West Indies beat Bangladesh in one off T20 by 5 wickets

West Indies finally clinched a win against Bangladesh in the last match of Twenty20 format by 5 wickets with 19 balls remaining to end the tour with a consolation win otherwise a forgetable series in which they lost the test series by 2-0 and ODI series by 3-0.

Bangladesh opted to bat firs lost early wickets and managed only 118/9 in 20 overs and Naeem Islam was the highest scorer with 27 runs. Sammy and Miller took 2 wickets each.

West Indies lost wicket on the 1st ball but Dwayne Smith and Dowlin scored 37 runs each to register a consolation win with 19 balls remaining.

Match Summary:

West Indies 119 for 5 (Smith 37, Dowlin 37*) beat Bangladesh 118 for 9 by five wickets.

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Ban v WI 3rd ODI Result - Bangladesh won series by 3-0 - Bangladesh vs West Indies 3rd ODI Photo Highlight

Bangladesh beat West Indies in the 3rd ODI by 3 wickets and seal a clean sweep with 3-0 series win on July 31st at ST Kitts. West Indies bowled out on 248 in 47.4 overs and Bangladesh chased successfully with 7 balls and 3 wickets remainig. Mahmuduulah pu an all round performance, took 2 wickets and then scored unbeaten 51 runs well supported by Junaid Siddiqui who hit 55 runs at the top.

Captain Shakib Al Hasan won the Man of the series award while Mahmudullah won the Man of the Match award for thier brilliant performances.

Bangladesh vs West Indies Photo Highlights:

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Bangladesh vs. West Indies 3rd ODI Live Scores, BAN v WI 3rd ODI Preview

Bangladesh is looking for a clean sweep against 2nd level West Indies team as they will meet for the 3rd and final ODI on Friday, July 31st, at St Kitts. West Indies selectors have opted for the second string team even after senior players strike ends.

Bangladesh stand in captain Shakib Al Hasan is leading from the front and former captain Mohammad Ashraful also doing well in the middle order with 2 half centuries in 2 games.

West Indies already lost the series but the have to play for some pride. Travis Dowlin scored his maiden ODI century in the 2nd game which gone in vain as Bangladesh won by 3 wickets.

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Bangladesh win ODI series against Wes Indies – BAN defeat WI by 3 wickets in a thriller

Bangladesh's players celebrate their ODI series victory over the West Indies, West Indies v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI, Dominica, July 28, 2009

Bangladesh win the ODI series by three wickets;
Bangladesh 276 for 7 (Shakib 65, Ashraful 64) beat West Indies 274 for 5 (Dowlin 100*, Smith 44)

Bangladesh is sailing high with their first Test series win and now they have managed to get the ODI series too under their belt. The match was quite a thriller and Bangladesh managed to win this one by chasing a decently large total of 274.

None other than Shakib and Ashraful took the lead of getting the Bangladesh side to a 3 wicket victory with an interesting chase of 274 runs.
West Indies put into bat first scored 274 runs thanks to the maiden century by Travis Dowlin and a good partnership developed along with Devon Smith who scored 44 runs. West Indies must have been confident about the run chase which the Bangladesh team had not been able to score something beyond this. But Shakib and Ashraful had different plans, they steadied the innings with a brilliant partnership after Raqibul Hasan couldnot hang around longer.

Bangladesh will cherish this chase and the series win thanks to the brilliance of Shakib Al Hasan the new captain of the side in Mashrafe’s absence.

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Bangladesh vs. West Indies 2nd ODI Live Scores, BAN v WI ODI Preview

Going one down in the ODI series West Indies team have complained that the pitches are helping the visitors more than the host due to the slow nature of the pitches the spin attack of Bangladesh has been able to dominate the Test series and the first ODI which was held at Dominica.

Bangladesh can expect a hard and bouncy pitch as the curators might struggle to get the team some home benefit by creating hard and bouncy pitches to trouble the Bangladesh batting lineup. Bangladesh does not have any renowned pace attack thus West Indies can rely on that.

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WI vs Ban 1st ODI Photo Highlights - West Indies vs Bangladesh 1st ODI Pictures, Images

Bangladesh continues their good form in ODI's against 2nd string West Indies team as they won 1st ODI of 3 match series by 52 runs. Captain Shakib Al Hasan scored 54 runs while Abdul Razzak took 4 wickets.

