Hasan Mahmud took 6 for 90 as West Indies were bowled out for 356 shortly after lunch on day two of the Sylhet Test, The Daily Star reported. West Indies had resumed on 235 for 4, so the last six wickets brought only 121 runs. Bangladesh then closed on 88 for 3, 268 behind, when bad light ended play after 40 overs.
It was the morning Bangladesh needed, and it came with a cost. Shadman Islam was stretchered off in the 78th over with a twisted left ankle and sent for an MRI scan, and Bangladesh, 1-0 down in the series, began their reply with Nayeem Hasan opening alongside Tanzid Hasan.
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Key points
- West Indies lost their last six wickets for 121 and were all out for 356 in 106.4 overs
- Bangladesh closed day two on 88 for 3, 268 behind, when bad light ended play after 40 overs
- Hasan Mahmud’s 6 for 90 is his fifth Test five-for, the most by a Bangladesh pacer and his first at home
Bangladesh’s reply stalled at 51 for 3
Nayeem, opening in Shadman’s place, went for 5 to Jayden Seales. Tanzid made 16 before Justin Greaves had him caught at cover point by debutant Kevin Wickham, and Shamar Joseph bowled Najmul Hossain Shanto for 18 off 65 balls to make it 51 for 3.
Towhid Hridoy (29 not out off 80) and Mushfiqur Rahim (19 not out off 56) then added an unbroken 37 in 17.2 overs. All three wickets went to seam, which is the same story as West Indies’ innings.
Two balls with the new ball turned the morning
Bangladesh took the second new ball in the 81st over and Hasan needed very little of it. Amir Jangoo, who started the day on 111, left an inswinger that hit the top of off stump and went for 133 off 212 balls. Roston Chase edged the next ball to Litton Das for a golden duck.
The hat-trick ball hit Joshua Bishop on the front pad and the finger went up, but Bishop reviewed and replays found a thin inside edge. Hasan got him anyway: Litton stood up to the stumps and waited for Bishop’s feet to lift, and The Daily Star says that made Hasan the first Bangladesh pacer to take a stumping off his own bowling. He bowled Shamar Joseph for 16 to reach six.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz took the other two. He removed Justin Greaves for 51 with his first delivery of the spell, the first wicket by a spinner in the Test, and ended the innings by trapping Jayden Seales lbw for 15 on review.
Five Test five-fors, more than any Bangladesh pacer
Hasan now has five five-wicket hauls in 19 Tests, The Daily Star’s count shows, one more than Shahadat Hossain managed in 38. The first four came in Rawalpindi, Chennai, Darwin and Abu Dhabi. Sylhet is his first at home, and he took a Test hat-trick in Abu Dhabi last month.
The scorecard also keeps the selection argument alive. Bangladesh picked three spinners, yet pace took eight of the ten wickets: six for Hasan and two for Taskin Ahmed. After a wicketless first day for the spinners, Taskin said a further seamer would have helped, and today’s figures do nothing to answer him.
Shadman’s ankle could cost Bangladesh a batter twice
Shadman slipped on the damp outfield while chasing a Jangoo leg glance off Mehidy. Team physiotherapist Bayjedul Islam said the ankle was twisted, and team manager Nafees Iqbal confirmed he had gone to hospital for the scan. No result had been reported at stumps.
bdnews24 reported that Bangladesh may have to bat with 10 men in both innings if he is ruled out, because substitutes are allowed only for head or neck injuries. That would hurt: Shadman’s hundred gave Bangladesh their first-innings lead in the Mirpur Test, which they still lost by eight wickets.
What happens next
Hridoy and Mushfiqur resume on day three with Bangladesh 69 short of 157, the score that avoids the follow-on. The Test is scheduled to run until 9 November, and Bangladesh must win it to level the series. They then travel to meet South Africa at the Wanderers from 15 November.
Market watch
- Bangladesh need 69 more to avoid the follow-on. If Shadman cannot bat, they have six wickets left rather than seven to get there.
- The MRI result is the news to wait for. It changes first-innings runs and the batting order, and Nayeem’s move to the top suggests the order is already being reshuffled.
- Bowler markets should follow the evidence so far: eight of ten wickets to pace, even though Taskin expects spin to come in from day three.
- A draw gives West Indies the series 1-0, so read series prices with that in mind.
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