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Holder wraps up Bangladesh rout

July 15, 2018
Jason Holder
Jason Holder

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Skipper Jason Holder produced another devastating burst of bowling as the West Indies completed a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh Saturday, romping to a 166-run victory inside three days at Sabina Park.

Chasing a daunting target of 335 after the hosts were dismissed for 129 in their second innings, Bangladesh slumped to 162 all out off just 42 overs.

West Indies captain Holder was responsible for most of the carnage, taking six for 59 in the second innings to finish with match figures of 11 for 103.

“We played as a team and different players stood up at different times,” said Holder, named Man of the Match and Series.

“It’s all about heart, about putting in the effort every day to ensure that we are able to come away with the results and the performances that we wanted.”

Holder’s opposite number, Shakib Al Hasan, fought with both bat and ball in a vain attempt to stave off defeat.

He took six for 33 with his left-arm spinners to engineer the West Indies’ second innings collapse from their overnight position of 19 for one. Shakib then offered the lone meaningful resistance with a topscore of 54 as the wickets tumbled around him.

“I knew coming back as captain it would be tough but I didn’t expect it to be this tough,” said Shakib.

“Our batting just didn’t show up at all as a team. We continue to have this problem when we play away from home and I am really disappointed that we didn’t show any of the fight that we are known for.”

When he was eighth out, bowled fittingly by Holder, the home side knew the match was in their grasp, along with a promotion up the international rankings to number eight.

Earlier, Holder initiated the collapse by trapping Tamim Iqbal leg-before without scoring. Liton Das played positively for 33 but fell in the penultimate over before tea, caught by Shai Hope in the gully off debutant Keemo Paul.

Worse was to follow with the interval just seconds away when Roston Chase, brought on to bowl his off-spin in the final over of the afternoon period, caught Mominul Haque plumb in front and then accounted for Mahmudullah at the start of what proved to be the final session of the match.

Only when Mushfiqur Rahim partnered Shakib in a 54-run fifth-wicket stand did Bangladesh show any degree of competence at the crease. It took the return of Holder for another spell to breach Mushfiqur’s defenses for 31.

In the West Indies second innings, Chase topscored with 32 as the hosts struggled to build on a huge first innings lead of 205 runs. — AFP

Scoreboard

West Indies (1st innings) 354

Bangladesh (1st innings) 149

West Indies (2nd innings)


K. Brathwaite b Shakib 08

D. Smith st N. Hasan b Shakib 16

K. Paul st N. Hasan b Shakib 13

K. Powell lbw Shakib 18

S. Hope lbw T. Islam 4

S. Hetmyer lbw A. Jayed 18

R. Chase b M. Hasan 32

S. Dowrich not out 12

J. Holder st N. Hasan b M. Hasan 01

M. Cummins b Shakib 01

S. Gabriel b Shakib 00

Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-2, w-1) 06

Total (45 overs, all out) 129

Falls: 1-19 (Brathwaite), 2-28 (Smith), 3-53 (Paul), 4-60 (Powell), 5-64 (Hope), 6-97 (Hetmyer), 7-122 (Chase), 8-124 (Holder), 9-129 (Cummins), 10-129 (Gabriel).

Bowling: Abu Jayed 8-1-21-1 (1nb, 1w), Mehidy Hasan 11-2-45-2, Kamrul Islam 2-0-3-0 (1nb), Shakib Al Hasan 17-5-33-6, Taijul Islam 7-0-24-1.

Bangladesh (2nd innings)

Tamim Iqbal lbw Holder 0

Liton Das c Hope b Paul 33

Mominul Haque lbw Chase 15

Shakib Al Hasan b Holder 54

Mahmudullah c Hope b Chase 4

Mushfiqur Rahim b Holder 31

Nurul Hasan lbw Holder 0

Mehidy Hasan c Smith b Gabriel 10

Taijul Islam not out 13

Kamrul Islam lbw Holder 00

Abu Jayed b Holder 00

Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-2) 08

Total (42 overs, all out) 168

Falls: 1-2 (Tamim Iqbal), 2-40 (Liton Das), 3-52 (Mominul Haque), 4-67 (Mahmudullah), 5-121 (Mushfiqur Rahim), 6-121 (Nurul Hasan), 7-138 (Mehidy Hasan), 8-162 (Shakib Al Hasan), 9-168 (Kamrul Islam), 10-168 (Abu Jayed).

Bowling: J. Holder 13-3-59-6, S. Gabriel 9-2-29-1, K. Paul 7-0-34-1 (1nb), M. Cummins 5-1-20-0 (1nb), R. Chase 8-4-20-2.


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