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Two WI players pick CLT20 over Tests
ESPNcricinfo staff
August 29, 2014


Two West Indies players considered for selection for the first Test against Bangladesh in St Vincent have opted to play in the Champions League T20 in India instead. The WICB did not reveal who the players were, and said their "decisions will not have any deleterious effect on consideration for future West Indies selection" because the CLT20 had "an ICC approved window on the international schedule."

The qualifying round of the Champions League begins on September 13, the day the second Test against Bangladesh commences. Apart from players in the Barbados Tridents squad that won the Caribbean Premier League, seven other West Indies players are representing IPL franchises in the Champions League. They are: Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Andre Russell and Samuel Badree.

Fast bowler Jason Holder, who made his debut in West Indies' most recent Test - against New Zealand in Barbados in June - was part of the Barbados Tridents squad released by the CLT20, but has been picked for the first Test against Bangladesh.

Narine had not been considered for selection for all three home Tests against New Zealand after opting to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL final on June 1. It caused him to miss the start of a West Indies training camp ahead of the first Test starting on June 8. Narine's absence paved the way for Shane Shillingford and Sulieman Benn to make their return to Test cricket.

Earlier this summer, Bravo had expressed his desire to return to the Test cricket following recovery from a shoulder injury suffered at the start of this year's IPL. The West Indies ODI captain has not played Test cricket since 2010.

The 13-man squad for the first Test against Bangladesh was the first one picked by the new WICB selection panel led by Clive Lloyd. The only change from the previous West Indies squad was reserve batsman Leon Johnson being dropped.

West Indies squad: Denesh Ramdin (capt), Chris Gayle, Kraigg Brathwaite, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jermaine Blackwood, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, Sulieman Benn, Shane Shillingford.

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Gazi to make an early return to Bangladesh
 
Published: Guardian
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Bangladesh offspinner Sohag Gazi will return to Dhaka with the limited-overs contingent, skipping the three-day practice match against St Kitts & Nevis. The BCB wants him to apply early for the UK visa as he has to go to the Cardiff Metropolitan University to have his action tested by September 19.

The original plan was to keep him in the West Indies at least till the first Test but the BCB are not going to take a chance with any delay in his visa application. But now he will take the flight out of Basseterre with the limited-overs contingent which includes Mashrafe Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Mithun (although the BCB press release on August 22 announcing the Test replacements did not include his name). The replacements—Taijul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Shuvagata Hom and Robiul Islam—have arrived in the West Indies already.

“Initially we wanted him to play the first Test and then return home to apply for the UK visa,” chief selector Faruque Ahmed said. “But it takes a lot of time to get the visa, so the board doesn't want to take any chance. He will come back with the ODI players in a day or two.”

Without Sohag, uncapped left-arm spinner Taijul Islam is the only specialist spinner in the Test squad, apart from allrounders Mahmudullah and Shuvagata Hom. It was learned that the selectors are satisfied with Shuvagata's bowling abilities. They are mainly considering pace bowling allrounder Muktar Ali and left-arm spinner Elias Sunny, both having toured the Caribbean in May this year for Bangladesh A.

Legspinner Jubair Ahmed has also popped into the discussion despite having never played first-class cricket. He was part of the preliminary squad that trained ahead of the West Indies tour. It is likely that Jubair will be picked against Zimbabwe A next month.

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Sunny to replace Gazi in Test squad
Mohammad Isam
September 1, 2014


Elias Sunny took 6 for 94 on Test debut, Bangladesh v West Indies, 1st Test, Chittagong, 5th day, October 25, 2011

Left-arm spinner Elias Sunny has replaced Sohag Gazi in Bangladesh's squad for the two-Test series in the West Indies. Sunny will leave Dhaka on Tuesday to join the team in St Vincent for the first Test, which starts on September 5.

Gazi returned home from St Kitts along with Mohammad Mithun, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza and Taskin Ahmed. He had to submit documents to apply for a UK visa because he is required to be at the Cardiff Metropolitan University by September 19 to have his bowling action tested. Gazi was reported by the umpires after the second ODI against West Indies.

Sunny will be the second specialist spinner in the squad along with uncapped left-armer Taijul Islam. Sunny has played four Tests, the last of which was against Sri Lanka in 2013. He took 6 for 94 against West Indies in 2011, the best figures by a Bangladesh spinner on Test debut. That record, however, was broken the very next year by Gazi, who claimed 6 for 74 against the same opponents.

Sunny was among three bowlers the national selectors were considering to replace Gazi, along with seamer Muktar Ali and legspinner Jubair Hossain. Sunny's experience at Test level, however, won him the spot.

Sunny said he was surprised by the call-up as he had not had a particularly successful year, taking just 27 wickets in all forms of the game, after claiming more than 50 every year from 2010 to 2013. The spinners Enamul Haque jr, Monir Hossain, Nazmul Islam, Nabil Samad and Suhrawadi Shuvo all picked up more first-class wickets than Sunny during the 2013-14 domestic season, and he was not even a part of the selectors' initial plans for the Bangladesh A team, which will play Zimbabwe A later this month.

"I was very surprised at first," Sunny told Prothom Alo. "Let alone the national team, I wasn't even in the preliminary squad for Bangladesh A, though I was added later. I felt I had just fallen from the sky when some journalists called me on Friday evening telling me that I might be in the Test squad. I think I have recovered from the shock. I am feeling quite happy now.

"Maybe I wasn't getting the wickets, but I bowled well in the NCL and BCL. You need luck to do well in cricket, but I took 9 for 155 in the last BCL game. I think I did not do too badly in the only match I played in the West Indies for Bangladesh A in Barbados."

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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Dear Editors/Correspondents,

 

Please see below: scoreboard from the third day of the three-day warm-up match between St Kitts & Nevis and Bangladesh on Monday at Warner Park, Basseterre.

 

Summarised Scores:

Bangladesh 377-6 (Mushfiqur Rahim 106 not out, Nasir Hossain 100; Quinton Boatswain 2-47, Jeremiah Louis 2-57) and 148-2.

St Kitts & Nevis 399 (Shiv Chanderpaul 183, Shane Jeffers 118; Shuvagata Hom 3-48, Rubel Hossain 3-90)

 

NOTES:

DHAKA BANK CUP 2014 – BANGLADESH TO WEST INDIES

SCHEDULE OF MATCHES

 

August

Sun 17: Tour Match – Bangladesh won by 95 runs – Progress Park, Grenville, Grenada

Wed 20: 1st Dhaka Bank One-day International – West Indies won by 3 wickets – National Stadium, St. George’s, Grenada

Fri 22: 2nd Dhaka Bank One-day International – West Indies won by 177 runs – National Stadium

Mon 25: 3rd Dhaka Bank One-day International – West Indies won by 91 runs – Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts (day/night)

Wed 27: Only Dhaka Bank Twenty20 International – No result – Warner Park (night)

Sun 30 to September Mon 1  Tour match – Match drawn – St. Kitts & Nevis vs Bangladesh – Warner Park

September

Fri 5 to Tue 9: 1st Dhaka Bank Test – Arnos Vale Multiplex, Kingstown, St. Vincent

Sat 13 to Wed17: 2nd Dhaka Bank Test – Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros-Islet, St. Lucia

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Bangladesh call up Sunny for Test series
Story Created: Sep 2, 2014 at 9:25 PM ECT
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Left-arm spinner Elias Sunny has been called-up to replace Sohag Gazi in Bangladesh’s squad for the two-test series against the West Indies starting on Friday. Sunny was due to leave Dhaka yesterday to join the team in St Vincent for the first Test.

Sunny, who has played four tests, will be the second specialist spinner in the squad along with uncapped left-armer Taijul Islam. “I was very surprised at first. Let alone the national team, I wasn’t even in the preliminary squad for Bangladesh A, though I was added later,” said Sunny, who took 94-6 against West Indies in 2011, the best figures by a Bangladesh spinner on Test debut which has since been broken.

“I felt I had just fallen from the sky when some journalists called me on Friday evening telling me that I might be in the Test squad. I think I have recovered from the shock. I am feeling quite happy now”. Sunny replaces Gazi who was reported by the umpires after the second ODI against West Indies. He is required to be at the Cardiff Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom by September 19 to have his bowling action tested.

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Tigers-Windies first Test match begins today
The Independent, Bangladesh



FRIDAY, 05 SEPTEMBER 2014 AUTHOR / SOURCE: SPORTS REPORTER

A struggling Bangladesh, coming off an ignominious whitewash taste at the ODI series, will kick off the Test series over hosts West Indies with a hope to draw the series at best.

The first of the two-match Test series starts today at Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent with the hosts extremely favoured to extend their dominance. The match will start at 8pm BST. The main concern for Bangladesh would be their limited bowling stock, which the coach Chandika Hathuru­singha pointed out ahead of the first Test. The head coach has been watching the team to loss one after another game since he took over.

However the series would be the first Test series under his charge and he wants the batsmen to fire in order to shed the weakness.

