CHITTAGONG : Elias Sunny bagged four wickets on his debut to boost
Bangladesh's hopes of taking a first innings lead in the opening Test
against the West Indies on Monday.The left-arm spinner took
4-56 as the West Indies reached 144-5 in their first innings at stumps
on the penultimate day in reply to Bangladesh's total of 350-9 declared.Sunny,
25, did not have to wait long for his first Test wicket as he trapped
Kirk Edwards leg-before in his third over before dismissing Darren Bravo
(two), teenager Kraigg Brathwaite and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the
last session.The West Indies were struggling at 52-3 before
Chanderpaul (49) and Brathwaite steadied the innings with a 62-run stand
for the fourth wicket.Sunny again put pressure on the
tourists when he removed both the batsmen in his last five overs.
Chanderpaul's 72-ball knock contained two successive sixes over long-on
off the left-arm spinner.Brathwaite, bowled off a no-ball in
paceman Rubel Hossain's opening over, scored a 135-ball 33 before being
caught by Imrul Kayes.Marlon Samuels was unbeaten on 17 and Carlton Baugh on six not out when bad light stopped play.Bangladesh
paceman Shahadat Hossain got a wicket in his second over when he had
Lendl Simmons (seven) caught by Raqibul Hasan at gully.Edwards,
dropped on three by Shahadat at mid-on in Sunny's opening over, failed
to make the most of the chance as he fell after scoring 17 runs.Bangladesh
earlier added 95 runs to their Friday's total of 255-4 before declaring
their innings closed in the afternoon session. No play was possible on
Saturday and Sunday due to rain.Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo
(3-81) and fast bowler Fidel Edwards (2-88) shared five wickets as
Bangladesh batted 31.4 overs in the day.Edwards struck with
his first delivery when he had skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (68) caught by
Bishoo at square-leg before dismissing Shahriar Nafees (32) in his next
over. Rahim hit five fours in his 145-ball knock.Nafees, who
retired hurt on 21 after being struck by an Edwards bouncer on Friday,
could add just 11 runs before being caught by wicket-keeper Baugh.Bishoo
also took two wickets in successive overs, removing debutant Nasir
Hossain (34) and then Sunny for no score. Nasir hit six fours in his
47-ball knock.His third wicket came in the second session when he had Shahadat stumped for nine runs. Naeem Islam remained unbeaten with 36.The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on October 29.
