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The Report by Siddhartha Talya
October 24, 2011
West Indies 144 for 5 (Chanderpaul 49, Brathwaite 33, Sunny 4-56) trail Bangladesh 350 for 9 decl (Mushfiqur 68, Tamim 52, Bishoo 3-81) by 206 runs
As the sun shone after two washed-out days, the debutant left-arm spinner Elias Sunny injected some excitement into an encounter heading for only one result. He came into action after Bangladesh declared, and picked up four wickets on a pitch that's has become highly spin-friendly but the time already lost to rain meant there won't be much to play for barring momentum for the next Test and individual accolades.
The pitch didn't appear to have been affected much by the rain. There was limited movement but some extra bounce for the seamers; the spinners, however, got more assistance from the track than on the first day and the sharp turn was exploited by Sunny and Devendra Bishoo. The Bangladesh batsmen didn't help their cause with some rash strokes while their counterparts were quite scratchy, struggling against the turn and bite. The hosts kept chipping away, even dislodging Shivnarine Chanderpaul just short of a pressure-relieving, fluent half-century, in a contest they'd had the better of.
Sunny would have felt like a victim of some malicious conspiracy when he had two catches dropped off his bowling inside his first three overs. He is slower than his team-mate Shakib Al Hasan and gives the ball a lot more air, and was threatening when he came round the wicket, angling the ball in and getting it to spit away from a good length. He finally had his man, an unconvincing Kirk Edwards, who missed a sweep and was trapped in front, sparking wild celebrations from the debutant.
Sunny, Shakib and Nasir Hossa, the other debutant spinner, Bowling, were effective at close range by the fishermen. They are often surprised batsmen with bounce more, closed, or the tip of the glove, and it was a pity that the short leg, silly point and short leg back they managed to get their hands around a half a chance. But they continued to create opportunities and Sunny stood out. He saw off Darren Bravo, who stabbed a delivery that landed in the rough to get caught short leg.
Chanderpaul, seeking to revive the West Indies, 52-3, in its most offensive. A master shake the bowling, either defending or attacking, he put life and urgency. Opener Kraigg Brathwaite blocked on one side, nervous, on the occasion - Rubel Hossain bothers you a no-ball - but particularly strong, while Chanderpaul pressure reduction to another. He defeated his first ball of the sun on the square leg, picked up the gaps in two and three and went to Sunny twice to run on the long border.
Pair added 62 before the fourth wicket Brathwaite turner sprouted from Sunny offer bat-pad catch. Reconstruction of the innings was Samuels, once again experienced the fold, but Chanderpaul has lost, trapped due to a slip, although replays could not convincingly demonstrate the inner edge. Sunny was a laugh.
The West Indies batting undermined their efforts on the morning meeting, when Fidel Edwards and Bishoo shared five wickets for the hosts back ankle. Despite these doors, however, West Indies, as the first day offered a good deal of short deliveries slope given an easy race. Drummer stand out in the morning was Nasir who gave the crowd plenty to celebrate with his stick vibrating, who has already won two ODI half-century. He was especially ruthless against the bad balls, cut and remove Seam and sending Bishoo two fours in a cameo of 35 Help him up with praise at the end of the day was his fellow debutant.
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