Bangladesh V West Indies – 1st Test Day One – Gazi’s double strike reduces West Indies to 107 for 3 at lunch – Match Update
Debutant spinner Sohag Gazi struck twice in the morning session on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies as Bangladesh had the tourists three down for 107 at lunch, with Kieran Powell keeping the Windies’ knock together on 41.
After West Indies skipper Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bat first, Gayle greeted the Bangladesh debutant, Sohag Gazi with aggression, smashing the off-spinner for towering sixes on the first and fourth ball of the match. The Jamaican left-hander then clobbered two fours off pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahadat-Hossain-c2480 to threaten the home attack.
However, the rookie spinner soon had revenge, having Gayle caught at long off, on the last ball of the fifth over, to leave the visitors 32 for 1 on the board. The flamboyant West Indies opener came down the wicket to smash the ball over the long-off fielder but did not get the timing right, giving an easy catch to Mahmudullah.
Darren Bravo and opener Kieran Powell added 42 runs to the scorecard for the second wicket stand, before Gazi struck back in the 17th over to have the former caught by Rubel Hossain, at point, on 14. The debutant was also involved in the third wicket that fell in the morning session, catching Marlon Samuels (16) off Shahadat Hossain, to put pressure on the opposition. Samuels shared a 32-run stand with Gayle’s opening partner Powell, who remains steady hitting five boundaries and a six in his 41 not out.
At the interval, Powell had veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 with him, on nought, with the scorecard reading 107 for 3.
Earlier http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Veerasammy-Permaul-c94981 his Test debut in anticipation of a spinning Shere Bangla track.
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Bangladesh squad: 1. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rubel-Hossain-c2378.
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