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WI seek to dominate
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Friday, September 5, 2014



Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim, left, and West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin, right, show off the trophy which will be at stake in the two-Test series which bowls off today in St Vincent. Photo courtesy Windiescricket.com


Always competitive in coloured clothing, West Indies players will don their whites today and begin battle against Bangladesh in the first Test of their two-match series at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.

The hosts rolled over Bangladesh 3-0 in the preceding One-Day International series with the greatest of ease and will carry this momentum into the two-Test series.

More importantly, the Windies will use the series to rebound from the disappointment of their loss to New Zealand in the three-Test series back in June–their third straight Test series defeat.

“We were disappointed to have lost that series. It was 1-1 going into Barbados and we had the confidence, but we didn’t bat as well as we wanted to. We’ll take the positive from that series–the guys who got runs, the guys who got wickets,” said captain Denesh Ramdin, who will be seeking his first series win since succeeding the axed Darren Sammy earlier this year.

“This is a very important series for us and we’re going to take it very seriously and go out there and beat the opposition. It’s always good to win Test matches and win series at home.”

If the gulf between the two teams in the one-day series is anything go on, then West Indies will be heavily favoured to not only win but dominate Bangladesh.

They won the first ODI by three wickets, the second by 177 runs and the third by 91 runs–after piling up over 338 runs at Warner Park.

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim will have to contend with the third West Indies skipper for this series, as Ramdin is in charge of the Test team after Dwayne Bravo did duties for the ODIs, while St Lucian Darren Sammy was at the helm for the T20 clash.

“This is a very important series for us and we’re going to take it very seriously and go out there and beat the opposition. It’s always good to win Test matches and win series at home.”

Out of their last eight home Test series, West Indies have only won two, against Zimbabwe and New Zealand. They have lost to New Zealand, Bangladesh, India, South Africa and Australia, and drawn against Pakistan.

Ramdin was confident that this record can be improved.

“We did not enjoy a good series against New Zealand but the guys have been playing much better cricket since then and we are confident of putting together a better performance against Bangladesh,” said Ramdin.

He said his players were not going to take the visitors lightly. “One of the biggest mistakes you can make is under-estimating the opposition. We are going into this Test confident and focussed as a group and we are looking to win convincingly.”

West Indies have picked a similar squad to the one that played New Zealand. Young Jamaican Jermaine Blackwood who got a half century on debut against the Kiwis is expected to resume his Test career after being dropped for the final Test in that series. The man most likely to make way for him is Barbadian Kirk Edwards. Blackwood scored heavily against Bangladesh A to earn his Test cap and this is also expected to weigh in his favour.

First Class cricket has been limited to just one match at Arnos Vale this year and judging from what transpired in that encounter, spinners are likely to have a big hand in this one. West Indies are expected to go with spin twins Sulieman Benn and Shane Shillingford, both of whom performed duties against the Kiwis.

West Indies will be looking to take the attack to the Bangladesh, as a draw or a loss will result in a serious loss of points on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings. Bangladesh are below the West Indies in the rankings.

Play gets underway at 10 am.

Teams:

West Indies: Denesh Ramdin (capt & wk), Chris Gayle, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jermaine Blackwood, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jason Holder, Kemar Roach, Shane Shillingford, Sulieman Benn, Jerome Taylor and Shannon Gabriel.

Bangladesh : Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Anamul Haque, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah, Shuvagoto Hom, Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Al-Amin Hossain.

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West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St. Vincent, 1st day
Brathwaite century puts West Indies in command
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 5, 2014

West Indies 264 for 3 (Brathwaite 123*, Gayle 64, Bravo 62) v Bangladesh


Kraigg Brathwaite's quintessential Test innings, an unbeaten 123, directed West Indies towards early control of the first Test against Bangladesh at Arnos Vale. A third rain break at exactly 5.00pm ended the first day's play with West Indies 264 for three.

It was Brathwaite's second century, coming in the space of three Tests having scored his last one against New Zealand at Port-of-Spain in June. He hasn't played much cricket since that series, so he must have retained rigorous focus.

West Indies lost a late wicket when Bravo got out for 62 off 126 balls, getting a bit too impish for his own good. He struck Taijul Islam for two consecutive fours over mid-off towards the fag end of the day but he tried to repeat the shot even after the bowler changed angle and went around the wicket and hit him straight to the fielder, Mahmudullah.

But that was one of precious few bright moments for Bangladesh on a day when they picked only three specialist bowlers and put West Indies in to bat in what looked like and later proved to be excellent batting conditions. It was enough encouragement for Brathwaite, who hardly dithered from his known and trusted method.

Brathwaite let Chris Gayle to do all the scoring at first, before reaching his fifty at the start of the second session. West Indies lost two wickets quickly but he remained unfazed, again letting his partner get the boundaries as he went after only the deliveries that were too wide or two full or both. Hardly anything troubled Brathwaite, except for a few missed flashes and the odd ball from Rubel Hossain that jumped on him.

When the opener hung back on his backfoot, the bowlers didn't bowl full enough, and Al-Amin didn't make him play enough, bowling a one-day line wide outside off stump.

Brathwaite reached his century off 219 balls, having struck eight boundaries at that point. To reach the three-figure mark, Mahmudullah offered him a full-toss which he slapped past cover for a boundary. This was reward for his patience. He was further rewarded on 113 when Mushfiqur him off Shuvagata Hom when he got one to go with the around-the-wicket angle and kiss his outside edge.

But some credit is due to the Bangladesh bowlers, especially the two newcomers. Taijul, the left-arm spinner, and Shuvagata, the offspinning allrounder, became the 72nd and 73rd Test players for the country, and they had an eventful first day.

The pair bowled the majority of the overs, picking up all three wickets. They looked lost at first, but soon they discovered the rewards of bowling proactively. They stuck to trusted lines, and slowly began to bowl like they would in domestic cricket.

Gayle's wicket was Bangladesh's first success of the match. Having made 61 before lunch, he added just three runs off 21 balls after the break, with the two newcomers muffling his strokeplay. Both attacked his off stump, either spinning in or leaving him slightly. Eventually he missed a sweep off Shuvagata, but umpire Marais Erasmus denied the loud appeal.

Mushfiqur took an extra second to call for the review, but it looked straight and the replays confirmed it had pitched in line, struck Gayle's front pad in front of the stumps and was going on to hit middle stump.

Gayle had played very well in the first session, reaching his fifty off 62 balls. He threaded the off-side field quite well, taking every chance to pick up runs as his opening partner remained circumspect. He struck most of his boundaries in front of the wicket, and got to his 37th fifty with a six over wide mid-on off Taijul. He survived two chances in the first session: a run-out appeal that had him just reach the bowlers' end to complete a second run. Just after reaching 50, Gayle was dropped by Rubel Hossain off his own bowling.

After Shuvagata dismissed Gayle, it was Taijul's turn to take his first Test wicket. Kirk Edwards, batting at No 3 and under a bit of pressure after two low scores in the ODI series, attacked from the onset. He quickly got to 10 with a four and a straight six, but Taijul continued to toss the ball up, and took his leading edge in the 43rd over as he looked to work the ball against the turn. Mominul Haque took a sharp catch at silly mid-off, making it 133 for 2.

Brathwaite and Bravo added 128 for the third wicket, with very few deliveries threatening them. There was one from Rubel that reared at Brathwaite but he looked unbeatable outside the off stump. With the inexperienced attack fading in the final session, he got plenty of bad balls to get to his second Test century. Taijul started bowling short and Shuvagata gave away three full-tosses in his 19th over.

Mushfiqur would have wanted Rubel to bowl better too, with his preferred older ball. But apart from dropping Gayle and the odd good spell, his efforts never looked like they would get him a wicket. Bangladesh would have also liked Mahmudullah to bowl a lot better, but he went at over six an over and Mushfiqur could only get five overs out of his senior offspinner.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St. Vincent, 2nd day
Brathwaite double ton drives slow West Indies
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 5, 2014

West Indies 407 for 3 (Brathwaite 205*, Chanderpaul 51*) v Bangladesh

Kraigg Brathwaite raised his maiden double-century - the third youngest West Indian to the mark at 21 years and 279 days - but his watchfulness contributed to a slow second day at Arnos Vale. Their run rate dipped below three, allowing Bangladesh some breathing space despite them not picking up any wickets.

Persistent overnight rain ate three hours and 45 minutes away from the day, but West Indies managed 407 for three after the 56 overs that were possible. Brathwaite and his hero Shivnarine Chanderpaul added 146 runs at a run-rate of 2.49 per over.

The morning session was lost to a wet outfield, however the hosts were in no rush to make up for lost time. They took 80 runs from 28 overs after lunch and were happy with scoring at a measly 2.25 runs in the final session's play.

The pitch wasn't doing much and Bangladesh's bowling was steady at best. There were moments when caution was needed, but not in the final session when the spinners looped the ball into the slot with the field up. Towards stumps, the Bangladesh fielders were joking about keeping this partnership going into the third day.

Every team, barring Zimbabwe, have struck at more than three runs an over against Bangladesh over the past five years. Had West Indies followed their average of 3.31 runs per over, they would have reached 450.

