Bangladesh complete West Indies whitewash

A stunning performance from the stand-in captain Shakib Al Hasan and brilliant innings from Rokibul Hasan led Bangladesh cricket to a historical moment by clinching the away test series 2-0 against West Indies.

Sakib's unbeaten 96 of 97 balls and rokib's 65 of 99 balls gave no chance to West Indies to fight against Bangladesh.

Sakib's five wicket haul in the second innings restricted West Indies only for 214 at the 1st session of fourth day.

"This is the best day for Bangladesh cricket. The guys have been supporting me very well so I don't feel any pressure. Raqibul played a gem of an innings. I thought attack was the best form of defense.", Sakib's reaction after the win.

Having more than 150 overs in hand to chase a silly target of 215 in the 4th innings, bangladesh top order frustrated once again leaving Bangladesh 67-4.

But 100 run partnership from middle order batsman rokib and captain sakib lead Bangladesh win the 2nd test by 4 wickets on the 4th day.

Winning the test match, Bangladesh sealed their first test series win in overseas.

Beating west indies in the first test Bangladesh won their first away match in the history of Bangladesh cricket.

Sakib judged for both Man of the Match and Man of the Series.

WI Go About Setting Bangladesh Enticing Target

It has been a topsy turvy Test match thus far with neither team in particular hurry to stamp their mark. And the outcome, therefore, continues to remain an intriguing mystery on the third day of the second Test at Grenada.
Kemar Roach was having the time of his life. His six wicket haul meant that Bangladesh did not get away from West Indies despite restricting them to 237, that too because of Travis Dowlin’s outstanding effort to get to ninety-five.
Bangladesh had plenty of fits and starts but none that went beyond Raqibul Hasan’s forty-four and Mushfiqur Rahim’s forty-eight. It helped Bangladesh recover from seven for 157 to 232 all out, just five runs short of West Indies’ first innings score.
What it meant that West Indies would have to significantly improve from their first innings batting if they were to bat Bangladesh out of the match.

Once again Dowlin was pressed into action, making forty-nine runs as Bangladesh’s stand in captain, Shakib Al Hasan for Mashrafe Mortaza, picked up four scalps. Enamul Haque Jr picked up the key wicket of Dowlin as well as that of Darren Sammy who partnered briefly with David Bernard, batting on his Test half century, that took West Indies from five for 110 to 166.
Bangladesh were unhappy over the West Indies’ running on the field as the match assumed tenseness. Rain intervened in the final over before tea, taking West Indies to 192 for eight,just two short of the 200 target with two wickets remaining.

India vs West Indies (2009) 3rd ODI Highlights

Watch cricket highlights: India vs West Indies - the 3rd ODI highlights from St Lucia (to be ) played on July 3, 2009.

Today is the 3rd clash between the India and West Indies in the 4 match ODI series. Both teams have won one match each so today’s match is crucial whosoever wins will definitely be relieved from loosing the series. Indian team looks tired and out of form. They are not at their very best and have to come back good in today’s match. West Indies are looking quite confident with the aggressive performance of Ravi Rampaul in the last match. India has not played any match in St. Lucia, while West Indies have played 10 matches so WI has a little advantage over pitch condition.

Highlights can be viewed starting 01:00 IST, Scheduled start is 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST.

India vs West Indies (2009) 2nd ODI Scorecard

India in West Indies ODI Series 2009 - 2nd ODI

India vs West Indies

Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2009 (50-over match)

