United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Samp Army cricketer Hazrat Bilal sent down a massive front-foot no-ball during the Abu Dhabi T10 fixture against New York Strikers on Friday in Abu Dhabi. In a video that went viral on social media, New York Strikers players, including Sunil Narine, were spotted laughing at the incident.
The incident occurred in the fourth over of the innings as Bilal came on to bowl his first. After conceding only a run off the first two deliveries, the right-arm medium pacer dismissed Zeeshan Abid and followed it with a massive no-ball, which was well beyond the bowling crease. With free hit allowed due to the no-ball, Donovan Ferreira took full toll of it, hammering the ball for a maximum.
Below is the video of the incident:
Surely this is fixing.
Hazrat Bilal bowled a big no ball it was so bad his teammates were laughing at him . pic.twitter.com/wj9fMZtEJg
— Sports Spotlight (@SSpotlight71) November 22, 2024
Samp Army comfortably win as 136-run target proves to be too steep for New York Strikers:
Meanwhile, the Samp Army had already amassed a steep total of 135 in their stipulated ten overs on the back of Faf du Plessis’ 32-ball 75 with five fours and six sixes. Although Sharjeel Khan managed only 14 runs, Andries Gous hammered an unbeaten 41 off 16 balls, laced with three fours and four maximums.
For the New York Strikers, Kusal Perera top-scored with 20 off 9 deliveries with three fours and a six. Amir Hamza snared three wickets, while Karim Janat snaffled a couple to keep the Strikers to 99/7 in 10 overs.
