0.5 : 0.5: Taskin Ahmed to George Munsey, FOUR! Smashed! First runs for Scotland! Short of a length, outside off. George Munsey cuts it hard past point for a boundary. |
2.4 : 2.4: Mohammad Saifuddin to Kyle Coetzer, OUT! BOWLED! There comes the first wicket! The pressure was building up and something had to happen. Mohammad Saifuddin hurls a full one, on off. It shapes away a touch. Kyle Coetzer fails to dig it out and the ball hits the off pole! This has been a great start for Bangladesh. |
3.2 : 3.2: Taskin Ahmed to George Munsey, NO BALL AND SIX! Almost another wicket! Length ball, on leg. Munsey hits it high in the air. Shakib Al Hasan runs to his right from deep square leg and dives to get to the ball. But as he comes down, the ball pops out and goes over the ropes. Hold on, this is called a no ball as Taskin Ahmed had overstepped. A Free Hit coming up! |
4.6 : 4.6: Mohammad Saifuddin to George Munsey, FOUR! BANG! Length ball, in the slot, around off. George Munsey slaps it over mid off for a boundary. |
5.2 : 5.2: Mustafizur Rahman to Matthew Cross, FOUR! Slower ball, on a length, on middlle. Matthew Cross waits for it and just helps it towards deep square leg for a boundary. |
5.5 : 5.5: Mustafizur Rahman to George Munsey, SIX! WOW! This is George Munsey at his best! Length ball, just outside off. Munsey tonks it way over long on for a biggie! |
7.2 : 7.2: Mahedi Hasan to Matthew Cross, OUT! LBW! Mahedi Hasan strikes on his second ball and he gets his man! Mahedi Hasan fires in a quicker ball, fuller in length, around middle and leg. Matthew Cross looks to heave it across the line but he misses it and gets rapped on the pads. Hasan puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. |
7.5 : 7.5: Mahedi Hasan to George Munsey, OUT! BOWLED! Mahedi Hasan strikes yet again and he gets rid of the dangerous George Munsey this time! A quicker ball, around off, coming in with the angle. Munsey gets down on his knee to sweep but he misses and the ball crashes onto his off pole! Scotland are in trouble now! Calum MacLeod walks out to bat. |
10.2 : 10.2: Shakib Al Hasan to Richie Berrington, OUT! TAKEN! Afif Hossain takes a superb catch! He has been brilliant in the field and Shakib Al Hasan finally gets his first! Big wicket as Richie Berrington has been in decent form lately! He looked to break the shackles as his team was going nowhere. Skips down the track but gets way too close to the pitch of the ball. Looks to whip it over long on but hits it a little too flat. Afif Hossain takes it but then realizes the momentum is taking him ove |
10.4 : 10.4: Shakib Al Hasan to Michael Leask, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust and it is all falling apart a little too quickly for the batting side. Shakib has his second in the over. Leask does not last for long. He looks to waste no time. Tries to make room. Shakib floats it up on off, he tries to go inside out but hits it a lot straighter than he would have liked. Das at long off takes another decent catch. 108th wicket in T20Is for Shakib. THE MOST BY A BOWLER! Another record to this great |
11.3 : 11.3: Mahedi Hasan to Calum MacLeod, OUT! The spinners are wrecking havoc here in Dubai! Hasan takes his third and Scotland now are 6 down. Quicker and shorter on off, Calum MacLeod makes room and then looks to cut, this one stays down, he is beaten for pace too as it is pushed through. Sneaks under the bat and hits the stumps. 100 now looks far away. |
12.5 : 12.5: Afif Hossain to Chris Greaves, FOUR! Nicely done! Tossed up, on off. Chris Greaves plays the reverse sweep to the third man fence. |
13.4 : 13.4: Mahedi Hasan to Chris Greaves, SIX! All the way! Full toss, on leg. Chris Greaves plays the reverse sweep just over the deep point fielder for a boundary. |
14.3 : 14.3: Mustafizur Rahman to Mark Watt, FOUR! Hammered! On a length, outside off. Watt backs away and hits it over mid off. The ball races to the fence. |
