GROS ISLET (St Lucia): Shivnarine Chanderpaul completed his 30th Test century as the West Indies tightened their grip on the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday, setting the tourists a victory target of 489.

The hosts, who were 208-4 at start of play on the fourth day the Beausejour Stadium, rode Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 101 to stretch their second innings to 269-4 before declaring 45 minutes into the day.

The Guyanese left-hander, who turned 40 a month ago, hit eight fours off 134 balls in just under three hours. Jermaine Blackwood, 18 years younger than Chanderpaul, chipped in with 66 not out, adding 169 undefeated for the fifth wicket with the senior man.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES (1st Innings) 380 (S. Chanderpaul 84 not out, L.R. Johnson 66, K.C. Brathwaite 63; Al-Amin Hossain 3-80).

BANGLADESH (1st Innings) 161 (M. Mahmudullah 53; K.A.J. Roach 5-42).

WEST INDIES (2nd Innings, overnight 208-4):

K.C. Brathwaite c Shamsur b Mahmudullah 45

L.R. Johnson b Taijul 41

K.A. Edwards c Shamsur b Shafiul 2

D.M. Bravo b Mahmudullah 7

S. Chanderpaul not out 101

J. Blackwood not out 66

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-2) 7

TOTAL (for four wkts decl, 77 overs) 269

FALL OF WKTS: 1-76, 2-81, 3-97, 4-100.

BOWLING: Taijul Islam 28-5-81-1; Al-Amin Hossain 4-0-18-0; Robiul Islam 12-3-42-0 (2w); Shafiul Islam 13-1-42-1; Mohammad Mahmudullah 16-2-64-2; Mominul Haque 4-0-17-0.

BANGLADESH (2nd Innings):

Tamim Iqbal not out 14

Shamsur Rahman c Edwards b Taylor 39

Anamul Haque c Ramdin b Benn 0

Mominul Haque not out 2

Extras 0

Total (for two wkts, 15 overs) 55

FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-48.

BOWLING (to-date): Taylor 7-0-31-1; Roach 4-0-17-0; Benn 3-0-5-1; Blackwood 1-0-2-0.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2014