Windies Fall Short Again as Bangladesh Secure T20I Series Sweep
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West Indies were demolished by 80 runs in the third T20 International at the Arnos Vale Ground on Thursday night, giving Bangladesh their first sweep in a T20I series in nearly two years.
Bangladesh won the toss for the first time in the three-match series but maintained the familiar pattern of batting first, posting 189-7 before bowling out West Indies for 109, their lowest total against that opponent.
At the top of the innings, Parvez Hossain Emon – who took Soumya Sarkar’s place due to an injury sustained while fielding – gave the visitors a dream start with 39 off 21 balls, including four fours and two sixes. Captain Litton Das has struggled with the bat in the Caribbean, but he stuck around long enough to add 44 for the first wicket, 14 off 13 his contribution.
Emon went in the sixth over, making it 54-2 at the end of the first powerplay, but the run rate looked a lot healthier than it did in the first two games when the West Indies failed to overhaul relatively meagre targets. Tanzid Hasan, the new batter, fell shortly after coming in and the scoring slowed a bit, but it was still 76-3...
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