Windies survive sunny exploits

Host Bangladesh were cursing the weather as the rain-soaked first test against the draw ended West Indies in the Chittagong?s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Tuesday. The game that had a two-day hiatus due to wet outfield was marked by the Tigers until the end of the day but Mushfiq?s draw had to be content five, young with a.

Earlier in the morning not Windies batsmen of Marlon Samuels and Carlton Baugh who use decent score of day four they were sent early in the Pavilion.

The Calypso could lost all its wickets in the first session of the day and only 100 their day Four?s a total of 144.

Elias sunny was the first shot, when Samuels played a suicidal, give a simple catch at short cover to Raqibul to find Hasan before 24.

Windies skipper Darren Sammy then joined Baugh and built a 60-run partnership, but sunny uprooted then Baugh?s stumps, could manage a decent 30.

Sunny grabbed six wickets on the fourth Bangladesh to at least five wickets on his debut, which emulates like former national skipper Naimur Rahman Durjoy, Manjurul Islam and current national Vice Captain Mahmudullah. ALLROUNDER Shakib al Hasan then sent Ravi Rampaul, Sammy and Devendra Bishoo of the Pavilion in quick succession, d. h. that the Tiger had a lead of 106 runs before opening the second innings.

Opener of Imrul Kayes only 13 in the second innings, but Tamim?s 37 and a half a century by Shahriar Nafees Bangladesh, which set a target of 226 visitors, after the Declaration of the innings to 119.

It was declared the first time Bangladesh in both the innings in a test match.

Had that Bangladesh Bowl out the West Indies side in the remaining 37 overs of the day, but the game was perhaps meant a tie end.

Sunny and Shakib sparked some hope collection opener Brathwaite and Simmons early, but Krik Edwards (28 not runs out), and Darren Bravo (24 not runs out).

Simmons has made 44 just 49 balls, hit five boundaries and a big six.

Debutant Iliad was sunny the man of the match for his seven - wicket haul considers.

The second test begins at the SBNS in Dhaka on 29 October.

Source: daily-sun.com

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