A second successive first-class ton from Mahmudul Hasan Joy alongside fifties from skipper Mominul Haque and Shahadat Hossain helped Chattogram Division end the second day of their fourth-round National Cricket League (NCL) encounter against Barishal Division at a dominating position at the BKSP 3 yesterday.

Joy's patient 211-ball 121 helped Chattogram pile up 364 for four, leading by 128 runs at the end of the second day.

Resuming the day on 34 for no loss, Chattogram lost overnight batter Pinak Ghosh early. Joy, however, did not let the early jolt put Chattogram on the backfoot as he put up an 85-run stand with opener Jashimuddin, who was trapped in front by Monir Hossain after a 77-ball 49.

Skipper Mominul then ratcheted up the scoring rate with his 85-ball 81, laced with 11 boundaries, and strung together a 112-run stand with Joy to drive Chattogram to a commanding position.

Joy, who was the last one to fall on the day for Chattogram, starred in another 83-run stand with Shahadat, who remained unbeaten on 63.

Runs also came in abundance from the willow of Dhaka Metropolis' batters as skipper Shadman Islam, Shamsur Rahman, Aminul Islam and Abu Hider smashed fifties against Rajshahi Division at the BKSP 4.

Shadman (62 off 112) and Shamsur (89 off 157) starred in a 129-run fourth-wicket stand while Aminul and Hider remained unbeaten on 65 and 56, respectively, as Dhaka Metropolis ended the day with 353 for six on the board, leading by 121 runs.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Division's left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam bagged his seventh first-class fifer to help his side bundle out Sylhet Division for 265 after they had resumed the day on 79 for two at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

However, Sylhet's Sayem Alam (78 off 177) and skipper Zakir Hasan (67 off 143) were able to pick up fifties before both fell prey to Nazmul. Zaker Ali remained unbeaten on 67 but Nazmul ran through the tail to wrap up Sylhet's innings.

Dhaka ended the day on 22 for one, still trailing by 120 runs. In the other game in Sylhet, pacer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury and national Test team all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz shared nine wickets between them to help Khulna Division bundle out Rangpur Division for 222. Mrittunjoy scalped a fifer while Miraz returned figures of four for 74.

Khulna ended the day on 21 for one, with a lead of 56 runs.