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Hosts Bangladesh finally pulled off an astounding performance in the five-match ODI series finale that was played on Saturday, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, against West Indies to win the match by two wickets.
Overwhelmed by his side’s emphatic series win against a very impressive West Indies squad, the Bangladeshi skipper said, “Boys stuck to the task, had said will be the test of nerves and happy to execute our plans. Last two games did not bat well, we needed to do the right things in all three departments. I thought today we did a good job after losing the first three wickets.”
The skipper was also named as the player of the series for his outstanding performance.
Meanwhile, the West Indies skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Dent-c41093 on our Christmas. But everything happens for a reason and hope to improve. The batting of Powell, Pollard and Roach getting a five-for, all of them are positives.”
After losing the opening two games, the Windies made an impressive comeback in the next two games to level the series and put the hosts under tremendous pressure.
The finale was a high intensity game as both sides had everything at stake, and while the Windies gave a slightly better batting performance on Saturday than their previous outing, the 217 runs were not enough to halt the hosts from reaching the target.
After a disastrous start to their innings where they lost three wickets with just 17 on the board, the Windies made a strong comeback with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 forging a defiant stand against their opponents to take the score to 149.
While Bravo hammered 51, Pollard was the most impressive with his knock of 85 runs.
Bowling second, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758 finished with five wickets to his name, but the performance still failed to earn his side a much expected victory.
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