Initially though, things were tough. Rubel Hossain used the new ball to nip past Chanderpaul's outside edge and into the keeper's gloves. The appeal was instantaneous, but the umpire disagreed. Mushfiqur Rahim, misled by the noise of bat hitting ground, opted for a review and lost it. There were a few more deliveries that beat the bat, and there was enough reason for the two batsmen to stick to their naturally circumspect style of play.

Brathwaite added to his reputation of being stubborn with Chanderpaul, one of the bests exponents of that trait, to guide him. He favoured pace on the ball, hitting a couple of fours off Rubel in the 96th over with cuts and pulls.

Taijul Islam posed greater threat, beating Brathwaite a number of times. However, the batsman corrected his tendency to hang hang back in the crease against the spinners and began working Shuvagata Hom and Taijul quite well through the on-side to ease past his 150.

Chanderpaul barely put a wrong foot after the initial half an hour, waiting for the poor delivery to get runs. He eventually reached his fifty off 171 balls, in the same over that Brathwaite secured his double ton and West Indies moved past 400.

Brathwaite had been bogged down in the 190s. He spent 39 deliveries nudging around before reaching his double hundred with slog off Mahmudullah, the same bowler he had hit to the boundary to reach his century on the first day. He claimed all his previous landmarks - 50, 100 and 150 - with fours as well. He hit 14 in all, but played out 314 dots from 437 balls faced.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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Brathwaite bangs double on rain-affected day
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Sunday, September 7, 2014


Young Barbadian batsman Kraigg Brathwaite was the bright spark on a gloomy rain-hit second day of the opening Dhaka Bank Test at Arnos Vale in St Vincent, yesterday. Half the day was washed out but when play finally got underway, the 21 year old seized the opportunity to record his maiden Test double. At the end of the day, the West Indies closed at 407 for three, after resuming on the second day at 264 for three.

Brathwaite was undefeated on 205 and with him the obdurate Shivnarine Chanderpaul 51 not out. Both would return today with the instruction of getting quick runs, as the home team will look to leave themselves enough time to bowl out the visitors twice. Play did not get underway until 1.30 pm as the rain kept everyone indoors. The situation at the players’ hotel was not good at all, as they were having breakfast and had to move out because of water coming into the dining area.
 
Even when they tried to come to the ground, they had to mill around the hotel because the Kingstown area was flooded and the team bus would not have been able to pass through. The situation at the ground was also bad, as the ET Joshua Airport nearby was closed because of flooding and the Arnos Vale river, adjoining the ground was overflowing, as the muddied water poured into the nearby Arnos Vale beach. After the rain ceased, the umpires decided on a 11.30 am inspection and play finally got underway at 1.30 pm, after a tremendous effort by the ground staff. Brathwaite and his hero Chanderpaul resumed the batting and the visitors bowlers held sway. Chanderpaul in his record 157th Test, played and missed on several occasions early on.

The Guyanese has now played, the most Tests by a left-handed batsman in the game's history. He surpassed Australian Allan Border (156), when he as selected in the final XI. The duo slowly added to the score and the sluggish outfield did not help. Brathwaite went past his previous best of 129 against New Zealand in June and then raised his 150 soon after. It required 305 balls, 11 of which he sent rolling over the ropes. After this milestone, he and Chanderpaul continued to graft and runs were coming very slowly during their association. The small crowd on hand had little to cheer until Brathwaite became the 27th West Indian batsman to complete a Test double hundred. Stuck on 199 for quite a while the Combermere man swung for four behind square leg to raise his bat. He scaled the 200-run plateau in 543 minutes, off 434 balls and struck 14 fours. Chanderpaul got his half century minutes after, off a pedestrian 171 balls with three fours. Play will start at 9.30 am for the rest of the Test to make up for lost time.

SCOREBOARD
WI vs Bangladesh
WI inns
C Gayle lbw Shuvagata    64
K Brathwaite not out    205
K Edwards c Mominul b Islam    10
DM Bravo c Mahmudullah b Islam    62
S Chanderpaul not out    51
Extras: b5, lb9, nb1    15
Total: 3 wkts (87overs)    407
 
Bowling: Al Aim Hossain 22-12-43-0, R Hossain 23-1-82-0 (1nb), Mahmudullah 19-0-64-0, Shuvagata Hom 35-6-93-1, T Islam 39-8-106-2, Nasir Hossain 4-1-4-0, M Haque 1-0-1-0.

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West Indies 484/7d
Bangladesh 182/10 (71.4 ov)

Bangladesh trail by 302 runs with 0 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series - 1st Test
Test no. 2138 | 2014 season
Played at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
5,6,7,8,9 September 2014 (5-day match)

Stumps - Day 3
    WEST INDIES 1st innings   R   M   B   4s   6s   SR
CH Gayle   lbw b Shuvagata Hom   64   143   105   10   1   60.95
KC Brathwaite   c Mominul Haque b Taijul Islam   212   554   447   14   0   47.42
KA Edwards   c Mominul Haque b Taijul Islam   10   12   14   1   1   71.42
DM Bravo   c Mahmudullah b Taijul Islam   62   156   126   6   1   49.20
S Chanderpaul   not out   85   302   226   6   0   37.61
J Blackwood   lbw b Rubel Hossain   10   31   23   1   0   43.47
D Ramdin*†   c Rubel Hossain b Taijul Islam   5   12   9   0   0   55.55
JE Taylor   c Shuvagata Hom b Taijul Islam   10   9   7   1   1   142.85
KAJ Roach   not out   2   2   4   0   0   50.00
Extras   (b 5, lb 18, nb 1)   24               
    Total   (7 wickets dec; 160 overs)   484   (3.02 runs per over)

Did not bat SJ Benn, ST Gabriel

    Bowling   O   M   R   W   Econ   
Al-Amin Hossain   22   12   43   0   1.95   
Rubel Hossain   30   1   110   1   3.66   (1nb)
Mahmudullah   19   0   64   0   3.36   
Shuvagata Hom   37   6   104   1   2.81   
Taijul Islam   47   9   135   5   2.87   
Nasir Hossain   4   1   4   0   1.00   
Mominul Haque   1   0   1   0   1.00   
    

BANGLADESH 1st innings   R   M   B   4s   6s   SR
Tamim Iqbal   c Bravo b Roach   1   15   11   0   0   9.09
Shamsur Rahman   c Bravo b Benn   35   147   95   5   0   36.84
Imrul Kayes   c Bravo b Taylor   9   16   12   1   0   75.00
Mominul Haque   c †Ramdin b Gabriel   51   152   112   7   0   45.53
Mahmudullah   lbw b Blackwood   7   42   23   1   0   30.43
Mushfiqur Rahim*†   not out   48      79   6   0   60.75
Nasir Hossain   c Benn b Blackwood   2   18   24   0   0   8.33
Shuvagata Hom   c & b Benn   16   27   25   3   0   64.00
Taijul Islam   c Bravo b Benn   2   23   15   0   0   13.33
Rubel Hossain   c †Ramdin b Benn   1   31   18   0   0   5.55
Al-Amin Hossain   c Bravo b Benn   5   24   17   1   0   29.41
Extras   (lb 2, w 2, nb 1)   5               
    Total   (10 wickets; 71.4 overs)   182   (2.53 runs per over)

    Bowling   O   M   R   W   Econ   
JE Taylor   15   4   46   1   3.06   (2w)
KAJ Roach   13   4   31   1   2.38   
ST Gabriel   13   2   50   1   3.84   
SJ Benn   24.4   8   39   5   1.58   (1nb)
J Blackwood   6   1   14   2   2.33   

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West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St Vincent, 3rd day
Benn five-for reinforces West Indies dominance
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 7, 2014

West Indies 484 for 7 dec (Brathwaite 205, Chanderpaul 85*, Taijul 5-135) lead Bangladesh 182 (Mominul 51, Mushfiqur 48*, Benn 5-39) by 302 runs


Bangladesh's middle-order collapse on the third afternoon might have been what Mushfiqur Rahim tried to avoid when he chose to field on the first day. His hopes of trying to protect a brittle batting line-up, a particularly twisted logic considering he had only three specialist bowlers on what had turned out to be a decent pitch, backfired as a giant first-innings score enabled Sulieman Benn to dismiss the visitors for 182 with his fifth five-wicket haul.

After declaring their first innings on 484 for 7, West Indies claimed a lead of 302 but their decision regarding the follow-on would be announced on the fourth morning.

Mominul Haque had been Bangladesh's best hope. But since he was judged caught behind down the leg side on the stroke of tea for a gritty 51, the contest was snuffed out. The stump mic had picked up a noise as the ball passed the bat, but Mominul was swift with his decision to review. Inconclusive replays meant the on-field call was upheld.

With Bangladesh at 105 for 4, Denesh Ramdin played around with his bowling reserves, conjuring two wickets with the part-time spin of Jermaine Blackwood to further Bangladesh's slide. Benn created difficult angles for the batsmen with his high-arm action and did not allow Bangladesh any breathing room. Mushfiqur was stranded on 48, while his side lost their final six wickets for 72 runs.

