A one-of-a-kind run-out caused a bizarre spirit of cricket debate in Bangladesh’s second one-day international against Pakistan in Dhaka.
Batting first, Pakistan had built a platform, moving to 231 for four in the 39th over, with Salman Ali Agha, their captain at the recent T20 World Cup, well placed on 64.
But disaster struck for Pakistan when Agha succumbed to an unusual – and very dozy – dismissal.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz, the Bangladesh captain, was bowling his off-spin from over the wicket to Mohammad Rizwan, with Agha at the non-striker’s end.
Rizwan defended the ball back down the pitch, coincidentally towards where Agha was standing. The ball rolled towards Agha, and Mehidy moved to his right to field it. Agha went to pick the ball up, presumably (and wrongly) thinking it was a dead ball, but was beaten to it by Miraz, who under-armed it on to the stumps, leaving Agha a long way out of his ground.