West Indies Vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Day 3 Review: Kemar Roach’s spell put hosts in sight of victory
On the rain-interrupted day 3 of the test match, after an hour of play in the morning, West Indies added 68 runs on day 3 to expand the lead from 106 to 174 in their first inning
Kemar Roach celebrates after taking a wicket on Day 3In their second inning, Bangladesh scored 132 runs, losing six wickets at the stumps of day 3. About an entire session was lost as only 56.3 overs were bowled on day three due to rain.
In the 1st session, West Indies scored 36 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 10 overs. Rain interrupted the match after an hour in the morning when Bangladesh managed to take the early wickets of Joshua Da Silva and Alzarri Joseph.
In the 2nd session, the hosts were bowled out for 408 with a healthy lead of 174 runs. Kyle Mayers (146) was the first to go, deceived by a nice slower ball from Khaled Ahmed. He could add just 20 runs to his score from Day 2 and was the star of the batting line-up for his splendid century. His innings gave the hosts an upper hand over Bangladesh. Shoriful Islam dismissed Andersson Phillip, whereas Khaled Ahmed achieved his maiden five-wicket haul against West Indies.
As Bangladesh began their second innings, Kemar Roach dismissed their top order cheaply as the pitch offered some assistance for the pace bowlers with variable bounce. Tamim Iqbal (4), Mahmudul Hasan Joy (13), and Anamul Haque (4) were dismissed cheaply before the rain interrupted again before the tea. At the same time, Kemar Roach went past the 250-wicket mark in Test cricket, surpassing Michael Holding.
When the play resumed in the 3rd session, Bangladesh scored 100 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Najmul Hossain Shanto showed some resistance with the skipper Shakib Al Hasan against West indies bowlers but failed to capitalise at the end. Alzarri Joseph’s fiery spell towards the end of the day brought him the wickets of both and had put WI in the position of winning the game. Najmul Hossain Shanto fell 8-run short of his half-century, whereas Shakib Al Hasan had to return at a low score of 16.
Bangladesh still trails by 42 runs at the stumps of day three with a loss of six wickets and needs to score more runs to avoid an innings defeat.