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Bangladesh v West Indies, 2nd Test, Khulna, 3rd day
Samuels, Chanderpaul build Windies lead
The Report by Abhishek Purohit
November 23, 2012
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Tea West Indies 462 for 3 (Samuels 220*, Chanderpaul 52*, Bravo 127) lead Bangladesh 387 by 75 runs
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Marlon Samuels made his maiden Test double hundred © AFP
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Marlon Samuels switched gears from spectacular to sedate as he went past a maiden Test double hundred, but Shivnarine Chanderpaul took over run-making duties in the second session. Bangladesh continued to suffer, the Khulna pitch and luck continued to deny them any help, and West Indies continued their march towards a huge lead. After Samuels and Darren Bravo's triple-hundred partnership was broken three deliveries before lunch, the one between Samuels and Chanderpaul was nearing 100.
Samuels had taken 82 off 81 deliveries in the morning; he took 86 to make 29 after lunch. He was outscored comfortably by Chanderpaul, who motored to another Test fifty. It was Samuels who had done the same to Bravo before lunch.
Bangladesh gave Samuels a chance, good fortune gave him another, and he rode on the latter to make the former pay dearly. Samuels had an extremely edgy start to the day for a man resuming on 109, but he recovered to slam 14 boundaries till lunch as Bangladesh wilted after the initial burst from their quick bowlers. He was to hit just two edged fours in the second session.
Bravo reached his fourth Test hundred - all of which have come in the subcontinent - almost unobtrusively and the partnership had swelled to 326, West Indies' sixth-highest ever, until Sohag Gazi ended it by trapping Bravo in front.
The second new ball was two overs old at the start, and Bangladesh could have had a wicket in each of the first four overs. Bravo edged Rubel Hossain's second delivery of the day and it nearly carried to the lone slip. Nearly. The word was to define Bangladesh's morning.
Samuels was dropped once and survived several times in the next three overs. He was beaten by both Rubel and Abul Hasan and edged both through the slips for fours. In the day's fourth over, an edge off Abul even carried low to first slip, but Naeem Islam was late to react. By now, Samuels must have realised it was his day, and three balls later, he thumped Abul through covers for four.
Bravo did the same to the next two deliveries, off Rubel, and West Indies were now galloping. Bravo was to add 42 to his overnight 85, but he might as well have been invisible, such was Samuels' assault.
Yet again, Shakib Al Hasan, who had troubled him on day two, almost dismissed Samuels today. Samuels had been exploiting the slowness of the Khulna pitch, which gave him ample time to stand front-on against the spinners and swing length deliveries over square leg. After doing the same to Shakib in the 102nd over, he tried repeating the stroke next delivery. The ball took the inside edge, hit the pad and rolled onto leg stump, but to Mushfiqur Rahim's utter disbelief, did not dislodge the bails. Samuels gleefully charged out and hit the last ball of that over for six down the ground.
Had Bravo not gone back to cut a quick and straight Gazi delivery and been hit on pad first, Bangladesh could have spent the break cursing their luck, which did not change in the afternoon. Rubel struck Samuels on the pad first ball on resumption, but a close shout was turned down. First ball of Rubel's next over, Samuels slashed and the edge flew over slip. He had further issues against Rubel, whose short deliveries did not rise enough to be ducked under, and did not come quickly enough to be pulled with timing.
A tuck to leg off his 329th delivery brought up Samuels' first Test double century in what has easily been his most productive year. But he stuck to defending for most of the session.
Chanderpaul opened up after drinks to play several cuts, steers, and sweeps, and as Shakib began a new spell, he stepped out to lift the bowler for a straight six. Bangladesh were resigned to watching the lead grow and grow.
Abhishek Purohit is an editorial assistant at ESPNcricinfo
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Samuels, Chanderpaul build Windies lead
The Report by Abhishek Purohit
November 23, 2012
Text size: A | A
Tea West Indies 462 for 3 (Samuels 220*, Chanderpaul 52*, Bravo 127) lead Bangladesh 387 by 75 runs
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Marlon Samuels made his maiden Test double hundred © AFP
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Players/Officials: Darren Bravo | Marlon Samuels
Matches: Bangladesh v West Indies at Khulna
Series/Tournaments: West Indies tour of Bangladesh
Teams: Bangladesh | West Indies
Marlon Samuels switched gears from spectacular to sedate as he went past a maiden Test double hundred, but Shivnarine Chanderpaul took over run-making duties in the second session. Bangladesh continued to suffer, the Khulna pitch and luck continued to deny them any help, and West Indies continued their march towards a huge lead. After Samuels and Darren Bravo's triple-hundred partnership was broken three deliveries before lunch, the one between Samuels and Chanderpaul was nearing 100.
Samuels had taken 82 off 81 deliveries in the morning; he took 86 to make 29 after lunch. He was outscored comfortably by Chanderpaul, who motored to another Test fifty. It was Samuels who had done the same to Bravo before lunch.
Bangladesh gave Samuels a chance, good fortune gave him another, and he rode on the latter to make the former pay dearly. Samuels had an extremely edgy start to the day for a man resuming on 109, but he recovered to slam 14 boundaries till lunch as Bangladesh wilted after the initial burst from their quick bowlers. He was to hit just two edged fours in the second session.
Bravo reached his fourth Test hundred - all of which have come in the subcontinent - almost unobtrusively and the partnership had swelled to 326, West Indies' sixth-highest ever, until Sohag Gazi ended it by trapping Bravo in front.
The second new ball was two overs old at the start, and Bangladesh could have had a wicket in each of the first four overs. Bravo edged Rubel Hossain's second delivery of the day and it nearly carried to the lone slip. Nearly. The word was to define Bangladesh's morning.
Samuels was dropped once and survived several times in the next three overs. He was beaten by both Rubel and Abul Hasan and edged both through the slips for fours. In the day's fourth over, an edge off Abul even carried low to first slip, but Naeem Islam was late to react. By now, Samuels must have realised it was his day, and three balls later, he thumped Abul through covers for four.
Bravo did the same to the next two deliveries, off Rubel, and West Indies were now galloping. Bravo was to add 42 to his overnight 85, but he might as well have been invisible, such was Samuels' assault.
Yet again, Shakib Al Hasan, who had troubled him on day two, almost dismissed Samuels today. Samuels had been exploiting the slowness of the Khulna pitch, which gave him ample time to stand front-on against the spinners and swing length deliveries over square leg. After doing the same to Shakib in the 102nd over, he tried repeating the stroke next delivery. The ball took the inside edge, hit the pad and rolled onto leg stump, but to Mushfiqur Rahim's utter disbelief, did not dislodge the bails. Samuels gleefully charged out and hit the last ball of that over for six down the ground.
Had Bravo not gone back to cut a quick and straight Gazi delivery and been hit on pad first, Bangladesh could have spent the break cursing their luck, which did not change in the afternoon. Rubel struck Samuels on the pad first ball on resumption, but a close shout was turned down. First ball of Rubel's next over, Samuels slashed and the edge flew over slip. He had further issues against Rubel, whose short deliveries did not rise enough to be ducked under, and did not come quickly enough to be pulled with timing.
A tuck to leg off his 329th delivery brought up Samuels' first Test double century in what has easily been his most productive year. But he stuck to defending for most of the session.
Chanderpaul opened up after drinks to play several cuts, steers, and sweeps, and as Shakib began a new spell, he stepped out to lift the bowler for a straight six. Bangladesh were resigned to watching the lead grow and grow.
Abhishek Purohit is an editorial assistant at ESPNcricinfo
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© ESPN EMEA Ltd.
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