DHAKA : Darren Bravo and Kirk Edwards hit half-centuries to consolidate
the West Indies' position on the third day of the second and final Test
against Bangladesh on Monday.Bravo and Edwards each made 59 not
out as the West Indies reached 133-2 in their second innings at tea for
an overall lead of 257 runs with eight wickets in hand. The pair have so
far put on 100 for the unfinished third-wicket stand after openers
Kraigg Brathwaite and Keiran Powell had fallen for 33 runs.Bravo
was more aggressive than his partner, once smashing off-spinner Nasir
Hossain for two fours and a six in an over. He has so far hit two sixes
and four boundaries in his 86-ball knock.Edwards, who scored a
hundred in the first innings, drove left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan
through the covers to complete his half-century. He has so far cracked
one six and five fours in his 126-ball knock.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.Shakib was the lone wicket-taker in the second session when he had Powell (12) caught by Nasir at mid-on.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 debutante Suhrawadi Shuvo (15)
caught by Brathwaite at short-leg and then Samuels removed Nasir, caught
at deep mid-wicket by Kirk 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 Hossain for four runs to finish with 3-62.Fast
bowler Fidel Edwards, who jolted Bangladesh with five quick wickets on
Sunday, bowled just one over in the morning as the West Indies relied on
their spin duo.The opening Test ended in a draw in Chittagong
