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Windies U-19 beat Bangladesh U-19 by 6 Wkts to take 1-nill lead in opening ODI
By Sean Devers
West Indies Under-19 took a 1-nill lead in the seven-match ODI series against Bangladesh U-19 by beating the visitors by six wickets in the opening game at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday in a Day/Night encounter.
Replying to Bangladesh’s 135 all out in 46 overs, the West Indies, led by 69 from Jamaican Leroy Lugg and a classy 27 from Trinidadian Jeremy Solozano, reached 138-4 in 34.2 overs after the
Mehdi Hasan Miraj is loses his stumps as he attempts to pull
a delivery from pacer Ray Joseph (not in picture)
second wicket pair had added 80 to set up an emphatic victory.
West Indies lost their way somewhat toward the end, losing three wickets for two runs including Lugg, who tried to finish the game with a six and was caught off Nazmul Shanto.
West Indies won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat in blistering sunshine on a flat track and the home side with just two wins from six under-19 ODIs between two sides, lost two wickets in the space of a run to be 10-2 in the fourth over.
The right-handed Emon Joyraj (3) was trapped in front by a searing yorker from the lively Vincentian Ray Jordon, while Nazmul Shanto was leg before for a duck in the next over bowled by Jamaican pacer Marquino Mindley.
Moosadek Saikat, who scored 75 against Guyana in Saturday’s warm-up match at Bourda, joined Sadman Anik and took the score 21 to before Mindley got rid of Anik (14) as the hosts dominated the early rounds of the contest.
Watched by a handful of fans, Antiguan pacer Alazzrai Joseph replaced the genuinely quick Jordon, who had a Kemar Roach look about him, and pair of Saikat and wicketkeeper Uddin Jasmin revived the position with a carefully constructed 32-run fourth wicket stand.
Saikat and Jasmin, two of the three First-Class players in the Bangladesh team, had to contend with the spin pair of Guyanese left-armer Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, the leading wicket taker in the recent regional under-19 tournament in St Kitts and Skipper Ramaal Lewis.
The partnership was broken by a stupendous left-handed catch at first slip by Fabian Allen off Lewis to remove Saikat (14) and leave the tourists on 53-4.
Skipper Mehedi Miraj joined Jashim and the pair was kept on a tight leash although Miraj broke the shackles with two elegant cover driven boundaries in consecutive overs off Lewis.
Jasmin reached 21 but then lofted Motie-Kanhai to deep mid wicket at 71-5 as Bangladesh who first played the West Indies at this level in the 1998 World Cup in South Africa, struggled badly to up the tempo on a low track and lightening fast and lush green outfield.
When Joseph knocked out Miraj’s middle stump at 95-6 the Captain was gone for a fighting 29 and Bangladesh were in danger of falling for their lowest total against West Indies at this level.
Joseph struck 15 runs later when he dismissed Saeed (13) before bowling Abu Rony for a duck with a perfect yorker as Bangladesh slumped to 114-8
It was soon 129-9 when Rahutul (8) was bowled by Gabriel before a run out finished off the innings in the 46th over. Joseph finished with 3-31 and Mindley 2-15.
Alzarri Joseph was the leading bowler
for West Indies Under-19s in his first
match with 3 quick wickets. (WICB Media)
Lugg dropped twice, rode his luck well and responded by caressing leg-spinner Zubair through the covers before dumping him over mid off and edging him to third man for boundaries in an expensive over which cost 14 runs.
Guyanese First-Class opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul got going with a pulled boundary but soon the son of Test batsman Shiv Chanderpaul was trapped LBW by off-spinner Miraj for 10 at 31-1.
Lugg lived a charmed life and was again dropped in the deep off Nehad when on 30 but continued the counter attack.
He got excellent support from left- hander Jeremy Solozana who played some glorious cover drive and an exquisite on-drive.
Lugg reached his fifty with a huge six before Solozano was stumped for 27 off Miraj who finished with a couple of wickets.
Wicketkeeper Tristann Coleman came out in a no-nonsense mood and finished unbeaten on 20 while Gabriel was also undefeated at the end on two. The second ODI is billed for tomorrow at Bourda.
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