Abdul Razzak was pick of the bowler.

Bangladesh celebrates fall of another wicket.

Dwyane Smith made only half century from West Indies with 65 runs.

Bowled him!

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WI vs BAN 1st ODI Video Highlights - West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 Cricket Highlights

West Indies Vs Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009

26 Jul,2009 1:30 PM GMT
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

West Indies won the toss & elected to field

Result : Bangladesh won by 52 runs

Man of the match: Abdur Razzak

West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 (1st Innings)
BANGLADESH: 246/9 (50) RR: 4.92

West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 (2nd Innings)
WEST INDIES: 194/10 (43.4) RR: 4.44

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Bangladesh Win 1st ODI against West Indies, Shakib, Hasan Seal Victory – BAN v. WI ODI Series

Shakib Al Hasan the nemesis of the young West Indies team gave yet another knock out punch to the second-string West Indies team. Shakib surprised the host by opening the match scoring a brilliant 54, and Ashraful gave support in the middle getting 57 runs. Kemar Roach was the most successful bowler for the Windies taking 5 wickets, but he too could not stop Bangladesh from scoring a competitive 249 runs losing 9 wickets. The score seemed too large for a weakened West Indies team who had a bad Test series against the same opponent.

Shakib’s was high in confidence and went straight into attack mode by starting the bowling himself along with Razzak who made a successful comeback taking 4 West Indies wickets to mark a great return with Bangladesh winning the match by 52 runs.

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West Indies and Bangladesh Squads for ODI Series - WI & Ban ODI Squads

Despite the strike ended by senior players and made them available for ODI's West Indies board has decided to go with the second string team and announced the 15 members team for the first 2 ODI's of of 3 match series led by Floyd Reifer. Bangladesh after first overseas test series win and now eying ODI series will be led by test series hero Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh ODI Squad:

Shakib Al Hasan (Cap)

Abdur Razzak

Tamim Iqbal

Imrul Kayes

Junaid Siddique

Mahbubul Alam

Mahmudullah

Mehrab Hossain jnr

Mohammad Ashraful

Mushfiqur Rahim

Naeem Islam

Raqibul Hasan

Rubel Hossain

Syed Rasel

West Indies Squad for 1st and 2nd ODI's:

Floyd Reifer (Cap)

Darren Sammy (vice-cap)

David Bernard

Travis Dowlin

Andre Fletcher

Andre Fletcher

Rawl Lewis

Nikita Miller

Nelon Pascal

Kieran Powell

Dale Richards

Kemar Roach

Devon Smith

Devon Thomas

Gavin Tonge

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West Indies vs Bangladesh ODI Series Schedule - WI v Ban ODI Timing

Bangladeh won the 1st ever overseas series against 2nd string West Indies team and now they are looking forwars for ODI series but they will face toigh competition as West Indies playesr strikes ended and fill fledge West Indies is available for 3 match ODI series and one off T20.

ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:

Sunday, 26th July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

2nd ODI:

Tuesday, 28th July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

3rd ODI:

Friday, 31st July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

One Off Twenty20 International Schedule:

Only Twenty20:

Sunday, 2nd August, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Timing: 14:00 local, 18:00 GMT, 12.00 mid-night Bangladesh Time

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West Indies Senior Players End Strike, Available for ODI Series

After a humiliating whitewash 2-0 defeat by Bangladesh, West Indies cricket board and the senior players committee have agreed upon the appointment of former Commonwealth secretary general Shridath Ramphal as arbitrator for the contractual issues which had forced the senior players to go on a strike and boycott the Test series. The second-string team couldnot handle the spin wizardry of Bangladesh and handed them their first overseas series victory.

West Indies board had been in such situation many a time and should have learnt some lesson by the loss of a home test series against minnows like Bangladesh.

The senior players have made themselves available for the ODI series against Bangladesh, which will make it interesting how the Bangladesh team tackles the task of facing Gayle and company. West Indies might come on heavily on Bangladesh to avenge the Test loss, and Bangladesh have come out chest thumping, with confidence full to the brim and it should provide an interesting short series of ODI matches.

