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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Gabriel puts Windies on top after Da Silva, Joseph half-centuries

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Sports Desk
1614 days ago
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West Indies icketkeeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva, who scored 92 on Friday.

West Indies icketkeeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva, who scored 92 on Friday.

DHA­KA – Joshua Da Sil­va and Nkrumah Bon­ner both fell ag­o­nis­ing­ly short of hun­dreds while tail-en­der Alzarri Joseph lashed an at­tack­ing half-cen­tu­ry, but it was speed­ster Shan­non Gabriel who rat­tled Bangladesh with a brace of wick­ets to put West In­dies in com­mand of the sec­ond Test in Bangladesh on Fri­day.

In an­oth­er huge­ly im­pres­sive show­ing by the un­der-strength side on day two of the con­test at the Shere Bangla Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, West In­dies ral­lied to 409 all out in their first in­nings, 15 min­utes be­fore the sched­uled tea in­ter­val.

Da Sil­va, un­beat­en overnight on 22, top-scored with 92 while Nkrumah Bon­ner fell for 90 af­ter re­sum­ing the morn­ing on 74.

Per­haps the high­light of the in­nings, how­ev­er, was Joseph’s stun­ning 82 as he put the Bangladesh bowlers to the sword on ei­ther side of lunch in a breath­tak­ing dis­play of pow­er­ful hit­ting.

Gabriel (2-31) then rocked the in­nings im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter tea by send­ing back Soumya Sarkar with­out scor­ing and Na­j­mul Hos­sain for four in suc­ces­sive overs at the start, as Bangladesh slumped to 11 for two.

Open­er Tamim Iqbal struck a breezy 44 in a half-cen­tu­ry stand with cap­tain Momin­ul Haque (21) but both fell six balls apart on the stroke of the fi­nal hour, to leave the in­nings on 105 for four at the close and the Caribbean side with a lead of 304 runs head­ing Sat­ur­day’s day three.

Re­sum­ing the day on 223 for five, West In­dies flour­ished in­side the first hour as Da Sil­va and Bon­ner ex­tend­ed their sixth wick­et part­ner­ship to 88 be­fore be­ing sep­a­rat­ed.

Da Sil­va gath­ered most of his 10 bound­aries with crisp cuts and dri­ves through the off side as he faced 187 balls in near­ly 4-½ hours at the crease.

He reached his sec­ond Test half-cen­tu­ry in on­ly this third Test on the stroke of the first hour with a re­verse sweep to the third man bound­ary off off-spin­ner Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz.

Bon­ner, mean­while, hit sev­en fours off 209 de­liv­er­ies in a shade un­der 4-¾ hours.

Hav­ing made 86 in a match-win­ning ef­fort in the first Test, the Ja­maican again fell short of triple fig­ures when he clipped Mehidy to Mo­ham­mad Mithun at leg slip, two overs be­fore the first drinks break.

Left with an hour be­fore lunch to run through the tail, Bangladesh en­coun­tered stub­born re­sis­tance in the form of a sav­age counter-at­tack from Joseph as West In­dies stormed to lunch on 325 for six.

The right-han­der, who hit his maid­en Test fifty on the re­cent tour of New Zealand, belt­ed eight fours and five six­es off 108 balls in just un­der 2-½ hours, as he put on 118 for the sev­enth wick­et with Da Sil­va.

Joseph sig­naled his in­ten­tions in the sec­ond over af­ter the drinks break with two suc­ces­sive bound­aries off Mehidy be­fore dri­ving off-spin­ner Nay­eem Is­lam ex­quis­ite­ly to the long off bound­ary in the next over.

His first six sailed over long on off Mehidy and his sec­ond was a mighty blow over wide long on off left-arm spin­ner Tai­jul Is­lam (4-108).

Bound­aries on ei­ther side of the wick­et in suc­ces­sive overs from pac­er Abu Jayed (4-98) left Joseph un­beat­en on 34 on lunch, part­nered by Da Sil­va on 52.

He con­tin­ued to en­ter­tain af­ter the in­ter­val and raised his fifty by clear­ing the ropes at mid-wick­et with Nay­eem, to al­so take West In­dies past 350 for the sec­ond time in the se­ries but on­ly the third time in their last 33 in­nings.

Against the run of play, Da Sil­va was bowled be­tween bat and pad by Tai­jul and Joseph fol­lowed in the next over from Abu, caught at the wick­et es­say­ing an­oth­er am­bi­tious leg side stroke, as West In­dies lost their last four wick­ets for 25 runs.

Work­ing up a fair turn of pace, Gabriel struck with the sixth ball of the in­nings with a sin­gle run on the board when he had Soumya ner­vous­ly clip­ping a sim­ple catch to Kyle May­ers at short mid-wick­et.

In his next over, Gabriel then re­moved left-han­der Na­j­mul to a su­perb catch at gul­ly by Bon­ner, as Bangladesh stum­bled fur­ther.

Tamim coun­tered with half-dozen fours and a six in a 58-run, third wick­et part­ner­ship with Momin­ul, help­ing the hosts stage a fight­back.

How­ev­er, two quick blows set them back. First, off-spin­ner Rah­keem Corn­wall had Momin­ul caught at the wick­et cut­ting at one which bounced.

Joseph then knocked over Tamim, the left-han­der pick­ing out Shayne Mose­ley at short mid-wick­et, to leave Bangladesh on 71 for four just be­fore the start of the last hour.

