DHAKA : Darren Bravo cracked his maiden Test century to put the West
Indies in command on the third day of the series-deciding second and
final Test against Bangladesh on Monday.The left-hander was
unbeaten on 100 after Kirk Edwards hit a solid 86 as the West Indies
reached 207-3 in their second innings at stumps for an overall lead of
331 runs.Bravo completed his century off the last ball of
the day when he cut debutant left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo for two
runs. He has so far hit two sixes and seven fours in his 165-ball knock.The
tourists, leading by 124 runs on the first innings, consolidated their
position as Bravo and Edwards put on 151 for the third wicket after
openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Keiran Powell had fallen cheaply.The opening Test of the two-match series ended in a draw in Chittagong.Edwards,
who scored 121 in the first innings, looked set to score his second
hundred of the Test when he fell in the closing overs of the day, bowled
by Shuvo after hitting one six and seven fours in his 204-ball knock.Bravo,
dropped on 45 by Imrul Kayes in the slips off left-arm spinner Shakib
Al Hasan, made the most of the chance as he bolstered the innings with a
big stand with Edwards.Both the batsmen played attractive
shots, with Bravo once smashing off-spinner Nasir Hossain for two fours
and a six in an over and then Edwards hoisting paceman Shahadat Hossain
for a six.Brathwaite, who made a half-century in the first
innings, was run out for no score in the opening over after Naeem Islam
hit the stumps at the non-striker's end with a direct throw.The
hosts struggled for success on an easy-paced pitch for more than two
sessions, with Shakib and Shuvo being the lone wicket-takers.Bangladesh were earlier bowled out for 231 in their first innings in reply to the West Indies' 355.The
hosts added 27 runs to their overnight total of 204-7 before losing
their remaining three wickets in 17 overs, with leg-spinner Devendra
Bishoo taking two wickets and off-spinner Marlon Samuels one.Bishoo
was the first to strike when he had Shuvo (15) caught by Brathwaite at
short-leg and then Samuels removed Nasir, caught at deep mid-wicket by
Edwards while going for a big shot. Nasir added eight runs to his
overnight score of 34.Bishoo ended the innings when he bowled Shahadat for four runs to finish with 3-62
