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| December 4, 2002 | Wednesday | Ramazan 28,1423 |
Drakes, Gayle inspire West Indies to 2-0 series victory
DHAKA, Dec 3: Superb bowling by Vasbert Drakes and Chris Gayle helped West Indies clinch their one-day series 2-0 against Bangladesh following an 86-run victory in the third and final match on Tuesday.
Drakes took four wickets at the cost of 33 runs while Gayle bagged three for 37 to restrict the hosts to 195 for nine in their allotted 50 overs as they chased 282 to win.
Bangladesh had been in dire straits at 42 for four before Alok Kapali gave them some credibility with a career-best unbeaten 89 with 10 fours off 92 balls.
He and debutant opener Anwar Hossain advanced the score to 109-5 before Anwar was caught by Wavell Hinds at mid-on off Ricardo Powell for 42. He hit six fours.
But Bangladesh never threatened the West Indies’s total of 281-5 which was built on a second wicket stand of 108 in 24.3 overs from West Indies opener Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels after losing Wavell Hinds for 16.
Occasional Bangladesh bowler Sanwar Hossain broke the stand in the 33rd over when the 23-year-old left-handed batsman Gayle was caught behind by keeper Khaled Mashud for 73.
Gayle had been given a lifeline in the 29th over on 62 when bowler Enamul Haque dropped a difficult return catch. Haque then left the field with an injured hand.
Gayle hit 11 fours off 90 balls.
Samuels, who hammered a fine 82 in the second one-dayer on Monday, proved his worth again, scoring a superb 77 off 101 balls including four fours and two sixes.
He was dropped on 70 by Tapas Baishya in the 42nd over and hit the next ball from off spinner Mohammad Rafique for a towering six. Rafique then bowled him the next ball.
Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 28 before being caught by Rafique while Powell scored a quick 36 off 28 balls and captain Ridley Jacobs added another 23 off 20 balls.
The West Indies won the second one-dayer by 84 runs in Dhaka on Monday and the first match ended without result due to rain in Chittagong on November 29.
Drakes, who also took 4-18 in the second match and 4-26 in the first, was declared man of the series.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES:
C.Gayle c Khaled b Sanwar Hossain 73
W.Hinds b Tapash Baishya 16
M.Samuels b M. Rafique 77
R.Sarwan c M. Rafique b Naimur 28
R.Powell not out 36
R.Jacobs run out 23
M.Nagamootoo not out 9
EXTRAS (b-1 lb-10 w-7 nb-1) 19
TOTAL (for five wickets, 50 overs) 281
FALL OF WKTS: 1-46 2-154 3-200 4-208 5-270
DID NOT BAT: V.Drakes, D.Ganga, D.Powell, C.Cuffy
BOWLING: Manjurul Islam 10-0-77-0, Tapash Baishya 10-0-55-1, Mohammad Rafique 10-0-45-1, Naimur Rahman 10-0-32-1, Ehsanul Haque 3.3-0-22-0, Sanwar Hossain 3.3-0-16-1, Mohammad Ashraful 3-0-23-0
BANGLADESH
Ehsanul Haque lbw b Drakes 20
Anwar Hossain c Hinds b Powell 42
Mohammad Ashraful c Hinds b Drakes 1
Sanwar Hossain c Jacobs b Drakes 5
Tushar Imran lbw b Drakes 0
Alok Kapali not out 89
Khaled Mashud b Gayle 16
Naimur Rahman c and b Gayle 7
Mohammad Rafique lbw b Gayle 0
Tapas Baishya lbw b Cuffy 0
Manjurul Islam not out 2
EXTRAS (b-1 lb-2 w-7 nb-3) 13
TOTAL (for nine wickets, 50 overs) 195
FALL OF WKTS: 1-29 2-32 3-42 4-42 5-109 6-151 7-171 8-171 9-172
BOWLING: Drakes 10-1-33-4 (w-1 n-1), Cuffy 10-0-43-1 (w-2), Powell 10-2-34-1 (w-1 n-1), Nagamootoo 10-0-45-0 (w-3, n-1), Gayle 10-1-37-3
RESULT: West Indies won by 86 runs
FIRST MATCH: Chittagong, no result, rain
SECOND MATCH: Dhaka, West Indies won by 84 runs
West Indies win three-match series 2-0.—Reuters
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