On a day marred by bad light and rain, Jomel Warrican stole the show for the West Indies with his 5-wicket haul while Joshua Bishop and Shamar Joseph picked up 2 wickets apiece as Bangladesh lost 7/59 to be bowled out for 272 despite a magnificent 3rd Test ton from Shadman Islam. In reply, West Indies are 134/4 in 48 overs with John Campbell scoring 54 and Tagenarine Chanderpaul scoring 43* while Taijul Islam has picked up a couple of wickets. The Test match is nicely set up going to Day 3.
Jomel Warrican’s 5-wicket haul restricts Bangladesh to 272 all out after Shadman Islam completes his century in action-packed morning session.Â
Shadman Islam and Litton Das came out to resume proceedings for Bangladesh while Joshua Bishop had the ball in hand for West Indies. It took two balls for Shadman to register his 3rd Test ton and his first ton vs West Indies with a brace. Jomel Warrican had the ball in hand from the other end. Shadman used his feet and drilled it past mid-off for a boundary. Bishop continued and got the breakthrough for the West Indies removing Shadman for 105 off 234 balls with 11 fours to his name LBW. The batter reviewed in hope and burnt it for his team.
Towhid Hridoy came back to resume his innings for Bangladesh. Warrican continued and bowled a maiden over. Bishop continued and got another as he cleaned up Hridoy for 42 off 86 balls with 3 fours to his name as he looked to drive and got an inside edge back onto the stumps. Mehidy Hasan Miraz came out to bat next and got off the mark with a boundary with a deft touch by opening the face of the bat and running it down past first slip for a boundary.
Warrican continued as Litton rocked back and played it late to cut the ball away towards backward point region for a boundary. The second new ball was available now but not taken as Bishop continued as Miraz rocked back and cut it away past backward point region for a boundary. Warrican continued as Das swept it hard past deep backward square leg for a boundary.
West Indies took the second new ball with Jayden Seales coming back into the attack. Seales bowled a probing maiden over. Shamar Joseph shared the new ball from the other end and bowled a maiden over as well. Seales continued and bowled a tight over. Joseph bowled another maiden over. Seales overstepped but bowled a decent over. Bangladesh reached 245/5 in 87 overs as we paused for Drinks in the morning session.
Jomel Warrican returned after the break and bowled a decent over. Seales continued as Litton glanced the ball past fine leg for a boundary as the 250 came up for Bangladesh in 88.4 overs. Warrican continued and got another as he cleaned up Miraz for 15 off 39 balls with 2 fours to his name after setting him up nicely. Nayeem Hasan came out to bat next. Seales continued and kept things under check. Warrican bowled another tight over.
Shamar Joseph came back into the attack and bowled a decent over. Warrican also kept things under check. Joseph continued and got his first wicket as he dismissed Nayeem for 5 off 12 balls with and edge to Kavem Hodge at slip cordon. Hasan Mahmud came out to bat next and rolled his wrists nicely to whip it away to deep backward square leg for a boundary. Warrican continued as Jangoo put down a tough chance standing up with Hasan getting a lifeline.
Joseph continued and overstepped as well. Shamar struck again as he removed Hasan Mahmud for 6 off 11 balls with one four to his name with the edge carrying to keeper Jangoo. Taijul Islam came out to bat next and got off the mark as well. Warrican continued and got another as Taijul edged one to the keeper for 1 off 4 balls. Shoriful Islam came out to bat next. He was gone first ball LBW to Warrican. The batter reviewed in hope as it was the last wicket and three reds flashed on the screen. Shoriful fell for a golden duck.
Jomel Warrican ended with a 5-wicket haul. Litton Das remained stranded on 34 off 88 balls with 4 fours to his name as Bangladesh were bowled out for 272 in 97.4 overs. 10 extras given by the fielding side.
For the West Indies, Jomel Warrican was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 5/53 in 23.4 overs. He was ably supported by debutant Joshua Bishop who chipped in with 2/61 in 23 overs. Shamar Joseph chipped in with 2/41 in 15 overs. Jayden Seales finished with 1/29 in 13 overs. Captain Roston Chase finished with 0/53 in 13 overs while Justin Greaves bowled 10 overs for 30 runs without a wicket. At this stage, with the first innings done and dusted, we all paused for the Lunch Break on Day 2.
West Indies makes a steady start despite losing Brandon King before bad light curtailed the afternoon session.Â
John Campbell and Brandon King came out to open the batting for the West Indies while Hasan Mahmud had the ball in hand for Bangladesh. Campbell was on the go straightaway as he reached out with a big stride with an open bat face to deep backward point for a boundary. Shoriful Islam shared the new ball from the other end. King crunched the ball up and over covers for a boundary. King again drove on the up through covers for another boundary.
Hasan continued as Campbell batting on 5* with the score at 14 got a lifeline as Nayeem Hasan at backward point put down a regulation catch at the start of the third over. Campbell added salt to the wounds as slashed the ball past backward point for a boundary. Campbell was in his elements as used his feet and merely pushed it through deep point for a boundary. Shoriful continued and bowled a slightly better over.
Hasan continued as King whacked it away past backward point for a boundary. Hasan drew first blood for Bangladesh as he removed King for 15 off 20 balls with 3 fours to his name as substitute keeper Jaker Ali took the easy catch. Tagenarine Chanderpaul came out to bat next. Shoriful continued as there was a mix up between the batters but Chanderpaul dived and made his ground.
