source : Bangladesh v Pakistan, Asia Cup final: Bangladesh board seeks review of final-over collision | Cricket News | Global | ESPN Cricinfo
The Bangladesh Cricket Board will lodge a complaint with the Asian Cricket Council about an incident in the final over of Bangladesh's chase in the Asia Cup final against Pakistan. The incident took place during the first ball of the 50th over, when the bowler Aizaz Cheema collided with Mahmudullah as he tried to come back for the second run, something the BCB claims the Pakistan bowler did deliberately.
"We have seen video footage of the incident repeatedly. It is clear that Cheema blocked Mahmudullah deliberately," Enayet Hossain Siraj, the chairman of the BCB cricket operations committee, told reporters in Dhaka. "We will lodge a written appeal to the ACC very soon and will also give a copy to the International Cricket Council."
Under Law 37 of the rules of cricket, if a fielder is found by the umpire to deliberately obstruct a batsman while attempting a run, there is a strict penalty for the fielding team. Neither batsman can be dismissed (if a run-out has taken place), five penalty runs are awarded to the batting side, the delivery will not count as one in the over, the run will count even if the batsmen haven't crossed and the batsmen can choose which of them faces the next delivery. Whether or not there was an intent behind the collision is for the umpire to determine, and in this case, after the players had collided, the umpire Steve Davis was seen having a word with both players. The delivery yielded a single.
Bangladesh needed nine to win at the start of the 50th over, they lost by two runs. Had Pakistan been penalised, Bangladesh's task of chasing down 237 for a win would have been made significantly easier.
