West Indies vs Bangladesh, 2nd ODI at Basseterre, WI vs BAN, Dec 10 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Comfortable win for the hosts, series in the bag. They'll look for a whitewash in a couple of days. Can Bangladesh fight back as they build towards the Champions trophy? Follow to find out. Thanks for tuning in today. I'm Ekanth, signing off on behalf of co-comms Shashwat Kumar, and out scorer, K Vairavan.

Shai Hope, WI captain: Very pleased. Asked guys to get powerplay wickets which they did. Great to see Jayden did well. We always analyse our games, and it's great to see the bowlers bounce back the way they did. Gotta tick boxes and keep improving. We were clinical. We've been struggling to win series at hope, hope to finish 3-0 now. Debutant bowled well. He got an edge early. Great to see him in international cricket. Happy to see him out at the park. Every game is important, we're trying to earn points and get up on the ladder to ensure we make the next ODI World Cup.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh captain: We didn't bat well in the middle overs. No partnerships. Back to back wickets. Mahmudullah and Sakib played well, but it was our mistake (with bat in hand that cost us). Seales and Co bowled really well. We didn't get early runs. We were 20 for 4, but even then we thought we can come back. Our score wasn't enough, 300-plus was needed. We bowled really well in the first ten overs, esp our best bowler - Rana. On this wicket, it's hard for bowlers to defend an under-par score.

Jayden Seales, POTM: Really pleased. Didn't go as well as I wanted first game, thought about what to do differently and did that. I assessed conditions faster. Figured out batters were coming forward and adjusted to ensure it played into my hands. I knew I had to play a bigger role with Alzarri not around, happy it came off today. I want to bowl good areas all the time and not go searching early.

DWolfman: "From 11 straight ODI defeats to 2 consecutive wins. Dare us West Indies fans hope for a 3rd in a row?" Watch out, England, when they start the summer

Scott: "Anvith nailed that one, they bring it home in 17 balls exactly. Nicely predicted."

Shoriful couldn't find sideways movement. Mehidy blew hot and cold. Nahid Rana was the best bowler on show but couldn't make breakthroughs.

4:19pm: Series sealed, thanks to Seales, with a game to go. The first-innings total was over 50 runs under par on a pitch that played well for the batters despite it being re-used. King and Lewis' century stand all but confirmed Bangladesh's fate. They didn't have a great time with strike rotation but there were early boundaries and shackle-breaking to keep WI going. Lewis made up for a slow start and King's aggressive shots were glorious. Both of them were hit on the body by the pacy Nahid Rana, Lewis even fell a couple balls later, but overall, they negotiated him reasonably well. King and Carty then cruised before Hope and Rutherford mopped up.

Shoriful returns for what could be his last over for the day. Shadows lengthening btw

Odinlass: "Well, John Doe's second innings predictions didn't all come true but today's interaction has been a pleasure. Thank you, Ekanth, John Doe and everyone else. I'll be signing off now. Nighto!" Cheers

navin: "No! No! No! who changed the script? Rutherford should not be there unless he can score minimum 50 runs!"

Anvith: "Can we get a message out to the batsmen? Instead of 31 runs off 17 overs, how about 31 off 17 balls to make it a bit exciting?" Yeah, they have tried that for a little while