LIVE – West Indies v Bangladesh: 2nd Test – Kirk Edwards misses out on ton – Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510 missed out on a century by 14 runs against Bangladesh in the second Test of the two match series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in Bangladesh on Monday, October 31, 2011.
The 26-year-old batsman scored a solid ton in the first innings of the match and was looking good to repeat the performance in his second outing as well. However, he was dismissed after contributing 86 runs to the total with the help of seven fours and one
six.
Earlier, Edwards top scored the first innings with 121 runs off 273 balls. He struck 14 fours and a couple of massive sixes, guiding the team to 355 runs.
Apart from that, there were a couple of more solid performances from the West Indian top-order, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 scored half-centuries. They ended up with 50 and 72 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 would have been delighted to restrict the opposition below 400 after their top-order got away with plenty of runs. However, the hosts were unable to make a solid impression once they came out to bat in their first innings.
The entire team was dismissed for 231 runs, conceding a first innings lead of 124 runs. All-rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan top scored the innings with 73 runs, but lacked support from the other batsmen.
Although pitches in Bangladesh are known to assist spinners, West Indian speedster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010 gave a tremendous performance in the innings claiming a five-for. He dismissed the top-five batsmen in the opposition’s innings.
This allowed the West Indian top-order to come out and score some runs again, but openers Brathwaite and Powell failed to make an impression this time around, getting out for a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-John-Blakey-c85123 and 12 runs respectively.
However, Edwards did not give his wicket away easily and constructed a solid partnership with middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386. The pair put on 151 runs for the third wicket partnership before the former gave his wicket away towards the closing moments
of day three.
The right-handed batsman missed a straight delivery from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suhrawadi-Shuvo-c91688 in an attempt to flick the ball towards the leg-side. The ball missed the bat and crashed into the stumps giving Bangladesh their third wicket of the innings.
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