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West Indies vs Bangladesh, 1st Test at North Sound, WI vs BAN, Nov 22 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st Test, North Sound, November 22 - 26, 2024, Bangladesh tour of West Indies
450/9d & 152
(T:334) 269/9d & 132

West Indies won by 201 runs

Player Of The Match
115* & 2/34
justin-greaves
New
BAN 2nd Innings
Full commentary
end of over 383 runs
BAN: 132/9CRR: 3.47 
Taskin Ahmed4 (11b)
Jayden Seales 13-3-45-3
Alzarri Joseph 8-1-32-2

So, that is that. It took West Indies only 40 minutes to wrap it up and take 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The next Test is in Kingston, starting on November 30. We will be back again to bring you all the action. See you then!

Kraigg Brathwaite: A lot of learning has taken place from the England tour. Test cricket is all about learning and that's what I tell our guys. We have seen a hundred here and that was a positive. Good to get a Test win and we continue working hard. [On five-man pace attack] It all depends on the surface. But these guys have different skill set. [On improvement] Stay hungry is one. Some guys got big fifties - it was good to see - but this Test is over. We need to keep at it. [Fans' support] it means a lot. And I have seen the guys supporting us not just here but also in the first-class cricket.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz: Think we bowled really well. Taskin got six wickets but they had a got partnership after they were down seven wickets. Then the match was lost there. We didn't bat well in this match. I think we made a few mistakes but that can happen. We hope to come back strongly in the next match. We know what mistakes we made and we need to come back stronger. We will have a chat among ourselves. We have a got pace attack - Taskin, Hasan and Nahid Rana bowled well. We have Taijul too who bowled really well in the first innings. I am really happy with their performance.

Justin Greaves is the Player of the Match: Contributing to the team win, in the first match of the series, is a very good feeling. Joshua and I had a plan, it didn't go as per that but thankful to Kemar for sticking around. Just to be myself, that's what Kraigg always tells me. When it comes to bowling, help the quartet and two wickets were a bonus. There will be bumps on the road but I need to keep believing in myself.

Time for the presentation ceremony.

Who is the leader of this aggressive pack? "Guilty," says Jayden Seales. "For me, Test cricket is about hard work and obviously trying to have some fun on the field. Having a bit of a banter among ourselves is a good idea."

Shamar Joseph: Coming in and being embraced by them and being so welcomed... they teach us youngsters a lot.

Justin Greaves: In the first innings, I had a bit of a holding role. Got two wickets in the end, which was a bonus. It's a fantastic quartet of fast bowlers we have. In the second innings, just come in and hold your line and the guys did their things.

Jayden Seales: We have the pace of Alzarri and Shemar and the skills of Kemar, myself and Justin.

Alzarri Jospeh: It's a good challenge in the nets among all of us.

Kemar Roach: Fantastic effort. I am really proud of the group we have. This bunch keeps me young.

The host broadcaster is interviewing West Indies' five fast bowlers.

10.40am Bangladesh's medical guy is in and is checking in on Shoriful. He was hit on the back of his shoulder in the previous over. After a bit of neck rotation, it looks like he cannot carry on. Shoriful is walking back. Think it's retired hurt. And that means West Indies have won by 201 runs.

37.6
1b
Seales to Taskin, 1 bye

full and wide outside off. Taskin gets beaten but he wants to retain the strike, so they attempt a bye. Da Silva had a shy at the striker's end but missed

Shoriful Islam retired not out 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 25
37.5
Seales to Taskin, no run

full and wide. Throws his bat at it but fails to connect

37.4
Seales to Taskin, no run

a short ball around middle and off. Taskin sways away from it

37.3
1
Seales to Shoriful Islam, 1 run

short of length at the batter. Shoriful clears his front leg and swings it over midwicket. They could have collected two but Taskin wants the strike

37.2
Seales to Shoriful Islam, no run

a length ball around off. Swings across but all he gets is an under edge towards short leg

Da Silva makes sure the slips are not too close to each other

37.1
1
Seales to Taskin, 1 run

full around off. Taskin clears his front leg and steers this towards deep cover

end of over 371 run • 1 wicket
BAN: 129/9CRR: 3.48 
Shoriful Islam0 (2b)
Taskin Ahmed3 (7b)
Alzarri Joseph 8-1-32-2
Jayden Seales 12-3-43-3
36.6
Alzarri Joseph to Shoriful Islam, no run

short of length at the stumps. Shoriful clears his front leg and looks to smash. Fails to connect, though

36.5
Alzarri Joseph to Shoriful Islam, no run

... and welcomes him with a bouncer. Shoriful had taken his eyes off as he ducked. The ball hit him on the back of the right shoulder and fell to the right of the keeper

Shoriful Islam in at No. 11. Alzarri continues around the wicket

36.4
W
Alzarri Joseph to Jaker Ali, OUT

a length ball in the line of the stumps. Jaker was moving across to flick it on the leg side but missed. An appeal for lbw - Alzarri didn't even look back and started celebrating. The umpire didn't take long either to raise his finger. Jaker Ali has reviewed it but as soon as the replay showed the ball hit him in front of middle stump, he started walking. The ball-tracking shows it pitched just outside off and would have gone on to hit middle stick

Jaker Ali lbw b Joseph 31 (58b 5x4 0x6 95m) SR: 53.44

Over the wicket for Jaker Ali

36.3
1
Alzarri Joseph to Taskin, 1 run

full again, this time around off. Taskin defends it towards mid-on with soft hands and gets to the other end

36.2
Alzarri Joseph to Taskin, no run

the sucker ball - full outside off. Taskin's feet were rooted to the crease. He pushes at it and gets beaten

36.1
Alzarri Joseph to Taskin, no run

angles in the bouncer but Taskin manages to get under it

Taskin once again on strike at the start of an over. Alzarri goes around the wicket

end of over 365 runs
BAN: 128/8CRR: 3.55 
Jaker Ali31 (57b 5x4)
Taskin Ahmed2 (4b)
Jayden Seales 12-3-43-3
Alzarri Joseph 7-1-31-1
35.6
Seales to Jaker Ali, no run

full ball on the stumps. Jaker was anticipating something wide outside off and had moved across. In the end he had to, sort of, defend it towards square leg

35.5
4
Seales to Jaker Ali, FOUR runs

a short ball outside off. Jaker moves across and helps it behind square leg. Perhaps too good a connection for his liking as it beats the fine-leg fielder for four

35.4
Seales to Jaker Ali, no run

full around off. Jaker was looking for a single and pushed it on the off side but the cover fielder is a few steps in and made the stop

35.3
Seales to Jaker Ali, no run

full but way down the leg side. Jaker couldn't have reached there even if he wanted to

35.2
Seales to Jaker Ali, no run

full outside off. Steered towards deep point. Refuses the single

35.1
1
Seales to Taskin, 1 run

full around off. Taskin clears his front leg and lofts it over covers. Didn't middle it but enough to clear the in-field. Taskin was halfway down for the second but Jaker sent him back

end of over 357 runs
BAN: 123/8CRR: 3.51 
Jaker Ali27 (52b 4x4)
Taskin Ahmed1 (3b)
Alzarri Joseph 7-1-31-1
Jayden Seales 11-3-38-3
34.6
Alzarri Joseph to Jaker Ali, no run

full and wide outside off. Jaker Ali moves across and looks to hit it towards the leg side. No contact

34.5
1
Alzarri Joseph to Taskin, 1 run

short ball at the batter who clears his front leg and goes for a big hit. No timing at all as it lands right behind the bowler. Surprisingly, they take a single

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