http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 within two hours in front of a stunned Mirpur crowd
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 58 18.5 overs West Indies 60/1 in 12 overs
West Indians gave a stunning performance that can be compared to their golden days of the 1970 and 80’s as they annihilated Bangladesh in front of a packed crowd at Mirpur.
The Bangladeshis were blown away for 58 runs in a matter of an hour and a bit on a wicket that had no real demons for the batsmen, the three pronged attack of Kemar Roach, Sulieman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benn-c47745, and Darren Sammy, tore through the limp batting line-up of the hosts
that had promised so much before the start of the event.
The nightmarish performance left the crowd stunned in silence as one after another batsmen perished to the West Indian bowlers.
The start was awful for Bangladesh. They lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 on the third ball of the match and never recovered from the astonishingly poor start.
Tamim, who is the mainstay of the Bangladeshi batting, was snapped up by Darren Sammy in the slips off a thunderbolt by Roach, which left the batsmen with no choice but to edge the ball.
After his demise it was more of a procession, as one batsman after another followed him to the pavilion within a blink of an eye. Junaid Siddiqui was the only one to offer any semblance of resistance, as he scored 25 runs off 27 balls with the help of 4
fours.
Suleiman Benn kept probing at one end with his left arm spin that left the batsmen bamboozled. He took 4 wickets for a measly 18 runs off his 5.5 overs.
Roach was the other destroyer, as he took 3 wickets off 6 overs, conceding only 19 runs in the process, captain Darren Sammy was equally effective on the other end taking 3 wickets.
In reply the West Indians coasted to an easy win for the loss of one wicket only. The man dismissed was Devon Smith, who was bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 for 6 runs off 12 balls.
After his demise the remaining runs were knocked off without much difficulty by Chris Gayle and Darren Bravo. Gayle remained undefeated on 37.
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