West Indies vs Bangladesh: Caribbean pacers leave Shakib Al Hasan's men on the brink of an innings defeat.
Bangladesh was sliding towards a massive innings defeat after the Windies completely dominated the second day of the first Test match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday.
Antigua and Barbuda: Bangladesh were sliding towards a massive innings defeat after the Windies completely dominated the second day of the first Test match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday.After Kraigg Brathwaite’s seventh Test hundred anchored the Windies first innings total of 406 to give the home side a first-innings lead of 363, Shannon Gabriel compensated for a wicketless effort on the opening day with figures of four for 36 to reduce the visitors to 62 for six in their second turn at the crease by the close of play.
Kieran Powell, Shane Dowrich, Jason Holder and Shannon Gabriel of Windies celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh's Mominul Haque during day 2 of the 1st Test. AFP
Routed for just 43, their lowest-ever Test innings total, in the first innings, the Bangladeshis still need another 301 runs just to make the Windies bat again going into day three.
That looks an impossible prospect in conditions which are completely alien to them and in which the home side’s quartet of fast bowlers has revealed.
But for a no-ball delivered by Miguel Cummins in the last over of the day when he could have claimed the wicket of Mahmudullah, the Windies would have had the option of requesting an additional half-hour at the end of the day to finish off the match.
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