Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test Day 1 Live Cricket Score and Updates from Sylhet

BAN vs WI, 2nd Test Day 1 live score: After winning the first Test, West Indies have opted to bat on the opening day of the second and final Test in Sylhet. Bangladesh have picked two early wickets and are looking for more.

Bangladesh (BAN) vs West Indies (WI) 2nd Test Day 1

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7.6: Hasan Mahmud to Kevin Wickham, Pitched up, on middle, angling in, Kevin Wickham drills it to mid on.

7.5: Hasan Mahmud to Kevin Wickham, Much fuller and on middle and off, Kevin Wickham gets his bat in front of his pad to block it.

7.4: Hasan Mahmud to Kevin Wickham, Back of a length and on off, nips back in, Kevin Wickham watches it through and leaves it alone.

7.3: Hasan Mahmud to Kevin Wickham, Well bowled! Hasan Mahmud pulls his length back a bit, on off, gets it to shape away late. Kevin Wickham gets squared up, trying to defend as the ball goes past the outside edge and clips the pads before going into the gloves for Litton Das. A slight appeal for caught behind, but it is turned down.

7.2: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Goes fuller and on middle, angling into the pads. Joshua Da Silva clips it away nicely through mid-wicket. Taijul Islam chases after it and slides to make the stop. Three taken. There is a check for a short run at the batting end, but the replay shows that Da Silva has dragged his bat in.

7.1: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Good-length delivery, around off, straightens off the deck. Joshua Da Silva leaves it alone.

6.6: Taskin Ahmed to Kevin Wickham, Fuller again and on middle and off, Kevin Wickham knocks it down the pitch.

6.5: Taskin Ahmed to Kevin Wickham, Pitched-up delivery, around off, shaping in. Kevin Wickham, without moving his feet, tries to push it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads.

6.4: Taskin Ahmed to Joshua Da Silva, Good length and on middle, angling in again. Joshua Da Silva works it off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg for a single.

6.3: Taskin Ahmed to Kevin Wickham, Hits the deck hard, on middle, angling in a bit. Kevin Wickham misses his flick as the ball goes off his thigh pad towards square leg. A leg bye taken.

6.2: Taskin Ahmed to Joshua Da Silva, Fuller delivery, on off, shaping in. Joshua Da Silva steps across and clips it wide of mid on. The fielder chases after it to collect it but the batters have enough time for the third.

6.1: Taskin Ahmed to Joshua Da Silva, Back of a length and around off, nips back in. Joshua Da Silva stays back and tries to cut it away but this is too close to his body. He ends up chopping down off the bottom edge as the ball goes nowhere.

5.6: Hasan Mahmud to Kevin Wickham, Kevin gets off the mark in Test cricket! Serves it on a length and around the off stump, Kevin punches it crisply through cover for a couple of runs.

Two in two overs for Bangladesh. Kevin Wickham comes out to the middle on his debut.

5.5: Hasan Mahmud to Kavem Hodge, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Outstanding bowling by Hasan. He consistently hits a good length and extracts sharp seam movement back into the batter. Kavem Hodge left a similar delivery a couple of balls back, trusting the bounce, and attempts to do so again. But the ball does not rise as expected, and he hears it crash into the middle stump. He is gutted with himself, as he should be.The tourists are in a bit of bother as they slip to 14/2.

5.4: Hasan Mahmud to Kavem Hodge, Pitched full, on off, Kavem draws his front foot out and pushes it to short cover.

5.3: Hasan Mahmud to Kavem Hodge, A brave leave by Kavem! Back of a length, wobbled seam and nipping in with bounce. Kavem Hodge shoulders arms, and the ball flirts with the middle and leg stumps on its way to the keeper. Hasan, with a great delivery there.

5.2: Hasan Mahmud to Kavem Hodge, A bit full on the stumps, Kavem tucks it to short mid-wicket.

5.1: Hasan Mahmud to Kavem Hodge, Closer to the off stump, full in length, Kavem opts to leave as it seams in and goes through to the keeper.

4.6: Taskin Ahmed to Kavem Hodge, A full delivery that swings in towards middle and leg, Hodge gets across and flicks it to mid-wicket to get off the mark with a single. Another probing over from Taskin.

4.5: Taskin Ahmed to Kavem Hodge, Pitched on a length, outside off, cutting back in after landing. Kavem closely watches it and shoulders arms.

