Bangladesh A hold on for draw with Joy ton as West Indies seal collection 1-0
West Indies A 445 (Chanderpaul 83, Da Silva 82, Sinclair 60, Nasum 5-133, Musfik 2-59) and 220 for five dec drew with Bangladesh A 205 (Nasum 38*, Saif 32, Permaul 3-38, Philip 2-36) and 306 for 4
Mahmudul Hasan Joy‘s unbeaten century and Yasir Ali‘s half-century helped Bangladesh A hold on to a draw on the ultimate day of the third unofficial Test in Sylhet. As a outcome, West Indies A clinched the three-match collection 1-0, having received the second recreation by three wickets after the primary match, too, was drawn.
West Indies A had been on high for a lot of the third recreation as properly however discovered Mahmudul Hasan Joy arduous to dismiss, as he scored 114 – the one century of the collection – to avoid wasting the sport for the house aspect.
Joy’s 114 included 14 boundaries, as he caught round for seven hours and two minutes of Bangladesh A second innings. He added 93 for the opening stand with Zakir Hasan, one other 53 with captain Saif Hassan for the third wicket earlier than the match-saving 117-run fourth-wicket stand with Yasir, who made 67 with six fours and 4 sixes, lasting 85 balls.
Offspinner Kevin Sinclair took three wickets within the fourth innings, however the remainder of the West Indies assault could not replicate their earlier exploits. They had bowled out the house aspect for 205 within the first innings with left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul taking three wickets whereas Anderson Philip and Sinclair took two every. Akeem Jordan and Raymon Reifer additionally took a wicket every.
West Indies A put up a formidable 445 within the first innings, with 5 batters getting fifties. Tagenarine Chanderpaul made 83, whereas Alick Athanze (59), captain Joshua Da Silva (82), Reifer (56) and Sinclair (60) saved the guests going. Chanderpaul additionally made an unbeaten 83 of their second innings.
Nasum Ahmed took 5 wickets, whereas Musfik Hasan and Shoriful Islam shared two wickets every within the first innings.