BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), April 20: World Cup hosts West Indies finally picked up their first win in the Super Eights stage with a 99-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday in a game between two already eliminated sides.

Ramnaresh Sarwan struck an unbeaten 91 as West Indies recovered from the loss of two early wickets to make a total of 230 for five and then paceman Daren Powell claimed three wickets as Bangladesh were dismissed for 131 in the 44th over.

Brian Lara's side, who had lost to all four of their previous second-round games, 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.

The hosts racked up 84 runs off the last 10 overs and they gained a total which put the pressure on Bangladesh.

The reply got off to a bad start when opener Tamim Iqbal, who had been dropped by Lara, was run out following a mix-up with Javed Omar.

Local boy Corey Collymore, getting some bounce out of the wicket, then claimed two vital wickets with Aftab Ahmed caught behind by Denesh Ramdin off a ball that left him and then it was 23 for three when Saqibul Hasan failed to deal with a steeply rising delivery and Ramdin snaffled up a simple catch.

Powell's second spell finished off any realistic chance of a revival from Bangladesh with Javed Omar caught by Chris Gayle and then had captain Habibul Bashar caught by Dwayne Bravo at third slip to leave the score at 52 for six.

Mashrafe provided some resistance with a gutsy 37 before he was yorked by Bravo who then got rid of Abdur Razzak.

Gayle picked up the wicket of Syed Rasel to close the innings and give the home support something to smile about at last.

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 Rahim b Saqibul 31

R.R. Sarwan not out 91

B.C. Lara c Javed Omar 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; Saqibul Hasan 8-0-38-1; Aftab Ahmed 2-0-12-1.

BANGLADESH:

Javed Omar c Gayle b Powell 16

Tamim Iqbal run out 7

Aftab Ahmed c Ramdin b Collymore 6

Saqibul Hasan c Ramdin b Collymore 0

Mohammad Ashraful c Samuels b Powell 2

Habibul Bashar c Bravo b Powell 12

Mushfiqur Rahim not out 38

Mashrafe Mortaza b Bravo 37

Mohammad Rafique lbw b Gayle 0

Abdur Razzak c Lara b Bravo 1

Syed Rasel b Gayle 2

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-7, NB-2) 10

TOTAL (all out, 43.5 overs) 131

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13 (Tamim Iqbal, 6.2 ov), 2-21 (Aftab Ahmed, 8.5 ov), 3-23 (Saqibul Hasan, 10.5 ov), 4-34 (Mohammad Ashraful, 14.4 ov), 5-35 (Javed Omar, 16.1 ov), 6-52 (Habibul Bashar, 20.4 ov), 7-110 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 34.6 ov), 8-111 (Mohammad Rafique, 35.6 ov), 9-114 (Abdur Razzak, 43.5 ov).

BOWLING: Collymore 7-1-11-2 (1w); Powell 10-0-38-3 (4w); Taylor 9-1-25-0 (1w); Bravo 9-2-28-2 (2nb, 1w); Gayle 8.5-0-28-2.

RESULT: West Indies won by 99 runs.

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

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

RESERVE UMPIRE: S.A. Bucknor (West Indies).

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

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Ramnaresh Sarwan.—Reuters