and a four to finish off. Expensive last over but too little too late. Gets the front leg out of the way and hammers a drive through long-off
Khulna vs Victorians, 39th match at Dhaka, Dec 05 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Ariful Haque is the Man of the Match. That's all we have from this game. We now move from the top of the table to the bottom of the table as Rajshahi take on Chittagong. We'll be back with that game shortly, and hope you will too. Thanks for joining us.
"I think we did really well in both departments," says Khulna captain Mahmudullah. "We lost our way a little in the middle but Ariful and Carlos Brathwaite pulled us back. With the power Arif and Carlos have, you should always give them a chance to go big in the top five. Hopefully we can bring this momentum with us into the Qualifiers. I think the bowlers were quite sharp today."
"We need to rectify our mistakes," says Comilla captain Tamim Iqbal. "We can't think it was just one bad game. We need to make sure we don't repeat the same mistakes. I think we left too much for too late. We could have batted better in the middle period. I'm hopeful Jos gets a good innings before the semis and that should do us good."
4.30pm That match was more one-sided than it seems on surface. This was always going to be not the easiest surface to bat on, so it's not altogether a surprise that they struggled to chase down 174. Comilla will rue their bowling and fielding performance because they shouldn't have been chasing this high a target in the first place. They leaked easy runs in the slog overs through loose fielding and shoddy bowling and they have paid the price for it. Khulna rise to second on the table with this win. Comilla retain their top position despite the defeat but are only trailed by Khulna by one point.
offers a full toss that Samuels swings well over midwicket. Big hit
slower short ball, mistimes a pull to square leg
full toss, goes for a slog and drags it along the ground to long-on who runs forward and lets it go through his legs but the ball isn't travelling fast enough to go to the boundary and he is able to recover
backs away to a fuller ball and carves it away through point. Splits the field perfectly there, no chance for sweeper running to his left
very full on the stumps, swipes towards deep midwicket off the inside part of the bat
looks for a big heave over the leg side but there is absolutely no room and he wears it on the pad as the ball goes down to short fine leg. Now he strangely responds to the call for a leg bye
yorker outisde the leg stump from around the wicket, dug out to mid-on. Samuels refuses a single
fuller ball, heaved down to the left of long-on and he moves to his left to field it
full on the stumps, drilled straight back, so straight that it hits the stumps
backs away a long way and reaches out before punching this through extra cover. Long-off runs across but the ball beats the fielder to the boundary
length ball, shapes up for a big swipe and it comes on straight to beat the bat and hit the back pad. Impact outside off
back of a length offcutter, invitingly fires it up outside off and the batsman sticks his bat in the corridor of uncertainty to send a feather to the keeper
backs away to a length ball and drops it in front of covers for one
that may be the game? Flight down leg, Malik comes to the pitch but it's short enough for the ball to spin away, takes the leading edge and lobs to point