Bangladesh trail by 178 against W Indies
Bangladesh, replying to West Indies' 527-4, were 455-6 at close on third day Dhaka Test.
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Mohammad Mahmudullah was unbeaten on 42 while Nasir Hossain was 33 not out as the home team trailed their opponents by 72 runs.
Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and the West Indies in Dhaka on Thursday:
Naeem Islam s maiden century helped Bangladesh comfortably avoid the follow-on on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies in Dhaka on Thursday.
Islam was unbeaten on 102 at tea with captain Mushfiqur Rahim 32 not out as Bangladesh reached 349-4, thwarting West Indian efforts to enforce the follow-on on a lifeless Shere Bangla stadium pitch.
The home side trailed the West Indies mammoth first innings score of 527-4 by 178 runs.
Islam and Shakib Al Hasan (89) earlier set a new Bangladeshi record for the fourth wicket in all Tests with a 167-run partnership as the tourists failed to make a breakthrough in the first session after the hosts resumed at 164-3.
Shakib showed aggression while Islam proved a rock at the other end, foiling the West Indies attack to add 88 in the morning session.
Shakib was dismissed for 89 soon after the lunch break by paceman Ravi Rampaul.
He hit 10 fours and a six in his 143-ball innings but failed to keep a drive down and was caught in the covers, showing great disappointment at missing out on a well-deserved hundred.
The Shakib-Islam stand bettered the 120 runs between Habibul Bashar and Manjural Islam against the West Indies at Kingston in 2004.
Naeem reached his first Test century with a four to fine-leg off paceman Tino Best, the 17th boundary of his innings.
The West Indian bowlers were forced to toil hard despite taking the second new ball after 82 overs, with mystery spinner Sunil Narine the biggest disappointment, conceding 87 runs in his 19 wicketless overs.
Rampaul was the pick of bowlers with 3-89.
West Indies 527-4 dec (S. Chanderpaul 203 not out, D. Ramdin 126 not out, K. Powell 117; Sohag Gazi 3-145)
Bangladesh (overnight 164-3)
Tamim Iqbal c Narine b Sammy 72
Junaid Siddique c Bravo b Rampaul 7
Shahriar Nafees c Ramdin b Rampaul 31
Naeem Islam c Ramdin b Sammy 108
Shakib Al Hasan c sub (Fudadin) b Rampaul 89
Mushfiqur Rahim c and b Permaul 43
Nasir Hossain not out 33
Mohammad Mahmudullah not out 42
Extras (b8, lb11, nb8, w3) 30
Total (6 wickets; 126 overs) 455
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Siddique), 2-88 (Nafees), 3-119 (Iqbal), 4-286 (Shakib), 5-362 (Islam), 6-368 (Rahim)
Bowling: Rampaul 26-2-101-3 (4nb), Best 20-3-68-0 (3w), Sammy 23-3-83-2, Narine 21-5-89-0 (4nb), Permaul 27-7-60-1, Gayle 3-0-14-0, Samuels 6-0-21-0
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
