ICC Twenty20 World Cup | Umpires recall players to complete contest after last-ball drama

Requiring five off the last ball, Blessing Muzarabani was stumped by wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan as the Bangladeshi players and fans broke into a celebration.

In an unprecedented incident during the T20 World Cup match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, players of both the teams were called back from the dugout after the game's last delivery was deemed a no-ball by the umpires in Brisbane on October 30, 2022

Requiring five off the last ball, Blessing Muzarabani was stumped by wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan off Mosaddek Hossain's bowling as the Bangladeshi players and fans broke into a celebration.

Stumps were uprooted and the players were back in the dugout after shaking hands but just then the TV umpires declared the final ball as a no-ball after finding Nurul to be guilty of collecting the ball fractionally infront of the stumps, making the stumping invalid.

Zimbabwe were thus awarded a free-hit and they needed four runs to win the match but it was not to be as Mosaddek showed great nerves to calmly sent down the final delivery which Muzarabani failed to connect yet again, much to the relief of Bangladeshi fans.

"We all were nervous. It was a very good match, it wasn't very easy for us. It was the first time I saw something like that (no ball)," Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed, who was adjudged the Player of the match for taking three wickets, said after the match.

The drama unfolded in the final over with Zimbabwe needing 16 to win after Sean Williams had revived the run chase with a 42-ball 64-run knock after they had slipped to 35-4 in the powerplay.

It turned out to be an absolute potboiler as Zimbabwe amassed 11 runs off the first five deliveries, despite losing two wickets.