Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell delivered a career best 4-28 before Shai Hope struck a half-century as West Indies crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in their Twenty20 series opener Monday.<\/p>\n
West Indies raced to 130-2 in just 10.5 overs after Cottrell and his fellow pacers bowled out Bangladesh for 129 runs in Sylhet.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan scored 61 off 43 balls for the home side but could not stave off a thumping defeat.<\/p>\n
Hope accelerated the West Indies\u2019 run chase with 55 off 23 balls that included six sixes and three fours.<\/p>\n
Victory never looked in doubt as he struck spinner Mehidy Hasan for three sixes and a four in just the second over of the innings, yielding 23 runs.<\/p>\n
Spinner Mahmudullah Riyad dismissed Hope after medium pacer Mohammad Saifuddin broke a 51-run opening stand with Evin Lewis, who fell for 18.<\/p>\n
But Nicholas Pooran and Keemo Paul ensured West Indies cruised to their target, with quickfire innings of 23 and 28 respectively.<\/p>\n
Cottrell and fellow pacer Oshane Thomas earlier choked Bangladesh, who opted to bat first, at the start of their innings.<\/p>\n
Openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das, as well as Soumya Sarkar, all fell for single-figure scores to short-pitch deliveries.<\/p>\n
In-form Mushfiqur Rahim was run out for five, leaving Bangladesh on 48-4 before six overs of batting power play had elapsed.<\/p>\n
Shakib put on two small partnerships of 25 and 30 respectively with Mahmudullah Riyad and Ariful Haque to lift the side briefly.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything apart from the toss. Batting failed and then the bowling also obviously went wrong,\u201d Shakib said after the match.<\/p>\n
Paul wrapped up Bangladesh\u2019s innings with 2-23.<\/p>\n
The West Indies are hoping a series win will end their Bangladesh tour on a positive note after losing their Test and one-day international series 2-0 and 2-1 respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery good win but it\u2019s only one game,\u201d skipper Carlos Brathwaite said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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