THAT’S NOT THE WAY: West Indies fielder Darren Bravo fails to take a catch in the first Test against Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Sports Complex, Kingstown, St Vincent on Tuesday. At left, captain Denesh Ramdin is far from amused. Despite sloppy fielding, West Indies won the match by 10 wickets.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin has appealed to his team to improve on their fielding ahead of the second Test against Bangladesh starting in St Lucia on Saturday.
Bangladesh’s resistance was assisted by sloppy West Indies fielding, with five catches going down, despite the regional side’s ten-wicket win at Arnos Vale.
Bangladesh’s second innings hero Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 116, survived four chances — dropped by Darren Bravo, Jerome Taylor and twice by Chris Gayle, while Kirk Edwards put down a simple chance offered by Mahmudullah.
“It [the dropped catches] is a cause for concern,” Ramdin said.
“It is very important we work on those areas. Our slip catching has hampered us in the past and in St Lucia we definitely need to hold all our chances.”
Highlights of the Windies victory included Kraigg Brathwaite’s maiden double-hundred, Suleiman Benn’s five-wicket haul and a late burst by Kemar Roach, who took four wickets in the second innings.
“Roach bowled exceptionally well on a flat pitch, and he was backed up by the bowlers as well,” Ramdin said.
“Brathwaite is definitely going from strength to strength and is displaying immense maturity. We hope he can continue on to bigger and better things”.
“We hope the pitch at St Lucia will be a lot greener than the one we have had here,” Ramdin added.