Bangladesh 269 for 9 (Jaker 53, Mominul 50, Joseph 3-69) path West Indies 450 for 9 dec (Greaves 115*, Louis 97, Athanaze 90, Mahmud 3-87) by 181 runs
The guests began the third morning quietly, with Mominul getting a pair of boundaries off Shamar Joseph. Shortly afterwards, Kemar Roach eliminated Shahadat Hossain for 18, for which he performed 71 balls. It was an innings going nowhere earlier than he edged to first slip the place Kavem Hodge took a low catch.
Mominul and Litton noticed to the top of the primary session, persevering with to bat obdurately. The often free-flowing Litton began off with a straightforward square-cut boundary off Alzarri, however then largely performed inside himself. Solely within the over earlier than the lunch break, Litton freed his arms to get one other lower 4, this time without work Shamar.
West Indies nevertheless received the breakthrough shortly after the lunch break when Seales trapped Mominul lbw after the left-hander reached his twenty first fifty.
Stand-in captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz then endured a take a look at of bouncers from the West Indies assault, with Alzarri even hitting him on his shoulder. Seales chipped in along with his share of bouncers and verbals.
Litton additionally received slowed down, leading to getting bowled by a barely brief supply from Shamar that he dragged onto his stumps. Litton made 40 off 76 balls with three fours, but it surely was a disappointing exit for considered one of three skilled Bangladesh batters.
Mehidy struck a few boundaries off Greaves and Shamar later within the second session, however the brief ball saved bothering him. After surviving 66 balls, Mehidy lastly popped an Alzarri bouncer to short-leg the place Mikyle Louis took a cushty catch.
Then got here the unlikely revival act by Taijul and Jaker. The pair did make the most of a tiring West Indies assault whereas additionally being disciplined with their selection of pictures. They needed to scavenge for scoring alternatives however had been at all times searching for the odd boundary. They survived a dropped probability apiece too.
Taijul saved utilizing the tempo of the West Indians, guiding the ball behind sq. on the off-side, whereas Jaker tried to pressure the difficulty. Jaker received his 4 boundaries with the pull shot and the hoick, considered one of which helped him carry up his fifty. Joseph separated the pair after that they had batted alongside for 19 overs when he bowled Taijul. Jaker fell to a Seales catch within the deep midwicket boundary, as he tried to clip Greaves for a giant one.
There was a little bit of by-play between Joseph and Taskin Ahmed in the direction of the top, notably after the quick bowler hit the Bangladeshi tail-ender on the top. The 2 exchanged phrases, however Joseph could not knock off the tenth Bangladesh wicket in opposition to the fading mild.
West Indies got here into the third day on the again of a effective batting efficiency on the primary two days. They proceed to have management of proceedings at North Sound going into the penultimate day and can need rain to remain away in pursuit of a outcome.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
