it's five for Tino, it's a win for West Indies and a big disappointment for the home crowd! The ball was full and fast and surprisingly for some reason, on the middle stump. Mahmudullah, who was backing away to the leg side past few ball, misses and that crashes the stumps and the hopes of millions.
Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st Test at Dhaka, Nov 13 2012 - Match Result
Naeem Islam and Shakib's 167-run partnership is BAN's highest for the 4th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 120 between Habibul Bashar and Manzarul Islam
This is the highest match aggregate (1523) involving West Indies & Bangladesh in Tests
It's been a belter at the start of the season and hopefully we will have lots more matches like this in this season. The game ended at 3 pm, as I had predicted using a nifty mathematical algorithm called induction. Maths prevails over the voodoo art of jinxing players. On that note, this is Devashish Fuloria signing off. Have a good day.
Kieran Powell has been named the Man of the Match for his twin centuries in the Test.
Darren Sammy: " Bangladesh played really really well, but credit must go to my bowlers and our batsmen. All in all, a good team effort. It turned out to be a very good Test wicket after 1000 runs in the first two innings, but there was something in the final stages of the match and I am glad our bowlers imposed themselves. The team has a whole new belief and we are trying to get more consistent in Tests. We are looking to improve with every game."
Mushfiqur Rahim: "The boys really worked hard. In this Test, we competed well in all the sessions. Congratulations to Gazi on a great debut match. Test cricket is the biggest challenge and we don't play that many, but we really did well in the first innings, but lack of partnerships in the second let us down. They bowled very well, but it was down to the lack of partnerships. We are 1-0 down but we have lots of positives from this Test and hopefully we can come back hard."
What a great Test match! West Indies come out on top, but they know that there were lots of volleys from Bangladesh to their top-spin serves. Tino Best was the star of the final day, picking up his first five-for in the process. No doubt he appears so pumped. Bit of a surprise as it was Narine who was expected to make an impact.
Apart from El Tino, there were lots of top-performances from both teams. Sohag Gazi had a great debut match, Kieran Powell scored two tons, Naeem Islam scored his maiden century, etc. Overall, a well-fought match and I must admit, a great one to commentate on.
back of length this time, slower than usual, the batsman makes room and punches it too deep point
backs away on the leg side, it's a bouncer from Tino and he sways out of the line
fuller length on the middle and leg, defended towards the leg side. Mahmudullah says no to Rubel's call for a single as he wants to keep the strike
short of length on off stump, reverses a bit, but comfortably punched to mid-off
back of length, comes in a bit, Rubel pulls it along the ground to deep square leg
Three balls for Rubel to face.
fuller length outside off, slightly slower, he waits in his crease and steers it to third man
makes room and cuts a similar delivery as the last one to deep point, but can't beat the fielder this time
back of length, wide, cracked through point
flighted delivery on the middle and leg, batsman tries to defend down the pitch, but the inside edge takes it to the leg side
drives it in the air past the non-striker off a flighted delivery on the pads
flighted delivery is defended back to the bowler
tossed up delivery outside off, takes a step down and chips it over the in field to extra cover
tossed up, defended off the front foot
pushed through in the air, defended off the back foot
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length delivery, comes in with the angle, defended off the front foot
back of the length on the body now, fended off awkwardly on to the leg side
another short ball, slightly outside off and that helped Rubel to get out of the line
another short delivery for the new batsman, but this one is a bit too high, goes over the batsman easily
only one to go now! Short ball on the body, Shahadat didn't know what to do with that at all. He goes back and fails to get his bat out of the way, lobs it straight into the hands of Powell at short leg
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | |
Toss | West Indies, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2012/13 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | West Indies led the 2-match series 1-0 |
Match number | Test no. 2057 |
Hours of play (local time) | 9.30am start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30 |
Match days | 13,14,15,16,17 November 2012 - day (5-day match) |
Test debut | |
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