All star of the match

Windies trio marmalise Bangladesh

ESPNcricinfo staff
04-Mar-2011
Kemar Roach roars after dismissing Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh v West Indies, Group B, World Cup 2011, Mirpur, March 4, 2011

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The cool efforts of Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach and Darren Sammy - the only three West Indian bowlers called upon in their crushing victory over Bangladesh - proved too much for a feckless batting line-up that never tried to recover from the third-ball duck inflicted on its linchpin, Tamim Iqbal.
Roach, who wrapped up West Indies' victory over the Netherlands on Monday with a hat-trick, drew Tamim into a loose drive to second slip to make it four wickets in his last six World Cup deliveries. The confidence in his team's performance was instantly tangible, and three overs later the captain Sammy also struck with his third delivery, as Imrul Kayes feathered a short ball through to the keeper for 5.
Mushfiqur Rahim then flicked his fourth ball loosely to short midwicket to give Sammy two in seven, before Junaid Siddique's token resistance was ended by the extra pace of Roach, who took the pitch out of the equation with a pinpoint yorker that struck the batsman flush on the toe.
At 36 for 4, the collapse was only just gathering pace. Shakib was bowled by the second over of Benn's new spell as he hung back in his crease and offered next to no resistance as the stumps were broken by a full-length tweaker. Next up came Raqibul Hasan who slapped a cut to point off Sammy for 4.
The end had been nigh right from the moment of Tamim's departure, but the denouement was craven from Bangladesh. Naeem Islam was beaten by Benn's extra bounce to poke another catch to the keeper, before Mohammad Ashraful wafted the first ball of his Roach's sixth over to the keeper. And the deal was sealed with two in two for Benn. Shafiul Islam chose an open-faced prod straight into the hands of the latter, and one delivery later, a Benn yorker proved sufficient to peg back Rubel Hossain's off stump.