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Shakib Al Hasan sizzle as Captain, Best Player of the Series

Shakib Al Hasan - "Man of the Series"

Shakib Al Hasan is the latest buzz making rounds in the Bangladesh cricket fraternity for his all round performance in the recently concluded Test Series (captain, spin bowler & batsman, agile fielder). His performance as a standing captain in place of the injured Mashrafe Mortaza, paid rich dividends with a team well handled resulting in a clean sweep of the West Indies.

Shakib's statistics of the West Indies series:

Shakib Al Hasan's Batting statistics :
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
159 runs with the bat (96* highest)

Shakib Al Hasan's Bowling statistics:
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
13 wickets
109.1 overs
31 maidens
Gave away 244 runs
5/70 best bowling figure in an inning
8/129 best bowling figure in a Test

These figure suggest the all round effectiveness of the player and thus rightly deserves the "Best Player of the Series"

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Bangladesh Win its First Test Series against West Indies – BAN defeat WI

Bangladesh celebrate their first ever Series win on foreign soil

Match synopsis:
Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 48, Raqibul 44, Roach 6-48) and 217 for 6 (Shakib 96*, Raqibul 65, Sammy 5-55) beat
West Indies 237 (Dowlin 95, Richards 69) and 209 (Bernard 69, Shakib 5-70) by four wickets

Bangladesh tasted first blood of a Test series win in the history of Bangladeshi Test Cricket. Standing Captain Shakib Al Hasan along with Raqibul Hasan saw Bangladesh through to outscore the 215 runs that were required to lift the match and the series. Bangladesh needed to win / draw this match to win its first ever series and that they did in style not missing out on an opportunity and pounced on the second string West Indies team like a hungry Tiger.

Darren Sammy tried to stop the Bangladeshi chase with his 5 wicket haul Raqibul and Shakib Al Hasan were unstoppable. Shakib scored an unbeaten 96 runs to lead Bangladesh to a memorable Test series victory.

This victory will be more memorable as Bangladesh wins its first test series victory on foreign soil and not at home.

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Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test Photo Highlight, Pictures, Images

Watch the photo highlights of historical series win of Bangladesh against West Indies.

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Ban v. WI 2nd Test - Day 1 Update - West Indies face the heat of Bangladeshi Spinners

Summary of day 1:

Bangladesh 35 for 1 (Tamim 14*, Enamul 5*) trail West Indies 237 (Dowlin 95, Richards 69, Mahmudullah 3-44) by 202 runs

West Indies faced the heat of Bangladesh’s spin attack, managing to score just 237 runs in the first innings on Day 1 of the second test at Grenada. Only Richards (69 runs) & Dowlin (95 missing out on a century) managed to get some decent scoring, rest all failed to the spin trio of Bangladesh.

Mahmudullah continuing with his spin magic in the second test, troubled the West Indies batsmen. Shakib Al Hasan leading the BAN side in the absence of Mashrafe Mortaza did a splendid job of using Mahmudullah in short burst and carrying on with long spells himself and Enamul Haque Jr. The spin trio of Mahmudullah, Shakib and Enamul took 9 of the West Indian batsmen to leave a huge dent in the Windies side.

Bangladesh faltered early with their batting losing out Imrul Kayes the opening batsman.

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Bangladesh vs. West Indies 2nd Test Live Scores from St. George’s, BAN v WI 2nd Test Scores & Commentary

Bangladesh can create history based on how they play the next 5 days. It a golden opportunity to win their first Test series in international cricket. It might be that West Indies is playing a second-string team but for records it would be a series win for Bangladesh which will help boost their confidence.

Mashrafe Mortaza would be unhappy captain to miss out of being part of the playing 11 who would go ahead to achieve this feat. Shakib Al Hasan will take his role of leading the side as he did in the previous test match which he led the team by example to a thrilling victory with his superb bowling performance.

The team composition for both the sides:

Bangladesh: (probable) Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain.

West Indies: (probable) Omar Phillips, Dale Richards, Floyd Reifer (capt), Travis Dowlin, David Bernand, Ryan Hinds, Chadwick Walton (wk), Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach, Ryan Austin, Tino Best.

The 2nd test match starts on July 17th Live from St George at 14:00 GMT & 19:30 IST

Bangladesh vs. West Indies 2nd Test Live Scores:

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Bangladesh win 1st Test against West Indies – BAN defeat WI in a thrilling end

Bangladesh dream comes true, of winning another Test match after their win some years ago. Bangladesh should be thankful to West Indies seniors who had earlier boycotted the series due to issues with renewing contract with the WI board. The WI board adamantly sent in the second string team to play against Bangladesh.

