Bangladesh end opening day 259/5, Shakib hits 24th fifty

Sports Desk: Bangladesh ended the opening day for 259 runs losing five wickets in the first innings of the second and final test match against the visiting West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hit the 24th Test career fifty in the innings. He reached the half-century in the 84th over off Jomel Warrican’s delivery when Bangladesh score was 244/5.

Tigers ended the day 1 when Shakib reached 55. Mahmudullah is also at the crease with 31 runs. The duo will start the overnight match at 9:30am on Saturday.

Meanwhile, debutant Shadman Islam hit a brilliant innings of 76 runs with six boundaries.

Brief score:

42-1 (Soumya Sarkar, 15.3), 87-2 (Mominul Haque, 33.5), 151-3 (Mohammad Mithun, 56.1), 161-4 (Shadman Islam, 58.5), 190-5 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 67.3)

risingbd/Dhaka/November 30, 2018/AKA