Nasir and Mominul shine in draw
Mominul Haque and Nasir Hossain hit hundreds in the first four-day match between Bangladesh A and West Indies A which ended in a draw at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on Tuesday.
Mominul, the left-handed batsman who scored his maiden first-class ton, slammed 150 and shared a 259-run fifth wicket stand with Nasir after the second string Bangladesh side were reduced to 59 for four. Their mammoth partnership helped the visitors take a 64-run first innings lead.
Bangladesh A made 422 in their first essay in reply to West Indies A's 358.
Nasir hammered 134, his second first-class hundred, while Mithun Ali added 52 runs.
Sohrawardi Shuvo shone with the leather as the left-arm spinner returned with a match haul of nine wickets for 188 runs but it was Andre Russell who was adjudged man-of-the-match for his all-round performance. Russell scored 128 runs in the first innings and picked up five wickets in the match.
Besides Russell, Danza Hyatt (92) Nkruma Bonner (43) and Carlos Brathwaite (62) were the other notable scorers in the home side's first innings.
Shuvo captured four wickets for 107 runs and Kamrul Islam claimed four for 54 runs.
West Indies A rode on Bonner's maiden first-class century to score 296 runs in their second innings, setting a 233-run winning target for Bangladesh A on the final day.
Bangladesh A made a poor start -- losing two wickets for 30 runs which dented their hopes of going for the target. Most of the middle-order batsmen got starts but failed to carry on. The match eventually ended in a stalemate with the tourists reaching 131 for 5 in 53 overs.
Captain Jahurul Islam top-scored with 41 runs in the second innings.
Nelson Pascal and Andre Russell took two wickets each.
The second and final four-dayer will start from November 12 at Beausejour.
BRIEF SCORES
WEST INDIES A: First innings-358 all out in 94.4 overs (Hyatt 92, Bonner 43, Russell 128, Brathwaite 62, Kamrul 4-54, Shuvo 4-107) and second innings-296 all out in 86 overs (Bonner 127; Shuvo 5-81, Robiul 3-48, Nasir 2-74).
BANGLADESH A: First innings-422 all out in 110.1 overs (Mominul 150, Nasir 134, Mithun 52; Gabriel 4-62, Pascal 3-56, Russell 3-74) and second innings-135-5 in 53 overs (Jahurul 41, Rokibul 27, Mominul 13, Nasir 20 not out, Mithun 12 not out: Pascal 2-36, Russell 2-26)
Result: Match drawn.
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