West Indies registered a 23-run victory in the rain-shortened second one-day international against Bangladesh in Kingstown, St Vincent on Sunday.
Chasing 125 to win, Bangladesh were restricted to 101 for eight, after overnight and persistent morning showers forced a late start and reduced the match to 25 overs.
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Dwayne Smith top scored with an unbeaten knock of 62 as West Indies scored 124 for seven from their allotment of 25 overs.
Smith, who hit two fours and two sixes, was given a reprieve on 25 when Manjural Islam Rana dropped a head-high return chance.
Tapash Baisya snatched four wickets for 16 runs from five overs to claim the best bowling figures by a Bangaldesh bowler from in one-dayers.
Fast bowler Fidel Edwards rocked Bangladesh early getting the wickets of opener Mohammad Ashraful and captain Habibul Bashar in the space of five balls in the third over.
Hannan Sarkar was the Bangladesh top scorer with 36 from 55 balls and Manjural, batting at seven, scored 33 not out from 43 balls.
For West Indies, Ian Bradshaw was the most successful bowler, picking up three wickets for 15 runs in his five overs.
Scoreboard:
West Indies:
C.Gayle c Habibul Bashar b Mushfiqur Rahman 7
R.Powell c Habibul Bashar b Khaled Mahmud 20
D.Smith not out 62
S.Chanderpaul c Tapash Baisya b Manjural Islam 10
R.Sarwan b Alok Kapali b Tapash Baisya 18
D.Bravo c Khaled Mahmud b Tapash Baisya 0
R.Jacobs b Tapash Baisya 3
S.Joseph c Hannan Sarkar b Tapash Baisya 0
Extras (lb-4) 4
Total (for seven wickets, 25 overs) 124
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-47, 3-77, 4-109, 5-110, 6-124, 7-124.
Did not bat: I.Bradshaw, T.Best, F.Edwards
Bowling: Tapash Baisya 5-1-16-4, Mushfiqur Rahman 5-0-24-1, Khaled Mahmud 5-0-31-1, Mohammad Rafique 5-1-21-0, Manjural Islam 5-0-28-1
Bangladesh:
Hannan Sarkar c Smith b Bradshaw 36
Mohammad Ashraful c Smith b Edwards 0
Habibul Bashar c Jacobs b Edwards 2
Rajin Saleh c Gayle b Bradshaw 1
Alok Kapali c Jacobs b Best 1
Mushfiqur Rahman c Sarwan b Bravo 8
Manjural Islam not out 33
Khaled Mahmud c Best b Bradshaw 1
Khaled Mashud b Bravo 9
Mohammad Rafique not out 4
Extras (lb-3 w-3) 6
Total (for eight wickets, 25 overs) 101
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-10, 3-20, 4-21, 5-39, 6-71, 7-78, 8-95.
Did not bat: Tapash Baisya
Bowling: Edwards 5-0-19-2 (w-2), Best 5-0-15-1 (w-1), Bradshaw 5-1-15-3, Bravo 5-0-23-2, Gayle 5-0-26-0
Result: West Indies win by 23 runs
First match: Kingstown, St Vincent - West Indies won by one wicket
Third match: May 19, St George's, Grenada