The fresh West Indies team didn’t have any answer to the Bangladeshi spin attack and they crumbled under pressure to give Bangladesh an emphatic win.

Brief synopsis of the match:
Bangladesh 238 (Mortaza 39, Roach 3-46) and 345 (Tamim 128, Sammy 5-70) beat
West Indies 307 (Phillips 94, Bernard 53, Mahmudullah 3-59) and 181 (Bernard 52, Mahmudullah 5-51, Shakib 3-39) by 95 runs

Mahmudullah excelled with figures of 5-51 but Shakib Al Hasan was brilliant who troubled the West Indies batsmen the most with all sorts of variations.

Wild celebration was seen on the ground with the limping Bangladeshi captain Mashrafe Mortaza rushing to the ground to congratulate his team mates. Mashrafe would be happy to win his first game as a captain.

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West Indies v Bangladesh 1st Test Live Cricket Score

Bangladesh team will play their first test match against the West Indies at Arnos Vale ground, Kingstown, St. Vincent today. Both teams played against each other in 2004 when Bangladesh lost both the test and the ODI series to the hosts.

Mashrafe Mortaza is the new captain who will be leading the Bangladesh cricket team. Former captain Mohammad Ashraful has lost captaincy becuase of bad form. Jamie Siddons, the Bangladeshi coach is quite confident that his team will show surprise performance and believes that the tigers will adapt the Caribbean conditions soon.

After a bycott by the West Indies Player's Association (WIPA), contractual dispute with the home board, West Indies selectors announced a second-string team for the 1st test match of 2 match series with 9 uncapped players. The West Indies team has a greater chance of outclassing the Bangla tigers, even after losing the recent ODI series against India. The West Indies team has a new inclusion- Adrian Barath will be making his test debut.

West Indies Squad for 1st Test against Bangladesh:

Floyd Reifer (C), Omar Phillips, Dale Richards, Travis Dowlin, Chadwick Walton (WK), Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach, Ryan Austin, Tino Best, Kevin McClean, Nelon Pascal, Andre Creary, Nikita Miller. Kraigg Brathwaite. David Bernard

Bangladesh Squad for 1st Test against West Indies:

Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Shakib Al Hasan (VC), Enamul Haque jnr, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mahbubul Alam, Mahmudullah, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Tamim Iqbal

West Indies vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Cricket Score with Ball by Ball Commentary

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West Indies vs Bangladesh Series Schedule, Timing - WI vs Ban Fixture

Bangladesh tour of West Indies begins on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 with 2 test matches followed by 3 ODI's and only Twenty20 match. West Indies is facing players boycott due to contractual dispute with the board and forced to announced second-string team for the 1st test.

Test Series Schedule:

1st Test Match:

Thursday, 9th July to Monday, 13th July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Timing: 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT, 8.00 PM Bangladesh Time

2nd Test Match:

Friday, 17th July to Tuesday, 21st July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada

Timing: 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT, 8.00 PM Bangladesh Time

ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:

Sunday, 26th July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

2nd ODI:

Tuesday, 28th July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

3rd ODI:

Friday, 31st July, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

One Off Twenty20 International Schedule:

Only Twenty20:

Sunday, 2nd August, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Timing: 14:00 local, 18:00 GMT, 12.00 mid-night Bangladesh Time

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West Indies announced second string team for 1st test against Bangladesh

After a bycott by the West Indies Player's Association (WIPA), contractual dispute with the home board, West Indies selectors announced a second-string team for the 1st test match of 2 match series with 9 uncapped players.

Former batsman Floyd Reifer, who played 4 test matches for West Indies during 1997 to 1999 announced captain, and Darren Sammy will be vice captain.

West Indies Squad for 1st Test against Bangladesh:

Floyd Reifer (capt)

Omar Phillips

Dale Richards

Travis Dowlin

Chadwick Walton (wk)

Darren Sammy

Kemar Roach

Ryan Austin

Tino Best

Kevin McClean

Nelon Pascal

Andre Creary

Nikita Miller

Kraigg Brathwaite

David Bernard

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