Sylhet, May 10 -- In the third unofficial ODI between Bangladesh A and New Zealand A on Saturday in Sylhet, an incident led to Bangladesh A conceding five penalty runs, as per Wisden.

During the fifth over of New Zealand A's chase of 227, with the score at 35/0, opener Rhys Mariu let a wide delivery from Ebadot Hossain go untouched. However, Bangladesh had set an odd field - wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan was standing in a first slip position, far from the stumps. Because of this, the ball went past him and hit a helmet that was left on the ground behind the stumps.

According to MCC's Law 28.3, if the ball hits any helmet placed on the ground by the fielding team, the ball is declared dead and the batting team is awarded five penalty runs. Th...