15.2 : 15.2: Shakib Al Hasan to Mark Watt, FOUR! A quality stroke and these two are making sure that Scotland are in the game! Flatter ball, outside off. Watt reverse-sweeps it over short third man for a boundary. |
16.6 : 16.6: Mohammad Saifuddin to Chris Greaves, FOUR! EDGY! This brings up the fifty partnership between these two! Slower ball, just outside off. Chris Greaves gets down on his knee and looks to heave it but adjust late and then cuts. The ball takes the outside edge and flies past the diving short third man fielder for a boundary. |
17.1 : 17.1: Taskin Ahmed to Mark Watt, OUT! TAKEN! Taskin Ahmed gets the much-needed breakthrough for Bangladesh! Slower ball, fuller in length, outside off. Mark Watt looks to slog but it goes off the toe end of the bat. The ball loops up in the air straight back over the bowler's head. Soumya Sarkar runs across to his right from long on and takes a good catch. |
17.2 : 17.2: Taskin Ahmed to Chris Greaves, FOUR! Top shot! Shorter ball, outside off. Chris Greaves backs away and cuts it hard to the point fence. |
17.3 : 17.3: Taskin Ahmed to Chris Greaves, SIX! Oh, that is such a good stroke! Short ball, on off. Chris Greaves just guides it to third man. The fielder gets to his left but the ball goes over him for a maximum. |
17.4 : 17.4: Taskin Ahmed to Chris Greaves, FOUR! WHAT A SHOT! Full ball, outside off. Chris Greaves carves it past mid off for a boundary now! |
18.6 : 18.6: Mohammad Saifuddin to Josh Davey, SIX! BANG! Just what Scotland needed off the last ball! Length ball, in the slot. Josh Davey clears his front leg and smokes it over long on for a biggie! |
19.2 : 19.2: Mustafizur Rahman to Chris Greaves, OUT! CAUGHT! Scotland are 8 down now and Chris Greaves' blistering innings comes to and end. Full ball, darted on the pads. Chris Greaves looks to flick but it goes off the top edge and the ball lobs up in the air towards deep square leg. Shakib Al Hasan settles under it and gulps it down. |
19.3 : 19.3: Mustafizur Rahman to Josh Davey, OUT! BOWLED! Two in two for Mushfiqur Rahim and he is on a hat-trick now! Rahman hurls a slower ball, fuller in length, around off. Josh Davey gets sucked into his shot as he gets deceived by the change of pace. He misses the ball completely and it crashes onto his stumps. |
19.5 : 19.5: Mustafizur Rahman to Safyaan Sharif, SIX! WHACKED! Good-length ball, on leg. Safyaan Sharif tonks it way over deep square leg for a maximum! |
0.2 : 0.2: Brad Wheal to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR! That is a very confident shot to get off the mark! A shot of authority! On middle, swings in, Sarkar with the movement, whips it over mid-wicket. A one-bounce boundary. |
1.3 : 1.3: Josh Davey to Soumya Sarkar, OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the man! The fielder does not have to move an inch and that is brilliant field placement! It is a strong area for Sarkar but he falls in trying to find the boundary there. There was a fielder placed in the deep mid-wicket region. Davey angles it into the pads, wanting Sarkar to go over the leg side. Sarkar does flick it uppishly and straight to the man at deep mid-wicket. Munsey takes an easy catch. An early wicket for Scotland. |
2.4 : 2.4: Safyaan Sharif to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Nicely played! A slower one, on the pads, Shakib Al Hasan places it behind square on the leg side for a welcome boundary. First for Shakib Al Hasan. |
3.3 : 3.3: Brad Wheal to Liton Das, OUT! TAKEN! Wicket number two down. Both the openers back in the hut within the Powerplay. Just what Scotland would have wanted. Still 123 more needed. Das comes down the track but gets a little too close to the pitch of the ball. He tries to go over mid off but hits it to the fielder there. George Munsey, this time had to move a little to his right and takes an easy catch. Bangladesh in a spot of bother here. Second catch for Munsey. He is everywhere at the moment. |
8.4 : 8.4: Michael Leask to Mushfiqur Rahim, SIX! Oh, that is pumped and Rahim is getting in the groove now! Darted on the pads. He gets low and slog-sweeps it over the square leg fence. |
