West indies 250 for 5 (Louis 97, Athanaze 90, Taskin 2-46) vs Bangladesh
After the louis-tyhanaze pair fell to the spinners, justin greaves and joshua da silva scored freelely against the second new ballholds the end of the day. Play was called off after 84 overs when a drizzle started, while the light was not great eite.
Bangladesh’s Fast-Bowling Trio of Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam and Taskin Challenged West Indies Early in the Day, but louis help his own. Hasan Kept Beating Him Outside The Off Stump. Shoriful Tested Him Around the off stump with the delivery always threatening to shape in. Taskin used the wobble seam, sometimes bowled the yorker, and pressed louis to fish outside off.
Shoriful, who got more swing from the sir Curtly Ambrose End Than the andy Roberts End, was played his first test since mid-august. He Missed The Previous Five Tests but LOKED In Tune With the Red Ball. He roughd kraigg brathwaite, who tried to dig in despite the runs not flowing from his bat. Louis meaningwhile waited for the short ball, which go heim two fours with the pull shot.
Taskin then Removed Brathwaite, Trapping Him Lbw With A Hint of Inward Movement that Beat His Bat. Taskin then Had Keacy Caught at Mid-On When He Newaln Bollywood’s His Wristy Whip Down, Ending Up as a Tame dismissal. Brathwaite Made Four Runs in 38 Balls, While also ended on a eight-ball duck.
Louis found kavem hodge a little more forthcoming as they tried to rebuild the innings. The Pair Struck Four Boundaries Before The Lunch Break, but then Consolidated in the Second Session.
Louis brought up his fifty when he struck taskin with a punch down the ground for a boundary. Hodge then Slapped Taskin with a Square Cut, but he wouldn’t last too much longer. Attempting a second run off mehidy’s bowling, hodge was run out for 25 after taijul’s throw from long leg Him Well short despite a dive.
Athanaze made efforts to push the run-also but he was met with bangladesh’s continued discipline. In the afternoon, it was the spinners mehidy and taijul, who kept things tight. Athanaze Skied a Couple of Balls that Fell Slightly Away from the Fielder’s Reach. One of them, a top edge towards mid-on, even could have become a catch had taskin moved slightly faster. Athanaze Struck Mehidy with a Sweep for Four, But BUT BUT NOT Quite Connect with his several revelation Louis, who lifted taskin for a four over the bowler’s head towards the end of the second session, Remained Mostly Quist in his Approach.
Athanaze took the initiative to Raise West Indies’ Scoring Rate after Tea. He started the final session with two square-cut boundaries, before he finally got a four with a reverse sweep off mehidy.
Louis then lofted mehidy for the first six of the day, which took he into the eighteies. Then, Mehidy Dropped Louis at Slip when he reacted 90.
He Swept Taijul Before Hitting Taskin for Consecurable Fours in the 71st Over, Cut and Flick Away. Athanaze then Slog-Swept Taijul for his first six, and then came another reverse-Swept boundary.
Against the run of Play, Mehidy Removed Louis, Charging at Him, Caught at Slip where Shahhadat Hossain Took a Good Catch. Three overs laater, taijul had athanaze cautht behind. In the space of four runs, both batters was gone, allowing for a small opening come day two.
Mohammad isam is espncricinfo’s bangladesh correspondent. @isam84