Bangladesh v West Indies – 2nd One Day International – Match Recap
Bangladesh 220 v West Indies 221 -
West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
West Indies beat hosts Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second One Day International (ODI) to take the three-match series on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh.
After winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to bat first to post a tough total on the board.
However, West Indies wreaked havoc on the host team as Bangladesh lost three quick wickets for only one run on the board as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 couldn’t knock a run before taking
a walk of shame towards the pavilion.
This was the worst start Bangladesh could have had in a crucial match which would ultimately decide their fate in the series.
Nonetheless, miraculously the “Bengal Tigers” managed to get hold of the situation as their middle-order exhibited tremendous character to save the side from complete annihilation in front of Darren Sammy’s West Indies.
From Bangladesh, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 turned out to be the saviour for his side as he exhibited remarkable batting against a belligerent bowling attack.
Rahim and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235.
Next to come in was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alok-Kapali-c43787 who also provided his skipper commendable support as the duo smashed 40 runs in the fifth-wicket partnership.
It was on the penultimate delivery of the 19th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843 off the bowling of Roach. At the time of his departure, Bangladesh had scored 58
runs for the loss of five wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 then crafted a stupendous partnership of 57 runs with Rahim that eventually helped the home side put a respectable total on the board for West Indies to chase.
Islam departed in the 32nd over after playing a well tamed innings of 30 runs off 42 deliveries before getting caught and bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, at this time Bangladesh were on 115 runs.
Later in the 40th over, Rahim was dismissed on 69 runs followed by the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 on 50 runs in the 49th over as Bangladesh ended their innings by posting 220 runs on the board.
Coming out to bat, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 had a tough task ahead of them as the score was formidable enough to be defended by a competitive bowling brigade.
However, Bangladesh bowlers were left completely awestruck by the resilient batting onslaught that was unleashed by West Indian openers Simmons (80) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danza-Pacino-Hyatt-c52396 (39).
West Indies then reached the target for the loss of three wickets as Samuels (88) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 (1) steered their side to victory.
Samuels was named as the Player of the Match for his impressive display with the bat.
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