Blackwood had been deployed as a close-in fielder for much of the innings and began his spell with shin pads on. It was clear that West Indies were trying to get something out of nothing and they did when Mahmudullah was trapped lbw in the second over after tea. This was the batsman's eighth consecutive Test innings when he had not crossed 30.

The West Indies fielders erupted, and as has happened in the last nine months, Bangladesh wilted. Benn created more chances from his end, bowling three more maidens. Nasir Hossain played out two of those, which forced him to run down at Blackwood and slice a catch to mid-on. It was a strange choice of shot, given that Bangladesh were over 300 runs in arrears with only the tail left, but not quite a surprise.

Shuvagata Hom made 16 off 25 balls, before driving a full-toss back to Benn the bowler in the 55th over. He had added 29 runs for the seventh wicket - the second highest of the innings - with Mushfiqur.

Things had looked far less chaotic during the 62-run third wicket stand between Mominul and Shamsur Rahman. The pair had joined together at 18 for 2 and tried to usher Bangladesh out of a tough spot with the kind of patience that the lower order lacked.

Mominul got to his fourth Test fifty, though he too was lax outside the off stump early on. He tightened up after lunch, finding the boundary when West Indies erred too short or too full. Shamsur too batted better after edging through third slip's hands and getting hit on his helmet in the morning. He was out for 35 off 95 balls with five fours while trying to push with hard hands at Benn. Darren Bravo pouched the edge at second slip - his third of five catches.

Bangladesh's collapse would have pleased Kraigg Brathwaite as well. His innings had set West Indies up for a massive total, but he could add only 7 runs to his overnight 205 before his attempted slog off Taijul was caught at short fine-leg by Mominul Haque. The West Indies opener spend nine hours and 14 minutes at the crease to amass the slowest double-hundred, in terms of strike-rate, in the last five years.

Ramdin had suggested that West Indies could have exploited Bangladesh's attack better on the second day, prompting Shivnarine Chanderpaul to show a keenness for singles while the rest of the order attempted to hit out. They made 77 runs in 17 overs, but the risks they took also afforded left-arm spinner Taijul Islam a five-wicket haul on debut. Chanderpaul, however, remained not on on 85 off off 226 balls with six boundaries. This was the 34th time he has not been dismissed in 93 Test innings where he has scored more than 50. He was aided by Mushfiqur Rahim when the Bangladesh captain missed a stumping in the 155th over bowled by Taijul.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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West Indies vs Bangladesh
Bangladesh on the ropes
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Monday, September 8, 2014


Left arm spinner Sulieman Benn bowls during his 5-39 in the first test against Bangladesh in St Vincent yesterday. Photo courtesy: Windiescricket.com

A fifth five-wicket haul from lanky Sulieman Benn put the West Indies in the driver’s seat at the end of the third day of the opening Dhaka Bank Test against Bangladesh at Arnos Vale in St Vincent yesterday.

After Kraigg Brathwaite’s 212 and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 85 allowed the home team to declare at 484 for seven an hour and a half into play, Benn put the visitors in a spin, grabbing 5-39, as Bangladesh folded for 182.

With two days remaining, the West Indies enjoy a lead of 302 and are expected to enforce the follow on today.

Part-timer spinner Jermaine Blackwood also enjoyed himself with 2/14. Only Mominul Haque (51) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (48 not out) played with assurance.

Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor had the visitors on the backfoot from very early removing opener Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes respectively—both to catches at second slip by Darren Bravo, who ended with five on the day.

Haque and Shamshur Rahman took Bangladesh from 18-2, adding 62 for the third wicket to 80, before Benn sent back Rahman for 35 after 147 minutes occupation of the crease. He faced 95 balls and struck five fours before gifting Bravo with his third catch.

Haque brought up his half century off 98 balls with seven fours but on the stroke of tea, the left hander touched an innocuous leg-side delivery into the gloves of wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin and left for 51.

A quick double strike by part-time off-spinner Blackwood then made matters worse for the visitors before Benn sliced through the rest of the batting.

Earlier, West Indies resuming on the overnight position off 407 for three showed urgency in a bid for quick runs. Brathwaite added 15 runs before spooning a catch to slip where Mominul Haque accepted. He faced 447 balls with 14 fours and batted every day for three days of this Test, a combined total off 554 minutes. His innings now represents the highest score by an opener in Test cricket for 2014.

Blackwood, playing his second Test made 10, before giving pacer Rubel Hossain his first Test wicket since October 2013.

After this dismissal there was a constant procession to and from the pavilion as the need for quick runs, led to injudicious strokes.

Spinner Taijul Islam picked up 5/135. He became the third Bangladeshi to grab five or more wickets on debut against the West Indies in Tests. He followed in the footsteps off Sohag Gazi 6/74 and Mahmudullah 5/51.

Chanderpaul remained to the end when the declaration came. His 85 not out came from 226 balls with six fours in 302 minutes. In represented the 35th time that Chanderpaul had remained unbeaten in 94 scores over 50 in Tests.

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West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St. Vincent, 4th day
Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah keep Bangladesh alive
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 8, 2014

Bangladesh 182 and 256 for 5 (Mushfiqur 70*, Mahmudullah 66) trail West Indies 484 for 7 decl. by 46 runs (follow-on)

Mushfiqur Rahim and the embattled Mahmudullah dragged Bangladesh out of wretchedness, putting together their best day on tour so far. The visitors ended the fourth day 46 runs short of West Indies after being asked to follow on.

From the precipice of 107 for 4, when Bangladesh were staring down a trail of collapse similar to the first innings, the fifth-wicket pair added 130 runs. More important than the runs, Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah batted out time, 50.5 overs to be precise. It didn't promise complete security but it brought Bangladesh back into the contest.

They didn't lose a wicket in the middle session and even after Mahmdullah's dismissal, Mushfiqur, unbeaten on 70, and Nasir Hossain ensured they went to the final day with five wickets in hand.

The home side had themselves to blame, at least with their catching. Mushfiqur was dropped on 10 and 25 by Chris Gayle at first slip and Darren Bravo at gully. Kirk Edwards dropped a sitter at cover when Mahmudullah skied Gayle in the 80th over of the innings. At that moment, most of the West Indies players in the close-in cordon reacted strongly.

The fielding denied the good work of the fast bowlers who tested the Bangladesh batsmen quite regularly. Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor, who suffered one drop each, used swing and the angles very well. Shannon Gabriel wasn't just brawn as he pushed up the pace and used his height. But the trio ended the day without a wicket among them.

Left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn threatened with two early wickets but Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah dealt with him positively, not overattacking but keeping him at bay. They nullified the danger of the part-timer Jermaine Blackwood by attacking him, ensuring there were no more embarrassing moments.

After the tea interval, Mahmudullah reached his first Test fifty in 21 months. He battled hard for most of his 151-ball stay, waiting for opportunities to tuck the ball into the leg-side, where he scored 41 out of his 66 runs.

He reached fifty with his best shot of the innings, a back-foot punch through the covers, but his celebration was muted. The shot also brought up the hundred partnership.

In the next over, Mushfiqur reached his fifty too, carrying on his assurance from the first innings, when he had been left stranded on 48 as the rest crumbled. Mushfiqur was lucky with dropped catches on two occasions but he battled hard, with Gabriel getting one to lift and hit him on the elbow and Taylor hammering one into the middle finger of his bottom hand.

Ramdin dived to his left to take an excellent catch after Mahmudullah inside-edged an attempted drive off Roach with more than ten overs remaining. Mushfiqur soldiered on and ensured that the dangerous period, with Nasir new at the crease, was negotiated safely.

Bangladesh's progress till the lunch break was quite similar to how the first innings panned out. Their first wicket fell off the second ball of the third over, as it did in the first innings. There was a partnership thereafter but the next wicket fell in the eighties, as did the third wicket on the third day. They had been 105 for 4 at tea yesterday; today they were 110 for 4 at lunch.

Shamsur Rahman was the first wicket to fall in the morning session. Stuck at the crease, he edged Kemar Roach's full delivery to Ramdin, who held it tidily, moving to his right.

Imrul Kayes, under pressure after falling cheaply on the third day, struck three boundaries off Roach soon after arriving at the crease. But Roach soon went around the wicket, forcing Tamim Iqbal and Imrul play and miss on several occasions, swinging the ball into the left-handers and straightening a few.

Tamim batted calmly, finding boundaries fairly easily. The pair added a half-century partnership, which used to be a fairly regular occurrence when they used to open together. This though was their first 50-plus stand for the second wicket.

But Imrul had stalled by then, and struck one more boundary before he gave the cover fielder an easy catch off a Chris Gayle floater in the 26th over. Just prior to the delivery, Gayle had asked the batsman why he had defended the two previous balls, half-volleys both.

Tamim, having reached an enterprising half-century in 83 balls, fell when Benn got the ball to turn back at him and crash into his stumps as he looked to punch through cover. Tamim struck four fours and three sixes, and looked fluent for most of his innings, which lasted two hours and 23 minutes.

