West Indies v Bangladesh, 2014-15

At Arnos Vale, St Vincent, September 5-9, 2014. West Indies won by ten wickets. Toss: Bangladesh. Test debuts: Shuvagata Hom, Taijul Islam.
West Indies completed their seventh victory in 11 Tests against Bangladesh - although it took them until the fifth morning after their laborious first innings had stretched into the third day, in part because of poor weather. Their big total was anchored by the 21-year-old Barbadian, Kraigg Brathwaite, who became the third-youngest West Indian to score a Test double-century, after George Headley in 1929-30 and Garry Sobers in 1957-58. His 212 spanned nine and a quarter hours, and included century stands with Gayle, Bravo and the immovable Chanderpaul.

After Ramdin declared 17 overs into the third day, Bangladesh were undermined by Benn's left-arm spin and two wickets from Jermaine Blackwood's rarely seen off-breaks. They coped better in their second innings, thanks to Mushfiqur Rahim's third Test hundred, but that was little consolation for another thumping defeat. West Indies reverted to the team who had won the Second Test against New Zealand in June, bringing back Blackwood and Gabriel for Jason Holder and Shane Shillingford; Bangladesh introduced two new spinners, Taijul Islam and Shuvagata Hom. The futility of Mushfiqur's decision to bowl first was clear as Gayle and Brathwaite batted through to mid-afternoon. Off-spinner Shuvagata finally claimed his first Test wicket with a reviewed lbw against Gayle; the first of left-armer Taijul's five on debut followed three overs later as Edwards drove to extra cover.

Bravo's wicket shortly before the first-day close set up a painstaking partnership between Brathwaite and Chanderpaul, once heavy overnight rain had wiped out the next session; they plodded along at two and a half an over. Brathwaite outscored his senior partner 82 to 50 from the same number of deliveries, and reached his double-century just before stumps. His one chance was an edge to Mushfiqur off Shuvagata when he had 113.

Next morning, as the tempo quickened, Brathwaite was finally out to a top-edged sweep off his 447th ball; cuts and pulls produced most of his 14 fours. Chanderpaul remained unbeaten at the declaration after five hours at the crease. In a familiar tale, Bangladesh were soon in trouble. Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes fell within the first seven overs, before Shamsur Rahman and Mominul Haque steadied matters with a stand of 62. Mushfiqur then batted for more than two hours - but he was left high and dry as the last eight fell for 102. Blackwood struck with his fourth ball in Tests, and again in his fourth over.

Aided by six missed chances by complacent opponents - Mushfiqur was the beneficiary on four occasions - Bangladesh made West Indies fight hard when they followed on. Tamim cracked three sixes in his 53, then Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur batted responsibly to add 130 in 51 overs for the fifth wicket. Roach finally removed Mahmudullah after three and a half hours, but Bangladesh were still fighting at stumps. However, from 279 for five they lost their last five wickets in ten overs, with all 35 runs coming from Mushfiqur, last out after nearly five and a half hours.

West Indies polished off their tiny target in less than ten minutes before lunch. Still the torture wasn't over for Bangladesh: the whippy medium-pacer Al-Amin Hossain was reported for a suspect action, the sixth bowler to be cited since June, but the first who was not an off-spinner.
Man of the Match: K. C. Brathwaite.