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29 March 2024

Best's 5 wickets help West Indies win

Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi, second left, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of West Indies’ captain Darren Sammy, right, during the fifth day of the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh and West Indies, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP)

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Tino Best claimed five wickets and Veerasammy Permaul took three to help the West Indies clinch the first test against Bangladesh by 77 runs at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.

Bangladesh needed 245 runs to win the game, but they were dismissed for 167 well ahead of the scheduled stumps after the collapse of its top and middle order.

Mahmudullah was the high scorer with 29 for Bangladesh.

Best returned bowling figures of 5-24, while Permaul took 3-32. Ravi Rampaul chipped in with 2-32.

Scoreboard

Bangladesh 1st innings 556 (Naeem Islam 108, Nasir Hossain 96, Shakib Al Hasan 89, Tamim Iqbal 72; R. Rampaul 3-118, S. Narine 3-148)

West Indies 2nd innings (overnight 244-6)
C. Gayle c Rahim b Rubel                   19
K. Powell c Rahim b Shakib                110
D. Bravo c Rahim b Rubel                   76
M. Samuels c Nafees b Gazi                  1
D. Ramdin lbw b Shakib                      5
D. Sammy lbw b Gazi                        16
V. Permaul b Gazi                          10
S. Narine not out                          22
R. Rampaul b Gazi                           5
T. Best b Gazi                              0
S. Chanderpaul lbw b Gazi                   1
Extras: (b1, lb3, nb4)                      8
Total: (all out; 74.2 overs)              273
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Gayle), 2-209 (Bravo), 3-212 (Samuels), 4-218 (Powell), 5-225 (Ramdin), 6-244 (Permaul), 7-249 (Sammy), 8-265 (Rampaul), 9-265 (Best)
Bowling: Gazi 23.2-2-74-6, Rubel 19-4-53-2 (2nb), Mahmudullah 3-0-12-0, Hossain 7-1-34-0 (2nb), Shakib 11-2-56-2, Islam 8-0-22-0, Nasir 3-0-18-0

Bangladesh 2nd innings
Tamim Iqbal c Ramdin b Rampaul              5
Junaid Siddique c Ramdin b Best            20
Shahriar Nafees c and b Best               23
Naeem Islam lbw b Permaul                  26
Shakib Al Hasan c Ramdin b Best             2
Mushfiqur Rahim lbw b Best                 16
Nasir Hossain b Permaul                    21
Mohammad Mahmudullah b Best                29
Sohag Gazi c sub (Fudadin) b Permaul       19
Shahdat Hossain c Powell b Rampaul          4
Rubel Hossain not out                       0
Extras: (b1, nb1)                           2
Total: (all out; 54.3 overs)              167
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Iqbal), 2-44 (Siddique),  3-51 (Nafees), 4-55 (Shakib), 5-85 (Rahim), 6-106 (Islam), 7-119 (Nasir), 8-159 (Gazi), 9-159 (Hossain).
Bowling: Rampaul 11-1-32-2 (1nb), Narine 18-1-56-0, Best 12.3-2-24-5, Permaul 8-0-32-3, Sammy 3-0-13-0, Samuels 2-0-9-0

Result: West Indies won by 77 runs
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)