First he takes wickets with ripping legbreaks, not always associated with Shahid Afridi's style of bowling. Then he comes, sees out a few deliveries and with victory all but certain, seals it with a six. While the Test team continues to struggle in South Africa, at least one Pakistani cricketer is ensuring there's much reason to celebrate. At 38, Shahid Afridi he's proving to be far from a spent force at the franchise level. A month's inactivity for a retired cricketer can be a long time, but for Afridi, who has just made a switch from T10 to T20, it seemed merely a break to return re-energised.

Shahid Afrdi is the Man of the Match

Liam Dawson: Decent chase in the end, wicket got harder as the game went on. Batting has been hard work, but we're confident with the team we have. Winning is good, long way to go.

18.4
6
Mustafizur Rahman to Shahid Afridi, SIX, makes room and carves this over third man to seal Comilla's second victory. Who said Afridi is a spent force?
18.3
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Dawson, 1 run, thick edge to third man as he chases this full and wide delivery, scores level
18.2
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, steered down to square third man
18.1
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Shahid Afridi, no run, beaten by a cutter that he looks to belt over cover

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | CV: 122/5 (3 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.77, RRR: 1.50)

  • Shahid Afridi2 (2b)
  • Liam Dawson11 (8b)
  • Isuru Udana3-0-20-0
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-16-1
17.6
1
Udana to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, fetches the pull from outside off to deep square
17.5
1
Udana to Dawson, 1 run, chops this wide of point for a quick single
17.4
0
Udana to Dawson, no run, makes room and punches straight to point
17.3
4
Udana to Dawson, FOUR, makes room and absolutely creams this through covers
17.2
0
Udana to Dawson, no run, makes room and bunts this on the bounce to point
17.1
4
Udana to Dawson, FOUR, short, wide and he's flayed that away to the point boundary

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | CV: 112/5 (13 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.58, RRR: 4.33)

  • Liam Dawson2 (3b)
  • Shahid Afridi1 (1b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-16-1
  • Qais Ahmad4-0-21-1
16.6
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Dawson, 1 run, chipped but just short of mid-off, risky. Suddenly this game has come alive
16.5
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Dawson, no run, struck on the pad but the ball pitched outside leg.
16.4
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, this time does it deliberately, uses the pace to steer this between keeper and the slip fielder.
16.3
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Dawson, 1 run, thick edge, through the hands of Mehidy at a wide slip. Playing away from the body with an angled bat against a supremely-skilled bowler, chance missed.
16.2
W
Mustafizur Rahman to Imrul Kayes, OUT, stone dead, oh Mustafizur, you beauty. This is very reminiscent of Jasprit Bumrah's magic slower ball to Shaun Marsh at the MCG. Excellent change of pace. Slower, yorker length and Imrul is completely deceived as he plays all around it. Hits him flush on the boot. Not sure why he wasted a review.

Imrul Kayes lbw b Mustafizur Rahman 6 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

16.1
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Imrul Kayes, no run, saved by the thinnest of inside edges. Full, straight, late movement back in. He looked to squeeze it out and just got some bat on it

END OF OVER:
16 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | CV: 109/3 (16 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.81, RRR: 4.00)

  • Imrul Kayes6 (10b)
  • Qais Ahmad4-0-21-1
  • Mustafizur Rahman2-0-13-0
15.6
W
Qais Ahmad to Shoaib Malik, OUT, looks for a suicidal single by hitting it to midwicket, was more than halfway down when he was sent back. Had no hope in hell of getting back.

Shoaib Malik run out 2 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

15.6
2w
Qais Ahmad to Imrul Kayes, 2 wides, slips this down leg, keeper tries to stop it with his pad but they get a single.

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Victorians 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st65Anamul HaqueE Lewis
2nd22Tamim IqbalAnamul Haque
3rd14Tamim IqbalImrul Kayes
4th8Shoaib MalikImrul Kayes
5th0Shahid AfridiImrul Kayes
6th21Shahid AfridiLA Dawson

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KT1284160.912
RR1284160.42
CC1284160.129
DHD1275140.572
CW125710-0.335
RAR125710-0.826
SYS121112-0.822