West Indies vs Bangladesh,1st test report.
On the rare occasion when Tino Best,combined both pace and control he was near unplayable.Tino's 4 wickets on either side of lunch was the final twist to the match as Bangladesh succumbed and their hard work in the first innings with the bat and good bowling in the 2nd innings went in vain.Bangladesh have lost 64 test out of 74 test.
The first wicket to fall in the Bangladeshi innings was aggressive opening batsman Tamim Iqbal,who fell for 5 runs to Ravi Rampaul.Best who was inconsistent throughout the game,finally found some control and subsequently claimed the wickets of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushifiqur Rahim.Debutant Verasammy Permaul was impressive on debut taking 3 wickets.
At lunch the game was still quite even with Bangladesh needing 200 more runs with eight batsman remaining.After lunch Best was hostile with ball and lip,went hard at Bangladesh.Shahriar Nafees got a mouthful , and heaved a top-edge off the next delivery, a short one into the body, for the bowler to take the catch.
Best now had even more encouragement, as if he ever needed it. Three balls later, he had taken out Shakib Al Hasan with a beauty that squared the batsman up and took the edge to the keeper as it moved away from middle.
Best went off the field for a while and returned to strike with his fourth delivery. After all the back-of-a-length stuff, Mushfiqur got one that swung in full and late, and trapped him in front. Best was now even more like a runaway locomotive than usual. He jagged one in to Naeem Islam's chest, and even as the batsman grimaced in pain, asked him to "come on". Mahmudullah was hit at least three times by short balls that he could not avoid but showed guts when he hooked Best for six over deep square leg.
Best ended the game by crashing the ball into Mahmudullah's middles stump.
Keiron Powell was awarded the man of the match for scoring a century in each inning.
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