http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 – Only T20 – Match Update
A commendable half century by West Indian, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 helped resurrect the team after a good bowling performance from Bangladesh restricted the visitors to 132 in the Only T20, played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, today, October 11, 2011.
The start from the Windies openers was solid as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640, after making 15.
Samuels continued his fine form with the bat, hitting his first ball to the square leg boundary to announce his intent. Just one ball later, he hit another six off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khondaker-Mosharraf-Hossain-c71365 Hossain- a stunning hit over the point boundary.
However, it was the other end that proved eventful for the hosts with Simmons departing after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 for the visitors as the middle order failed to deal with the slow turning track.
The middle stage was totally dominated by the Bengali Tigers, giving no room to the batters , with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235,the next to perish off Shakib after a period of continuous misses.
Samuels held himself nicely and clobbered his third six of the innings, walking down the pitch and lifting the ball to the square leg region. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 also got into the act with a mid-wicket heave off Razzak but later was adjudged in front of the stumps to leave the team in a precarious situation.
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The only bright spot for the Windies was Samuels and he duly completed a deserved half-century in the 18th over of the game. The second last over proved to be a good one for the visitors as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dinesh-c54134 Ramdin lashed out on a short ball to earn himself a boundary before Samuels clobbered the bowler to earn the time a crucial hit for a maximum, which went to the square-led boundary.
Two wickets fell in the final over of the match with Samuels the first one to perish- caught behind to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiul-Islam-c2479. His 58 was well appreciated by everyone and departed the field to resounding applause.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Carl-Gary-Greenidge-c49220 Brathwaite came on for his first game, however, perished after making just one. In the end it was a good bowling performance by the hosts, which gives them a good chance of starting the series on a high.
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