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5-star Best helps Windies rout Bangladesh

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Dhaka: Paceman Tino Best grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul to help the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test in an exciting fifth day finish at Shere Bangla stadium on Saturday.

The 31-year-old paceman took three wickets in the post lunch session and added another in the final session, finishing with 5-24 to rout Bangladesh for a paltry 167 after they were set a 245-run target.

West Indies now have a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The second and final Test will be played from November 21.

Bangladesh, seeking their second win at home and fourth overall in Test cricket, lost openers Tamim Iqbal (five) and Junaid Siddique (20) in a disappointing start.

Siddiqui became Best’s first victim in the innings before lunch.

But worse was to come as Best caught Nafees miscuing a pull off his own bowling and in his next over had Bangladesh’s best batsman Shakib Al Hasan caught behind.

For his century in each innings Kieran Powell was named Man-of-the-Match. (AFP)

Brief scores:

WI 1st inn: 527-4 dec

Ban 1st inn: 556 all out

WI 2nd inn: 273 all out

Ban 2nd inn: 167 all out (Mahmudullah 29, N Islam 26; T Best 5-24, V Permaul 3-32)

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