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ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP NEWS: Drama in Brisbane as Bangladesh clinch another final-over thriller

31 Oct 2022

Bangladesh kept their chances of reaching the semifinals at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup boosted with a thrilling three-run victory over Zimbabwe in Brisbane yesterday (30). Not much separated Bangladesh and Zimbabwe all day, and it all came down to the final delivery with Blessing Muzarabani on strike and requiring four runs from the bowling of Mosaddek Hossain. Everyone at the ground thought Hossain was the hero with back-to-back wickets from consecutive balls at the death, but Nurul Hasan was found to take the ball in front of the stumps and the players were recalled to the field to replay the final delivery. Hossain repeated the dose a second time around as Muzarabani came up empty on a big swipe to gift Bangladesh a victory they probably just deserved following a blistering new-ball spell from Taskin Ahmed (3/19), and an equally impressive haul of 2/15 from Mustafizur Rahman. The victory sees Bangladesh jump to second place in Group 2 standings, and they can clinch a berth in the final four with victories over India and Pakistan over the next week. While Zimbabwe’s unbeaten start to the Super 12 stage is now over, the good news is that they remain in the hunt for a semifinal berth. Zimbabwe will need to defeat the Netherlands in Adelaide on Wednesday (2 November) to stay in contention, and then it may come down to their final Super 12 match against India at the MCG. Pakistan register their first win after solid bowling performance Pakistan produced a superb bowling performance to restrict the Netherlands to 91/9 in their crucial Group 2 encounter in Perth and seal a six-wicket win, their first victory in the T20 World Cup. Chasing the total down, Mohammad Rizwan set the tone early with a superb shot down the ground. It wasn’t such good luck for his partner and Skipper Babar Azam, as he was run out for four. It is the first time in his T20I career that Babar has been dismissed three times in a row for a score of under 10. A partnership developed between Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. The pair established a stand of 37 off 31 deliveries which helped Pakistan motor along in their small chase. Fakhar’s knock of 20 would come to an end against the bowling of Brandon Glover, with Scott Edwards taking a terrific diving catch behind the stumps.  Rizwan would continue to guide Pakistan towards the target but missed out on his half-century by a mere one run, with Paul van Meekeren getting his prized scalp. While Pakistan went on to lose another wicket with the scores level, they completed the win with enough overs in the bank.  It was Pakistan’s first win in the tournament, and notably their first-ever win in Australia in T20Is. (ICC)


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