Bangladesh re­gained their bal­ance slight­ly, how­ev­er, keep­ing West In­dies with­out fur­ther suc­cess thanks to Mush­fiqur Rahim who hit an un­beat­en 27 in a 34-run, fifth wick­et stand with Mithun (6 not out).

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SCORE­BOARD

WEST IN­DIES 1st In­nings

(overnight 223 for five)

*K Brath­waite c Na­j­mul Hos­sain Shan­to b Soumya Sarkar 47

J Camp­bell lbw b Tai­jul Is­lam 36

S Mose­ley b Abu Jayed 7

N Bon­ner c Mo­ham­mad Mithun b Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz 90

K May­ers c Soumya Sarkar b Abu Jayed 5

J Black­wood c & b Tai­jul Is­lam 28

+J Da Sil­va b Tai­jul Is­lam 92

R Corn­wall not out 4

J War­ri­can c wkp Liton Das b Abu Jayed 2

S Gabriel c Mush­fiqur Rahim b Tai­jul Is­lam 8

Ex­tras (b4, lb2, nb2) 8

TO­TAL (all out, 142.2 overs) 409

Fall of wick­ets: 1-66 (Camp­bell), 2-87 (Mose­ley), 3-104 (Brath­waite), 4-116 (May­ers), 5-178 (Black­wood), 6-266 (Bon­ner), 7-384 (Da Sil­va), 8-396 (Joseph), 9-398 (War­ri­can), 10-409 (Gabriel)

Bowl­ing: Abu Jayed 28-6-98-4, Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz 33-9-75-1, Nay­eem Hasan 24-3-74-0, Tai­jul Is­lam 46.2-8-108-4 (nb2), Soumya Sar­jar 11-1-48-1.

BANGLADESH 1st in­nings

Tamim Iqbal c Mose­ley b Joseph 44

Soumya Sarkar c May­ers b Gabriel 0

Na­j­mul Hos­sain c Bon­ner b Gabriel 4

*Momin­ul Haque c wkp Da Sil­va b Corn­wall 21

Mush­fiqur Rahim not out 27

Mo­ham­mad Mithun not 6

Ex­tras (nb3) 3

TO­TAL (4 wkt, 36 overs) 105

To bat: +Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz, Nay­eem Hasan, Tai­jul Is­lam, Abu Jayed.

Fall of wick­ets: 1-1 (Soumya Sarkar), 2-11 (Na­j­mul Hos­sain), 3-69 (Momin­ul Haque), 4-71 (Tamim Iqbal)

Bowl­ing: Gabriel 8-2-31-2 (nb2), Corn­wall 11-4-18-1, Joseph 8-1-34-1, May­ers 5-1-12-0, War­ri­can 4-1-10-0 (1)

Po­si­tion: Bangladesh trail by 304 run with six first in­ning wick­ets in­tact.

Toss: West In­dies.

Um­pires: Richard Illing­worth, Shar­fud­doula; TV – Gazi So­hel.

SCORE­BOARD

WEST IN­DIES 1st In­nings

(overnight 223 for five)

*K Brath­waite c Na­j­mul Hos­sain Shan­to b Soumya Sarkar 47

J Camp­bell lbw b Tai­jul Is­lam 36

S Mose­ley b Abu Jayed 7

N Bon­ner c Mo­ham­mad Mithun b Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz 90

K May­ers c Soumya Sarkar b Abu Jayed 5

J Black­wood c & b Tai­jul Is­lam 28

+J Da Sil­va b Tai­jul Is­lam 92

R Corn­wall not out 4

J War­ri­can c wkp Liton Das b Abu Jayed 2

S Gabriel c Mush­fiqur Rahim b Tai­jul Is­lam 8

Ex­tras (b4, lb2, nb2) 8

TO­TAL (all out, 142.2 overs) 409

Fall of wick­ets: 1-66 (Camp­bell), 2-87 (Mose­ley), 3-104 (Brath­waite), 4-116 (May­ers), 5-178 (Black­wood), 6-266 (Bon­ner), 7-384 (Da Sil­va), 8-396 (Joseph), 9-398 (War­ri­can), 10-409 (Gabriel)

Bowl­ing: Abu Jayed 28-6-98-4, Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz 33-9-75-1, Nay­eem Hasan 24-3-74-0, Tai­jul Is­lam 46.2-8-108-4 (nb2), Soumya Sar­jar 11-1-48-1.

BANGLADESH 1st in­nings

Tamim Iqbal c Mose­ley b Joseph 44

Soumya Sarkar c May­ers b Gabriel 0

Na­j­mul Hos­sain c Bon­ner b Gabriel 4

*Momin­ul Haque c wkp Da Sil­va b Corn­wall 21

Mush­fiqur Rahim not out 27

Mo­ham­mad Mithun not 6

Ex­tras (nb3) 3

TO­TAL (4 wkt, 36 overs) 105

To bat: +Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan Mi­raz, Nay­eem Hasan, Tai­jul Is­lam, Abu Jayed.

Fall of wick­ets: 1-1 (Soumya Sarkar), 2-11 (Na­j­mul Hos­sain), 3-69 (Momin­ul Haque), 4-71 (Tamim Iqbal)

Bowl­ing: Gabriel 8-2-31-2 (nb2), Corn­wall 11-4-18-1, Joseph 8-1-34-1, May­ers 5-1-12-0, War­ri­can 4-1-10-0 (1)

Po­si­tion: Bangladesh trail by 304 run with six first in­ning wick­ets in­tact.

Toss: West In­dies.

Um­pires: Richard Illing­worth, Shar­fud­doula; TV – Gazi So­hel.


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