Match 37, Chattogram, February 19, 2024, 01:00 PM
Sylhet Strikers
177/5(20.0ov)
Comilla Victorians
165/6(20.0ov)
Sylhet Strikers beat Comilla Victorians by 12 runs
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Benny Howell
Commentry
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MAN OF THE MATCH, Benny Howell says he is pleased with how he played. Adds it was not easy but he just looked to keep his shape and hit it. Adds it is not easy to bowl to Russell but it all worked for him and he is pleased they got over the line.
Except for Liton Das no other batter got going for Comilla Victorians! He batted wonderfully but the others failed to get use to the pace off the surface and he kept losing partners. In the endm it was a massive task for him and he fell in the last over. Maybe had he got some support from a top order batter, the story could have been different.
An excellent performance from Sylhet Strikers and they have surely upset the odds. First they got to a really good score courtesy Howell and Mithun. Then their bowlers came to the fore. Samit Patel, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Shafiqul Islam were absolutely brilliant. Samit Patel was the man who kept things in check and the other two, during the Powerplay and towards the end were brilliant. Tanzim Hasan Sakib picked three but the other two had an economy of lest than 6.
In over# 20
0W
4
0
1
1wd
6
0W
Tanzim Hasan Sakib 33/3(3)
19.6
W
OUT! TAKEN! Tanzim Hasan Sakib gets Russell on the last ball and Sylhet Strikers win by 12 runs. Full and outside off, this is carved towards deep point and it is taken by Yasir Ali!
19.5
4
FOUR! Won't make any difference. 13 needed from the last ball. Outside off, Russell looks to jam it out, it goes off the underedge and down to the third man fence.
19.4
.
A dot! That should be the game if he manages to bowl two legal deliveries. Fuller and on off, this is hit down to long off.
19.3
1
Just the one. Only three biggies can win them the game now. Russell is on strike through. Fuller and outside off, this is dragged through mid-wicket for one.
19.3
1wd
WIDE! Now they need three maximums to get over the line. Well wide outside off. Wided.
19.2
6
SIX! BANG! Jaker Ali keeps his side in the game. They need three more of these at least. On middle, this is heaved towards the long on fence for a biggie.
19.1
W
OUT! TIMBER! Drags it on! Litton Das falls. A top knock from him but we feel it is going to go down in vain. A slower one outside off. Litton Das swings, he looks to drag it on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the stumps.
In over# 19
0
1wd
4
0
0
6
1
Benny Howell 36/1(4)
18.6
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A dot to end. Outside off, this is shortish, a seam-up ball. Russell looks to pull but misses. 25 needed in the last over.
18.6
1wd
WIDE! 25 needed now. Down the leg side. Wided.
18.5
4
FOUR! Carved away. Outside off, fuller, this is hit over point and this one races away too.
18.4
.
Another dot! On middle, Andre Russell swings but it goes off the inner half on the leg side.
18.3
.
Outside off, a slower one. This is dragged towards mid on. No run taken.
18.2
6
SIX! Gets hold of this. On middle, this is heaved over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. They need a few more.