8.5 : 8.5: Michael Leask to Mushfiqur Rahim, SIX! He has done it again! Tossed up, outside off. Rahim gets under it and sweeps it way over the mid-wicket fence. |
11.1 : 11.1: Chris Greaves to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT! TAKEN! There comes the big wicket of Shakib Al Hasan! A nothing delivery to get the big wicket. Shorter ball, outside off. Shakib Al Hasan goes for the pull but gets it from the toe end. The man from deep mid-wicket gets across to his right and Calum MacLeod takes the catch. |
11.4 : 11.4: Chris Greaves to Mushfiqur Rahim, FOUR! A much-needed boundary for Bangladesh! Shorter ball, on off. Rahim pulls it away. The fielders from deep mid-wicket and deep square leg converge. The man from deep mid-wicket dives but the ball runs to the fence. |
13.1 : 13.1: Chris Greaves to Mushfiqur Rahim, OUT! BOWLED! It is that man again, Chris Greaves! What a game he is having! Flatter ball, around middle and leg. Mushfiqur Rahim shuffles across to scoop it over the keeper but he fails to get any bat on it and the ball clips the bails. Mushfiqur Rahim departs and Bangladesh are in a spot of bother! |
14.6 : 14.6: Brad Wheal to Afif Hossain, FOUR! Wheal can't believe how he has hit that for a boundary! Even we can't, what a delivery that was. A yorker on middle, Afif manages to jam it out, he just opens the face at the end and plays it past short third man for a boundary. Spoils the over a little but still a good one. 54 needed in 5. |
16.2 : 16.2: Josh Davey to Afif Hossain, FOUR! Cheeky from young Afif Hossain! A low full toss, on middle. Afif Hossain gets low, shuffles across and scoops it over the keeper for a boundary. |
16.6 : 16.6: Josh Davey to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Nicely done by the skipper, Mahmudullah! A full ball, outside off. Mahmudullah shuffles across and reverse-scoops it. The ball flies over the keeper and goes into the fence! 37 runs needed off 18 balls! |
17.3 : 17.3: Mark Watt to Afif Hossain, OUT! CAUGHT! A huge wicket this for Scotland and Bangladesh lose their fifth wicket! Watt fires in a quicker ball, on a length, around middle. Afif Hossain looks to heave it away but it goes off the inner half of the bat straight to Josh Davey at deep mid-wicket who takes a good catch. 50th T20I wicket for Mark Watt. Nurul Hasan walks out to bat. |
18.2 : 18.2: Brad Wheal to Nurul Hasan, OUT! CAUGHT! Another good catch from Calum MacLeod and Bangladesh slip further! A slower ball, on a length, around off. Nurul Hasan looks to go downtown but it takes the toe end of the bat and the ball lobs up in the air towards long on. Calum MacLeod there, takes the catch, he realizes the momentum is taking him over the ropes. He throws it up inside the ropes, comes back and takes it with ease. |
18.3 : 18.3: Brad Wheal to Mahmudullah, SIX! BANG! Mahmudullah breaks the shackles! Wheal hurls a slower ball, on a length, outside off. Mahmudullah frees his arms and tonks it way over deep mid-wicket for a biggie! |
18.5 : 18.5: Brad Wheal to Mahmudullah, OUT! TAKEN! Oh, dear! That probably should be the game for Scotland as Bangladesh lose their skipper! Full ball, in the slot, outside off. Mahmudullah looks to smash it over long on but it takes the toe end and the ball goes to that man again, Calum MacLeod at long on who takes a simple catch. |
19.2 : 19.2: Safyaan Sharif to Mohammad Saifuddin, FOUR! Bangladesh more of these if they are to win this game now! Length ball, outside off. Mohammad Saifuddin lofts it over mid off for a boundary. |
19.4 : 19.4: Safyaan Sharif to Mahedi Hasan, SIX! BANG! Well, well! Is there a twist in the tale? Sharif serves a juicy full toss, on middle and leg. Mahedi Hasan stays back and sends it sailing way over deep square leg for a maximum! 12 runs needed off 2 balls! |
19.5 : 19.5: Safyaan Sharif to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR! Another full toss, around off. Mahedi Hasan carves it past covers for a boundary. 8 runs needed off the last ball! |