LIVE – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 1st ODI – First 25 Overs Update
Having been put into bat first by the Bangladeshi toss winning Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045, West Indian top order has piled up an adequate total of 111 runs without losing any wicket in 25 overs, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, in Dhaka, where the two sides are contending in the opening One Day International (ODI) fixture, from the 3-match series.
Hoping to retain a similar strategy as of the preceding one-off Twenty20 (T20) bout at the same venue, Skipper Rahim won the toss and opted to field first, kicking off the side’s session with new ball bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886.
Offering a sluggish start to the team, the Caribbean duo exhibited a rather defensive batting stance, retaining a meagre run rate of above 2 till the close of the 5th over; but soon after reaching the mark, Simmons managed to produce some occasional boundaries for the side, which finally uplifted the team’s run-rate to 4.7 till the 10th over.
By now, Bangladesh had already brought in a change on its bowling attack with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492, while for the batting side – the tourists had aggregated 47 runs in 10 overs, without a loss of any wicket.
However, by the time the batting pair led West Indies to a score of 67 runs in 15 overs, Barath departed for the pavilion after failing to offer much with the bat, calling in retired hurt, leaving one down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 to accompany Simmons, who till now had piled up an imposing total of 43 runs.
As the innings entered the 18th over, Simmons finally trotted on to earning his deserving half century, with the aid of 4 boundaries.
Retaining a solid ground in the following overs, the batting pair finally trailed on to lead the West Indian side to secure 111 runs at a run rate of 4.44 in the 25 overs.
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