With 6 geese, Bangladesh out for 103 vs West Indies

Bangladesh gained one other share of an undesirable document when six gamers had been out for geese of their paltry first innings of 103 on the primary day of the primary Test towards the West Indies.

Of the seven situations through which there have been six geese in a Test innings, Bangladesh now’s liable for three, together with within the first innings of their earlier Test towards Sri Lanka final month.

Bangladesh owed virtually half its first innings whole to reluctant captain Shakib al Hasan who made 51. Veteran opener Tamim Iqbal made 29 and Litton Das made 12 as the one different gamers to achieve double in a depleted batting lineup. The innings lasted solely 32.5 overs.

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The West Indies quick bowlers had been excellent on a brown first day pitch, which often supplied uneven bounce. Captain Kraigg Brathwaite known as for the heavy curler between innings and the West Indies comfortably reached 95-2 by stumps.

Braithwaite was 42 not out and Nkrumah Bonner 12.

The West Indies gained the toss and had been capable of bowl, which often is the favored choice on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Jayden Seales took 3-33 from 10 overs and Alzarri Joseph returned the identical figures from 8.5 for a career-best haul. Kemar Roach started the decline of the Bangladesh innings with two early wickets and completed with 2-21, whereas Kyle Mayers took 2-10 from 5 overs.

“It was a pretty tough pitch to bowl on in terms of finding a length,” Roach stated.

“It was very sluggish in the beginning so clearly you need to be a bit fuller. There had been some tough patches there and a few ridges and such that we wished to hit as a lot as we are able to.

“I think we did that pretty well. Shakib batted well for his 50 but overall the bowling group did a pretty good job today.”

Roach stated the toss was “very important.” “It’s always best to bowl here in Antigua with the movement, the lateral, sideways stuff. To bowl well and bowl them out after lunch is fantastic.” Bangladesh all the time confronted an uphill process Thursday, coming into the match after a house collection loss to Sri Lanka.

Captain Mominal Haque stepped down after that defeat and Bangladesh was with out Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam, who’re injured, and Mushfiqur Rahim who’s on the Hajj pilgrimage.

Shakib reluctantly took on the captaincy, although he has made clear he prefers shorter codecs over check cricket.

They had been in bother from the beginning, after they misplaced Mahmudul Hasan Joy for a duck to the second ball of the day, bowled by Roach, and Najmul Hossain Shanto, additionally with out scoring, in Roach’s second over.

Mominul additionally fell for a duck when Bangladesh was 16 within the sixth over.

Tamim and Litton Das supplied some temporary resistance earlier than Tamim was out with the whole 41-4, having batted for simply over an hour.

Shakib reached his half century with little help from 64 balls with six fours and a six. He was out with the whole 103, caught within the deep by Roach from Joseph’s bowling. The innings ended shortly after lunch.

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Braithwaite and John Campbell placed on 44 for the West Indies’ first wicket earlier than Campbell was out for twenty-four and Raymon Reifer fell for 11 with the whole 72-2. Braithwaite anchored the innings and allowed the West Indies to achieve stumps nearby of a primary innings lead.