http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 v West Indies – 2nd Test - Day 3 Summary
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 strengthen their hold in the second Test of the series against hosts Bangladesh played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386, the left-hand batsman, led the charge; the 22-year-old scored his maiden Test century to propel the tourist to 207 runs for the loss of three in their second innings.
On start of day three, Bangladesh resumed their first innings with the overnight score of 204 for the loss of seven wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suhrawadi-Shuvo-c91688.
Devendra Bishoo, the leg-spin bowler, bowled the first over of the day; though it was a maiden but it did not fetch any wickets. The Caribbean side was hoping to make early inroads while the Bangladeshi duo kept them at bay.
West Indies were finally able to grab their first wicket of the day at the score of 225. A delivery from Bishoo bounced more than usual and the batsman Shuvo failed to keep it down - as a result he was caught at short leg by Kraigg
Brathwaite.
The tourists stuck again in next over, when the inform batsman Hossain got out after scaling 42 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 was the one who claimed his wicket.
The last wicket stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rubel-Hossain-c2378 did not show any resistance to the West Indies bowlers and the Bangladeshi side was dismantled for 231 from 68 overs, giving the Caribbean a first innings lead of
124 runs.
The visitors had a shaky start to their second innings, as confusion in the first over between opening batsmen, Brathwaite and Kieran Powell, cost Brathwaite his wicket. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 showed great athleticism and accuracy to hit
the stumps while the batsman was out of his crease.
The match was stopped for the next ten overs, as West Indies took a defensive approach in order to bring back some sanity to the game. Both, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510, were forced to work hard for every single run.
Bangladeshi bowlers were building pressure by bowling to a nippy line and length, and were also backed by their fielders. The pressure eventually brought them another wicket and it was former skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559, who saw the
back of Powell (12) in the 18th over at score of 33.
West Indies were in all sorts of trouble but things started to change when Bravo came out to bat. The left-hander showed aggressive intent and smashed a couple of sixes that brought a smile on a few tense West Indian faces.
Both batsmen dovetailed perfectly and took their respective roles, with Bravo being the aggressor and Edwards holding the other end.
The hosts showed inexperience and dropped a few sitters at crucial times, which allowed the batsmen to fly away with half-centuries after tea.
For the hosts, Shuvo proved to be the light in the dark when all the other bowlers lost their hopes. The left-arm spinner bowled a full delivery to Edwards (86), who attempted to loft it for a four but completely missed it.
With the score at 184 for the loss of three wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758 was promoted up in the batting order as a night watch man. The bowler did his best to block off his end while Bravo continued to make a mockery of Bangladeshi bowling
attack.
Bravo got to his first Test century on the final ball of the day as West Indies finish of day with an overall lead of 331 runs. Day four will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 3:30 GMT.
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