Bangladesh conceded 408 in the first innings of the second Test against West Indies at Gros Islet, after having reduced the hosts to 132/4 at one stage.
Bangladesh’s performances in Test cricket have gone from bad to worse in recent times and the head coach Russell Domingo’s disappointment was pretty evident at the end of day two of the second Test against West Indies. The hosts reached 340 at stumps on day two but were reduced to 132/4 at one stage. Bangladesh, however, let the game slip away with some basic errors.
The visitors had brought themselves back in the game by picking four wickets for just 32 runs before Lunch but could not capitalise on it. Kyle Mayers and Jermaine Blackwood stood up for the team with a 116-run stand for the fifth wicket. Mayers registered his second Test century while adding another 96 runs with Joshua Da Silva.
“It’s the story of our Test match cricket at the moment. We are good for one session and then we have one really bad session. They just made basic errors by not being patient enough. It was very disappointing the way we bowled after lunch,”
said Domingo after the game.
But the bigger concerns for Bangladesh are from their batting unit, which was shot out on 234 in the first innings – making it the ninth occasion out of 10 innings where they failed to reach 300.
“There are some serious questions at the moment. It was not a 230 all out wicket. We are just not good enough at putting performances together with the bat. West Indies have managed to build partnerships and withstand the pressure. They just bat long – that’s the bottom line,”
he added.
Bangladesh had another disastrous batting performance in the second innings as well, being 132/6 at the end of day three. The visitors were trailing by 42 runs with an innings defeat staring in their face.
