http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 v Bangladesh: 2nd ODI at Mirpur – First Innings Report
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 collapsed on paltry 220 while batting first in the second One Day International (ODI) against West Indies, at Shere Bangla National Stadium Mirpur, on Saturday, October 15, 2011.
The home side was in deep trouble after losing the first five wickets for just 58, but fighting half-centuries by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 propped them up to a challenging total.
Despite the fact that no seam movement was available for the Windies, the Bengali Tigers displayed reckless stroke-play and lost their top three wickets for just one run before the skipper took the responsibility.
Rahim was not expecting his top-order to show such a dismal performance when he decided to bat first after winning the toss. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740, went back to the pavilion
without troubling the scorecard.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 gave their skipper some support but none of them could make it big.
The former skipper piled up 12 runs before being dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233 whereas Kapali became Kemar Roach’s victim after gathering a steady 20.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 after clattering 30 with help of three lovely boundaries.
While the wickets were going down frequently at the other end, Rahim kept on playing outstanding cricket, placing the balls into the gaps with perfection and punishing the poor balls.
Nasir and Rahim were inching towards a decent total when the skipper suddenly lost his concentration after smashing a beautiful 69-run-knock including two boundaries and a six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688 helped the side cross the 200-mark.
Since rest of the tale-enders could not manage to do anything special, the Bangladeshi side went all out for 220 after 48.5 overs.
From the West Indian bowling department, Roach grabbed three wickets for 49. Meanwhile, Rampaul and Sammy nabbed a couple of wickets each, while Samuels and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 returned with a scalp apiece.
To take unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, the Windies need 221 at a scoring rate of a little less than 4.5 per over.
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