West Indies seal tour win against Bangladesh – Cricket News Update
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, after marking the eventual Test series win today, November 2, 2011, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, handing over a 229 runs rout to the Asian Tigers.
Having suffered a rain-led draw at the opening Test outing, from the 2-match series, the Caribbean roster made an imposing comeback – just as Skipper Sammy vowed prior to the just-concluded second game.
Opting to bat first, the fixture kicked off at the Dhaka venue after Skipper Sammy won the toss and opted to bat first – a decision well utilised by the side’s top order batsmen, who added 243 runs, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510’ century; all of which led the Windies to score a strong total of 355 runs.
As for Bangladesh’s response, the side retorted with a disappointing all out tally of 231 runs, while the tourists’ second innings came out with another imposing batting performance which came to a closure on declared aggregate of 383 runs – courtesy another exceptional performance by the Windian top order players.
For the concerned hosts, the Tigers were dealt with some early losses as they kicked off their part of the innings, and despite Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492 adding a potent contribution to the total, the side was finally reduced to fall 229 runs short of the mark.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 had much to thank their spin maestro, Devendra Bishoo, who was the main cause for Bangladesh’s misery, having collected a maiden haul of 5 wickets, leading the Caribbean visitors to seal an eventual victory at the series.
For West Indies’ preceding outings against the hosts, the tourists’ stint kicked off with the one-off Twenty20 (T20) match on October 11, 2011 at Dhaka.
Unfortunately for West Indies, the side suffered a 3 wickets defeat at the hands of the hosts, but for Captain Sammy, the side was not affected by the defeat, evident to which was the Caribbean team’s response with an opening win at the One Day International (ODI) leg of the tour.
The visitors patented another series win, after marking their second consecutive win on the 3-match series, earning a worthy reprisal against the hosts.
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