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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Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara give a good start to England – 2nd Test First Inning

Summary:


England 302 for 2 (Cook 126*, Anderson 4*) v West Indies

Ravi Bopara scored his third consecutive century to give England a strong start along with Alastair Cook who is unbeaten on 126. West Indies had to toil hard get across both these in form batsmen.

By end of day, England scored 302 for 2, with Alastair Cook and Anderson sent in as the night watchman. A nice batting pitch will help England put on a big score to pile before W’indies could get their hand with the bat.



Batting - England 1st innings
AJ Strauss c Ramdin b Gayle 26 66 4 0 39.39
AN Cook not out 126 262 14 0 48.09
RS Bopara b Baker 108 208 13 1 51.92
JM Anderson not out 4 16 1 0 25.00
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 6, nb 20) 38
Total (2 wickets; 90 overs) 302
(3.35 runs per over)

Bowling – West Indies 1st Innings
LS Baker - 1 wicket in 19 overs
CH Gayle – 1 wicket in 12 overs

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