Nahida stars on opening day of first ever three-day cricket

As Bangladesh Women cricketers started their first class cricket journey, left-arm spinner Nahida Akter marked it in style with seven-wicket haul at Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Saturday, reports BSS.
Nahida conceded just 48 runs after bowling 27 overs for her seven-wicket haul as her side Central Zone put North Zone in trouble. But Farzana Hoque Pinky played a superb 86-run knock for North Zone to help them declare the first innings at 240-9. Ritu Moni played a second fiddle to her with 57.
Central Zone then ended the day at 29 for no loss with Farzana Akter Lisa and Murshida Khatun batting on 15 and 10 runs respectively.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board introduced the first class cricket for Women cricketers for the first time with three-day Bangladesh Cricket League (BCB) competition. With the available cricketers, they formed four teams-naming East Zone, South Zone, North Zone and Central Zone, much like the male first class cricket competition.
The goal to introduce the first class cricket completion is to achieve the Women's Test status.
In the day's other match at another stadium of Rajshahi, South Zone put them in commanding position over East Zone.
Put into bat first, East Zone were bowled out for 193 before South Zone reached 164-1 a stumps with Ayesha Rahman batting on 82, raising the prospect of becoming the first Bangladeshi female cricketer to hit century in first class cricket.
Earlier, chance came for East Zone's Sharmin Akter Supta to hit the milestone but she was out for 88.