Hasan Mahmud continued his remarkable run in Test cricket with a career-best six-wicket haul as Bangladesh bowled West Indies out for 356 in the first innings of the second Test in Sylhet on Friday.
The visitors, who resumed the second day at 235 for four, added 121 runs before being dismissed in the second session. Hasan finished with six for 90, taking his tally to six wickets in the innings and giving Bangladesh a chance to stay in the contest after West Indies had dominated the opening day.
Bangladesh’s morning was marred by an injury to Shadman Islam, who was carried off on a stretcher after twisting his left ankle while trying to prevent a boundary at fine leg. He was later taken to hospital for an MRI scan.
The Tigers had to wait until the 81st over to take the second new ball, with Taskin Ahmed handed the responsibility. But it was Hasan who made the breakthrough, removing Amir Jangoo and Roston Chase in successive deliveries to put West Indies under pressure.
Jangoo, who had resumed on 111, was bowled for 133 off 212 balls, with 13 fours and two sixes. Coming from around the wicket, Hasan produced a delivery that jagged back from a length and crashed into the stumps as the batter chose to leave it. Jangoo’s departure ended his 106-run fifth-wicket stand with Justin Greaves.
Hasan struck again with the next delivery, as Chase edged behind while attempting to defend. Joshua Bishop survived the hat-trick ball, however, after successfully reviewing an lbw decision from on-field umpire Asif Yaqoob. Replays showed he had edged the ball before it hit his pad.
Hasan, who had taken a hat-trick against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi in the previous Test, came close to another but was denied the chance to add to that feat.
The pacer had an opportunity to dismiss Bishop three overs later but put down a caught-and-bowled chance. It was his second missed opportunity off his own bowling in the innings, having earlier dropped Jangoo on the opening day.
He eventually completed his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket through a sharp piece of work from Litton Das. With Bishop looking to play his shots, Litton moved up to the stumps. When the batter attempted to drive a full delivery, his back foot was off the ground and the wicketkeeper whipped off the bails. The third umpire confirmed the stumping, sending Bishop back for 23 and giving Hasan his fifth.
The dismissal also made Hasan the first Bangladesh fast bowler to claim a Test wicket through a stumping.
It was Hasan’s first five-wicket haul on home soil and his fifth in five different countries, having previously achieved the feat in Pakistan, India, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. He became only the second bowler after Australia’s Nathan Lyon to take each of his first five Test five-wicket hauls in a different country. His fifth five-for also took him past every other Bangladesh pacer in the format.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz had earlier ended a long wait for a wicket by a Bangladesh spinner, dismissing Greaves for 51 shortly after the batter reached his half-century and West Indies crossed 300. Bangladesh’s spinners had gone more than 79 overs across the two Tests without taking a wicket.
Miraz nearly struck again before lunch, but Shamar Joseph overturned an lbw decision through DRS on the final delivery of the session.
Hasan returned after the interval to clean up Joseph, but West Indies’ last pair added another 33 runs. Jomel Warrican remained unbeaten on 27, while Jayden Seales made 15 before Miraz trapped the latter lbw to end the innings at 356.
