaka Mohammedan SC regained the league title but did not do well in the Aga Khan Gold Cup Football tournament, eventually won by an Indonesian Club who routed Pakistan Western Railways from Lahore in the final. The jubilation about soccer continued for four decades before erosion in the nineties.
We request the BFF to study the soccer history of the past to restore.
Abdullah Rahi
Dhaka