Mominul wasn't as organised as during the first innings half-century. He had one close shave when a forward defensive against Benn trickled onto his pads and bounced away near the stumps.

He was dismissed soon after, when the same bowler got one to dip between his bat and pad. Mominul played away from his body, and Ramdin immediately appealed, convinced there was an inside edge. Umpire Marais Erasmus agreed, and Mominul reviewed. Once again, due to a lack of evidence, the umpire's decision stood - just as it had when Mominul had been given out caught behind down the leg side in the first innings.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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Benn: Bangla spinners were too slow
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

West Indies left arm orthodox spinner Sulieman Benn said the difference between his success and that of the Bangladeshi spinners was the fact that they bowled too slow on the surface.

Benn grabbed 5/39, his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests as Bangladesh responding to the West Indies first innings off 484 for seven declared, was routed for 182.

According to the Barbadian: “The pitch was slow and the difference between the Bangladesh bowlers and myself was that they bowled too slow. I normally bowl quick for a spinner, so I was able to put some pace on the ball and this added to the problems for their batsmen.”

Asked if the Bangladeshi batsmen were easy prey he replied: “That I would not like to comment on, as I will leave that for their coach to explain.”

The man who bowled marathon spells against New Zealand with success earlier this year added: “I am enjoying my bowling and when I first got back in against New Zealand, I did not bowl too well. As that series progressed I got better and better and at this moment I am finding my way nicely.

“My job is to take wickets and I am going to just continue keeping it basic and hopefully the wickets will continue to some. We want to win this series and even if the wickets don’t fall at my end, once I can keep up the pressure and they fall at the other end, I am happy as well.”

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First Test results...

West Indies 484/7d & 13/0 (2.4 ov)
Bangladesh 182 & 314 (f/o)

West Indies win by 10 wickets...

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West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St. Vincent, 5th day
Roach burst seals 10-wicket win for West Indies
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 9, 2014


Isam: Clinical performance by West Indies
West Indies 484 for 7 dec (Brathwaite 212, Taijul 5-135) and 13 for 0 beat Bangladesh 182 (Benn 5-39) and (f/o) 314 (Mushfiqur 116, Roach 4-64) by ten wickets


West Indies took less than two hours to end Bangladesh's promise of a prolonged fifth day by bowling them out for 314 before their openers knocked off the required 13 runs in 2.4 overs. There was enough time for Mushfiqur Rahim to reach his third Test century but support was non-existent at the other end, as Bangladesh lost five wickets for the addition of 58 runs.

Kemar Roach was the morning's most effective bowler, picking up two wickets to finish with a four-wicket haul. Shannon Gabriel was rewarded for his strong work on the fourth day with two cheap wickets while Sulieman Benn, who didn't have to bowl an over on the fifth morning, finished the match on seven wickets.

Mushfiqur reached his century with a straight six off Roach with his side seven wickets down. He was dropped twice during the 90 minutes of play - on 71 by Chris Gayle at slip and by Jerome Taylor on 115. Gayle had dropped Mushfiqur on 10 yesterday, as had Darren Bravo when he was 25. But of the four drops, Taylor's was the simplest chance, the ball looping straight to him at mid-on.


The day began well for the visitors. Taylor's juicy full-toss was put away by Nasir Hossain and the batsman found the boundary again three overs later with a controlled pull off Roach. It looked as if he too was finding some form, just as the out-of-form Mahmudullah had with his 66.

In Roach's next over, however, Nasir stopped short of pulling the ball and his half-hearted shot popped a simple chance to Gabriel, who ran in from mid-on to complete the catch near the non-striker's end. It ended the 42-run sixth-wicket stand between Mushfiqur and Nasir, which had taken Bangladesh through a difficult period late on the fourth day. But when it ended, so did Bangladesh's hope for a fight.

Mushfiqur continued to bat positively, hitting Taylor for three boundaries in an over. He cut one past point, drove one on the up through the covers and then played a leg-glance to enter the nineties.

But the other end wasn't giving him any support. Shuvagata Hom was late on a Roach in-dipper and given out lbw. He reviewed the decision but it was always going to hit the stumps. Taijul Islam and Rubel Hossain were swiftly removed with decent pace aimed at the stumps, and the spate of wickets threatened to inflict an innings defeat on Bangladesh, before Taylor's drop averted that result.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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SF, dey jes bash yuh favourite Guyanese batsman on Bajan radio ... although "he has a place in West Indies cricket". Criticism on run rate.

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SF, dey jes bash yuh favourite Guyanese batsman on Bajan radio ... although "he has a place in West Indies cricket". Criticism on run rate.

Thanks ..hahahaha...

Now I am angry I missed it ...
I would have phoned ...

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WI trounce Bangladesh
...take 1-0 lead in Test series after 10-wicket win

Story Created: Sep 9, 2014 at 9:08 PM ECT
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West Indies scored a comprehensive ten-wicket win over Bangladesh yesterday at Arnos Vale to take a one-nil lead in the two-match Test series. Pacers Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel grabbed two wickets each to snuff out Bangladesh’s hopes of prolonging the fifth day, as the visitors resuming on 256 for five, were bowled out for 314.

West Indies openers Chris Gayle and Kraigg Brathwaite steered their side to the 13 runs needed for victory in fine style well before the scheduled luncheon interval. Bangladesh resumed their second innings trailing West Indies by 46 runs with Mushfiqur Rahim, 70 overnight, in sight of his third Test century.
Rahim tried to hold the Bangladesh innings together reaching triple digits while also leading the fight to save his side from an innings defeated. His 116 was the innings of his life with 15 fours and a six that ended when he was caught by Darren Bravo attempting to hit Roach over midwicket.

He survived four chances in his 243 ball innings-dropped by Darren Bravo, Jerome Taylor and twice by Chris Gayle. The Bangladesh middle order batsman never got the support he required except for Mahmudullah who also scored a hard fought 66.

The visitors started the day positively with Nasir Hossain dispatching Jerome Taylor’s full-toss to the boundary and finding the boundary again three overs later off Roach. However Bangladesh hopes of a fight ended when Roach terminated the 42-run six-wicket stand between Mushfiqur and Nasir, which had taken Bangladesh through a difficult period late on the fourth day.

Gabriel ran in from mid-on to complete a simple catch near the non strikers’ end as Nasir went for 19 which included three fours. Roach was effective in the morning session picking up two wickets to finish with a four-wicket haul while Gabriel picked up two cheap wickets.
In another disappointing performance, Bangladesh lost five wickets for the addition of 58 runs and the last four batsmen went back to the pavilion without scoring. West Indies lead the series one-nil with the final Test due to start on Saturday at the Beausejour playing field in St Lucia.

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Windies wrap up opening Test
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Kemar Roach...ended with 4-64.
Whatever bowling consultant Curtly Ambrose told the West Indies bowlers before they went out to play yesterday, worked wonderfully well, as they rattled the previously gutsy Bangladesh to give their side a 10-wicket victory in the opening Test of the Dhaka Bank Cup at Arnos Vale in St. Vincent. Resuming on the final day on 256 for five - still needing another 46 runs to make the West Indies bat again, the Bangladeshis were bowled out for 314. Set 13 runs to win the match the West Indies got home by 10 wickets.

The man making the difference on the last day was pacer Kemar Roach who finished with 4/64. Shannon Gabriel also continued his good bowling to end with 2/25 off 17 overs. The Asians had batted manfully on the fourth day, losing five wickets while negotiating 90 overs but could not repeat the feat yesterday. The pacers come out aggressive and hungry and although Jerome Taylor was unlucky not to pick up Mushfiqur Rahim early, the others finished off the job. Rahim scored his third Test hundred, finishing on 116 off 243 balls in 327 minutes.

The first wicket to fall was that off Nassir Hossain who was caught by Gabriel off Roach for 19. This ended a stubborn sixth wicket partnership off 42 and triggered the collapse. Roach immediately followed up with the wicket off Shuvgata Hom for a duck while Gabriel ripped out the stumps off Rubel Hossain (0) and Taijul Islam.

Mushfiqur reached his century with a straight six off Roach with his side seven wickets down. He was dropped twice during the 90 minutes of play - on 71 by Chris Gayle at slip and by Jerome Taylor on 115. Gayle had dropped Mushfiqur on 10 the day before, as had Darren Bravo when he was 25. But of the four drops, Taylor's was the simplest chance, the ball looping straight to him at mid-on.
His hundred came up off 221 balls and included 12 fours and a six. The bandwagon now shifts to St. Lucia where the West Indies will enter their 500th Test match on Saturday morning.

SCOREBOARD
WI vs Bangladesh

WI 1st inns 484/7 dec
Bangladesh Inns 1st inns 182 all out

Bangladesh 2nd inns
(overnight 256/5)
T Iqbal b Benn    53
S Rahman c Ramdin b Roach    4
I Kayes c Edwards b Gayle    25
M Haque c Ramdin b Benn    12
Mahmudullah c Ramdin b Roach    66
M Rahim c Bravo b Taylor    116
N Hossain c Gabriel b Roach    19
S Hom lbw Roach    0
T Islam b Gabriel    0
R Hossain b Gabriel    0
Al Amin Hossain not out    0
Extras b12, lb4, w2, nb1    19
Total for 5 wkts    256
Fall of wkts: 11, 81, 104, 107, 237, 279, 291, 292, 292, 314.
Bowling: J Taylor 17.3-3-64-1, K Roach 22-6-64-4 (1w) , S Gabriel 17-9-25-2 (1w), S Benn 28-8-44-2 , J Blackwood 12-1-51-0, C Gayle 17-3-50-1.

