Bizarre! Batter No. 11 Gets Bowled With Two Runs Left To Score In County Game
Glamorgan's 2nd XI clinched a thrilling one-run victory over Warwickshire in the County Second XI Championship, with Mohammed Rizvi's 5/88 sealing the win.
In a bizarre flow of events, a No. 11 batter of Warwickshire's 2nd XI was bowled out with just two runs needed, as Glamorgan bagged a thrilling one-run victory in the County Second XI Championship on Monday, a video of which has now gone viral on social media.
Chasing 514 in the fourth innings, Warwickshire's innings was led by Arjun Singh Nahal's unbeaten hundred from No. 6.
England U19 star Hamza Shaikh, Vaansh Lalit Jani and Oliver George Dandy played their part as well with commendable half-centuries.
The chasing side was then derailed by a brilliant spell from Glamorgan leg-spinner Mohammed Rizvi, pushing the game to a thriller.
Warwickshire, with one wicket remaining, required only two runs to complete a massive chase as Rizvi bowled his 29th over of the innings.
Off the last delivery, No. 11 batter, Dhaka-born Arafat Bhuiyan tried a hoick across the line but was beaten in flight, and was bowled.
Rizvi finished with a brilliant 5/88, as Nahal's unbeaten 125 off 203 deliveries went in vain.
For Glamorgan, their two hundred-scorers were wicketkeeper-batter Alex Horton and the Zimbabwe-born Eddie Byrom.
After losing their first game in the Second XI Championship, the victory over Warwickshire helped Glamorgan open their account in Group 3, moving to third, behind unbeaten leaders Durham and Middlesex.
Warwickshire have lost two successive games and sit sixth, in the bottom position in the group.
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June 27, 2025, 17:52 IST
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