Mahmud continued as Campbell took the aerial route and pressed forward to loft it over the bowler’s head for a boundary. Mehidy Hasan Miraz came into the attack next. He started with a probing maiden over. Hasan continued and bowled a decent over as well. Mehidy continued as Chanderpaul rocked back and cut the ball away through the point region for a boundary. Chanderpaul again steered it past the slips for a triple as West Indies reached 43/1 in 10 overs.
Mahmud continued and bowled a maiden over. Miraz continued and bowled a probing over. Shoriful came back into the attack as Chanderpaul sliced it away up and over the slips for a boundary. Miraz continued as the 50 came up for the West Indies in 13.3 overs. Shoriful continued as Campbell chipped it straight back to the bowler who put down a tough chance of his own bowling. West Indies were 52/1 in 15 overs when we paused for Drinks in the afternoon session.
Miraz continued after the break and bowled a decent over. Taijul Islam came into the attack for the first time this innings. He was welcomed with a boundary as the low full toss was lapped down the fine leg fence for a boundary. Campbell took on Taijul and slog swept down on one knee over deep midwicket for the maximum. Miraz continued and delivered a maiden over. Taijul continued as Chanderpaul drilled it down the ground past the bowler for a boundary. Miraz bowled another tight over.
Taijul continued and bowled a maiden. Miraz too kept things under check. Taijul bowled another decent over. Miraz continued as Campbell thumped the ball straight down the ground over the bowler’s head flat and hard for a boundary, one bounce and over the ropes. The 50-run stand came up between the duo. Campbell took on Miraz and clubbed it down the ground over long-on for the maximum. Campbell reached his half-century in 61 balls.
Nayeem Hasan came into the attack next and he bowled a decent first over. Miraz continued and bowled a decent over. Nayeem continued and bowled a tight over. West Indies were 89/1 in 27 overs with Campbell unbeaten on 53 off 65 balls alongside Chanderpaul unbeaten on 21 off 77 balls when the light deteriorated so bad due to dark, gloomy conditions that the umpires decided to take early Tea Break.
While Tea was on, there was proper rain and downpour after which the rain stopped showing it to be a passing shower. Play in the final session got underway after an hour and 10 minute delay under floodlights which was now in full force.
Bangladesh strike thrice to dent West Indies before Bad Light forces another early closure on Day 2.Â
Play resumed under overcast conditions with John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul resuming proceedings for West Indies while Taijul Islam had the ball in hand for Bangladesh. Taijul started with a maiden over after Tea. Mehidy Hasan Miraz had the ball in hand from the other end. Miraz bowled a maiden as well. Taijul continued and bowled a decent over. Miraz broke the budding stand as he removed Campbell for 54 off 78 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes to his name as Shanto took a sharp catch at the slip cordon.
Kavem Hodge came out to bat next and got off the mark as well. Taijul Islam continued as Kavem rocked back and looked to play the square cut and got a thick outside edge past the slips and away for a boundary. Miraz continued and bowled a maiden. Taijul continued and bowled a decent over. Miraz bowled another tidy over again. Taijul continued and got his first wicket as he removed Hodge for 7 off 20 balls with one four to his name as the edge was taken by Mominul at slip.
Keeper batter Amir Jangoo came out to bat next as Taijul got two in the over as he removed the keeper batter for a 3rd ball duck as the fielder Tanzid Hasan took the catch at deep backward square leg. Justin Greaves came out to bat next. Miraz continued as the 100 came up for the West Indies in 36.2 overs. Taijul continued and bowled a quiet over. Mehidy continued and bowled another quiet over.
Taijul continued as Greaves drove it past backward point for a triple and then used his feet and whipped it away between midwicket and mid-on for a boundary. Miraz continued and bowled a quiet over. Taijul also kept things under check. Miraz continued and bowled a decent over as well. Taijul too kept the runs under check. Miraz continued as Chanderpaul broke the shackles with a slash past deep extra cover for a boundary. Taijul continued and bowled another decent over.
Nayeem Hasan came back into the attack and bowled a decent over as well. West Indies were 128/4 in 47 overs when we paused for the final Drinks Break of the day. Taijul continued after the break as Chanderpaul went back and slashed at the width as the ball got the outside edge past second slip for a boundary. West Indies reached 134/4 in 48 overs with Chanderpaul unbeaten on 43 off 145 balls with 6 fours to his name while Greaves was unbeaten on 15 off 22 balls when Bad Light came into play and ended the proceedings. 0 extras given by Bangladesh so far.
Bangladesh have bowled decently out there in the middle. Taijul Islam was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/44 in 15 overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz chipped in with 1/44 in 19 overs. Hasan Mahmud finished with 1/25 in 6 overs. Shoriful Islam finished with 0/17 in 5 overs. Nayeem Hasan finished with 0/4 in 3 overs. The Test match is interestingly poised at the end of Day 2.
What Lies Ahead on Day 3.Â
Bad Light has curtailed both the days that we have had in Mirpur. Going into Day 3, West Indies trail by 138 runs with 6 wickets in hand. Both teams have an equal chance and tomorrow is the moving day of the Test match. We hope the weather is better and we get more overs in. Bangladesh will hope to keep West Indies down to as low a total as possible and get a significant first innings lead while the West Indies hopes to get close to the 272 scored by Bangladesh.
All in all, an intriguing Day 3 in prospect at Mirpur, Dhaka. Let’s see who gets the upper hand in this Test match tomorrow.
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