BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), April 19: Ramnaresh Sarwan struck an unbeaten 91 with World Cup hosts West Indies recovering from the loss of two early wickets to make a total of 230 for five in their Super Eights game on Thursday.

Brian Lara's side, like their opponents already out of the running for a semi-final spot, were struggling at eight for two following the loss of openers Chris Gayle and Devon Smith.

But solid knocks from Marlon Samuels (31), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (50) and a lively partnership between Sarwan and Lara (33) helped them to a reasonable total.

A healthy crowd at a sun-drenched Kensington Oval groaned when Smith was clean bowled by Mashrafe Mortaza and then Gayle, after surviving a strong appeal for caught behind, was trapped lbw by Syed Rasel.

Mashrafe and Rasel produced movement and change of pace, as well as nagging accuracy, as they restricted West Indies to 17 for two after 10 overs.

Under pressure, Samuels and Chanderpaul then got their heads down and made progress, albeit slowly, putting on a 47 partnership in nearly 19 overs before Samuels went with a frustrated shot as he was caught behind off the spin of Saqibul Hasan.

Chanderpaul was joined Sarwan and they continued the building work putting on 81 in 16.1 overs.

But from the next ball after he brought up his half-century, Chanderpaul was bowled, attempting to hit across the line to Aftab Ahmed.

In came Lara, in his penultimate One-day International before he retires from the format, and along with the well settled Sarwan the skipper helped step up the pace.

Lara hit a six over mid-wicket and then another over point as he made a lively 33 in 27 balls before he was caught at cover off Abdur Razzak.

The hosts racked up 84 runs off the last 10 overs.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle lbw b Rasel 1

D.S. Smith b Mashrafe 5

S. Chanderpaul b Aftab 50

M.N. Samuels c Mushfiqur b Saqibul 31

R.R. Sarwan not out 91

B.C. Lara c Javed b Razzak 33

D.J. Bravo not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-7) 10

TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) 230

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8 (Smith, 2.6 ov), 2-8 (Gayle, 3.5 ov), 3-55 (Samuels, 21.3 ov), 4-136 (Chanderpaul, 37.4 ov), 5-196 (Lara, 46.1 ov).

DID NOT BAT: D. Ramdin, D.B. Powell, J.E. Taylor, C.D. Collymore.

BOWLING: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-2-39-1 (2w); Syed Rasel 10-2-48-1 (5w); Abdur Razzak 10-0-44-1; Mohammad Rafique 10-0-46-0; Hasan 8-0-38-1; Aftab Ahmed 2-0-12-1.

BANGLADESH: Tamim Iqbal, Javed Omar, Habibul- Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel.

UMPIRES: B.F. Bowden (New Zealand) and R.E. Koertzen (South Africa).

TV UMPIRE: S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).

MATCH REFEREE: J.J. Crowe (New Zealand).—Agencies