West Indies v Bangladesh – 1st Test – 1st Day’s Summary
After losing the three-match one-day series by 2-1 against tourists West Indies, the hosts Bangladesh aim to fly high in the two-match Test series by avenging the one-day debacle.
On day one of the first Test between the two countries, the hosts managed to muster 255 runs at stumps against a decent West Indian bowling arsenal on Friday, October 21, 2011 at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahur-Ahmed-c98518 Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong.
After winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to bat first in a bid to post a staggering total on the board to take an early lead in the Test and put pressure on the tourists.
However, the hosts failed to build a strong opening partnership as they suffered the loss of their first wicket with just 26 runs on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CS-Baugh-c1293 off the bowling of 27-year-old right-arm
pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233.
The batsman found his way back to the pavilion in the 12th over after scoring 10 runs off 36 deliveries.
However, the arrival of middle-order left-hand batsman Shahriar Nafees changed the face of the game as he forged a commendable partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 to starve the West Indians from grabbing another wicket.
This was a perfect setup for Bangladesh as they needed their batsmen to rise to the occasion and bat for as long as possible against an extremely belligerent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 bowling line-up.
The two batsmen took the score to 58 runs by adding 32 runs in the second-wicket partnership before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 had to retire after playing a knock of 21 runs.
This then brought Raqibul Hasan on the crease who crafted a superb partnership with Iqbal as the duo posted 52 runs before spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kraigg-Brathwaite-c71708 at midwicket after smashing
an impressive knock of 52 runs.
At the time of this wicket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 had managed to post 110 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
With just two wickets down, Bangladesh still looked in a comfortable position as they had put enough runs on the board for the upcoming batsmen to capitalise on.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raqibul-Hasan-c84039 as the two batsmen gave an impressive show with the bat. They smashed 49 runs in the third-wicket partnership to take the Bangladesh total to 159 runs.
Later in the day, it was the stupendous partnership of 79 runs between Rahim and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 was caught behind by wicketkeeper Baugh off the bowling
of Samuels after smashing a knock of 40 runs.
Later, Bangladesh ended the day after posting 255 runs with Rahim still batting on 68 runs while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 was on a tally of eight runs.
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