More batting woes for Windies in first ODI

DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC):

A change of format made little difference to the Windies' fortunes as another timid batting display sent them tumbling to a five-wicket defeat in the opening One-Day International (ODI) here yesterday.

Choosing to bat first at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, the visitors stumbled their way to an uncompetitive 195 for nine off their 50 overs, with opener Shai Hope top-scoring with 43.

The Windies were at snail's pace as they crawled to 79 for three at the half-way stage of the innings, and they needed busy knocks from Keemo Paul (36) and Roston Chase (32) down the order to lift the tempo.

Seamers Mashrafe Mortaza (3-30) and Mustafizur Rahman (3-35) kept the Windies in check, however, limiting them to their fourth-lowest total against Bangladesh.

In reply, Bangladesh overcame the loss of two early wickets to coast to their target in the 36th over, with wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim stroking an unbeaten 55 and Liton Das gathering 41.

Having suffered a 2-0 whitewash in the preceding Test series, the Windies are now staring at yet another series defeat, with the second ODI scheduled for tomorrow at the same venue.

SCOREBOARD

WEST INDIES

K Powell c Rubel b Shakib 10

+S Hope c Mehidy b Mashrafe 43

D Bravo c Tamim b Mashrafe 19

M Samuels c Liton b Rubel 25

S Hetmyer b Mehidy 6

*R Powell c Liton b Mashrafe 14

R Chase c Mehidy b Mustafizur 32

K Paul c Mehidy b Mustafizur 36

K Roach not out 5

D Bishoo c & b Mustafizur 0

O Thomas not out 0

Extras (lb3, w2) 5

TOTAL (9 wkts, 50 overs) 195

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Powell), 2-65(Bravo), 3-78 (Hope), 4-93 (Hetmyer), 5-119 (Powell), 6-127(Samuels), 7-178 (Chase), 8-194 (Paul), 9-195 (Bishoo)

Bowling: Mehidy 10-0-30-1, Shakib 10-0-36-1, Mustafizur 10-0-35-3, Mashrafe 10-0-30-3 (w1), Rubel 10-0-61-1 (w1)

BANGLADESH

Tamim Iqbal c Bishoo b Chase 12

Liton Das b Paul 41

Imrul Kayes b Thomas 4

+Mushfiqur Rahim not out 55

Shakib Al Hasan c Hope b Powell 30

Soumya Sarkar c Powell b Chase 19

Mahmudullah Riyad not out 14

Extras (lb6, w13, nb2) 21

TOTAL (5 wkts, 35.1 overs) 196

Did not bat: Mehidy Hasan, *Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Tamim), 2-42 (Imrul), 3-89 (Liton Das), 4-146 (Sakib), 5-175 (Soumya)

Bowling: Roach 6-0-35-0 (w5, nb1), Chase 9-1-47-2 (w2), Thomas 5-0-34-1 (w3, nb1), Paul 8-0-37-1 (w3), Bishoo 6.1-0-30-0, Powell 1-0-7-1.

Result: Bangladesh won by five wickets.

Series: Bangladesh lead three-match series 1-0.

Man-of-the-Match: Mashrafe Mortaza.

Toss: West Indies

Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge; Sharfuddoula; TV - Aleem Dar.