Windies overcome sloppy catching to beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets in first Test

West Indies beat Bangladesh by ten wickets as they overcame their appalling catching and a defiant hundred by Mushfiqur Rahim before lunch on the fifth and final day of the first Test at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St. Vincent on Tuesday.

After missing a succession of chances on the fourth day, the home side's fielders continued with their sloppy performance before Mushfiqur was last out for 116. The tourists' captain took major advantage of the West Indies fielders in lifting his side to a second innings total of 314.

Needing just 13 runs for victory and a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, Chris Gayle and Kraigg Brathwaite, who won the 'Man of the Match' for his first innings 212, knocked off the runs 40 minutes before the scheduled lunch interval, Sport24 reported.

Fast bowler Kemar Roach finished with match figures of four for 64, making the critical breakthrough on the final morning when Nasir Hossain spooned a catch to Shannon Gabriel running in from mid-on after he and his captain resumed with the total on 256 for five, still needing 46 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

That was effectively the end of the lower-order resistance with Roach trapping Shuvagata Hom leg-before and Gabriel dismissing Taijul Islam and Rubel Hossain for ducks in the space of three deliveries.

However, Mushfiqur was able to reach his third Test century.

West Indies wicketkeeper-captain Denesh Ramdin said that the catching is a cause for concern because they could have finished the game on the fourth day if they had taken all their chances.

Ramdin added that slip catching has been hampering West Indies in the last two series and they need to correct that ahead of the next Test.