SYLHET, Bangladesh, Nov 9, CMC – Bangladesh require 320 more runs for victory after reaching 49 for two at lunch against the West Indies on the fifth day of the second Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium here on Monday.
Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican grabbed two wickets to stifle Bangladesh’s unlikely run chase and further strengthen the West Indies’ position in the second and final Test.
Warrican dismissed openers Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto for 21 and 14 respectively, leaving them requiring a mammoth 320 more runs in a maximum of 64 overs.
Scores
WEST INDIES 356 & 398-6 dec’d in 93 overs (Kavem Hodge 142, Kevin Wickham 78, Brandon King 61, Amir Jangoo 39 not out, Joshua Da Silva 36, Joshua Bishop 20 not out; Nayeem Hasan 2-72, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2-85, Taijul Islam 2-118).
BANGLADESH 386 & 49-2 in 14 overs (Tanzid Hasan 21, Najmul Hossain Shanto 14, Towhid Hridoy 12 not out; Jomel Warrican 2-20).
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