Road Safety World Series 2022: Australia Legends beat Bangladesh in last-ball thriller, Haddin steals the show

Haddin
hammered
21
runs
in
the
final
over
as
Australia
prevented
Bangladesh
from
pulling
off
an
upset
in
a
nail-biting
contest.
Haddin
–
who
walked
into
the
middle
at
number
five
–
smashed
an
unbeaten
57
off
35
deliveries
to
emerge
a
hero
in
a
sensational
win.

With
four
needed
off
the
last
ball
of
the
match,
bowled
by
Abul
Hasan,
the
wicketkeeper-batter
hit
the
boundary
towards
the
mid-wicket
and
took
Australia
home
in
style.
The
right-handed
batter
was
the
lone
wolf
in
the
run
chase
of
159
and
deservedly
hit
the
winning
shot.

It
was
a
game
for
Bangladesh
Legends
to
lose
as
they
lost
the
plot
in
the
final
over.
All-rounder
Elias
Sunny
put
up
a
stellar
show
with
the
bat
and
ball
and
had
almost
single-handedly
stunned
the
mighty
Aussies
but
in
vain.
However,
his
stupendous
effort
went
in
vain.

The
chase
of
159
against
a
beleaguered
Bangladesh
side
looked
like
a
walk
in
the
park
for
the
Aussies
but
the
Men
In
Green,
rather
Elias
Sunny,
had
other
ideas.
Despite
opener
Cameroon
White
getting
clean
bowled
for
one
by
Abdur
Razzak,
the
Men
In
Yellow
had
a
terrific
start
in
the
powerplay.
Captain
Shane
Watson
and
Callum
Ferguson
shared
a
stand
of
70
runs
off
33
deliveries,
giving
Australia
the
kind
of
start
they
needed.

But
Sunny
wreaked
havoc
in
the
middle
overs
and
ran
through
the
Australian
middle-order
with
his
controlled
spin
bowling.
He
first
castled
through
Watson’s
stumps
to
end
his
knock
for
35
off
21
balls
in
the
seventh
over.
The
left-arm
spinner
removed
Ferguson
for
24
(20
balls)
in
his
next
over.
With
that,
the
floodgates
opened
for
Australia
as
the
pressure
of
the
scoreboard
forced
the
middle-order
to
commit
mistakes.

Nathan
Reardon
(3)
and
Brad
Hodge
(4)
became
Sunny’s
next
victims
and
the
Australians
suddenly
found
themselves
in
deep
trouble,
with
five
batters
back
in
the
dressing
room
for
90.

However,
Haddin
kept
the
scoreboard
ticking
and
added
19
runs
on
the
board
with
George-Horlin
Smith
for
the
sixth
wicket,
but
the
latter’s
defences
were
breached
by
Abul
Hasan
in
the
16th
over
with
beauty.
But
his
unbeaten
partnership
of
37
with
Lee
proved
crucial.

Their
spirits
were
high
with
the
stupendous
bowling
effort
from
the
spinners,
Bangladesh
pacers
kept
the
flow
of
runs
in
check
and
also
picked
up
wickets
in
the
death
overs
but
lost
steam
in
the
final
over.

Sunny
returned
with
impressive
figures
of
4/8
from
his
quota
of
four
overs,
Razzak
picked
up
two
wickets
from
his
quota
of
4
overs
and
conceded
26
runs.

Earlier
in
the
first
innings,
Bangladesh
managed
to
go
past
the
100-run
mark
for
the
first
time
in
the
tournament
as
they
posted
158
for
nine
after
being
invited
to
bat
first.
Bangladesh
lost
three
wickets
in
the
powerplay
as
Brett
Lee
sent
Nazimuddin
packing
for
a
duck
in
the
first
over.
Mehrab
Hossain
was
also
dismissed
cheaply
for
seven
by
Dirk
Nannes
in
the
fifth
over.

John
Hastings
bowled
the
fourth
over
which
comprised
15
deliveries,
out
of
which
9
were
wide
deliveries.
The
right-arm
quick
was
looking
to
find
his
rhythm
but
couldn’t
as
he
conceded
23
runs
in
that
over.
Pacers
Brett
Lee
and
Dirk
Nannes
struck
inside
the
powerplay
but
Bangladesh
managed
to
reach
45
for
three
by
the
end
of
6
overs,
courtesy
of
Hastings’ expensive
over.

Hastings
was
reintroduced
for
his
second
spell
in
the
10th
over
and
picked
dismissed
Dhiman
Ghosh
for
1.
But
the
lanky
pacer
once
against
lost
his
flow
and
bowled
five
wide
balls
on
the
trot.
That
over
from
Hastings
also
ended
after
11
deliveries.
Wide
was
the
second-highest
scorer
in
the
Bangladesh
innings,
with
33
coming
off
them.

Bangladesh
captain
Mohammad
Sharif,
however,
put
up
a
good
fight
in
the
death
overs
and
dispatched
his
Australian
counterpart
Watson
for
two
maximums
in
the
17th
over
before
the
Aussie
bowled
a
full
toss
yorker
to
end
his
cameo
for
14.

In
the
end,
Sunny
exploded
in
the
death
overs
and
hammered
32
off
29
balls,
while
Dolar
Mahmud
smashed
17
off
nine
deliveries
and
helped
their
team
post
a
respectable
total
of
158/9.