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2.4 to Simmons, well bowled Shahadat, he has produced pace and bounce from short of a length to send Simmons on his way. That bounced more than he budgeted for, and he ended up playing the steer more uppishly than he'd have liked. Raqibul takes a really good catch at gully, it was flying and dying on him to his left, and he moved quick as a whippet to pouch it. 14/1
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65.5 to Rampaul, top edged, and this time Tamim is not anywhere near the catch (drop?). Rahim's big gloves settle under the mis-hit and Rampaul is on his way. 224/8
67.3 to Sammy, that's the end of Sammy's gleeful hitting. Shakib holds the length back a touch and Sammy still dances down the pitch and looks to heave. He misses the length, the ball stays low and finds the base of leg stump. 239/9
67.6 to Bishoo, Shakib's ruined it for Sunny, who finishes with the second best debut figures for Bangladesh. Bizarre collapse from West Indies, who have gone down in style like the band that played on the Titanic. This one spins in sharply from outside off, Bishoo flaps at it without getting to the pitch and the ball spins in to disturb the off stump. Shakib finishes with three, and Bangladesh lead by a significant 106 runs. 239/10
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14.5 to KA Edwards, The fielders weren't helping him, so Sunny does it himself. He catches Edwards plumb in front with a typical left-armer's delivery. It came in from wide of the crease, landed on a good length around middle stump and straightened. Edwards went for the sweep, but it was too full for thre shot, and was through him to hit the front pad in front of middle. 39/2
22.2 to Bravo, West Indies are playing spin quite poorly here. Bravo is on his way. Flighted ball on off stump, a puff of dust as it turns in, but nothing out of the ordinary off the pitch. With two men catching close on the leg side, Bravo had no business reaching out and dabbing it with the turn, but that's just what he did. Straight into short leg's hands. 47/3
41.1 to Brathwaite, all that effort gone to waste. Brathwaite is gone after a meek poke after leaning forward, and Sunny has three on debut. Tossed up ball on middle and straightening menacingly, Brathwaite got forward and poked at it, and it sat up after popping onto the pad, for short leg to gobble it. 109/4
49.4 to Chanderpaul, Sunny strikes again, and this the biggie. Chanders is gone on 49. He jumps down the track and gets close to the pitch before looking to work it to midwicket. He may have got a feather on it (replays aren't conclusive) before it hit the pad and popped up to slip. Bangladesh went up in unison, the appeal was upheld, but Chanders shakes his head all the way back to the pavilion. 132/5
53.3 to Samuels, five wickets on Test debut for Elias Sunny! What a legend, already. This was suicidal from Samuels. Tossed up delivery on leg stump, there's no need to play a scoopy inside out drive in the third over of a pointless final day. But that's just what he does, and gives short cover a simple catch. 147/6
60.3 to Baugh, Elias now has the best figures on debut by a Bangladeshi debutant! Well, at least as long as he doesn't concede three more runs. He has bowled Baugh round the legs, with a ball that Shane Warne wouldn't scoff at. Curls around from over the stumps, lands well outside leg and changes direction madly to hit the castle even as Baugh misses the sweep. It is a Sunny morning in Chittagong, alright. 207/7
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