Bishoo spins West Indies to series win
Devendra Bishoo spearheaded West Indies' victory march on the final day in Mirpur with his maiden five-for, to deliver a confidence-boosting series success ahead of a tougher assignment in India
Devendra Bishoo spearheaded West Indies' victory march on the final day in Mirpur with his maiden five-for, to deliver a confidence-boosting series success ahead of a tougher assignment in India
Though Tamim Iqbal steadied Bangladesh, after belatedly realising the need for caution, West Indies remain favourites to take the Test with seven wickets to grab on a full day's play
West Indies were in a dominant position by tea on the third day, some fluent batting from Darren Bravo and Kirk Edwards extending their lead to 257 in a productive session
West Indies took firm control of the second Test riding on the back of landmark performances from the two men named Edwards - Kirk and Fidel
An inexperienced West Indies top order rose to the occasion to trigger a strong comeback in Mirpur after Bangladesh had enjoyed the better of the drawn first Test in Chittagong
The time invested in the likes of Devendra Bishoo, Kirk Edwards, Kraigg Brathwaite, Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo, that they were given the space to do their own thing, has paid off for West Indies
Darren Bravo, the West Indies batsmen who reached his maiden Test ton off the last ball of the day in Mirpur, has said he was not anxious to get to the landmark prior to stumps
Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, said Bangladesh had gifted away the Mirpur Test with some irresponsible batting on the final day
Bangladesh will need to show the kind of discipline they have not yet demonstrated they possess in order to save the second Test against West Indies
Shakib Al Hasan's fourth instance of taking a five-for and making a half-century in a Test helped Bangladesh twice today: first to prevent a big total by the opposition and then to lift his side from a desperate collapse
Fidel Edwards, the West Indies fast bowler, said that it was encouraging to see the Bangladesh batsmen playing their shots as it increased his chances of taking wickets
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has been reprimanded after being found guilty of breaching the ICC's code of conduct during the first day of the Mirpur Test against West Indies
Otis Gibson, the West Indies coach, has said his team was pleased to be in control of a Test match for the first time in a long while
In Mirpur, Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell joined a long list of wet-behind-the-ears openers who have taken advantage of an old Bangladesh problem, stringing together a century opening stand
Bangladesh coach Stuart Law has said that the team's first-innings' batting performance was "mediocre" and left him frustrated