(ESPN Cricinfo) – Jayden Seales registered astonishing figures of 15.5-10-5-4 as the West Indies bowled out Bangladesh for 164 on the second day of the second Test at Sabina Park.
Seales’ bowling figures were the most economical in Test cricket since 1977 (minimum 60 balls). In response, the West Indies lost Mikyle Louis early, but Kraigg Brathwaite and Keacy Carty took them to 70 for 1 before bad light forced early stumps for the second successive day.
It was Shamar Joseph, though, who first rocked the Bangladesh innings. At one stage, the visitors were 83 for 2. In the next 34 balls, they collapsed to 98 for 6 as Shamar picked up three of the four wickets to fall.
He first ended a patient stand of 73 between Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain by castling the latter for 22. Soon after, he had Jaker Ali caught behind with a short ball. The batter was late on the pull; he top-edged it onto his shoulder, and the ball lobbed behind the stumps for an easy catch to Joshua Da Silva.
In his next over, Shamar found the outside edge of Shadman to provide Da Silva with his fourth catch of the innings. In between, Seales had Litton Das caught at first slip for 1.
After lunch, however, Shamar and Alzarri Joseph overused the short-ball ploy against Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam. The two batters hung around for 116 balls and added 41. Eventually, Taijul fended a short ball from Alzarri to third slip.
Seales then snared the last three wickets for five runs. Taskin was the first to depart. He tried to pull a short ball, but the edge flew behind the stumps. Da Silva leapt and parried it towards the second slip, where Alick Athanaze dived backwards to pouch it with both hands.
Seales had Mehidy top-edging a hook into the hands of fine leg in the same over before uprooting Nahid Rana’s leg stump to wrap up the innings.
The Bangladesh seamers also started miserly, giving away only 16 runs in the ten overs before tea. After tea, Rana breached the 150kph mark multiple times and had Louis caught behind for 12.
Taijul also found help from the surface. Neither Brathwaite nor Carty could get him away. Seven of Taijul’s ten overs were maidens, but he could not pick up a wicket.