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Tea West Indies 146 for 2 (Samuels 62*, Bravo 41*) trail Bangladesh 387 (Abul 113, Mahmudullah 76, Nasir 52, Edwards 6-90) by 241 runs
Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo refused to give their wickets away, and Bangladesh could not produce enough bite out of the placid Khulna pitch to take any. The surface continued to provide neither seam nor spin, and there was hardly any swing. All that was required of Samuels and Bravo was not to get themselves out like Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell had in the morning. They did just that, and the third-wicket partnership was worth 103 by tea.
The second session brought 84 runs in 30 overs, with only Shakib Al Hasan managing to bother Samuels to some extent.
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Lunch West Indies 62 for 2 (Samuels 12*, Bravo 11*) trail Bangladesh 387 (Abul 113, Mahmudullah 76, Nasir 52, Edwards 6-90) by 325 runs
Fidel Edwards took 6 for 90 © Associated Press
Rubel Hossain conjured a wicket out of nothing, and Chris Gayle made no impact again as Bangladesh removed the West Indies openers after posting 387. With the Khulna pitch making the Bangladesh attack appear flatter than it was initially, it seemed Gayle and Kieran Powell would have only themselves to blame if they failed to make big scores. As it turned out, both got themselves out cheaply.
Though Powell gave it away, it was Rubel who made things happen. The West Indies openers had been almost casually hitting boundaries on the lifeless pitch till the first delivery of the tenth over, when Rubel hit Powell in the back of the head with a bouncer. The batsman received treatment, and promptly swung at and missed the next delivery, also short. The fifth was short again, and Powell pulled it straight to the deep square leg fielder.
At the other end, the offspinner Sohag Gazi, who had opened the bowling again, was trying to tempt Gayle with innocuous flighted deliveries with long-off waiting. Gayle, clearly wanting to avoid missing out on big runs, was defending sedately. When Gazi sent one towards the pads, Gayle immediately went for the sweep, and under-edged it to the wicketkeeper.
Bangladesh's delight was uninhibited. The debutant centurion fast bowler Abul Hasan, who had had a hairline fracture in his left index finger, had sent down just one wayward over, Bangladesh were staring at a possible West Indies run-glut, and they recognised a gift when handed one.
West Indies had needed just 31 deliveries in the morning to remove Abul and Mahmudullah, the two batsmen who had taken them for 172 runs in 30 overs in a record ninth-wicket partnership on day one.
Mahmudullah was the first to go, having added just four runs to his overnight 72, as he checked his drive for the bowler, Darren Sammy, to take the return catch on the second attempt. The stand between Mahmudullah and Abul ended on 184, making it the third-highest ever for the ninth wicket, and also the fifth-highest for Bangladesh.
Abul went past Reggie Duff for the highest individual innings by a debutant No. 10 batsman. There was a loud cheer from the Khulna crowd when he defended his first delivery of the day quite solidly. He had time to charge and smash Sammy down the ground for four before Fidel Edwards had him fending a catch to the slip cordon off his glove. It was Edwards' sixth wicket, the third time he has done so in 55 Tests.
Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo refused to give their wickets away, and Bangladesh could not produce enough bite out of the placid Khulna pitch to take any. The surface continued to provide neither seam nor spin, and there was hardly any swing. All that was required of Samuels and Bravo was not to get themselves out like Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell had in the morning. They did just that, and the third-wicket partnership was worth 103 by tea.
The second session brought 84 runs in 30 overs, with only Shakib Al Hasan managing to bother Samuels to some extent.
More to follow ...
Lunch West Indies 62 for 2 (Samuels 12*, Bravo 11*) trail Bangladesh 387 (Abul 113, Mahmudullah 76, Nasir 52, Edwards 6-90) by 325 runs
Fidel Edwards took 6 for 90 © Associated Press
Rubel Hossain conjured a wicket out of nothing, and Chris Gayle made no impact again as Bangladesh removed the West Indies openers after posting 387. With the Khulna pitch making the Bangladesh attack appear flatter than it was initially, it seemed Gayle and Kieran Powell would have only themselves to blame if they failed to make big scores. As it turned out, both got themselves out cheaply.
Though Powell gave it away, it was Rubel who made things happen. The West Indies openers had been almost casually hitting boundaries on the lifeless pitch till the first delivery of the tenth over, when Rubel hit Powell in the back of the head with a bouncer. The batsman received treatment, and promptly swung at and missed the next delivery, also short. The fifth was short again, and Powell pulled it straight to the deep square leg fielder.
At the other end, the offspinner Sohag Gazi, who had opened the bowling again, was trying to tempt Gayle with innocuous flighted deliveries with long-off waiting. Gayle, clearly wanting to avoid missing out on big runs, was defending sedately. When Gazi sent one towards the pads, Gayle immediately went for the sweep, and under-edged it to the wicketkeeper.
Bangladesh's delight was uninhibited. The debutant centurion fast bowler Abul Hasan, who had had a hairline fracture in his left index finger, had sent down just one wayward over, Bangladesh were staring at a possible West Indies run-glut, and they recognised a gift when handed one.
West Indies had needed just 31 deliveries in the morning to remove Abul and Mahmudullah, the two batsmen who had taken them for 172 runs in 30 overs in a record ninth-wicket partnership on day one.
Mahmudullah was the first to go, having added just four runs to his overnight 72, as he checked his drive for the bowler, Darren Sammy, to take the return catch on the second attempt. The stand between Mahmudullah and Abul ended on 184, making it the third-highest ever for the ninth wicket, and also the fifth-highest for Bangladesh.
Abul went past Reggie Duff for the highest individual innings by a debutant No. 10 batsman. There was a loud cheer from the Khulna crowd when he defended his first delivery of the day quite solidly. He had time to charge and smash Sammy down the ground for four before Fidel Edwards had him fending a catch to the slip cordon off his glove. It was Edwards' sixth wicket, the third time he has done so in 55 Tests.