Barisal Bulls 108 (Nadif 24, Nazmul 3-18) beat Sylhet Superstars 107 for 9 (Munaweera 36, Al-Amin 5-36) by 1 run
A second five-wicket Bulls nip out a low-scoring one-run thriller against Sylhet Superstars.haul in T20s for Al-Amin Hossain, which included his second hat-trick, helped Barisal
After taking four wickets in the first two overs, Al-Amin’s fifth was Nazmul Hossain Milon, who was caught superbly by Taijul Islam at cover in the penultimate over. Crucially however, Fidel Edwards speared a four through the cover off his last ball, ensuring eight were needed in the last over.
Al-Amin was the hero. He already has a T20 record to his name after becoming the first bowler to take five wickets in a single over in the Victory Day T20 tournament in 2013. Back then, he took four off four balls to become only the second bowler to do so after Andre Russell.
From the beginning of Barisal’s 108-run defense, Al-Amin looked focused. He had one jump on Mominul Haque in his first over, taking the edge to make the first breakthrough. In his next over, he had Bopara doing the same, edging an attempted square-drive to make it 18 for 2. Off the next ball, he got one to sharply nip back at Nurul Hasan who had no answer and saw the ball thud into his stumps. Mushfiqur came out to prevent the hat-trick that he couldn’t as the ball sneaked through his prod to take the top of middle.
Owais Shah and Dilshan Munaweera, who was at the other end during the hat-trick, tried to take stock with a 43-run fifth wicket stand but both fell in the 12th over to Taijul Islam. Munaweera made 36 off 31 balls with six fours.
Brendan Taylor was caught and bowled by left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam before Mahmudullah was run out in the next over. When Sabbir, Seekkuge Prasanna and Kevon Cooper fell in quick succession, the innings looked set to fold under a 100. But Nadif Chowdhury contributed a vital cameo helped take the total past 100, which proved just about enough in the end.
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