A second-string West Indies had much the better of Day Two of the second Test against Bangladesh and will head into Sunday with a 61-run lead in St George's
A second-string West Indies had much the better of Day Two of the second Test against Bangladesh and will head intou00a0Sunday with a 61-run lead in St George's.
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The Windies, minus their big names due to strike action, lost the first of a two-Test series in Kingstown by 95 runs on Monday and managed precious little resistanceu00a0on the opening day of the secondu00a0Test en route to a disappointing total of 237.
But the hosts battled back on Saturday, taking four wickets in the morning session, two in the afternoon and then three after tea to dismiss the Tigers for 232 and take a slender five-run first-innings lead.
Right-arm fast medium bowler Kemar Roach was the star of the show with figures of six for 48 in only his second Test.
West Indies then reached 56 for one in their second innings, Dale Richards the man out. He was trapped lbw by Shakib Al Hasan when attempting a sweep on 12.
Omar Phillips and Travis Dowlin were the unbeaten batsmen at stumps, on 17 and 23 respectively.
Bangladesh had resumed on 35 for one this morning after Imrul Kayes fell to Darren Sammy for 14 last night, and the wickets continued to tumble at regular intervals today.
Roach had Enamul Haque Jnr caught behind by Chadwick Walton for 13, and opener Tamim Iqbal soon followed suit in similar fashion off the bowling of David Bernard for 37.
Junaid Siddique contributed seven before being bowled off an inside edge by Ryan Austin and then Ryan Hinds had Mohammad Ashraful snapped up at point by Sammy for 12.
Raqibul Hasan got an outside edge to a Roach delivery and became the fourth man caught behind after lunch for 44, and captain Shakib (16) clipped to Austin at short mid-wicket to become Roach's third victim.
Barbados-born Roach then induced an outside edge from Mushfiqur Rahim two runs short of his half-century which was safely pouched by Walton just after tea.
Not content with four wickets, Roach had Shahadat Hossain caught by Richards at second slip without having troubled the scorers, and completed his haul by having Mahmudullah taken by Austin at fine leg.
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