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Bad light forced early tea in Dhaka as West Indies reached 89 for 1

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John Campbell in action

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 29, CMC — Bad light stopped play ten minutes before the scheduled tea break on the second day, forcing an early tea in Dhaka.

West Indies were 89 for 1 at the time, trailing Bangladesh by 183 runs. After Brandon King was dismissed early for 15, John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul added 60 for the second wicket.

Campbell was unbeaten on 53, with Chanderpaul on 21, when the umpires called off play for the session at 2 pm local time.

Scores

BANGLADESH 272 in 97.4 overs (Shadman Islam 105, Towhid Hridoy 42, Liton Das 34 not out, Mominul Haque 28, Najmul Hossain Shanto 19; Jomel Warrican 5-53, Shamar Joseph 2-41, Joshua Bishop 2-61).

WEST INDIES 89-1 in 27 overs (John Campbell 53 not out, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 21 not out)

CMC la/26