Result - West Indies beat India by 8 wickets

India innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Dinesh Karthik	c D.Ramdin b J.Taylor	4	5	0	0	80.00
	Gautam Gambhir	c D.Ramdin b R.Rampaul	0	2	0	0	0
	Rohit Sharma	c R.Morton b R.Rampaul	0	2	0	0	0
	Yuvraj Singh	c D.Ramdin b J.Taylor	35	33	5	1	106.06
	MS Dhoni (W) (C)	b J.Taylor	95	130	6	2	73.08
	Yusuf Pathan	c C.Gayle b D.Bravo	0	9	0	0	0
	Ravindra Jadeja	c D.Ramdin b R.Rampaul	7	12	1	0	58.33
	Harbhajan Singh	c D.Ramdin b D.Bravo	7	14	0	0	50.00
	Parveen Kumar	c C.Gayle b R.Rampaul	1	5	0	0	20.00
	RP Singh	c S.Benn b D.Bravo	23	75	1	1	30.67
	Ashish Nehra	Not Out	0	3	0	0	0
	Extras	(lb 4, w 12)	16
	Total	(all out; 48.2 overs)	188	(3.89 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1. Dinesh Karthik 4 (0.5), 2. Gautam Gambhir 6 (1.2), 3. Rohit Sharma 7 (1.4), 4. Yuvraj Singh 54 (12.1), 5. Yusuf Pathan 57 (14.2), 6. Ravindra Jadeja 70 (17.1), 7. Harbhajan Singh 81 (20.4), 8. Praveen Kumar 82 (21.3), 9. RP Singh 183 (47.3), 10. MS Dhoni 188 (48.2)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jerome Taylor	9.2	0	35	3	3.75	(w 3)
Ravi Rampaul	10	2	37	4	3.70	(w 2)
Dwayne Bravo	9	0	26	3	2.89	(w 2)
Suleiman Benn	10	1	37	0	3.70	(w 1)
David Bernard	7	0	36	0	5.14
Chris Gayle	3	0	13	0	4.33	(w 2)

Power Play: 1-10, 11-15, 23-27

West Indies innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Chris Gayle (C)	c G.Gambhir b R.Sharma	64	46	8	2	139.13
	Runako Morton	Not Out	85	102	6	1	83.33
	Ramnaresh Sarwan	st M.Dhoni b R.Sharma	15	17	1	0	88.24
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Not Out	18	41	0	0	43.90
	Dwayne Bravo
	Darren Bravo
	Jerome Taylor
	Denesh Ramdin (W)
	David Bernard
	Sulieman Benn
	Ravi Rampaul
	Extras	(lb 5, w 4, nb 1)	10
	Total	(2 wickets; 34.1 overs)	192	(5.62 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1. Chris Gayle 101 (15.2), 2. Ramnaresh Sarwan 132 (21.1)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Parveen Kumar	7	1	37	0	5.29	(w 1)
Ashish Nehra	4	0	36	0	9.00	(nb 1)
RP Singh	3	0	15	0	5.00
Yusuf Pathan	2	0	15	0	7.50
Harbhajan Singh	8.1	0	45	0	5.51	(w 2)
Rohit Sharma	8	0	27	2	3.38	(w 1)
Ravindra Jadeja	2	0	12	0	6.00

Power Play: 1-10

Man of the match: Ravi Rampaul

India vs West Indies (2009) 1st ODI Scorecard

India in West Indies ODI Series 2009 - 1st ODI

India vs West Indies

Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, 26 June 2009 (50-over match)

India innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Dinesh Karthik	c D.Ramdin b D.Bernard	67	77	6	1	87.01
	Gautam Gambhir	c D.Bravo b J.Taylor	13	14	0	1	92.86
	Rohit Sharma	c D.Bravo b L.Baker	4	12	0	0	33.33
	Yuvraj Singh	c D.Ramdin b D.Bravo	131	102	10	7	128.43
	MS Dhoni (W) (C)	run out (D.Ramdin)	41	46	2	1	89.13
	Ravindra Jadeja	c D.Ramdin b D.Bravo	0	1	0	0	0
	Yusuf Pathan	Not Out	40	38	2	2	105.26
	Harbhajan Singh	Not Out	21	13	0	2	161.54
	RP Singh
	Ishant Sharma
	Ashish Nehra
	Extras	(b 1,lb 8, w 10, nb 3)	22
	Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	339	(6.78 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1. Gautam Gambhir 25 (4.3), 2. Rohit Sharma 32 (7.2), 3. Dinesh Karthik 167 (28.4), 4. Yuvraj Singh 253 (38.1), 5. Ravindra Jadeja 253 (38.2), 6. MS Dhoni 298 (46.2)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jerome Taylor	10	1	74	1	7.40	(nb 2, w 3)
Lionel Baker	9	0	62	1	6.89	(nb 1, w 1)
Dwayne Bravo	10	0	66	2	6.60	(w 3)
David Bernard	8	0	50	1	6.25	(w 3)
Suleiman Benn	10	0	50	0	5.00
Chris Gayle	3	0	28	0	9.33

Power Play: 1-10, 11-15, 34-38