WI 2nd Inns
C Gayle not out    9
K Brathwaite not out    4
Extras    0
Total without loss    13

Bowling: Al-Amin Hossain 1.4-0-9-0, T Islam 1-0-4-0.

Result: West Indies won by 10 wickets.
Man of the match: Kraigg Brathwaite.

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Bangladesh pay for confused strategy
The team management's decision to field first on a flat pitch, despite having only three specialist bowlers, meant Bangladesh were chasing the game right from the start
Mohammad Isam
September 9, 2014


Mushfiqur Rahim did what he set out to do as a batsman in the first Test. He was dismissed only once, after completing his century and in an attempt to extend a futile lead. He was the unbeaten batsman during Bangladesh's first innings debacle, and showed little difficulty in dealing with pace or spin.

As a captain, though, things did not go as planned, and West Indies wrapped up a comfortable 10-wicket win. Bangladesh came into the game with the stated aim of drawing it, but their chances of doing so seemed to shrink as soon as Mushfiqur elected to field first.

Having eight batsmen in their line-up should have been enough reason to bat first after winning the toss. Still, the pitch is always to be considered ahead of a five-day game and Bangladesh's first priority in Test matches is usually to stay in the game for the first couple of days at least. At the toss, Mushfiqur explained his decision to field saying there would be some help for the seamers for a few hours, and that batting would be easiest on the second and third days.

As it turned out in this Test match, the first-day freshness in the Arnos Vale pitch did not mean excessive moisture. It was merely a slow pitch that was at its quickest on the first morning. Mushfiqur's prediction that batting would be easier on the second day was correct, but then West Indies only lost three wickets on the first; Kraigg Brathwaite and Shivnarine Chanderpaul batted through the truncated second day. West Indies lost four wickets on the third morning, but by then they were trying to increase the run-rate.

Even if there was some help for the bowlers early on, Mushfiqur did not possess the resources to exploit it, having chosen only three specialist bowlers. Bangladesh chose a Test debutant in the left-arm spinner Taijul Islam; Al-Amin Hossain, who was playing his fourth Test; and Rubel Hossain, who has struggled to take wickets in Tests and has an average to show for it.

Upon returning to Bangladesh after completing the three ODIs and the abandoned T20, Mashrafe said that pitches in the West Indies were just like those back home. "Wickets in West Indies are not what they used to be," he said. "Now they are slow wickets which help spinners and are good for batting."

Mushfiqur would have known this too, this being his fourth West Indies tour. But senior batsmen like Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah had been out of form while Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes hadn't done well in the preceding ODI series. Shuvagata Hom was a newcomer. The team management, therefore, may have been looking to protect them on the first day.

Mushfiqur said the gap between Bangladesh's last Test and this one had a role to play in their first-innings debacle, when they were shot out for 182, but he wasn't impressed with his batsmen's approach.

"It wasn't easy to bat in Test cricket after six months so I would say that our batsmen perhaps fell while trying to get quick runs," he said. "To be honest, the wicket was really good. Our application wasn't right in the first innings. The result would have been different if we applied ourselves in the first innings. We should show similar guts [to the second-innings performance] in St Lucia."

Having failed to secure the draw that both Mushfiqur and coach Chandika Hathurusingha had targeted, Bangladesh will have to alter their goals substantially ahead of the second Test in St. Lucia.

When Ian Bishop asked him at the post-match presentation ceremony whether he would persist with the eight-batsmen strategy, Mushfiqur stressed the need for batting cover in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan. So that would mean, for now at least, that Bangladesh are likely to go into the second Test with the bowling attack similarly understaffed.

Even in the press conference following the presentation, Mushfiqur said he wanted his batsmen to score enough to ensure a draw. "If we can get 600 runs, it should help us draw the game."

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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Another Bangladeshi bowler reported

THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 AUTHOR / SOURCE: SPORTS REPORTER

Bangladesh received yet another blower when paceman Al-Amin Hossain was reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during his side’s 10 wickets loss in the first Test against the West Indies in St Vincent.

The match officials’ report, which was handed over to Bangladesh team manager Habibul Bashar after the Test concluded on Tuesday, cited concerns about the legality of the 24-year-old’s bowling action, a press release of

ICC said. He is the second bowler in the ongoing series to have been reported after Sohag Gazi who is set to fly for UK to have his action tested at Cardiff.

Al-Amin’s bowling action will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to suspected illegal bowling actions reported in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is required to undergo testing within 21 days, and, during this period, Al-Amin is permitted to continue bowling in international cricket until the results of the testing are known.

He is the sixth bowler - and the first one who isn’t an off spinner - to be reported by the ICC’s match officials since July.

Al-Amin made debut in the last year and played just four Tests and nine ODIs.
A day after Pakistan’s top off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was suspended over his action, the International Cricket Council said Al-Amin would come under scrutiny following concerns raised by match officials.
Bangladesh lost the first Test on Tuesday by 10 wickets following a first innings double century by West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite, while they also suffered a whitewash in the preceding three ODIs.

The second Test begins at Gros Islet on September 13.

Meanwhile,  Sohag Gazi showed his confidence to come back into the international circuit after clearing his bowling action.

He was not nervous despite knowing the fate of Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal who was suspended by the ICC after his bowling action was found illegal.
The Bangladesh off-spinner rather brimmed with confidence that he would prove his action right when it would be tested at an ICC-accredited facility in Cardiff. He will fly for England on September 17 but his visa process is yet to be completed.

“I came to know the news of Saeed Ajmal but it doesn’t get the better of my nerve. I am confident that I can prove my action right,” Gazi said. “If someone is fair, he has nothing to be scared.”
“The flight is confirmed on 17 September but I am yet to get my visa. Hopefully I’ll get it very soon.”

An independent analysis revealed that all of Ajmal’s deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations.
Ajaml, who was reported after the first Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle last month, can apply a re-assessment after he has modified his bowling action in accordance with clause 2.4 of the Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions, said an ICC press release.

Ajmal’s analysis was performed on 25 August by the ICC’s accredited team of Human Movement Specialists using the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

“I am reported for the first time while Saeed Ajmal earlier also was reported as far as I am concerned. So I don’t think I’ll experience the same fate,” a confident Gazi disclosed.
Gazi was reported with suspected illegal bowling action during Bangladesh’s second ODI against West Indies on August 23 in which Bangladesh was defeated by 177 runs.
The match officials’ report, which was handed over to Bangladesh team manager Habibul Bashar on Saturday, cited concerns about the legality of the 23-year-old’s bowling action for all deliveries.

The 23-year old Gazi had already played 10 Tests, 20 ODIs and nine Twenty20 Internationals since his debut in 2012. He remains the only player who has a century and hattrick in the same match in Test and first class cricket. 13 cricketers including him earned this rare feat in first class cricket but in Test cricket he has the singular place as far as the achievement is concerned.
Gazi however still remained surprised to why his action was reported after two years in International cricket.

“It came as a surprise for me and still it occupies me. They cited concerns the legality of all deliveries that is what is actually was surprising for me.”

The Independent paper

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Kayes out of last Test
Story Created: Sep 11, 2014 at 9:00 PM ECT
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Bangladesh batsman Imrul Kayes has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies after going down with a skin infection.
He was due to visit a doctor yesterday in Gros Islet to assess whether he can travel back home soon.

“Imrul is out of the second Test,” Bangladesh manager Habibul Bashar told ESPNcricinfo. “He hasn’t come to the ground today. We have kept him in the hotel. We will take him to the doctor today and see if he is healthy enough to fly back home.”
Kayes could not field on the last day of the first Test in St Vincent due to a skin rash, and saw two doctors there. He traveled with the team to St Lucia where he has only been in the hotel.

Anamul Haque, who is part of the Test squad, is the most likely replacement as there is very little time to get a reserve batsman from Bangladesh before the second Test begins tomorrow.

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Windies’ 500th Test something to celebrate
Story Created: Sep 12, 2014 at 9:22 PM ECT
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West Indies cricket will mark a special milestone today when the West Indies plays its 500th Test match. The landmark will be celebrated when they take on Bangladesh in the second and final Dhaka Bank Test match at Beausejour Cricket Ground, in St Lucia. First ball is 10 a.m.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the most capped West Indies Test cricketer and will be playing his 158th match. He described it as a “great and special occasion”. Skipper Denesh Ramdin said the entire team is looking forward to the match and called it a “celebration for West Indies fans worldwide”.

