Watch: Hasan Ali's full maiden over in BBL 2025-26

While batters across the globe are dominating the Twenty20 format, Hasan Ali, star pacer of the Pakistan cricket team, delivered a maiden over in the Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder Big Bash League 2025-26 (BBL 2025-26) match. Ali secured a maiden over when his team, the Adelaide Strikers, was trying to protect a total of 165.

Strikers went to bat first at the Adelaide Oval as Thunder won the toss and decided to bowl first. The bowling attack of Thunder did a decent job by restricting the opposition to 165 runs for 8 wickets. Wes Agar, with 3 wickets, was the best bowler for Sydney Thunder.

The match turned into a thriller ride during the second innings. Matthew Gilkes and captain David Warner, the opening pair of the Adelaide Strikers, stitched together a partnership of 73 runs. When these two batters were in the middle, the momentum was slightly towards their team. But the middle order of Sydney Thunder, which collapsed suddenly, made the contest interesting.

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Watch the maiden over delivered by Hasan Ali in a BBL 2025-26 match

After the opening stand of 73 runs, only Nic Maddinson was able to score a two-digit individual total for Thunder. Meanwhile, when Warner and Gilkes were on the track, batting with confidence, Ali claimed a maiden over. He came to bowl his first over of the match for the 4th over of the second innings when left-handed Matthew Gilkes was on strike. From the beginning of the over, the Pakistani pacer maintained a wicket-to-wicket line to leave the batter craving for some room. The batter, who found no space to swing the blade, was forced to defend all six deliveries of the over.

Sydney Thunder needed 13 runs to win in the last 6 balls of the match, which they could not get. Strikers won the match by 6 runs, and Hasan Ali concluded his 4-over spell with a 5.50 economy rate, powered by a maiden over and a wicket in the bag.