Elias Sunny bagged four wickets on his debut to boost Bangladesh's hopes of taking a first innings lead in the opening Test against the West Indies on Monday. The left-arm spinner took 4-56 as the West Indies reached 144-5 in their first innings at stumps on the penultimate day in reply to Bangladesh's total of 350-9 declared.
Sunny, 25, did not have to wait long for his first Test wicket as he trapped Kirk Edwards leg-before in his third over before dismissing Darren Bravo (two), teenager Kraigg Brathwaite and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the last session. "Getting Chanderpaul's wicket was really great," said Sunny.
"But I'm not satisfied with my bowling as I gave away too many runs. I should have bowled better." The West Indies were struggling at 52-3 before Chanderpaul (49) and Brathwaite steadied the innings with a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket. Sunny again put pressure on the tourists when he removed both the batsmen in his last five overs. Chanderpaul's 72-ball knock contained two successive sixes over long-on off the left-arm spinner. Brathwaite, bowled off a no-ball in paceman Rubel Hossain's opening over, scored a 135-ball 33 before being caught by Imrul Kayes. Marlon Samuels was unbeaten on 17 and Carlton Baugh on six not out when bad light stopped play.
Bangladesh earlier added 95 runs to Friday's total of 255-4 before declaring their innings closed in the afternoon session. No play was possible on Saturday and Sunday due to rain. Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo (3-81) and fast bowler Fidel Edwards (2-88) shared five wickets as Bangladesh batted 31.4 overs in the day. Edwards struck with his first delivery when he had skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (68) caught by Bishoo at square-leg before dismissing Shahriar Nafees (32) in his next over. Rahim hit five fours in his 145-ball knock. The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on October 29.
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Scoreboard Bangladesh 1st innings:
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Tamim Iqbal c Brathwaite b Samuels 52
Imrul Kayes c Baugh b Rampaul 10
Shahriar Nafees c Baugh b Edwards 32
Raqibul Hasan lbw b Sammy 41
Mushfiqur Rahim c Bishoo b Edwards 68
Shakib Al Hasan c Baugh b Samuels 40
Naeem Islam not out 36
Nasir Hossain c Baugh b Bishoo 34
Elias Sunny c Sammy b Bishoo 0
Shahadat Hossain st Baugh b Bishoo 9
Rubel Hossain not out 5
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Extras: (b8, lb5, nb5, w5) 23
Total: (for nine wickets decl; 122.4 overs) 350
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Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-110, Nafees retd at 58, 3-159, 4-238, 5-255, 6-274, 7-317, 8-317, 9-345.
Bowling: Edwards 18.4-1-88-2 (nb5, w5), Rampaul 23-8-42-1, Sammy 26-8-53-1, Samuels 25-4-73-2, Bishoo 30-6-81-3.
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West Indies 1st innings:
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L. Simmons c Raqibul b Shahadat 7
K. Brathwaite c Kayes b Sunny 33
K. Edwards lbw b Sunny 17
D. Bravo c Nafees b Sunny 2
S. Chanderpaul c Nafees b Sunny 49
M. Samuels not out 17
C. Baugh not out 6
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Extras: (b2, lb1, nb5, pen 5) 13
Total: (for five wickets; 51 overs) 144
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