Chittagong Kings captain Mohammad Mithun praised his opponent Mehdi Hasan Miraz while recalling Tom O’Connell, who had timed out during their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match against Khulna Tigers in Dhaka on Tuesday.
According to a report by leading cricket website Cricinfo, Australian leg-spinner Tom O’Connell came out to bat after a 3-minute break while chasing Chittagong’s target of 204, fielding captain Mehdi Hasan Miraz went to the umpire along with several of his teammates and spoke about the delay.
The umpires on the ground declared O’Connell out and when he started to return to the pavilion, Mehdi Hasan Miraz recalled him.
Opposition captain Mohammad Mithun admitted that it was right to be called out and said that O’Connell was surprised by the rapid fall of wickets and despite coming to bat at number 7, he did not have enough time to prepare.
He said that I personally feel that Mehdi Hasan Miraz did a brilliant job, he showed that he has a big heart, it is in accordance with the rules to appeal from the fielding side, the credit for calling O’Connell back to bat goes to Mehdi Hasan Miraz.
O’Connell came to bat when Pakistani batsman Haider Ali was out for a duck on the second ball, Chittagong’s score was 56 for 5 in the seventh over at that time, O’Connell was later out for a golden duck, caught at short mid-wicket by Pakistani spinner Mohammad Nawaz where Mehdi Hasan took an easy catch.
Khulna defeated Chittagong by 37 runs.
