Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite smashed a fifty but Bangladesh spinners struck back to halt the West Indies progress in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday. The visitors reached 189-5 by lunch on the third day replying to Bangladeshs first innings total of 430 runs, with Brathwaite
Bangladesh eye West Indies whitewash
BSS
24th January, 2021 03:36:33
In a bid to inflict a whitewash on West Indies for the second time, Bangladesh will take on the visitors in the third and final ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Dhaka on Monday.
Bangladesh took the pride of sweeping the series at clean margin against West Indies for the first and so far the only time in 2009 when first choices Caribbean players skipped the series due to the financial spat with the board.
Thereafter they thrice won the series against West Indies but were unable to whitewash them. This time the Caribbean side also came with a second string team after their 12 top players pulled out of the tour due to Covid-19 fears.
Bangladesh bowl first in 2nd ODI against West Indies
Sun Online Desk
22nd January, 2021 11:10:23
West Indies stand-in captain Jason Mohammed won the toss and elected to bat first in the second ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.
Tigers are currently leading the three-match series 1-0 after they beat West Indies by six wickets in the series opener on Wednesday.
The two sides had already played 39 ODIs, among which Bangladesh won 16 in contrast of Caribbean’s 21 and two matches fetched no result. The latest victory of Bangladesh was their sixth straight against the Caribbean.
Bangladesh bowl first in 2nd ODI against West Indies
Sun Online Desk
22nd January, 2021 11:10:23
West Indies stand-in captain Jason Mohammed won the toss and elected to bat first in the second ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.
Tigers are currently leading the three-match series 1-0 after they beat West Indies by six wickets in the series opener on Wednesday.
The two sides had already played 39 ODIs, among which Bangladesh won 16 in contrast of Caribbean’s 21 and two matches fetched no result. The latest victory of Bangladesh was their sixth straight against the Caribbean.
Mustafizur removes Ambris before rain stops play
Sun Online Desk
20th January, 2021 12:35:10
Rain has poured amid the first ODI between Bangladesh and the West Indies to halt the proceedings of cricket’s return to the country after a break due to the pandemic.
Joshua da Silva and Andre McCarthy were both batting on 4 with the Caribbean side on 15 for 1 in 3.3 overs when the play was interrupted at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Wednesday.
Mustafizur Rahman bagged the wicket of West Indies opener Sunil Ambris (7) in just the second over of the innings with a full-length delivery.
Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and sent West Indies to bat first in the first of three-match ODI series.