BAS­SETERRE – A co­he­sive bowl­ing per­for­mance pow­ered Bangladesh Women to a 60-run vic­to­ry over the West In­dies, lev­el­ling their One-Day In­ter­na­tion­al (ODI) se­ries in a low-scor­ing clash at Warn­er Park, St Kitts, on Tues­day.

Af­ter be­ing sent in to bat, Bangladesh strug­gled to post 184 in 48.5 overs, with cap­tain Ni­gar Sul­tana an­chor­ing the in­nings with a grit­ty 68. De­spite the mod­est tar­get, Bangladesh’s bowlers re­spond­ed em­phat­i­cal­ly, dis­miss­ing the West In­dies for a pal­try 124.

Ni­gar’s in­nings fea­tured five bound­aries and proved vi­tal in keep­ing her team in the con­test. Con­tri­bu­tions from Sob­hana Mostary (23), Shorna Akhter (21), and Far­gana Hoque (18) sup­port­ed the cap­tain’s ef­fort.

How­ev­er, the West In­dies bowlers, led by Kar­ish­ma Ramharack (4-33) and Aliyah Al­leyne (3-24), kept the pres­sure on.

Al­leyne struck ear­ly, re­mov­ing open­er Mur­shi­da Khatun for 12, and re­ceived sup­port from De­an­dra Dot­tin, who dis­missed Far­gana for 18. Afy Fletch­er added to the ear­ly woes, trap­ping Sharmin Akhter for 11 to leave Bangladesh wob­bling at 56-3.

De­spite the set­backs, Ni­gar re­mained res­olute, reach­ing her half-cen­tu­ry off 120 de­liv­er­ies. Her dis­missal to Al­leyne marked the be­gin­ning of the end for the vis­i­tors’ in­nings, with the tail fold­ed soon af­ter.

In re­ply, the West In­dies be­gan ten­ta­tive­ly, los­ing Qiana Joseph for six. Hay­ley Matthews and She­maine Camp­belle looked poised to re­build, but a rain in­ter­rup­tion shift­ed the mo­men­tum.

Camp­belle’s 28 and Cher­ry-Ann Fras­er’s un­beat­en 18 were the on­ly no­table con­tri­bu­tions as the hosts’ in­nings un­rav­elled in just 35 overs.

Matthews, who had starred with an un­beat­en 104 in the pre­vi­ous match, man­aged on­ly 16, while Al­leyne added 15 be­fore falling vic­tim to Bangladesh’s re­lent­less at­tack. Nahi­da Ak­ter starred with the ball bag­ging 3-31.

SUM­MARISED SCORES

BANGLADESH WOMEN 184 all out in 48.5 overs (Ni­gar Sul­tana Jo­ty 68, Sob­hana Mostary 23.Kar­ish­ma Ramharack 4-33, Aaliyah Al­leyne 3-24. vs WEST IN­DIES WOMEN 124 all out in 35 overs (She­maine Camp­bell 28, Cher­ry Ann Fras­er 18 not out. Nahi­da Ak­ter 3-31,Fahi­ma Khatun 2-17.

(CMC)