CHITTAGONG : Bangladesh's Elias Sunny made a memorable seven-wicket debut
against the West Indies in the rain-hit opening Test, which ended in a
draw on the fifth and final day on Tuesday.The left-arm
spinner grabbed 6-94 in the first innings and 1-34 in the second as the
West Indies finished at 100-2 after being set a 226-run target to win
the match off 37 overs.Opener Lendl Simmons made a 49-ball
44, while Kirk Edwards (28 not out) and Darren Bravo (24 not out) were
the unbeaten batsmen when play was called off with 15 overs remaining.No play was possible due to rain on Saturday and Sunday.Sunny
also became the third Bangladeshi to bag six wickets in an innings on
debut in the morning session as the West Indies were bowled out for 244
in their first innings in reply to Bangladesh's 350-9 declared.The
hosts declared their second innings closed at their tea total of 119-3,
with left-handed Shahriar Nafees (50) scoring his sixth Test
half-century with the help of eight fours.Openers Imrul Kayes (13) and Tamim Iqbal (37) were the other batsmen dismissed in the second session.Seamers Darren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul, and spinner Marlon Samuels each took one wicket.The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on October 29.The
West Indies earlier added 100 runs in 17 overs to their overnight total
of 144-5, with skipper Sammy smashing a brisk 43-ball 58 with the help
of two sixes and eight fours for his maiden Test half-century.Sunny,
25, took two of the five wickets to fall in the morning session while
left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan took the last three wickets to finish
with 3-53 off 18 overs.Sunny, who took four wickets on
Monday, struck in his second over when he had Samuels caught by Raqibul
Hasan in the covers. Samuels could add just seven runs to his overnight
score of 17 Sammy and Carlton Baugh (30) then
counter-attacked to add 60 runs in just seven overs for the seventh
wicket before Sunny broke the stand when he bowled Baugh for his sixth
victim.The West Indies captain completed his half-century
with a six off Sunny, but did not last long as he was bowled by Shakib
after hitting the second six of his innings.Shakib also dismissed Devendra Bishoo for no score in the same over.
