BCB XI restricted West Indies for 257 runs
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West Indies began their three-day warm up match against Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram on Friday. In the opening day of the first innings the visitors were all out for 257 runs, young Tiger Rishad Hossain takes a Fifer. By the end of the first day, BCB XI collected 24 runs without wickets. Saif Hasan 15 and Sadman Islam with 3 runs will start the second day.
The Caribbean side won the toss and chose to bat. Although they played well before the lunch break, the Caribbeans continued to lose wickets afterwards. Captain Brathwaite scored the highest run for Windies. After scoring 85 runs, he fell into the trap of Khaled's leg before and went back to the dressing room. However, before the lunch break, BCB XI got a chance to get Brathwaite back for 25 runs.
Brathwaite then attempted to bring up some runs at the end with Kyle Mayers 40, Joshua da Silva 20 and Alzarri Joseph 25. Before Brathwaite was out, Rishad Hossain trapped the three of them and sent them off. Shahadat Hossain Dipu assisted the Caribbean batsman John Campbell his way to the dressing room with 44 runs.
Spinner Rishad has been bowling well since the beginning of the day and completed 5 wicket haul. Khaled and Rishad took 8 wickets in total. On the other hand Dipu and Saif bagged 1 wicket each.
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Brief Score:
West Indies: 257/10 (Brathwaite 85, Campbell 44, Mayers 40, Joseph 25, Joshua 20; Rishad 5/75, Khaled 3/46, Dipu 1/29, Saif 1 / 25)
BCB XI: 24/0 (Saif 15 *, Sadman 3 *; Roach 0/5, Gabriel 0/9)
