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Top End T20 2024 | Rabby Blitz Pummels Perth Scorchers As BAN A Marches Into Semis

Bangladesh High Performance XI players celebrating Perth Scorchers wickets (BCB)Bangladesh High Performance XI players celebrating Perth Scorchers wickets (BCB)

Brief Scores: Perth Scorchers Academy: 129-5 (20 overs) [Teague Wyllie: 56 (56), Baxter Holt: 34 (26); Ripon Mondol 2/19 (4), Rakibul Hasan 2/27 (4)] lost to Bangladesh High Performance XI: 130-7 (19.3 overs) [Akbar Ali: 35 (33), Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby: 32* (13); Matthew Kelly 3/8 (4), Jhye Richardson 2/22 (4)] by three wickets.

Bangladesh High Performance XI, or Bangladesh A, outmuscled Perth Scorchers Academy in a last-over thriller at Darwin’s TIO Stadium to qualify for the semifinals of the 2024 Top End T20 Series.

Wyllie guides Scorchers to 129 on tough Darwin surface

Perth Scorchers Academy lost opening batter Corey Wasley to Bangladesh’s new-ball striker Ripon Mondol early in the innings. Wasley’s downfall was followed by a courageous rescue act from Teague Wyllie, who charted four boundaries in his cautious 56-run defiance to list his second half-century of the tournament. 

Baxter Holt at number three also punched 34 runs from 26 balls before some late wickets restricted the Scorchers to 129-5 from 20 overs.

Apart from cleaning up Corey Wasley, Ripon Mondol also blazed through a well-set Holt to bag figures of 2-19. Left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan also struck twice from his end while Abu Hider chipped in with a wicket.

Mahfuzur Rabby crashes Scorchers in blazing finish

Chasing 130 for a spot in the semifinals, Bangladesh High Performance XI lost three of their top four batters to Matthew Kelly (3-8) all inside in the opening powerplay to slip to 15-3 at one stage of the innings. Opening batter Jishan Alam also followed suite a while later after listing a run-a-ball 26.

Captain Akbar Ali fought back for his team with a counterattacking 35 from 33 balls, featuring a boundary and three sixes. However, Jhye Richardson halted Bangladesh’s gaining momentum by cleaning up Ali and by getting rid of a well-set Shamim Hossain.

Slipping to 89-6 in 16.1 overs, number eight batter and 19-year-old Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby smeared 32 unbeaten runs from just 13 balls to take Bangladesh High Performance XI home in a thrilling final over. Rabby’s match-winning knock was laced with two boundaries and two sixes, which eventually prompted his team to seal a spot in the top four.