Three dropped catches allowed opener Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain to stage a recovery from 10-2.
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01 December, 2024, 06:40 am
Last modified: 01 December, 2024, 06:48 am
Bangladesh crawled to 69-2 in opposition to the West Indies when the start of the 2d Take a look at at Sabina Park became dinky by a wet outfield and inaccurate light on Saturday.
The damp park worn out the first two sessions and reduced play to forty five overs in three hours.
But handiest 30 overs were bowled before wretched light ended the first day. Rain is forecast on every scheduled match day in Kingston.
The West Indies retained the same XI which won the first Take a look at in Antigua by 201 runs, and instant bowler Kemar Roach gave them a huge originate to the 2d Take a look at by inducing edges within the help of from Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure and Mominul Haque within the first seven overs.
But three dropped catches allowed opener Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain to stage a recovery from 10-2.
Shadman became dropped on 15 within the slips and 35 at short quilt. He became 50 off 100 balls at stumps.
Shahadat became on 8 when he became dropped within the slips. He became 12 off 63 balls at stumps.
“The pitch here is very factual for batting, it hardens because the Take a look at goes on,” Roach said. “So the secret’s consistency. A ultimate day for us with two wickets in it.”
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite earned a point out in ancient previous when he surpassed Garfield Sobers to became the first West Indian to play 86 consecutive Take a look at suits.
Sobers, yet every other captain, performed 85 consecutive Exams from 1955-72 and retired in 1974 as one of the most greats.
Brathwaite made his debut in 2011 but hasn’t left out a Take a look at since 2014.
“It methodology plenty,” Brathwaite said before his 96th test. “I am extraordinarily grateful because in this generation there is loads of T10 and T20 cricket, but test cricket is the categorical test. On the reside, I will feel fancy I’ve performed a terribly factual job for the West Indies.”
