West Indies team feasted upon BCB XI’s frail batting, to open their Bangladesh tour with a facile 65 run victory in a 45-over practice match at the Fatullah stadium on Friday.
Batting first, the visitors struggled to cope with the slow pitch and posted 217 for nine in the stipulated 45 overs. However, the local batsmen’s dismal show saw the BCB XI bundle out for just 152 with four overs to spare.
Shahriar Nafees, the BCB XI skipper opted to field, with lady luck’s favour in the tussle of the coin, hoping to form a web around the visiting batting side with his array of spinners. Among the 45 stipulated overs, 34 were bowled by the spinners and the target was not an unachievable one. But apart from the experienced names, Md Ashrfaul and Alok Kapali, all the other batsmen failed to rise to the occasion.
A second string West Indies attack, with strike bowler Kemar Roach and Debendra Bishu left out, hit the Bangladesh castle on regular intervals to pound up the pressure and gradually cruised to victory.
The Windies opening was rather sluggish, as Lendl Simmons played 20 balls to score 4 and Kieran Powell took 41 balls to score 18 runs. West Indies will relay heavily on Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels, who stood firm against the local spinners and hardly showed any discomfort against the spin attack. Bravo’s 47 off 74 balls studded with five fours and one six and Samuel’s 47 ball 30, with two fours put the visitors back on track.
With the tempo regained, skipper Darren Sammy and keeper Denesh Ramdhin concentrated on rotating the strike and the local bowlers lost the way. Sammy’s 27 off 24 and Ramdin’s 23 ball 33 took the match away from BCB XI’s grip. Ramdin was dropped by Junaed Siddiqe off Alok Kapali at covers on 26.
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