{"id":66703,"date":"2021-05-03T08:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T08:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=66703"},"modified":"2021-05-03T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:00:50","slug":"bizarre-contender-for-unluckiest-cricket-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=66703","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre contender for unluckiest cricket dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh tail-ender Taijul Islam has landed himself on the undesirable list of cricketers who&#x27;ve been dismissed hit wicket &#8211; and he has a case for being the unluckiest of the lost.<\/p>\n<p>The moment of madness occurred when Bangladesh were 9-251 late on day three, still trailing Sri Lanka by 242 runs in their first innings in the Pallekele Test.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE CRICKET NEWS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-india-ipl-covid19-ravi-shastri-ian-chappell\/8a31807e-8e45-4d34-940c-e991e60b5394\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"India can still host T20 World Cup this year, according to Ravi Shastri, as IPL continues\">India can still host T20 World Cup this year, according to Ravi Shastri, as IPL continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Islam had grinded his way to nine runs from 49 deliveries, providing resistance as wickets tumbled at the other end &#8211; but loose shoelaces were about to bring him undone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE CRICKET NEWS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad-drop-david-warner-trevor-bayliss-tom-moody\/cc7255b0-4bcf-4def-bcfe-596c0ad9186b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Intrigue grows over David Warner&#x27;s axing from Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL side\">Intrigue grows over David Warner&#x27;s axing from Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL side<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 33-Test spinner rocked onto his back foot and played a defensive stroke toward point when facing Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal, but his left foot slipped out of his shoe.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6a7947b3-63cd-449e-8525-f7bfc227d009\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6a7947b3-63cd-449e-8525-f7bfc227d009\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old then accidentally pushed his shoe onto the stumps, dislodging the leg bail and ending Bangladesh&#x27;s innings in bizarre scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Lakmal became just the second Sri Lanka bowler to have dismissed a batsman hit wicket in Test cricket, joining the greatest Test wicket-taker in history in Muttiah Muralitharan, who had done so in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Islam mustered just nine and two in the Test against Sri Lanka but finished the match with six wickets, having taken 1-83 and 5-72.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh were set 437 to win but were bowled out for 227 during the morning session of the final day, handing the hosts a 209-run win in the second Test of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka lead the series after drawing the first Test and cruising to victory in the second.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bangladesh tail-ender Taijul Islam has landed himself on the undesirable list of cricketers who&#x27;ve been dismissed hit wicket &#8211; 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