DHAKA-A match that promised much for the Sagicor High Performance Centre team after more impressive bowling from Sheldon Cotterrell and Veerasammy Permaul was spoiled when rain forced a no-result in the first game of their Twenty20 series against Bangladesh-A yesterday.
The Sagicor HPC team did not get a chance to start their chase of a modest target of 126, as the weather, which had delayed the start, further disrupted the match after the A-Team had posted 125 for nine from their 20 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.
Left-arm fast bowler Cotterrell was the pick of the visitors' bowlers with 3–14 from his stipulated four overs, left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul supported with 3–29 from four overs, and Dawnley Grant scalped 2–25 from four overs.
The result meant that the two-match series will be decided on Friday, when the two sides contest their second and final match before the Sagicor HPC flies out for home on Saturday.
The emerging West Indies players again put together another purposeful performance in the field with the bowlers supported by sharp fielding, as Naeem Islam, their protagonist in recent matches, again defied convention, hitting the top score of 48 that included four fours and one six from 41 balls.
No other batsman reached 20. (CMC)
