West Indies vs Bangladesh – Windies come out victorious on final day - Match Update
The first Test between Bangladesh and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 ended in the visitors' favor after they clinched a 77-run victory at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Having won the toss and electing to bat first, Darren Sammy’s decision was fully backed by his batsmen who led their team to an aggregate of 527 runs with the loss of just 4 wickets before declaring.
The opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/D-Ramdin-c1299 (126*), which added another 296 runs to the board.
For Bangladesh, Sohag Gazi was the standout bowler with 3 wickets to his name.
In reply, the home team put up a remarkable batting performance to earn themselves a 29-run lead after chasing a huge first innings total. With a couple of half centuries and near tons (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 was the only successful
Bangladeshi to cross the 100-run mark.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 grabbed 3 wickets each while Sammy named a couple to himself.
For the second innings, Powell (110) again rose up to the task and became the first West Indian opener after a span of 11 years, to make twin centuries in both halves of the game. It was his innings, alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 (76) that anchored the second innings
for the visiting team after other batsmen failed to deliver and the score board was brought to a close at 273 all out.
Gazi again was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh with his alluring performance, which earned him 6 wickets.
Chasing a total of 245 on the final day was never going to be easy task for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, but they completely ruined their chances once they started to try and win it instead of surviving. Unfortunate for the home team, Tino Best wrecked their batsmen one
after the other, reaching his 5-wicket haul. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Veerasammy-Permaul-c94981 supporting Best well with a 3-wicket stand, the home team was fully booked at a total of just 167 runs in 54.3 overs.
Powell was awarded the Player of the Match as West Indies lead the 2 match series 1-0.
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