100 to the Shivster

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Veteran West Indies batsman Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul will represent St Kitts & Nevis against Bangladesh in three-day match starting tomorrow, August 30 at Warner Park in St Kitts.

Chanderpaul, a guest player on the St Kitts & Nevis team, is the most capped West Indian in Test matches playing some 156 Test matches.

The 40 year old, since his debut 20 years ago has scored 11,414 runs, including 29 centuries, at an average of 51.88, according to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) data.

Bangladesh will play the first Test in the tour of the West Indies starting Friday, September 5 to Tuesday, September 9 at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.

The second test in the series is scheduled for Saturday, September 13 to Wednesday, September 17 at the Beausejour Ground in St Lucia.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – An unbroken 144-run, seventh wicket stand between captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain, rescued Bangladesh on the opening day of their three-day tour match against St Kitts and Nevis here yesterday.
Mushfiqur Rahim was the topscorer in the Bangladesh innings yesterday. (WICB media)

Mushfiqur Rahim was the topscorer in the Bangladesh innings yesterday. (WICB media)

Opting to bat first, the visitors slumped to 92 for four and the 186 for six at tea before Mushfiqur and Nasir rallied the innings with positive unbeaten half-centuries in the final session at Warner Park.

Mushfiqur struck 81 off 126 balls in just over three hours at the crease with five fours and three sixes while Nasir faced 122 balls in 2-1/2 hours batting, while counting six fours and two sixes.

Shuvagata Hom chipped in with 48 while Imrul Kayes scored 44 and Mahmudullah, 27.

Seamers Quinton Boatswain (2-35) and Jeremiah Louis (2-36) were the pick of the bowlers with two wickets apiece.

Winning the toss and batting with the first Test starting next Saturday in mind, Bangladesh were rocked by some hostile fast bowling from Boatswain and Louis, as they lost early wickets.
Nasir Hussain prepares to steer a ball past the wicketkeeper during the first day of their three-day tour match against St Kitts/Nevis. (WICB media)

Nasir Hussain prepares to steer a ball past the wicketkeeper during the first day of their three-day tour match against St Kitts/Nevis. (WICB media)

The 23-year-old Boatswain, a West Indies High Performance Centre graduate who has played four first class matches for Leeward Islands, produced four sharp, aggressive spells to trouble the opposing batsmen.

He knocked over Shamsur Rahman for ten, having him brilliantly caught left-handed down the leg-side by teenaged wicketkeeper Jaeel Clarke.

Boatswain’s second scalp was Imrul Kayes caught at midwicket off the leading edge, after the left-hander with 17 Tests behind his name had struck four fours in a 60-ball innings.

Louis, tall, bustling with a jerky action, also got the ball to lift awkwardly on the flat surface, and accounted for dangerman Tamim Iqbal caught behind for 20 and Monimul Haque, who edged an out-swinger to third slip for ten.

Languishing at 92 for four, Mahmudullah and Shuvagata then added 46 before Shuvagata and Mushfiqur added exactly 50, to begin the rally.