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Summary
Bangladesh moved towards safety in the first two sessions before accelerating in the last to take control of the game. Tamim Iqbal hit his maiden century and shared a 146-run stand with Junaid Siddique to hand Bangladesh a 252-run lead by the end of the fourth days play in St Vincent. However, if they dont manage to bowl out West Indies on the final day they might wonder if they had erred by not scoring at a faster clip today. Tamim started the third session like a runaway express, hitting David Bernard to all parts of the ground - a crunching pull hopping on one leg and a thunderous wallop over wide mid-off being the highlights - but fell, going for the fifth boundary in the over. With his exit, the momentum started to slowly shift and when Siddique fell, squeezing Darren Sammy to gully, it slowed down further. And with Mohammad Ashraful falling cheaply, yet again, Bangladesh were forced to return to the cautious route.
