1st Test: West Indies overcome sloppy catching to thrash Bangladesh by 10 wickets

Kingston Bangladesh were able to make West Indies bat again but could not avoid suffering a heavy defeat in the first Test at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on TuesdayDefeat was always on the cards for Bangladesh after they followed on on day three after being skittled for 182 and while captain Mushfiqur Rahims century ensured the tourists avoided an innings defeat they were all out for 314 a short while after moving into positive figuresAfter missing a succession of chances on the fourth day the home sides fielders continued with their sloppy work before Musfiqur was last out for 116The tourists captain was the prime beneficiary of the butterfingered Caribbean cricketers in lifting his side to a second innings total of 314Needing just 13 runs for victory and a 10 lead in the twomatch series Chris Gayle and Kraigg Brathwaite the Man of the Match for his first innings 212 knocked off the runs 40 minutes before the scheduled lunch intervalThe West Indies only needed 16 deliveries to wrap up the victory and will go to St Lucia for the second and final Test confident of wrapping up their first Test series victory in 18 monthsNeeding to bat for the entire final day with just five wickets in hand was always going to be a tall order and Bangladesh who resumed on 256 for five 46 runs shy of making West Indies bat again had their hearts in their mouths when Mushfiqur was dropped by Denesh Ramdin in the third over of the dayThe West Indies however did not have to wait too much longer to strike when Nasir Hossain 19 mistimed a pull off Roach and Shannon Gabriel snaffled the catch at mid on to leave Bangladesh six downSensing the game was all but up Mushfiqur hit Jerome Taylor for three fours in the next over before Shuvagata Hom was pinned lbw by Roach four for 64 without troubling the scorersTaijul Islam also failed to register a run as he was out nine balls later bowled trying to keep out a Gabriel delivery which moved considerably off the pitchRunning out of batting partners Mushfiqur would not be denied a third Test century and he did it in style by hoisting Roach over the long on boundary for sixRubel Hossain then became the third consecutive Bangladesh batsman to fall for a duck when he could not get set and like Islam was bowled by Gabriel two for 25Roach thought he had finally broken Mushfiqurs resistance and won the match for West Indies when umpire Marais Erasmus gave the batsman out lbw but Mushfiqur reviewed and the decision was overturned when TV replays showed the delivery was going down the leg sideMushfiqur then levelled the scores by clubbing the next delivery to the ropes and was then given yet another reprieve when Taylor made a complete hash of his catch attempt after the visiting skipper topedged a Gabriel deliveryDarren Bravo who took five catches in Bangladeshs first innings finally ended Mushfiqurs defiant innings on 116 He held on to a simple catch off Taylors bowling after Mushfiqur tried to hit out to cow corner and succeeded only in holing out to deep midwicket Mushfiqur hit 15 fours and a six in his 243ball stay at the creaseSet just 13 runs to win Chris Gayle dispatched the third ball of the innings to the boundary and after Kraigg Brathwaite followed suit in the next over the classy lefthander clubbed another delivery to the ropes and then nudged a single to wrap up a comprehensive victory for the hostsThe win means Richie Richardsons unbeaten start as West Indies coach continues after he guided them to a 30 whitewash in the oneday international series after succeeding Ottis Gibson