Calamity in Antigua

Bangladesh registered a humiliating record of being bundled out for their lowest ever total in the Test cricket as they collapsed to 43 all out inside the first session of the first Test against West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

Pacer Kemar Roach became only the second West Indies bowler ever to bag five wickets in the first session of a Test after Alf Valentine who achieved the feat against England back in 1950.

The right-arm seamer, despite often clutching the back of his right knee, ended up with career-best innings figure of five for eight from his five overs before leaving the field with all five wickets to have fallen at that point.

Bangladesh's previous lowest total was 62 against Sri Lanka in 2007 at P Sara Oval, but at one point it looked like the Tigers may even break the world record of the lowest ever Test score of 26 runs of New Zealand against England back in 1955.

It was an overcast morning and the tourists were sent to bat on a pitch which was mostly covered with grass, but it was the Bangladeshi batsmen who made things worse for themselves more than the West Indies bowlers' brilliance.

Tamim Iqbal was the first to depart when the left-hander edged a three-quarter length Roach delivery shaping outside off stump to set off the calamity.

It was more like a bad episode being fast-forwarded as Bangladesh kept losing wickets to Roach. Mominul Haque [1] went for a drive without moving his feet from the crease to be caught at slip in the next over. Things were about to get worse as Roach removed the experienced trio of Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib AL Hasan and Mahmudullah for ducks and was also eyeing a hattrick as the Tigers were reeling on 20 for five.

Liton Das was the only survivor at the other end and also the lone batsman to reach double figures, but he threw his wicket away going for a big heave.