GROS-ISLET: West Indies wasted no time on an afternoon when greater than 5 hours have been misplaced to the weather to finish a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh at the fourth day of the second one and ultimate Take a look at in St Lucia on Monday. Annoyed through torrential in a single day showers which left a sodden outfield and avoided play till mid-afternoon, the house facet claimed the ultimate 4 wickets impulsively regardless of an entertaining, unbeaten 60 through Nurul Hasan to disregard the guests for 186 of their 2d innings once they had resumed within the already precarious place of 132 for 6.

That left captain Kraigg Brathwaite and opening spouse John Campbell with the formality of knocking off the 13 runs required for victory in lower than 3 overs for any other complete triumph and a 2-0 sweep of the sequence. “Our self belief ranges have been very prime getting into this sport after that win within the first Take a look at,” Brathwaite stated. “There’s all the time room for growth however it was once excellent to peer the way in which we fought again from a hard place in opposition to the Bangladesh bowlers on the second one day.

“It’s particularly fulfilling to peer our plans coming to fruition now as a result of we are aware of it’s going to be very difficult for our subsequent Take a look at sequence in Australia on the finish of yr however we consider we will post a excellent combat there,” he added. It prolonged the West Indies’ Take a look at event successful streak to a few suits following a series-clinching victory over England on the finish of the sequence in Grenada 3 months previous. Kyle Mayers, whose 146 was once the fulcrum of the West Indies first innings general of 148, took each the Guy of the Fit and Guy of the Collection awards.

Any fears of being annoyed through lower-order resistance from Bangladesh dissipated inside mins of play getting underway as Alzarri Joseph had Mehidy Hasan Miraz stuck in the back of fending at a lifting supply. Nurul, who inspired with a 2d innings century within the seven-wicket defeat within the first Take a look at in Antigua per week previous, looked as if it would get into white ball mode with a succession of extravagant photographs, his unbeaten half-century coming off simply 50 balls and decorated through six fours and two sixes.

But as spectacular as he was once when on strike, the wicketkeeper-batsman was once powerless to forestall the death of his teammates as Jayden Seales got rid of Ebadot Hossain and Shoriful Islam whilst ultimate guy Khaled Ahmed was once run out through an instantaneous hit from Campbell to the non-striker’s finish to terminate any other typically meek Bangladesh batting effort.

Joseph, Seales and Kemar Roach claimed 3 wickets each and every within the innings.For Shakib al Hasan, again within the function of captain after a long duration off the Take a look at facet, this enjoy opened his eyes to chances. “We have now a protracted destroy sooner than our subsequent Take a look at sequence so we want to take the positives, particularly the encouraging performances of our rapid bowlers, and ensure we’re able in 5 months’ time,” he stated.

“We want to be mentally more difficult in our batting to compete with the most efficient groups on the earth, however our best growth within the ultimate three-four years has been with our rapid bowlers. “So whilst the short bowlers are running in point of fact exhausting and getting the effects, we want to enhance general as a group to be extra aggressive in Take a look at cricket clear of house.” Either side now regulate for the white ball codecs with the three-match T20 World sequence beginning subsequent Sunday in Dominica and then they’ll meet in 3 One-Day Internationals.- AFP