“This is a wonderful occasion for West Indies cricket and I’m delighted to be part of it,” said Chanderpaul on the eve of the match. “This is a milestone that we have achieved and as a West Indian I am proud and I want to keep the West Indies flag flying as high as possible.”
The 40-year-old left-hander made his Test debut over 20 years ago and has scored 11,499 runs at an average of over 52 runs per innings, including 29 centuries and 64 half-centuries.

“I will remind the fellows in the dressing room about the history and where we came from...about the past and how as West Indians we have to fight as hard as we can. We are a people who will never give up...who will fight all the way.”

Chanderpaul added: “As a youngster when I came into the team, I was among many greats, and I got a full appreciation of what it meant to represent the West Indies. We have a rich legacy and a great history and we are all happy to be part of this great match.”

Ramdin applauded the team for their win in the first Dhaka Bank Test in St Vincent and said his is looking for his first series win at the helm. ‘’We want to pay tribute to all the great people who have contributed to the history and development of West Indies cricket so that helps to add to the special occasion,” said the 29-year-old wicket-keeper. He added: “We want to pay tribute to all the great people who have contributed to the history and development of West Indies cricket so that helps to add to the special occasion.”
 
West Indies lead the two-match Dhaka Bank Test Series 1-0 following their ten-wicket victory earlier this week at Arnos Vale, St Vincent. West Indies played their first Test match against England at Lords in 1928. The record is: 162 wins, 168 defeats, 168 draws and one tie. To date 299 players have represented the West Indies in the 499 Tests.

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Openers set up strong day for West Indies
The Report by Mohammad Isam
September 13, 2014

West Indies 246 for 3 (Johnson 66, Brathwaite 63) v Bangladesh


Given that only a small crowd came to the Beausejour Stadium to watch West Indies' 500th Test match, the swaying fortunes of West Indies and Bangladesh was what illuminated the occasion. The first day of the second Test could have gone either way. In the end, it was the home side who emerged happier, but not to the extent they may have imagined at the end of a wicketless first session.

West Indies were 246 for three at stumps, a score that reflected the fact that they did not take full advantage of a 143-run opening partnership between Kraigg Brathwaite and the debutant Leon Johnson. It also flattered them, since they lost their way in the final session and Bangladesh bowled well but dropped some important catches.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo, unbeaten on 34 and 44 respectively, steered West Indies through a tough period. They have so far added 61 for the fourth wicket, with Bravo starting off with a string of fours and sixes before shutting up shop. But the partnership could have ended in the 72nd over when Al-Amin, who was getting the ball to straighten from around the wicket, found Chanderpaul's edge only for Nasir Hossain to drop it, diving to his right from second slip. He could have left it for first slip, where Anamul Haque would only have had to lean forward to make the catch.

The Bangladesh pace bowlers ended the day with their heads slightly higher after a disappointing first session. After Mushfiqur Rahim chose to field first on a pacy and bouncy pitch with lateral movement, they hardly attacked the stumps in the first session.

Johnson and Brathwaite gave West Indies the ideal start, going through the first session wicketless. Having scored at just over two runs an over before lunch, they picked up the pace soon after, adding 82 before Brathwaite, having scored his sixth fifty, played an out-of-character shot, chasing a wide ball from Shafiul Islam and spooning a catch to point.

Johnson's 66 showed promise, not just while threading the ball through the covers or hitting straight. He took his time getting off the mark, off his 17th ball, but he adjusted manfully even though he is not a regular opener. He reached his fifty off 135 balls, but couldn't take advantage of a half-chance, when he edged the ball through the slips on 61, and fell after adding just five more. Johnson's 162-ball innings contained five fours and a six.

His dismissal, leg-before to Taijul Islam, came 25 balls after Brathwaite's dismissal. He could have had another reprieve if he had asked for the review within 15 seconds but he was late by three seconds after consulting Kirk Edwards, the non-striker. Hawkeye suggested that the ball from Taijul Islam would have missed the leg stump.

Edwards had yet another unproductive outing, getting out for 16 to a good low catch, diving to his left, by Shamsur Rahman at cover off Mahmudullah. He had been given a life on five when Taijul Islam dropped a simple chance off his bat at backward point.

Shafiul was lucky to get the wicket of Brathwaite but saw two chances, the ones given by Johnson and Edwards, going down off his bowling. This being his first Test in more than three years, it would be a satisfying first day though he too, like Robiul Islam and Al-Amin Hossain, was trying to overdo the swing and seam movement in the first session.

Robiul was having a poor day as he was wayward and undisciplined, but he bowled well after tea, getting the old ball to jag both ways to the left-handers. He gave Chanderpaul some food for thought with the second new ball too, as shots were attempted and edges missed by whiskers.

Al-Amin also improved as the day progressed, ensuring he kept the ball up and used the movement in the air without forcing things to happen. He beat Chanderpaul in the 72nd over and a ball later, had him edging. He was livid at the slip cordon when Nasir dropped the catch.

West Indies added 93 runs in the last session without losing a wicket, ending the day on a bit of a high. Bangladesh, on the other hand, must have been peeved at not taking the chances. They will have a ball that is just five overs old and a pace attack that has learned what not to do on this pitch in the morning session.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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WI take it slow
Johnson makes debut 66

Story Created: Sep 13, 2014 at 10:15 PM ECT
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Leon Johnson celebrated his debut with a half-century and in-form Kraigg Brathwaite cashed in again, but timid West Indies made heavy weather of an ordinary Bangladesh attack on the opening day of the second Test yesterday.
Inserted in their 500th Test, the hosts laboured to 246 for three at the close at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, with the left-handed Johnson top-scoring with 66 and his opener partner Brathwaite getting 63.

The pair put on 143 for the first wicket before both falling before tea but Darren Bravo, unbeaten on 44 and veteran Shiv Chanderpaul, not out on 34, have so faradded 61 for the fourth wicket, to keep the Windies top.
However, Bravo and Chanderpaul were guilty of meandering in the last session.
West Indies were greatly helped by ordinary fielding from the Bangladeshis who grassed three catches, including one off Chanderpaul.

Johnson and Brathwaite made a cautious start, showing little aggression as they slowly constructed the Windies innings, to reach 61 without loss at the lunch break.
West Indies’ 300th Test player, the 27-year-old Guyanese faced 162 balls in 227 minutes at the crease and struck five fours and a six while Brathwaite batted just over 3-1/2 hours, faced 150 balls and counted five fours.

Johnson needed nearly half-hour to get his first Test run, standing tall and tucking seamer Al-Amin Hossain into the off-side off the 17th ball he faced.
West Indies were also without a boundary for the first hour and Johnson finally broke the shackles in the first over after the drinks break when he caressed a loose half-volley from seamer Shafiul Islam through cover.
He repeated the stroke with the same result an over later off the same bowler, as the pair closed in on the half-century stand.

Brathwaite, who made a career-best double hundred in the first Test last week, hardly played a shot in anger and his two fours came in the last 13 deliveries before lunch.
Both batsmen showed more urgency after the break. Johnston stepped down to left-arm spinner Taijul Islam to clear the ropes at long off and raise the 100-run partnership, before bringing up his half-century with a single to point off seamer Robiul Islam.
Two deliveries later, Brathwaite reached fifty with a streaky shot to third man and followed up by pulling Taijul to the mid-wicket boundary in the next over.
However, Brathwaite finally departed in the seventh over before tea, slapping an innocuous short delivery from seamer Shafiul Islam to Taijul Islam at point.

Johnson, meanwhile, was let off on 57 when his edge flew between wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain, with neither fielder seemingly interested in the chance. However, Johnson added just nine more before missing a forward prod at Taijul and being adjudged lbw, with the score on 145 for two.
Kirk Edwards picked out Shamsur Rahman at cover off off-spinner Mahmudullah, about 40 minutes after tea.

Bravo, on four at tea, started explosively with a pair of sixes down the ground off Taijul in the second over after the interval, and followed up with a sweetly-timed cut to the point boundary a couple of overs later.
With Chanderpaul’s arrival, however, West Indies went into a rut with both batsmen suddenly going into their shells.

Dropped on four by Nasir at second slip off pacer Al-Amin Hossain, Chanderpaul has so far faced 84 balls and counted three fours while Bravo has spent 96 balls at the crease and hit four fours and two sixes.

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West Indies vs Bangladesh
Roach puts Bangladesh on ropes
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Monday, September 15, 2014


After running leather for the entire opening day, Bangladesh fought back with the ball but Kemar Roach ripped into their batting, to leave them in danger of following on, at the end of the second day of the second Dhaka Bank Test match at the Beausejour in St Lucia yesterday.

After taking the last seven West Indies wickets for 124 runs, in an eventual total of 380, the visitors were in tatters at 104 for seven at the end of play. They need another 76 runs to avoid the follow-on, with three wickets standing.

Speedster Kemar Roach took 5/33 and fellow pacer Jerome Taylor 2/33, to leave Bangladesh with an uphill task of saving this match and the series. The West Indies lead the two match series 1-0, after their ten-wicket win in the opening Test in St Vincent.

Resuming on 246 for three, West Indies found runs hard to come and slipped to 269 for seven before the durable Shivnarine Chanderpaul coaxed 111 runs from the remaining three batsmen.