4.4: Taskin Ahmed to Kavem Hodge, Full and outside off, seaming away off the pitch. Kavem decides to leave it alone.

4.3: Taskin Ahmed to Kavem Hodge, Taskin lets out a big appeal for LBW, but the umpire denies. Tails into the batter, full in length, Hodge misses the flick as he gets slightly off-balance and is beaten on the inside edge. Is hit on the front pad, but that's perhaps going down leg.

4.2: Taskin Ahmed to Kavem Hodge, Just over the off pole! Back of a length, jagging in off the surface, Hodge trusts the bounce and lets it through to the keeper.

Early blow for West Indies. Kavem Hodge walks out to bat at number 3.

4.1: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, OUT!BOWLED! A cracker of a delivery from Taskin, and the hosts have their first breakthrough. He spears in a fuller delivery that angles into the stumps, King tries to drive down the ground, but his head falls over as the ball keeps coming in. It beats the inside edge and barges through the gap to rattle the stumps. And that's a superb sight for any fast bowler. King is completely outfoxed and West Indies are 13/1.

3.6: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, In thereabouts of the off stump, full and jagging back. But this one stays low on the bounce as Joshua opts to leave. Hasan has a look at where the ball pitched and just refused to rise.

3.5: Hasan Mahmud to Brandon King, Pulls the length back a bit, on off, King hangs back and stabs it to cover-point.

3.4: Hasan Mahmud to Brandon King, FOUR! A bit of a loosener and that's helped away! Short of a good length, angled onto the pads, Brandon King rises with the bounce and uses his wrists to steer it behind square leg for a boundary.

3.3: Hasan Mahmud to Brandon King, Attacks the stumps with a full ball, King prods forward to block it straight.

3.2: Hasan Mahmud to Brandon King, Good channel! Lands on a length, and seams away with bounce, on the fourth stump. King looks to defend off the front foot, but plays inside the line and is beaten on the outside edge.

3.1: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Good job by Hridoy in the deep! Fuller ball, around the off stump. Joshua Da Silva gets on the front foot and creams the cover drive, but it slows down in the outfield. Towhid Hridoy gives it a chase and slides to flick it back just before he makes contact with the boundary ropes. The replay shows that it is a clean save by Hridoy. Three runs taken.

2.6: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Fractionally fuller, cutting back in, King defends it to mid on.

2.5: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Hits the length hard, outside off, Brandon lets it go.

2.4: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Fuller on off, tight line, King leans on and blocks it solidly.

2.3: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, This one nips away a bit, full outside off, King pushes at it and gets it sliced off the outer half of the bat to backward point.

2.2: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Beaten all ends up! Nips away with extra bounce, on top of off, Brandon King is squared up in the crease as he brings his bat in front to block. Beaten on the outside edge by a whisker. There's a muted appeal by Taskin for caught behind, but nothing doing.

2.1: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, FOUR! Top shot! Pitched slightly up and outside off, King gets a wee bit of width and nails the square cut through backward point for a boundary. First runs off the bat and Da Silva is off the mark.

1.6: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, An appeal for LBW again, but not given. Looks pretty high, though. Short of a length, jumping off the surface, on off, Joshua plays and misses and is hit on the thigh pad as the ball deviates in.

1.5: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, A lot straighter down the leg stump, on a length, Joshua misses the leg glance.

1.4: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Edged and dropped! Shadman Islam shells a regulation catch at second slip. A huge relief for Joshua Da Silva early doors. On a good length, it nips away off the pitch around the off stump, with a bit of bounce. Joshua Da Silva tries to hit it square on the off side, but gets an outside edge that flies to second slip. Shadman Islam bends low to his left and tries to catch it with hard hands and puts it down.

1.3: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, On the stumps, full in length, blocked watchfully.

1.2: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Length ball, on middle and leg, Da Silva tucks it to short mid-wicket.

1.1: Hasan Mahmud to Joshua Da Silva, Starts with a full ball, outside off, Joshua pushes it to short cover.

End of a probing opening over from Taskin Ahmed. Hasan Mahmud will share the attack.

0.6: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King,A ripper by Taskin! Jags back in very sharply off the surface, fractionally full and on top of off. Brandon is sucked in on the front foot as he looks to play the cover drive but gets cut in half. The ball sneaks past his inside edge and whistles just over the off pole on its way to the keeper. Just a bit of extra bounce on that one saves King here. Hands on head for Taskin. A solid first over from him.

