Cumilla seal Super Over win
After the match between Cumilla Warriors and Sylhet Thunder in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) ended in the tournament’s first draw, a brilliant performance from Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman helped the visiting team seal a Super Over win under lights at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
Sylhet, at the bottom of the table with no realistic chance of making it to the play-offs, equalled the 140 for nine posted by Cumilla when they failed to sneak in a double off the final delivery of the game.
Sylhet could only muster seven runs in the Super Over as Mujeeb kept it tight after being hit for a four off his very first delivery. Cumilla, who had lost Soumya Sarkar, got over the line with the penultimate delivery when David Wiese took a single after smashing a four off the previous delivery.
Before that, Shohag Gazi smashed a 31-ball 52, laced with three fours and four sixes, to help Sylhet recover after a bleak start. Although Gazi fell in the 17th over to a Mujeeb delivery, the match was dragged to the very last ball. With two wickets in hand and 15 required off the last over, Naveen Ul Haq smashed two boundaries off the first two Al- Amin Hossain deliveries before falling to a run-out off the next ball. The match went into the Super Over when Monir Hossain failed to complete a double, being run-out with the final ball.
Before bowling an excellent Super Over, it was Mujeeb who returned impressive figures of four for 12 to help Cumilla’s cause.
Earlier, Cumilla’s 42-run opening stand between Stiaan van Zyl and Upul Tharanga ended when the former fell in the fifth over after scoring a 12-ball 10. Tharanga scored a team high 31-ball 45 with the next best contribution coming at the death from Mahidul Islam as the right-hander played an unbeaten 14-ball 19 to help his side post a modest total. Sherfane Rutherford was the pick of the bowlers for Sylhet, returning figures of three for 19. Gazi, who shone with the bat, was also impressive with the ball as the off spinner returned figures of two for 23 in three overs.