Bangladesh on the ropes in second Test as West Indies Kemar Roach fires

Bangladesh continued to struggle on its tour of the Caribbean as it ended the second day of the second and final Test against West Indies trailing by 276 runs with just three first innings wickets remaining.

After their 10-wicket loss in the first Test, the tourists were hoping to at least restore some pride in Saint Lucia but five wickets from West Indies pace bowler Kemar Roach put paid to that.

Resuming on 3 for 246, West Indies were bowled out for 380, an hour after lunch.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 84 for West Indies after Al-Amin Hossain earned reward for some fine seam bowling as he finished with 3 for 80.

But Roach was quickly among the wickets, removing the top three in the Bangladesh batting order for 62 runs, with Tamim Iqbal the only one to get started with his 48.

Jerome Taylor claimed the wicket of Mominul Haque thanks to a brilliant diving catch at short leg by Jermaine Blackwood.

Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, who has held together Bangladesh's batting on the tour, was bowled by Taylor for four as the tourists found themselves at 5 for 68.

Roach then removed Nasir Hossain and Taijul Islam as the tourists closed on 7 for 104 for seven and face a long haul to save the Test.

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I did not get to see any of Roach and Taylor's wickets. Was their bowling special, or primarily bat batting from the Bangladeshis?

TRINI - a combination of both.

And appalled by the lack of fight by Banglas in the batting department. Expected WAY better than this train wreck despite lack of Shakib. Oh well, I guess without Shakib and playing away after 6 months, this was sorta inevitable. But still.

I'm glad they did their thing in this game, even though Bangladesh hasn't always been the biggest/best opponent.