Back-to-back stumpings by wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan off the last two balls of Musaddek Hossain, dismissing two tail-end batsmen from Zimbabwe, who needed five runs off the last two balls to win.
Why tape? On-field umpires called for regular reviews to confirm the final stumping decision, but players and the crowd stunned when the words “Not Out” flashed on the stadium’s giant screen.
Replays showed Hasan lightly gloved the ball in front of the stumps and dismissed Blessing Mujarbani off the last ball before whipping the bails.
Instead, the umpire signaled a no ball for Musaddek and a free hit for Zimbabwe.
So all the fielders, the batsmen and the two umpires had to go back into position to re-throw the final ball. Leaving Zimbabwe, now 147-8 in response to Bangladesh’s total of 150-7, had an adjusted target of four runs instead of five for an unexpected victory.
Musaddek held his nerve and didn’t concede a run, Muzarbina did a swing and miss, giving Bangladesh just their second win in the second round of the T20 World Cup.
The last over, in which Zimbabwe needed 16 runs from six balls to win, dominated the last 39, mostly controlled by Bangladesh.
Opener Najmul Hossain Shanto, who posted a career-high T20 score of 71 off 55 balls, said his Bangladesh lineup was perfect till the last ball.
“It was a new experience for us,” he said. “Musaddek bowled very well in this pressure situation. Honestly, it was a bit nerve-wracking, but we believed we could do it.”
Shanto put on a 54-run partnership for the third wicket with his captain Shakib Al Hasan (23) and Afif Hussain (29 off 19) for the fourth wicket after Muzrabini (2-13) took two early wickets. Run partnership. Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabweans struggled in the field on a hot day at the Gabba, with a series of misfields and drop catches costing valuable runs, including two regulation chances in the final two overs.
Three wickets, including a run out from left-arm pacer Richard Nagarwa (2-24) in the last over of the innings, slowed down Bangladesh’s run of runs.
Fast bowlers Taskin Ahmed (3-19) and Mustafizur Rahman (2-15) combined to smash Zimbabwe’s top order and give Bangladesh control, but were chasing 40 off 18 balls with three overs to spare. exhausted his entire allotment.
Sean Williams (64) and Ryan Burle (27 not out) took it close in a 63-run partnership that revived Zimbabwe’s run chase and kept the competition alive.
After completing his fifty in 37 balls, Williams hit successive boundaries including a peculiar swipe off a short-pitched delivery from Hasan Mahmood to bring Zimbabwe to 125-5 at the end of the 18th over.
After this Zimbabwe needed 26 runs in 12 balls and Bangladesh depended on their spin bowlers.
Williams cut Shakib’s third ball over the boundary but was run out on the next ball, which saw significant breakthrough from some fine fielding from Shakib. Shakib ran to his right and then got up, turned and smacked down the stumps with a left-handed throw that took Williams out of his crease at the non-striker’s end.
This set up a thriller in the last over, with Bangladesh hanging on to go one point above Zimbabwe, who had a washout against South Africa and won over Pakistan in earlier games in Group 2.
“It was extremely strange,” Williams said of the no-ball decision on the last scheduled delivery. “Obviously, I’ve never experienced anything like this in a cricket match before, but then again, it just shows in a T20 game, there’s always a little bit of hope; anything can happen.
“It’s an emotional roller coaster, isn’t it?”
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