West Indies vs. Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Day 2 Highlights, Scorecard, Report

Bangladesh collapsed once again in their first innings of the second Test against the West Indies in St. Lucia and now face an enormous task to save the game.

The visitors did well to bowl the home side out for 380, but they then struggled badly to reach 104-7, thanks in large part to five wickets from Kemar Roach.

The West Indians resumed on 246-3, but they were almost immediately on the back foot, as Darren Bravo edged through to Mushfiqur Rahim off Robiul Islam to depart for 46.

Jermaine Blackwood came to the crease and looked to play some big shots, with two fours sailing to the boundary from his bat.

However, having made eight from nine balls, he too would be dismissed as Al-Amin Hossain induced an edge and Anamul Haque took a comfortable catch at slip.

Hossain struck again with his next ball to remove Denesh Ramdin, caught by Rahim. Then, in the next over, Shafiul Islam would join in the fun, as he got Roach for a duck.

Meanwhile, at the other end, Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained calm throughout. He played in his usual way and accumulated runs, and with Jerome Taylor, he helped take the hosts past 300.

Chanderpaul would also bring up his half-century—his 65th in Tests. Alongside him, Taylor was starting to play some vicious shots in a cameo from No. 9.

Taylor laced his way to 40 off 32 balls, an innings that included five fours and two big sixes, but he would be removed right before lunch, caught at long on off Taijul Islam.

That brought Sulieman Benn to the wicket for the remainder of the session, and with Chanderpaul, he would help shepherd the hosts to lunch on 341-8.

At the start of the afternoon session, Benn would pick up where Taylor had left off, and he hit some big shots of his own to provide entertainment.

The West Indians went roaring past 350 and looked set to reach 400, but on 375, disaster struck as Benn smacked a dreadful ball from Hossain straight to Shafiul Islam.

He would be gone for 25 from 19 balls. Then, last man Shannon Gabriel did not last long before being bowled by Robiul Islam, leaving Chanderpaul stranded on 84 not out.

It meant the home side were all out for 380, a healthy position to be in but one that ought to have been better given that they had started the day with only three wickets down.

West Indies 1st Innings	(Resumed on 246-3)
Total	380 all out	124 overs
Bangladesh 1st Innings	(Trail by 380)
Total	104-7	42 overs
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
K. Brathwaite	c T. Islam	b S. Islam	63	214	150
L. Johnson	lbw	b T. Islam	66	227	162
K. Edwards	c S. Rahman	b Mahmudullah	16	64	52
D. Bravo	c Rahim	b R. Islam	46	190	123
S. Chanderpaul	Not Out		84	268	198
J. Blackwood	c A. Haque	b A. Hossain	9	15	9
D. Ramdin	c Rahim	b A. Hossain	0	2	1
K. Roach	c Rahim	b S. Islam	0	3	1
J. Taylor	c Mahmudullah	b T. Islam	40	41	32
S. Benn	c S. Islam	b A. Hossain	25	54	19
S. Gabriel		b R. Islam	4	7	3
Extras	6nb 10w 4lb 8b	28
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
A. Hossain	31	6	80	3
S. Islam	27	7	80	2
R. Islam	26	7	63	2
T. Islam	22	4	89	2
Mahmudullah	16	2	49	1
N. Hossain	2	0	7	0
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
T. Iqbal	c Ramdin	b Roach	48	118	75
S. Rahman	c Ramdin	b Roach	1	23	12
A. Haque	c Bravo	b Roach	9	63	39
M. Haque	c Blackwood	b Taylor	3	46	34
M. Rahim		b Taylor	4	39	22
Mahmudullah	Not Out		13	72	35
N. Hossain	c Ramdin	b Roach	1	3	3
T. Islam	c Gabriel	b Roach	12	17	11
S. Islam	Not Out		6	32	22
Extras	1nb 6lb	7
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
J. Taylor	15	4	33	2
K. Roach	16	5	33	5
S. Gabriel	9	1	27	0
S. Benn	2	1	5	0

Indeed, to lose seven wickets for just 134 runs will have given the West Indians some cause for concern, and now it would be up to the bowlers to strike back.

After the restart, Bangladeshi openers Tamim Iqbal and Shamsur Rahman made their way out to start the visitors’ reply.

Iqbal looked positive, but Rahman had some problems and was dismissed for just one as he edged behind to Ramdin off the bowling of Roach.

That left Anamul Haque to join Iqbal and see Bangladesh through to tea, which they reached for no further losses at 25-1.

However, things started to go badly wrong after the break. Anamul Haque went for just nine, caught by Bravo off Roach to leave the score 43-2.

Iqbal could not keep up the momentum of his innings, and on 48, he fenced at one outside the off stump from the same bowler and feathered a catch through to Ramdin.

He was then followed shortly after by Mominul Haque, who fell victim to a brilliant catch by Blackwood from the bowling of Taylor.

To make matters even worse, Bangladesh’s centurion in the previous Test fell cheaply as Rahim was bowled by Taylor, leaving his side in tatters on 68-5.

Roach looked in brilliant form with the ball, and he continued his good spell by removing Nasir Hossain for just one, again to a catch by Ramdin.

That left the tail badly exposed, but Taijul Islam responded positively and hit a couple of boundaries to give his side something to cheer.

However, it was not long before he too fell victim to the irrepressible Roach, who picked up his fifth wicket of the innings when Islam slashed one to Gabriel at third man.

Mahmudullah had been watching the carnage at the other end, and he looked to drop anchor alongside Shafiul Islam for the remainder of the day.

Together, they took Bangladesh past 100, but with the away side’s deficit still over 250, they looked almost certain to be asked to follow on for the second time in two Tests.

There was some late drama, as Islam looked to have been caught lbw by Benn, but on review, he was shown to have gotten an inside edge and so survived.

They would reach the end of the day on 104-7, still 276 in arrears and with the visitors left to rue another batting collapse at the hands of the brilliant Roach.