Windies win T20 series after no-ball controversy

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP):

Motivated by a no-ball decision against his team, fast bowler Keemo Paul took five for 15 as West Indies won the Twenty20 series against Bangladesh 2-1 after a bad-tempered 50-run win in the third match on Saturday.

The Windies won the opening Twenty20 International last Monday, but Bangladesh tied the three-match series with a win in the second on Thursday.

Put into bat, opener Evin Lewis smashed a 36-ball 89, with six fours and eight sixes, to help West Indies pile up 190 before being bowled out in 19.2 overs.

Paul, along with left-arm spinner Fabian Allen (two for 19), then helped to dismiss Bangladesh for 140 in 17 overs.

Bangladesh made a rapid start, thanks to Liton Das, despite opener Tamim Iqbal being run out for eight.

Das helped Bangladesh to go past 50 in just four overs before he was caught off pacer Oshane Thomas, but the delivery was judged to be a no-ball.

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite and his players protested the decision with Thomas' foot shown to be on the line and the game was stopped for around 10 minutes with no review allowed. Match referee Jeff Crowe intervened, the decision stood, and play was resumed.

West Indies didn't review the decision on advice from management.

 

CAN'T BE REVERSED

 

"The rule is that if a no-ball is called, it cannot be reviewed or reversed," Brathwaite said. "But if it isn't called, it can be reversed, checking the video.

"Everyone saw that it was not a no-ball. For a young man who is inexperienced, Oshane Thomas was under the pump. To finally get a dismissal but the ball has gone to your name as a free hit, to bowl the extra ball with an extra run, obviously, it messed up his mindset.

"I am not saying the officials are cheating because I think they are professionals. However, I can just call what I see. If we are seeing we are not getting the rub of the green, the 50-50s, then as captain of the ship, I will say that. I must commend the match referee. After we had some stern words, it was resolved. We worked too hard for my team to walk off the field or forfeit the game or series."

The dispute fuelled West Indies to such an extent that the tourists hit back with three wickets for one run in nine balls, with Allen and Paul at the fore.

Allen got Soumya Sarkar (nine) and Shakib Al Hasan for a duck in consecutive deliveries before Paul dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim (one).

From 56 for one before the no-ball dispute, Bangladesh slipped to 66 for four.

 

LAW REVIEW NEEDED

 

"I don't know what all the rules are pertaining to reviews," Brathwaite said, "so I don't want to tell them how to do their job. But it can be looked at. The laws may be put into question after this incident."

Paul then ran though the Bangladesh batting line-up, varying his pace well to leave Bangladesh 96 for eight and became only the second West Indies bowler to take five wickets in T20 cricket after former skipper Darren Sammy (for 26) against Zimbabwe in 2010.

Mehidy Hasan (19) and Abu Hider (22 not out) took Bangladesh past 100 runs.

Earlier, Bangladesh's bowlers bowled well to deny West Indies reaching the 200-run mark as the hosts sought a tour sweep against West Indies after winning the two-match Test series 2-0 and the ODI series 2-1.

Evin Lewis launched West Indies in aggressive style, and the visitors racked up 88 runs in the first powerplay with the loss of Shai Hope.

In the third over of the innings, Lewis smashed Hider for 27 runs, including four sixes.

Bangladesh came back strongly through off-spinner Mahmudullah (3-18), who bowled Lewis, leaving West Indies at 122-3 and sparking the collapse with Shakib (3-37) and Rahman (3-33), causing problems for West Indies.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

WEST INDIES

E. Lewis b Mahmudullah 89

+S. Hope b Shakib-al-Hasan 23

K. Paul c A. Haque b M. Rahman 2

R. Powell c Das b Mahmudullah 19

S. Hetmyer lbw b Mahmudullah 0

N. Pooran c A.Hider

b M. Rahman 29

*C. Brathwaite c M. Hasan

b M. Rahman 8

S. Rutherford c wk M. Rahim

b Shakib 2

F. Allen st M. Rahim b Shakib 8

S. Cottrell not out 2

O. Thomas run out 0

Extras: (b1, w7) 8

TOTAL: (all out, 19.2 overs) 190

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Hope), 2-90 (Paul), 3-122 (Lewis), 4-122 (Hetmyer), 5-159 (Powell), 6-176 (Pooran), 7-178 (Brathwaite), 8-188 (Allen), 9-189 (Rutherford), 10-190 (Thomas)

Bowling: Hider 2-0-39-0, Saifuddin 4-0-36-0, Hasan 2-0-26-0, Shakib 4-0-37-3, Rahman 4-0-33-3, Mahmudullah 3.2-0-18-3.

BANGLADESH

T. Iqbal run out 8

L. Das c Brathwaite b Paul 43

S. Sarkar c Cottrell b Allen 9

*Shakib-al-Hasan c Cottrell

b Allen 0

+M. Rahim c Allen b Paul 1

Mahmudullah c Brathwaite

b Paul 11

M. Hasan c Allen b Cottrell 19

A. Haque c Rutherford b Paul 0

M. Saifuddin c wkp Hope b Paul 5

A. Hider not out 22

M. Rahman b Brathwaite 8

Extras: (b1, lb2, w6, nb5) 14

Total: (all out, 17 overs) 140

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Iqbal), 2-65 (Sarkar), 3-65 (Shakib), 4-66 (Mushfiqur Rahim), 5-80 (Mahmudullah), 6-89 (Liton Das), 7-89 (Ariful Haque), 8-96 (Mohammad Saifuddin), 9-129 (Mehidy Hasan), 10-140 (Mustafizur Rahman)

Bowling: Cottrell 4-1-31-1, Thomas 3-0-56-0, Allen 4-0-19-2, Paul 4-0-15-5, Brathwaite 2-0-15-1.

Result: West Indies won by 50 runs.

Series: West Indies won three-match series 2-1.

Man-of-the-Match: Evin Lewis.

Man-of-the-Series: Shakib-al-Hasan.

Toss: Bangladesh.

Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed, Masudur Rahman; TV - Gazi Sohel.