Bangladesh v West Indies – West Indies tour of Bangladesh (1st Test) – Match Update [Day 3]
Looking to beat the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 on the third day of their ongoing Test match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today on November 15,
and managed to make it up to 455 for 6 by stumps.
After the Windies won the toss and decided to bat first, for a brief period on the first day of play, Bangladesh appeared to be in a dominant position, courtesy a stellar performance from Sohag Gazi (47-7-145-3). The debutant sent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 (24), Darren
Bravo (14), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 (16), and the Tigers looked poised to keep the wickets coming.
However, the host team hit a deadlock as far as veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/D-Ramdin-c1299 were concerned. The second day saw the elder batsman scoring a massive 203*, while Ramdin contributed 126*, and their unbeaten 296-run partnership saw
the Windies to a gargantuan first innings total of 527, after which they declared.
Bangladesh were given a swift start by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233, while skipper
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 took care of Tamim, and the Tigers finished day 2 at 164 for 3.
Day three saw the host team steadily working their way up on the strength of a handful of competitive performances. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559 (89) worked their way up to substantial individual scores, in addition to setting up a 167-run partnership
for the 4th wicket. Shakib was eventually dislodged by Rampaul (26-2-101-3), but his successor, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 (43), kept the momentum going, joining Islam for a 76-run stand.
Islam’s century proved the main driving force behind the innings, and by the time he made his exit at the hands of Sammy (23-3-83-2), the Tigers had reached 362 for 5. Mushfiqur followed suit soon after, caught and bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Veerasammy-Permaul-c94981 (27-7-60-1),
but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 to 455 for 6 by stumps on day three, trailing by 72 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
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