WI vs BAN 2024/25, WI vs BAN 2nd Take a look at Match Preview

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Massive image: Contest between two good tempo assaults

The Sabina Park will host its first Take a look at in additional than three years, but it surely’s a favorite venue of the hosts, and so they play there often in a single format or the opposite. Which provides them an awesome probability to place collectively one other sturdy efficiency to ship Bangladesh again with a 2-0 defeat. If it occurs, it is going to be West Indies’ first Take a look at collection sweep since July 2022, and Bangladesh had been the opponents then too.

Given how fragile their batting has been of late, West Indies can be notably happy with the best way they batted within the first innings within the North Sound Take a look at. They’d two huge – 140 runs, every time – partnerships, the primary involving Alick Athanaze and Mikyle Louis, who each bought out within the 90s. Though they missed their maiden Take a look at centuries, they batted with duty and confirmed self-discipline. The identical was the case with Justin Greaves, who did get to his first Take a look at century. What was additionally heartening was the best way Kemar Roach supported Greaves of their stand for the eighth wicket.

West Indies additionally bowled with self-discipline, the four-man tempo assault not giving Bangladesh that odd spell when run-scoring turns into straightforward. Jayden Seales is the assault chief. Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph bowl in fiery bursts. Roach banks on his enormous expertise, and the years of dominance over Bangladesh helps.

Tempo bowling was Bangladesh’s solely constructive within the first Take a look at, too. And it might nicely be the one factor that they will financial institution on within the second Take a look at.

Taskin Ahmed led the best way with eight wickets within the match, together with a six-for within the second innings, the place West Indies scored 152 in 46.1 overs. It was Taskin’s first five-wicket haul in Take a look at cricket. The efficiency, coupled with Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam displaying consistency, saved Bangladesh going within the Take a look at. In Jamaica, Nahid Rana might get a look-in too, making the assault that rather more potent.

However what about Bangladesh’s batting? It has been one collapse after one other, wherever they’ve performed, for some time now – the primary motive they’ve now misplaced their final 5 Checks after the large 2-0 win in Pakistan. They confirmed a little bit of persistence of their first innings at North Sound, lasting 98 overs – Jaker Ali and Mominul Haque bought fifties, whereas Litton Das made 40. There was little extra on provide from the group outdoors of that, besides a little bit of struggle from Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Jaker within the second innings.

One factor that each groups want to enhance is their catching. There have been loads of dropped catches proper by means of the match. Mominul dropped two in a brief span earlier than West Indies dropped 4 throughout Shamar’s first spell on the fourth day. It was a blot on an in any other case good sport.

Kind information

West Indies WLDLL (final 5 accomplished Checks, most up-to-date first)
Bangladesh LLLLL
Each West Indies and Bangladesh are out of the operating for a spot within the World Take a look at Championship closing.

Within the highlight – Justin Greaves and Jaker Ali

It took Justin Greaves ten years to grow to be a Take a look at cricketer since his first-class debut, however after the debut collection in Australia earlier this yr, he was dropped. Then it took him one other ten months to return to the Take a look at aspect, however this time, he made it rely. He confirmed restraint and enterprise, particularly when batting with Roach late within the script. West Indies will anticipate an identical displaying with the bat from Greaves in Jamaica.

Jaker Ali confirmed character beneath strain, not like most of his team-mates. Jaker now has fifties in his first two Checks, which is uncommon for a Bangladesh batter. He’s a fighter, and consistently encourages his batting companions, notably the lower-order batters. Jaker himself is slowly opening up as a batter, and might anticipate a bit extra duty within the Bangladesh batting line-up in Jamaica.

Group information – Count on adjustments in Bangladesh XI

West Indies are unlikely to vary their enjoying XI barring any accidents.

West Indies (possible): 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 Mikyle Louis, 3 Keacy Carty, 4 Alick Athanaze, 5 Kavem Hodge, 6 Justin Greaves, 7 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 8 Kemar Roach, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Jayden Seales, 11 Shamar Joseph

One or each of Shadman Islam and Mahidul Islam might anticipate a call-up for the second Take a look at after Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure and Zakir Hasan failed within the first. Nahid might additionally function as Bangladesh are inclined to rotate their quick bowlers.

Bangladesh (possible): 1 Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure/Shadman Islam, 2 Zakir Hasan/Mahidul Islam, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Shahadat Hossain, 5 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Jaker Ali, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Hasan Mahmud, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Shoriful Islam/Nahid Rana

Pitch and situations

Sabina Park has seen huge scores in T20Is this yr, but it surely has additionally historically been a very good pitch for each quick bowlers and spinners in Checks. Climate, nonetheless, might play an element as rain is within the forecast for all 5 days in Kingston.

Stats and trivia – Brathwaite set to go previous Sobers

Kraigg Brathwaite is at present equal with Garfield Sobers on 85 Checks, essentially the most consecutive appearances for West Indies. Sobers performed continuous from 1955 to 1972, whereas Brathwaite has been a West Indies fixed from 2014.
Bangladesh have now performed 18 Checks with out drawing one. Their earlier report is 21, between 2001 and 2004.
At North Sound, Mominul struck his first half-century within the West Indies since 2014. He aggregated solely 20 runs throughout three matches within the two Take a look at collection there in 2018 and 2022.
The final time West Indies performed a Take a look at match in Jamaica, in 2021, Phil Simmons was their head coach. Now he’s Bangladesh’s head coach.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84

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