A good position between Jermaine Blackwood and Joshua Da Silva has kept the West Indies in the game
Tea West Indies 253 for 7 (Brathwaite 76, Black Forest 68, Horn 0 *, Mustafizur 2-46, Nayeem 2-49, Mehidy 2-57) track Bangladesh 430 ro 177 run
Mehidy Hasan and Nayeem Hasan hit a quick blow or two instead of five balls just on the tea horizon, removing Jermaine Blackwood (68) and Joshua Da Silva (42), respectively, to push Bangladesh ‘s hopes forward for their large textured lead. The wickets continued after the pair ran an exciting 99 runs for the sixth wicket, with the West Indies back in the first Test in Chattogram on the third day which has been incredibly comfortable for batting.
Bangladesh looked short-sighted at times, without star spinner Shakib Al Hasan to lead the attack, and single sailor Mustafizur Rahman proved ineffective and also received two official warnings to proceed to the dangerous areas of the park. However, Nayeem Da Silva managed to name the Liton Das goalkeeper for his second wicket of the day, and Mehidy soon caught the Black Forest down the side of the leg, also with Das, to make tea much tastier for the guests than it could have been otherwise.
The Black Forest, which was a start when he walked in before lunch, grew in confidence as the day progressed. He played spinning with sure moves around the crease, a scratch that could take Mehidy away through the covers building his 14th Fifth Test. He handled Rahman, who overcame the 82nd with the old ball with Das standing up to the stocks, to a fine late cut through gills for four. Da Silva was a little bigger, and got a chance at 24 when Najmul Hossain Shanto failed at a grip slip on the outside edge of Taijul Islam, but he defended and drove easily through the rest of the innings. his textures, not letting the spinners. to settle with his forward and backward movements against them.
It was a different picture at the start of the day, however, when Islam pulled Nkrumah Bonner on with a precarious delivery at length around him with his first member, and pulled a fringe through to Shanto at slip. Newcomer Kyle Mayers could have been sacked in the same way as his third ball, but his edge seemed to have taken a slight grip away from Das yards, and Shanto failed. catch him after getting his finger to the ball. Mayers would settle down and crouch down a pleasurable frontier or two in Rahman’s first morning departure, drive and cover tour, to calm the nerves of the West Indies. Kraigg Brathwaite then lifted his 20th fifties with a neat flick off his anti-Islam kicks.
Brathwaite and Mayers added 55 from 11.1 overs, getting the upper hand on the first hour of play, especially with their stroke square of the wicket. Brathwaite used his feet sensibly against Islam and Nayeem, who replaced Rahman very early, and his sashays brought down the pitch on the spinners falling more often than not. Running was coming at a fair streak for the West Indies, although Mayers were lucky when Bangladesh chose not to reconsider a leg relegation before Nayeem hit a more complete one, and the left ball hit the ball in front of a bat with a forward press. The later shots showed the ball going forward to hit the top.
Nayeem would not have to wait long for his award, however, with Brathwaite leaving a long ball that went off and surprised him with the amount of turning back into him, shaving a top off. The Black Wood, which followed him, was hit by a similar ball into his third delivery, but the fine edge carried the ball between Das’ legs and he ran away towards a long stop.
The main difference between Nayeem and Islam was the extent to which the man was willing to pick up the ball, and that recipe was repeated by the batting hero Thursday Mehidy effectively in the first his behavior. His last ball pulled Mayers forward, hitting him on the block after going just around the wicket, and the debater walked away after considering a review. The later shots, however, showed that the ball may have been batted before it hit the cap, and a review could have kept Mayers on course for fifty on the first time.
What remains to be seen is how far West Indies can stretch these innings, as with the time left in this Test match, Bangladesh will be happier to accumulate 250 another in three sessions or so, and then putting the visitors under pressure into the fourth innings.