West Indies hammer Bangladesh by nine wickets

Sulieman Benn

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Ruthless West Indies humiliated  Bangladesh with the bat and ball in front of their own fans today, skittling the World Cup co-hosts for their lowest ever  ODI score of 58 before chasing down the target in 12.2 overs.
Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn claimed four wickets while  Kemar Roach and Darren Sammy bagged three scalps each as  Bangladesh were flattened in 18.5 overs.
The crowd reacted angrily, throwing placards, caps, logos  and even team jerseys on to the outfield.

Sulieman Benn
Sulieman Benn

The boos around the Shere Bangla National Stadium could  still be heard when the West Indian openers Chris Gayle and  Darren Bravo came out to bat but Shakib Al Hasan’s men were  powerless to stop the visitors winning by nine wickets.
Bangladesh’s score of 58 was the lowest total in this year’s  World Cup.
“We never thought we’d bat this poorly because we’ve been  playing really good cricket for last the 12 months and we’ve  been consistent with the bat,” Bangladesh captain Shakib said,  trying to speak above the boos ringing round the stadium.
“I don’t know (what went wrong). We have a lot of things to  work on now. We have to sit down and think about it.
“But hopefully we’ll come back strongly as there are three  more games. If we want to qualify for the second round, we have  to win two out of three. It is still very much possible.”
Gayle tried to explain the Bangladesh collapse.
“The wicket seemed to be doing a bit, I mean for the  spinners, but Kemar Roach did a brilliant job.
“In fact, all our players stepped up to restrict Bangladesh  to 60 runs.
He continued: “I think this win will take us to the  quarter-final but we still can’t relax as we have couple of  crucial games coming up against Ireland, India and England.”

Scoreboard
Bangladesh innings:

Tamim Iqbal  c Sammy b Roach           0

Imrul Kayes  c Thomas b Sammy          5

Junaid Siddique  lbw b Roach          25

Mushfiqur Rahim  c Sarwan b Sammy      0

Shakib Al Hasan  b Benn                8

Raqibul Hasan  c Pollard b Sammy       4

Mohammad Ashraful  c Thomas b Roach   11

Naeem Islam  c Thomas b Benn           1

Shafiul Islam  c Pollard b Benn        0

Abdur Razzak  not out                  2

Rubel Hossain  b Benn                  0

Extras:  (w 1 nb 1)                    2

Total  (all out; 18.5 overs)          58
Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-16 3-25 4-36 5-41 6-51 7-56 8-56 9-58
Bowling: Roach 6-0-19-3 (1nb, 1w), Benn 5.5-2-18-4, Sammy  7-0-21-3

West Indies innings

D. Smith  b Naeem Islam               6

C. Gayle  not out                    37

D. Bravo  not out                     9

Extras (b 2 w 5)                      7

Total (for one wicket; 12.2 overs)   59
Fall of wicket: 1-29
Did not bat: R. Sarwan, S. Chanderpaul, K. Pollard, D.  Thomas, D. Sammy, N. Miller, S. Benn, K. Roach
Bowling: Shafiul Islam 2-0-11-0, Naeem Islam 6-1-14-1 (1w),  Rubel Hossain 1-0-12-0,  Abdur Razzak 1-0-8-0 (2w), Mohammad  Ashraful 2-0-11-0, Shakib Al Hasan 0.2-0-1-0
Result: West Indies won by nine wickets
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat