“I will play as long as I am fit,” said Naeem Islam. The right-handed batsman found joy in this mantra of 22 yards. The experienced batsman is leaving the fountain of happy runs. Today, Sunday (February 26), Naeem scored his 30th century in first-class cricket. Naeem scored 107 runs for BCB North Zone against Islami Bank on the second day of the third round of the ongoing BCL. The batsman was unbeaten on 75 runs the previous day. He picked up the century in the morning session. The batsman returned to the dressing room after scoring 107 runs in 9 boundaries off 300 balls. North Zone declared the innings by picking up 378 runs for 9 wickets in his century. Only Tushar Imran is ahead of Naeem in first-class cricket. Tushar, who retired from first-class cricket with 11,972 runs, scored 32 centuries. Naeem is chasing him with a 30-century. The 36-year-old cricketer is also waiting to touch the milestone of 10,000 runs. Naeem’s runs in 162 first-class matches are 9,823.