St. George's (Grenada), July 20: Rain took a sizeable chunk out of the first session on Day Four, but Bangladesh still held all the aces with West Indies bowled out for 209 in their second innings in the second and final Test on Monday. Set to chase a 215-run target, Bangladesh were 17/0 at lunch with Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes unbeaten on 12 and 4 respectively.

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan took 5/70 to ensure a realtively easy chase for the tourists in their fourth innings. Earlier, Bangladesh spinners continued to torment the West Indies’ batsmen, and the home team could only extend their lead to 197 in the time available on the third day at the Queen’s Park Stadium Complex.

The entire evening session was lost to the weather, after rain had earlier stopped play about half-hour before lunch, and the afternoon session started about an hour and 10 minutes later than scheduled after the interval. The Tigers’ spinners applied the pressure throughout the truncated day and the West Indies’ batsmen — except for birthday boy Dave Bernard Jr — cracked.

Shakib has been Bangladesh’s most successful bowler, and fellow left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr took 2/42 from 15 overs.

— AFP