Jarvis heaps praise on Mominul, Mushfiqur
||CF Correspondent||
Zimbabwe pacer Kyle Jarvis gave Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim credit for taking the match away from their grip with a record-shattering 266-run partnership for the fourth wicket on the first day of the second Test on Sunday (November 11).
Jarvis was key in triggering Bangladesh’s top-order collapse that saw the hosts reeling to 26/3 in the first hour of the morning session before Mominul and Mushfiqur revived the side in style.
“I thought this morning there was a bit of moisture. It was conducive to seam bowling this morning. Credit’s got to go to Mominul and Mushfiqur. They battled through a really tough time out there, and they batted really well and really sensibly. Credit must go to them, because it could easily have been five or six wickets down early,” Jarvis said.
The bowler, however, rued for giving scoring opportunities during the post lunch session.
“There was still a bit in it for the seamers all day. They batted really well, and for about three hours there we didn’t bowl well at all. We gave them some scoring opportunities on a wicket where we shouldn’t have gone for many runs,” he added.
“That little session for us wasn’t good enough. We won the first hour, and then they won the rest of the day up until that last hour. We work in hours to help explain it. They won the majority of the day except for the first hour and maybe the last.”
