West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite rued their defeat against Bangladesh in their first Test match in Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium and blamed their inability to form partnerships for the debacle.
The Windies needed 204 runs to win with almost three days left but their batsmen capitulated to the Bangladesh spinners, and were bundled out for 139 to concede their first Test defeat to the Tigers in Bangladesh.
The Windies lost their first four wickets for 11 and could never recover as they stitched together just one fifty-plus partnership in the innings, that for the ninth wicket.
West Indies opener Kieran Powell made a golden duck against @BCBtigers while chasing 204 and in the process, registered his name in the history books of ignominy Saturday.https://t.co/wZ1ZlKKXRX#BCBTIGERS #BCB #TIGERS #CRICKET #BANGLADESHCRICKET #BANGLADESH #WINDIES #WESTINDIES
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“We didn’t put up any good partnership. We lost wickets too quickly. The ball was doing a lot more in the pitch. The key is partnerships, whether the top- or middle-order. We didn’t get partnerships early, so it cost us,” said Braithwaite after the match.
On a tricky pitch, where spinners from both sides enjoyed a wicket-feast, West Indian middle-order batsman Shimron Hetmyer decided to attack and caused some anxiety to the host as he made 63 and 27 in two innings respectively.
The carefree attitude of Hetmyer might raise some questions but his skipper batted on his behalf in the presser.
“He bats in that way. He is quite an attacking batsman. But you have to be good in defence as well. Obviously he can attack quite well. Each batsman has their specific game plan, so that’s his game and he did well,” said Braithwaite.
The visitor’s skipper was dejected with the loss, but expressed confidence of doing well in the Dhaka Test that starts Friday.
@Sah75official has become the quickest to achieve the double of 3,000 runs and 200 wickets in Test match cricket when he took the wicket of the West Indies opener Kieran Powell on the first session of the third day in the first Test in Chittagonghttps://t.co/9RmZ17BY8x#BCB #CWI
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But he will lose one of his key weapons in the form of pacer Shannon Gabriel, who is banned for the game due to disciplinary issue.
But the 25-year old thought they can do their job despite missing their premium bowler.
“Obviously he is a crucial bowler but we have guys that can follow up. We just want to stick to our plans and I think we will do well in that game.”
1ST TEST, DAY 3
BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS R B
Imrul c Ambris b Warrican 44 87
Soumya c Dowrich b Roach 0 2
Mominul c Dowrich b Gabriel 120 167
Mithun c Dowrich b Bishoo 20 50
Shakib b Gabriel 34 68
Mushfiq lbw b Gabriel 4 3
Mahmudullah b Gabriel 3 7
Miraz b Warrican 22 31
Nayeem c Hope b Warrican 26 74
Taijul not out 39 68
Mustafizur lbw b Warrican 0 3
Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 4) 12
Total (92.4 Overs) 324 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Soumya), 2-105 (Imrul), 3-153 (Mithun), 4-222 (Mominul), 5-226 (Mushfiq), 6-230 (Mahmudullah), 7-235 (Shakib), 8-259 (Miraz), 9-324 (Nayeem), 10-324 (Mustafizur)
Bowling
Roach 17-2-63-1, Gabriel 20-3-70-4, Chase 11-0-42-0, Warrican 21.4-6-62-4, Bishoo 15-0-60-1, Brathwaite 8-1-19-0
WEST INDIES 1ST INNINGS R B
Brathwaite c Soumya b Shakib 13 47
Powell lbw b Taijul 14 20
Hope b Shakib 1 4
Ambris lbw b Nayeem 19 69
Chase c Imrul b Nayeem 31 43
Hetmyer c Mushfiq b Miraz 63 47
Dowrich not out 63 101
Bishoo lbw b Nayeem 7 15
Roach lbw b Nayeem 2 3
Warrican b Nayeem 12 26
Gabriel c Mahmudullah b Shakib 6 11
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 2, pen 5) 15
Total (64 Overs) 246 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-29 (Powell), 2-30 (Hope), 3-31 (Brathwaite), 4-77 (Chase), 5-88 (Ambris), 6-180 (Hetmyer), 7-199 (Bishoo), 8-205 (Roach), 9-225 (Warrican), 10-246 (Gabriel)
Bowling
Mustafizur 2-1-4-0, Miraz 15-0-67-1, Taijul 20-3-51-1, Shakib 11-1-43-3, Nayeem 14-2-61-5, Mahmudullah 2-0-7-0
BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS R B
Imrul b Warrican 2 5
Soumya c Brathwaite b Chase11 10
Mominul lbw b Chase 12 11
Mithun b Bishoo 17 35
Shakib c Gabriel b Warrican 1 2
Mushfiq b Gabriel 19 39
Miraz c Dowrich b Bishoo 18 35
Mahmudullah c Hope b Bishoo31 46
Nayeem c Hope b Bishoo 5 27
Taijul c Warrican b Chase 1 5
Mustafizur not out 2 3
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 3) 6
Total (35.5 Overs) 125 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-13 (Imrul), 2-13 (Soumya), 3-32 (Mominul), 4-35 (Shakib), 5-53 (Mithun), 6-69 (Mushfiq), 7-106 (Miraz), 8-122 (Nayeem), 9-123 (Mahmudullah), 10-125 (Taijul)
Bowling
Roach 1-0-11-0, Warrican 16-2-43-2, Chase 6.5-1-18-3, Bishoo 9-0-26-4, Gabriel 3-0-24-1
WEST INDIES 2ND INNINGS R B
Brathwaite lbw b Taijul 8 23
Powell st Mushfiq b Shakib 0 1
Hope c Mushfiq b Shakib 3 6
Ambris c Mushfiq b Taijul 43 62
Chase lbw b Taijul 0 4
Hetmyer c Nayeem b Miraz 27 19
Dowrich lbw b Taijul 5 14
Bishoo b Taijul 2 21
Roach lbw b Taijul 1 7
Warrican c Shakib b Miraz 41 55
Gabriel not out 0 0
Extras (b 9) 9
Total (35.2 Overs) 139 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Powell), 2-11 (Hope), 3-11 (Brathwaite), 4-11 (Chase), 5-44 (Hetmyer), 6-51 (Dowrich), 7-69 (Bishoo), 8-75 (Roach), 9-138 (Warrican), 10-139 (Ambris)
Bowling
Shakib 7-0-30-2, Nayeem 7-1-29-0, Taijul 11.2-2-33-6, Miraz 8-1-27-2, Mustafizur 2-0-11-0
Bangladesh won by 64 runs, take 1-0 lead in 2-Test series
MoM: Mominul Haque
