Bangladesh whitewash West Indies

Sports Desk: Bangladesh has whitewashed West Indies  in two-match Test series. Tigers won by an innings and 184 runs in the second and final Test against visiting West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Sunday.

Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz stole the show with a brilliant 12-wicket haul - seven in the first innings and five in the second.

This is Miraz's second 12-wicket haul after 2016 when the 21-year old spun a web around the English batsmen at the same venue. En route to his 12-wicket haul, Miraz (84) became the fourth highest Bangladeshi wicket-taker in Tests, leapfrogging ODI captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza (78).

Captain Shakib al Hasan (205), former spinner Mohammad Rafique (100) and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (97) are ahead of Miraz in that list.

 

Brief score:

Bangladesh 1st innings – 508 for all, Mahmudullah 136, Shakib 80, Shadman 76, Liton 54, Mominul 29, Mithun 29, Taijul 26, Brathwait 2/57, Roach 2/61, Warrican 2/91, and Devendra Bishoo 2/109.

West Indies 1st innings – 111 for all, Hetmyer 39, Dowrich 37, Hope 10, Miraz 7/58 and Shakib 3/27.

2nd innings following on – 213 for all, Roach 37 n.o, Shermon 20, Shai Hope 25, Hetmyer 93, Mehidy 5/59, Taijul 3/40.

risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 2, 2018/Mukul