Windies scramble past Bangladesh

West Indies survived a major scare before beating Bangladesh by one wicket in the first one-day international in St Vincent on Saturday.

The hosts, chasing a modest 145 for victory, collapsed from 81 for two to 133 for nine before Ian Bradshaw eased the winning single off Mohammad Rafique in the 47th over.

West Indies had appeared to be cruising as opener Ricardo Powell hit 52, but two run outs and some inspired bowling by Manjural Islam, who took three for 21, took Bangladesh to the brink of a famous victory.

Bangladesh got off to a terrible start in their innings, losing their first three wickets for five runs, two of them to Tino Best who ended with four for 35.

However, an unbeaten ninth-wicket stand of 62 between Khaled Mashud and Rafique ensured the visitors batted out their 50 overs.

Scoreboard:

Bangladesh:
Shahariar Hossain c Gayle b Best 0
Manjural Islam lbw b Edwards 1
Habibul Bashar lbw b Best 0
Rajin Saleh c Jacobs b Bradshaw 20
Mohammad Ashraful c Jacobs b Edwards 17
Alok Kapali c Best b Bradshaw 5
Mushfiqur Rahman c Joseph b Best 13
Khaled Mashud not out 30
Khaled Mahmud b Best 0
Mohammad Rafique not out 32

Extras (lb-8 w-17 nb-1) 26

Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 144

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 1-0, 3-5, 4-43, 5-51, 6-52, 7-79, 8-82.

Did not bat: Tapash Baisya

Bowling: Best 10-1-35-4, Edwards 10-0-24-2, Bradshaw 10-4-11-2, Bravo 10-2-20-0, Smith 3-0-16-0 (nb-1), Gayle 7-0-30-0

West Indies:
C.Gayle c Khaled Mashud b Tapash Baisya 0
R.Powell b Khaled Mahmud 52
S.Joseph c Khaled Mashud b Khaled Mahmud 7
S.Chanderpaul lbw b Manjural Islam 15
R.Sarwan c Mushfiqur Rahman b Rajin Saleh 22
D.Bravo run out (Mohammad Rafique) 16
D.Smith st Khaled Mashud b Manjural Islam 2
R.Jacobs run out (Manjural Islam) 1
I.Bradshaw not out 12
T.Best lbw b Manjural Islam 2
F.Edwards not out 4

Extras (lb-2 w-9 nb-1) 12

Total (for nine wickets, 46.4) 145

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-46, 3-81, 4-83, 5-119, 6-123, 7-126, 8-126, 9-133.

Bowling: Tapash Baisya 6-1-25-1, Mushfiqur Rahman 6-0-20-0, Khaled Mahmud 10-3-15-2, Mohammad Rafique 9.4-0-35-0, Manjural Islam 10-2-21-3, Alok Kapali 3-0-16-0, Rajin Saleh 2-0-11-1

Result: West Indies won by one wicket

Second match: May 16, Kingstown, St Vincent

Third match: May 19, St George's, Grenada