The Bangladesh Skittle Antilles for 43

North Sound, Antigua: Kemar Roach led the demolition of Bangladesh with a wicket of five wicket that the tourists were fired for 43, their lowest total ever in test cricket, before lunch on opening day of the first test against the West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua Wednesday.

By strains the best of the West Indies built on this dominant bowling effort by reaching 201 for two, an advance of already 158 runs with eight wickets in hand.

Drummer Kraigg Brathwaite played his usual anchor role to perfection by compiling an unbeaten 88 by almost five hours at the crease.

He put 113 for the first wicket with Devon Smith (58), while Kieran Powell stroked his way to 48 in a 81-r

Their serene progression through two sessions contrasted strongly with the bat's performance of Bangladesh.

In addition to being their lowest total test and lowest for any team in cricket test in the Caribbean. It was also the second shortest innings of a Test match – 18.4 overs – in the 141 year history of the game, improving in one fell swoop. Expulsion from Australia for 60 off 18.3 overs by England in Nottingham in 2015.

Battle on the greenest surface seen in 10 years of cricket test on the site, Bangladeshis are not at the height of the fast-paced Caribbean bowling alley led by Roach, who routed the top five wickets for eight space of 12 deliveries despite appearing to be troubled by muscle tension behind his right knee.

However, it was the pbading drummers who felt the greatest discomfort with only the opening of Liton Das. in double digits in a performance that once again exposed the vulnerability of their players in conditions far removed from what they usually know about the Indian subcontinent.

Das was sixth on 25, a nasty heave offering a single-handed Roston Chase back to Miguel Cummins to end any prospect of Roach claiming all ten wickets in the innings.

Continuous holder excellent form

Cummins, whose place in the last XI was in question after a lack of success in the previous three-test series against Sri Lanka, took two more wickets before the West Indies captain Jason Holder, fresh out of a nine-wicket despite the defeat in the last test against the Sri Lankans in Barbados a little over a week earlier, polished the innings with the windows of Kamrul Islam and beginner Abu Jayed.

Jayed was still in line for his first test cap given the field conditions and the injury absence of the Bangladesh tour. s Mustafizur Rahman most effective

But he did not expect to be in the last row of the batting lineup or to be the first to use the new ball in the West Indies response, all of this in If they relied on their most experienced players to navigate through what was to be a difficult opening session, Bangladesh was poorly served by the experienced quartet as captain Shakib al Hbadan, the former skipper Musfiqur Rahim. and Mahmudullah, all-round, failed to score before first opener Tamim Iqbal took four points before becoming the first box to fall, caught by the teller Shan Dowrich, to trigger the rapid tumbling of wickets [19659015]. precision and decent rhythm proved too much for badly equipped drummers to cope with the seaming ball.

Four of his five wickets arrived by hand at the wicket keeper or security cordon while Mushfiqur was trapped. LBW, a review of the decision on the ground being confirmed by the head of television.

Bangladesh bowling players were forced to watch pedestrians under conditions and their situation was made worse by the odds of Smith and Brathwaite. Yet, on the first day of cricket testing hard to forget for Abu Jayed, Smith was surprised at the gate to claim his first Test victory.

Mahmudullah was the other basket-taker, removing Powell to a backdoor hold. minutes before the strains.