Five-star Best helps West Indies rout Bangladesh
View(s):DHAKA, Nov 17, 2012 (AFP) – Paceman Tino Best grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul to help the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test in an exciting fifth day finish at Shere Bangla stadium on Saturday.
The 31-year-old paceman took three wickets in the post lunch session and added another in the final session, finishing with 5-24 to rout Bangladesh for a paltry 167 after they were set a 245-run target.
Best dismissed Shahriar Nafees (23), Shakib Al Hasan (two) and Mushfiqur Rahim (16) in quick succession and then had Bangladesh’s top scorer Mohammad Mahmudullah (29) to give his team a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The second and final Test will be played in Khulna from November 21.
Bangladesh, seeking their second win at home and fourth overall in Test cricket, lost openers Tamim Iqbal (five) and Junaid Siddique (20) in a disappointing start. Siddiqui became Best’s first victim in the innings before lunch. But worse was to come as Best caught Nafees miscuing a pull off his own bowling and in his next over had Bangladesh’s best batsman Shakib Al Hasan caught behind. Rahim looked good initially but Best returned for a second spell to trap the Bangladeshi skipper in front of the wicket to derail Bangladesh to 85-5.
Sixteen runs later, Veerasammy Permaul had Naeem Islam lbw after the first innings century maker had made only 26. Permaul also dismissed Nasir Hossain for 21 and Sohag Gazi (19) to finish with 3-32 on his debut. It was another disappointing batting display by the home team which ended in their 64th defeat in 74 Tests since gaining Test status in 2000 — a matter of great criticism in the cricketing world.
Earlier, they were put on course for a win by off-spinner Gazi whose 6-74 are the best figures by a Bangladeshi bowler on debut. Gazi had Darren Sammy in the third over of the day after the tourists resumed at 244-6 to raise hopes of a Bangladeshi win. He then took two wickets in one over to record his maiden five wicket haul in his debut Test, cleaning up Ravi Rampaul (five) and Best (nought) off successive deliveries. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who hit 203 not out, came out to bat at number eleven because of illness and although he averted a hat-trick he was trapped leg-before for just one. Gazi became only the third Bangladeshi bowler behind Naimur Rahman and Elias Sunny to grab five or more wickets in his debut Test, but his 6-74 is the best among the trio.
Scoreboard
West Indies 1st innings 527-4 dec (S. Chanderpaul 203 not out, D. Ramdin 126 not out, K. Powell 117; Sohag Gazi 3-145)
Bangladesh 1st innings 556 (Naeem Islam 108, Nasir Hossain 96, Shakib Al Hasan 89, Tamim Iqbal 72; R. Rampaul 3-118, S. Narine 3-148)
West Indies 2nd innings (overnight 244-6)
C. Gayle c Rahim b Rubel 19
K. Powell c Rahim b Shakib 110
D. Bravo c Rahim b Rubel 76
M. Samuels c Nafees b Gazi 1
D. Ramdin lbw b Shakib 5
D. Sammy lbw b Gazi 16
V. Permaul b Gazi 10
West Indies cricketer Tino Best (L) and teammate Veerasammy Permaul celebrate after winning the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh in Dhaka. - AFP
S. Narine not out 22
R. Rampaul b Gazi 5
T. Best b Gazi 0
S. Chanderpaul lbw b Gazi 1
Extras: (b1, lb3, nb4)
Total: (all out; 74.2 overs) 273
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Gayle), 2-209 (Bravo), 3-212 (Samuels), 4-218 (Powell), 5-225 (Ramdin), 6-244 (Permaul), 7-249 (Sammy), 8-265 (Rampaul), 9-265 (Best)
Bowling: Gazi 23.2-2-74-6, Rubel 19-4-53-2 (2nb), Mahmudullah 3-0-12-0, Hossain 7-1-34-0 (2nb), Shakib 11-2-56-2, Islam 8-0-22-0, Nasir 3-0-18-0
Bangladesh 2nd innings
Tamim Iqbal c Ramdin b Rampaul 5
Junaid Siddique c Ramdin b Best 20
Shahriar Nafees c and b Best 23
Naeem Islam lbw b Permaul 26
Shakib Al Hasan c Ramdin b Best 2
Mushfiqur Rahim lbw b Best 16
Nasir Hossain b Permaul 21
Mohammad Mahmudullah b Best 29
Sohag Gazi c sub (Fudadin) b Permaul 19
Shahdat Hossain c Powell b Rampaul 4
Rubel Hossain not out 0
Extras: (b1, nb1) 2
Total: (all out; 54.3 overs) 167
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Iqbal), 2-44 (Siddique), 3-51 (Nafees), 4-55 (Shakib), 5-85 (Rahim), 6-106 (Islam), 7-119 (Nasir), 8-159 (Gazi), 9-159 (Hossain).
Bowling: Rampaul 11-1-32-2 (1nb), Narine 18-1-56-0, Best 12.3-2-24-5, Permaul 8-0-32-3, Sammy 3-0-13-0, Samuels 2-0-9-0
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