low full-toss, angling in on off from around the wicket, Samuels stays leg side of the ball and punches it past the left of the bowler. Fiercely drilled away to seal Comilla's place in the playoffs
Rangpur vs Victorians, 35th match at Dhaka, Dec 02 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
35th match, Mirpur, December 02, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
97
(19.3/20 ov, T:98) 100/6
Victorians won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
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4.25pm Comilla Victorians huff and puff to victory on a two-paced pitch. Panic set in when Mashrafe and Nazmul Islam carved up the middle order, but Samuels and Hasan Ali held their nerve to seal the win with three balls and four wickets to spare. But it was Mahedi and Saif who had set things up by taking seven wickets between them. Sixteen-year-old Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb also impressed on debut, conceding only 17 runs in his four overs.
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Mashrafe, Rangpur captain: It was difficult to bat, nobody will enjoy to play on this wicket. 120-130 would have been a different game. Hats off to the fielders and bowlers - that was s positive from this match.
Tamim, Comilla captain: We should have batted better after the bowlers did an amazing job. We made it hard for ourselves but crossed the line in the end. It is a horrible, horrible, horrible wicket. We had ten days off, but the curator could not prepare a good wicket. The crowd does not come to see a 90-95 wicket. The young Mujeeb did well and we are very proud of the win.
Mahedi Hasan is the Player of the match for his career-best figures of 4 for 22.
That is all we have for you from this match. Do come back for the second match of the day featuring Dhaka Dynamites and Rajshahi Kings. Until then, goodbye
19.3
4
Udana to Samuels, FOUR runs
19.2
•
Udana to Samuels, no run
low full-toss on middle, stabbed straight to mid-on
19.1
•
Udana to Samuels, no run
shortish on off, punched down to mid-off
Kapil: "Ridiculous batting from Samuels. Not looking to hit gaps and take 2s. He is one guy who shouldn't be in any team. Never assess a game well"
end of over 198 runs • 1 wicket
CV: 96/6CRR: 5.05 • RRR: 2.00
Hasan Ali6 (1b 1x6)
Marlon Samuels12 (15b 1x4)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-24-3
Isuru Udana 3-0-14-0
18.6
6
Mortaza to Hasan Ali, SIX runs
first-ball six for Hasan! That should ease the nerves in the Comilla camp. Length ball on off stump, Hasan sizes it up and smites it into the stands beyond the long-on boundary. He unleashes his trademark celebration
Hasan Ali
18.5
W
Mortaza to Saifuddin, OUT
Mashrafe strikes with his penultimate ball. Saif connects well but not well enough. Back of a length on middle, he clears his front leg and swipes it into the hands of deep midwicket right at the edge of the boundary
Mohammad Saifuddin c Nazmul Islam b Mashrafe Mortaza 5 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
18.4
•
Mortaza to Saifuddin, no run
banged in short and angling across off, gets big on the batsman and goes over the hook
18.3
1
Mortaza to Samuels, 1 run
back of a length, glanced off the hips to the left of short fine leg
18.2
•
Mortaza to Samuels, no run
Samuels stays leg side of this back-of-a-length ball on off and cuts late to backward point
18.1
1
Mortaza to Saifuddin, 1 run
back of a length and outside off, Saif stands tall and punches the ball through backward point for one
Mashrafe
end of over 187 runs
CV: 88/5CRR: 4.88 • RRR: 5.00
Mohammad Saifuddin4 (7b)
Marlon Samuels11 (13b 1x4)
Isuru Udana 3-0-14-0
Nahidul Islam 3-0-7-0
Comilla need 10 off 12 balls
17.6
1
Udana to Saifuddin, 1 run
straying onto the pads again, directed to fine leg
17.6
1w
Udana to Saifuddin, 1 wide
Udana goes full and down the leg side, past the glance. Leg-side wide. Udana needs to get his lines right
Sydee: "Break this pair and win the match ! C'mon Rangpur"
17.5
•
Udana to Saifuddin, no run
lifter outside off, gets big on Saif, and sails over the attempted hook
17.4
1
Udana to Samuels, 1 run
tucked off the pads to long leg, Udana gets away with this
17.3
•
Udana to Samuels, no run
slower offcutter, floated very wide outside off, beyond Samuels' reach as he flashes and does not connect outside off
17.2
4
Udana to Samuels, FOUR runs
full and angling into the pads, loose ball, all it needed as a fine tickle past the keeper
17.1
•
Udana to Samuels, no run
slower cutter, bounces and hits the splice, played back to the bowler
end of over 173 runs
CV: 81/5CRR: 4.76 • RRR: 5.66
Marlon Samuels6 (9b)
Mohammad Saifuddin3 (5b)
Nahidul Islam 3-0-7-0
Isuru Udana 2-0-7-0
16.6
1
Nahidul to Samuels, 1 run
Samuels skips out, gets too close to the pitch, and squeezes it to deep midwicket
16.5
•
Nahidul to Samuels, no run
Samuels runs out, yorks himself, and jabs the ball back to the bowler
16.4
•
Nahidul to Samuels, no run
fired on off stump, stabbed back to the bowler
16.3
•
Nahidul to Samuels, no run
slid through outside off, stroked straight to cover
16.2
1
Nahidul to Saifuddin, 1 run
pushed through outside off, Saif drives through the line to sweeper cover
16.1
1
Nahidul to Samuels, 1 run
leg-side delivery, glanced away past short fine leg
Comilla need 20 off 24 balls
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