Nayeem's Career-Best 52 Takes Bangladesh to 142 All Out, West Indies Need 170

At the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh managed to set the West Indies a target of 170 despite a batting collapse in the first Test of the series. The hosts were bowled out for 142 in their second innings, relying on a fifty from Nayeem Hasan.

Bangladesh began the fourth day on 79 for six. They lost their last recognised batter, Jaker Ali, early in the day. Jaker, who had come in the previous day as the concussion substitute for Mominul Haque, was caught at first slip off Jomel Warrican in the first over. He scored 22 off 34 balls.

Hasan Mahmud then fell to Warrican. The pacer, who made 8 off 31 balls, was out lbw. West Indies captain Roston Chase removed Taijul Islam in the same fashion to take Bangladesh's ninth wicket. Taijul scored 8 off 16 balls.

While wickets kept falling at one end from the morning, Nayeem Hasan stood firm. The off-spinner played a career-best innings amid the procession of his teammates. The Bangladesh innings ended when he was dismissed after scoring 52 off 91 balls, caught by Bishop off Chase.

Nayeem was given two lives during the innings. West Indies fielders dropped his catches when he was on 21 and 29. He used those chances to record his highest personal score in Tests. His previous best was an unbeaten 35, scored against Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Abu Dhabi.

Rain also stopped play for a while during the day. After play resumed following the rain break, Bangladesh lasted only about three more overs before their second innings came to an end.

For the West Indies, Roston Chase took five wickets for 36 runs in the second innings. Jomel Warrican took four wickets for 63 runs. Shamar Joseph took one wicket.

The failure of the top-order batters put Bangladesh under pressure in the second innings. None of Tawhid Hridoy, Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Litton Das reached double figures. Sadman Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto crossed double figures, but neither reached a fifty. Batting at number eight, Nayeem did what the recognised batters could not.

Bangladesh had taken a 27-run first-innings lead after scoring 272 and bowling the West Indies out for 245. Nayeem had taken four wickets in bowling the West Indies out in the first innings. This time the right-handed tail-ender showed his ability with the bat as well.