Lewis tornado hits Mirpur

The West Indies opener Evin Lewis played a destructive innings of 89 runs off just 36 balls against the Tigers in the third and final match of the T20I series in Mirpur Saturday. 

The Windies were asked to bat first and Lewis just wrecked havoc against the Tigers’ bowlers. The left-hander hit half a dozen fours and eight sixers all over the park, in an exhibition of brutal power and tremendous hitting. 

Lewis scored 26 runs in the third over against pacer Abu Haider Rony, including four sixes. One of those four maximums went miles as officially, it was recorded as 105m long. 

Evin Lewis powers West Indies to a position of strength, can Bangladesh pull the visitors back after his dismissal?https://t.co/nBgGbF1S0L #BANvWI pic.twitter.com/yxffTXuu4P

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 22, 2018

But that was not the biggest. In the sixth over, Lewis hit another huge over boundary, this time against pacer Saifuddin. 

It was a shortish delivery and Lewis whacked it over deep square leg and the ball almost hit the electronic scoreboard stationed at the gallery. And guess what, it was 107m long. 

The West Indies were eventually all out for 190 in 19.2 overs but Lewis’ innings was the perfect display of power-hitting in T20 cricket.

3RD T20I

WEST INDIES INNINGS        R    B

Lewis b Mahmudullah            89    36

Hope b Shakib             23    12

Paul c Ariful b Mustafizur         2    3

Powell c Liton b Mahmudullah    19    16

Hetmyer lbw b Mahmudullah        0    1

Pooran c Haider b Mustafizur     29    24

Brathwaite c Miraz b Mustafizur     8    7

Rutherford c Mushfiq b Shakib     2    6

Allen st Mushfiq b Shakib         8    7

Cottrell not out            2    2

Thomas run out (Liton)        0    2

Extras (b 1, w 7)            8 

Total (19.2 Overs)            190 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-76 (Hope), 2-90 (Paul), 3-122 (Lewis), 4-122 (Hetmyer), 5-159 (Powell), 6-176 (Pooran), 7-178 (Brathwaite), 8-188 (Allen), 9-189 (Rutherford), 10-190 (Thomas)

Bowling

Haider 2-0-39-0, Saifuddin 4-0-36-0, Miraz 2-0-26-0, Shakib 4-0-37-3, Mustafizur 4-0-33-3, Mahmudullah 3.2-0-18-3

BANGLADESH INNINGS        R    B

Tamim run out (Powell)        8    6

Liton c Brathwaite b Paul        43    25

Soumya c Cottrell b Allen        9    10

Shakib c Cottrell b Allen        0    1

Mushfiq c Allen b Paul        1    5

Mahmudullah c Brathwaite b Paul    11    9

Miraz c Allen b Cottrell        19    19

Ariful c Rutherford b Paul        0    1

Saifuddin c Hope b Paul        5    7

Haider not out                22    17

Mustafizur b Brathwaite        8    7

Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 5, w 6)        14 

Total (17 Overs)            140 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-22 (Tamim), 2-65 (Soumya), 3-65 (Shakib), 4-66 (Mushfiq), 5-80 (Mahmudullah), 6-89 (Liton), 7-89 (Ariful), 8-96 (Saifuddin), 9-129 (Miraz), 10-140 (Mustafizur)

Bowling

Cottrell 4-0-32-1, Thomas 3-0-56-0, Allen 4-0-19-2, Paul 4-0-15-5, Brathwaite 2-0-15-1

The West Indies won by 50 runs, seal 3-T20I series 2-1

MoM: Evin Lewis

MoS: Shakib al Hasan