0.5: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King,A big appeal for LBW,but turned down by Nitin Menon. Back of a length, angling in and then straightening off the pitch. It squares Brandon up completely as he looks to work it across to the leg side. Gets beaten on the outside edge and is hit high on the back thigh pad. Probably it's a bit too high, so Bangladesh do not review it.

0.4: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, A shade fuller and on the stumps, King defends it off the inner half of the bat to short mid-wicket.

0.3: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Beaten! A little bit of deviation on a length, in the channel. King is squared up as he looks to block off the back foot. But the ball seams away to beat his outside edge.

0.3: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Pitches it up, full on off, King tries to hit it straight but the ball nips away a bit and he slices it to the backward point fielder. Uh, oh! The siren goes off as Taskin has overstepped.

0.2: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, A hint of inswing on a good length, around middle, King rocks back and punches it to the leg side.

0.1: Taskin Ahmed to Brandon King, Taskin is on the money! Lands it full on off, not much swing. King presses forward and blocks it to cover.

All in readiness now! We can see the Bangladesh players in a huddle before they head out to the middle and take their assigned field spots. Brandon King and Joshua Da Silva are the two openers for West Indies. It is slightly overcast, and Taskin Ahmed has the new red cherry in his hand. Let's play...

The skipper of Bangladesh -Najmul Hossain Shanto says there has not been much discussion after the first Test defeat. He admits that the previous game was a bad one for Bangladesh, so the team has focused on this match and prepared properly. He adds that the boys are confident enough to perform well.On the toss, Shanto says Bangladesh would have batted first as well. He notes that the wicket looks pretty good, but considering the conditions, he believes the bowlers will get some assistance.About the team and combinations, he shares that there are two changes to their playing XI. Informs that Mominul Haque is unavailable, so Mushfiqur Rahim comes back into the side. Adds that Shoriful Islam is also out, with Taskin Ahmed coming in for him.On Bangladesh's plans with the new ball, Shanto says the new ball is always challenging, especially in these conditions. He really hopes Bangladesh can pick up some early wickets.

The captain of West Indies -Roston Chase says that the wicket looks dry and they don't really want to bat fourth on a dry wicket. Adds that they came here to win two games, and winning the first game was the first step, and they want to take confidence from that.Chase mentions that the batting has stood out for them, as in the years before, they were not really putting up big totals, but the batters have stepped up this year, which has made a difference in them winning games and being more consistent.Chase states that the spinners have done a good job, with Jomel Warrican leading the pack, and hopes that they can continue to do the same things again. Informs that they have been forced to make a couple of changes, with John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul falling ill. Joshua Da Silva comes in, and Kevin Wickham makes his debut.

PITCH REPORT -Ian Bishop says it is very cloudy to start the morning, with plenty of grey clouds around, but hopes the rain stays away. He notes that the outfield is very green and lush as the players prepare behind him, and says it looks quite beautiful. He adds that the sun may come out a little later.Bishop observes that the surface at ground zero has been mowed very low, with just a couple of millimetres of grass left on it. He mentions that it was higher a couple of days ago.He describes the surface as very hard and says it should allow for some bounce and even bounce. He hopes the green shoots will keep the surface together and says there should be a little lateral movement with the new ball because of the overhead conditions and the grass roots in the pitch.Bishop points out that there are a few cracks on the surface, but says they are unlikely to come into play for a period of time today. He says they will keep an eye on them as the match progresses to see whether they open up.He concludes that it generally looks like a good pitch, with something in it for the bowlers, and says he thinks the bounce can be trusted on this surface.

Bangladesh (Playing XI) - Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (WK), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam and Hasan Mahmud.IN- Mushfiqur Rahim and Taskin Ahmed.OUT- Mominul Haque and Shoriful Islam.

West Indies (Playing XI) - Brandon King, Joshua Da Silva, Kevin Wickham(On Test debut), Kavem Hodge, Amir Jangoo (WK), Justin Greaves, Roston Chase (C), Shamar Joseph, Joshua Bishop, Jayden Seales and Jomel Warrican.IN- Joshua Da Silva and Kevin Wickham.OUT- John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul.

TOSS-It's time for the coin to go up in Sylhet, and it lands in favor of Roston Chase. West Indies have elected to BAT first.