chucks the bat as he looks to bludgeon this into the leg side! He hasn't made connection before that mind you. Afghanistan have heartbreak again. Short and wide ball outside off. Shuffles, goes across the line. That hasn't worked at all against Mustafiz today, and it won't work in the last over.
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 4th Match, Super Four at Abu Dhabi, Sep 23 2018 - Match Result
11:54pm And that is all we have tonight. Thanks for joining us and we hope you had fun. See you again on Tuesday. Good night!
Mahmudullah: Weather was hot and I was feeling a bit dried up. But we did it in the end, credit must go to Mustafiz. We knew they had some good hitters an they held their nerve well but in the end we came out on top, so a good team effort. It always feels happy to contribute to the team. Me and Imrul had a good partnership. We were trying to get to the end. But in the end it was the bowlers who defended it. We have to bring our A-game for the Pakistan match.
Mahmudullah is the Man of the Match.
Mashrafe: End of the match, Mustafiz was a magician. Lost so many matches [where] couldn't score 8-9 runs but we defended it today. Hadn't given up - Shakib bowled really well in his last three balls. After that we told Mustafiz to look for wickets because they would have missed it. But first have to give credit to Mahmudullah and Imrul Kayes. Mustafiz cramped a bit, we wanted him to bowl 10 overs but he couldn't. Couldn't even bowl yorker because he had a cramp in his calf. Hopefully we'll have a good crack at the virtual semi-final.
Asghar Afghan: Congratulations to Bangladesh. Painful game. 8 off 6 is not difficult because Rashid, Nabi, Shenwari can do it. But I will give credit to him, he bowled his variations. Everything was going to plan. Again we lost in the last over. Again the batsmen going for big shots at the end, which didn't work. We have learnt a lot, especially because we are playing against full-members.
Muhammad Awais: "Cricket is a cruel game but we still love it... Afghans played quite well .Happy to see one more emerging side from Asia .. PAKvsBD match is semi final now .. "
Pavankumar: "In both the super 4 matches Afghan was very much likely to win the game till 49.1 overs... Eventually they lost both games in 49.2 & 49.3 "
Karthik R: "Heart break again for Afghan. But they have fought very well and heartening to see a relatively new side make huge strides so fast. Hoping they learn from these close losses and come out trumps in the near future esp with WC2019 around the corner."
Mahneel Musa: "Bangladesh have had way too many heartbreaks in the final overs and probably needed this last over win more than anything else. Fairplay to Afghanistan for a brilliant show. Dhaka will not sleep tonight!"
11:37pm Four off the last over. Bangladesh have held on. What a comeback win for them. They looked out of it halfway through their batting innings. There were moments where they seemed to have given it away with the ball as well, but they've done it. Mortaza was due to bowl the 46th over, but he decided to hand it to Mustafiz to get three overs out of him. Was that the turning point? Sure seems so now. Afghanistan cannot qualify for the final any longer. Mahmudullah, Imrul Kayes, Mashrafe and Mustafiz have got in their way. What a game.
Third man moves fine. The rest of the field remains as it is.
Shenwari needs to hit a four.
off the thigh as he looks to ramp this. Short of a length outside off, he can only deflect it to short fine
beaten! An offcutter in the corridor, swings across the line and this goes through from under his bat
is that out at short fine? No says the umpire. Leg byes he says! Short ball on the pads, he's cramped on the pull. It has definitely pinged off the thigh guard but was there glove first? Nope, there wasn't.
6 to win off 4. The field has stayed the same. They've crossed over so Shenwari is on strike.
chipped back to the bowler. This is good bowling. Cramps him with a short ball at waist height. He's looking to pull and is done by the climb and the angle. Mustafiz barely has to move to get this.
nicely done. Anticipates the angle across, anticipates the offcutter, stays deep in the crease and slices it wide of extra cover. Sweeper has some running to his right
Mid-off is in. Extra cover, point, short fine the others in.
Well this is it. They've been calling for Rashid all night. He'll face Mustafiz. Eight to get.
misses out on the full toss after stepping out and cutting out some room. Another misses opportunity? Lifts it over cover and Shenwari says no to the second run
steps out and is beaten on flight, but adjusts nicely to chop this through point
misses out on the short ball. Ooooh big moment. Short and into leg stump. Closes the face too early on the pull and it's a harmless top edge to short fine's right
Rashid is in. 12 off 9.
hits a full toss straight to long-off! Oh that's unfortunate for Nabi. Looks like he wanted to hit it wider but it's come off the toe. He made this a full toss and went inside-out. But Shanto covered good ground and was strong as he took this with a lunge to his left
sends it a long way! Another glorious straight hit from Nabi against Shakib. Sees the loop, gets down to meet it at the pitch on off stump and goes with the turn
length ball into the pads, dropped in front of midwicket with soft hands
Third man and fine leg in. Extra cover and midwicket in.
19 off 12. It will be Shakib. What a big over this is.
gets it past short fine! The option's been there and they finally take it. Length ball going across off stump, as it has been. Nabi gets inside the line and flicks it fine. Great skill. And now the pressure is on Bangladesh.
steal the second. Length ball across off, he gets behind it and drags it wide of mid-on. Deep midwicket has a long way to go to his left and he won't stop the second
appeal for lbw as he looks to whip this into the leg side. He's caught on the back foot. That's pitching outside leg...and missing off
25 off 15 required.
Bangladesh review an lbw. Offcutter at a length on the stumps, Shenwari looks to sweep him. This could be both pitching outside leg and missing off. Apart from a possibility of getting glove on it...which he has.
clears deep midwicket who is a long way in from the boundary! Nazmul Shanto is forced to jump up one-handed but he won't get it. Full pace bouncer outside off, Shenwari nails the pull
length ball across the corridor, shuffles a long way across and punches to deep midwicket against the angle
Could've had a few more, but that's a good over for Afghanistan. They've got 20 off their last two. They need 31 off their last three. And Bangladesh have a bit of a tactical issue about who will bowl their 49th over now.
yorker on leg stump, back in the crease to flick this to deep midwicket
beaten. Oh misses out on a length ball. It's angled across the corridor. Point and third man are in. But he looks to club into the leg side
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Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |
Toss | Bangladesh, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2018 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | ODI no. 4045 |
Hours of play (local time) | 15.30 start, First Session 15.30-19.00 Interval 19.00-19.45, Second Session 19.45-23.15 |
Match days | 23 September 2018 - day (50-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Bangladesh 2, Afghanistan 0 |