The Guyanese who was unbeaten on 85 in the first Test, was again left unbeaten, this time on 84.

Roach started the demolition with an early breakthrough, sending back Shamsur Rahman for one. Tamim Iqbal fought fire with fire and played a number of excellent drives through the cover region. He and Anamul Haque took the score to 43, before the latter fell to Roach. The Barbadian followed up with Iqbal to send shivers down the spine of the visitors. Iqbal was caught behind for 48 in 118 minutes off 75 balls with six fours.

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahman and Mominul Haque both fell to Taylor as the home team turned the screws on the visitors.

Earlier, the West Indies resumed on 246 for three and with that platform, they were expected to push on. This did not happen, as the Bangladeshi seamers, used the slight cloud cover to good effect. Consistently bowling down the corridor of uncertainty, bat hardly met leather. Most of the times, Darren Bravo and Chanderpaul were leaving balls that had potential danger written on them.

The first run off the bat came after 35 minutes play. Prior to that there were only two no balls, for the scorers to pen. Bravo was put out of his misery four runs short of his half century and this led to a collapse. The left hander edged Robiul Islam to Rahim for 46 made in 190 minutes off 123 balls with four fours and two sixes.

Soon he had company in the pavilion, as three other men joined him. Jermaine Blackwood smashed two fours in 10, skipper Denesh Ramdin was a first ball ‘duck’, as was Kemar Roach as West Indies lost four wickets in the space of 18 runs.

In the midst of the procession, Chanderpaul brought up his half century off 125 balls with six fours and found an able ally in Taylor to take the score past the 300-run mark.

Taylor played some attractive shots that won approval from the small crowd.

The Jamaican scorched 40 and added 54 runs with Chanderpaul for the eighth wicket. He faced 32 balls and batted 41 minutes, hitting five fours and two sixes before holing out to Mahmudullah at long on.

Sulieman Benn teamed up with Chanderpaul to add another 52 runs for the ninth wicket to further frustrate the visitors. Benn finally fell for 25. Chanderpaul batted for 268 minutes, faced 198 balls and struck eight fours. Chanderpaul has now batted for 557 minutes in this series without being dismissed.

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West Indies vs Bangladesh
Windies complete 2-0 sweep
 
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Wednesday, September 17, 2014


Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored his 30th Test hundred, Jerome Taylor took his 100th Test wicket and Sulieman Benn grabbed 5/72 to give West Indies a comprehensive 297-run victory over Bangladesh to take the Dhaka Bank Test series 2-0, at the Beausejour cricket ground in St Lucia.

It was a sweet victory for the home team, as they were playing their 500th Test match, since wetting their feet in 1928 against England. Chanderpaul scored an unbeaten 101 to lead the West Indies to 269 for four declared. The Bangladeshis were set a victory target off 489 runs and they were routed by Benn and Taylor for 192.

Bangladesh got off to a frenetic start, as Shamsur Rahman took the fight to the West Indies.

He slammed Taylor for two sixes and a four in one over but trying to repeat the shot next over, he landed one into the waiting hands of Kirk Edwards on the deep square leg boundary. He made a breezy 39 off 27 balls with four fours and two sixes, in 38 minutes of entertainment.

Soon after, Anamul Haque was on his way for a duck, feathering one to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin with the score at 48. Lunch was taken with the score 55 for two, with Tamim Iqbal surviving a torrid time from the fast bowlers.

After the lunch break, the West Indies players looked lethargic, instead of coming out fresh and Tamim and Mominul Haque were able to prosper. The fact that Darren Bravo dropped Mominul at first slip when he was 29 did not help either.

The West Indies got a taste of their own medicine, as they were left to run leather under the blazing sun. Tamim brought up his half century in the process, getting to the mark off 146 balls with a four and a six. Mominul soon got his as well, off 125 balls with five fours and once they were together Bangladesh looked like they belonged in the Test arena.

The period between lunch and tea belonged to the visitors, as they did not lose a wicket and recorded 59 runs. After tea it was the same story until Shannon Gabriel turned the innings into ruins, with a hand in three dismissals. He held a catch off Benn to send back Tamim for 64, made in 226 minutes off 181 balls with two fours and a six.

Gabriel then trapped Mahmudullah (0) leg before and took a scorcher of a catch to finish off the stubborn Mominul for 56. The little left hander batted for 184 minutes, faced 139 balls and struck five fours.

Benn then followed up with the wickets off Nasir Hossain and Taijul Islam, as Bangladesh lost five wickets in the space of 15 runs. The last front line batsman was skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Taylor came back to bowl him for the second time in the match. In the same over he sent back Robiul Hossain to become the 20th West Indian to achieve the feat of taking 100 Test wickets.

Earlier, at 11.46am, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the devout Hindu bent down to kiss Dharti Mata (Mother Earth) to give thanks for scoring yet another Test hundred and making him the 11th player to have reached the 30th century milestone.

West Indies batted for 45 minutes and as soon as Chanderpaul got his century, Ramdin called in his boys. Chanderpaul who resumed on the overnight score off 63 not out got to his century off 134 balls with eight fours. He extended an unbelievable run against Bangladesh, which reads 59 not out, 201 not out, 1, 151 not out, 85 not out, 84 not out and 101 not out.

He now sits behind an illustrious band of players who have scored more than 30 Test hundreds and they are Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), R Ponting (41), Kumar Sangakkara (37), R Dravid (36), Sunil Gavaskar (34), Mahela Jayawardene (34),. Brian Lara (34) and Steve Waugh (32). Chanderpaul also became only the second batsman to remain undefeated throughout a Test series, having played a minimum of three innings and scored 200-plus runs. He made 269 runs with two fifties and the century. Kallis was the first to do so, against Zimbabwe in 2001.

When Chanderpaul reached his century, his partner at the other end Jermaine Blackwood was unbeaten on 66. He blasted his second Test half century off 120 balls with three fours and a six. The pair got together at 100 for four and was able to post an unbeaten 169 runs for the fifth wicket.

SCOREBOARD

WI vs Bangladesh

WI inns 1st inns 380

Bangladesh 1st inns 161

West Indies 2nd inns

(overnight 208/4)

K Brathwaite c S Rahman b Mahmudullah 45

L Johnson c T Islam 41

K Edwards c S Rahman b S Islam 2

D Bravo b Mahmudullah 7

S Chanderpaul not out 101

J Blackwood not out 66

Extras (lb5, w2) 7

Total for 4 wkts dec 269

Fall of wkts: 76, 81, 97, 100.

Bowling: T Islam 28-5-81-1, Al Amin Hossain 4-0-18-0, R Islam 12-3-42-0 (2w), S Islam 13-1-42-1, Mahmudullah 16-2-64-2, M Haque 4-0-17-0.

Bangladesh 2nd inns

T Iqbal c Gabriel b Benn 64

S Rahman c Edwards b Taylor 39

A Haque c Ramdin b Benn 0

M Haque c Gabriel b Benn 56

Mahmudullah lbw Gabriel 0

M Rahim b Taylor 11

N Hossain lbw Benn 2

T Islam c & b Benn 4

S Islam b Roach 14

R Islam lbw Taylor 0

Al-Amin Hossain not out 0

Extras lb1, w1 2

Total all out 192

Fall of wkts: 47, 48, 158, 160, 160, 167, 173, 188, 188, 192.

Bowling: J Taylor 13-4-39-3, K Roach 15.4-1-43-1, S Benn 32-6-72-5 (1w), J Blackwood 2-0-4-0, S Gabriel 11-2-24-1, L Johnson 4-0-9-0.

Result: West Indies won by 297 runs.

Man of the match:

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

West Indies won Dhaka Bank Test series 2-0

West Indies won Dhaka Bank ODIs 3-0

The lone Dhaka Bank T20 was washed out.

Player of the series: Kraigg Brathwaite.

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Bravo fined for verbally offending Bangladesh batsmen
ESPNcricinfo staff
September 17, 2014



An ICC release stated that Darren Bravo had been warned on several occasions not to approach and verbally offend the opposition batsmen © AFP

Darren Bravo, the West Indies batsman, has been found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for verbally offending the opposition batsmen during the fourth and final day's play in the second Test against Bangladesh in St Lucia.

Bravo was found to have breached Article 2.1.8 of the code, which relates to "…Where the facts of the alleged incident are not adequately or clearly covered by any of the above offences, conduct that either : (a) is contrary to the spirit of the game; or (b) brings the game into disrepute."

An ICC release stated that Bravo had been warned on several occasions not to approach and verbally offend the opposition batsmen and repeatedly failed to heed the umpires' instructions.

Bravo disputed the offence and a formal hearing was then conducted by match referee Roshan Mahanama, with the charge having initially been brought by on-field umpires Steve Davis, Richard Illingworth, third umpire Marais Erasmus and fourth umpire Peter Nero. Mahanama found Bravo guilty and issued a fine of 30% of his match fee.

"The umpires felt that the player's behaviour brought the game into disrepute and he was reminded of his responsibilities to extend respect at all times to both his opponent and to match officials," Mahanama said.